The strange bit is EDF is French... so the plants are already run by a foreign company, but the fact it's China makes it (seem?) much scarier.
Of course we've already handed off our telecoms infrastructure to them already (Huawei) so the process has already begun.
Because France has to care about a Nuclear disaster in the country right next to them. The UK is not right next door to China. Also, France has a better track record on such things.
Well considering people do not have the opportunity to go to a market or store every day, it might be worth the time, fuel and energy saved. Not to mention that people might buy and eat more vegetables, knowing they would be able to use them all.
i bet some dullard will reply to this quoting the $25/$35 price tag of the pi, claiming that the price is the most important and striking attribute of it. and for that schmuck i'd like to point out that there are other arm socs priced just the same (or a measly dollar higher) that are still so much more than the overhyped pi.
I think you have explained it right there. No matter how good or bad your product is, it is nothing without hype. All people care about today is hype.
Which is why the government prefers to hire idiots.
A trip down to the DMV seems to support this theory.
How brilliant do you need to do a "sudo su"? The idiot is the person that designed the security such that anyone with admin access can get to anything. Perhaps it would be better to state that "Idiots get you in trouble." Or better yet, stop doing illegal shit. "Jackasses doing illegal shit get you in trouble." But I suppose that would require someone to take some responsibility at the NSA.
That is the beauty of getting into the CEO club. The boards of directors of all the other big companies are made up of C level executives, so once someone is in the club they can all vote for each other and guarantee themselves a giant paycheck. Even if they completely run a company into the dirt, they are guaranteed that their buddies in the C-Club will take care of them at their next position; because they will do the same on the boards they serve on.
It is clearly better for a law firm to make loads of money and toss some scraps to the people actually harmed. Great counter point!
Well what is the alternative? Allow companies to abuse their customers and employees? Because that is exactly what would happen without some kind of balance of power.
is it right that the only winner in this situation are the lawyers? Of course not. But our legal system was created by lawyers so it is no surprise that it benefits lawyers most. The system needs fixed instead of abused. But until then at least there is some incentive for companies to not use abusive behavior.
How do you commit vehicular homicide with a motorcycle without also being killed yourself? I suppose if you were wearing a helmet and wreck into a pedestrian or another motorcycle at enough velocity to kill the other party...
Anyhow, there are a lot of other ways this does not make sense.
What if your friend tells you they are going to be driving their vehicle in a dangerous way?
What if the person is not your friend? Are you suddenly responsible for every person you see in the bar having a drink in the event they decide to drive home drunk?
What if I see a person in another vehicle texting while driving. Am I responsible if they harm somebody because I knew about it?
Should I ram anyone I see texting while driving off of the road, in order to save others? (Actually, this doesn't sound like a bad idea, I figure they will end up completely responsible for the accident.)
Unless the person sending the message had a stipulation that the receiver would be fired, fined, or otherwise punished for not immediately reading and replying; how is ti negligent to send someone a message... driving or not.
Make it illegal to send a text if you know the recipient is driving. Now you gotta prove to a court of law that the sender knew. But it's easy to prove the driver was texting by checking phone records. But no, we don't want to do that, because it would imply making it illegal to text while driving.
Many places have already made it illegal to text while driving. They are just existing the liability to the other party of the conversation when that party has knowingly participated in the illegal texting, at the very least as an accessory to the crime itself.
My phone has an autoreply on text messages when it is connected to the bluetooth in my car. Does this mean if the person sends me a second message after the first they are suddenly liable for any stupid thing I do in my car from that point on? Even though it is already illegal (in my home locale) for me to check/send text messages while driving? What the fuck is wrong with this country?
See also: road work signs which say "PREPARE TO STOP". Aye-aye, I shall deploy the braking mechanism henceforth, and should be prepared to halt the carriage presently.
Dr. Jackson: Uh, you should probably prepare to fire. Maj. Marks: For the record, I'm always prepared to fire. I just have to press this button here. Dr. Jackson: Right..I just—I thought that's what you're supposed to say, so... Maj. Marks: I know.
8. Dolphin watercraft aren't the only form of future transportation that's a bit cramped. The electrically powered cars of the future will be quite small. In fact, when I first saw the tiny Daimler-Chrysler two-seaters on exhibit, I asked the exhibitor if the cars were perhaps meant to be attached to the side of a larger SUV, in case you run out of gas.
Once they have the real names of the few commentors that still bothers to visit the site; they will be worth far more to their advertisers. Perhaps even enough to offset the lost ad revenue from lower traffic.
A journalist's partner who was helping the journalist with the story. That's pretty damn close to being a journalist.
Or to put it another way, if he wasn't a journalist then wtf did they detain him for 9 hours for? There would be no point unless he was acting in the capacity as a journalist.
Easy, to scare the actual Journalists. Most people with convictions are willing to go to jail for them. But would you risk your husband and entire family to be arrested for your convictions?
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Crisis solved. I will even waive my customary consulting fee.
The strange bit is EDF is French... so the plants are already run by a foreign company, but the fact it's China makes it (seem?) much scarier.
Of course we've already handed off our telecoms infrastructure to them already (Huawei) so the process has already begun.
Because France has to care about a Nuclear disaster in the country right next to them. The UK is not right next door to China. Also, France has a better track record on such things.
LJN: The Shit Rainbow.
Well considering people do not have the opportunity to go to a market or store every day, it might be worth the time, fuel and energy saved. Not to mention that people might buy and eat more vegetables, knowing they would be able to use them all.
i bet some dullard will reply to this quoting the $25/$35 price tag of the pi, claiming that the price is the most important and striking attribute of it. and for that schmuck i'd like to point out that there are other arm socs priced just the same (or a measly dollar higher) that are still so much more than the overhyped pi.
I think you have explained it right there. No matter how good or bad your product is, it is nothing without hype. All people care about today is hype.
Which is why the government prefers to hire idiots.
A trip down to the DMV seems to support this theory.
How brilliant do you need to do a "sudo su"? The idiot is the person that designed the security such that anyone with admin access can get to anything. Perhaps it would be better to state that "Idiots get you in trouble." Or better yet, stop doing illegal shit. "Jackasses doing illegal shit get you in trouble." But I suppose that would require someone to take some responsibility at the NSA.
No, it spins at 666,666 RPM. Yeah, I know, all dentists are sadists.
Sadist != Satanist
Though I suspect there is quite a bit of overlap.
He is probably just against Grafiti
Easy, he can start a business named "Fuck You Cold Callers, Inc".
taking pot-shots at the monumentally, epically difficult jobs of regulators is lazy comedy.
/ no, i am not a regulator, but I know what they do.
Presumably they regulate...
That is the beauty of getting into the CEO club. The boards of directors of all the other big companies are made up of C level executives, so once someone is in the club they can all vote for each other and guarantee themselves a giant paycheck. Even if they completely run a company into the dirt, they are guaranteed that their buddies in the C-Club will take care of them at their next position; because they will do the same on the boards they serve on.
Every time I hear the name "Elop", it makes me think of QWOP.
It is clearly better for a law firm to make loads of money and toss some scraps to the people actually harmed. Great counter point!
Well what is the alternative? Allow companies to abuse their customers and employees? Because that is exactly what would happen without some kind of balance of power.
is it right that the only winner in this situation are the lawyers? Of course not. But our legal system was created by lawyers so it is no surprise that it benefits lawyers most. The system needs fixed instead of abused. But until then at least there is some incentive for companies to not use abusive behavior.
How do you commit vehicular homicide with a motorcycle without also being killed yourself? I suppose if you were wearing a helmet and wreck into a pedestrian or another motorcycle at enough velocity to kill the other party...
Anyhow, there are a lot of other ways this does not make sense.
What if your friend tells you they are going to be driving their vehicle in a dangerous way?
What if the person is not your friend? Are you suddenly responsible for every person you see in the bar having a drink in the event they decide to drive home drunk?
What if I see a person in another vehicle texting while driving. Am I responsible if they harm somebody because I knew about it?
Should I ram anyone I see texting while driving off of the road, in order to save others? (Actually, this doesn't sound like a bad idea, I figure they will end up completely responsible for the accident.)
Unless the person sending the message had a stipulation that the receiver would be fired, fined, or otherwise punished for not immediately reading and replying; how is ti negligent to send someone a message... driving or not.
Make it illegal to send a text if you know the recipient is driving. Now you gotta prove to a court of law that the sender knew. But it's easy to prove the driver was texting by checking phone records. But no, we don't want to do that, because it would imply making it illegal to text while driving.
Many places have already made it illegal to text while driving. They are just existing the liability to the other party of the conversation when that party has knowingly participated in the illegal texting, at the very least as an accessory to the crime itself.
My phone has an autoreply on text messages when it is connected to the bluetooth in my car. Does this mean if the person sends me a second message after the first they are suddenly liable for any stupid thing I do in my car from that point on? Even though it is already illegal (in my home locale) for me to check/send text messages while driving? What the fuck is wrong with this country?
.... raise my right hand.
This brings an entirely new meaning to the term.
See also: road work signs which say "PREPARE TO STOP". Aye-aye, I shall deploy the braking mechanism henceforth, and should be prepared to halt the carriage presently.
A movie quote for every situation:
You're always preparing! Just go.
No. That's actually the thing. We aren't supposed to have a standing army... one that is sitting around being prepared.
Wait, should we have a standing army, or a sitting one?
Shouldn't the military always be ready?
Reminds me of a clip from Stargate SG-1:
Dr. Jackson: Uh, you should probably prepare to fire.
Maj. Marks: For the record, I'm always prepared to fire. I just have to press this button here.
Dr. Jackson: Right..I just—I thought that's what you're supposed to say, so...
Maj. Marks: I know.
8. Dolphin watercraft aren't the only form of future transportation that's a bit cramped. The electrically powered cars of the future will be quite small. In fact, when I first saw the tiny Daimler-Chrysler two-seaters on exhibit, I asked the exhibitor if the cars were perhaps meant to be attached to the side of a larger SUV, in case you run out of gas.
Probably.
Wrong. I'm fairly certain that in 50 years there would be a small colony of people living on the moon. Humans will also have visited Mars.
I'm fairly certain that in 50 years Presidents will still be promising a small colony of people living on the moon and a Mars mission in 50 years.
Well that is what they were promising 50 years ago...
Once they have the real names of the few commentors that still bothers to visit the site; they will be worth far more to their advertisers. Perhaps even enough to offset the lost ad revenue from lower traffic.
A journalist's partner who was helping the journalist with the story.
That's pretty damn close to being a journalist.
Or to put it another way, if he wasn't a journalist then wtf did they detain him for 9 hours for?
There would be no point unless he was acting in the capacity as a journalist.
Easy, to scare the actual Journalists. Most people with convictions are willing to go to jail for them. But would you risk your husband and entire family to be arrested for your convictions?