Maybe I understand it wrong (and it seems that you have a better understanding than me), but doesn't the alternator already provide 14.4v at idle? It's also already providing enough current to charge my battery, run the engine, and power my lights. So, at any higher speed than idle, it's creating more power than it needs already, no?
But I never really got the whole SSN freak-out craze anyway. Want to get a credit card in my name? Well, you're going to have to show them ID first because of my fraud alert. Want a photo ID in my name? You're going to have to get a copy of my birth certificate. Want my military records? They're public info anyway, go to the courthouse and ask for a copy.
ID, as usual probably. My high school printed it right on your ID. My college, PSU, just changed over last year to "PSU ID" #'s.... just another fucking number to remember.
I am not a lawyer or a doctor. However, I do plan on being a lawyer at some point.
I see a lot of posts here taking the patient's side. Why is that? Think about the last time you forgot to use your turnsignal. Now think about the last big mistake you made at work.
Chances are, you probably cost the company some money, got demoted, or even fired. But a doctor does not deal in paperwork or machinery. He deals with something that's grey area is infinite. The machine that he repairs walks a very thin wire between working right, and being dead. Even if that doctor tries to put it out of mind, sometimes his hand may make a living person a dead person.
Why do people not understand that? I dont really agree with these doctors suing back, but medical malpractice lawsuits are outrageous. You cannot put aprice on human life. That means even a billion dollars will not do. There is, however, a value to human life, and most doctors STRIVE FROM THE BEGINNING to uphold that value. When Smith stuck his hand in the machine at work, he took the machine out for the day and cost the company $100,000. His boss screamed at him, and that was that. When Smith's anesthesiologist accidentally gave him an overdose of the general anesthesia, he didn't just get yelled at and then went on with his way. He had to tell Smith's family. He had to deal with the fact that his mistake ended a human life. A malpractice lawsuit could end his career, not just his job.
If that company doesn't replace its cars' tires or brakes as part of a regular maintenance routine, those said cars will eventually careen off the road and kill someone.
In fact, usually car manufacturers recommend that tires and brakes be checked at every oil change, or 3 months. Hmm.
People are lawlessly looting and destroying the city. There have been rapes at the Superdome. Read the paper and watch the news.
Guess what, when the EMA is overloaded and so are the police, the military takes over. If you're going to rape and pillage, expect a 5.56mm bullet in your head. That's just how it should be. Would you rather they rob the whole city, rape your wife, and kill your children just because in an emergency situation, there's nobody to stop them? That's how criminals are.
Yeah, you're right, during the track days, it's pretty much a pain in the ass. My old Mazda's TCS OFF button completely disabled it.
I live in Pennsylvania, where inclement weather driving is just a thing of life. I can drive just fine in it with a 5-speed and standard brakes, but with TCS and Anti-Lock, I can set my cruise to 75MPH and watch as the light blinks "TCS TCS TCS" the millisecond I hit ice. The traction control system isn't really programmed for 90 year olds, it's just not advanced enough to realize the difference between "oh, he WANTS his wheels to spin." and "oh, this is an inch of ice where there should be an inch of blacktop!"
Fortunately, the scenario you're looking at IS getting less likely to happen.
Newer cars are just as simple as an old carbureted car, just inherently different.
Put simply, the computer measures air in, meters fuel, and corrects itself based on exhaust oxygen. The only thing different about the mess is that a computer controls it, not a godawfully inefficient mechanical wonder on top of your intake.
If exhaust oxygen is low, catalytic converters work. Just like in an old car, you'd clean the carburetor, in a new car, you'd clean the air sensor and replace the O2 sensors. AutoZone will read your codes for free, and if it's anything real important to emissions, the codes are clear. For instance, when my O2 sensors went, the car's computer told me what bank was reading funny and how so (rich or lean). Eventually, if the O2 sensors or airflow sensors are shot, other things will break. Quick.
Ten years from now, the shadetree mechanics will be as good at EFI as they are at older engines. All my cars have been EFI, and I can diagnose and repair most any problem just fine. My V8 puts out 205HP (not much) at 26 miles per gallon.
If you really think every employer is going to test for benign reasons like that, you are very naive.
Hmm. OK. This guy MIGHT get CTS. Hey, lackey, can you throw this resume in the circular file for me? Thanks.
Oh, this woman broke her arm. She's genetically predisposed to get osteoperosis. A normal person's bone would have sustained the fall! No workmans comp for you!
That's my argument right there. But the thing is, you have to see their side.
Can grandma handle 100MPH? Certainly not, and she knows it, by going 50.
Can Little Jimmy handle 100MPH? Certainly not, and he shows it by going 130MPH, since at 100MPH, 30MPH won't make much difference to the cop.
To Jimmy, Grandma is standing still and he's coming up on her bumper at 70MPH. Jimmy is too busy changing his Nelly CD, and bam. Instant liquid steel. If they let people go 100, there will always be that one idiot that goes too slow or too fast. and when the bar is raised that high, it can't be pretty.
Yeah, you're right, someone's making money off of the wireless access, too. But then again, someone's making money off of the turnpike, too - it doesn't cost $250,000,000 to maintain the road yearly.
Whether or not it's going back to the airport or into some commercial entity's pockets I dunno.
So, by extension, I paid for the turnpike. So why do I have to pay fees?
Oh yeah. Upkeep. Same in this situation. It makes sense if you look at it in a different way. I'm not talking about just the wireless infrastructure, either. I know it doesn't cost the Turnpike Comission over a quarter billion a year (YES! The Pennsylvania Turnpike makes THAT MUCH.) to take care of the road. But that also pays for the call boxes every mile, towing service, and another million stupid government projects. Logan probably only makes enough money from Wi-Fi to hire a few janitors.
My father is a landlord, and when he started accepting VISA for the 3/4 or the tenants that wanted it, the other 1/4 bitched that he had to raise his rent 2.9% for cash buyers, too. VISA forced him to do that. Either charge the same price for both, or take a 2.9% loss on credit card users. They also say there's no minimum purchase.
Well, a local Kwik-E-Mart didn't get that. They had a minimum of $10 for a CC purchase and if it was under $15 they charged you 5%. I tried to explain this to a manager, but they didn't get it until next week when I couldn't use the card there period... someone bitched to their merchant account issuer.
(not that I agree with a business having ANY rights just because they're a 'person', but here goes...)
Joe Shitface gets a license to operate his business. It's a sole proprietorship... meaning the only one in charge of it, Joe Shitface, is a PERSON who DOES have guaranteed rights. Since he doesn't have a fictitious name license, he's gotta call it Joe Shitface's Get Laid Website. He then gets this license, and calls it LonghornSingles.com. It's still run by Mr. Shitface.
Months down the line, he incorporates it, because being a slimy SPAM dog is profitable! But, he still holds 100% of the non-public stock, so he's CEO, President, and all that happy bullshit at once. So, if he runs every aspect of the company, why shouldn't it have free speech rights like him?
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Maybe I understand it wrong (and it seems that you have a better understanding than me), but doesn't the alternator already provide 14.4v at idle? It's also already providing enough current to charge my battery, run the engine, and power my lights. So, at any higher speed than idle, it's creating more power than it needs already, no?
True, true.
But I never really got the whole SSN freak-out craze anyway. Want to get a credit card in my name? Well, you're going to have to show them ID first because of my fraud alert. Want a photo ID in my name? You're going to have to get a copy of my birth certificate. Want my military records? They're public info anyway, go to the courthouse and ask for a copy.
ID, as usual probably. My high school printed it right on your ID. My college, PSU, just changed over last year to "PSU ID" #'s.... just another fucking number to remember.
I am not a lawyer or a doctor. However, I do plan on being a lawyer at some point.
I see a lot of posts here taking the patient's side. Why is that? Think about the last time you forgot to use your turnsignal. Now think about the last big mistake you made at work.
Chances are, you probably cost the company some money, got demoted, or even fired. But a doctor does not deal in paperwork or machinery. He deals with something that's grey area is infinite. The machine that he repairs walks a very thin wire between working right, and being dead. Even if that doctor tries to put it out of mind, sometimes his hand may make a living person a dead person.
Why do people not understand that? I dont really agree with these doctors suing back, but medical malpractice lawsuits are outrageous. You cannot put aprice on human life. That means even a billion dollars will not do. There is, however, a value to human life, and most doctors STRIVE FROM THE BEGINNING to uphold that value. When Smith stuck his hand in the machine at work, he took the machine out for the day and cost the company $100,000. His boss screamed at him, and that was that. When Smith's anesthesiologist accidentally gave him an overdose of the general anesthesia, he didn't just get yelled at and then went on with his way. He had to tell Smith's family. He had to deal with the fact that his mistake ended a human life. A malpractice lawsuit could end his career, not just his job.
You're supposed to be 18 to have an eBay account. eBay is supposed to check, so logically it'd be their fault, right?
Pardon me, sir, but the point just flew over your head and took out your attic window.
10-minute recording. Microphones are even easier to hide than video cameras.
If that company doesn't replace its cars' tires or brakes as part of a regular maintenance routine, those said cars will eventually careen off the road and kill someone.
In fact, usually car manufacturers recommend that tires and brakes be checked at every oil change, or 3 months. Hmm.
People are lawlessly looting and destroying the city. There have been rapes at the Superdome. Read the paper and watch the news.
Guess what, when the EMA is overloaded and so are the police, the military takes over. If you're going to rape and pillage, expect a 5.56mm bullet in your head. That's just how it should be. Would you rather they rob the whole city, rape your wife, and kill your children just because in an emergency situation, there's nobody to stop them? That's how criminals are.
Yeah, you're right, during the track days, it's pretty much a pain in the ass. My old Mazda's TCS OFF button completely disabled it.
I live in Pennsylvania, where inclement weather driving is just a thing of life. I can drive just fine in it with a 5-speed and standard brakes, but with TCS and Anti-Lock, I can set my cruise to 75MPH and watch as the light blinks "TCS TCS TCS" the millisecond I hit ice. The traction control system isn't really programmed for 90 year olds, it's just not advanced enough to realize the difference between "oh, he WANTS his wheels to spin." and "oh, this is an inch of ice where there should be an inch of blacktop!"
You think you're better than the traction system?
So then, you can adjust your engine's speed within tens of RPMs, and modulate each brake cylinder 20 times per second or better?
I think not. A lot of people THINK they're better than the computer is, until the snow and ice come out anyway.
Fortunately, the scenario you're looking at IS getting less likely to happen.
Newer cars are just as simple as an old carbureted car, just inherently different.
Put simply, the computer measures air in, meters fuel, and corrects itself based on exhaust oxygen. The only thing different about the mess is that a computer controls it, not a godawfully inefficient mechanical wonder on top of your intake.
If exhaust oxygen is low, catalytic converters work. Just like in an old car, you'd clean the carburetor, in a new car, you'd clean the air sensor and replace the O2 sensors. AutoZone will read your codes for free, and if it's anything real important to emissions, the codes are clear. For instance, when my O2 sensors went, the car's computer told me what bank was reading funny and how so (rich or lean). Eventually, if the O2 sensors or airflow sensors are shot, other things will break. Quick.
Ten years from now, the shadetree mechanics will be as good at EFI as they are at older engines. All my cars have been EFI, and I can diagnose and repair most any problem just fine. My V8 puts out 205HP (not much) at 26 miles per gallon.
Ha! Yeah. According to Google, anyway, Plug N' Play is satan, and I really dispised MP3 players (in favor of MD players).
I couldn't see your username when I replied to his post, so I just made an assumtion (not a bad one for slashdot either, lol). My apologies. =)
He said MPH, but if he did mean km/h, I feel sorry for them, stuck driving slower than 100 on the freeway.
If you really think every employer is going to test for benign reasons like that, you are very naive.
Hmm. OK. This guy MIGHT get CTS. Hey, lackey, can you throw this resume in the circular file for me? Thanks.
Oh, this woman broke her arm. She's genetically predisposed to get osteoperosis. A normal person's bone would have sustained the fall! No workmans comp for you!
RTFA. NOT games. Accessories. It took me less than 20 seconds to read your comment, hit reply, and tell you that.
I'm not sure if this is the case, but it sounds like this:
1. Take picture.
2. Calculate md5sum.
3. Superimpose md5sum onto picture.
4. Print picture.
Well, now there's no way to verify it! The picture's md5sum is going to be different than the picture with the md5sum on it's md5sum.
That's my argument right there.
But the thing is, you have to see their side.
Can grandma handle 100MPH? Certainly not, and she knows it, by going 50.
Can Little Jimmy handle 100MPH? Certainly not, and he shows it by going 130MPH, since at 100MPH, 30MPH won't make much difference to the cop.
To Jimmy, Grandma is standing still and he's coming up on her bumper at 70MPH. Jimmy is too busy changing his Nelly CD, and bam. Instant liquid steel. If they let people go 100, there will always be that one idiot that goes too slow or too fast. and when the bar is raised that high, it can't be pretty.
Why?
Someone always wants lebensraum. China's looking pretty crowded.
Yeah, you're right, someone's making money off of the wireless access, too. But then again, someone's making money off of the turnpike, too - it doesn't cost $250,000,000 to maintain the road yearly.
Whether or not it's going back to the airport or into some commercial entity's pockets I dunno.
Shouldn't the turnpike be free?
The government built it.
I pay for the government.
So, by extension, I paid for the turnpike. So why do I have to pay fees?
Oh yeah. Upkeep. Same in this situation. It makes sense if you look at it in a different way. I'm not talking about just the wireless infrastructure, either. I know it doesn't cost the Turnpike Comission over a quarter billion a year (YES! The Pennsylvania Turnpike makes THAT MUCH.) to take care of the road. But that also pays for the call boxes every mile, towing service, and another million stupid government projects. Logan probably only makes enough money from Wi-Fi to hire a few janitors.
Not all retailers seem to get it.
My father is a landlord, and when he started accepting VISA for the 3/4 or the tenants that wanted it, the other 1/4 bitched that he had to raise his rent 2.9% for cash buyers, too. VISA forced him to do that. Either charge the same price for both, or take a 2.9% loss on credit card users. They also say there's no minimum purchase.
Well, a local Kwik-E-Mart didn't get that. They had a minimum of $10 for a CC purchase and if it was under $15 they charged you 5%. I tried to explain this to a manager, but they didn't get it until next week when I couldn't use the card there period... someone bitched to their merchant account issuer.
Sucks for them, I guess.
That's cool, dude.
Meanwhile, some programmers program for Windows because 90% of the userbase is > 10% of the userbase.
This article is for them, not you. Go back in your crate.
(not that I agree with a business having ANY rights just because they're a 'person', but here goes...)
Joe Shitface gets a license to operate his business. It's a sole proprietorship... meaning the only one in charge of it, Joe Shitface, is a PERSON who DOES have guaranteed rights. Since he doesn't have a fictitious name license, he's gotta call it Joe Shitface's Get Laid Website. He then gets this license, and calls it LonghornSingles.com. It's still run by Mr. Shitface.
Months down the line, he incorporates it, because being a slimy SPAM dog is profitable! But, he still holds 100% of the non-public stock, so he's CEO, President, and all that happy bullshit at once. So, if he runs every aspect of the company, why shouldn't it have free speech rights like him?
That's their argument.
Most of the way it's the other way around. My chiropractor costs $50 cash, but costs my insurance company $80.
Perscriptions, on the other hand...