Power steering isn't fly-by-wire (yet). It only really helps at low speed parking lot type maneuvers. I once lost power at about 110mph, and while I could tell the power steering was no longer working it wasn't a big deal.
That said, some of these new cars aren't operated with traditional keys. Theres no sure way to turn off the engine in the model of lexus that crashed.
Torture is a good way to get people to say what you want them to say. The FBI should be good at finding out what they know- hopefully this is a step towards that. From all accounts they were very good at it pre-war on terror, and they didn't need to resort to water boarding.
I've made a point to not buy Sony for more than a decade. It only comes up when I need to buy a quick pair of headphones somewhere weird (airport for example) and the only decent ones for sale are Sony. Other than that its the easiest boycot ever. They make nothing I need or want, and are often the worst choice anyway.
This is just part of the scientific process. Stuff usually does not stick. It is most often falsified. As more things are falsified, we end up with a better overall understanding of the processes we are trying to understand. Although it may be a bit disturbing if scientists are being dishonest, other researchers have a very strong incentive to go back and fact check.
Agree- finding lies and dishonesty is part of the Scientific process. Eventually the truth and facts will prevail, it just may take decades/lifetimes. Which can be extremely frustrating to watch. Of course that doesn't excuse fraud or knowing manipulation. Ideally each of these cases would be investigated by their peers and the researchers guilty of malfeasance ostracized.
It totally depends on how long those distributors have been involved. I've bought plenty of items from Newark before and have never had a problem. If they agreed back in December to make and distribute these boards- then yeah, they're a problem. If the agreement was made more or less when the agreement was announced (March 3rd), then I'm not the least bit surprised its taken this long, and will take longer still.
My main problem with whats happened so far: we were told an initial batch of 10k were being produced, we were kept updated (2/25, 2/6 being some of them) on their production and hopeful ship date. Now it seems there was no initial batch, WTF? Its the disconnect between
'we're making a batch and having problems, please bear with us' and 'we're making a batch, they're at the factory being made, bear with us, , here these companies will now make them!'
There is some serious disconnect that not just manufacturing delays...
I don't think we can say its the distro companies they picked...
Eben claimed that the first Raspi boards would arrive that day, or the next biz day back on 2/25. Now there apparently never was a raspi batch(?), and you're blaming the distributors...
I imagine this will all get sorted in the end, but I don't think the distributors sole source or problems or the only ones acting unprofessional.
Exactly- I'm half expecting to lose my $35 (+ god knows what shipping and taxes, since that wasn't clear when I ordered). This _might_ still work out, but I'm not holding my breath. They've already raised the prices- while claiming it was a good thing, and clearly scrubbing their forums to remove any dissent or even questions about their price and borderline(?) lies about their manufacturing status. It reeks of scam.
The other similar experience though was the galileoscope- which was run by well meaning folks, but ended up being a similar disaster. Originally quoted price $15, a year later when they finally got a small number out the door- $25. I eventually got one at that price, and gave up on any notion of buying them as gifts, or recommending them. I happened to look recently, and they're now $50 singly, or $25 in batches of 6. $25 isn't a bad price, but considerably different price point than $15, especially since I have to buy 6 at a time. $50 is outrageous.
I ask the same question about women (or men) that have rolls of fat. How is that in any way sexy? Especially when you consider what it's doing internally (blocked arteries, making the heart wear-out faster, cirrhosis of the liver, etc).
I don't think I've heard rolls of fat (or the people that have them) described as sexy. I do however see anorexic women described as sexy on a semi-regular basis.
Arguably it's more vandalism than theft. I'd say it would be closer to taking a baseball bat to someone's car than stealing his wallet and keeping the money.
I could be on board with that if he had picked it up off a table and thrown it out a window. Physically taking something out from someones hands _is_ force, with an escalation of force implied. Its a criminal act in its own right. We're not in kindergarten anymore, and physical confrontation, physical intimidation and such have criminal consequences.
2. At least here in the UK, this would not be considered either theft or robbery. Theft is defined as "taking someone else's property with the intent to permanently deprive them of its use". Robbery is "taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person of that property, by means of force or fear." As there was no intent to permanently deprive, neither offense occurred.
Grabbing something out of your hands isn't 'force'? Throwing a glass smartphone out a window doesn't show intent to 'permanently deprive' the person of the use of that phone? You live in an interesting world...
Another key difference is where the perpetrator does not understand the value of the property. If someone grabs an unknown electronic item from you and damages it, how important is the price to whether he should be allowed to vote or made to spend significant time in prison? Seems to me that as long as he is required to make full restitution for the cost of the item, the additional criminal penalty should be roughly the same for most cases.
So as long as a rich person eventually pays for it- he can forcibly take anything he wants and destroy it, and suffer no criminal consequences?
I realize people cynically(?) claim this happens now, but I haven't seen too many people actually argue for it.
I hope they had permission to do so. If not, I'm someone who would certainly smash their camera and/or delete the picture myself. I'm prepared for the consequences of that.
So you're willing to commit a felony (depending on the cost of the phone/camera) in response to a lawful non-threatening action? At least you posted AC...
He's claiming that it's not robbery since there was no taking of property.
Which is clearly absurd- he took it, then he threw it out a window. Just because a thief dumps what he stole in a river doesn't absolve him of the crime.
Whether or not it should be a felony, I don't know, but taking someones phone is a crime regardless of what you do with it.
I have no idea how much they cost, whether the manufacturer has any qualms about selling them to whoever wants to buy or if they're sufficiently widespread that someone suitably unscrupulous could easily buy secondhand, borrow or steal one.
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss", first it was IBM, then Microsoft, now it's Apple. Don't get me wrong, I think Apple makes some pretty damn good products that have contributed hugely to progress, but they're just as much control freaks as the old boss. The only real change I believe in is that now there's Android which is open source
The difference is: there's no longer a iron fist monopoly on the pc world. I can get a Mac as my computer at a significant percentage of employers- up from 0 ten years ago. Software companies have actually started writing osx apps. Windows may have lost mindshare, but it's in no way comparable to the situation I've dealt with for 25 years as a Mac user.
Mobile devices- apple doesn't even come close to having a monopoly. Android is very successful, and iProducts are better off for it.
Basically it sounds Ike you have no idea what its like to be on the losing side of a monopoly.
The punishment for contempt is open ended, and can be whatever the judge wishes. Its already been mentioned, but here is the case of a man jailed for 15 years on contempt of court, based solely on testimony from his ex-wife: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Beatty_Chadwick
It probably wouldn't generate as much controversy as porn. You see, people can quite easily turn away from something they DON'T want too see. It becomes much harder to ignore something they want to see, but are still trying to convince themselves is 'wrong'.
I hate to 'me too'... but I think this is exactly the issue.
I find the slashdot response to this issue pretty sad- apparently just like everyone else they think censorship is bad, unless its something _they_ want censored...
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Power steering isn't fly-by-wire (yet). It only really helps at low speed parking lot type maneuvers. I once lost power at about 110mph, and while I could tell the power steering was no longer working it wasn't a big deal.
That said, some of these new cars aren't operated with traditional keys. Theres no sure way to turn off the engine in the model of lexus that crashed.
Torture is a good way to get people to say what you want them to say. The FBI should be good at finding out what they know- hopefully this is a step towards that. From all accounts they were very good at it pre-war on terror, and they didn't need to resort to water boarding.
This.
I've made a point to not buy Sony for more than a decade. It only comes up when I need to buy a quick pair of headphones somewhere weird (airport for example) and the only decent ones for sale are Sony. Other than that its the easiest boycot ever. They make nothing I need or want, and are often the worst choice anyway.
This is just part of the scientific process. Stuff usually does not stick. It is most often falsified. As more things are falsified, we end up with a better overall understanding of the processes we are trying to understand. Although it may be a bit disturbing if scientists are being dishonest, other researchers have a very strong incentive to go back and fact check.
Agree- finding lies and dishonesty is part of the Scientific process. Eventually the truth and facts will prevail, it just may take decades/lifetimes. Which can be extremely frustrating to watch. Of course that doesn't excuse fraud or knowing manipulation. Ideally each of these cases would be investigated by their peers and the researchers guilty of malfeasance ostracized.
Why so scientists use FUD? Because it works.
And it destroys scientific literacy in the process.
It totally depends on how long those distributors have been involved. I've bought plenty of items from Newark before and have never had a problem. If they agreed back in December to make and distribute these boards- then yeah, they're a problem. If the agreement was made more or less when the agreement was announced (March 3rd), then I'm not the least bit surprised its taken this long, and will take longer still.
My main problem with whats happened so far: we were told an initial batch of 10k were being produced, we were kept updated (2/25, 2/6 being some of them) on their production and hopeful ship date. Now it seems there was no initial batch, WTF? Its the disconnect between
'we're making a batch and having problems, please bear with us'
and
'we're making a batch, they're at the factory being made, bear with us, , here these companies will now make them!'
There is some serious disconnect that not just manufacturing delays...
I don't think we can say its the distro companies they picked...
Eben claimed that the first Raspi boards would arrive that day, or the next biz day back on 2/25. Now there apparently never was a raspi batch(?), and you're blaming the distributors...
I imagine this will all get sorted in the end, but I don't think the distributors sole source or problems or the only ones acting unprofessional.
Raspberry Pi delayed? Shocking!
I thought we were just days away last month?
http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/696
TLDR: Saturday 2/25 Eben expected the boards to ship (to them) that day or Monday.
I'm sure the Pi-ers will mod me down fiercely, but come on guys... I ordered one too, I want one, but lets not pretend this has been handled well.
Exactly- I'm half expecting to lose my $35 (+ god knows what shipping and taxes, since that wasn't clear when I ordered). This _might_ still work out, but I'm not holding my breath. They've already raised the prices- while claiming it was a good thing, and clearly scrubbing their forums to remove any dissent or even questions about their price and borderline(?) lies about their manufacturing status. It reeks of scam.
The other similar experience though was the galileoscope- which was run by well meaning folks, but ended up being a similar disaster. Originally quoted price $15, a year later when they finally got a small number out the door- $25. I eventually got one at that price, and gave up on any notion of buying them as gifts, or recommending them. I happened to look recently, and they're now $50 singly, or $25 in batches of 6. $25 isn't a bad price, but considerably different price point than $15, especially since I have to buy 6 at a time. $50 is outrageous.
They're trying to make it as cheap as possible. Even TFA mentions this.
And they've already raised the price to accommodate their resellers, so obviously price wasn't as fixed as they originally claimed anyway...
I ask the same question about women (or men) that have rolls of fat. How is that in any way sexy? Especially when you consider what it's doing internally (blocked arteries, making the heart wear-out faster, cirrhosis of the liver, etc).
I don't think I've heard rolls of fat (or the people that have them) described as sexy. I do however see anorexic women described as sexy on a semi-regular basis.
It's possible you might wish to re-read the passage you quoted.
Look, this is slashdot... I don't have to RTFA or the summary, why should I read posts I reply to?
j/k I did miss the important part of that, and now I'm not sure if I disagree or not...
Arguably it's more vandalism than theft. I'd say it would be closer to taking a baseball bat to someone's car than stealing his wallet and keeping the money.
I could be on board with that if he had picked it up off a table and thrown it out a window. Physically taking something out from someones hands _is_ force, with an escalation of force implied. Its a criminal act in its own right. We're not in kindergarten anymore, and physical confrontation, physical intimidation and such have criminal consequences.
2. At least here in the UK, this would not be considered either theft or robbery. Theft is defined as "taking someone else's property with the intent to permanently deprive them of its use". Robbery is "taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person of that property, by means of force or fear." As there was no intent to permanently deprive, neither offense occurred.
Grabbing something out of your hands isn't 'force'? Throwing a glass smartphone out a window doesn't show intent to 'permanently deprive' the person of the use of that phone? You live in an interesting world...
Another key difference is where the perpetrator does not understand the value of the property. If someone grabs an unknown electronic item from you and damages it, how important is the price to whether he should be allowed to vote or made to spend significant time in prison? Seems to me that as long as he is required to make full restitution for the cost of the item, the additional criminal penalty should be roughly the same for most cases.
So as long as a rich person eventually pays for it- he can forcibly take anything he wants and destroy it, and suffer no criminal consequences?
I realize people cynically(?) claim this happens now, but I haven't seen too many people actually argue for it.
I hope they had permission to do so. If not, I'm someone who would certainly smash their camera and/or delete the picture myself. I'm prepared for the consequences of that.
So you're willing to commit a felony (depending on the cost of the phone/camera) in response to a lawful non-threatening action? At least you posted AC...
He's claiming that it's not robbery since there was no taking of property.
Which is clearly absurd- he took it, then he threw it out a window. Just because a thief dumps what he stole in a river doesn't absolve him of the crime.
Whether or not it should be a felony, I don't know, but taking someones phone is a crime regardless of what you do with it.
I have no idea how much they cost, whether the manufacturer has any qualms about selling them to whoever wants to buy or if they're sufficiently widespread that someone suitably unscrupulous could easily buy secondhand, borrow or steal one.
Like local law enforcement?
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss", first it was IBM, then Microsoft, now it's Apple. Don't get me wrong, I think Apple makes some pretty damn good products that have contributed hugely to progress, but they're just as much control freaks as the old boss. The only real change I believe in is that now there's Android which is open source
The difference is: there's no longer a iron fist monopoly on the pc world. I can get a Mac as my computer at a significant percentage of employers- up from 0 ten years ago. Software companies have actually started writing osx apps. Windows may have lost mindshare, but it's in no way comparable to the situation I've dealt with for 25 years as a Mac user.
Mobile devices- apple doesn't even come close to having a monopoly. Android is very successful, and iProducts are better off for it.
Basically it sounds Ike you have no idea what its like to be on the losing side of a monopoly.
bah! Replying to remove mis-moderation...
Who is paying your attorney?
How many people have died producing solar?
I don't know, but if/when there is even a single death from a construction accident, its death per megawatt will suddenly be worse than coal...
Depends on how they use the wrench....
The punishment for contempt is open ended, and can be whatever the judge wishes. Its already been mentioned, but here is the case of a man jailed for 15 years on contempt of court, based solely on testimony from his ex-wife: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Beatty_Chadwick
It probably wouldn't generate as much controversy as porn. You see, people can quite easily turn away from something they DON'T want too see. It becomes much harder to ignore something they want to see, but are still trying to convince themselves is 'wrong'.
I hate to 'me too'... but I think this is exactly the issue.
I find the slashdot response to this issue pretty sad- apparently just like everyone else they think censorship is bad, unless its something _they_ want censored...