While I doubt that I'd follow a robot to "safety", I could see myself following an unknown human in an emergency, particularly if s/he seemed to know what s/he were doing. In the absence of such an "authority", I'd follow my own plan, or if I didn't have one, go with my gut.
That brings up a question. If Hilary is unelectable, Trump is unelectable, and they're running against each other, what happens? Is it like the irresistible force vs the immovable object?
Sure, he might be willing to send drones to murder an American citizen who happens to be related to a bad guy, but there's no way he'd allow Hillary to be punished for deliberately subverting the controls on classified data.
Obama could pardon Hilary, but that would probably cost her the election.
I don't see lack of signals or visitors as a problem. Anyone from 300 light-years away wouldn't detect any signals from us either. And it's a big universe for someone to go who knows how many light-years to visit, even if there was anything interesting on this mudball.
Interesting theory about megastructures, but even if it's true, it would only apply to very advanced civilizations. Someone at our level, or even well above, wouldn't be able to create them.
I don't think her felonies will keep her from running by November. I'm not even sure getting convicted would stop her from running. Is it possible to serve as President from prison?
One of the problems with Linux is it seems very much YMMV. I had no problem with Ubuntu when I installed it recently. I have had problems with various distros in the past, including Ubuntu, sometimes when people were claiming it "just worked" for them. I will say, however, that my luck getting stuff working with Debian was worse than any other distro I tried, including Slackware.
If you're an American and not working for the authorities, you're already "tagged" by the government for observation as a suspected criminal. No action is required on your part for this, so there is little point in letting it stop you from using bitcoin.
I don't believe that's true. I'm pretty sure that even if you ARE working for the authorities, you're under suspicion by our beloved government.
#4) This deal was made behind closed doors after Windows 10 was production ready (or as ready as it got), and as a result, nobody dared to check if Windows 10 would actually be a good product for the DoD.
I think people who don't think we're related to the apes should visit the zoo and watch the apes throwing shit, then watch a political debate. That should settle that.
I bought a car charger shortly after a several day power outage. I used it a couple times just to try it, and it got lost. I plug it in every night and don't have any problems. I could probably make it 2-3 days most of the time.
Of the 2 cases mentioned in the article, they are path planning issues, the driver ignoring where's he is at and just following directions.
The problem is not GPS, but the path software.
Good point. My iPhone generally knows where I am, but it often doesn't pick the best route to get me where I want to go. I've used it twice, in semi-familiar territory, and both times the route I took was shorter and more straightforward than the route it selected.
I'm not married, but I have a car/girl story that relates. One of my old cars had a very weak AC. At the time I got it I was single, and liked to drive with my windows open. I started going out with my current GF when I still had that car, and she informed me that my next car WOULD have decent AC. It did.:)
I can relate to that. The wipers on my Nissan work opposite to the way they did on my Saturn. So for quite awhile when I wanted to switch from low-speed to high, I turned them off instead, or when I tried to switch them off, I'd switch them to high. Also, though the radio worked the same, it was positioned just different enough that I had to look at it instead of doing it by touch.
Luckily, the important parts of every car I've driven in were the same.
Now that is pure bullshit! Here in the real world we like so called _facts_ which, incidentally, show that you are completely wrong. People _should_ logically drive slower in those situations but they don't - and modern features like airbags + misc. break assist features makes some people think they can drive however they want.
IME, people DO slow down on icy roads. However, my experience might not be accurate, since I'm looking at the cars that are still on the road, not the ones that are on the 6PM news when they're talking about all the accidents.
When Vista came out, my GF's sister saw a lot of Vista systems with 512MB, and asked me about them. I gave my opinion that anyone selling a 512MB Vista machine should be squeezed into a tiny box.
My GF told me her car's cruise control has a minimum of 35 MPH. My current car, and the one I had before do 25. The ones I had before that didn't have CC.
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While I doubt that I'd follow a robot to "safety", I could see myself following an unknown human in an emergency, particularly if s/he seemed to know what s/he were doing. In the absence of such an "authority", I'd follow my own plan, or if I didn't have one, go with my gut.
That brings up a question. If Hilary is unelectable, Trump is unelectable, and they're running against each other, what happens? Is it like the irresistible force vs the immovable object?
There's no way Obama will let that happen.
Sure, he might be willing to send drones to murder an American citizen who happens to be related to a bad guy, but there's no way he'd allow Hillary to be punished for deliberately subverting the controls on classified data.
Obama could pardon Hilary, but that would probably cost her the election.
I've got to say neigh to that one.
I don't see lack of signals or visitors as a problem. Anyone from 300 light-years away wouldn't detect any signals from us either. And it's a big universe for someone to go who knows how many light-years to visit, even if there was anything interesting on this mudball.
Interesting theory about megastructures, but even if it's true, it would only apply to very advanced civilizations. Someone at our level, or even well above, wouldn't be able to create them.
That sounds like a winning strategy to me. Usually, their strategy leans more towards the stupid.
I don't think her felonies will keep her from running by November. I'm not even sure getting convicted would stop her from running. Is it possible to serve as President from prison?
One of the problems with Linux is it seems very much YMMV. I had no problem with Ubuntu when I installed it recently. I have had problems with various distros in the past, including Ubuntu, sometimes when people were claiming it "just worked" for them. I will say, however, that my luck getting stuff working with Debian was worse than any other distro I tried, including Slackware.
For most of recorded history, the only competition to gold as a currency was chickens and goats. Granted, gold did very well compared to those.
If you're an American and not working for the authorities, you're already "tagged" by the government for observation as a suspected criminal.
No action is required on your part for this, so there is little point in letting it stop you from using bitcoin.
I don't believe that's true. I'm pretty sure that even if you ARE working for the authorities, you're under suspicion by our beloved government.
#4) This deal was made behind closed doors after Windows 10 was production ready (or as ready as it got), and as a result, nobody dared to check if Windows 10 would actually be a good product for the DoD.
^This! Short of joining an Amish community, you can't escape tracking tech. And even there, you'll probably get spied on by microscopic drones.
I think people who don't think we're related to the apes should visit the zoo and watch the apes throwing shit, then watch a political debate. That should settle that.
Around here, the correct answer is usually "Grey".
I bought a car charger shortly after a several day power outage. I used it a couple times just to try it, and it got lost. I plug it in every night and don't have any problems. I could probably make it 2-3 days most of the time.
No longer. The new Pope says that's hogwash.
But is his ruling retroactive? What happens to all the babies that went to hell over the last ~2000 years?
And does it apply to non-Catholics, or is it only Catholics that get a "Get out of Hell free" card.
Navigation is path planning and positioning.
GPS is the positioning.
Directions is the path planning.
Of the 2 cases mentioned in the article, they are path planning issues, the driver ignoring where's he is at and just following directions.
The problem is not GPS, but the path software.
Good point. My iPhone generally knows where I am, but it often doesn't pick the best route to get me where I want to go. I've used it twice, in semi-familiar territory, and both times the route I took was shorter and more straightforward than the route it selected.
I'm not married, but I have a car/girl story that relates. One of my old cars had a very weak AC. At the time I got it I was single, and liked to drive with my windows open. I started going out with my current GF when I still had that car, and she informed me that my next car WOULD have decent AC. It did. :)
I can relate to that. The wipers on my Nissan work opposite to the way they did on my Saturn. So for quite awhile when I wanted to switch from low-speed to high, I turned them off instead, or when I tried to switch them off, I'd switch them to high. Also, though the radio worked the same, it was positioned just different enough that I had to look at it instead of doing it by touch.
Luckily, the important parts of every car I've driven in were the same.
Now that is pure bullshit! Here in the real world we like so called _facts_ which, incidentally, show that you are completely wrong. People _should_ logically drive slower in those situations but they don't - and modern features like airbags + misc. break assist features makes some people think they can drive however they want.
IME, people DO slow down on icy roads. However, my experience might not be accurate, since I'm looking at the cars that are still on the road, not the ones that are on the 6PM news when they're talking about all the accidents.
Do they also intend to give us malware, as Forbes did? :-P
When Vista came out, my GF's sister saw a lot of Vista systems with 512MB, and asked me about them. I gave my opinion that anyone selling a 512MB Vista machine should be squeezed into a tiny box.
I heard of some Asian guy having trouble with FB. His name was Fook Yu. I don't know if that was a true story.
My GF told me her car's cruise control has a minimum of 35 MPH. My current car, and the one I had before do 25. The ones I had before that didn't have CC.
I didn't use Copy, but I've got a bleepload of stuff on Dropbox, and it would suck if it went out of business.