I know it's Slashdot and nobody expects you to RTFA, but you didn't even read the summary:
Hey, I just wanted to ask about treatment for this disease that my potential daughter has in FUCKING UGANDA that I've been exposed to, but I'm not going to really be clear in my mind as to the symptoms, especially after I've already come back to the United States and am walking around in a large metropolitan airport.
1) I'm pretty sure she'd know it's truly her daughter, but maybe you want them to do a maternity test first? 2) The daughter wasn't in Uganda at the time of the phone call. 3) The summary doesn't mention that the mother was ever exposed or at risk of exposure. 4) The daughter (not the mother) was in the airport and, according to the summary (I know, I know... who bothers to read all the way through before posting?) she was pretty clear the bumps were from bed bugs.
The one part of your post that is seemingly correct is the subject line. However, that was probably a coincidence as you probably intended to be pointing the "Ha ha, you're stupid!" finger away from yourself.
I've never been able to find a satisfactory answer to this one, but why hasn't Harvard tried to argue that Facebook belongs to them? When I was in school, there was a policy that anything invented or created while a student using university resources is the property of the university, not the student. Isn't that why Dean Kamen didn't graduate? To keep his ideas and invent them on his own?
Does Harvard not have such a policy? Is there really no evidence that he used University resources in creating it?
... call the service provider and ask them is they take a US credit card instead of posting your question on Slashdot. If that fails, I'm sure there are plenty of other more suitable forums for this discussion elsewhere on the web. (A simple google search found plenty of discussions on internet service in Canada... suprise!)
I'm not sure why Slashdot continues to pander to a US-centric audience, and waste space on personal interest stories instead of "news for nerds" and other "stuff that matters".
What's next? A story on how "My Grandmother can't get on facebook and I think it's a problem with this box of flashing lights plugged into the wall, can someone help me?"
45 minutes out of Hawaii, the captain turned the "Fasten Seats Belts" light back on - at the first excuse for a mild bump - and then left it on uninterrupted for the next 7.5+ HOURS - in smooth. clear air - all the way until we landed - 36 hours later, and my feet and ankles are STILL swollen.
Did you happen to mention to the flight attendant that you were uncomfortable, or that you had a medical reason to need to stand occasionally? Perhaps the pilot simply forgot that he/she had left the light on, and a simple polite reminder from the FA
On they way out, it cost $25 per checked bag, and one, which was over 50lbs (52.7 to be exact), cost an ADDITIONAL $50 over that.
Did you check the baggage policy before you flew? I think most people by now realize that almost all carriers charge for checked bags now, due to the ad campaigns (noteably by Southwest) about how they allow free checked bags. I suggest you make informed choices before purchasing, as that information should be clearly available on each airlines' website.
Of course, there's no free food anymore, but they'll SELL you a chicken sandwich for $10, or a can of Pringles for $4.50. What I found interesting was that they don't take cash anymore - just credit/debit cards - I guess that "...all debts, public and private..." printed on the money doesn't mean anything if you're an airline.
They don't take cash at all, or they don't carry change? I know it is a burden for airline crews to make sure they had a supply of small denomination bills for each flight. On all of my flights recently, they have asked for exact change and will accept it.
Note, the American Airlines website states that food "can be purchased" with credit and debit cards. It does not state that cash is not accepted. In fact, it notes that some flights are not able to accept cards at all.
If you read the article, it notes that the effects were short term (~1 week). However, it doesn't say why. Probably because they haven't actually fixed the cause of the diabetes, which, as you noted, is often autoimmune in nature.
It sounds to me kind of like this:
Problem: My car isn't moving. Reason: There isn't any fuel. Solution: Push the car down the hill.
They are "fixing" the problem while ignoring the actual cause of the problem. Therefore, the problem will continue to reappear.
I guess we'll have to wait for the actual paper to be published before we can really discuss the science intelligently. In the meantime, we have a fancy headline that people will forget by the time the actual paper comes out and we realize that the headline is complete BS. According to the article, the research team is presenting it at a meeting currently. I presume this means that they haven't completed writing up their findings yet. (I couldn't find the article online.)
The problem with science reporting in the mainstream media is that they jump on anything that can be given an interesting headline, but the reporters never understand (or bother to analyze critically) the actual science. This is an ongoing problem and annoyance to many scientists who would prefer that the public not be misled.
For example, the Slashdot article posted a few days ago about 2 father mice producing offspring. In one paragraph, the media is saying "We can save species from extinction even if there are no females left!" and "This will allow gay couples to have their own offspring". In the very next paragraph, they are explaining that the researchers also needed 1) a blastocyst, and 2) a female womb. Do they bother to care or speculate where we are going to get those things if there are no females involved? Of course not.
Seriously, where is the actual article? I'm starting to think it is fake.
I have searched and searched.
If I search Google for the quote from the article, I only find Western media sites quoting that phrase. That quote doesn't seem to appear on the English version of the People's Daily.
I have also tried searching Google for "site:peopledaily.com.cn +ipad" and all I get are news articles or positive articles about the product.
If I add "disadvantages" to the above search, I get nothing...
Ok, so the Slashdot post links to Tech Dirt ad Tech Dirt links to Christian Science Monitor and Christian Science Monitor fails to link to the original article.
Anybody have a link to the ACTUAL article in the People's Daily? I want to see how badly those snippets were taken out of context, or if they are the result of glorified translation from the original Chinese.
So, first I am in China for the chicks. Then, in your next post, I'm in China because I couldn't get a job in my home country and I can take advantage of the demand for English language teachers in China.
For the record, I'm married, I have an advanced degree, and I don't teach English. I am working for the same company that I worked for in my home country - just from a different location.
And please don't pretend to be a Chinese expert. We (Chinese) know your kind, and we know why you live in China. We despise you.
It appears that my post above offended you. Obviously, there are Chinese people who care about this a great deal. With 1 billion people, of course there will be a percentage that care, and even a small percentage is a large number of people.
I was posting from my experience. The Chinese people that I know don't appear to care that much. I've discussed it with them, and none of them were outraged by the prize being awarded as it was. I compared it to the Obama award because, to me, it felt the same. Americans were, I think, more puzzled than outraged that Obama got the award before he really had a chance to do anything. The Chinese people that I know feel similarly. They are puzzled or flabbergasted, but not angry.
Yes, I'm a foreigner in China. I'm not sure what your problem with foreigners is, but it's pretty narrow-minded of you to think you know me simply because I was not born here. I'm surprised at your comment about Chinese people hating foreigners because the truth is that everyone has been very friendly to me here. People say hi to me all the time. They want to talk to me, know where I am from, ask for a photo, or just make a new friend.
You may be Chinese, but I really don't think you speak for all Chinese people in this regard.
Being that you are so narrow minded, I'm guessing you see this issue (the Nobel) as black and white. It isn't. Nothing is. My time in China has taught me to re-evaluate many things I previously believed to be true. There are two sides to every story. The truth usually contains a bit of both, and lies somewhere in the middle. China and the West are usually on opposite sides of that truth. Western media tells one side. Chinese media tells the other. Regardless of what country you are in, people are equally ignorant unless they seek out alternative views and consider all of the information objectively.
When observing these events, I feel it is much better to question and be humble, rather than to state things as fact. Things are usually not as clear cut as they seem.
In an effort to pre-empt any assumptions about access to information, I am in China and I have been able to access news sources and most articles online using Google News and various Western media outlets linked therein. Searches seem to be filtered by key-word, but most Chinese are aware of the award. Honestly, most of them don't care that much. They all know that the award often carries a political agenda. See: Barack Obama. Some feel it's just the West finding new ways to apply pressure to China on these issues where there has been long-standing disagreement. They are aware of the news though.
Mainly, I think the government is trying to avoid any large gatherings, unrest, or protests in the wake of this decision. We'll see what happens.
I've never had a problem accessing Slashdot from here. Some of the linked articles, yes, but not Slashdot itself. *ducks*
Does Google track my normal usage pattern? If so, they should warn me of any anomaly, not just from China but any other country that is outside the norm for my account.
I am in China. I access my Gmail every day from here. I have never seen this message. Somehow, they must know that is the norm for me. Will I get a warning if my account is suddenly accessed from the US?
Everyone is focused on the view from inside the plane, but what about from the outside. Wouldn't this make the planes harder to see while in flight?
I know that we have neat technology like radar to track the planes, but what if that fails and pilots aren't able to see other planes around them clearly?
Similarly, if you use this technology for small tourist planes (which seems to me to be a better idea) don't most of those planes follow visual flight rules? IANAP, so perhaps someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
Furthermore, would this increase the incidence of "bird strikes" if the birds aren't able to see the plane coming?
I'm thinking of buying 30 el-cheapo four-function calculators out of my pocket, but I'm afraid that less-adaptable students will be unable to handle the switch from the calculator they know to an unfamiliar (but simpler) one."
If they need a computer to do everything, and are incapable of using a simple 4 function calculator, then they haven't really learned the material...have they?
The simplest and most logical answer is usually the best one. Allow simple 4 function calculators during the exam. All other devices are prohibited.
See, that's the problem. You aren't thinking like a criminal.
If you wanted to break into a house, what would YOU do? That's how you need to approach the problem. If I were going to do this (and I'm not, just hypothetically) I would:
Use the facebook community features. You can join a community and view other people in that same town / geographic region.
Take their name and/or phone number (yes, some people put those on their profiles) and lookup their address online.
Browse their photos to see what they might have in their home, what their car looks like, etc.
If their email address is public, use that to search for other websites / forums with information about them.
Use google maps with street view to see what the building looks like, if it's a single unit home or a multi-unit complex, etc. Also, check for proximity of neighbors houses and lines of site to the property.
Find their home phone online and call it to verify they are not home at the time you plan to rob them.
If I look at enough people and get enough data points, it will be pretty easy to find a suitable target. Remember, I'm not saying that I will have enough info on a specific person, I'm just saying if I look at enough people I can eventually find the few "easy targets" who are too trusting about what they put online.
If they allow another, single-use password to be used - why don't they have a system allowing a single-use password when using a public computer? I have always wondered, and have often suggested (without response) that this be allowed.
1. I have a main password that I use to access my account most of the time (from my home PC or other trusted PC) 2. I have the option to set another, alt password, that I can set. 3. Once the alt password is set, it cannot be viewed or changed when logging in with the main password. 4. After logging in with the alt password one time, the alt password will no longer work. Following this, logging in with the main password allows the user to set another (different) alt password.
I'd feel much more comfortable logging into an account using a public terminal if I knew that the password was disposable.
Why is this modded insightful? It isn't. You are thinking about this from the perspective of what would happen in the US, and China is not the same. Obviously the poster and the mods have never spent much time in China.
There are more people here that you can imagine. The infrastructure cannot keep up with the population growth. In this particular area, the only alternate road is under construction. Look at a map. It would take an extra 9 hours at least if you take an alternate route, and that is provided you can get off the highway, turn around, and go back.
The government does it's best to control the traffic, but the number of people with cars is growing faster than they can keep up. In Beijing, you can only drive your car in the city 4 days a week. (Everyone has 1 day they are not allowed to drive, and it rotates.) Traffic is still horrible, even with 1/5 of the cars parked at home every day.
It is a major throughfare connecting to the capital city. You cannot just "close access" to the entire highway for a 60 mile stretch. You would essentially be cutting off all of those rural communities from the rest of the country for the entire summer until the construction projects are complete.
It just isn't feasible.
cars are simply unable to move once on the ramp causing people to do u-turns, etc, which causes its own hazards...
This confirms my suspicion what you have no idea what traffic is like in China. This (cars unable to move, illegal u-turns causing hazards, etc) happens all the time on a normal day here. The drivers are used to it, and they drive under the assumption that most people don't follow the rules.
I realize that someone who has never left the US might not understand, and the gut reaction might be "OMG, look how uncivilized China is!" but that is just your ignorance showing through. The American media doesn't help, because (on some level) the powers that be want us to think that about China, so that is the national image of the PRC that is repeated over and over in the West.
BTW, I was in Vermont during the Phish concert mentioned here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phish_festivals#Coventry The US isn't any better at handling the traffic situation. I don't recall them closing the highway in Vermont when this happened.
IANAL, but how can she sue both the driver and Google? It doesn't make sense.
If the driver was being reckless and that caused the accident, wouldn't that mean that the woman would have been able to safely walk that route if the drivers followed the rules?
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I know it's Slashdot and nobody expects you to RTFA, but you didn't even read the summary:
Hey, I just wanted to ask about treatment for this disease that my potential daughter has in FUCKING UGANDA that I've been exposed to, but I'm not going to really be clear in my mind as to the symptoms, especially after I've already come back to the United States and am walking around in a large metropolitan airport.
1) I'm pretty sure she'd know it's truly her daughter, but maybe you want them to do a maternity test first?
2) The daughter wasn't in Uganda at the time of the phone call.
3) The summary doesn't mention that the mother was ever exposed or at risk of exposure.
4) The daughter (not the mother) was in the airport and, according to the summary (I know, I know... who bothers to read all the way through before posting?) she was pretty clear the bumps were from bed bugs.
The one part of your post that is seemingly correct is the subject line. However, that was probably a coincidence as you probably intended to be pointing the "Ha ha, you're stupid!" finger away from yourself.
I've never been able to find a satisfactory answer to this one, but why hasn't Harvard tried to argue that Facebook belongs to them? When I was in school, there was a policy that anything invented or created while a student using university resources is the property of the university, not the student. Isn't that why Dean Kamen didn't graduate? To keep his ideas and invent them on his own?
Does Harvard not have such a policy? Is there really no evidence that he used University resources in creating it?
... call the service provider and ask them is they take a US credit card instead of posting your question on Slashdot. If that fails, I'm sure there are plenty of other more suitable forums for this discussion elsewhere on the web. (A simple google search found plenty of discussions on internet service in Canada... suprise!)
I'm not sure why Slashdot continues to pander to a US-centric audience, and waste space on personal interest stories instead of "news for nerds" and other "stuff that matters".
What's next? A story on how "My Grandmother can't get on facebook and I think it's a problem with this box of flashing lights plugged into the wall, can someone help me?"
The amount of data used by most widgets is incredibly small. I have an Android phone and use around 100MB per month.
45 minutes out of Hawaii, the captain turned the "Fasten Seats Belts" light back on - at the first excuse for a mild bump - and then left it on uninterrupted for the next 7.5+ HOURS - in smooth. clear air - all the way until we landed - 36 hours later, and my feet and ankles are STILL swollen.
Did you happen to mention to the flight attendant that you were uncomfortable, or that you had a medical reason to need to stand occasionally? Perhaps the pilot simply forgot that he/she had left the light on, and a simple polite reminder from the FA
On they way out, it cost $25 per checked bag, and one, which was over 50lbs (52.7 to be exact), cost an ADDITIONAL $50 over that.
Did you check the baggage policy before you flew? I think most people by now realize that almost all carriers charge for checked bags now, due to the ad campaigns (noteably by Southwest) about how they allow free checked bags. I suggest you make informed choices before purchasing, as that information should be clearly available on each airlines' website.
Of course, there's no free food anymore, but they'll SELL you a chicken sandwich for $10, or a can of Pringles for $4.50. What I found interesting was that they don't take cash anymore - just credit/debit cards - I guess that "...all debts, public and private..." printed on the money doesn't mean anything if you're an airline.
They don't take cash at all, or they don't carry change? I know it is a burden for airline crews to make sure they had a supply of small denomination bills for each flight. On all of my flights recently, they have asked for exact change and will accept it.
Note, the American Airlines website states that food "can be purchased" with credit and debit cards. It does not state that cash is not accepted. In fact, it notes that some flights are not able to accept cards at all.
If you read the article, it notes that the effects were short term (~1 week). However, it doesn't say why. Probably because they haven't actually fixed the cause of the diabetes, which, as you noted, is often autoimmune in nature.
It sounds to me kind of like this:
Problem: My car isn't moving.
Reason: There isn't any fuel.
Solution: Push the car down the hill.
They are "fixing" the problem while ignoring the actual cause of the problem. Therefore, the problem will continue to reappear.
I guess we'll have to wait for the actual paper to be published before we can really discuss the science intelligently. In the meantime, we have a fancy headline that people will forget by the time the actual paper comes out and we realize that the headline is complete BS. According to the article, the research team is presenting it at a meeting currently. I presume this means that they haven't completed writing up their findings yet. (I couldn't find the article online.)
The problem with science reporting in the mainstream media is that they jump on anything that can be given an interesting headline, but the reporters never understand (or bother to analyze critically) the actual science. This is an ongoing problem and annoyance to many scientists who would prefer that the public not be misled.
For example, the Slashdot article posted a few days ago about 2 father mice producing offspring. In one paragraph, the media is saying "We can save species from extinction even if there are no females left!" and "This will allow gay couples to have their own offspring". In the very next paragraph, they are explaining that the researchers also needed 1) a blastocyst, and 2) a female womb. Do they bother to care or speculate where we are going to get those things if there are no females involved? Of course not.
A jar of pennies sent COD?
If I were in charge at Google, I would go in person to deliver then an enormous $1 cheque.
And pull up in a Google Street View van?
And take pictures of the check presentation with the house in the background, and post them on the Google Blog announcement about the lawsuit?
Why is it that summarizing the article, point for point, gets a score of 5 informative?
Perhaps it's because:
1) Nobody expected anyone to actually read the article.
2) The summaries presented do not actually summarize the article, but simply copy and paste the first couple of sentences.
I should just start summarizing every article on Slashdot, without adding any insight or information, just to raise my karma.
Thank you so much. I wish there was a way to sticky your post to the submission. Well deserved mod points for you.
Seriously, where is the actual article? I'm starting to think it is fake.
I have searched and searched.
If I search Google for the quote from the article, I only find Western media sites quoting that phrase. That quote doesn't seem to appear on the English version of the People's Daily.
I have also tried searching Google for "site:peopledaily.com.cn +ipad" and all I get are news articles or positive articles about the product.
If I add "disadvantages" to the above search, I get nothing...
Ok, so the Slashdot post links to Tech Dirt ad Tech Dirt links to Christian Science Monitor and Christian Science Monitor fails to link to the original article.
Anybody have a link to the ACTUAL article in the People's Daily? I want to see how badly those snippets were taken out of context, or if they are the result of glorified translation from the original Chinese.
So, first I am in China for the chicks. Then, in your next post, I'm in China because I couldn't get a job in my home country and I can take advantage of the demand for English language teachers in China.
For the record, I'm married, I have an advanced degree, and I don't teach English. I am working for the same company that I worked for in my home country - just from a different location.
And please don't pretend to be a Chinese expert. We (Chinese) know your kind, and we know why you live in China. We despise you.
It appears that my post above offended you. Obviously, there are Chinese people who care about this a great deal. With 1 billion people, of course there will be a percentage that care, and even a small percentage is a large number of people.
I was posting from my experience. The Chinese people that I know don't appear to care that much. I've discussed it with them, and none of them were outraged by the prize being awarded as it was. I compared it to the Obama award because, to me, it felt the same. Americans were, I think, more puzzled than outraged that Obama got the award before he really had a chance to do anything. The Chinese people that I know feel similarly. They are puzzled or flabbergasted, but not angry.
Yes, I'm a foreigner in China. I'm not sure what your problem with foreigners is, but it's pretty narrow-minded of you to think you know me simply because I was not born here. I'm surprised at your comment about Chinese people hating foreigners because the truth is that everyone has been very friendly to me here. People say hi to me all the time. They want to talk to me, know where I am from, ask for a photo, or just make a new friend.
You may be Chinese, but I really don't think you speak for all Chinese people in this regard.
Being that you are so narrow minded, I'm guessing you see this issue (the Nobel) as black and white. It isn't. Nothing is. My time in China has taught me to re-evaluate many things I previously believed to be true. There are two sides to every story. The truth usually contains a bit of both, and lies somewhere in the middle. China and the West are usually on opposite sides of that truth. Western media tells one side. Chinese media tells the other. Regardless of what country you are in, people are equally ignorant unless they seek out alternative views and consider all of the information objectively.
When observing these events, I feel it is much better to question and be humble, rather than to state things as fact. Things are usually not as clear cut as they seem.
In an effort to pre-empt any assumptions about access to information, I am in China and I have been able to access news sources and most articles online using Google News and various Western media outlets linked therein. Searches seem to be filtered by key-word, but most Chinese are aware of the award. Honestly, most of them don't care that much. They all know that the award often carries a political agenda. See: Barack Obama. Some feel it's just the West finding new ways to apply pressure to China on these issues where there has been long-standing disagreement. They are aware of the news though.
Mainly, I think the government is trying to avoid any large gatherings, unrest, or protests in the wake of this decision. We'll see what happens.
I've never had a problem accessing Slashdot from here. Some of the linked articles, yes, but not Slashdot itself. *ducks*
I registered my account in the US. Used it there for years. Move to China. Use it every day here. Never got a warning message.
Does Google track my normal usage pattern? If so, they should warn me of any anomaly, not just from China but any other country that is outside the norm for my account.
I am in China. I access my Gmail every day from here. I have never seen this message. Somehow, they must know that is the norm for me. Will I get a warning if my account is suddenly accessed from the US?
Everyone is focused on the view from inside the plane, but what about from the outside. Wouldn't this make the planes harder to see while in flight?
I know that we have neat technology like radar to track the planes, but what if that fails and pilots aren't able to see other planes around them clearly?
Similarly, if you use this technology for small tourist planes (which seems to me to be a better idea) don't most of those planes follow visual flight rules? IANAP, so perhaps someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
Furthermore, would this increase the incidence of "bird strikes" if the birds aren't able to see the plane coming?
Will the lavatory compartment be transparent too?
I'm thinking of buying 30 el-cheapo four-function calculators out of my pocket, but I'm afraid that less-adaptable students will be unable to handle the switch from the calculator they know to an unfamiliar (but simpler) one."
If they need a computer to do everything, and are incapable of using a simple 4 function calculator, then they haven't really learned the material...have they?
The simplest and most logical answer is usually the best one. Allow simple 4 function calculators during the exam. All other devices are prohibited.
See, that's the problem. You aren't thinking like a criminal.
If you wanted to break into a house, what would YOU do? That's how you need to approach the problem. If I were going to do this (and I'm not, just hypothetically) I would:
Use the facebook community features. You can join a community and view other people in that same town / geographic region.
Take their name and/or phone number (yes, some people put those on their profiles) and lookup their address online.
Browse their photos to see what they might have in their home, what their car looks like, etc.
If their email address is public, use that to search for other websites / forums with information about them.
Use google maps with street view to see what the building looks like, if it's a single unit home or a multi-unit complex, etc. Also, check for proximity of neighbors houses and lines of site to the property.
Find their home phone online and call it to verify they are not home at the time you plan to rob them.
If I look at enough people and get enough data points, it will be pretty easy to find a suitable target. Remember, I'm not saying that I will have enough info on a specific person, I'm just saying if I look at enough people I can eventually find the few "easy targets" who are too trusting about what they put online.
If they allow another, single-use password to be used - why don't they have a system allowing a single-use password when using a public computer? I have always wondered, and have often suggested (without response) that this be allowed.
1. I have a main password that I use to access my account most of the time (from my home PC or other trusted PC)
2. I have the option to set another, alt password, that I can set.
3. Once the alt password is set, it cannot be viewed or changed when logging in with the main password.
4. After logging in with the alt password one time, the alt password will no longer work. Following this, logging in with the main password allows the user to set another (different) alt password.
I'd feel much more comfortable logging into an account using a public terminal if I knew that the password was disposable.
Why is this modded insightful? It isn't. You are thinking about this from the perspective of what would happen in the US, and China is not the same. Obviously the poster and the mods have never spent much time in China.
There are more people here that you can imagine. The infrastructure cannot keep up with the population growth. In this particular area, the only alternate road is under construction. Look at a map. It would take an extra 9 hours at least if you take an alternate route, and that is provided you can get off the highway, turn around, and go back.
The government does it's best to control the traffic, but the number of people with cars is growing faster than they can keep up. In Beijing, you can only drive your car in the city 4 days a week. (Everyone has 1 day they are not allowed to drive, and it rotates.) Traffic is still horrible, even with 1/5 of the cars parked at home every day.
It is a major throughfare connecting to the capital city. You cannot just "close access" to the entire highway for a 60 mile stretch. You would essentially be cutting off all of those rural communities from the rest of the country for the entire summer until the construction projects are complete.
It just isn't feasible.
cars are simply unable to move once on the ramp causing people to do u-turns, etc, which causes its own hazards...
This confirms my suspicion what you have no idea what traffic is like in China. This (cars unable to move, illegal u-turns causing hazards, etc) happens all the time on a normal day here. The drivers are used to it, and they drive under the assumption that most people don't follow the rules.
I realize that someone who has never left the US might not understand, and the gut reaction might be "OMG, look how uncivilized China is!" but that is just your ignorance showing through. The American media doesn't help, because (on some level) the powers that be want us to think that about China, so that is the national image of the PRC that is repeated over and over in the West.
BTW, I was in Vermont during the Phish concert mentioned here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phish_festivals#Coventry
The US isn't any better at handling the traffic situation. I don't recall them closing the highway in Vermont when this happened.
The real question is, will it be banned by the TSA?
IANAL, but how can she sue both the driver and Google? It doesn't make sense.
If the driver was being reckless and that caused the accident, wouldn't that mean that the woman would have been able to safely walk that route if the drivers followed the rules?