you are driving greater than or less than 10 mph relative to traffic, you are very likely to get in an accident.
The only problem I see with the above statistics is that it is based on accidents. Meaning all the ones that were avoided through skill, handling, proper technique etc are not tallied in.
but it's still frustrating to see something you like get pissed on.
I'm not pissing on motorcycles, in fact they're my only form of transport right now. Part of my fustration with all this is riding at a completely safe speed on a motorcycle, yet breaking the law by 20mph.
I put in the dedicated rider phrase in to differentiate a responsible motorcyclist from the squids that everyone has in mind. I live in an area of CA where squids abound and they frustrate me in many a way. They bump the premiums to obscene levels. Also, once they crash (if they survive) they generaly stop riding and set an example for people not to ride. Many of them would have been fine if they'd started with something they could handle (and used the saved money to buy gear)
I don't think it is too much to ask to demonstrate that one can handle the bike (or high end car) before riding it. And having demostrated that one can handle it, one should be rewarded.
The increase by age and lack of the wrecks bothers me as well. Simply getting older does not improve ones driving skill, the bad habits just get ingrained.
The safe environment and subsequent license is where the state can recoup the lost revenue from tickets. I'd gladly pay more for a license that would let me legaly go 10-20mph faster. And yes I've taken safe driving/racing schools.
Qualifing it per vehicle would be great, but a logistical nightmare. Even expanded vehicle classes would be nice (only one class for cars?) how about CL1, CL2, CL3: basic, advanced and performance) Hell I'd even support the divisions without the speed increase just to keep absolute morons out of Dodge Vipers. You want the car, prove you can handle it. Granted that has no chance of flying what-so-ever.
Reduce the risk of accident : an earlier reply posted a link to the National Motorist Association that refutes most of the 55 mph highway safety myth.
Reduce the amount of noise : actually mufflers perform this duty fairly independant of speed. A Harley (or an old muscle car) at 30mph vs Saab at 80mph. Guess which one is louder.
Reduce polution : You must be joking. Try emission controls for SUVs (they have none btw...a V8 Cadilac has better emmisions than the 'greenest' SUV) and you'll make a bigger dent than ~20mph.
Secondly, most of the cars I have owned have gotten better gas milage in the 70mph range than the 55 and I've got the logs to prove it. Not to mention my current transportation. Running the tank out at 100+mph knocks me down to about 35 miles per gallon.
And overtaking others is a bad thing why? It's a driving skill. If people can't do it safely, don't give them the special class of license. I'd be more worried about a driver stuck behind a slow moving vehicle, getting bored, distracted etc...
So you'd make that section an absolute speed limit, rather than a flexible section. I don't speed through school zones myself, but I have been known to hit into triple digits on the highway when the conditions are right.
As for being focused on speed and speed limits. Well of all the traffic laws, they're the most asinine. People tend to agree that stop signs, traffic lights, and painted lines are pretty good ideas for regulating moving traffic. However with the wide variety of speed and handling, personal skill, combined with artificially low limits; you're going to have people demanding change.
Okay, people have been concerned about invasions of privacy, police/lawmakers making the boxes WiFi etc. Alas this is probably the way of things to come. Since it is coming, lets direct it in the way we want.
Right now we have to live with the lowest common denominator of driving skills (of which the star of the article was one). This means an SUV driving soccer mom with 5 brats is held to the same standards as a dedicated* rider on a GXR1000 motorcycle. Vehicle differences aside (braking, handling etc...) the people behind the wheel are completely different as well.
Since realtime reporting of all vehicle activity stresses the current regulations to the point of ridiculousness*2, start keying it into drivers as well.
For example I really wish there was some way to do gradiated speed limits. Some sort of transponder (similar to the tolls) or a broadcasting black box that lets the police know you are qualified to go that speed (so one doesn't get stopped without cause/waste police time etc...).
Add in a fee for qualification testing and usage to make up for lost revenue in tickets (are they really about anything else?). I'm sure people would jump at the chance despite any costs the state imposes.
Yes there are plenty of details to work out in the system, but hey, it's a slashdot post.
*This does not include the teenager riding around at 90+ in sandals, shorts, sunglasses and a helmet if the law requires it.
*2 If you honestly believe that you have never broken a vehicular law, you've probably just not read the laws close enough.
Not sure if it was the same studio (not a huge anime person, just a mild one) bit IIRC, it was called Kimba (also the name of the lead character). If nothing else that should get you started on a google hunt.
Actually I stand corrected on the firewire since what I assumed was USB on the back is indeed firewire.
So avoiding the processor and OS debate. The diff is 10gigs of HD, 256MB memory vs gigE and "Airport Ready" Eh. close margin in favor of the PC but definately not the wide gap that is always ranted about.
So now that the Windows World has put out something comparable to the TiBook, where are all the rabid "Macs are too pricey compared to PCs people..."
Oh wait. Maybe the $2399 price tag shut them up.
I guess the $100 dollars more for TiBook nets you firewire and gigE.
I'll try not to gloat. honest.
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First thing I used to when I got a new computer was reformat it, put LinuxPPC on it and dual-boot into 9x/8x when I needed to, (games, windoze software etc) but stayed mostly in Linux (cli, gcc you know the list)
Then OS X came out. It is almost everything I wanted out of Linux (besides that price thing of course). I still run a fileserver with Linux out of sheer stuborness and not wanting to abandon it but I'm finding I flip back to it on the laptop less and less as more of fink and others are ported over.
And every once in a while I loose a Linux partion over to OS X for space. I'll still always have/develop for Linux, but my primary has become OS X. It's the best of all worlds. Unix/Mac/Windows.
For those not understanding the windows comments. Virtual PC. It's quite fun having Mac OSX, 9.2 in Classic Mode, X windows (XDarwin rocks), Windows 2000, and Windows 98 ALL running at the same time. Seeing the Gimp on the same screen next to Photoshop rocked my world.
As someone who routinely decks out any hardware they own (lets face it, the beige G3's needed it) I find it puzzling that someone would personalize a computer by buying a pre-painted case for it. Isn't the fun of modding your comp doing it youself to suit your tastes? I'd link pics of mine but I like my ISP.
Then again I also laugh at people buying alternative lifestyles from Hot Topic.
Also FYI there is a GIMP port to OS X. (10.1)
MacGimp, Fink, XonX etc...
Just my two cents as an artist/programmer. I don't know of a PC based rig that can cut it. GIMP is nice but is not a Photoshop replacement (yet) especialy for a non-geek.
Also the 1k limit is going to be rough when it comes to monitors. You WILL want a decent resolution one with good color.
Check out a refurbed G3 (the Blue + White series) for reducing the costs.
The freaking doll heads were tumbling off of the top of that POS car that they were once attached to and hitting my windshield
So fire back with your rocket launchers...Oh wait you drive one of those boring cars.
Not a bad point though, there's no excuse for sloppy constuction. Then again welds don't dissolve. *grin*
As for computers in cars. I have though about doing some sort of targeting system/remote control for my turret, but with the time I have, it is mostly a pipe dream.
That is why I will personally never own a Mac. Sure, they make good hardware, sure the OS is pretty easy to use and functional. The thing that sucks, is you really can't think diferently than the Apple party line. It makes it sound a little like a dictatorship.
That's why the first thing I do to my Macs is install Linux.
It's quite fun having LinuxPPC, OS X, OS 9, and Win98 (emulated under 9 with VirtualPC) all on the same box. And as for the desktop of a Mac. Check out Kalidescope shareware. Much more flexible than any Windows decoration of I've seen.
I would say that having using the coax protection
is probaly not worth the extra money for the surge strip
Actually it is...I had a setup running cable (TV) into my VCR and then RCA to the video in on a box. (Use my monitor for a TV these days).
Anyway. I had powered down the works in a storm. Lighting hit nearby (not even a direct hit). VCR recovered. Video-In card did not. $300 bucks vs $75 strip.
The school I used to go to lost 20+ modems from the phone lines being hit.
I had the joy of going to a college with a fairly extensive co-op program. Year round school, alternating semesters of study/work (Antioch College for those who care). While there I had some absolutely wonderful co-op experiences, with managers that saw the talent and the responsibilty and rewarded it with independance. I also had a co-op that was a coffee and copy job. I used my time on that one to polish my programing skills and a few good books.
Co-op are what you make of them first and foremost, the managers second.
It sounds like you've got a pretty decent set-up with at least access to people/engineers. And other posters are right, there's a reason its called work. A lot of it is repetitive and dull. Life is not handed to you, you have to reach out and choke the living *%$# out of it to get what you want.
Erg, not enough coffee yet to be coherant and make a point...
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nor any tower updates....
c'mon apple.... what about the video/3d/sci users who are desperate for new machines...
and before people cry 'wait for mactel'... towers are the last scheduled updates/transfers, way off at the end of '07 iirc.. that's two years away.
Timestamped Sales Reciept, Security Cameras, Cash Transaction.
Next question...
you forgot the grits...
No, the second 1 is out of place.
1 2 4 8 16
too small a sample set to be a real question... (and yes I saw the fibbonaci series as well as few other options)
you are driving greater than or less than 10 mph relative to traffic, you are very likely to get in an accident.
The only problem I see with the above statistics is that it is based on accidents. Meaning all the ones that were avoided through skill, handling, proper technique etc are not tallied in.
but it's still frustrating to see something you like get pissed on.
I'm not pissing on motorcycles, in fact they're my only form of transport right now. Part of my fustration with all this is riding at a completely safe speed on a motorcycle, yet breaking the law by 20mph.
I put in the dedicated rider phrase in to differentiate a responsible motorcyclist from the squids that everyone has in mind. I live in an area of CA where squids abound and they frustrate me in many a way. They bump the premiums to obscene levels. Also, once they crash (if they survive) they generaly stop riding and set an example for people not to ride. Many of them would have been fine if they'd started with something they could handle (and used the saved money to buy gear)
I don't think it is too much to ask to demonstrate that one can handle the bike (or high end car) before riding it. And having demostrated that one can handle it, one should be rewarded.
Actually if you're seeing that on the highways, you're in one of the more 'enlightened' states.
Very few even break out large trucks as different from cars on the highway.
At least most have expanded out to 65, though it is not universal.
The increase by age and lack of the wrecks bothers me as well. Simply getting older does not improve ones driving skill, the bad habits just get ingrained.
The safe environment and subsequent license is where the state can recoup the lost revenue from tickets. I'd gladly pay more for a license that would let me legaly go 10-20mph faster. And yes I've taken safe driving/racing schools.
Qualifing it per vehicle would be great, but a logistical nightmare. Even expanded vehicle classes would be nice (only one class for cars?) how about CL1, CL2, CL3: basic, advanced and performance) Hell I'd even support the divisions without the speed increase just to keep absolute morons out of Dodge Vipers. You want the car, prove you can handle it. Granted that has no chance of flying what-so-ever.
As for the limits dropping, yeah I wouldn't be suprised either. They're even starting to shave the yellow times to increase revenue using red-light cameras. I've also noticed a trend towards lots of double yellow lines, even when it is a safe passing zone.
Reduce the risk of accident : an earlier reply posted a link to the National Motorist Association that refutes most of the 55 mph highway safety myth.
Reduce the amount of noise : actually mufflers perform this duty fairly independant of speed. A Harley (or an old muscle car) at 30mph vs Saab at 80mph. Guess which one is louder.
Reduce polution : You must be joking. Try emission controls for SUVs (they have none btw...a V8 Cadilac has better emmisions than the 'greenest' SUV) and you'll make a bigger dent than ~20mph.
Secondly, most of the cars I have owned have gotten better gas milage in the 70mph range than the 55 and I've got the logs to prove it. Not to mention my current transportation. Running the tank out at 100+mph knocks me down to about 35 miles per gallon.
And overtaking others is a bad thing why? It's a driving skill. If people can't do it safely, don't give them the special class of license. I'd be more worried about a driver stuck behind a slow moving vehicle, getting bored, distracted etc...
So you'd make that section an absolute speed limit, rather than a flexible section. I don't speed through school zones myself, but I have been known to hit into triple digits on the highway when the conditions are right.
As for being focused on speed and speed limits. Well of all the traffic laws, they're the most asinine. People tend to agree that stop signs, traffic lights, and painted lines are pretty good ideas for regulating moving traffic. However with the wide variety of speed and handling, personal skill, combined with artificially low limits; you're going to have people demanding change.
Okay, people have been concerned about invasions of privacy, police/lawmakers making the boxes WiFi etc. Alas this is probably the way of things to come. Since it is coming, lets direct it in the way we want.
Right now we have to live with the lowest common denominator of driving skills (of which the star of the article was one). This means an SUV driving soccer mom with 5 brats is held to the same standards as a dedicated* rider on a GXR1000 motorcycle. Vehicle differences aside (braking, handling etc...) the people behind the wheel are completely different as well.
Since realtime reporting of all vehicle activity stresses the current regulations to the point of ridiculousness*2, start keying it into drivers as well.
For example I really wish there was some way to do gradiated speed limits. Some sort of transponder (similar to the tolls) or a broadcasting black box that lets the police know you are qualified to go that speed (so one doesn't get stopped without cause/waste police time etc...).
Add in a fee for qualification testing and usage to make up for lost revenue in tickets (are they really about anything else?). I'm sure people would jump at the chance despite any costs the state imposes.
Yes there are plenty of details to work out in the system, but hey, it's a slashdot post.
*This does not include the teenager riding around at 90+ in sandals, shorts, sunglasses and a helmet if the law requires it.
*2 If you honestly believe that you have never broken a vehicular law, you've probably just not read the laws close enough.
It was Ah-ha - Take on Me.
Damn cool video, eh song.
Not sure if it was the same studio (not a huge anime person, just a mild one) bit IIRC, it was called Kimba (also the name of the lead character). If nothing else that should get you started on a google hunt.
Hehehe. Touche
Actually I stand corrected on the firewire since what I assumed was USB on the back is indeed firewire.
So avoiding the processor and OS debate. The diff is 10gigs of HD, 256MB memory vs gigE and "Airport Ready" Eh. close margin in favor of the PC but definately not the wide gap that is always ranted about.
Now about the 2GHz P4 vs 667 G4...just kidding
So now that the Windows World has put out something comparable to the TiBook, where are all the rabid "Macs are too pricey compared to PCs people..."
Oh wait. Maybe the $2399 price tag shut them up.
I guess the $100 dollars more for TiBook nets you firewire and gigE.
I'll try not to gloat. honest.
First thing I used to when I got a new computer was reformat it, put LinuxPPC on it and dual-boot into 9x/8x when I needed to, (games, windoze software etc) but stayed mostly in Linux (cli, gcc you know the list)
Then OS X came out. It is almost everything I wanted out of Linux (besides that price thing of course). I still run a fileserver with Linux out of sheer stuborness and not wanting to abandon it but I'm finding I flip back to it on the laptop less and less as more of fink and others are ported over.
And every once in a while I loose a Linux partion over to OS X for space. I'll still always have/develop for Linux, but my primary has become OS X. It's the best of all worlds. Unix/Mac/Windows.
For those not understanding the windows comments. Virtual PC. It's quite fun having Mac OSX, 9.2 in Classic Mode, X windows (XDarwin rocks), Windows 2000, and Windows 98 ALL running at the same time. Seeing the Gimp on the same screen next to Photoshop rocked my world.
As someone who routinely decks out any hardware they own (lets face it, the beige G3's needed it) I find it puzzling that someone would personalize a computer by buying a pre-painted case for it. Isn't the fun of modding your comp doing it youself to suit your tastes? I'd link pics of mine but I like my ISP.
Then again I also laugh at people buying alternative lifestyles from Hot Topic.
Haven't done the sun but I've punked out my older biege G3 over the years. (paintjobs, stickers etc.)
I left the TiBook alone (mmmm brushed metal).
Am eagerly awaiting a new G4 system to play with.
Not sure what aesthitic I want it.I'm thinking leather though.
Also FYI there is a GIMP port to OS X. (10.1)
MacGimp, Fink, XonX etc...
Just my two cents as an artist/programmer. I don't know of a PC based rig that can cut it. GIMP is nice but is not a Photoshop replacement (yet) especialy for a non-geek.
Also the 1k limit is going to be rough when it comes to monitors. You WILL want a decent resolution one with good color.
Check out a refurbed G3 (the Blue + White series) for reducing the costs.
The freaking doll heads were tumbling off of the top of that POS car that they were once attached to and hitting my windshield
So fire back with your rocket launchers...Oh wait you drive one of those boring cars.
Not a bad point though, there's no excuse for sloppy constuction. Then again welds don't dissolve. *grin*
As for computers in cars. I have though about doing some sort of targeting system/remote control for my turret, but with the time I have, it is mostly a pipe dream.
Yes I drive one of the SF "Mad Max" cars.
because I can...
That is why I will personally never own a Mac. Sure, they make good hardware, sure the OS is pretty easy to use and functional. The thing that sucks, is you really can't think diferently than the Apple party line. It makes it sound a little like a dictatorship.
That's why the first thing I do to my Macs is install Linux.
It's quite fun having LinuxPPC, OS X, OS 9, and Win98 (emulated under 9 with VirtualPC) all on the same box.
And as for the desktop of a Mac. Check out Kalidescope shareware. Much more flexible than any Windows decoration of I've seen.
Actually it is...I had a setup running cable (TV) into my VCR and then RCA to the video in on a box. (Use my monitor for a TV these days).
Anyway. I had powered down the works in a storm. Lighting hit nearby (not even a direct hit). VCR recovered. Video-In card did not. $300 bucks vs $75 strip.
The school I used to go to lost 20+ modems from the phone lines being hit.
Gotta love those mid-west thunderstorms
I had the joy of going to a college with a fairly extensive co-op program. Year round school, alternating semesters of study/work (Antioch College for those who care). While there I had some absolutely wonderful co-op experiences, with managers that saw the talent and the responsibilty and rewarded it with independance. I also had a co-op that was a coffee and copy job. I used my time on that one to polish my programing skills and a few good books.
Co-op are what you make of them first and foremost, the managers second.
It sounds like you've got a pretty decent set-up with at least access to people/engineers. And other posters are right, there's a reason its called work. A lot of it is repetitive and dull. Life is not handed to you, you have to reach out and choke the living *%$# out of it to get what you want.
Erg, not enough coffee yet to be coherant and make a point...