My coworker took me flying the other day, and pointed out that some of the planes have no locks on the doors, and the ignition is a push button... He said that some of the "better" planes actually had locks on the doors and such.
Suing MS because there was a buffer overflow exploit in Outlook, is like suing Ford, because some guy hotwired the car and stole it.
Even if I installed the best security system money can buy, the car can still get stolen by a determined theif, much in the same way, an OS will get compromised by a determined cracker/hacker.
sounds like a crock to me... (not saying its false, just that I think its a crock) But yes, I do pay sales tax on all our cars.
What I mean is... So what if I buy jewelry. Is WA saying if I buy a diamond, and give it to my parents who live in oregon, I still have to pay taxes on it?
as long as we're bitching about taxes, how about us Washington folk who work in Oregon? We pay Oregon income tax (WA doesn't have a state tax), yet we cannot vote on Oregon's income tax initiatives, because we are not "OR residents"... Isn't that taxation without representation?
Unless I'm smoking some bad crack, (and I could be;) , I read that the unified tax system was nothing more than a set of guidelines defining how things get taxed, not if things get taxed.
For example, Orange Juice gets taxed as a beverage as opposed to fruit. But that doesn't say anything about if food items are exempt or not. In some jurisdictions it just plain depends. For example, oregon has no sales tax, but in southern oregon, there is a fast-food tax.
I know when I lived in LA, LA county and Orange county had different tax rates. I've seen some municipalities where zipcodes are used to differentiate tax rates, even if multiple zipcodes are in the same city.
I also remember a while back, it was posted that in Colorodo, some items are only taxable at certain times of the year. I think there was some special holiday where that particular class of item was not taxable or something like that.
All of this really makes it a pain for the seller to keep track of. That's why I think its natural that a seller only be obligated to charge sales tax according to their LOCATION(s).
Even the point of delivery can be confusing. I bought a refrigerator in Oregon, and picked it up myself, and drove it to washington where I live. No sales tax. A few days later, oil was leaking from the refrigerator. So I got a warranty replacement through Circuit City. Circuit City tried to charge me sales tax, saying that they are delivering a new fridge to WA, which subjects it to WA sales tax. It took lots of yelling and elevation to higher management for the boneheads to realize this was NOT A PURCHASE, it was a WARRANTY REPLACEMENT.
You would think the various places where you can park for free or significantly cheaper than the private lots/structures would be bad too no? Doesn't look like anyone is hurting to me...
Our work provides free coffee, and we used to have cappuccino machines as well. (The coffee machine was provided by starbucks, and we use starbucks coffee beans). But guess what? People still drive over to Starbucks for coffee...
We have drinking fountains all over the place here, but people still buy bottled water from the vending machine in the break room...
Anyone else remember the story about Home Depot? I think it was like 2 years ago, where they made their cash registers wireless using 802.11b. It was setup so that the cash register used wireless to talk to the main server, which had a hard-line connection to the database. Apparently, this wasn't secured, and a bunch of news stories popped up about how one could park their car in the parking lot, and retrieve CC#s. Though the articles did point out that the problem was quickly rectified.
If this story was indeed true, I wonder how prevalent this sort of thing is...
It would really suck tho if only one of your brakes decided to hose up on you... That could result in a crash when you apply the brake in an emergency situation. (Especially if it was one of the front brakes that hosed up on you...)
Also, it is not true about all emergency brakes utilizing a cable to connect to the rear brakes. Some 4 wheel-disc application, require you to "ratchet" the e-brake, which in turn just pressurizes the hydraulic line for the rear brakes. IIRC, usually only 4 wheel discs that provide a cute little drum inside the rotor assembly, utilize a cable for the e-brake system. 4 Wheel disc systems that don't provide this cute drum, and don't require you to ratchet the e-brake, physically lock the pistons in the caliper after engaging hydraulically(sometimes mechanically). (That's why you need a special tool to reset the piston when changing the rear discs on some cars.)
Many luxury cars dont even have a e-brake peddle, they replaced them with a push button, which just pressurizes the rear hydraulic line. (Jaguar S-types do this)
We may have had 8 years of "Clinton's Tax Free Internet", but wasn't it Clinton who instituted the largest tax hike in US history? Now granted this is probably not the most unbiased source:p , just saying....
Anyways, I would hardly call it 8 years of Clinton's tax free internet, considering the web (as we know it today), did not really exist the first four years of his presidency. I remember using stuff like lynx, gopher, and Mosaic. I don't think the graphical browsers were even available until after 94'. And even then, I remember hardly anyone had web sites. Most people I knew were just using usenetto surf for free pr0n:)
depends on how you look at it... Tax cuts for the rich, could (I suppose), provide an incentive to spur more business investment, which means more jobs, more $$$, etc...
By a show of hands, who here works for a poor person?
On the opposite side of the spectrum, you could say that most people when receiving tax relief, they save the money instead of spending it, thus the relief didn't really do anything... Its all perspective...
If a pilot ignores the terrain mapping on the computer, or the automated, "Pull up!" warning when flying towards a cliff or too low? I guess Boeing should recall its jets too...
Maybe we should all sue Exxon because the drunk captain crashed the tanker...
I don't think this is just limited to baby toys and furniture. I'm sure most all warnings are the result of dumbasses doing something stupid, then trying to hold the manufacturer liable....
Why would you put a warning on Preperation-H saying DO NOT EAT? Or those drying agents that come with stereo equipment? What dumbass thinks his new stereo came with free chicklets?
I'm almost positive my owners manual for my car says to not drive the car at night if the headlights don't work, nor to operate the car in inclimate weather conditions if the wipers don't work... I think it also says to not pour water in the gas tank, and that they wouldn't be responsible for the resulting engine damage...
Drive-by-wire refers to the replacement of the accelerator linkage with electronics.
This linkage, whether electronic or mechanical, connects to the throttle plate on the intake of the engine. If you are out of fuel, it wouldn't matter if this linkage was mechanical or electronic, as no amount of movement of this plate will effect your velocity.
Replacing the steering rack with electronics is another technology. SAAB/GM experimented with this back in the 80s, but the test drivers complained about being "isolated" from road feel.
That's why many companies are trying to avoid calling them emergency brakes as opposed to parking brakes. On most cars, the "e-brake", is connected to the same brake mechanism in the rear wheel, so if the brake really did fail, the "e-brake" would fail as well. Besides, yanking the e-brake while on the freeway will just lockup the rear-wheels (probably disintigrating the tires in the process), probably causing you to lose control of the car, because you are probably yanking the steering wheel.
Can the segway really go 20-25mph? I was under the impression it only goes like 5-10 or something...
So if you are on a motorcycle, and never bothered to maintain your bike, would you blame the manufacturer if:
You never bothered to replace your front tire, and you let it blow out on the freeway, causing you to lose control of your bike?
And speaking of the low battery light....
What would you do if you were in an electric helicopter, and got a low-battery light?:) Keep going to your destination?
I know the drag on the rotors would make it so you would not just plummet down like a rock, but I'm sure you would still sustain a few bumps and scratches.
You mean the people should be innocent until proven guilty? What a novel concept;) I bet next you are going to say we should be gauranteed due process:)
to mention that while the Netgear G I measured 21mb/sec, I was never able to get more than 17mb/sec with the Linksys G.
When doing tests at the office, I found the range of Linksys G to be similar to first generation A. I actually saw about a 1-2mb/sec drop in throughput with every couple steps I walked from the AP. Even with the Linksys signal boost attached, I still saw this behavior. I'm guessing that the Linksys Signal booster amplifies noise along with the signal, and a good "cleanup" algorithm was not provided, such that the boosting was worthless.
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You mean like how a lot of airplanes are :)
My coworker took me flying the other day, and pointed out that some of the planes have no locks on the doors, and the ignition is a push button... He said that some of the "better" planes actually had locks on the doors and such.
Suing MS because there was a buffer overflow exploit in Outlook, is like suing Ford, because some guy hotwired the car and stole it.
Even if I installed the best security system money can buy, the car can still get stolen by a determined theif, much in the same way, an OS will get compromised by a determined cracker/hacker.
sounds like a crock to me... (not saying its false, just that I think its a crock) But yes, I do pay sales tax on all our cars.
What I mean is... So what if I buy jewelry. Is WA saying if I buy a diamond, and give it to my parents who live in oregon, I still have to pay taxes on it?
as long as we're bitching about taxes, how about us Washington folk who work in Oregon? We pay Oregon income tax (WA doesn't have a state tax), yet we cannot vote on Oregon's income tax initiatives, because we are not "OR residents"... Isn't that taxation without representation?
Unless I'm smoking some bad crack, (and I could be ;) , I read that the unified tax system was nothing more than a set of guidelines defining how things get taxed, not if things get taxed.
For example, Orange Juice gets taxed as a beverage as opposed to fruit. But that doesn't say anything about if food items are exempt or not. In some jurisdictions it just plain depends. For example, oregon has no sales tax, but in southern oregon, there is a fast-food tax.
I know when I lived in LA, LA county and Orange county had different tax rates. I've seen some municipalities where zipcodes are used to differentiate tax rates, even if multiple zipcodes are in the same city.
I also remember a while back, it was posted that in Colorodo, some items are only taxable at certain times of the year. I think there was some special holiday where that particular class of item was not taxable or something like that.
All of this really makes it a pain for the seller to keep track of. That's why I think its natural that a seller only be obligated to charge sales tax according to their LOCATION(s).
Even the point of delivery can be confusing. I bought a refrigerator in Oregon, and picked it up myself, and drove it to washington where I live. No sales tax. A few days later, oil was leaking from the refrigerator. So I got a warranty replacement through Circuit City. Circuit City tried to charge me sales tax, saying that they are delivering a new fridge to WA, which subjects it to WA sales tax. It took lots of yelling and elevation to higher management for the boneheads to realize this was NOT A PURCHASE, it was a WARRANTY REPLACEMENT.
Think of all the money I can save! I can just email a PDF of my bill/money to my creditors!
You would think the various places where you can park for free or significantly cheaper than the private lots/structures would be bad too no? Doesn't look like anyone is hurting to me...
Our work provides free coffee, and we used to have cappuccino machines as well. (The coffee machine was provided by starbucks, and we use starbucks coffee beans). But guess what? People still drive over to Starbucks for coffee...
We have drinking fountains all over the place here, but people still buy bottled water from the vending machine in the break room...
Anyone else remember the story about Home Depot? I think it was like 2 years ago, where they made their cash registers wireless using 802.11b. It was setup so that the cash register used wireless to talk to the main server, which had a hard-line connection to the database. Apparently, this wasn't secured, and a bunch of news stories popped up about how one could park their car in the parking lot, and retrieve CC#s. Though the articles did point out that the problem was quickly rectified.
If this story was indeed true, I wonder how prevalent this sort of thing is...
It would really suck tho if only one of your brakes decided to hose up on you... That could result in a crash when you apply the brake in an emergency situation. (Especially if it was one of the front brakes that hosed up on you...)
Also, it is not true about all emergency brakes utilizing a cable to connect to the rear brakes. Some 4 wheel-disc application, require you to "ratchet" the e-brake, which in turn just pressurizes the hydraulic line for the rear brakes. IIRC, usually only 4 wheel discs that provide a cute little drum inside the rotor assembly, utilize a cable for the e-brake system. 4 Wheel disc systems that don't provide this cute drum, and don't require you to ratchet the e-brake, physically lock the pistons in the caliper after engaging hydraulically(sometimes mechanically). (That's why you need a special tool to reset the piston when changing the rear discs on some cars.)
Many luxury cars dont even have a e-brake peddle, they replaced them with a push button, which just pressurizes the rear hydraulic line. (Jaguar S-types do this)
We may have had 8 years of "Clinton's Tax Free Internet", but wasn't it Clinton who instituted the largest tax hike in US history? Now granted this is probably not the most unbiased source :p , just saying....
:)
Anyways, I would hardly call it 8 years of Clinton's tax free internet, considering the web (as we know it today), did not really exist the first four years of his presidency. I remember using stuff like lynx, gopher, and Mosaic. I don't think the graphical browsers were even available until after 94'. And even then, I remember hardly anyone had web sites. Most people I knew were just using usenetto surf for free pr0n
depends on how you look at it... Tax cuts for the rich, could (I suppose), provide an incentive to spur more business investment, which means more jobs, more $$$, etc...
By a show of hands, who here works for a poor person?
On the opposite side of the spectrum, you could say that most people when receiving tax relief, they save the money instead of spending it, thus the relief didn't really do anything... Its all perspective...
If a pilot ignores the terrain mapping on the computer, or the automated, "Pull up!" warning when flying towards a cliff or too low? I guess Boeing should recall its jets too...
Maybe we should all sue Exxon because the drunk captain crashed the tanker...
A better example would be a 747 pilot ignoring the computer when it says, "Pull up! Pull Up!"
I don't think this is just limited to baby toys and furniture. I'm sure most all warnings are the result of dumbasses doing something stupid, then trying to hold the manufacturer liable....
Why would you put a warning on Preperation-H saying DO NOT EAT? Or those drying agents that come with stereo equipment? What dumbass thinks his new stereo came with free chicklets?
I'm almost positive my owners manual for my car says to not drive the car at night if the headlights don't work, nor to operate the car in inclimate weather conditions if the wipers don't work... I think it also says to not pour water in the gas tank, and that they wouldn't be responsible for the resulting engine damage...
And I thought only BMW suffered from that "feature" :)
:)
Don't most cars have a clutch-interlock, requireing you to depress the clutch in order for the starter to engage?
If you drive an automatic, you are pretty much screwed in this scenario... I hope you have side-airbags
Drive-by-wire refers to the replacement of the accelerator linkage with electronics.
This linkage, whether electronic or mechanical, connects to the throttle plate on the intake of the engine. If you are out of fuel, it wouldn't matter if this linkage was mechanical or electronic, as no amount of movement of this plate will effect your velocity.
Replacing the steering rack with electronics is another technology. SAAB/GM experimented with this back in the 80s, but the test drivers complained about being "isolated" from road feel.
That's why many companies are trying to avoid calling them emergency brakes as opposed to parking brakes. On most cars, the "e-brake", is connected to the same brake mechanism in the rear wheel, so if the brake really did fail, the "e-brake" would fail as well. Besides, yanking the e-brake while on the freeway will just lockup the rear-wheels (probably disintigrating the tires in the process), probably causing you to lose control of the car, because you are probably yanking the steering wheel.
Can the segway really go 20-25mph? I was under the impression it only goes like 5-10 or something...
I hope that stairclimbing wheelchair doesn't topple over too when it runs out of juice...
So if you are on a motorcycle, and never bothered to maintain your bike, would you blame the manufacturer if:
:) Keep going to your destination?
You never bothered to replace your front tire, and you let it blow out on the freeway, causing you to lose control of your bike?
And speaking of the low battery light....
What would you do if you were in an electric helicopter, and got a low-battery light?
I know the drag on the rotors would make it so you would not just plummet down like a rock, but I'm sure you would still sustain a few bumps and scratches.
Yeah, when we port PONG over, we need to make sure it takes full advantage of SSE, SSE2, and MMX, otherwise game play would be horrible :)
If I used it to store pr0n, I would still want redundancy :p
they'll sue GW's daughters... I wonder what kind of PR will come from that :)
You mean the people should be innocent until proven guilty? What a novel concept
to mention that while the Netgear G I measured 21mb/sec, I was never able to get more than 17mb/sec with the Linksys G.
When doing tests at the office, I found the range of Linksys G to be similar to first generation A. I actually saw about a 1-2mb/sec drop in throughput with every couple steps I walked from the AP. Even with the Linksys signal boost attached, I still saw this behavior. I'm guessing that the Linksys Signal booster amplifies noise along with the signal, and a good "cleanup" algorithm was not provided, such that the boosting was worthless.