And what car was that? I find it HIGHLY suspect that the car had neither a park, nor neutral gear. It also seems unlikely that the whole gearbox would be backwards. I've seen PRNDL PRND21 PRND321 PRND54321 PRNDM but I have never even heard of a transmission without park and neutral gears.
Why on earth would you EVER flip it all the way to lock????? I'm not aware of any vehicle ever made that didn't have an off position a long way before lock.
That's nice. but can you find even one single confirmed case where any modern vehicle failed to turn off when properly requested to do so? Doesn't seem that it has EVER happened. (and this "story" doesn't count because nothing is confirmed yet, only one guy's story, many of which in the past have proven to be idiot drivers))
Obviously those 2 episodes couldn't have been too bad that he could still steer at 125 mph. of course the fact that he let it get to 125 mph without using the brakes, the transmission, or the off switch, indicates that maybe there's another reason he shouldn't be driving...
And yet there are still no confirmed reports of any failure ever of this system to power off when requested. Only many reports of people who don't actually try. Honestly I'd prefer a big red "stop" button, but I'm not going to fault the car when the driver does something stupid, which in the end, nearly always turns out to be the case.
Thing is, they already have this. Push and hold the electronic ignition button for 3 seconds. I have never seen any convincing evidence that any modern car has ever failed to stop when someone has tried to turn it off properly. Of course we also have never seen any evidence of any car that couldn't be stopped simply by pressing the brakes either. So far every single one of these issues has been proven to be driver error, and not a mechanical failure. (or at least not a mechanical failure that an even half way competent driver couldn't have dealt with)
Cars with "drive-by-wire" brakes don't exist either, doesn't stop all sorts of posters from claiming otherwise. For that matter, even the most computer controlled cars still have a way of turning off the engine, (I believe in some you have to hold the ignition button down for 3 seconds, but it still works)
The level of uneducated paranoia in this thread is positively mind-boggling!
That's ok, people who insist everything is drive by wire also ignore the fact that all vehicles have physical brake connections. Why would they treat the clutch any differently in their paranoia? Thing is, the clutch adds no more safety than you already have with the brake and the ignition, even on the most "wired" cars in existence. So far I've never heard of any car, despite all the ridiculous journalism, where the brakes have been proven not to work in these situations, or where the ignition does not allow you to turn off the engine if used properly (usually on these more advanced cars you have to hold the button for a few seconds, but it always turns off)
So in short, these people need to leave their unfounded paranoia behind, learn how cars actually work, and stop worrying.
or you could notice that all of those key cylinders have in intermediate position between on and lock... one where the engine is off, accessories are on, and steering is unlocked. So if you aren't a complete moron, you turn the key from "run" to "accessory" and the engine shuts off, and you maintain full steering and braking control. In fact this was taught extensively in my driver training class under emergency procedures (the instructor would also use it to simulate a stall by reaching over and turning off the engine at inopportune moments, never did the steering lock)
I've actually used this feature, I have had a car malfunction where the accelerator got stuck down (the brake pedal actually physically broke and jammed against the floor mat) After my heart leapt through my throat I simply turned the key, brought the vehicle to a safe stop, and figured out what was going on. In my case I ended up removing the accelerator pedal from the control arm, and then driving straight to the dealer for a new part using the control arm instead of a full pedal. Of course because I didn't loose my head, I don't get the joy of seeing my name in the papers, and can't really sue anyone for damages. On the bright side though, there was never any real risk to myself or anyone else (despite this happening on a very narrow road with many sharp curves)
I believe when this came up in all the sensationalism about runaway cars a while back it was shown that tapping the button didn't work while the car was in gear and moving, but that holding it down for 3 seconds always did.
Not all of them unfortunately. I was looking at a vehicle a few years ago that had a push button parking brake (at least they didn't have the gall to call it an emergency brake) I think it was a land rover.... but I could be mistaken on that.
This is a problem I constantly face, I'm not actually 100% sure what my own job title is this week (or for that matter, what they call my department these days). I know it has changed at least a dozen times since I started this job, even though I haven't changed job positions. When talking to someone inside the company I use the slang abbreviation for my job title (that one hasn't changed in at least 15 years, though it might not make sense to anyone not familiar with the internal workings of the company) and when dealing with people outside the company I make up a generic one that describes what I actually do (I'll admit that if two different people ask me my job title an hour apart they may get different answers, but they'll both have a decent idea of what I do)
You don't even have to frame the enemy as an idea instead of a person or state. Killing off science in your country actively helps any nation who opposes you to gain the upper hand in the long run.
Actually, by hindering science education it could be argued that they are actively helping their enemies to get ahead of them... If science education is useless in one country, real science will still be done in others.
Some would equate intentionally teaching lies to be a form of child mental abuse. In fact a standardized curriculum and education system is supposed to ensure that all children have an equal opportunity to succeed and are not held back by their parent's lack of knowledge. How does that tally with letting the parents decide what their children are, or are not, taught? Is it right that a child is held back based on their parents' belief in superstition and magic?
depends on your provider, but mine actively blocks ports 80, 25, 110, and possibly others. so it doesn't matter how many visitors you have, it matters how many you can convince to connect on non-standard ports... Of course the service with those blocked is less than half the price of the one with those open, and as an added benefit is over 10 times the speed. (which is why I switched to a VPS for all my email and web hosting)
Similar here, I replaced a $120/mo 2Mbps "server" plan with a $50/mo 25Mbps "residential" plan combined with a $70/year VPS. That's a lot of money saved, and a lot of internet speed gained, and I didn't even consider either the electricity or the hardware costs.
Granted I haven't read the whole thing, but so far the changes amount to somewhat reasonable ones, assuming they don't get twisted any further. What they've put in to the other bill is that Police (but not simply "peace officers") can do warrentless wire tapping only when an imminent threat is detected, further, they must tell the party within 90 days that this happened, and they must report all incidents of such.
I don't like warrentless wiretapping at all. but there does need to be some leeway for how to approach a situation where there simply is not enough time to get a judge involved (and I'd honestly rather they do this then set up a system where a judge rubber stamps everything based on a 10 second phone call, because that sounds much closer to a slippery slope where it's likely to become all warrants issued without any real oversight) The post fact reporting in this situation is what should be used to keep law enforcement honest, but of course it's too early to say if that will actually work.
If things were a few cents more in Canada I don't think anyone would complain. But most products are SIGNIFICANTLY more, often double. the difference in labelling costs simply doesn't work as an excuse for that. Unfortunately the auto corporations have a nice racket going with cars, it's illegal for me to go overseas and purchase a car and bring it home (unless it's over 15 years old) Even cars from the USA have to be on a specific list to be allowed in, and it's the manufacturers themselves that decide what cars are on that list, and what modifications you need to do to them (and who is allowed to do the modifications) to be allowed in to the country. They claim it's due to different safety standards, but the standards are so close that it's obvious those standards are only there to be a trade barrier and not to improve safety in any way.
How about apple users? cell phone users? tablet users? are all of those groups also completely irrelevant?
Silverlight runs on full windows installations only. Microsoft themselves have given up on it and have encouraged companies to move away from it, meanwhile companies are still implementing new websites that work only on silverlight!
I find it abhorent that any website cares what hardware or software I'm using their site on. make it standards compatible, and let ANY browser use it. period. end of story. I don't want a special page for mobile devices, I don't want plugins that only work on a couple of versions of one particular company's web browser. I want standard webpages that work on every browser out there. And the best part is, it's not that hard to do. most sites use plugins that serve no purpose whatsoever on their site. you don't need flash, or silverlight to render a menu of options! we've had standard methods for embeded video for years, and standard methods of downloading those files, or streaming them, for far longer. So many sites spend extra money and effort to make their pages harder to use and compatible with fewer devices.
Bad web design hurts your business more than it helps. Locking out even one person when there's no need to do so hurts your reputation. sure you can be happy that many others are using your site, but wouldn't you be even happier if even more people did?
You'll notice the company can get the cheapest labour in one country, the cheapest of one part in another, and the cheapest of another part in yet another country, and pay the cheapest taxes in a fourth country. The corporation doesn't have to uproot and move to that country to do that. How am I supposed to do the same (buy my medications in Canada, my computer hardware in Hong Kong, my software in the USA, pay my tax in... well wherever that would be... etc)? now some of these things I can have shipped, but some things I can't legally import, even though I can legally buy them here, and the companies can legally import them (for example cars and trucks, or medications)
The problem is the imbalance of "free trade" where corporations can shop around, but humans can't.
I think the problem is that the manufacturer's use globalization to pick and choose the cheapest components, and the cheapest labour form anywhere they can, and then turn around and deny their customer's the same thing by region locking things, writing contracts prohibiting their dealers from selling to people out of country, and all sorts of other BS that they themselves don't have to deal with.
If "Free Trade" applied to customers as equally as corporations I don't think anyone would have an issue with a company pricing things however they wanted, wherever they wanted. It's the fact that I often am not allowed to pick the cheapest location that bothers me.
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And what car was that? I find it HIGHLY suspect that the car had neither a park, nor neutral gear. It also seems unlikely that the whole gearbox would be backwards.
I've seen PRNDL PRND21 PRND321 PRND54321 PRNDM but I have never even heard of a transmission without park and neutral gears.
Why on earth would you EVER flip it all the way to lock????? I'm not aware of any vehicle ever made that didn't have an off position a long way before lock.
That's nice. but can you find even one single confirmed case where any modern vehicle failed to turn off when properly requested to do so? Doesn't seem that it has EVER happened.
(and this "story" doesn't count because nothing is confirmed yet, only one guy's story, many of which in the past have proven to be idiot drivers))
Obviously those 2 episodes couldn't have been too bad that he could still steer at 125 mph. of course the fact that he let it get to 125 mph without using the brakes, the transmission, or the off switch, indicates that maybe there's another reason he shouldn't be driving...
And yet there are still no confirmed reports of any failure ever of this system to power off when requested. Only many reports of people who don't actually try. Honestly I'd prefer a big red "stop" button, but I'm not going to fault the car when the driver does something stupid, which in the end, nearly always turns out to be the case.
Thing is, they already have this. Push and hold the electronic ignition button for 3 seconds. I have never seen any convincing evidence that any modern car has ever failed to stop when someone has tried to turn it off properly.
Of course we also have never seen any evidence of any car that couldn't be stopped simply by pressing the brakes either. So far every single one of these issues has been proven to be driver error, and not a mechanical failure. (or at least not a mechanical failure that an even half way competent driver couldn't have dealt with)
Absolute BS. There isn't a car in production without a "real" brake pedal.
Cars with "drive-by-wire" brakes don't exist either, doesn't stop all sorts of posters from claiming otherwise. For that matter, even the most computer controlled cars still have a way of turning off the engine, (I believe in some you have to hold the ignition button down for 3 seconds, but it still works)
The level of uneducated paranoia in this thread is positively mind-boggling!
That's ok, people who insist everything is drive by wire also ignore the fact that all vehicles have physical brake connections. Why would they treat the clutch any differently in their paranoia?
Thing is, the clutch adds no more safety than you already have with the brake and the ignition, even on the most "wired" cars in existence. So far I've never heard of any car, despite all the ridiculous journalism, where the brakes have been proven not to work in these situations, or where the ignition does not allow you to turn off the engine if used properly (usually on these more advanced cars you have to hold the button for a few seconds, but it always turns off)
So in short, these people need to leave their unfounded paranoia behind, learn how cars actually work, and stop worrying.
or you could notice that all of those key cylinders have in intermediate position between on and lock... one where the engine is off, accessories are on, and steering is unlocked.
So if you aren't a complete moron, you turn the key from "run" to "accessory" and the engine shuts off, and you maintain full steering and braking control. In fact this was taught extensively in my driver training class under emergency procedures (the instructor would also use it to simulate a stall by reaching over and turning off the engine at inopportune moments, never did the steering lock)
I've actually used this feature, I have had a car malfunction where the accelerator got stuck down (the brake pedal actually physically broke and jammed against the floor mat) After my heart leapt through my throat I simply turned the key, brought the vehicle to a safe stop, and figured out what was going on. In my case I ended up removing the accelerator pedal from the control arm, and then driving straight to the dealer for a new part using the control arm instead of a full pedal. Of course because I didn't loose my head, I don't get the joy of seeing my name in the papers, and can't really sue anyone for damages. On the bright side though, there was never any real risk to myself or anyone else (despite this happening on a very narrow road with many sharp curves)
I believe when this came up in all the sensationalism about runaway cars a while back it was shown that tapping the button didn't work while the car was in gear and moving, but that holding it down for 3 seconds always did.
Not all of them unfortunately. I was looking at a vehicle a few years ago that had a push button parking brake (at least they didn't have the gall to call it an emergency brake) I think it was a land rover.... but I could be mistaken on that.
They may both be sex for money, but I would say that prostitution is much much riskier than porn.
This is a problem I constantly face, I'm not actually 100% sure what my own job title is this week (or for that matter, what they call my department these days). I know it has changed at least a dozen times since I started this job, even though I haven't changed job positions. When talking to someone inside the company I use the slang abbreviation for my job title (that one hasn't changed in at least 15 years, though it might not make sense to anyone not familiar with the internal workings of the company) and when dealing with people outside the company I make up a generic one that describes what I actually do (I'll admit that if two different people ask me my job title an hour apart they may get different answers, but they'll both have a decent idea of what I do)
The obvious answer would be a competing office package...
You don't even have to frame the enemy as an idea instead of a person or state. Killing off science in your country actively helps any nation who opposes you to gain the upper hand in the long run.
Actually, by hindering science education it could be argued that they are actively helping their enemies to get ahead of them... If science education is useless in one country, real science will still be done in others.
Some would equate intentionally teaching lies to be a form of child mental abuse. In fact a standardized curriculum and education system is supposed to ensure that all children have an equal opportunity to succeed and are not held back by their parent's lack of knowledge.
How does that tally with letting the parents decide what their children are, or are not, taught?
Is it right that a child is held back based on their parents' belief in superstition and magic?
depends on your provider, but mine actively blocks ports 80, 25, 110, and possibly others. so it doesn't matter how many visitors you have, it matters how many you can convince to connect on non-standard ports...
Of course the service with those blocked is less than half the price of the one with those open, and as an added benefit is over 10 times the speed. (which is why I switched to a VPS for all my email and web hosting)
Similar here, I replaced a $120/mo 2Mbps "server" plan with a $50/mo 25Mbps "residential" plan combined with a $70/year VPS.
That's a lot of money saved, and a lot of internet speed gained, and I didn't even consider either the electricity or the hardware costs.
Granted I haven't read the whole thing, but so far the changes amount to somewhat reasonable ones, assuming they don't get twisted any further.
What they've put in to the other bill is that Police (but not simply "peace officers") can do warrentless wire tapping only when an imminent threat is detected, further, they must tell the party within 90 days that this happened, and they must report all incidents of such.
I don't like warrentless wiretapping at all. but there does need to be some leeway for how to approach a situation where there simply is not enough time to get a judge involved (and I'd honestly rather they do this then set up a system where a judge rubber stamps everything based on a 10 second phone call, because that sounds much closer to a slippery slope where it's likely to become all warrants issued without any real oversight) The post fact reporting in this situation is what should be used to keep law enforcement honest, but of course it's too early to say if that will actually work.
If things were a few cents more in Canada I don't think anyone would complain. But most products are SIGNIFICANTLY more, often double. the difference in labelling costs simply doesn't work as an excuse for that.
Unfortunately the auto corporations have a nice racket going with cars, it's illegal for me to go overseas and purchase a car and bring it home (unless it's over 15 years old) Even cars from the USA have to be on a specific list to be allowed in, and it's the manufacturers themselves that decide what cars are on that list, and what modifications you need to do to them (and who is allowed to do the modifications) to be allowed in to the country. They claim it's due to different safety standards, but the standards are so close that it's obvious those standards are only there to be a trade barrier and not to improve safety in any way.
How about apple users? cell phone users? tablet users? are all of those groups also completely irrelevant?
Silverlight runs on full windows installations only. Microsoft themselves have given up on it and have encouraged companies to move away from it, meanwhile companies are still implementing new websites that work only on silverlight!
I find it abhorent that any website cares what hardware or software I'm using their site on. make it standards compatible, and let ANY browser use it. period. end of story. I don't want a special page for mobile devices, I don't want plugins that only work on a couple of versions of one particular company's web browser. I want standard webpages that work on every browser out there. And the best part is, it's not that hard to do. most sites use plugins that serve no purpose whatsoever on their site. you don't need flash, or silverlight to render a menu of options! we've had standard methods for embeded video for years, and standard methods of downloading those files, or streaming them, for far longer. So many sites spend extra money and effort to make their pages harder to use and compatible with fewer devices.
Bad web design hurts your business more than it helps. Locking out even one person when there's no need to do so hurts your reputation. sure you can be happy that many others are using your site, but wouldn't you be even happier if even more people did?
You'll notice the company can get the cheapest labour in one country, the cheapest of one part in another, and the cheapest of another part in yet another country, and pay the cheapest taxes in a fourth country. The corporation doesn't have to uproot and move to that country to do that.
How am I supposed to do the same (buy my medications in Canada, my computer hardware in Hong Kong, my software in the USA, pay my tax in... well wherever that would be... etc)? now some of these things I can have shipped, but some things I can't legally import, even though I can legally buy them here, and the companies can legally import them (for example cars and trucks, or medications)
The problem is the imbalance of "free trade" where corporations can shop around, but humans can't.
I think the problem is that the manufacturer's use globalization to pick and choose the cheapest components, and the cheapest labour form anywhere they can, and then turn around and deny their customer's the same thing by region locking things, writing contracts prohibiting their dealers from selling to people out of country, and all sorts of other BS that they themselves don't have to deal with.
If "Free Trade" applied to customers as equally as corporations I don't think anyone would have an issue with a company pricing things however they wanted, wherever they wanted. It's the fact that I often am not allowed to pick the cheapest location that bothers me.