They have also been getting more and more Asian developed content, which is great for those of us who like it. Sucks if you're not into Korean, Chinese, or Thai drama or action, though.
Did you read the actual comment? AC chooses not to run the latest iOS because updating "breaks" older phones. No one said anything about it not actually being able to be updated.
To find things. I already know how to use a map, I just need to see where it is I'm going. They don't need my location to provide the location of something else.
No they don't. Especially when they aren't "artists", they are designers who are creating things intended to be used by other people. This isn't "art" (though some good designs may certainly qualify), it's a tool. Anyone who thinks they are the best designer is just deluding themselves. No one creates a tool in a vacuum. Not a successful tool, at least.
Says the guy who wants my credit card and login information so my mom can share her own music from one device to another in her own house. Piss up a rope.
This is why we don't buy anything as a download. Physical media only. I'll take the time to rip it myself. If you want to own it, you have to have something physical to maintain control of it.
Tesla should have a great deal less than 2 deaths under their belt to be on par with human safety levels.
That is a strong assertion from someone who says "I can't find any stats".
Human drivers kill about 15 people per billion miles.
Tesla Autopilot has driven more than 1.3 billion miles, and has killed two people. So the fatality rate is roughly a tenth that of humans. That is a lot better than "on par" with humans.
How many of that 1.3 billion miles is on populous roads though? Are they counting test track miles or only public roads? Is this self driving in the manner of a smart cruise control or truly self driving? I don't know the numbers but I find it hard to believe they truly have 1.3 billion miles of legit fully self driving miles on populated roads.
3D is a generally awful experience for most people. It's disorienting, uncomfortable, and doesn't look good for about 99% of the events that took the effort to record in 3D. It was also insanely expensive for a gimmick. It's the same gimmick that has been recurring every 20 or 30 years since the 50s. It still doesn't look any better than it did when it was first introduced. And, as has already been mentioned, having to wear glasses to watch tv sucks. For those that already wear glasses it double sucks.
If you have access to someone's phone, and a legitimate reason to ask, the phone company can easily give you their identity based on the phone's MEID and SIM card information. If it's a burner phone, you can still get more information about how/where it was purchased in a much shorter time than any of this information will provide about the person.
You are aware this is about 200 miles from NYC, right? NYC, one of, if not the single largest source of electricity consumption on the East Coast. This isn't actually "in the middle of the Atlantic"... it's a few miles off the coast.
This won't do anything. It's not like people are only using their phones to make an outgoing calls and then turning them off. People use smart phones to DO things. Whether that's accessing the internet or communicating with people via text or voice, the phone NEEDS radio signals to do that. "Man in the middle" systems exploit that for tracking. What Snowden and Huang are recommending isn't going to change that at all.
You keep telling yourself that. Even if a lawyer vetts it, that doesn't necessarily make it binding. Perhaps their lawyer advised them to sign it anyway, knowing that that particular clause was, in fact, not enforceable. Perhaps the lawyer didn't advise them anything of the sort because, at the time, it didn't matter to anyone. You don't know what you're talking about with respect to what they did or didn't understand in the contract.
I'll say it again, just because a contract is agreed to by both parties doesn't mean it's enforceable. Plenty of "legal" contracts get thrown out every day as non-binding or non-enforceable.
I can read. Just because you sign something you think is legal doesn't necessarily make it legal. There are hundreds of examples. Hell there was a recent slashdot article about people agreeing to give up their first born child in an EULA. Obviously that's not legally enforceable. If you think it is, you should do a lot more reading about the law.
My mom was a cashier (Farmer Jack's in MI) when I was growing up. When the tills were balanced at the end of the day, shortages came out of the cashier's pay. Interestingly, overages didn't go in the employees favor.
The fact that it happened didn't make it legal. Just another form of thief, actually.
That's irrelevant if the terms weren't legally binding. The question is whether or not the same type of terms apply to farm equipment as they do to personal vehicles.
The gunman had military training and was able to survive longer than a normal person would - he knew what he was doing (compared to the training of the cops)
That doesn't refute guruevi's points at all, even if the guy had been combat experienced, which he wasn't. Military training might prolong someone's resistance to siege tactics (such as blocking food/water/comms) but it doesn't eliminate them. Waiting him out was the right option if, in fact, he was no longer able to continue harming people from that position. If he still had a tactical advantage to pursue more targets, putting him down in whatever way they could makes sense. I haven't seen any evidence or statements that is the case though.
I suspect there's a bit of both things going on here. Some amount of concern that the shooter could "escape" from the position and resume shooting and some amount of "he killed one of ours, put him down".
Have you ever driven a car longer than 5 minutes? There is no way touch sensors in the steering wheel would be a beneficial addition. People switch hand position all the time. I'd dare say there isn't anyone who drives a car with a hand on the wheel at all times. Having the system disengage all the time would be ridiculous. I suppose you could put a timer along with the sensor, though. Still wouldn't stop anything. A person could easily rest a hand on the wheel and never once look at what's actually happening around them.
The right solution is to make it clear that this "autopilot" isn't anything more than an assisted cruise control, like every other manufacturer does, and people wouldn't think it was more capable than it is. Or simply let the dumbasses be dumbasses. It hasn't impacted car sales by any other manufacturer. Hell, there are some 30,000+ fatal accidents every year in the US with "regular" cars. Some are certainly manufacturer defects, but most are human error. Why should Tesla be held to a different standard than all other manufacturers?
I think you've got that backwards. Aside from a few (relative) technophiles most people don't know/understand or care that they are being tracked. They care about things being easy and cheap.
It's laughable that any advertiser on a website thinks those ads are driving sales in brick and mortar shops.
They don't think it. They know it. Their ads almost always contain coupons or specific ad codes so they can track sales to specific ads. I have gone to local shops and restaurants because of deals I saw online, and many other people have as well. They wouldn't continue to run the ads if they weren't working. Very few companies run untracked ads anymore.
Fair enough. I've never payed any attention to advertisements on facebook other than to see how ridiculously bad their "targeting" is for me so I wasn't aware they had coupons of any kind. I've still never known anyone who went to an actual store to buy things. Everyone I've ever known buys online when they see ads online.
It's laughable that any advertiser on a website thinks those ads are driving sales in brick and mortar shops.
It's laughable that you say it's laughable. Facebook ads do a fine job of driving people to brick and mortar. Arguably, it's one of the best ways to get customers in the door, especially since Facebook is the modern version of "word of mouth".
Based on what? I have not met (and yes, I'm aware that my anecdote is not evidence) a single person who's ever seen an ad on facebook (or any other website) and then gone to a brick and mortar store to buy the item. I have seen lots of people buy the item from their computer, phone, tablet, whatever. My point is that people who pay attention to the ads at all are far more likely (in my experience) to buy online rather than "go shopping".
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They have also been getting more and more Asian developed content, which is great for those of us who like it. Sucks if you're not into Korean, Chinese, or Thai drama or action, though.
Did you read the actual comment? AC chooses not to run the latest iOS because updating "breaks" older phones. No one said anything about it not actually being able to be updated.
To find things. I already know how to use a map, I just need to see where it is I'm going. They don't need my location to provide the location of something else.
No they don't. Especially when they aren't "artists", they are designers who are creating things intended to be used by other people. This isn't "art" (though some good designs may certainly qualify), it's a tool. Anyone who thinks they are the best designer is just deluding themselves. No one creates a tool in a vacuum. Not a successful tool, at least.
Says the guy who wants my credit card and login information so my mom can share her own music from one device to another in her own house. Piss up a rope.
This is why we don't buy anything as a download. Physical media only. I'll take the time to rip it myself. If you want to own it, you have to have something physical to maintain control of it.
Tell that to the voting populace in the USA. People don't bother to feel "puzzled or shameful or anything" as long as they're told it's okay not to.
That hasn't stopped any politician to date. Either way, if these things work out, Trump's approval rating will radically reverse.
It's true. If you look at the total biomass of mammals it's all cattle, humans and pets, and the odd elephant thrown in for irony.
I read that as "the odd elephant thrown in for ivory" at first. Nearly spit my drink all over my computer...
Tesla should have a great deal less than 2 deaths under their belt to be on par with human safety levels.
That is a strong assertion from someone who says "I can't find any stats".
Human drivers kill about 15 people per billion miles.
Tesla Autopilot has driven more than 1.3 billion miles, and has killed two people. So the fatality rate is roughly a tenth that of humans. That is a lot better than "on par" with humans.
How many of that 1.3 billion miles is on populous roads though? Are they counting test track miles or only public roads? Is this self driving in the manner of a smart cruise control or truly self driving? I don't know the numbers but I find it hard to believe they truly have 1.3 billion miles of legit fully self driving miles on populated roads.
3D is a generally awful experience for most people. It's disorienting, uncomfortable, and doesn't look good for about 99% of the events that took the effort to record in 3D. It was also insanely expensive for a gimmick. It's the same gimmick that has been recurring every 20 or 30 years since the 50s. It still doesn't look any better than it did when it was first introduced. And, as has already been mentioned, having to wear glasses to watch tv sucks. For those that already wear glasses it double sucks.
If you have access to someone's phone, and a legitimate reason to ask, the phone company can easily give you their identity based on the phone's MEID and SIM card information. If it's a burner phone, you can still get more information about how/where it was purchased in a much shorter time than any of this information will provide about the person.
You are aware this is about 200 miles from NYC, right? NYC, one of, if not the single largest source of electricity consumption on the East Coast. This isn't actually "in the middle of the Atlantic"... it's a few miles off the coast.
To be fair, they called it Texas, first, not the USA.
This won't do anything. It's not like people are only using their phones to make an outgoing calls and then turning them off. People use smart phones to DO things. Whether that's accessing the internet or communicating with people via text or voice, the phone NEEDS radio signals to do that. "Man in the middle" systems exploit that for tracking. What Snowden and Huang are recommending isn't going to change that at all.
You keep telling yourself that. Even if a lawyer vetts it, that doesn't necessarily make it binding. Perhaps their lawyer advised them to sign it anyway, knowing that that particular clause was, in fact, not enforceable. Perhaps the lawyer didn't advise them anything of the sort because, at the time, it didn't matter to anyone. You don't know what you're talking about with respect to what they did or didn't understand in the contract.
I'll say it again, just because a contract is agreed to by both parties doesn't mean it's enforceable. Plenty of "legal" contracts get thrown out every day as non-binding or non-enforceable.
I can read. Just because you sign something you think is legal doesn't necessarily make it legal. There are hundreds of examples. Hell there was a recent slashdot article about people agreeing to give up their first born child in an EULA. Obviously that's not legally enforceable. If you think it is, you should do a lot more reading about the law.
It may have changed over the years...
My mom was a cashier (Farmer Jack's in MI) when I was growing up. When the tills were balanced at the end of the day, shortages came out of the cashier's pay. Interestingly, overages didn't go in the employees favor.
The fact that it happened didn't make it legal. Just another form of thief, actually.
Without ads isn't important to most people? I'll need a citation.
Ads are a great time to take a pee, get a new beer or soda, and chat with the SO.
So is the pause button.
That's irrelevant if the terms weren't legally binding. The question is whether or not the same type of terms apply to farm equipment as they do to personal vehicles.
The gunman had military training and was able to survive longer than a normal person would - he knew what he was doing (compared to the training of the cops)
That doesn't refute guruevi's points at all, even if the guy had been combat experienced, which he wasn't. Military training might prolong someone's resistance to siege tactics (such as blocking food/water/comms) but it doesn't eliminate them. Waiting him out was the right option if, in fact, he was no longer able to continue harming people from that position. If he still had a tactical advantage to pursue more targets, putting him down in whatever way they could makes sense. I haven't seen any evidence or statements that is the case though.
I suspect there's a bit of both things going on here. Some amount of concern that the shooter could "escape" from the position and resume shooting and some amount of "he killed one of ours, put him down".
Have you ever driven a car longer than 5 minutes? There is no way touch sensors in the steering wheel would be a beneficial addition. People switch hand position all the time. I'd dare say there isn't anyone who drives a car with a hand on the wheel at all times. Having the system disengage all the time would be ridiculous. I suppose you could put a timer along with the sensor, though. Still wouldn't stop anything. A person could easily rest a hand on the wheel and never once look at what's actually happening around them.
The right solution is to make it clear that this "autopilot" isn't anything more than an assisted cruise control, like every other manufacturer does, and people wouldn't think it was more capable than it is. Or simply let the dumbasses be dumbasses. It hasn't impacted car sales by any other manufacturer. Hell, there are some 30,000+ fatal accidents every year in the US with "regular" cars. Some are certainly manufacturer defects, but most are human error. Why should Tesla be held to a different standard than all other manufacturers?
I think you've got that backwards. Aside from a few (relative) technophiles most people don't know/understand or care that they are being tracked. They care about things being easy and cheap.
It's laughable that any advertiser on a website thinks those ads are driving sales in brick and mortar shops.
They don't think it. They know it. Their ads almost always contain coupons or specific ad codes so they can track sales to specific ads. I have gone to local shops and restaurants because of deals I saw online, and many other people have as well. They wouldn't continue to run the ads if they weren't working. Very few companies run untracked ads anymore.
Fair enough. I've never payed any attention to advertisements on facebook other than to see how ridiculously bad their "targeting" is for me so I wasn't aware they had coupons of any kind. I've still never known anyone who went to an actual store to buy things. Everyone I've ever known buys online when they see ads online.
It's laughable that any advertiser on a website thinks those ads are driving sales in brick and mortar shops.
It's laughable that you say it's laughable. Facebook ads do a fine job of driving people to brick and mortar. Arguably, it's one of the best ways to get customers in the door, especially since Facebook is the modern version of "word of mouth".
Based on what? I have not met (and yes, I'm aware that my anecdote is not evidence) a single person who's ever seen an ad on facebook (or any other website) and then gone to a brick and mortar store to buy the item. I have seen lots of people buy the item from their computer, phone, tablet, whatever. My point is that people who pay attention to the ads at all are far more likely (in my experience) to buy online rather than "go shopping".