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  1. 80/20 on Self-Driving Cars To Transform Insurance and Other Industries · · Score: 1

    Right now autonomous cars have maybe conquered 80% of the task.

    The last 20%, like always, is a bitch.

  2. Re:Insurance companies suffer? on Self-Driving Cars To Transform Insurance and Other Industries · · Score: 1

    We have no-fault here in Quebec, and it's only for material damages.

    Medical expenses are covered by a separate collective insurance paid for by everyone who owns a vehicle. And with this insurance, EVERYONE on the road is covered for his medical bills, funeral, loss of autonomy, loss of wages, etc.

    And by everyone, I mean even pedestrians, cyclists, even tourists...

  3. Re:Metric Guns. on Presidential Candidate Lincoln Chaffee Proposes That US Go Metric · · Score: 1

    It depends on the gallon you use... Here in Canada an imperial gallon is 4.5 liters.

  4. Re:Meh on Presidential Candidate Lincoln Chaffee Proposes That US Go Metric · · Score: 1

    I went to school when the transition occurred, and I only learned metric.

    But 4 decades later, I still use imperial measures for weight and lenght.
    In my head, volume (liters), distances (in km) and speeds (in km/h) are in metric.
    Water temperature for a pool makes sense to me only in Fahrenheit, as is the temp for the oven, but outside and inside temperature in Celcius.
    And for most recipes I use cups, tablespoons... I'm a mess!

  5. Re:You can do Open right on Let's Take This Open Floor Plan To the Next Level · · Score: 1

    So you end up with the choice between a more compact layout, firing a bunch of people, or moving to the burbs.

    I vote for Moving to the burbs!!! I fucking hate to have to haul my ass in a stinking subway to a big fucking polluted city full of people every day.

    Why do we all have to cram ourselves in office towers when at the same time guys in fucking Bangalore can work on the same systems as us?

    Why not create smaller satellite offices all over the country and go to the nearest?

  6. Re:No they don't on Cloud Boom Drives Sales Boom For Physical Servers · · Score: 1

    So... it's clouds all the way up?

  7. Re:Dear Mr. Obama on Obama Asks Congress To Renew 'Patriot Act' Snooping · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm sure Obama will gladly accept an informed opinion from a guy named DickBreath... :-p

  8. Re:Will Technology Disrupt the Song? on Ask Slashdot: Will Technology Disrupt the Song? · · Score: 1

    There's plenty of trash on Slashdot these days, but it's refreshing to read a solid, well written and informative comment like yours.

    Thanks.

  9. Re:Hobbit on How To Die On Mars · · Score: 1

    And then you're exposed to Radon. Not much better.

  10. Re:E-mail client? on Attackers Use Email Spam To Infect Point-of-Sale Terminals · · Score: 1

    Or you do like any other civilized country (you know, those who have free healthcare) and you do transactions with a chip card.

    Then you must have a pinpad attached to the cash register that communicates with the chip, validates the PIN, and encrypt the transaction before sending it to the cash register attached to it.

    The pinpad is owned and controlled by the acquiring company and/or the bank offering the acquiring services, the store can't do anything with it.

    That way the general purpose computer masquerading as a cash register can't even log the credit card number because everything is encrypted.

  11. Re:And so preventable on A Beautiful Mind Mathematician John F. Nash Jr. Dies · · Score: 1

    It is legal to not wear a seat belt in the back seat in many jurisdictions, and the regulation where it is required is enforced in even fewer.

    You're right, and I find that quite strange.

    Maybe some legislators need an update on the laws of physics, and the facts that they apply to all the car and not just the front seats.

  12. Re:Yeah right. Then explain COBOL. on The Reason For Java's Staying Power: It's Easy To Read · · Score: 1

    colon? I meant the period!

    Sorry for my poor english.

  13. Re:Yeah right. Then explain COBOL. on The Reason For Java's Staying Power: It's Easy To Read · · Score: 1

    The colon is no longer used, we only put one at the end of each paragraph (procedure).

    Parsing XML in COBOL is very easy. You use the XML PARSE command in a loop. Each time the parser finds an XML tag it return control to your program, giving you the tag name, attribute(s) and value. You process it, then call the parser again until the end of the document.

    Likewise, generating a complex XML document in COBOL is done by defining the hirarchical structure in a copybook, assigning values, and then calling a single command: XML GENERATE.

    It's very easy, and very fast.

  14. Re:It's not Linux-based on Huawei's LiteOS Internet of Things Operating System Is a Minuscule 10KB · · Score: 1

    Real programmers use KB, not those puny little KiB!

  15. Re:Good movie? on Men's Rights Activists Call For Boycott of Mad Max: Fury Road · · Score: 1

    Yes, practical stunts with real cars are cool, but a lot of the action scenes are sped up, and I find that really awful. It's very noticeable and distracting in this movie.

    Every time they use this trick it looks like a Buster Keaton scene.

  16. Re:Won't save most of the 4000 lives on The Economic Consequences of Self-Driving Trucks · · Score: 1

    Then clearly the trucks should either:

    a) have a lower speed limit than cars
    b) have a much smaller cargo weigh limit

    But no, I'm sure that as we speak trucking companies are lobying for increased length and weight limits for their trucks (because money!!!) Fuck safety!

  17. Re:Inconsistent on Religious Affiliation Shrinking In the US · · Score: 1

    No. Christians claim that there's a very specific condition. John 3:16

    For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

    Well, I believe that there really was a guy named Jesus who made a lot of fuss a couple of thousands of years ago, he's a real historical figure.

    Am I covered now? I'll have eternal life? Please?

  18. They're not! on How Responsible Are App Developers For Decisions Their Users Make? · · Score: 1

    Next question?

  19. Re: News for nerds on Religious Affiliation Shrinking In the US · · Score: 1

    Hate? Where is the hate in my post?

    I said that parents brainwash their children with their religion, is that not so? Where is the choice for that children?

    How can HE chose what to believe when his figure of authority (his parents) impose their views on him at an age where he can't form his own opinion?

    Personnaly I don't impose anything on my own kids. I answer frankly to any question they ask me, but they'll have to decide what they believe themselves.

    I'm mostly atheist, was agnostic for a good part of my life, but these days I'm of the opinion that the idea of a supreme being makes no sense. And if we're in a simulation (a distinct possibility), I would not call the creator of this simulation god, he's just a sentient being probably way out of our understanding, but he's not a god.

  20. Re:Controversial because? on Bill Gates Still Trying To Buy Some Common Core Testing Love · · Score: 1

    Oh! I saw him in the "Religious Affiliation Shrinking In the US" thread, I'm afraid he's lost and can't find his way out.

  21. Re: News for nerds on Religious Affiliation Shrinking In the US · · Score: 2

    You'll also find that many practicing scientists are also religious

    That doesn't mean anything. You can be a practicing scientist and still be unable to think critically in certain aspects of your life because of your upbringing (like being brain washed by your religious parents).

  22. Re:Back seats have windows in the door on Will Robot Cars Need Windows? · · Score: 1

    Remind me to not ride my motorcycle on the same road you drive your car!

  23. Re:Yes. on Will Robot Cars Need Windows? · · Score: 1

    If it's 8k resolution by window, maybe it will come close to a pale imitation of reality.

    Anything less will be horrible. And it'll be covered in ads for the duty free shop.

    What is it with those millenials and digital natives who want to feel, see and control nothing when they're travelling in a vehicle? Just invent teleporting and let us enjoy our trip!

    Now get off my lawn!

  24. Re:I probably would've gotten the death penalty... on Florida Teen Charged With Felony Hacking For Changing Desktop Wallpaper · · Score: 2

    I used to swap the boot and shutdown pictures on my co-worker's computers back when we had win95.

    It was funny to see them panic when the computer was booting up and the message said "shutting down"...

  25. Monetized videos on Google To Offer Ad-Free YouTube - At a Price · · Score: 1

    So, if I monetize my video and all the viewers pay the monthly fee and don't see the ads, will I still receive money?