"hnnng wazzat thing that's really uncomfortable, can't I move it" *click* "heehee it almost feels like this car is rolling down this sloped car park, I drank way too much!"
Not if the car was properly parked. Most vehicles have a shift lock, so they can't be put in gear, without a fairly deliberate action requiring pushing down on the brake; depending on the vehicle, there may be more safety measures installed.
And then there's the whole matter of finding the parking brake release, after the vehicle is in gear.
Particularly, if the engine is off, or the vehicle has been immobilized by the operator, it should be a relatively safe assumption, that they will be refraining from driving for the moment.
Some people do stupid stuff when sufficiently drunk.
Or rather, the people who do the stupid stuff tend to get very drunk, often.
As for the folks smart enough to not bring their parked car onto the public street, not so much.
Their stupidity arises only from underestimating the stupidity and rigidity of the law enforcement.
The true reason for going after parked cars should be obvious -- the idea it's a "safety" thing, or the parked vehicle poses a risk is a sham.
They want to make sure they can bust drivers who might have been driving recently, but got nervous and decided to go park off the side of the road to elude authorities, after driving around drunk.
The guy sleeping in the car with his vehicle turned off, but in theory "ready in control and able to start driving at any moment", is collateral damage, in their fight against the offenders, who create the same situation by stopping their car to sleep or vomit, after driving for a while.
Even with Apple Care, Apple wouldn't replace it other than to say it would cost $250 to replace it with same model. Which is kinda ridiculous. The screen worked, it was just the digitizer that I found out later costs $60 on iFixit.
Sure sounds like cause for a small claims suit against apple due to failure to provide repair or replacement to address a defect of a product under warranty.
There are typically both proportional AND fixed components.
The proportional component is determined according to average fuel prices based on some schedule (protects the tax revenue against price volatility/sudden decrease in price), and provides the state
a certain percentage of the fuel revenue, and then there's a fixed component assessment that sets a guaranteed tax -- so in other words, it's in a sense a fixed gallon amount, but not really.
Example: Vermont:The Vermont Gas Tax rate is $0.20 per gallon & 2% of the average quarterly retail price. A (per gallon) Motor Fuel Transportation Infrastructure Assessment (MFTIA) fee must be added to the gasoline tax rate. The MFTIA is subject to change on a quarterly basis. Please refer to the table of MFTIA rates on the right side of the Commercial Trucking pages for specific MFTIA rate information.
The state and federal gas tax pays for things like roads. You do like to drive on roads, yes? Well, they don't just pop up and maintain themselves...
Last I checked, the price to pay for things like roads doesn't scale proportionally with the price of gas.
The fact that gas went from $1.50 to $3 a gallon on some day , doesn't now mean the roads require twice as much money to pay for them.
The states get a proportional increase in tax; which is a mass 'hidden' tax increase, that they get to blame the oil companies on.
Yeah... a better idea is a 'smart glass' that knows how much is left in it, via IR/liquid/weight sensors, recognizes your fingerprints when you pick up the glass, and wireless transmits the data about how much sipped, to a computer maintained by the bar, that keeps track of each customer's rate of consumption.
When you're drinking too fast, the bar computer makes your glass glow red.
And if it gets really extreme, the bartender receives an alert to call your friends.
How about you say, the cubes are not for every conceivable situation.
But only for drinking beer out of a mug; fairly consistent levels of alcohol between beers. No straws.
Who the hell drinks beer from a mug out of a straw?
Well, what has accelerometer data to do with quantity of alcohol? I've happened to dance with my glass, does that count as "drinking fast"? It's stupid, no matter how you look at it.
Accelerometers and IR transceivers. It has to do with the number of sips.
And if you go "dancing with your glass"; you've definitely had too many.
These are valid ways to count the number of sips. Now, as for how the number and rate/frequency of sips
relates to the rate of alcohol consumption; it should be approximately proportional to thus.
Assuming the unit is programmed with the appropriate estimates for average sip size, and strength of the drink.
If the guy switches from Beer to shots of everclear in one night, without the unit measuring alcohol concentration or being reprogrammed, the unit would become useless, due to how dramatic the difference.
If it were just accelerometer, the functionality could be put in a wristwatch, without risk of ingesting the electronics.
The other thing about DDoS attacks is they almost always involve breaking the law anyhow, by using botnets. Unless you legally have access to 100% of the systems you are using AND the ToS of the providers allows you to generate traffic of the levels you do, then you are already in the wrong.
Big companies such as the MPAA/RIAA members, could easily afford to buy a large number of systems, and networks to use for launching attacks.
If DDoS attacks were legal, they would like to protest the Peer to Peer file sharing sites, I am sure.
having a sit-in and handcuffing themselves together to DENY ACCESS to some location.
This is why if you fear the possibility of someone protesting your business... essentials to keep on hand include:
LRADs, pepper spray, tear gas, bolt cutters, handcuff keys
and if it were, then they would likely be protected by the right to protest.
Then how about an army of people visiting a web page, with a javascript "button" that they are encouraged to repeatedly click on,
with each click generating a series of 500 to 1000 HTTP requests within a couple seconds.
Break the circuit on the heater to turn it off if the temperature gets above 100F
Connect the circuit to turn on the heater if the temperature gets below 45F
Connect the circuit to turn on the air conditioner if the temperature gets above 100F
The article is about ovens, and you seem to be referring to thermostats.
There's not much you would normally cook without exceeding 100F.
Ovens under automatic software control may be a bit more dangerous than heaters.
Ovens are in living spaces, and may be dangerous even at normal operating oven temperatures.
Depending on what's in them, or if the homeowner intends the oven to be on or not.
Some people stow things in their ovens, when the oven is not being used,
such as plastic things, which could release toxic fumes if a software controller makes a mistake
and flips it on.
any program that wastes less than 1 hundredth of 1% (and here it was even less) is a raging success.
I don't accept that this program wastes less than 1%.
I guess the argument is that if someone's on public assistance, they shouldn't also visit any Saloon or Porn shop, for any reason,
and a cash withdrawl, is evidence they (or someone with their card) was present there,
because these places provide recreational activities, and anyone receiving government aid shouldn't get to have any recreation (blah blah blah).
Well, perhaps they were going to the Saloon looking for a job, or to meet someone else who was paying for a badly-needed drink, and they just happened to withdraw some $ on their way out.
Paint program and so they threw away some of its best features no the least of which was a Python API that allowed you to make powerful macros, batch file processing and customizable processing tools.
What features are you saying they removed?
From what I hear, they still have Python/Script recording capability.
Total from the Pentagon budget: $210 billion per year. I'm concentrating on the Pentagon because they suck up more than half of discretionary spending.
Discretionary spending accounts for less than 1/3 of the budget. The so called "mandatory" spending is what needs to get cut out.
1. End the war in Afghanistan $100B/year
Sounds good to me
3. Cancel the F-35 program $10B/year -- biggest boondoggle in history
4. Discontinue the Marine Corps $30B/year -- it's redundant
Nonsense. I suppose next is discontinue the coast guard, because the Navy should do it.
5. Close a number of US bases $20B/year
6. Reduce size of Army, Navy and AF $30B/year
The number US bases and military forces should be sized appropriately to maintain the proper level of military readiness.
But these are just pennies to be saved, and don't address the real issue.
Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., announced today that he plans to introduce a bill that would make it illegal to mint high-value platinum coins as a means to paying down government debt.
OK, so instead of minting a high-value platinum coin, how about gold coins then, in $1 billion denominations.
16,440 of them, please.
Seriously, if you're going to pass a law about it... make the rule an absolute LIMIT on how much dollar value the mint is allowed to produce
in currency per year.
A trillion dollar coin at today's market value for platinum would weigh millions of pounds each.
Is that before or after the production of 1644 of the coins?
Realizing that the production of a trillion dollar coin is probably totally impractical, because not all the nation's debt is owed to one creditor,
or did China consolidate it all now???
Nobody has less incentive to work than somebody who is just handed millions of dollars.
Well, someone worked to earn the money, and they have a right to spend the fruits of their labor how they see fit, which includes buying things for their kids or giving it away.
In this case their sense of "entitlement" was created from the earner's free choice.
That's OK. As long as the money gets spent, there will be economic activity generated, and the public still benefits.
What's not OK, is entitlements given out in opposition to the free will of the worker.
In reality, some children of rich parents will receive millions, and donate to charity of their own free will,
or use money in a productive way, that results in earning more money, producing more economic activity,
and bettering society.
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"hnnng wazzat thing that's really uncomfortable, can't I move it" *click* "heehee it almost feels like this car is rolling down this sloped car park, I drank way too much!"
Not if the car was properly parked. Most vehicles have a shift lock, so they can't be put in gear, without a fairly deliberate action requiring pushing down on the brake; depending on the vehicle, there may be more safety measures installed.
And then there's the whole matter of finding the parking brake release, after the vehicle is in gear.
Particularly, if the engine is off, or the vehicle has been immobilized by the operator, it should be a relatively safe assumption, that they will be refraining from driving for the moment.
Some people do stupid stuff when sufficiently drunk.
Or rather, the people who do the stupid stuff tend to get very drunk, often.
As for the folks smart enough to not bring their parked car onto the public street, not so much.
Their stupidity arises only from underestimating the stupidity and rigidity of the law enforcement.
The true reason for going after parked cars should be obvious -- the idea it's a "safety" thing, or the parked vehicle poses a risk is a sham.
They want to make sure they can bust drivers who might have been driving recently, but got nervous and decided to go park off the side of the road to elude authorities, after driving around drunk.
The guy sleeping in the car with his vehicle turned off, but in theory "ready in control and able to start driving at any moment", is collateral damage, in their fight against the offenders, who create the same situation by stopping their car to sleep or vomit, after driving for a while.
Even with Apple Care, Apple wouldn't replace it other than to say it would cost $250 to replace it with same model. Which is kinda ridiculous. The screen worked, it was just the digitizer that I found out later costs $60 on iFixit.
Sure sounds like cause for a small claims suit against apple due to failure to provide repair or replacement to address a defect of a product under warranty.
What if you're passed out in the driver's seat, and you or someone else puts your car into gear, you fidget and hit the gas?
Now explain how a parked car in a private parking lot, gets the parking brake released, and the car put into gear by someone who's not awake?
There are typically both proportional AND fixed components. The proportional component is determined according to average fuel prices based on some schedule (protects the tax revenue against price volatility/sudden decrease in price), and provides the state a certain percentage of the fuel revenue, and then there's a fixed component assessment that sets a guaranteed tax -- so in other words, it's in a sense a fixed gallon amount, but not really.
Example: Vermont: The Vermont Gas Tax rate is $0.20 per gallon & 2% of the average quarterly retail price. A (per gallon) Motor Fuel Transportation Infrastructure Assessment (MFTIA) fee must be added to the gasoline tax rate. The MFTIA is subject to change on a quarterly basis. Please refer to the table of MFTIA rates on the right side of the Commercial Trucking pages for specific MFTIA rate information.
To be collected for: First Quarter 2013 $0.0668
The state and federal gas tax pays for things like roads. You do like to drive on roads, yes? Well, they don't just pop up and maintain themselves...
Last I checked, the price to pay for things like roads doesn't scale proportionally with the price of gas. The fact that gas went from $1.50 to $3 a gallon on some day , doesn't now mean the roads require twice as much money to pay for them.
The states get a proportional increase in tax; which is a mass 'hidden' tax increase, that they get to blame the oil companies on.
Yeah... a better idea is a 'smart glass' that knows how much is left in it, via IR/liquid/weight sensors, recognizes your fingerprints when you pick up the glass, and wireless transmits the data about how much sipped, to a computer maintained by the bar, that keeps track of each customer's rate of consumption.
When you're drinking too fast, the bar computer makes your glass glow red. And if it gets really extreme, the bartender receives an alert to call your friends.
So anyways, you can't swallow the glass.
How about you say, the cubes are not for every conceivable situation. But only for drinking beer out of a mug; fairly consistent levels of alcohol between beers. No straws.
Who the hell drinks beer from a mug out of a straw?
Well, what has accelerometer data to do with quantity of alcohol? I've happened to dance with my glass, does that count as "drinking fast"? It's stupid, no matter how you look at it.
Accelerometers and IR transceivers. It has to do with the number of sips.
And if you go "dancing with your glass"; you've definitely had too many.
These are valid ways to count the number of sips. Now, as for how the number and rate/frequency of sips relates to the rate of alcohol consumption; it should be approximately proportional to thus.
Assuming the unit is programmed with the appropriate estimates for average sip size, and strength of the drink.
If the guy switches from Beer to shots of everclear in one night, without the unit measuring alcohol concentration or being reprogrammed, the unit would become useless, due to how dramatic the difference.
If it were just accelerometer, the functionality could be put in a wristwatch, without risk of ingesting the electronics.
The other thing about DDoS attacks is they almost always involve breaking the law anyhow, by using botnets. Unless you legally have access to 100% of the systems you are using AND the ToS of the providers allows you to generate traffic of the levels you do, then you are already in the wrong.
Big companies such as the MPAA/RIAA members, could easily afford to buy a large number of systems, and networks to use for launching attacks. If DDoS attacks were legal, they would like to protest the Peer to Peer file sharing sites, I am sure.
having a sit-in and handcuffing themselves together to DENY ACCESS to some location.
This is why if you fear the possibility of someone protesting your business... essentials to keep on hand include: LRADs, pepper spray, tear gas, bolt cutters, handcuff keys
when money=speech, then it is democracy too.
Money not equal to speech. You don't have full control over money.
You make deals to trade money/things.
The government forces you to give taxes to the government.
There are some things people do have to buy (like food, or the means to get food)
and if it were, then they would likely be protected by the right to protest.
Then how about an army of people visiting a web page, with a javascript "button" that they are encouraged to repeatedly click on, with each click generating a series of 500 to 1000 HTTP requests within a couple seconds.
wouldn't having a program do it for you be like using mannequins to occupy wallstreet?
No, it would be like manufacturing a bunch of frankenstein's monsters, machines, programmed with only one goal in mind: hurt, disrupt, block.
Break the circuit on the heater to turn it off if the temperature gets above 100F Connect the circuit to turn on the heater if the temperature gets below 45F Connect the circuit to turn on the air conditioner if the temperature gets above 100F
The article is about ovens, and you seem to be referring to thermostats. There's not much you would normally cook without exceeding 100F.
Ovens under automatic software control may be a bit more dangerous than heaters. Ovens are in living spaces, and may be dangerous even at normal operating oven temperatures. Depending on what's in them, or if the homeowner intends the oven to be on or not. Some people stow things in their ovens, when the oven is not being used, such as plastic things, which could release toxic fumes if a software controller makes a mistake and flips it on.
OK. You win.
Now why LOGO didn't make the list? :)
11,450,000,000 search results for LOGO
versus a measly 985,000,000 for Java.
any program that wastes less than 1 hundredth of 1% (and here it was even less) is a raging success.
I don't accept that this program wastes less than 1%.
I guess the argument is that if someone's on public assistance, they shouldn't also visit any Saloon or Porn shop, for any reason, and a cash withdrawl, is evidence they (or someone with their card) was present there, because these places provide recreational activities, and anyone receiving government aid shouldn't get to have any recreation (blah blah blah).
Well, perhaps they were going to the Saloon looking for a job, or to meet someone else who was paying for a badly-needed drink, and they just happened to withdraw some $ on their way out.
Paint program and so they threw away some of its best features no the least of which was a Python API that allowed you to make powerful macros, batch file processing and customizable processing tools.
What features are you saying they removed?
From what I hear, they still have Python/Script recording capability.
I get that they added bloat.
I could have warez'd photoshop whenever I wanted before this...it just wasn't worth it.
Not worth it, because of the difficulty of doing it, or not worth doing something illegal and unethical?
The value prop changes a bit, if Adobe is making it available.
Elements: dead
Paint.net: dead
GIMP: dead on Windows
any other photo-editing software already struggling to survive: dead
You don't say?
Any photo-editing software struggling to survive = dead, might not be a total disappointment for Adobe.
Think of it this way: Better that they're using an Old Adobe product for free, than using a competitor's product.
Elements may have some volume, but the Pro versions are their flagship, that would be where the margins are.
And their download page has rather prominently an Ad I might add for CS6 cloud.
Total from the Pentagon budget: $210 billion per year. I'm concentrating on the Pentagon because they suck up more than half of discretionary spending.
Discretionary spending accounts for less than 1/3 of the budget. The so called "mandatory" spending is what needs to get cut out.
1. End the war in Afghanistan $100B/year
Sounds good to me
3. Cancel the F-35 program $10B/year -- biggest boondoggle in history
4. Discontinue the Marine Corps $30B/year -- it's redundant
Nonsense. I suppose next is discontinue the coast guard, because the Navy should do it.
5. Close a number of US bases $20B/year
6. Reduce size of Army, Navy and AF $30B/year
The number US bases and military forces should be sized appropriately to maintain the proper level of military readiness. But these are just pennies to be saved, and don't address the real issue.
Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., announced today that he plans to introduce a bill that would make it illegal to mint high-value platinum coins as a means to paying down government debt.
OK, so instead of minting a high-value platinum coin, how about gold coins then, in $1 billion denominations. 16,440 of them, please.
Seriously, if you're going to pass a law about it... make the rule an absolute LIMIT on how much dollar value the mint is allowed to produce in currency per year.
A trillion dollar coin at today's market value for platinum would weigh millions of pounds each.
Is that before or after the production of 1644 of the coins?
Realizing that the production of a trillion dollar coin is probably totally impractical, because not all the nation's debt is owed to one creditor, or did China consolidate it all now???
Try being born to rich parents...
Great.. can you help me out with that?
Nobody has less incentive to work than somebody who is just handed millions of dollars.
Well, someone worked to earn the money, and they have a right to spend the fruits of their labor how they see fit, which includes buying things for their kids or giving it away.
In this case their sense of "entitlement" was created from the earner's free choice. That's OK. As long as the money gets spent, there will be economic activity generated, and the public still benefits.
What's not OK, is entitlements given out in opposition to the free will of the worker.
In reality, some children of rich parents will receive millions, and donate to charity of their own free will, or use money in a productive way, that results in earning more money, producing more economic activity, and bettering society.
Yea, I'm sure if Obama is planning to use the only constitutional out, he probably would not sign this bill.
Last I checked, there were some mechanisms by which a bill can become law, without the president's signature :)
C# != Microsoft.
Of course it is. The link you cited is just Microsoft's PR machine at work, to encourage .NET adoption.
OOXML became a "standard" too; with lots of verbiage that says "Do things like word".
In some cases, individual players own the standards bodies or the standardization process.