All you have to do is drive the speed limit and leave at least 2 seconds between you and the car in front (if I can achieve this in L.A. you can probably achieve it anywhere). If someone is tailgating just gradually slow down until they pass.
You must have misread his story. The guy was in front of HIM acting like a dumbass. The dumbass was likely to get himself in a wreck and take out all 100 cars behind him in the process. There is no "just slowing down and leaving two seconds gap" to avoid this type of situation. If you slow down, then you make the problem even worse, because now you have 100 retards riding your ass, then when the guy up ahead gets hit by a retread or something (more common and likely than you'd think) how is this guy going to avoid the resulting pileup?
Now Concerned Onlooker, the following rant is not necessarily directed at you, cause your post was reasonable other than you misreading what he wrote. It's more directed at the other dumbasses who felt the overwhelming desire to throw in their two cents.
Seriously people, I wish people would stop posting about cars and driving on slashdot. Every time somebody does, it seems like there is at least 2-3 geeks--who have no clue about driving since they are too busy thinking about computers, and likely have never driven anything faster or more capable than a Camry--will jump on here and contradict you, showing their ignorance. Their little fingers will tap away on that keyboard, Google searching and pulling up studies and anecdotes from every dark, dusty corner of the Internet that somehow support their absurd ideas. It doesn't matter if you have been driving 600 HP cars all your life, could drive one sideways at 80 MPH without wrecking, and are in fact a better driver than 99.9% of people on the road--if you don't agree with these geeks' ideas that they formed while putting around in mom's Corolla, then you are wrong.
One of these ideas is that going fast means that you are driving dangerously. Not true. If traffic is moving at 80 MPH, then 90 MPH is not that fast, relatively speaking. Passing some jackass while going 10 MPH faster is not exactly reckless. The GP said his car had 100 HP, which won't exactly result in impressive acceleration, especially at 80-90 MPH. How anyone could interpret his slowly, gradually passing the other guy as aggressive or provoking is beyond me. Jesus Christ people, get a grip! You are probably the same folks I see coming a complete stop at the end of a merge lane rather than take the very scary risk of pressing down on the acceleration a quarter inch to merge at speed.
On a personal note though now that I am passed the driving stupidly fast phase of my life I would acutally quite like a GPS based speed limiter on my car so that I never get a speeding fine.
Also very helpful in ensuring that you are unable to stomp on the accelerator to escape or avoid a dangerous situation, like say a drunk driver or some crazy psycho with road rage?
Worst. Idea. Ever.
The better solution is to raise most speed limits to more reasonable levels, require that people actually know how to drive before getting a license, abolish revenue generation through traffic fines, and send cops off to do more important and useful things.
And I just knew someone would post this, and somehow get modded up insightful. (Ironically, proving in the process that this much-talked-about "hive mind" does not actually exist.)
Saying that parents are responsible for "monitoring and controlling" their kids is flawed thinking. Teenagers are not sock puppets and you cannot "control" them. What you *can* do is raise them properly and *teach* them how to live. If you have not been doing this by the time they become pre-teens, it's too late, you've already fucked up, and no amount of "monitoring and controlling" will make a difference.
That having been said, you can easily see why this "tool" is a flawed idea.
Ignoring your ignorant comment about "backwards" states, how the heck am I supposed to just pack up and move? You're saying I should move to a completely different state, leaving behind friends, family, business, 12 month building lease, etc? Yeah right. I'm not worried about being revoked; I'll simply keep driving anyways. It just pisses me off, that's all.
To add to this discussion, my friend was put in jail for a day, fined $1,000, and put on probation for a year for plugging a fucking strand of Christmas lights in a nearby city-owned outlet. All this occurred a week before Christmas. It was either plug the lights in where he did, or run an extension cord across the parking lot, so he didn't see the harm since the lights draw hardly any power.
In my own case, my driver's license is currently revoked for 3 years. My crime? Repeatedly driving while suspended. The funny thing is I was not actually suspended when I got those tickets. My 60-day suspension had already expired, but I was so damn broke at the time I could not afford to go pay the fucking $150 "reinstatement fee" to have them flip a single bit in a database somewhere. When I went to court for the first couple of tickets, respectful, polite, and looking forward to the opportunity to work something out and get this stuff cleared up, I was not even given a chance to plead my case. The judge demanded I pay ALL of the tickets--including those which I was not yet appearing for--immediately or go straight to jail, which I did until my family was able to come up with $2,500 to get me out. So now I am not able to legally drive for the next THREE FUCKING YEARS. I cannot even drive for such purposes as going to/from work or going to get food, because Alabama has no such exemption, and in Alabama I'm sorry but you simply have to be able to drive.
So I am fucked, totally, completely, and with no recourse, thanks to my wonderful government and police whose job it is to "protect and serve"--that is, protect the income and serve the interests of the government, not the people.
I used to have a lot of respect for the police and legal system. I was naive then. Since then I've seen a lot of people fucked by the legal system and their lived ruined. FUCK the police, and FUCK the government.
Once again another political tool* who just. doesn't. get it.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS VS. REPUBLICANS, YOU IGNORANT FUCK. WAKE UP! Don't you understand? Our government is filled with corrupt assholes, a bunch of fuckers who for the most part care about accumulating wealth and power, and helping out other good ole boys, not serving our nation and it's peoples wishes. Each one of them has found their niche, their "principles" that they can claim to lure certain percentages of the population into voting them into power. As just one broad and general example, Republicans go after the religious drones and Democrats go after the disadvantaged-minority drones. Either way they are puppet masters controlling the sheep. Soon as the rigged electronic voting systems come into full force, and the media is more fully brought under the government's thumb, this won't even be necessary. Who cares if everyone you know is against X, because according to the government sponsored media you are just an isolated case, turns out most everyone else really voted *for* X. WAKE UP!
* tool: a object created and used to serve a particular purpose, then put back in the drawer until needed again
Large cars are not a fad, they have been a fact of American culture for 40-50+ years and will likely continue to be for quite some time, unless we see huge shakeups in the oil market.
Here we have clear proof that people want more efficiency and at least to feel like they're driving green,
No, what the American people WANT is cheap cars that are cheap to operate. A '93 Ford Escort fits this description. A hybrid does not, because it contains batteries that are VERY expensive to replace. The American people don't--in general, when it comes down to it--give a shit about efficiency or "driving green", unless it positively impacts their wallet.
Yes, you're naive as fuck. I'd take it in a heartbeat. Jesus Christ, it's not like the woman is strapped for cash or anything. I guarantee that a $1,000 does not mean near as much to her as it would to me if I found it. Steve doesn't have much to say about it either since he's dead.
I guarantee the first application of this will be used to detect the scent of marijuana. The device will be used to throw even more victims in our overcrowded jails/prisons to rot, ruining lives forever, all in the name of the "War on Drugs(tm)" i.e. war on a harmless plant. The good news is, when the revolution comes the victims will have the last laugh as the law enforcement officials, legislators, judges, etc responsible for its abuse are shot/hanged/imprisoned or otherwise disposed of.
Thank God somebody sees the same thing I do. There are few things more irritating than loading up some project's web site, which consists of nothing but some poorly thought out and organized wiki, then looking high and low through the mess just trying to find ONE FUCKING CLEAR SENTENCE explaining WHAT THIS PROJECT IS AND DOES. Instead you have pages and pages of incoherent bullshit that you can't put in context, and after 15 minutes of this mess you leave in frustration.
When I am looking for software to suit a certain purpose, my first impression of that software comes from its web site. If the web site is a pile of shit that looks like it was designed by some virginal 30 y.o. geek living in his parents basement, then you can bet that the software isn't much better. If the web site is clean and well organized then I'll definitely give the software a try.
Saving 30 seconds for whole hours of needless power consumption is irresponsible for the environment.
1) Fuck the environment. My computer is powered by a nuclear power plant; in other words, clean energy.
2) Life is short, and when I need to do something right quick in a hurry, 30 seconds can be a lifetime. And after a few years, those 30 seconds add up to quite some time spent sitting idly on front of a computer waiting for it to boot.
3) It only costs a few bucks extra per month to keep the computer running 24/7. I only turn off the monitor when I'm done. The computer is nowhere near the biggest power expense in my building. The biggest would be the four 1000W metal halide lights in the shop area, followed by the welder, then the air conditioner/electric heater.
4) What effect does it have on the environment when my hard drives fail earlier than normal because of me constantly starting and stopping the computer? It is much easier on mechanical components for them to run constantly.
I think what is most disconcerting is the use of the female pronoun, period. The male pronoun is common convention, and using the female pronoun just screams "look at me, I'm not a sexist, I promise!!" I wish the males of this society would grow a pair of balls and stand up to this PC nonsense.
I AM in a mountain of debt (not entirely due to my own actions, but here I am nonetheless) and I do not support this bill. I can't and shouldn't expect the government to rescue me from myself even if my actions have effects on others; why should we expect big corporations to be bailed out cause they spent all their money on $20m parachute retirements for their CEOs? Fuck that, let the economy BURN.
Horseshit. I'll give an example: military basic training. At first all the men hate each other and there is frequent friction and conflicts. The women pull together early on and help each other along. By the time it's over, the men are now working as a team and are buddies for life, and the women have formed little cliques who all hate each other. Granted, this is anecdotal, but it's something I have been told by a number of people and witnessed firsthand when I was in basic training.
Hell, you don't even have to go to basic training, just watch how women and men act in everyday life. Women are full of drama. A woman will be sweet and kind to another's face and then call her a bitch as soon as the other's back is turned. Women are full of this kind of passive aggressive behavior.
Now when I say women, obviously I mean women in general, and there are exceptions, just like there are men who act the same way. But the point is, to say women in general work as a team better than men in general is laughable. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Sure I can speak out against the government and not worry about being hauled off (generally), but the USA actually has a greater ratio of its citizens in prisons than China does in there.
Maybe a bit offtopic, but am I high or is this one of the most intelligent and insightful comment discussions I've ever seen on Slashdot? OK i'm high but i'm serious. We endlessly bitch about what crap slashdot has become, then slashdot readers comment to this article... and totally redeem yourselves!!1
I think you have a very good perspective and are absolutely correct. On the science/biological side of things, FWIW, I'd say that there are definitely genetic factors which influence our way of thinking about things. There are genetic differences between the sexes which influence our way of processing information, and I would bet money there are other genetic variations (not sex related) at work as well. I would love to see a study on the problem from this angle but I bet it would take a huge sample and real tight control to isolate any particular behavioural characteristics that seem to be genetically related.
However put someone in a white coat (unless they're famous, of course) up as your representative and you get an immediate turn-off. ..unless it's one of those people who despises celebrities, yet will believe anything anyone in a white lab coat says without question. Or who will believe a conspiract theorist web site instantly without question. Etc. It's not just one set of beliefs--this type of person (aka a sheep) pervades society. The only thing they have in common is they are all enemies of freedom, willingly or unwillingly.
What the hell is so fundamentally wrong with gambling?
According to the Southern Baptists, and other puritanical religious groups controlling large shares of the federal and state governments (especially in the South), gambling is a sin. This is the #1 reason why gambling is largely illegal in the US. Also the same reason why alcohol sales are prohibited on Sundays in my county and why there are certain counties around here where alcohol sales--and possession of more than a certain quantity of alcohol--are prohibited. It's the fucking religious nutjobs who feel it is their duty to have a say in others' personal lives.
I have 6 mbit Comcast business cable and I have hit over 1.0 mbyte/sec sustained on multiple occasions. For a typical download from a major website it's usually around 700-800 kb/sec.
For me, it was Professional Write! Nothing like DOS word processing. The software has menu systems that are much easier/simpler to use than something like vi/emacs, yet being console-based, it's a lot easier to concentrate on what you're doing (writing) rather than having to tune out all the extraneous crap on your screen that comes with having a GUI.
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All you have to do is drive the speed limit and leave at least 2 seconds between you and the car in front (if I can achieve this in L.A. you can probably achieve it anywhere). If someone is tailgating just gradually slow down until they pass.
You must have misread his story. The guy was in front of HIM acting like a dumbass. The dumbass was likely to get himself in a wreck and take out all 100 cars behind him in the process. There is no "just slowing down and leaving two seconds gap" to avoid this type of situation. If you slow down, then you make the problem even worse, because now you have 100 retards riding your ass, then when the guy up ahead gets hit by a retread or something (more common and likely than you'd think) how is this guy going to avoid the resulting pileup?
Now Concerned Onlooker, the following rant is not necessarily directed at you, cause your post was reasonable other than you misreading what he wrote. It's more directed at the other dumbasses who felt the overwhelming desire to throw in their two cents.
Seriously people, I wish people would stop posting about cars and driving on slashdot. Every time somebody does, it seems like there is at least 2-3 geeks--who have no clue about driving since they are too busy thinking about computers, and likely have never driven anything faster or more capable than a Camry--will jump on here and contradict you, showing their ignorance. Their little fingers will tap away on that keyboard, Google searching and pulling up studies and anecdotes from every dark, dusty corner of the Internet that somehow support their absurd ideas. It doesn't matter if you have been driving 600 HP cars all your life, could drive one sideways at 80 MPH without wrecking, and are in fact a better driver than 99.9% of people on the road--if you don't agree with these geeks' ideas that they formed while putting around in mom's Corolla, then you are wrong.
One of these ideas is that going fast means that you are driving dangerously. Not true. If traffic is moving at 80 MPH, then 90 MPH is not that fast, relatively speaking. Passing some jackass while going 10 MPH faster is not exactly reckless. The GP said his car had 100 HP, which won't exactly result in impressive acceleration, especially at 80-90 MPH. How anyone could interpret his slowly, gradually passing the other guy as aggressive or provoking is beyond me. Jesus Christ people, get a grip! You are probably the same folks I see coming a complete stop at the end of a merge lane rather than take the very scary risk of pressing down on the acceleration a quarter inch to merge at speed.
On a personal note though now that I am passed the driving stupidly fast phase of my life I would acutally quite like a GPS based speed limiter on my car so that I never get a speeding fine.
Also very helpful in ensuring that you are unable to stomp on the accelerator to escape or avoid a dangerous situation, like say a drunk driver or some crazy psycho with road rage?
Worst. Idea. Ever.
The better solution is to raise most speed limits to more reasonable levels, require that people actually know how to drive before getting a license, abolish revenue generation through traffic fines, and send cops off to do more important and useful things.
And I just knew someone would post this, and somehow get modded up insightful. (Ironically, proving in the process that this much-talked-about "hive mind" does not actually exist.)
Saying that parents are responsible for "monitoring and controlling" their kids is flawed thinking. Teenagers are not sock puppets and you cannot "control" them. What you *can* do is raise them properly and *teach* them how to live. If you have not been doing this by the time they become pre-teens, it's too late, you've already fucked up, and no amount of "monitoring and controlling" will make a difference.
That having been said, you can easily see why this "tool" is a flawed idea.
Is a cardboard shoe box that has had holes cut in it to mount a motherboard and hard drive considered a "mechanical structure"?
What the fuck is that supposed to mean?
Ignoring your ignorant comment about "backwards" states, how the heck am I supposed to just pack up and move? You're saying I should move to a completely different state, leaving behind friends, family, business, 12 month building lease, etc? Yeah right. I'm not worried about being revoked; I'll simply keep driving anyways. It just pisses me off, that's all.
To add to this discussion, my friend was put in jail for a day, fined $1,000, and put on probation for a year for plugging a fucking strand of Christmas lights in a nearby city-owned outlet. All this occurred a week before Christmas. It was either plug the lights in where he did, or run an extension cord across the parking lot, so he didn't see the harm since the lights draw hardly any power.
In my own case, my driver's license is currently revoked for 3 years. My crime? Repeatedly driving while suspended. The funny thing is I was not actually suspended when I got those tickets. My 60-day suspension had already expired, but I was so damn broke at the time I could not afford to go pay the fucking $150 "reinstatement fee" to have them flip a single bit in a database somewhere. When I went to court for the first couple of tickets, respectful, polite, and looking forward to the opportunity to work something out and get this stuff cleared up, I was not even given a chance to plead my case. The judge demanded I pay ALL of the tickets--including those which I was not yet appearing for--immediately or go straight to jail, which I did until my family was able to come up with $2,500 to get me out. So now I am not able to legally drive for the next THREE FUCKING YEARS. I cannot even drive for such purposes as going to/from work or going to get food, because Alabama has no such exemption, and in Alabama I'm sorry but you simply have to be able to drive.
So I am fucked, totally, completely, and with no recourse, thanks to my wonderful government and police whose job it is to "protect and serve"--that is, protect the income and serve the interests of the government, not the people.
I used to have a lot of respect for the police and legal system. I was naive then. Since then I've seen a lot of people fucked by the legal system and their lived ruined. FUCK the police, and FUCK the government.
Once again another political tool* who just. doesn't. get it.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS VS. REPUBLICANS, YOU IGNORANT FUCK. WAKE UP! Don't you understand? Our government is filled with corrupt assholes, a bunch of fuckers who for the most part care about accumulating wealth and power, and helping out other good ole boys, not serving our nation and it's peoples wishes. Each one of them has found their niche, their "principles" that they can claim to lure certain percentages of the population into voting them into power. As just one broad and general example, Republicans go after the religious drones and Democrats go after the disadvantaged-minority drones. Either way they are puppet masters controlling the sheep. Soon as the rigged electronic voting systems come into full force, and the media is more fully brought under the government's thumb, this won't even be necessary. Who cares if everyone you know is against X, because according to the government sponsored media you are just an isolated case, turns out most everyone else really voted *for* X. WAKE UP!
* tool: a object created and used to serve a particular purpose, then put back in the drawer until needed again
Obviously, that was a fad that was unsustainable,
Large cars are not a fad, they have been a fact of American culture for 40-50+ years and will likely continue to be for quite some time, unless we see huge shakeups in the oil market.
Here we have clear proof that people want more efficiency and at least to feel like they're driving green,
No, what the American people WANT is cheap cars that are cheap to operate. A '93 Ford Escort fits this description. A hybrid does not, because it contains batteries that are VERY expensive to replace. The American people don't--in general, when it comes down to it--give a shit about efficiency or "driving green", unless it positively impacts their wallet.
Yes, you're naive as fuck. I'd take it in a heartbeat. Jesus Christ, it's not like the woman is strapped for cash or anything. I guarantee that a $1,000 does not mean near as much to her as it would to me if I found it. Steve doesn't have much to say about it either since he's dead.
I guarantee the first application of this will be used to detect the scent of marijuana. The device will be used to throw even more victims in our overcrowded jails/prisons to rot, ruining lives forever, all in the name of the "War on Drugs(tm)" i.e. war on a harmless plant. The good news is, when the revolution comes the victims will have the last laugh as the law enforcement officials, legislators, judges, etc responsible for its abuse are shot/hanged/imprisoned or otherwise disposed of.
Thank God somebody sees the same thing I do. There are few things more irritating than loading up some project's web site, which consists of nothing but some poorly thought out and organized wiki, then looking high and low through the mess just trying to find ONE FUCKING CLEAR SENTENCE explaining WHAT THIS PROJECT IS AND DOES. Instead you have pages and pages of incoherent bullshit that you can't put in context, and after 15 minutes of this mess you leave in frustration.
When I am looking for software to suit a certain purpose, my first impression of that software comes from its web site. If the web site is a pile of shit that looks like it was designed by some virginal 30 y.o. geek living in his parents basement, then you can bet that the software isn't much better. If the web site is clean and well organized then I'll definitely give the software a try.
The last time I loaded Ubuntu (5 minutes ago), the menu looked more like this:
How much clearer can it possibly get?
Saving 30 seconds for whole hours of needless power consumption is irresponsible for the environment.
1) Fuck the environment. My computer is powered by a nuclear power plant; in other words, clean energy.
2) Life is short, and when I need to do something right quick in a hurry, 30 seconds can be a lifetime. And after a few years, those 30 seconds add up to quite some time spent sitting idly on front of a computer waiting for it to boot.
3) It only costs a few bucks extra per month to keep the computer running 24/7. I only turn off the monitor when I'm done. The computer is nowhere near the biggest power expense in my building. The biggest would be the four 1000W metal halide lights in the shop area, followed by the welder, then the air conditioner/electric heater.
4) What effect does it have on the environment when my hard drives fail earlier than normal because of me constantly starting and stopping the computer? It is much easier on mechanical components for them to run constantly.
I think what is most disconcerting is the use of the female pronoun, period. The male pronoun is common convention, and using the female pronoun just screams "look at me, I'm not a sexist, I promise!!" I wish the males of this society would grow a pair of balls and stand up to this PC nonsense.
I AM in a mountain of debt (not entirely due to my own actions, but here I am nonetheless) and I do not support this bill. I can't and shouldn't expect the government to rescue me from myself even if my actions have effects on others; why should we expect big corporations to be bailed out cause they spent all their money on $20m parachute retirements for their CEOs? Fuck that, let the economy BURN.
Horseshit. I'll give an example: military basic training. At first all the men hate each other and there is frequent friction and conflicts. The women pull together early on and help each other along. By the time it's over, the men are now working as a team and are buddies for life, and the women have formed little cliques who all hate each other. Granted, this is anecdotal, but it's something I have been told by a number of people and witnessed firsthand when I was in basic training.
Hell, you don't even have to go to basic training, just watch how women and men act in everyday life. Women are full of drama. A woman will be sweet and kind to another's face and then call her a bitch as soon as the other's back is turned. Women are full of this kind of passive aggressive behavior.
Now when I say women, obviously I mean women in general, and there are exceptions, just like there are men who act the same way. But the point is, to say women in general work as a team better than men in general is laughable. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Sure I can speak out against the government and not worry about being hauled off (generally), but the USA actually has a greater ratio of its citizens in prisons than China does in there.
Who needs prisons when you have bullets?
And here's Australia's problem. So I guess the land down under isn't exactly paradise after all
Maybe a bit offtopic, but am I high or is this one of the most intelligent and insightful comment discussions I've ever seen on Slashdot? OK i'm high but i'm serious. We endlessly bitch about what crap slashdot has become, then slashdot readers comment to this article... and totally redeem yourselves!!1
beer is on me
PS no i'm not new here. (ohh! burned!!!)
For the answer to the real question you are asking, refer to this article.
I think you have a very good perspective and are absolutely correct. On the science/biological side of things, FWIW, I'd say that there are definitely genetic factors which influence our way of thinking about things. There are genetic differences between the sexes which influence our way of processing information, and I would bet money there are other genetic variations (not sex related) at work as well. I would love to see a study on the problem from this angle but I bet it would take a huge sample and real tight control to isolate any particular behavioural characteristics that seem to be genetically related.
However put someone in a white coat (unless they're famous, of course) up as your representative and you get an immediate turn-off. ..unless it's one of those people who despises celebrities, yet will believe anything anyone in a white lab coat says without question. Or who will believe a conspiract theorist web site instantly without question. Etc. It's not just one set of beliefs--this type of person (aka a sheep) pervades society. The only thing they have in common is they are all enemies of freedom, willingly or unwillingly.
What the hell is so fundamentally wrong with gambling?
According to the Southern Baptists, and other puritanical religious groups controlling large shares of the federal and state governments (especially in the South), gambling is a sin. This is the #1 reason why gambling is largely illegal in the US. Also the same reason why alcohol sales are prohibited on Sundays in my county and why there are certain counties around here where alcohol sales--and possession of more than a certain quantity of alcohol--are prohibited. It's the fucking religious nutjobs who feel it is their duty to have a say in others' personal lives.
I have 6 mbit Comcast business cable and I have hit over 1.0 mbyte/sec sustained on multiple occasions. For a typical download from a major website it's usually around 700-800 kb/sec.
For me, it was Professional Write! Nothing like DOS word processing. The software has menu systems that are much easier/simpler to use than something like vi/emacs, yet being console-based, it's a lot easier to concentrate on what you're doing (writing) rather than having to tune out all the extraneous crap on your screen that comes with having a GUI.