There was also a radiocative fish caught near California, but it wasn't deemed dangerous. But it does go to show how far the effects of the disaster have been felt so far.
I didn't say I recommended it to minors. Younger != minor. It's actually been a while since I read this book, but I don't recall that part being a major focus of the story. Maybe I mentally filtered that part of it out. Did you read to the part with the spaceships, etc? If you want "creepy old man sex fantasies" go read some Heinlein- there may be more extreme examples, but I don't want to know who.
One of my favorite authors. I've recommended the Heechee Saga to probably dozens of younger SciFi readers. Think I'll have to re-read it. Again. And then the rest of his books. Again...
There seem to be a lot of drivers who don't want to go fast, they just want to be first. They will go as fast as they need to to get in front of everybody, and then slow down. In the passing lane. Driving erratically like this seems much more dangerous than just speeding.
It seems that BMW has merely automated an activity that was previously done manually. Hopefully the cruise control system is less likely to be distracted by cell phone/latte/other shiny cars/etc. than the BMW drivers I typically see.
1) We got hacked by methods any average or better than average sysadmin could use. Thus our entire architecture is at risk at this can happen multiple more times. We have no adequate defense against this, and are thoroughly screwed.
or
2) We got hacked by a BRILLIANT HACKER! No one could have foreseen the ninja-like moves he used against us! Now that we've closed the obscure loophole that he used, the only flaw in our otherwise perfect system, our files are safe for eternity! Yay us!
I wonder how many of the fatalities listed were due to drivers trying to use these fictional bridges? A glitch like that in the Garmin or Google database could rack up quite a few.
There's probably already footage of you naked stored in government computers....
If you're that shy or insecure, then sleep with pajamas on or nearby in case your house catches on fire. Or post a sign outside your property stating "Please remove all personal recording devices before saving my life."
I'd say that, in general, emergency response (firefighters and paramedics), really probably shouldn't be filming everything.
I'd say that they should be recording every single thing they do on duty, for a variety of reasons. But that film should be kept in a secure location, and destroyed as soon as it has no further legitimate use. Patients should have to opt-in for any use of film that they're in beyond what's necessary (i.e. use for training).
I had a 1994 Saturn that they claimed would do this (was never in an accident, so didn't actually test it). One of my friends was disappointed to hear this after bragging that their 'exclusive' (my emphasis) fancy German sports car (2005?) did this. Last time I looked for a new car (2003) every model I checked claimed this feature. Thought this might be self selecting as I only looked at models at the top of the IIHS list. A quick Google search, however, turned up this article:
I don't think having a large crumple zone is bad (it's great, actually), but if you use a large percentage of it during a relatively low speed crash so there is no large deceleration detected (aka: gaming the test), then when you have a real crash at a higher speed then the occupants of the vehicle will experience a large sudden deceleration when they run out of crumple zone (aka: they're screwed). It seems that the Tesla has a longer crumple zone than conventional cars, but since most conventional cars are designed to have the engine drop down during a frontal collision, potentially freeing up more distance for crumpling, I'm not sure if it's as much longer as the gp is assuming. I don't think the gp's claim about the results being 'artificially high' are correct. They may or may not correlate with the results of other types of tests.
While the gp has an excellent point about the offset testing, I don't know if his theory about loss of crumple zone is accurate. He seems to assume that the Tesla structural members are evenly distributed across the width of the car, almost in a continuum, rather than concentrated along the sides as in a conventional car. I doubt this is the case, but I am interested in seeing the IIHS testing.
Just leaked yesterday- next month Oracle will be releasing the innovative, new, and definitely not copies of any previous products, called the oPod, oPhone, and oPad.
Their primary innovative feature will be rounded corners.
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4: Large force of expandable henchmen. Advert up in the Evening Post.
Make sure you put the advert in the restaurant section.
Do you have a citation for a single dangerous fish being caught outside of that part of Japan?
Here's a few dangerous fish stories.
There was also a radiocative fish caught near California, but it wasn't deemed dangerous. But it does go to show how far the effects of the disaster have been felt so far.
Anonymous Coward != ~Clueless
(my state) != shocked
I didn't say I recommended it to minors. Younger != minor. It's actually been a while since I read this book, but I don't recall that part being a major focus of the story. Maybe I mentally filtered that part of it out. Did you read to the part with the spaceships, etc? If you want "creepy old man sex fantasies" go read some Heinlein- there may be more extreme examples, but I don't want to know who.
One of my favorite authors. I've recommended the Heechee Saga to probably dozens of younger SciFi readers. Think I'll have to re-read it. Again. And then the rest of his books. Again...
Condolences to his family.
That means to backpedal at four times the normal rate. It's not used correctly here, which is why it doesn't make sense.
I thought it was a statement that one of those other companies just couldn't be counted on.
If the Japanese government had started planning this immediately after the earthquake, by now it would only be 10 years from completion.
There seem to be a lot of drivers who don't want to go fast, they just want to be first. They will go as fast as they need to to get in front of everybody, and then slow down. In the passing lane. Driving erratically like this seems much more dangerous than just speeding.
It seems that BMW has merely automated an activity that was previously done manually. Hopefully the cruise control system is less likely to be distracted by cell phone/latte/other shiny cars/etc. than the BMW drivers I typically see.
They should throw some puppies in that racetrack, to simulate human drivers.
To simulate city driving, they could then tie a chew toy on the back of each robot.
Well, which sounds better as a defense?
1) We got hacked by methods any average or better than average sysadmin could use. Thus our entire architecture is at risk at this can happen multiple more times. We have no adequate defense against this, and are thoroughly screwed.
or
2) We got hacked by a BRILLIANT HACKER! No one could have foreseen the ninja-like moves he used against us! Now that we've closed the obscure loophole that he used, the only flaw in our otherwise perfect system, our files are safe for eternity! Yay us!
It seems like they're going with #2.
Just don't send him a text message while he's eating your sandwich and you'll be ok.
They were going to develop the 4DS, but the research and manufacturing costs were considered prohibitive.
Ask to borrow one from a salesman.
Nicely stated, but we can also refer to an acknowledged expert:
"He is indeed due some thanks and consideration for his early contributions," said Vint Cerf.
'Nuff said, far as I'm concerned. Snopes has a nice writeup.
...Now we're getting a summary about a debate that happened centuries ago...
First posted in 1611. Don't forget about the dupes in 1650, 1701, 1784, 1823, 1824, 1891, 1911, 1938, and 1992.
Maybe it was supposed to be a "lol" with a tiny watchband around it?
I'm not trying to jump on the "slashdot has gone down-hill" bandwagon, but ...
not sure how this got past the caps filter...
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS ARE NOT NEWS.
Well, that's news to them...
I wonder how many of the fatalities listed were due to drivers trying to use these fictional bridges? A glitch like that in the Garmin or Google database could rack up quite a few.
Yes, but if I'm sleeping naked in my bedroom
There's probably already footage of you naked stored in government computers....
If you're that shy or insecure, then sleep with pajamas on or nearby in case your house catches on fire. Or post a sign outside your property stating "Please remove all personal recording devices before saving my life."
I'd say that, in general, emergency response (firefighters and paramedics), really probably shouldn't be filming everything.
I'd say that they should be recording every single thing they do on duty, for a variety of reasons. But that film should be kept in a secure location, and destroyed as soon as it has no further legitimate use. Patients should have to opt-in for any use of film that they're in beyond what's necessary (i.e. use for training).
No, it's phonetically correct. That's what the word 'Institute' sounds like when you're very, very cold...
I had a 1994 Saturn that they claimed would do this (was never in an accident, so didn't actually test it). One of my friends was disappointed to hear this after bragging that their 'exclusive' (my emphasis) fancy German sports car (2005?) did this. Last time I looked for a new car (2003) every model I checked claimed this feature. Thought this might be self selecting as I only looked at models at the top of the IIHS list. A quick Google search, however, turned up this article:
12 Important Safety Features On Our Cars We Don't Think About, look at #3-Breakaway Motor Mounts. Also note that #1 is Crumple Zones.
I don't think having a large crumple zone is bad (it's great, actually), but if you use a large percentage of it during a relatively low speed crash so there is no large deceleration detected (aka: gaming the test), then when you have a real crash at a higher speed then the occupants of the vehicle will experience a large sudden deceleration when they run out of crumple zone (aka: they're screwed). It seems that the Tesla has a longer crumple zone than conventional cars, but since most conventional cars are designed to have the engine drop down during a frontal collision, potentially freeing up more distance for crumpling, I'm not sure if it's as much longer as the gp is assuming. I don't think the gp's claim about the results being 'artificially high' are correct. They may or may not correlate with the results of other types of tests.
While the gp has an excellent point about the offset testing, I don't know if his theory about loss of crumple zone is accurate. He seems to assume that the Tesla structural members are evenly distributed across the width of the car, almost in a continuum, rather than concentrated along the sides as in a conventional car. I doubt this is the case, but I am interested in seeing the IIHS testing.
Just leaked yesterday- next month Oracle will be releasing the innovative, new, and definitely not copies of any previous products, called the oPod, oPhone, and oPad.
Their primary innovative feature will be rounded corners.