Alaska isn't exactly a great example state for traffic devices.... It's like Florida being used as a measurement of snowfall in North America. Alaska is an entirely unique place.
Nah, Westernes totally understand it. There's no understanding issue there, trust me. It's just that it removes common sense and logic from the picture, is all. You know, every action having an equal and opposite reaction... consequences and repercussions, and the such. Now that we're on the same page, let's move on.
Meanwhile, most libertarians will dismiss you as a naysayer (and disturbingly generic individual) and pat you on the head to move along with your daily waffling.
Never assume, it only creates a fictitious situation.
The fact that he's asking this in an Ask Slashdot article is reason enough to tell me it's not someone with much clout...
Extremism in another form. You've just attempted to paint the idea as an extreme in order to paint todays world as right. Wow... you sure shoot high. You were happy with a C in class weren't you? "honey, our honeymoon is good enough in Niagra Falls, we don't have to do anything too expensive..."
No they don't, there's no legal ticket being issued. It's mailed, with no issuing officer. Hell, they're thrown away by most people. At least the smart people. In the USA that is.
Clearly a case of the following driver not driving with due care and attention, or of not leaving a proper gap between them and the preceding vehicle?
I take it your new to this whole driving experience. If your driving through a green light, your just casually driving. It's not Formula 1 racing, it's driving. Suddenly, the light turns yellow, and almost instantly the person who was going 45 mph in front of you has laid every ounce of their weight onto their anti-lock brakes. Suddenly, the 45 mph vehicle in front of you has decelerated to 10 mph in almost a blink of time. What do you do? First, you have to be cognizant of it which take s a touch of time. Second, you have to move your foot from the accelerator pedal to the brake pedal. Keep in mind, you're already in deficit for time here since the person in front of you has already started performing the deceleration probably 1/4 to 1/2 a second before this time. Now, a million factors come into play: do your tires have better traction than the person in front of you? Does your vehicle have a softer suspension than the vehicle in front of you which allows the vehicle to travel on a different axis while braking for a short period of time before bottoming and allowing the vehicle to absorb that energy into the braking system and tires.
I'm sure by now I don't need to go into any more details, and you can see that from the beginning it's obvious that it's a losing situation. Yellow lights are there for a reason, and the lights need to have a gap to tell a driver that the red light is coming, along with allowing them to decelerate in a safe & prudent fashion without risking another individuals property or life.
"multiplayer" - many people playing an instance of a game together (e.g. American Army, Counter Strike) ""Massive multiplayer" - A world that exists when all users log out, and they log back in to the same existing world with the same objects and whoever may have straggled into that world while they were not there. (e.g. World of Warcraft)
I donno, I'd think a wide screen monitor would be great for spreadsheets since most end up being too wide for the screen and you have to scroll left & right.
I back this 100%. XBox is for kids who don't know anything but BANG BANG BANG what I had to move out of the way of the bullet? that's lame! Where's my cheatsheet?
When you are young, authority is infallible or incompetent. When you reach middle age, authority is YOU.
I know, it's hollowingly scary at times. It's like that at work, as I'm called a resident Red Hat Expert Engineer, and everyone with questions should come to me.
He wasn't pushing values on others nonchalantly, he was actually describing his very passive approach. If you think he's pushing his values by SAYING it, you have problems. This can be remedied by saying that to me in public;)
Letting your child outside to play is a normal thing. If it's not done, it is something you kind of bring up to the parent. It's like forcing your child to use a specific bucket as a toilet because you never know what germs are on a real toilet. It's borderline insane, and you rectify it quickly before it causes damage. That goes for not letting your child out to play, as well. I'm not even going to validify anything you said with counterpoints, since it's so disturbingly twisted. Also, the person wasn't saying that playing outside was the cure to ADHD. You'll need to read it again for full clarity, as me describing it would be more than what he posted.
While I agree whole-heartedly with most of what you are saying, I do have to add one thing. You don't have full control over everything that goes into your child's mind, or what influences them. I mean, you do, if you go nuts and keep them under full surveillance, home tutor them, never let them watch television/listen to the radio/interact with others. However, the variable is the free-will aspect. That being said, you are correct in the fact that the parent is ultimately the guiding factor in most things. It's sometimes hard to calm yourself as a parent, sit your child down and be friendly. Most parents in this world will become authoritative, which can be counter-productive since kids are adults in their mind. Treat a child as you would want to be treated during a conversation, explain things, and then take action as necessary.
I wonder how many American kids are fed by people who only care to get something into their mouths and shut them up? (spoken from experience as an American kid years ago)
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You have to be 16, or work in some rundown garage somewhere....
I couldn't help but to laugh at what you posted there, that was hilarious!
Thanks for the comedy :)
Alaska isn't exactly a great example state for traffic devices....
It's like Florida being used as a measurement of snowfall in North America. Alaska is an entirely unique place.
I see overzealous taxation helps the health of the population!
Nah, Westernes totally understand it. There's no understanding issue there, trust me.
It's just that it removes common sense and logic from the picture, is all. You know, every action having an equal and opposite reaction... consequences and repercussions, and the such.
Now that we're on the same page, let's move on.
Meanwhile, most libertarians will dismiss you as a naysayer (and disturbingly generic individual) and pat you on the head to move along with your daily waffling.
Why the hell is this ranked "Offtopic"?
If this is "Offopic", even saying "Libertarian" would be "Offtopic" in any other post, christ.
Never assume, it only creates a fictitious situation.
The fact that he's asking this in an Ask Slashdot article is reason enough to tell me it's not someone with much clout...
Extremism in another form.
You've just attempted to paint the idea as an extreme in order to paint todays world as right.
Wow... you sure shoot high. You were happy with a C in class weren't you?
"honey, our honeymoon is good enough in Niagra Falls, we don't have to do anything too expensive..."
Mediocrity rules.
ahhaha you've just tried to validate a bad choice by a strawman scenario that never happens ahahah
God, how lame.
No they don't, there's no legal ticket being issued.
It's mailed, with no issuing officer.
Hell, they're thrown away by most people. At least the smart people. In the USA that is.
For fuck's sake man, it's not a revenue stream.
The outcome is people slowing down, not a monetary stream.
Clearly a case of the following driver not driving with due care and attention, or of not leaving a proper gap between them and the preceding vehicle?
I take it your new to this whole driving experience.
If your driving through a green light, your just casually driving. It's not Formula 1 racing, it's driving. Suddenly, the light turns yellow, and almost instantly the person who was going 45 mph in front of you has laid every ounce of their weight onto their anti-lock brakes. Suddenly, the 45 mph vehicle in front of you has decelerated to 10 mph in almost a blink of time. What do you do? First, you have to be cognizant of it which take s a touch of time. Second, you have to move your foot from the accelerator pedal to the brake pedal. Keep in mind, you're already in deficit for time here since the person in front of you has already started performing the deceleration probably 1/4 to 1/2 a second before this time. Now, a million factors come into play: do your tires have better traction than the person in front of you? Does your vehicle have a softer suspension than the vehicle in front of you which allows the vehicle to travel on a different axis while braking for a short period of time before bottoming and allowing the vehicle to absorb that energy into the braking system and tires.
I'm sure by now I don't need to go into any more details, and you can see that from the beginning it's obvious that it's a losing situation. Yellow lights are there for a reason, and the lights need to have a gap to tell a driver that the red light is coming, along with allowing them to decelerate in a safe & prudent fashion without risking another individuals property or life.
What the hell are you talking about...
Rewrite sounds better, to me.
Does my OS or hardware somehow radically change whenever I reboot it?
Only the day after patch tuesday ;)
"multiplayer" - many people playing an instance of a game together (e.g. American Army, Counter Strike)
""Massive multiplayer" - A world that exists when all users log out, and they log back in to the same existing world with the same objects and whoever may have straggled into that world while they were not there. (e.g. World of Warcraft)
That's persistence.
I donno, I'd think a wide screen monitor would be great for spreadsheets since most end up being too wide for the screen and you have to scroll left & right.
Until the online service is no longer available.
Anything tied to something outside of my hands is worthless in gaming.
I back this 100%.
XBox is for kids who don't know anything but BANG BANG BANG what I had to move out of the way of the bullet? that's lame! Where's my cheatsheet?
When you are young, authority is infallible or incompetent. When you reach middle age, authority is YOU.
I know, it's hollowingly scary at times. It's like that at work, as I'm called a resident Red Hat Expert Engineer, and everyone with questions should come to me.
Umm... *looks both ways* who do I go to? ahah
He wasn't pushing values on others nonchalantly, he was actually describing his very passive approach. ;)
If you think he's pushing his values by SAYING it, you have problems. This can be remedied by saying that to me in public
Letting your child outside to play is a normal thing. If it's not done, it is something you kind of bring up to the parent. It's like forcing your child to use a specific bucket as a toilet because you never know what germs are on a real toilet. It's borderline insane, and you rectify it quickly before it causes damage. That goes for not letting your child out to play, as well.
I'm not even going to validify anything you said with counterpoints, since it's so disturbingly twisted. Also, the person wasn't saying that playing outside was the cure to ADHD. You'll need to read it again for full clarity, as me describing it would be more than what he posted.
While I agree whole-heartedly with most of what you are saying, I do have to add one thing. You don't have full control over everything that goes into your child's mind, or what influences them. I mean, you do, if you go nuts and keep them under full surveillance, home tutor them, never let them watch television/listen to the radio/interact with others. However, the variable is the free-will aspect.
That being said, you are correct in the fact that the parent is ultimately the guiding factor in most things. It's sometimes hard to calm yourself as a parent, sit your child down and be friendly. Most parents in this world will become authoritative, which can be counter-productive since kids are adults in their mind. Treat a child as you would want to be treated during a conversation, explain things, and then take action as necessary.
There's also TV, or DVDs from Disney.
Teach the kid how to be a good adult!
pop a coors (*shiver*) into their hands, and toss on WWE, or NFL.
How's that head trauma working out for you?
I wonder how many American kids are fed by people who only care to get something into their mouths and shut them up?
(spoken from experience as an American kid years ago)