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  1. Re:Still should be hands free on Using Handheld Phone GPS While Driving Is Legal In California · · Score: 2

    Kansas did about five or six years ago you can talk on the phone but texting and apps are a $60 fine. if you are using it for GPS it needs to be in some kind of mount.

    Same in Colorado and Nebraska but I'm not sure how much the fine is.

    Missouri bans texting for driver under 21 years old.

    Oklahoma bans texting or cell phone use for intermediate or learner permits and a distracted driving law that a cell phone could fall under if you are in an accident while using it.

  2. Re:in other news on Using Handheld Phone GPS While Driving Is Legal In California · · Score: 1

    I was rear ended at a stop light coming off an interstate by a woman talking on her cell phone. She got out of the car and came up to my car window before I had even managed to collect myself. She was still talking on her cell phone, trying to carry on two conversations and beg me not to call the police because it didn't do any damage, it's her boyfriend's car, and she doesn't know if he has insurance.

    The only response I could get out was "uhhm" and to point at the sheriff standing behind her. Apparently they had been following her for a while because she kept drifting into the other lane or onto the shoulder of the road.

    I have no idea what she was charged with but they took her away in handcuffs.

  3. Re:Still should be hands free on Using Handheld Phone GPS While Driving Is Legal In California · · Score: 3, Informative

    No reason why a windshield or dash mount cant be required for using the phone as a gps.

    A cell phone mount is required in some states to use it for gps including the one I live in. I had three cars totaled while they were parked by cell phone users two before they passed a no cell phone law and once after.

  4. Re:First blacks, on Apple Urges Arizona Governor To Veto Anti-Gay Legislation · · Score: 1

    I already live in a state were a business can refuse service to anyone, reason not required. Rarely have I seen this right exercised and usually only in the case of a trouble maker, shoplifting, or someone starting a fight with another patron. Any business that refuses customers may eventually find there bottom line hurting and be replaced by someone ready to provide goods and services to the entire public.

    I would be very much against this law because it singles out a group.

  5. Re:Dissimilar markets on Elon Musk Talks Tesla, Apple, Model X · · Score: 1

    You can buy an iphone at walmart but they are pricey compared to an android.

    The thing I found amusing was it sounded like Musk was denying he intended to buy out Apple. {I would have expected that to go the other way}

    Musk framed an acquisition as 'very unlikely,' mostly because it would distract Tesla from its goal of building an affordable electric car

  6. Re:It's not the same on Massive Storm Buries US East Coast In Snow and Ice · · Score: 1

    That is Hollywood's version of Kansas. Yes western Kansas is mostly farm land and some of it is very desolate and empty but the eastern half were most of the population is has rolling hills with trees {not forests} between the moderate to small sized cities. The wind does not blow enough to keep me from needing to trim the more than a dozen trees in my yard and on my property line. {I was worried that if I didn't the first snow/ice storm this winter was going to cause a lot of breakage possibly a little home damage}

    Kansas get's a variety of weather like damaging hail, high winds, snow storms, ice storms, rain, floods, tornadoes, temperatures below 0f in the winter and above 100f in the summer. All very common but not as common as the really nice days in the 60-70s during the spring and fall.

    I have a co-worker in our Atlanta office that's originally from Kansas, he said he doesn't think they get very much practice driving in snow there he took all back roads to work in the hope that he wouldn't need to deal with any traffic. You know what they say, practice makes perfect, and 2 months with 1-2 feet of snow and ice a year affords you a lot of practice time.

  7. Re:brighter? on Laser Headlights Promise More Intense, Controllable Beams · · Score: 1

    Correction.

    It's completely different from the US where everyone sets their cruise control to the speed limit and starts texting or facebooking on their cell phone.

  8. Re:And in other news... on Majority of Young American Adults Think Astrology Is a Science · · Score: 1

    They also have some great electronics kits and books.

    Like pong.
    http://www.amazon.com/Velleman...

  9. Re:And in other news... on Majority of Young American Adults Think Astrology Is a Science · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I went to a parent teacher conference when my son was in junior high and was excited to get to talk to his science teacher. I loved my junior high and high school science classes because we did experiments and it was fun.

    I was very disappointed to find out that my son would not have that experience, because their insurance wouldn't cover it.

    We have done more than a few of the experiments I could remember from school in the garage.

  10. Re:Slashdot Beta: Day Two on How Edward Snowden's Actions Have Impacted Defense Contractors · · Score: 2

    You have been eaten by a grue.

  11. Re:I blame textbook monopolies. on Wozniak Gets Personal On Innovation · · Score: 1

    Raising kids is tough work no matter what, so best of luck.

  12. Re:I blame textbook monopolies. on Wozniak Gets Personal On Innovation · · Score: 1

    I rarely help my kids with homework and they get good grades but they also go to a small school where they can get more individualized attention. This was entirely intentional on my part because I felt very much like I was lost in a crowd when I was in high school.

    I don't know about the school your kids attend or how you came to be the only parent, but I will propose an alternative. Since you mentioned being disengaged playing EVE your kids may be using the homework to keep you engaged.

  13. Re:i hate fat fucks as much as the next guy... on UK Council To Send Obese People 'Motivational' Texts Telling Them To Use Stairs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Being fat is not a condition.It is a lifestyle choice

    That is not true and my wife will gladly tell you how she was injured, unable to walk more than a few feet for three years, given steroid based treatments that's side effects included weight gain, went from size 12 to 24 and now that she is able to exercise again, is back to size 18 and still loosing weight.

    If you would like she can also tell you about worthless over priced treatments and tests and how insurance companies try to get out of paying.

  14. Re:Still using it on Eclipse Foundation Celebrates 10 Years · · Score: 1

    I recently wanted to play around with uzebox and I ran into issues setting up eclipse, the documentation was unsurprisingly hard to find, I ended up just getting Atmel AVR Studio. It wouldn't really be fair to compare them.

    {setting it up for some off the wall piece of hardware is difficult when the solution designed specifically for that purpose works out of the box... not really fair}

    It did appear a little heavy and I wouldn't consider using it for most projects and especially not at work where I have well documented tools specifically designed for what I'm doing.

  15. Re:No, not scholarships on James Dyson: We Should Pay Students To Study Engineering · · Score: 1

    They do in the US also {not all but many} so you can make it through college without massive debt.

    I managed to get out of college on scholarships and a part time job and not have a debt.

  16. Re:Opera is dead. on Former Dev Gives Gloomy Outlook On Linux Support For the Opera Browser · · Score: 1

    Mouse gestures are what I'll miss the most when I finally grudgingly upgrade to the new version {unless they have managed to put them in} or something else. I've not checked for a while does any other browser have them.

  17. Re:But Kansas! on Kansas To Nix Expansion of Google Fiber and Municipal Broadband · · Score: 1

    I'm fairly sure they would do everything they could to get the same deal from the municipality as any competitor and failing that look for legal recourse.

  18. Re:But Kansas! on Kansas To Nix Expansion of Google Fiber and Municipal Broadband · · Score: 2

    I can get FIOS, Cable, or DSL from three different companies at one house. I guess you could still say that they are three separate technology monopolies if you wanted since I only get one choice of each but providing internet they all compete against each other. {there is also satellite internet which I fogot about}

  19. Re:But Kansas! on Kansas To Nix Expansion of Google Fiber and Municipal Broadband · · Score: 1

    That's why I'm on the fence I know there are smaller communities that could benefit from municipal supported broadband expansion and larger communities that might run out already competing fios and cable providers. I'll concede that as written the bill is crap but keeping the gov out of already competitive markets is not a bad idea.

    I'm not sure how good a price $99/mo for 150mbps is but I have been told by people in rural areas that they pay that much for 12mbps

    I have never thought about it until today when I saw this but if the community were I live brought in another broadband provider like google in an attempt to lower prices I am fairly certain our current fios provider would leave to a more friendly community.

  20. Re:California on California Regulator Seeks To Shut Down 'Learn To Code' Bootcamps · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they mean 99% of graduates and also full time for 10-12 weeks is 400 to 480 hours plenty of time to learn everything you need to know about one language and about the same amount of time you would spend in 4 years on a single subject at a regular college.

  21. Re:But Kansas! on Kansas To Nix Expansion of Google Fiber and Municipal Broadband · · Score: 2

    I live in Kansas and on the one hand I'd like to have google fiber and on the other hand I can get residential 150mbps internet for $99/mo. What would a municipality funding more broadband carriers into my community accomplish? What would it do to the three competing broadband carriers already here? I'm on the fence.

    I know western Kansas has places were you are lucky to get 1.5mbps dsl and I'm not so sure a municipality with 1-10k people could even afford to support broadband expansion into their community.

    The majority of Kansas's 2.8 million population is in Kansas city, Topeka, Wichita and their surrounding area clumped together in the eastern portion of the state.

  22. Re:Full retard on Atlanta Gambled With Winter Storm and Lost · · Score: 1

    A good set of tires can make a difference but that's not enough you also need to know how to drive in the conditions. A quick set of rules that help me.

    Maintain your speed. {Slow down but not a crawl. You need momentum go through drifting snow}
    Give yourself room to stop.
    At Stops lights or stop signs, stop back from the drifts that accumulate on the corners. {if you roll up and stop in a drift you are probably stuck even in a 4x4}
    try to limit acceleration or braking on bridges. {they are notorious for cross winds and ice}

  23. Re:This is more of authentication than encryption. on Building Deception Into Encryption Software · · Score: 1

    As a broad theory it works but in practice.... there is a lot to take into account we will just have to wait and see.

  24. Re:This is more of authentication than encryption. on Building Deception Into Encryption Software · · Score: 1

    Possibly with a credit card a 16 digit number all decryption returns a 16 digit number however credit cards aren't random numbers there are rules to how they are formed. Just like alpha numeric passwords are still likely to resemble a word or phrase.

  25. Re:This is more of authentication than encryption. on Building Deception Into Encryption Software · · Score: 1

    Your assumption also means that the underlying encryption is an unknown algorithm and you have no access to the actual encrypted data. There has to be something else to keep you from attempting to decrypt the data without using the password manager it was made with.