How does that point speak to the validity of the judge's ruling? He's ruling on the law, not on whether or not distracted drivers are bad.
Judges may rule on the technical aspect of the law or the spirit of the law, or strike a balance somewhere in the middle. This is why they are Judges, not computer programs which spit out a binary result of TRUE or FALSE.
In this case that the driver was using a phone to view maps is giving the judge considerable leeway with regard to the technical aspect of the law.
Were the driver viewing a hand-held dedicated GPSr with maps loaded in, it would have to be more in spirit of the law. Distracted driving has plenty of statutes from state to state and there's nothing new about it. Accidents have been documented from people taking their eyes off the road to dial (DIAL) a car radio. IIRC Michigan had a statute which barred in-dash television as early as the 1970's.
What makes you think they won't name the series of Laser gunboats after sharks?
Because the only cool names in the military are on the unit patches the soldiers wear. Everything else is an acronym for something that sounds like a Terminator T-1000 accessory.
Not so. During WW II the submarines were named for fish. That was fairly cool.
There are many potential projects, so we should spend LESS?
I think it's the potential government contractors who are thinking moar needs to be spent. That's how they think. We have a real POS system running at our state level I cannot believe should have cost $27 million. Take 1/10 that amount and give it to the department that peformed the function formerly and we'd have a better system - the old one really was well done and they were such great people to work with. IBM got the state contract and their system is riddled with bugs and they didn't know how to train users, so at least the old department employees took that over, which they do very well (largely because they understood what was going on and weren't burdened with IBMs documentation and ISO-9001, whatever perceived requirements.)
Just like we should be wary of the Military/Industrial Complex, the modern equivilent is the Government/Contractor booby trap - Your tax dollars at work, kinda/sorta.
While I'm all for government research. We need to spend less, not more. BRAIN sounds great, but so does a hundred other potential research projects that aren't even up for funding.
I'm still of the mind that most truly astounding things in the world were done before the age of computers. How about applying some brains to this brain-mapping. Some pencils and paper, too. $100 million sounds absurdly high for anyone to be moaning about it being inadequate.
Meh, this is just being posted to wake up the iFans and get their rabid page-clicks.
Android has been outselling Windows for a long time now, and will pass the entire Microsoft installed base in about 18 months.
Hey, look, Microsoft got into the fickle home entertainment market with XBox. Apple stayed away and developed products which were far more addictive.
I love Android and the alternative it provides, which forces Apple to remain on their toes, but Microsoft isn't even a player in the mobile market. Doesn't take a fanboi to figure where Microsoft's missteps have led them.
"It's a nice reader, but there's nothing on the iPad I look at and say, 'Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.'" Bill Gates, Microsoft, 10 February 2010
Maybe he wishes Microsoft hadn't done Windows 8?
Maybe he shouldn't have wasted so much time fretting over Java and moved Windows to a *nix kernal OS a long time ago.
In Redmond, they've been playing the same hand for decades. Totally missed the iPod, totally missed the mobile media player market, totally underestimated the mobile phone/communication device market and still utterly failed with the tablet market, learning absolutely nothing from their failure with XP tablets. A sign of intelligence is learning from your mistakes. Telling, isn't it? Ballmer should give back his entire salary and quit.
There actually is, but the main body of Congress routinely ignores it because the seat of their collective pants tell them to.
Representatives like Rogers like to get laws on the books with their names bandied about them, to show that they're not just fooling around, then they can get back to the business of whatever their big campaign donors want them to do. Circus and bread.
Passing laws makes the powerless feel better. You've never heard "There oughta be a law"? What they really should be saying is "There oughta be trained people who know how to track down the criminals and convictions which show the laws already on the books are enforced."
I think a huge part of what made him a great critic was that even when you disagreed with his opinion, you could usually sympathize with him anyway. It takes an unusually talented critic to pull that off.
I generally felt that way more about Gene Siskel, he always seemed to be down on movies I enjoyed, but he did articulate well why he didn't like something, rather than be a complete a** like Rex Reed.
Sneak Previews was one of the few television shows I'd free up some time each week to watch. It was a great show and taught that you don't have to agree with all or any one film critic(s). More often I'd agree with Roger, he seemed like he enjoyed basically fun films, where Gene was looking more at the quality of the production. As I grew older I'd appreciate both points of view and not just throw my money away just because Disney, Lucas or anyone else rolled out yet-another movie.
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How does that point speak to the validity of the judge's ruling? He's ruling on the law, not on whether or not distracted drivers are bad.
Judges may rule on the technical aspect of the law or the spirit of the law, or strike a balance somewhere in the middle. This is why they are Judges, not computer programs which spit out a binary result of TRUE or FALSE.
In this case that the driver was using a phone to view maps is giving the judge considerable leeway with regard to the technical aspect of the law.
Were the driver viewing a hand-held dedicated GPSr with maps loaded in, it would have to be more in spirit of the law. Distracted driving has plenty of statutes from state to state and there's nothing new about it. Accidents have been documented from people taking their eyes off the road to dial (DIAL) a car radio. IIRC Michigan had a statute which barred in-dash television as early as the 1970's.
What makes you think they won't name the series of Laser gunboats after sharks?
Because the only cool names in the military are on the unit patches the soldiers wear. Everything else is an acronym for something that sounds like a Terminator T-1000 accessory.
Not so. During WW II the submarines were named for fish. That was fairly cool.
Distracted drivers - you've seen them. Possibly you've been hit by them. They look away from the road, even for a couple seconds and BAM!
Next up, sharks.
What makes you think they won't name the series of Laser gunboats after sharks?
A fleet of these and all the missiles North Korea wants to waggle at the US will mean nothing.
There are many potential projects, so we should spend LESS?
I think it's the potential government contractors who are thinking moar needs to be spent. That's how they think. We have a real POS system running at our state level I cannot believe should have cost $27 million. Take 1/10 that amount and give it to the department that peformed the function formerly and we'd have a better system - the old one really was well done and they were such great people to work with. IBM got the state contract and their system is riddled with bugs and they didn't know how to train users, so at least the old department employees took that over, which they do very well (largely because they understood what was going on and weren't burdened with IBMs documentation and ISO-9001, whatever perceived requirements.)
Just like we should be wary of the Military/Industrial Complex, the modern equivilent is the Government/Contractor booby trap - Your tax dollars at work, kinda/sorta.
While I'm all for government research. We need to spend less, not more. BRAIN sounds great, but so does a hundred other potential research projects that aren't even up for funding.
I'm still of the mind that most truly astounding things in the world were done before the age of computers. How about applying some brains to this brain-mapping. Some pencils and paper, too. $100 million sounds absurdly high for anyone to be moaning about it being inadequate.
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Meh, this is just being posted to wake up the iFans and get their rabid page-clicks.
Android has been outselling Windows for a long time now, and will pass the entire Microsoft installed base in about 18 months.
Hey, look, Microsoft got into the fickle home entertainment market with XBox. Apple stayed away and developed products which were far more addictive.
I love Android and the alternative it provides, which forces Apple to remain on their toes, but Microsoft isn't even a player in the mobile market. Doesn't take a fanboi to figure where Microsoft's missteps have led them.
Maybe he wishes Microsoft hadn't done Windows 8?
Maybe he shouldn't have wasted so much time fretting over Java and moved Windows to a *nix kernal OS a long time ago.
In Redmond, they've been playing the same hand for decades. Totally missed the iPod, totally missed the mobile media player market, totally underestimated the mobile phone/communication device market and still utterly failed with the tablet market, learning absolutely nothing from their failure with XP tablets. A sign of intelligence is learning from your mistakes. Telling, isn't it? Ballmer should give back his entire salary and quit.
Probably not, their markets have healthy competition.
That's correct and they are suing them like crazy.
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There actually is, but the main body of Congress routinely ignores it because the seat of their collective pants tell them to.
Representatives like Rogers like to get laws on the books with their names bandied about them, to show that they're not just fooling around, then they can get back to the business of whatever their big campaign donors want them to do. Circus and bread.
Passing laws makes the powerless feel better. You've never heard "There oughta be a law"? What they really should be saying is "There oughta be trained people who know how to track down the criminals and convictions which show the laws already on the books are enforced."
Good luck enforcing laws overseas.
He'd be dead before got close to the thing.
Wait, wut?
Someone alert the Whitehouse, Obama is all for brain mapping.
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Well, Mail Order Monsters and Paradroid were clearly art and a helluva lot of fun to play.
I'll get me walker...
I think a huge part of what made him a great critic was that even when you disagreed with his opinion, you could usually sympathize with him anyway. It takes an unusually talented critic to pull that off.
I generally felt that way more about Gene Siskel, he always seemed to be down on movies I enjoyed, but he did articulate well why he didn't like something, rather than be a complete a** like Rex Reed.
Sneak Previews was one of the few television shows I'd free up some time each week to watch. It was a great show and taught that you don't have to agree with all or any one film critic(s). More often I'd agree with Roger, he seemed like he enjoyed basically fun films, where Gene was looking more at the quality of the production. As I grew older I'd appreciate both points of view and not just throw my money away just because Disney, Lucas or anyone else rolled out yet-another movie.
These really opened up a lot more films to me, beyond the Hollywood pap. Miss them both. Massive, massive props to them both.
Never dreamed I'd ever converse with either of them, but did tweet a bit with Roger. Great guy.
RIP, Roger
Too much... friends are overrated anyway!
Yes. They are always calling up or dropping by, wanting to go out to a club, pub or movie. Really cuts into hacking time.
"Sorry, it's broken. Burned out some bits, radiation leak, 2.8 dead."
YAWN
Perzactly. I couldn't be less interested if I were dead.
Well, that's not quite true.
When I get an Android tablet or phone I will be highly focused on seeing Facebook is not a component anywhere on it.
Uh, no. Somehow I sleep a little better knowing my money is backed up by the FDIC if I keep it in a real bank.
I'm more comfortable with having a limited amount of my assets in silve or gold coinage - that stuff will pretty much always have value.
And regarding Bitcoins, this not-so-old poll is relevant.
"A scary reminder of how insecure ALL money is in the computer age...."
I applaud the creation of Bitcoin, but really, would you trust your $10,000 more on a server somewhere or in an FDIC-covered bank?
The big sack of pennies under my bed is as secure as ever.