So she thinks. But there's no guarantee that the finder didn't plug it into his laptop and download a copy of all her data before beginning his search for the rightful owner.
"Stupid Git Loses Thing, Good Samaritan Returns It" isn't really what I'd call front-page headline material... if it is, society is far more fucked than I previously believed.
OH, the 'thing' was Google Glass? Well, that changes everything, doesn't it?
Side note: If the person who found them "engaged in quite a bit of digital detective work to track [the stupid git] down," What gives her the impression they didn't clone everything on the device before handing it back over?
Richard Dawkins book "The Magic of Reality" lists quite a few creation stories from around the world so i guess his book would be a good reference book for schools who want to teach creationism....
Using a Dawkins book to teach creationism?
How beautifully ironic! I'm actually going to suggest that to some fundies I know, should at least give me a few hours worth of entertainment.
And there is another difference between the gull wing and the falcon wing doors. Since the falcon door itself is double hinged (unlike gull-wings), it is possible for the lower part to be opened.
BTW, NHSTA could not roll the Model S except for forcing it over. I would expect the same thing in the Model X. Those batteries are low.
You know, this obsession with me that you've developed is quite flattering, but borderline creepy...
"I would expect the same thing"
Oh, gee, how scientific. No wait - the opposite of that.
OK, fanboy, if it's not vaporware, then by all means, prove me wrong; show us some pictures of the nonexistent factory mentioned in the article. Go on, the world is waiting for you to make good on your word.
For someone so ready to call everyone else a liar, you sure suck as backing up your own claims, you know that?
Okay, fanboy. Whatever you've got to tell yourself to sleep at night. Surely you are far more credentialed to make such a judgement than a man (that would be me) who has an advanced degree in automotive technology.
Now, you'd better get your kneepads back on before Elon notices you've left your kennel.
A Republican sponsored the bill (i.e., rubberstamped his name to a document written by a lobbyist), but it has no chance of passing without support from members of both sides of the One Party.
How is that different? Regardless of who wrote the bill, this republican senator decided that it was worth legislating.
Because it's not "legislated" until it's been passed into law, which takes more than 1 person to do.
I thought they were against the government telling us how to live our lives.
Then you've made the fatal error of actually believing something a politician told you. Don't worry, it happens to the best of us, all you can do is learn from your mistakes and try to avoid making the same ones again.
The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), now goes to the full House of Representatives for a vote.
So a republican is legislating good manners?
A Republican sponsored the bill (i.e., rubberstamped his name to a document written by a lobbyist), but it has no chance of passing without support from members of both sides of the One Party.
I thought they were against the government telling us how to live our lives.
Then you've made the fatal error of actually believing something a politician told you. Don't worry, it happens to the best of us, all you can do is learn from your mistakes and try to avoid making the same ones again.
What's wrong with allowing the airlines set the policy on their own planes?
Realistically? Nothing.
From a federal government perspective? 'Because then we only have most of the power, instead of all of it.'
In the case of the big bang theory, you have some properties of the universe that are predicted by the theory, such as the presence of the background radiation and the uniformity of mass distribution, among others, that are predicted to exist in a universe where a "big bang" occurs.
It is a lot like observations from particle accelerators such as the LHC. There are no means to directly measure a many subatomic particles, but you can measure the particles resulting from the expected decays with some confidence, therefore testing aspects of the theory.
In other words you really can't test it, you have to test other things and hope they affirm the theory.
I can see why the Flat-Earthers question the veracity of some scientific theories... of course, that doesn't explain why "sky fairy did it" is considered a more reasonable response...
It is a red flag when anyone presents their view and then refuse to allow any other theories to be discussed.
The Devil's Advocate in me wants to say, "But isn't that what evolution supporters are doing, by saying alternate theories don't belong in a science class?"
To which my Logical side replies, "You realize 'sky fairy did it' is not a testable hypothesis, right?"
They are gullwing doors, even by Musk's own admission. "We call them 'falcon wing'" doesn't change the fact that, by design, they are a type of gull-wing door.
Tone down your hatred slightly
Tone down your fanboy-ism, it's clouding your judgement.
I prefer Lamborghini's solution. Nothing against gullwings, but Lambo doors just look sweet, plus they don't need fancy sensors to keep from whacking stuff.
The Lambo doors are fragile. Single mount point requiring frame stiffening. Open them in a garage, and you better have 4 feet of clear space above because that is how far they stick up. (There are parking garages with way less than that).
Oh, yea, forgot about the whole 'roof clearance' thing... Works out well for Lambourghini, since most of their cars are less than 3 feet tall from ground to roofline - won't work out so well on, say, a Rav4.
Of course, gullwing doors have their own perils - mainly, that in the event of a rollover, they trap you inside. Thank goodness Tesla is only planning on putting them in the back.
Reaching Joe Six Pack is what this comes down to, and the cynic in me says that ship has already sailed.
The trick is to word your platform in such a way that Joe Six Pack has an immediate and extreme emotional reaction, which will cause him to demand knee-jerk legislation to address the issue.
At least, that's how politicians manipulate people into supporting causes; high time we fight fire with fire.
Well, somebody got his butt hurt, didn't they? Tell us how you really feel.
Your first big lie, is when you claim that the X will be less than 1/2 of the price.
That's not a lie, it's a mis-statement based on the fact that TFA is ridiculously difficult to parse. I presume you didn't actually RTFA, which is why you're attacking me.
FYI, a lie is an intentional misrepresentation, whereas in my case, if you had spent more time reading my posts and less time being angry, it was a simple misunderstanding. But please, don't let that stop you from getting all red in the face about it, fanboy.
Falcon doors are gull wings, in the same way that Humans are Chimpanze.
Uh, no. Gullwings are gullwings, period. It is a long-accepted term in the automotive and aeronautic fields.There is no such thing as a "falcon door" except in the minds of yourself and Elon Musk.
Unless you can point out how this "new design" is novel enough to deserve a different designation. Better be well researched, though.
And calling a scale up of manufacturing in which the new factory will double the world's production, vaporware does not have the same meaning.
It's vaporware because it doesn't exist. Your personal feelings towards the company, characters, and/or technology does not come into play.
The gullwing doors, however, really look like a stupid idea. Sure, they look great, but I would be surprised if they are anything but inconvenient unless you have lots of parking space.
On the contrary, it looks like they need less space than convention doors. They are not like the ones on McFly's DeLorean. They are double hinged. If you can drive into a parking space, you can open the doors.
I prefer Lamborghini's solution. Nothing against gullwings, but Lambo doors just look sweet, plus they don't need fancy sensors to keep from whacking stuff.
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The "news" is that glassholes' data is safe,
So she thinks. But there's no guarantee that the finder didn't plug it into his laptop and download a copy of all her data before beginning his search for the rightful owner.
"Stupid Git Loses Thing, Good Samaritan Returns It" isn't really what I'd call front-page headline material... if it is, society is far more fucked than I previously believed.
OH, the 'thing' was Google Glass? Well, that changes everything, doesn't it?
Side note: If the person who found them "engaged in quite a bit of digital detective work to track [the stupid git] down," What gives her the impression they didn't clone everything on the device before handing it back over?
Richard Dawkins book "The Magic of Reality" lists quite a few creation stories from around the world so i guess his book would be a good reference book for schools who want to teach creationism....
Using a Dawkins book to teach creationism?
How beautifully ironic! I'm actually going to suggest that to some fundies I know, should at least give me a few hours worth of entertainment.
And there is another difference between the gull wing and the falcon wing doors. Since the falcon door itself is double hinged (unlike gull-wings), it is possible for the lower part to be opened.
BTW, NHSTA could not roll the Model S except for forcing it over. I would expect the same thing in the Model X. Those batteries are low.
You know, this obsession with me that you've developed is quite flattering, but borderline creepy...
"I would expect the same thing"
Oh, gee, how scientific. No wait - the opposite of that.
OK, fanboy, if it's not vaporware, then by all means, prove me wrong; show us some pictures of the nonexistent factory mentioned in the article. Go on, the world is waiting for you to make good on your word.
For someone so ready to call everyone else a liar, you sure suck as backing up your own claims, you know that?
Okay, fanboy. Whatever you've got to tell yourself to sleep at night. Surely you are far more credentialed to make such a judgement than a man (that would be me) who has an advanced degree in automotive technology.
Now, you'd better get your kneepads back on before Elon notices you've left your kennel.
How is that different? Regardless of who wrote the bill, this republican senator decided that it was worth legislating.
Because it's not "legislated" until it's been passed into law, which takes more than 1 person to do.
It was sarcasm.
Yes it was.
Oh, you meant what you said was sarcasm.
Yea, that too :)
These GD neo-cons are destroying America.b
That statement belies the fact that the GD neo-'progressives' are just as bad, if not worse.
Diane Feinstein; 'nuff said.
So a republican is legislating good manners?
A Republican sponsored the bill (i.e., rubberstamped his name to a document written by a lobbyist), but it has no chance of passing without support from members of both sides of the One Party.
I thought they were against the government telling us how to live our lives.
Then you've made the fatal error of actually believing something a politician told you. Don't worry, it happens to the best of us, all you can do is learn from your mistakes and try to avoid making the same ones again.
What's wrong with allowing the airlines set the policy on their own planes?
Realistically? Nothing.
From a federal government perspective? 'Because then we only have most of the power, instead of all of it.'
In the case of the big bang theory, you have some properties of the universe that are predicted by the theory, such as the presence of the background radiation and the uniformity of mass distribution, among others, that are predicted to exist in a universe where a "big bang" occurs.
It is a lot like observations from particle accelerators such as the LHC. There are no means to directly measure a many subatomic particles, but you can measure the particles resulting from the expected decays with some confidence, therefore testing aspects of the theory.
In other words you really can't test it, you have to test other things and hope they affirm the theory.
I can see why the Flat-Earthers question the veracity of some scientific theories... of course, that doesn't explain why "sky fairy did it" is considered a more reasonable response...
Hey, it could be worse - they could be teaching Common Core.
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The Controversy:
Fundamentalist "Christians"
FTFY.
I doubt very many fundamentalist Jews, Muslims, Hindis, et. al. really give a shit what the Bible says.
It is a red flag when anyone presents their view and then refuse to allow any other theories to be discussed.
The Devil's Advocate in me wants to say, "But isn't that what evolution supporters are doing, by saying alternate theories don't belong in a science class?"
To which my Logical side replies, "You realize 'sky fairy did it' is not a testable hypothesis, right?"
Teach religion in religion class and science in science class. If you can't test it, it's not science.
Ok, not that I disagree with you here, but I have to ask: how do you test things like the Big Bang Theory, or the physical properties of a black hole?
These doors are not like gull-wing doors
You're right, they are not like gullwing doors.
They are gullwing doors, even by Musk's own admission. "We call them 'falcon wing'" doesn't change the fact that, by design, they are a type of gull-wing door.
Tone down your hatred slightly
Tone down your fanboy-ism, it's clouding your judgement.
I wasn't complaining about the summary, dink.
Compared to the 'article' it links to, the summary reads like Dostoyevsky (that is, intelligent and well-written).
I prefer Lamborghini's solution. Nothing against gullwings, but Lambo doors just look sweet, plus they don't need fancy sensors to keep from whacking stuff.
The Lambo doors are fragile. Single mount point requiring frame stiffening. Open them in a garage, and you better have 4 feet of clear space above because that is how far they stick up. (There are parking garages with way less than that).
Oh, yea, forgot about the whole 'roof clearance' thing... Works out well for Lambourghini, since most of their cars are less than 3 feet tall from ground to roofline - won't work out so well on, say, a Rav4.
Of course, gullwing doors have their own perils - mainly, that in the event of a rollover, they trap you inside. Thank goodness Tesla is only planning on putting them in the back.
Reaching Joe Six Pack is what this comes down to, and the cynic in me says that ship has already sailed.
The trick is to word your platform in such a way that Joe Six Pack has an immediate and extreme emotional reaction, which will cause him to demand knee-jerk legislation to address the issue.
At least, that's how politicians manipulate people into supporting causes; high time we fight fire with fire.
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Which is not as ridiculous as it sounds. "Hello" was not a common greeting before it became standardized as the way to answer a phone.
I dig it.
Hell, I'd answer the phone that way myself if so many other greetings weren't already burned into my subconscious.
No, we will just color you full of lies.
Well, somebody got his butt hurt, didn't they? Tell us how you really feel.
Your first big lie, is when you claim that the X will be less than 1/2 of the price.
That's not a lie, it's a mis-statement based on the fact that TFA is ridiculously difficult to parse. I presume you didn't actually RTFA, which is why you're attacking me.
FYI, a lie is an intentional misrepresentation, whereas in my case, if you had spent more time reading my posts and less time being angry, it was a simple misunderstanding. But please, don't let that stop you from getting all red in the face about it, fanboy.
Falcon doors are gull wings, in the same way that Humans are Chimpanze.
Uh, no. Gullwings are gullwings, period. It is a long-accepted term in the automotive and aeronautic fields.There is no such thing as a "falcon door" except in the minds of yourself and Elon Musk.
Unless you can point out how this "new design" is novel enough to deserve a different designation. Better be well researched, though.
And calling a scale up of manufacturing in which the new factory will double the world's production, vaporware does not have the same meaning.
It's vaporware because it doesn't exist. Your personal feelings towards the company, characters, and/or technology does not come into play.
We are well into the era of automated translation programs. I'm not sure that the language you see is necessarily what it was written in.
Having said that, I wonder if they considered Portuguese? Looks a lot like Spanish, and Brazil is a major power in malware.
If you aren't writing your malware in Esperanto, you're not trying.
Yes, it's missing an A before Hoy ... sorry about that
Rumor has it that Alexander Graham Bell wanted everyone to answer the telephone by saying "Ahoy hoy."
Considering that much modern slang is just shortened versions of older sayings, I'd call "hoy" by itself a fair greeting.
The gullwing doors, however, really look like a stupid idea. Sure, they look great, but I would be surprised if they are anything but inconvenient unless you have lots of parking space.
On the contrary, it looks like they need less space than convention doors. They are not like the ones on McFly's DeLorean. They are double hinged. If you can drive into a parking space, you can open the doors.
I prefer Lamborghini's solution. Nothing against gullwings, but Lambo doors just look sweet, plus they don't need fancy sensors to keep from whacking stuff.
Reading comprehension fail.
Well, to be fair, it is one of the most poorly written "articles" I've ever seen.