You've echoed my thoughts exactly. The time change is annoying and causes all kinds of problems with scheduling, computers, etc. On the other hand I prefer the summer schedule of having the day go longer because I don't need daylight first thing in the morning anyway. I feel like most people in the modern age fit into this category. So my vote if I had one (which I don't), would be to permanently stay on DST.
My question is, why would someone want to do this in the first place? Yes, it's possible, but destroying someone's computer is generally not profitable to the attacker. It's much more valuable to take over a computer for a botnet, to steal information, or hold information hostage. So while this is possible, I don't see it ever becoming a real problem.
The only situation I could see is in trying to hurt competition or good old fashioned revenge. I have to believe the oldest danger is still the most realistic: hidden viruses that are much less obvious.
they get around 6 MPG so the fuel tax per mile is a good 5x more than a large car
Five times the fuel tax for 10,000 times the damage? What a deal!
It may not be 5x but there is a realistic factor and we all know it's nowhere near 10,000. Clearly you've already made up your mind that trucks are the bad guys, and this is no longer a logical argument. You pay either way - if trucks pay more in taxes, transportation costs go up and so do the cost of goods.
I stand by my second point - if states actually used the money responsibly, there would be enough to maintain the roads.
...most road damage is caused by heavy trucks. A fully loaded 18-wheeler causes 10000 times as much damage as a typical car, and even more if it is overloaded. If big trucks actually had to pay their way, much of their cargo would move to trains.
Trucks do pay their way. Their tolls are much higher than cars, and they get around 6 MPG so the fuel tax per mile is a good 5x more than a large car. You will always need trucks on the road. Trains don't stop at your local Target or Home Depot and are expensive to maintain as well.
Fuel tax seems fine as is - more gas generally means more driving or driving something heavier. Any changes to that are just attempts to get more money. In the end everyone will get screwed. If states actually managed their funds better maybe we wouldn't have to be trying to squeeze more money out of everyone in the first place.
I flew on United where they had newer slim seats and while they look really nice, they're not nearly as comfortable since there't not as much padding. I didn't notice a problem with legroom but I did notice that they shrunk down the trays for no apparent reason - they had room to make them wider than they did. I could barely fit my 13 inch laptop on there and had no room to sit my drink like I normally do if I shift the computer. Added padding on the bottom of the seat wouldn't have taken up any depth space. They made this way worse than they had to and if I find an airline that has more of these I'll purposely avoid them.
It seems we're going more and more toward this centrally connected system for gaming and software in general. Used to be if you wanted to use software you bought for a computer or game system, as long as you weren't in multiplayer or otherwise using network resources you were able to play without worrying about connection problems. Now when something like this happens a lot of things that have no apparent NEED for a connection stop working completely. It just shows that while being connected is nice, it certainly has drawbacks when some games or services are unusable. I can't watch Netflix now because it requires a PSN connection - even though the Netflix service is working perfectly fine.
This reminds me a lot of Steam - another platform that is very convenient when it works, but extremely frustrating when it doesn't. These vendors need to come up with a better way to handle authentication in a way that doesn't leave you high and dry for something that would otherwise work if it wasn't for their failed network. Maybe some kind of token that only needs occasionally updated. Sometimes I miss those days when you just clicked the icon and it ran no questions asked!
Apple actually made a useful change to their app store rules for once! I used to get annoyed by this practice while playing iMobsters by Storm8, one of the companies that employ this tactic. I'm certain it made their apps appear more popular than they were.
You're right. It's probably better that he not take the time to warn her that their email address may have been compromised, even though she may not work in the IT industry and not follow this type of news. At least she will feel like a strong independent woman as she clicks on that fake PayPal account verification link.
Why do we keep going through all this insanity where clocks have to change twice a year? Is the benefit really worth the hassle? Adding another hour seems like yet another variable to worry about with marginal benefit. I wish we could just stay on daylight saving time all year long so it isn't dark when I leave work in the winter, and my clocks never change.
I hope they aren't factoring missing data into their statistics. I'm in York County PA, and the default map showing DSL service is mysteriously blank for the entire county. I think they have some holes in their data, or it's just not displaying it all properly.
The pot is calling the kettle black. Not everyone in this country is a bigot, but you clearly are. You refer to Muslims as just that, Muslims, and then refer to Christians collectively as fear mongerers and bigots. If you wanted to take an equally negative slant and refer to a fraction of each group, you would have had to call Muslims all terrorists and suicide bombers. Why not just say "Christians" instead, it would have made your point just fine.
That being said, I agree with the point that Best Buy is in a tricky situation where they wouldn't want to get involved with allowing religious groups to clearly copy their logo, for the reasons mentioned. It has nothing to do with one religion being more "bigoted" than the other.
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You've echoed my thoughts exactly. The time change is annoying and causes all kinds of problems with scheduling, computers, etc. On the other hand I prefer the summer schedule of having the day go longer because I don't need daylight first thing in the morning anyway. I feel like most people in the modern age fit into this category. So my vote if I had one (which I don't), would be to permanently stay on DST.
My question is, why would someone want to do this in the first place? Yes, it's possible, but destroying someone's computer is generally not profitable to the attacker. It's much more valuable to take over a computer for a botnet, to steal information, or hold information hostage. So while this is possible, I don't see it ever becoming a real problem. The only situation I could see is in trying to hurt competition or good old fashioned revenge. I have to believe the oldest danger is still the most realistic: hidden viruses that are much less obvious.
they get around 6 MPG so the fuel tax per mile is a good 5x more than a large car
Five times the fuel tax for 10,000 times the damage? What a deal!
It may not be 5x but there is a realistic factor and we all know it's nowhere near 10,000. Clearly you've already made up your mind that trucks are the bad guys, and this is no longer a logical argument. You pay either way - if trucks pay more in taxes, transportation costs go up and so do the cost of goods. I stand by my second point - if states actually used the money responsibly, there would be enough to maintain the roads.
...most road damage is caused by heavy trucks. A fully loaded 18-wheeler causes 10000 times as much damage as a typical car, and even more if it is overloaded. If big trucks actually had to pay their way, much of their cargo would move to trains.
Trucks do pay their way. Their tolls are much higher than cars, and they get around 6 MPG so the fuel tax per mile is a good 5x more than a large car. You will always need trucks on the road. Trains don't stop at your local Target or Home Depot and are expensive to maintain as well. Fuel tax seems fine as is - more gas generally means more driving or driving something heavier. Any changes to that are just attempts to get more money. In the end everyone will get screwed. If states actually managed their funds better maybe we wouldn't have to be trying to squeeze more money out of everyone in the first place.
I flew on United where they had newer slim seats and while they look really nice, they're not nearly as comfortable since there't not as much padding. I didn't notice a problem with legroom but I did notice that they shrunk down the trays for no apparent reason - they had room to make them wider than they did. I could barely fit my 13 inch laptop on there and had no room to sit my drink like I normally do if I shift the computer. Added padding on the bottom of the seat wouldn't have taken up any depth space. They made this way worse than they had to and if I find an airline that has more of these I'll purposely avoid them.
North Korea must have the best stargazing, there's almost no light pollution at all! http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/dprk/dprk-dark.htm
It seems we're going more and more toward this centrally connected system for gaming and software in general. Used to be if you wanted to use software you bought for a computer or game system, as long as you weren't in multiplayer or otherwise using network resources you were able to play without worrying about connection problems. Now when something like this happens a lot of things that have no apparent NEED for a connection stop working completely. It just shows that while being connected is nice, it certainly has drawbacks when some games or services are unusable. I can't watch Netflix now because it requires a PSN connection - even though the Netflix service is working perfectly fine. This reminds me a lot of Steam - another platform that is very convenient when it works, but extremely frustrating when it doesn't. These vendors need to come up with a better way to handle authentication in a way that doesn't leave you high and dry for something that would otherwise work if it wasn't for their failed network. Maybe some kind of token that only needs occasionally updated. Sometimes I miss those days when you just clicked the icon and it ran no questions asked!
Apple actually made a useful change to their app store rules for once! I used to get annoyed by this practice while playing iMobsters by Storm8, one of the companies that employ this tactic. I'm certain it made their apps appear more popular than they were.
You're right. It's probably better that he not take the time to warn her that their email address may have been compromised, even though she may not work in the IT industry and not follow this type of news. At least she will feel like a strong independent woman as she clicks on that fake PayPal account verification link.
Why do we keep going through all this insanity where clocks have to change twice a year? Is the benefit really worth the hassle? Adding another hour seems like yet another variable to worry about with marginal benefit. I wish we could just stay on daylight saving time all year long so it isn't dark when I leave work in the winter, and my clocks never change.
I hope they aren't factoring missing data into their statistics. I'm in York County PA, and the default map showing DSL service is mysteriously blank for the entire county. I think they have some holes in their data, or it's just not displaying it all properly.
The pot is calling the kettle black. Not everyone in this country is a bigot, but you clearly are. You refer to Muslims as just that, Muslims, and then refer to Christians collectively as fear mongerers and bigots. If you wanted to take an equally negative slant and refer to a fraction of each group, you would have had to call Muslims all terrorists and suicide bombers. Why not just say "Christians" instead, it would have made your point just fine. That being said, I agree with the point that Best Buy is in a tricky situation where they wouldn't want to get involved with allowing religious groups to clearly copy their logo, for the reasons mentioned. It has nothing to do with one religion being more "bigoted" than the other.