The sample size hurts, but the biggest problem to me is the cars they include - there is no ICE corollary for the Prius. It *should* be the largest contributor to those statistics, but you can't isolate if the accidents are due to sound (or some other factor related to the HEV), or something else specific to the Prius (visibility, etc).
Indeed, read the study. I am even more dubious of the threat posed by quieter cars. The sample size of hybrid accidents with cyclists and pedestrians is 125. 125 incidents for HEVs versus 5440 similar incidents in ICE vehicles. The study controls are also *very* dubious. For ICE cars they analyze the Camry, Corolla, Civic, and Accord. For HEVs they compare with the Camry Corolla, Civic, Accord, *and* Prius - a car with a fairly novel design and different viewability than you find in the more "standard" sedans. I'd be very curious to see how the number line up without including the Prius, but seriously doubt there will be enough data to prove anything conclusive.
So yes, I am extremely dubious about the threat of "quiet cars," thinking it is often being used as an excuse in place of an actual cause (say... driver or pedestrian inattention?). Sure, some tech-gadgets really do save lives, but too many new "safety and convenience features" on cars simply encourage lazy drivers.
For me, "rich" is someone who has enough assets to not have to work anymore. Many still do because they like it (for some sick, sad reason), but they could easily live decently on investment income.
So your definition of "the good life" is one you don't actually need to partake in? You know there are enough government programs that if you just don't want to work (for some sick, sad reason), you could still live reasonably on the dole.
Wait a second... they said on the TV that conservatives are Republican and liberals are Democrat. If I can't paint my politics in black and white I just don't know what I'll do with myself!!
The solar wind doesn't have anything to do with it - only gravity matters. If I'm recalling my physics correctly, hydrogen or helium at "normal" temperatures have enough kinetic energy relative to their mass to exceed escape velocity and be lost to space as soon as the gas is no longer contained.
Tickets to visit public lands... Simply stunning. Public lands has everything to do with it. Why not require a one-time license every time you wanted to hold a bbq in your backyard? I mean, somebody *might* get sick with food poisoning, or you *may* catch your house on fire from the grill. It's OK though, you aren't paying to have your bbq after all. You are paying for the potential consequences of your stupid actions.
I'm not saying I'd be against fines for doing stupid things and needing a rescue, but I am absolutely against blanket pay to play charges to enjoy my own public lands. I hope someday everybody can understand what is meant and implied by "public land."
It's not the job competition that's the problem, it's the riff-raff they bring with them across the border. I for one do not want to live in an America covered in root beer and hockey players. And have you tasted what they claim is syrup? If you're gonna bottle tree bark don't go calling it syrup!
Oh get over this hypochondriac bs - it's a glass of lemonade and is vanishingly unlikely to cause health problems. If you are concerned, don't partake. We take on so much risk each day it's irritating when people get their panties in a wad over the benign stuff. Not everything in life needs to be governed by rules.
Problem with the entire summary and discussion - When your non-critical maintenance machine fails to report the errors given by the upstream systems (and subsequently overridden or ignored), you should NOT be blaming the OS or trojans on that machine. If you forget something, five people tell you you forgot something and you ignore them, the sixth person shouldn't take the blame for not saying anything.
You're thinking of this from an IT perspective, not an embedded systems perspective. Mission critical systems are typically not designed to be hardened against hackers. They are designed to be extremely fault tolerant, deterministic, and allow the application run on them to be in complete control of the hardware. Realtime extensions for Linux come close and work pretty well for a lot of applications that require real-time scheduling, but not all.
Malware writers and blackhats don't really factor into it unless you're connected to external networks. If you do, there are a whole host of things you need to plan for. In general though, when it comes to a properly designed mission critical system - worrying about network vulnerabilities to your RTOS is like worrying about trojans on your coffee maker.
...Because that's not its design. From my understanding of the google translation, it is a maintenance system designed to log faults. Calling it the cause of the accident while ignoring the pilot errors and numerous safety overrides is horribly counterproductive.
You're right that unemployment is meant as an insurance program - but that isn't how it's always viewed. In some seasonal fields unemployment is counted on as supplemental income (IE wildland firefighters). How many people do you know that sat out their entire unemployment benefits simply because the jobs shown available were "beneath" them? Job searching takes time, no doubt about that, but convince me that it's worth several months of *full time* effort. If you're going on a few weeks without potential leads and aren't starting to dig up applications for retail or part time work to pay the bills, I have zero interest in underwriting your insurance plan.
There's a significant problem of specialization there - you're talking a *trade* in that it's something people spend a significant portion of their lives studying. You're going to tell somebody how to do something that is potentially extremely hazardous if they skip some mundane detail? Telecommuting is great for fields that it works in, but not everything can be done on the internet.
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The sample size hurts, but the biggest problem to me is the cars they include - there is no ICE corollary for the Prius. It *should* be the largest contributor to those statistics, but you can't isolate if the accidents are due to sound (or some other factor related to the HEV), or something else specific to the Prius (visibility, etc).
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Coconuts.
Please turn in your geek card on the way out the door.
Indeed, read the study. I am even more dubious of the threat posed by quieter cars. The sample size of hybrid accidents with cyclists and pedestrians is 125. 125 incidents for HEVs versus 5440 similar incidents in ICE vehicles. The study controls are also *very* dubious. For ICE cars they analyze the Camry, Corolla, Civic, and Accord. For HEVs they compare with the Camry Corolla, Civic, Accord, *and* Prius - a car with a fairly novel design and different viewability than you find in the more "standard" sedans. I'd be very curious to see how the number line up without including the Prius, but seriously doubt there will be enough data to prove anything conclusive.
So yes, I am extremely dubious about the threat of "quiet cars," thinking it is often being used as an excuse in place of an actual cause (say... driver or pedestrian inattention?). Sure, some tech-gadgets really do save lives, but too many new "safety and convenience features" on cars simply encourage lazy drivers.
By cynically taking one line out of context. Don't blame me, I learned it from watching the news!!! :)
For me, "rich" is someone who has enough assets to not have to work anymore. Many still do because they like it (for some sick, sad reason), but they could easily live decently on investment income.
So your definition of "the good life" is one you don't actually need to partake in? You know there are enough government programs that if you just don't want to work (for some sick, sad reason), you could still live reasonably on the dole.
Wait a second... they said on the TV that conservatives are Republican and liberals are Democrat. If I can't paint my politics in black and white I just don't know what I'll do with myself!!
The solar wind doesn't have anything to do with it - only gravity matters. If I'm recalling my physics correctly, hydrogen or helium at "normal" temperatures have enough kinetic energy relative to their mass to exceed escape velocity and be lost to space as soon as the gas is no longer contained.
Well then clearly we'll need to tear it down. How dare they tell us where we can and can't go, don't they know we're Americans?!?!
I give up. Bring on the laws! I'll go grab my one-time license from the county for my next family bbq.
Tickets to visit public lands... Simply stunning. Public lands has everything to do with it. Why not require a one-time license every time you wanted to hold a bbq in your backyard? I mean, somebody *might* get sick with food poisoning, or you *may* catch your house on fire from the grill. It's OK though, you aren't paying to have your bbq after all. You are paying for the potential consequences of your stupid actions.
I'm not saying I'd be against fines for doing stupid things and needing a rescue, but I am absolutely against blanket pay to play charges to enjoy my own public lands. I hope someday everybody can understand what is meant and implied by "public land."
Mutlitool? Please. All the pros do it with just one tool - a T-9 torx wrench. AND THAT'S THE WAY WE LIKES IT!
Hiking is supposed to be a good time... if a day trip turns into an overnighter and you packed some dinner and breakfast - it's still a good time :)
It's not the job competition that's the problem, it's the riff-raff they bring with them across the border. I for one do not want to live in an America covered in root beer and hockey players. And have you tasted what they claim is syrup? If you're gonna bottle tree bark don't go calling it syrup!
Close off Canada now, before it's too late!
Oh get over this hypochondriac bs - it's a glass of lemonade and is vanishingly unlikely to cause health problems. If you are concerned, don't partake. We take on so much risk each day it's irritating when people get their panties in a wad over the benign stuff. Not everything in life needs to be governed by rules.
...would like a pony.
Shit... I suppose we can put them just above the lawyers.
...for personal responsibility.
Don't you mean the plaintiff's lawyer? As I recall, cigarette manufacturers got hit hard in court...
Problem with the entire summary and discussion - When your non-critical maintenance machine fails to report the errors given by the upstream systems (and subsequently overridden or ignored), you should NOT be blaming the OS or trojans on that machine. If you forget something, five people tell you you forgot something and you ignore them, the sixth person shouldn't take the blame for not saying anything.
You're thinking of this from an IT perspective, not an embedded systems perspective. Mission critical systems are typically not designed to be hardened against hackers. They are designed to be extremely fault tolerant, deterministic, and allow the application run on them to be in complete control of the hardware. Realtime extensions for Linux come close and work pretty well for a lot of applications that require real-time scheduling, but not all.
Malware writers and blackhats don't really factor into it unless you're connected to external networks. If you do, there are a whole host of things you need to plan for. In general though, when it comes to a properly designed mission critical system - worrying about network vulnerabilities to your RTOS is like worrying about trojans on your coffee maker.
No... what's three steps worse than a whore, though? Marketing people are somewhere past there.
...Because that's not its design. From my understanding of the google translation, it is a maintenance system designed to log faults. Calling it the cause of the accident while ignoring the pilot errors and numerous safety overrides is horribly counterproductive.
Yes yes, how DARE they not spam you!
You're right that unemployment is meant as an insurance program - but that isn't how it's always viewed. In some seasonal fields unemployment is counted on as supplemental income (IE wildland firefighters). How many people do you know that sat out their entire unemployment benefits simply because the jobs shown available were "beneath" them? Job searching takes time, no doubt about that, but convince me that it's worth several months of *full time* effort. If you're going on a few weeks without potential leads and aren't starting to dig up applications for retail or part time work to pay the bills, I have zero interest in underwriting your insurance plan.
There's a significant problem of specialization there - you're talking a *trade* in that it's something people spend a significant portion of their lives studying. You're going to tell somebody how to do something that is potentially extremely hazardous if they skip some mundane detail? Telecommuting is great for fields that it works in, but not everything can be done on the internet.