The article itself did a good job of explaining the FAA's position to us. There's no need for you to enlighten us on that point and you really didn't anyway. Instead, you blather on about how it's the fault of a handful of irresponsible people who we have no control over and refuse to recognize that sweeping new regulations, that arguably infringe on on civil liberties, might potentially be an over-reach of authority.
If you're not interested in discussing anything of substance, why post at all?
I would be all for an education effort with funding commensurate with the size of the problem (in this case a few million dollars worth). But is it really a "clusterfuck" at this point? How many people have been harmed by a privately operated drone so far, a few hundred at most? You're probably about as likely to get struck by lightning as get hurt by a drone. What the FAA, and you, are doing is over-reacting to a potential problem without thinking it through (or more realistically, actively using it as an opportunity to make money and gain more power).
And I bring up the pointed stick argument because it is analogous to your argument. You're arguing that drones should be further regulated without establishing a valid justification why the specific regulation is needed. If there weren't already laws against flying things around in controlled airspace or spying on neighbors, I'd probably be on board with creating those. Considering that those laws already exist, I'm questioning if the added imposition on our personal privacy, that registration amounts to, is warranted given that there have only been a few incidents and the drone operators weren't prohibitively difficult to find.
I say there's no need to panic yet. If the current enforcement efforts aren't doing the job, we should focus on improving those. Then, if the problem continues to escalate, there may come a point where new measures should be considered to address them (training requirements, licensing, registration, etc.), but until we exhaust the available options within the current laws, I see no reason to add new ones.
I don't disagree that there are morons out there who will break the law and they should be held accountable. But there are already laws in place to cover all of the issues you mentioned. How about we just enforce those. Is registering drones going to reduce the incidence rate of these issues? I certainly doubt it. The only advantage is that it may be somewhat easier to identify who the drone belongs to if the thing has a serial number and it's registered. Making the cops jobs slightly easier in a few (actually, very few to date) cases doesn't justify this sort of gross intrusion into private affairs, in my opinion.
And if you really think banning drones is "fair" then what about cars or guns or power tools or knives or laser pointers or any other tool that could be used destructively (which is all of them). Should we ban (or register) all those too? What rights do individuals have to sovereignty in your mind? Should we be allowed to make our own decisions about what we eat, where we work or how we spend money? Or do you just know what's best for everyone and screw them if they disagree?
kheldan, you didn't actually respond to what I posted and instead just repeated your rant in the OP. There's no point in trying to engage you any further as it's clear you're not interested in anyone else's thoughts on the matter..
2. What the actual FUCK do you expect the FAA and the government to do? Nothing?
Yes
Doing nothing means the problem continues. Or do you expect cops to waste their time trying to chase down little flying toys?
What problem? And the cops will still have to track down the owner of the toy used for the crime anyway. Maybe a list of registered drones helps, maybe not (which is likely the case for mass produced, non-serialized toys).
For user files only (ie, My Documents or whatever) can you set up network based home directories ? And then just back up the server they live on.
If you do this, you better have an insanely reliable network with at least gigabit speeds. Where I work we have all of our *nix boxes set up with the user home directories on NFS and when the network goes out, we have a lot of employees who can't do their jobs. Even a few hours of outage can be extremely costly. On top of that, no one who works with large files uses their home directory for anything due to the limited space and slow (100Mbps) network speeds. Instead everything is stored locally and backups are up to the end user (read "non-existent").
Are there ANY US mobile providers... which are not total fucks?
No.
There are only varying degrees of total fuckishness and, as far as I can tell, T-Mobile is the best of the bunch. Maybe you can find a trustworthy local MVNO, but even then most of the money you pay them will still be supporting one of the big 4.
Just because CBC was the victim of CNN's fraudulent relicensing, it doesn't relieve them of all liability. Even if they stopped using the video within the 10 days, it would still be copyright infringement since the license they bought wasn't valid. The fact that they did continue to use it just means a willful infringement case is much more likely to be successful.
Symmetric read/write at 5.5GB/s would be better, but as it is, it would still be quite an upgrade from my current RAID0 array. I'm only getting ~700-800MB/s sequential with four 10krpm SAS drives right now. Of course one of these SSDs will probably cost 5-10x more than a set of those spinning drives. So price/performance really isn't that great of a deal.
Not having it would be worse. Nearly all engineering drawing (as well as some additional technical writing) standards require the use of all caps to minimize ambiguity. In those cases holding down the shift key is ridiculous.
2. The numeric keypad on 15" laptops. Why? Why?! Why?!!
Because some professions require typing in numbers efficiently? The toggle on number pad layout using letters doesn't work since the keys aren't properly aligned.
3. But please bring back full-size Page Up/Down keys (with maybe a shift action to Begin/End).
This I can somewhat agree with. Though, it usually isn't a problem on full size keyboards.
How about the people themselves? If we actually taught people how to handle money responsibly in school, then they wouldn't be living paycheck to paycheck and could afford to spend a few months learning a new trade when their current job gets automated or outsourced. Also if we taught critical thinking skills, they might be able to see that their job is at risk and start to take some precautions ahead of time.
There is plenty of work left to be done. We just need to make sure that everyone has access to the tools they will need to prepare themselves for the work that will be necessary in the future.
There's also the option of using Google or Apple's streaming services. They'll host all of your music and stream it to you for free so it doesn't have to take up all of your storage space. If you want the ability to listen offline as well, you can just select the songs or playlists you want to keep locally on the phone and they'll auto-sync in the background.
I don't disagree in general, but you should never treat your management like they are untrustworthy. That will only guarantee an adversarial relationship.
There are good managers out there who will actually work with you to balance your best interests with those of the company. Loyalty to them will often be rewarded.
This wasn't supposed to be an interview with a senior executive. A "Chief Engineer" should be the person responsible for making all of the critical technical decisions for the product line, not a PR suit. The whole point of these interviews is to have a frank/open discussion between an expert on the technical aspects of a product and the relatively tech savvy and intelligent people who frequent/.
Current CA gas prices are $3.80/gal. If he's spending $8/ day in gas that means his Accord must be using 2.1 gal per day for the 45 mile commute, giving 21.4mpg. That's about what my mid-size truck gets (and the list cost was less than a base level Accord).
The thing that really makes it uneconomical is that (unless your current vehicle has been totaled) the cost of gas saved per year should be compared to the total purchase price of the Volt less the difference in operating/maintenance costs over 2/5/10 year intervals, not just the "EREV/hybrid premium" alone. This type of calculation almost always comes out in favor of keeping your current vehicle until the cost of repairs gets to be a large portion of what a new car payment would be. In fact, the only vehicle that I know of that can actually pay for itself in gas savings is the Elio and that's because the thing only costs $6800 and will likely get over 60mpg (assuming they eventually go into production).
We should be teaching them home economics skills like time management, how to handle money (e.g. avoiding bad debts) and things like nutrition, cooking and how to navigate the health care system. That way they will be prepared to create a healthy & stable life for themselves, no matter what career path they choose.
Beyond that, some additional logic and problem solving focused courses would be helpful. Followed by increased focus on narrative based philosophy/history/social studies and hands-on skills like arts & (metal/wood)working. Once everyone is graduating HS with a basic competency in those areas, then maybe we should find a place for some tech only skills like programming languages and methodologies.
While not necessarily cool, it would be almost stupid not to buy one for anyone who commutes more than ~5 miles to work if they ever start making them. Assuming the mileage and price numbers are even close, it'll pay for itself in about 6 years just in the gas savings compared to driving a small SUV. And that doesn't even include the reduced wear and tear on the heavier vehicle. Plus, since it has three wheels it still qualifies for HOV lane access so I can save time on my commute and I won't even need a motorcycle license endorsement (my state just passed an autocycle license waiver bill).
All that being said, I'm still not quite ready to put down cash until it's a sure thing. I plan to go all in as soon as the ATVM loan is granted.
IT may be a bit different, but in mechanical/aerospace engineering that isn't the case at all. I think everyone in my aero program had an offer before they graduated (though some decided to got to graduate school). It was just that there were only three women that graduated with me and about 26 other guys. The graduation rates have improved slightly in the last 8 years, but roughly 1/3 of our new hires have been female. Now it may be a statistical anomaly, but I think it still shows that any bias is likely in favor of women.
Just to be clear though, I have not seen any intentional bias for or against any category of people. Any discrimination is minor and due to the subconscious evaluation that everyone applies when meeting new people.
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The article itself did a good job of explaining the FAA's position to us. There's no need for you to enlighten us on that point and you really didn't anyway. Instead, you blather on about how it's the fault of a handful of irresponsible people who we have no control over and refuse to recognize that sweeping new regulations, that arguably infringe on on civil liberties, might potentially be an over-reach of authority.
If you're not interested in discussing anything of substance, why post at all?
I would be all for an education effort with funding commensurate with the size of the problem (in this case a few million dollars worth). But is it really a "clusterfuck" at this point? How many people have been harmed by a privately operated drone so far, a few hundred at most? You're probably about as likely to get struck by lightning as get hurt by a drone. What the FAA, and you, are doing is over-reacting to a potential problem without thinking it through (or more realistically, actively using it as an opportunity to make money and gain more power).
And I bring up the pointed stick argument because it is analogous to your argument. You're arguing that drones should be further regulated without establishing a valid justification why the specific regulation is needed. If there weren't already laws against flying things around in controlled airspace or spying on neighbors, I'd probably be on board with creating those. Considering that those laws already exist, I'm questioning if the added imposition on our personal privacy, that registration amounts to, is warranted given that there have only been a few incidents and the drone operators weren't prohibitively difficult to find.
I say there's no need to panic yet. If the current enforcement efforts aren't doing the job, we should focus on improving those. Then, if the problem continues to escalate, there may come a point where new measures should be considered to address them (training requirements, licensing, registration, etc.), but until we exhaust the available options within the current laws, I see no reason to add new ones.
I don't disagree that there are morons out there who will break the law and they should be held accountable. But there are already laws in place to cover all of the issues you mentioned. How about we just enforce those. Is registering drones going to reduce the incidence rate of these issues? I certainly doubt it. The only advantage is that it may be somewhat easier to identify who the drone belongs to if the thing has a serial number and it's registered. Making the cops jobs slightly easier in a few (actually, very few to date) cases doesn't justify this sort of gross intrusion into private affairs, in my opinion.
And if you really think banning drones is "fair" then what about cars or guns or power tools or knives or laser pointers or any other tool that could be used destructively (which is all of them). Should we ban (or register) all those too? What rights do individuals have to sovereignty in your mind? Should we be allowed to make our own decisions about what we eat, where we work or how we spend money? Or do you just know what's best for everyone and screw them if they disagree?
kheldan, you didn't actually respond to what I posted and instead just repeated your rant in the OP. There's no point in trying to engage you any further as it's clear you're not interested in anyone else's thoughts on the matter..
2. What the actual FUCK do you expect the FAA and the government to do? Nothing?
Yes
Doing nothing means the problem continues. Or do you expect cops to waste their time trying to chase down little flying toys?
What problem? And the cops will still have to track down the owner of the toy used for the crime anyway. Maybe a list of registered drones helps, maybe not (which is likely the case for mass produced, non-serialized toys).
For user files only (ie, My Documents or whatever) can you set up network based home directories ? And then just back up the server they live on.
If you do this, you better have an insanely reliable network with at least gigabit speeds. Where I work we have all of our *nix boxes set up with the user home directories on NFS and when the network goes out, we have a lot of employees who can't do their jobs. Even a few hours of outage can be extremely costly. On top of that, no one who works with large files uses their home directory for anything due to the limited space and slow (100Mbps) network speeds. Instead everything is stored locally and backups are up to the end user (read "non-existent").
Are there ANY US mobile providers ... which are not total fucks?
No.
There are only varying degrees of total fuckishness and, as far as I can tell, T-Mobile is the best of the bunch. Maybe you can find a trustworthy local MVNO, but even then most of the money you pay them will still be supporting one of the big 4.
That's exactly what I'd expect from tech journalists, a bunch of hacks.
What's the point of taking them if not to share them?
And now we know the real reason for software bloat
Just because CBC was the victim of CNN's fraudulent relicensing, it doesn't relieve them of all liability. Even if they stopped using the video within the 10 days, it would still be copyright infringement since the license they bought wasn't valid. The fact that they did continue to use it just means a willful infringement case is much more likely to be successful.
So why this guy is suing the CBC is beyond me
Because CBC infringed (likely unintentionally) by publishing the video without a valid license.
Symmetric read/write at 5.5GB/s would be better, but as it is, it would still be quite an upgrade from my current RAID0 array. I'm only getting ~700-800MB/s sequential with four 10krpm SAS drives right now. Of course one of these SSDs will probably cost 5-10x more than a set of those spinning drives. So price/performance really isn't that great of a deal.
I'd say there's some risk for electric cars. How would you charge them when the grid is fried?
That's only on Windows as far as I'm aware.
1. CapsLock. Grr.
Not having it would be worse. Nearly all engineering drawing (as well as some additional technical writing) standards require the use of all caps to minimize ambiguity. In those cases holding down the shift key is ridiculous.
2. The numeric keypad on 15" laptops. Why? Why?! Why?!!
Because some professions require typing in numbers efficiently? The toggle on number pad layout using letters doesn't work since the keys aren't properly aligned.
3. But please bring back full-size Page Up/Down keys (with maybe a shift action to Begin/End).
This I can somewhat agree with. Though, it usually isn't a problem on full size keyboards.
How about the people themselves? If we actually taught people how to handle money responsibly in school, then they wouldn't be living paycheck to paycheck and could afford to spend a few months learning a new trade when their current job gets automated or outsourced. Also if we taught critical thinking skills, they might be able to see that their job is at risk and start to take some precautions ahead of time.
There is plenty of work left to be done. We just need to make sure that everyone has access to the tools they will need to prepare themselves for the work that will be necessary in the future.
There's also the option of using Google or Apple's streaming services. They'll host all of your music and stream it to you for free so it doesn't have to take up all of your storage space. If you want the ability to listen offline as well, you can just select the songs or playlists you want to keep locally on the phone and they'll auto-sync in the background.
I don't disagree in general, but you should never treat your management like they are untrustworthy. That will only guarantee an adversarial relationship.
There are good managers out there who will actually work with you to balance your best interests with those of the company. Loyalty to them will often be rewarded.
This wasn't supposed to be an interview with a senior executive. A "Chief Engineer" should be the person responsible for making all of the critical technical decisions for the product line, not a PR suit. The whole point of these interviews is to have a frank/open discussion between an expert on the technical aspects of a product and the relatively tech savvy and intelligent people who frequent /.
Instead we get this. Lame.
Current CA gas prices are $3.80/gal. If he's spending $8/ day in gas that means his Accord must be using 2.1 gal per day for the 45 mile commute, giving 21.4mpg. That's about what my mid-size truck gets (and the list cost was less than a base level Accord).
The thing that really makes it uneconomical is that (unless your current vehicle has been totaled) the cost of gas saved per year should be compared to the total purchase price of the Volt less the difference in operating/maintenance costs over 2/5/10 year intervals, not just the "EREV/hybrid premium" alone. This type of calculation almost always comes out in favor of keeping your current vehicle until the cost of repairs gets to be a large portion of what a new car payment would be. In fact, the only vehicle that I know of that can actually pay for itself in gas savings is the Elio and that's because the thing only costs $6800 and will likely get over 60mpg (assuming they eventually go into production).
We should be teaching them home economics skills like time management, how to handle money (e.g. avoiding bad debts) and things like nutrition, cooking and how to navigate the health care system. That way they will be prepared to create a healthy & stable life for themselves, no matter what career path they choose.
Beyond that, some additional logic and problem solving focused courses would be helpful. Followed by increased focus on narrative based philosophy/history/social studies and hands-on skills like arts & (metal/wood)working. Once everyone is graduating HS with a basic competency in those areas, then maybe we should find a place for some tech only skills like programming languages and methodologies.
While not necessarily cool, it would be almost stupid not to buy one for anyone who commutes more than ~5 miles to work if they ever start making them. Assuming the mileage and price numbers are even close, it'll pay for itself in about 6 years just in the gas savings compared to driving a small SUV. And that doesn't even include the reduced wear and tear on the heavier vehicle. Plus, since it has three wheels it still qualifies for HOV lane access so I can save time on my commute and I won't even need a motorcycle license endorsement (my state just passed an autocycle license waiver bill).
All that being said, I'm still not quite ready to put down cash until it's a sure thing. I plan to go all in as soon as the ATVM loan is granted.
Right! We should stop all women from looking at people in sexually suggestive ways. That will solve the problem of ... wait, what's the problem again?
IT may be a bit different, but in mechanical/aerospace engineering that isn't the case at all. I think everyone in my aero program had an offer before they graduated (though some decided to got to graduate school). It was just that there were only three women that graduated with me and about 26 other guys. The graduation rates have improved slightly in the last 8 years, but roughly 1/3 of our new hires have been female. Now it may be a statistical anomaly, but I think it still shows that any bias is likely in favor of women.
Just to be clear though, I have not seen any intentional bias for or against any category of people. Any discrimination is minor and due to the subconscious evaluation that everyone applies when meeting new people.