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  1. Re:what will be more interesting on Jeremy Clarkson Dismissed From Top Gear · · Score: 1

    You are ok with your company dictating what you can and cannot do after hours/off the clock? So you are saying it is ok if your company has a rule that you can't drink? At all?

  2. Re: That is a wrap then... on Jeremy Clarkson Dismissed From Top Gear · · Score: 1

    Two hours on the phone, only to find out you got billed for it three more months. Yeah, that is more likely.

  3. Re:what will be more interesting on Jeremy Clarkson Dismissed From Top Gear · · Score: 1

    Would you expect the same thing if it happened after hours? The argument was over the preparation of his dinner, not his lunch, so it was after hours.

  4. Re:Biggest issue is still liability on German Auto Firms Face Roadblock In Testing Driverless Car Software · · Score: 1

    Not always. If I slam on my breaks (ABS, electronic brake distribution, traction control, etc) and someone rear ends me, I could be at fault for overbraking even if it was needed to prevent me hitting someone/something.

  5. Re:Biggest issue is still liability on German Auto Firms Face Roadblock In Testing Driverless Car Software · · Score: 1

    Did you miss the first two words on the Cruise control line? Speed Adjusting Cruise Control, it is the new hot thing, it adjust the speed of the vehicle automatically to the vehicle in front. If it were to malfunction you may not know in time to react.

    4 wheel drive ONLY effects acceleration, what else would it have control over?

    You are missing the point, all of these systems (besides 4WD...) are being integrated into an auto driving car, so we have to look at the failure modes to understand where the liability is (the article this was all replying to).

  6. Re:Biggest issue is still liability on German Auto Firms Face Roadblock In Testing Driverless Car Software · · Score: 1

    A dropped bumper will tend to slide along the ground and likely will go off the side of the road before the approaching car gets anywhere near it (coefficient of friction of steel or plastic vs rubber will show you that), however, when a tire falls off the lead car and the disc brakes are instead digging into the road surface, that will stop rapidly.

    However, that was just an example. There are others for current "autonomous" features in cars. How about the speed adjusting cruise control (when it malfunctions and the user doesn't realize in time to brake the vehicle)? Or even 4 wheel drive (honestly officer, I had no idea my truck would accelerate that quickly that I would run over that poor little old lady). ABS (it actually reduces your braking in snow, and is less than useless on ice). Traction control (can cause you to not be able to move AT ALL in snow and ice conditions...this could be a bad situation).

  7. Re:Not concerned on German Auto Firms Face Roadblock In Testing Driverless Car Software · · Score: 1

    That will become a union thing (in both cases). The trains and trucks will still be required to have a warm butt in the seat, the butt will just be totally ignoring the windshield though instead of just partially ignoring.

  8. Re:Biggest issue is still liability on German Auto Firms Face Roadblock In Testing Driverless Car Software · · Score: 1

    So what happens when the brake assist in a modern car causes an older car to rear end a car on the highway? Who is liable as it was technology that caused the accident, not either drive.

    These things are already dealt with in modern countries, but lets pretend that all the years of driving related liability rulings never happened.

  9. Regulations? on German Auto Firms Face Roadblock In Testing Driverless Car Software · · Score: 1

    As opposed to all the laws and regulations making driverless cars difficult to test in the US? Google has to pay someone to sit in the front seat so they can take over from the computer (that can make better decisions faster than a human).

    What regulations concern them so much (I didn't see any listed in the article) and how do they differ from the US regulations (like the US in some lawless state..)

  10. Re:Move along; nothing to see here on Russian Official Proposes Road That Could Connect London To NYC · · Score: 1

    However, a launch loop is doable but expensive.

  11. Re:hmmm on Russian Official Proposes Road That Could Connect London To NYC · · Score: 1

    Ask people who have ridden on the auto train:

    http://www.amtrak.com/auto-tra...

    Two day driving, or 18 hours or so on a train.

  12. Re:Ugly Solution on Japan To Build 250-Mile-Long, Four Storey-High Wall To Stop Tsunamis · · Score: 1

    My understanding is that the towering wave thing doesn't actually ever happen. A tsunami is more like a tide that keeps coming than a wave.

  13. Re:Geoblocking is highway robbery on European Commission Proposes "Digital Single Market" and End To Geoblocking · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...

    I don't know of a location for music specifically, and software is all over the place, but this one fits the summary.

  14. Re:homeowner fail on Comcast's Incompetence, Lack of Broadband May Force Developer To Sell Home · · Score: 1

    BBB, small claims court, many ways to settle that issue.

    If you have a contract, it binds them just as much as you, and many companies just figure you won't bother fighting it.

  15. Re:Leave then on Gen Con Threatens To Leave Indianapolis Over Religious Freedom Bill · · Score: 1

    How about if the Bakery charges double the price to put two male figures on the top, as it costs the baker more...

  16. Re:Leave then on Gen Con Threatens To Leave Indianapolis Over Religious Freedom Bill · · Score: 1

    You could put a male and female on the cake topper and explain that that is the way they are sold to you and you have no choice.

  17. Re:You should title this "Patriot act to be repeal on New Bill Would Repeal Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    Funny, I wouldn't think there would be many people who would be in both groups:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1...

    It has after all been 13 years.

  18. Re:One-sided relationship on Chinese CA Issues Certificates To Impersonate Google · · Score: 1

    What magical country do you live in that doesn't spy? Ethiopia?

  19. Re:Stop using lithium! on Elon Musk's SolarCity Offering To Build Cities, Businesses Their Own Grids · · Score: 1

    It is your choice, but in my state that fuck it cost you around $30. So, most people get the core charge when they replace the battery.

  20. Re:Stop using lithium! on Elon Musk's SolarCity Offering To Build Cities, Businesses Their Own Grids · · Score: 1

    I replaced my battery last time at Advanced. I paid a core charge for the new battery, they then refunded it when I brought in the old battery (after five minutes in the parking lot swapping them myself). If you just walked in with an old car battery, very likely they would pay you the core charge for it, it kind of depends on the person behind the counter.

  21. Re:eliminate extra sugar on Hacking Weight Loss: What I Learned Losing 30 Pounds · · Score: 1

    Kind of like the cigarettes being cancer sticks, or coffin nails?
    (2 months free...)

  22. Re:Why Local storage? on Elon Musk's SolarCity Offering To Build Cities, Businesses Their Own Grids · · Score: 1

    Solar panels are DC.

  23. Re:My only question, where does the LiOn come from on Elon Musk's SolarCity Offering To Build Cities, Businesses Their Own Grids · · Score: 1

    It isn't like it is exactly uncommon.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...

  24. Re:Stop using lithium! on Elon Musk's SolarCity Offering To Build Cities, Businesses Their Own Grids · · Score: 2

    In the US, all places that sell car batteries actually give money for the old dead batteries. It is called the "core charge" and is because there is serious money in recycling the lead acid car batteries to be used on the next generation of batteries.

    http://shop.advanceautoparts.c...

    Apparently, according to this site, it is mandated by state, but I would expect it to occur in most states as there is good money in the recycling.

  25. Re:"Flash Module" != "SSD" on Apple Doubles MacBook Pro R/W Performance · · Score: 1

    No, it was me! /sarcasm