OK. Enough of the FUD; I use Progressive and I got the 30% discount.
I drive, on average, 10-15 MPH above the posted speed limit. But I leave - minimally - 2 seconds of stopping time in front of me. I'm more likely to merge going 65mph in a 60mph than 55mph, unlike many other drivers - it vastly helps traffic flow when you merge going at the same ambient speed as other drivers. Definitely not a leadfoot. Just observant.
They track when you drive, and number of "hard" stops. I had the beeper go off ONCE - when I was cut off by a driver. People will have sudden stops - deer crossings, other drivers. One or two isn't an automatic penalty. I was with another driver, and he had THREE "beeps" while stopping. Reason is he tailgates during normal driving. If the car in front slams on the brakes, he does too. It just measures the delta D over delta T, and if the ratio is too large, it determines it was a "hard stop". Like I said - you are allotted a certain number of these based on normal driving procedures.
The other part of the discount comes from when you drive - I had a second job during second shift, and drove back during the "cautionary" zone more nearly 3 times a week. I still got full discount.
Before everybody goes SCREAMING about how they're getting reamed a new asshole because Insurance Company X will know if they've gone 1.5 mph over the posted limit, settle the fuck down.
How about this? What about a sensor in front of the car, measuring current speed and distance to car in front? If you spend 0-5% of the time within 2 second stopping distance, you get 0 discount; all the way up to 90-100% of the time getting a (max) discount. That's about what the Snapshot was measuring. Jesus Christ the sky is falling!!!
I was searching for a link to garner some free Karma, and found that... can't stand videos that I can't seek through. There are 9 images, I don't need to see 90 seconds worth of rubbish for that.
I'm sure there's the correlation between elimination of (relatively) decent-waged manufacturing jobs and the increasing number of people who work two jobs, two income households, etc is an anomaly.
What happens to our consumer driven economy when a large swatch of consumers can't afford to consume?
It seems we've lost a lot of quality in the comment fields in the last 10 years. Lots of expertise modded up carefully; now we seemingly have opinion-pieces moderated up by whichever group happens to be awake at the time, and the real expertise is hidden in the +2 or below.
Fuck yourself! So he was going on holiday and that means we should take his word at face value? You're such a gullible fuck. No wonder people hate fucks like you.
Completely wrong. Remember that white household that was "ransacked" by the Boston PD - no wait, the FBI - no wait, the State Police- no, wait, turns out they did it for the lulz. The wife was at work, but poor husband let these agents in even though he didn't have to? And they were scary? Social media picked it up, the blogosphorores exploded, slapped some public domain artwork of SWAT teams raiding a house, and the story flew. The subsequent retraction after the call for clarification? Not so much. Stop buying these stories. And this argument about "Even if the story WAS true, it's a crime because it COULD Be true!!!!!one!!" Live in the real fucking world.
So we're reposting Fan Fiction now? He missed a flight, got in trouble at work, and made up an elaborate story about Americans hating Brown People so he missed his flight. What happened to any kind of evidence? We castigate the Religious because they don't waste time with "Facts" - but look how quickly we jump on the bandwagon when it's something we believe in.
They split that article into three pages? Discovery fucking sucks. I miss when the internet wasn't all about shoving as many baiting images to bullshit stories as they can on one page. Might be time to bust out Lync again. Here is the web page you requested: 20% information, 40% video, 40% links to other bullshit. Maybe I shouldn't use NoScript since then the links might be somewhat relevant, but fuck them.
Vendors are flogging tablets over E-ink; why get a one trick pony when you can have a multi-tasker.
Truth is, the one-trick pony feels much better on the eyes after reading for any extended amount of time. Staring at a backlit LCD just burns out your retinas, and changes reading from a relaxing experience to a tolerable situation.
I'm sure it is how it works, but your example is not valid at all. A speedometer is not a claim of maximum speed, it never has been and it never will. I've driven in cars that have >50mph larger difference between the maximum number on the speed limit and the maximum top speed of the unmodified vehicle. It's a gauge, not a specification, and anybody who reads that number and thinks that is their car's top speed is a dolt.
I've also driven in cars which have odometers that stop at 999,999 miles. Does that indicate that the simple gauge can have anything to say about the useful lifespan of the car? Shit I'm at 999,998 miles but I'm 3 miles from home. My car is going to die 1 mile from home!
It's about getting lied to. It fucking sucks. If the operates 10% slower than it performs on tests, I would expect - at the least - an explanation or a discount off the outrageous selling price. Yes, I really don't care if it operates at peak performance, the way I use my phone I suspect I wouldn't see any performance differential.
But I wouldn't want to buy a Delorean advertised to be capable of going 95 mph, only to find out that it can go 95 mph when it's being timed on a closed course; when normally used, it can only physically run at 86mph. I need 88 mph in a mall parking lot, otherwise the mother fucking Libyans will get me.
Samsung and Hyundai are Korean you fuck. Nice try anonytroll!
I find it far more interesting that the US Government will not buy Lenovo's because of the Chinese government's practice of installing espionage software on factory machines.
When every sixth topic on Slashdot is about the evils and perils of Government Regulation, why are we constantly seeing examples of companies misleading, blatantly lying, to their customers? We need more teeth on consumer regulation. I bought my Samsung Galaxy S4 on certain assumptions of power. Remember Hyundai blatantly lying about their fuel numbers for half a decade? They were doled out a punishment, but the boost in sales due to in part by their chain-wide efficiency offset any net losses.
Slashdot readers will remember this, and probably choose an S4 when faced with so few choices. Samsung sees no benefit to not skewing numbers in the future.
Based on the levels shown on that, sourced from the US Census Bureau, the average median income would be adjusted for inflation $44,823 in 2011 dollars back in 1983. Incidentally, the actual median income in 2011 was actually $4,000 higher than this. Income has outstripped inflation, whether median, mead, mode, sum of least squares, however you want to calculate it; growth at the top of the food chain has far outstripped the rest of the four quintiles, but the old addage is true: a rising tide raises all ships.
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OK. Enough of the FUD; I use Progressive and I got the 30% discount.
I drive, on average, 10-15 MPH above the posted speed limit. But I leave - minimally - 2 seconds of stopping time in front of me. I'm more likely to merge going 65mph in a 60mph than 55mph, unlike many other drivers - it vastly helps traffic flow when you merge going at the same ambient speed as other drivers. Definitely not a leadfoot. Just observant.
They track when you drive, and number of "hard" stops. I had the beeper go off ONCE - when I was cut off by a driver. People will have sudden stops - deer crossings, other drivers. One or two isn't an automatic penalty. I was with another driver, and he had THREE "beeps" while stopping. Reason is he tailgates during normal driving. If the car in front slams on the brakes, he does too. It just measures the delta D over delta T, and if the ratio is too large, it determines it was a "hard stop". Like I said - you are allotted a certain number of these based on normal driving procedures.
The other part of the discount comes from when you drive - I had a second job during second shift, and drove back during the "cautionary" zone more nearly 3 times a week. I still got full discount.
Before everybody goes SCREAMING about how they're getting reamed a new asshole because Insurance Company X will know if they've gone 1.5 mph over the posted limit, settle the fuck down.
How about this? What about a sensor in front of the car, measuring current speed and distance to car in front? If you spend 0-5% of the time within 2 second stopping distance, you get 0 discount; all the way up to 90-100% of the time getting a (max) discount. That's about what the Snapshot was measuring. Jesus Christ the sky is falling!!!
Relevant link from Progressive
I was searching for a link to garner some free Karma, and found that... can't stand videos that I can't seek through. There are 9 images, I don't need to see 90 seconds worth of rubbish for that.
You're spot on there.
I'm sure there's the correlation between elimination of (relatively) decent-waged manufacturing jobs and the increasing number of people who work two jobs, two income households, etc is an anomaly.
What happens to our consumer driven economy when a large swatch of consumers can't afford to consume?
Owls. Eagles. Falcons. Hawks. Vultures. Birds of Prey = Forward, Birds are Prey = Side.
OWL RLY?
Mandatory XKCD.
http://xkcd.com/1133/
The only flying space car that's taken anyone to another world.
Oh it sounds like that Prius C her dad got for her is a real pain in the ass.
Oh couldn't you tell? I was trolling for Karma. Cuz that's what people do in New Slashdot.
It seems we've lost a lot of quality in the comment fields in the last 10 years. Lots of expertise modded up carefully; now we seemingly have opinion-pieces moderated up by whichever group happens to be awake at the time, and the real expertise is hidden in the +2 or below.
+1, except "the LCDs on the market can't match its picture."
Fuck yourself! So he was going on holiday and that means we should take his word at face value? You're such a gullible fuck. No wonder people hate fucks like you.
Completely wrong. Remember that white household that was "ransacked" by the Boston PD - no wait, the FBI - no wait, the State Police- no, wait, turns out they did it for the lulz. The wife was at work, but poor husband let these agents in even though he didn't have to? And they were scary? Social media picked it up, the blogosphorores exploded, slapped some public domain artwork of SWAT teams raiding a house, and the story flew. The subsequent retraction after the call for clarification? Not so much. Stop buying these stories. And this argument about "Even if the story WAS true, it's a crime because it COULD Be true!!!!!one!!" Live in the real fucking world.
It's hardly testimony without any cross-examination.
So we're reposting Fan Fiction now? He missed a flight, got in trouble at work, and made up an elaborate story about Americans hating Brown People so he missed his flight. What happened to any kind of evidence? We castigate the Religious because they don't waste time with "Facts" - but look how quickly we jump on the bandwagon when it's something we believe in.
They split that article into three pages? Discovery fucking sucks. I miss when the internet wasn't all about shoving as many baiting images to bullshit stories as they can on one page. Might be time to bust out Lync again. Here is the web page you requested: 20% information, 40% video, 40% links to other bullshit. Maybe I shouldn't use NoScript since then the links might be somewhat relevant, but fuck them.
Vendors are flogging tablets over E-ink; why get a one trick pony when you can have a multi-tasker.
Truth is, the one-trick pony feels much better on the eyes after reading for any extended amount of time. Staring at a backlit LCD just burns out your retinas, and changes reading from a relaxing experience to a tolerable situation.
I'm sure it is how it works, but your example is not valid at all. A speedometer is not a claim of maximum speed, it never has been and it never will. I've driven in cars that have >50mph larger difference between the maximum number on the speed limit and the maximum top speed of the unmodified vehicle. It's a gauge, not a specification, and anybody who reads that number and thinks that is their car's top speed is a dolt.
I've also driven in cars which have odometers that stop at 999,999 miles. Does that indicate that the simple gauge can have anything to say about the useful lifespan of the car? Shit I'm at 999,998 miles but I'm 3 miles from home. My car is going to die 1 mile from home!
Thank God for that. Imagine having a society have to pay for one of these disposable workers to recover from a sick day!
It's about getting lied to. It fucking sucks. If the operates 10% slower than it performs on tests, I would expect - at the least - an explanation or a discount off the outrageous selling price. Yes, I really don't care if it operates at peak performance, the way I use my phone I suspect I wouldn't see any performance differential.
But I wouldn't want to buy a Delorean advertised to be capable of going 95 mph, only to find out that it can go 95 mph when it's being timed on a closed course; when normally used, it can only physically run at 86mph. I need 88 mph in a mall parking lot, otherwise the mother fucking Libyans will get me.
Samsung and Hyundai are Korean you fuck. Nice try anonytroll!
I find it far more interesting that the US Government will not buy Lenovo's because of the Chinese government's practice of installing espionage software on factory machines.
Sony has betrayed consumers more than almost any Tech company can name. They're universally hated across all spectrum of Slashdot users.
Yet they're largely poised to win the next "Console War" and they're still one of the premier names in the home entertainment business.
Companies have NOTHING to fear from consumer retaliation. Consumers are by and large stupid, with an extremely short term memory.
When every sixth topic on Slashdot is about the evils and perils of Government Regulation, why are we constantly seeing examples of companies misleading, blatantly lying, to their customers? We need more teeth on consumer regulation. I bought my Samsung Galaxy S4 on certain assumptions of power. Remember Hyundai blatantly lying about their fuel numbers for half a decade? They were doled out a punishment, but the boost in sales due to in part by their chain-wide efficiency offset any net losses.
Slashdot readers will remember this, and probably choose an S4 when faced with so few choices. Samsung sees no benefit to not skewing numbers in the future.
Turns out you use the name slimjim8094 at ubuntuforums too. Maybe change your password. Now!
http://www.davemanuel.com/median-household-income.php
Based on the levels shown on that, sourced from the US Census Bureau, the average median income would be adjusted for inflation $44,823 in 2011 dollars back in 1983. Incidentally, the actual median income in 2011 was actually $4,000 higher than this. Income has outstripped inflation, whether median, mead, mode, sum of least squares, however you want to calculate it; growth at the top of the food chain has far outstripped the rest of the four quintiles, but the old addage is true: a rising tide raises all ships.
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/cola/AWI.html
Average wage certainly has gone up.