"Actually throttle by wire aka DBW, drive by wire is on nearly everything these days - All BMWs, VWs, Mercedes Benz, probably most Chrysler products, most GM products, some Ford etc."
OK, willing to stand corrected on the "some" part of my post.
"Steer by wire, still mechanical with variable assist, some Cadillacs, Corvettes, Mercedes Benzs."
Mechanical with assist is NOT "by wire." If that was the case, we have been steering and braking "by wire" for decades.
"Brake by wire, on the new S class."
Nope - electrohydraulic assist. And yes, I read the link.
Except that there is STILL a mechanical component in throttle by wire, an dthe mechanical component is suppose to fail closed. Throttle butterflies (and my diesel pump, are spring loaded, and the actuator pulls against the spring.
Yes, it is possible for the actuator to jam open instead of just stop working - all systems fail. But the strong tendency is to fail closed.
Contrast this with steering. With steering, there is no "safe" fail position. Left, right, straightforward - it's all a pretty bad choice.
Braking is a different problem. Cars don't have "fail-safe" brakes - that is, if there is a brake failure, the brakes are applied, not released. Trains, and I think trucks (anything with air brakes) have them, but not cars.
Also, we need to define the term "by wire" here. I, and most others, use that term to describe a system where a physical linkage (mechanical or hydraulic) is replaced by signals, a processor, and an actuator. So far, NONE of the "counter examples" in this thread for brakes and steering qualify. Those systems are electronically assisted, where the driver still supplies the motive force, but that force is modulated by the processor. Take the processor out of the loop, the driver is stil steering or braking. Yes, those systems are more unreliable, and yes, they fail "harder" than strict manual systems, but that is a world away from "drive by wire."
Is it coming? Yes. I saw an article on an experimental joystick controlled Saab a few years ago. But it will be a while until I trust a safety system that does not have some kind of backup. If the backups fail on my current car, i.e. I fail to provide the proper foot pressure or steering force, that is my own damned fault.
Your statement has the same weight as Irwin Fletcher saying "Its all ball bearings these days."
Throttle by wire - a couple of companies Brake by wire - none Steering by wire - none
Why? If the first one fails, the engine dies. If the second 2 fail, you die. Some carmakers are experimenting with it, but none have brought to production.
You have put your finger on it precisely. Schools DON'T know how to spend the money, so they are getting ripped off left and right. Add corruption to the mix, and the biggest shame is that the program wasn't frozen sooner.
Proper response:"Laptop? Oh yeah; I played with it a lot but it never really got working properly, so I disposed of it."
Please note that, in the Clintonesque sense, you haven't told a lie: "Working properly" means 100%, and it's still missing keys; "Disposed of" literally means "to make a disposition," and its disposition is that it is good enough for you.
You are soooo off base on that one. "Blazing Saddles" if funny not because of the words, but who is speaking them. Its sendup of the western genre turns everything on its head, and yet shows probably a truer picture of how people actually spoke prior to the sanitizing effect of the movies.
Remember, in the "Old West" (hell, anything prior to the 60's), people actually used the word nigger with relative frequency and unselfconciously. Contrast that to "Unforgiven," which won an award and was praised for its "real" look at the Old West, where "nigger" was never spoken, even as they were whipping Morgan Freeman to death.
People don't laugh at the use of "nigger" in "Blazing Saddles," they laugh at the confusion and consternation of the people who use the word so blithely to refer to an authority figure.
But yeah, the farting scene had no social value - but it was funny as hell.
You are misusing the phrase "jump the shark", which was coined after the Happy Days episode where Fonzie literally jumped a shark on water skis in an attempt to boost ratings and inject life into a failing series.
I can't think of anything particularly egregious in "Men in Tights" that counts as jumping the shark, even if one views all of Mel Brooks' movies as a "series". It simply wasn't as good as some of his previous stuff.
M M Physical violence, combined with targetted property destruction (erase HD, etc.)
F F Same as above
F M Police, court system - get him tagged as a sex offender for life
M F Sorry, you are S.O.L. Can't beat her up, legal system won't help. Just try to get the tapes/data erased and kick her out. Of course, if she's kinky enough, maybe there should be a change in strategy.
Same advice if your roomate is female - the clitoris is quite sensitive (news to most Slashdotter's) and a good kick between the legs will have a satisfactory effect.
At my former employer, whenever someone left their supervisor had to send an email to a special mailbox named "terminated", which would then forward to IT, HR, Payroll, etc.
Question: I don't remember there being ANY explanation of HAL's actions in either the movie or book version of "2001". Is this not the case?
If so, then the explanation put forth in "2010" seems more and more like a backfit, relying on the (then) innocent use of "NSA" for NASA in "2001". The whole explanation always struck me as half assed and more devoted to present day politics than good storytelling.
1: States and localities conting the votes starting when the local polls close. I don't think it is a good idea to prohibit this for 2 reasons: first, it keeeps poll workers up into the wee hours of the morning, which can lead to more errors and fewer workers, and second, just having the ballots/voting machines sitting around for 3-4 hours is a bad idea and invites mischief.
2: States reporting vote count resultas as an ongoing process, i.e. "Candidate X has 64% with 29 precincts reporting" I think this is sort of neutral. I think it could be banned (how does 1st amendment free speech protections apply to local governments?), but I don't think it's a real problem.
3: News organizations projecting results: This is the real evil, and the one that has the most constitutional protection. The First amendment simply won't allow such controls on the freedom of the press.
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Kermit the Frog was voiced by Jim Henson. Frank Oz had his hand up Miss Piggy's ass, and also provided her voice.
Please get your Muppets references correct.
The FCC is *freezing* the program, and not giving out more disbursements until further notice.
This may or may not be the right thing to do - my opinion is stated above, but it isn't "shutting down the program".
"Actually throttle by wire aka DBW, drive by wire is on nearly everything these days - All BMWs, VWs, Mercedes Benz, probably most Chrysler products, most GM products, some Ford etc."
OK, willing to stand corrected on the "some" part of my post.
"Steer by wire, still mechanical with variable assist, some Cadillacs, Corvettes, Mercedes Benzs."
Mechanical with assist is NOT "by wire." If that was the case, we have been steering and braking "by wire" for decades.
"Brake by wire, on the new S class."
Nope - electrohydraulic assist. And yes, I read the link.
Except that there is STILL a mechanical component in throttle by wire, an dthe mechanical component is suppose to fail closed. Throttle butterflies (and my diesel pump, are spring loaded, and the actuator pulls against the spring.
Yes, it is possible for the actuator to jam open instead of just stop working - all systems fail. But the strong tendency is to fail closed.
Contrast this with steering. With steering, there is no "safe" fail position. Left, right, straightforward - it's all a pretty bad choice.
Braking is a different problem. Cars don't have "fail-safe" brakes - that is, if there is a brake failure, the brakes are applied, not released. Trains, and I think trucks (anything with air brakes) have them, but not cars.
Also, we need to define the term "by wire" here. I, and most others, use that term to describe a system where a physical linkage (mechanical or hydraulic) is replaced by signals, a processor, and an actuator. So far, NONE of the "counter examples" in this thread for brakes and steering qualify. Those systems are electronically assisted, where the driver still supplies the motive force, but that force is modulated by the processor. Take the processor out of the loop, the driver is stil steering or braking. Yes, those systems are more unreliable, and yes, they fail "harder" than strict manual systems, but that is a world away from "drive by wire."
Is it coming? Yes. I saw an article on an experimental joystick controlled Saab a few years ago. But it will be a while until I trust a safety system that does not have some kind of backup. If the backups fail on my current car, i.e. I fail to provide the proper foot pressure or steering force, that is my own damned fault.
Your statement has the same weight as Irwin Fletcher saying "Its all ball bearings these days."
Throttle by wire - a couple of companies
Brake by wire - none
Steering by wire - none
Why? If the first one fails, the engine dies. If the second 2 fail, you die. Some carmakers are experimenting with it, but none have brought to production.
1. Reckless driving and speeding
2. Lying to police officers
3. Filing a false police report
Civil charges:
1. From Renault, defamation & fraud
2. from everyone else on the road at the time, ???
You have put your finger on it precisely. Schools DON'T know how to spend the money, so they are getting ripped off left and right. Add corruption to the mix, and the biggest shame is that the program wasn't frozen sooner.
"I tell him I have it"
Oooohh - rookie mistake.
Proper response:"Laptop? Oh yeah; I played with it a lot but it never really got working properly, so I disposed of it."
Please note that, in the Clintonesque sense, you haven't told a lie: "Working properly" means 100%, and it's still missing keys; "Disposed of" literally means "to make a disposition," and its disposition is that it is good enough for you.
The Rollers would be better - rectilinear form and (for me) more pronounced effect.
A palette is that stupid looking thing painters use for their colors, or generally used to refer to a range of colors.
"make northern Europe uninhabitable"
So all I have to do to get the Europeans out of my hair - and off the planet - is let my SUV idle all night?
I'm waiting for the downside of this...
As opposed to the normal Slashdot posts that are models of clarity and objectivity?
You are soooo off base on that one. "Blazing Saddles" if funny not because of the words, but who is speaking them. Its sendup of the western genre turns everything on its head, and yet shows probably a truer picture of how people actually spoke prior to the sanitizing effect of the movies.
Remember, in the "Old West" (hell, anything prior to the 60's), people actually used the word nigger with relative frequency and unselfconciously. Contrast that to "Unforgiven," which won an award and was praised for its "real" look at the Old West, where "nigger" was never spoken, even as they were whipping Morgan Freeman to death.
People don't laugh at the use of "nigger" in "Blazing Saddles," they laugh at the confusion and consternation of the people who use the word so blithely to refer to an authority figure.
But yeah, the farting scene had no social value - but it was funny as hell.
You are misusing the phrase "jump the shark", which was coined after the Happy Days episode where Fonzie literally jumped a shark on water skis in an attempt to boost ratings and inject life into a failing series.
I can't think of anything particularly egregious in "Men in Tights" that counts as jumping the shark, even if one views all of Mel Brooks' movies as a "series". It simply wasn't as good as some of his previous stuff.
You Roomate Action
M M Physical violence, combined with targetted property destruction (erase HD, etc.)
F F Same as above
F M Police, court system - get him tagged as a sex offender for life
M F Sorry, you are S.O.L. Can't beat her up, legal system won't help. Just try to get the tapes/data erased and kick her out. Of course, if she's kinky enough, maybe there should be a change in strategy.
"Hit them where it hurts"
I'd suggest in the balls.
Same advice if your roomate is female - the clitoris is quite sensitive (news to most Slashdotter's) and a good kick between the legs will have a satisfactory effect.
"I still don't understand why you need to check your email and appointments out on the trail..."
Because it will spend 95% of its time in a standard environment, doing regular PDA tasks but looking "rugged" - just like SUV's.
First ask the Russians about the young female suicide bombers that they have experienced lately.
You are aware that Canada doesn't have a president?
"I think what Sun is really worried about is trademark dilution."
You mean, in excess of their own trademark dilution? They've been slapping the "Java" name on everything but the toilets at HQ.
At my former employer, whenever someone left their supervisor had to send an email to a special mailbox named "terminated", which would then forward to IT, HR, Payroll, etc.
I sent my own "terminated" notice.
Be impeached for performing a misdemeanor or a felony, just like the Constitution says.
Question: I don't remember there being ANY explanation of HAL's actions in either the movie or book version of "2001". Is this not the case?
If so, then the explanation put forth in "2010" seems more and more like a backfit, relying on the (then) innocent use of "NSA" for NASA in "2001". The whole explanation always struck me as half assed and more devoted to present day politics than good storytelling.
There are 3 issues here:
1: States and localities conting the votes starting when the local polls close. I don't think it is a good idea to prohibit this for 2 reasons: first, it keeeps poll workers up into the wee hours of the morning, which can lead to more errors and fewer workers, and second, just having the ballots/voting machines sitting around for 3-4 hours is a bad idea and invites mischief.
2: States reporting vote count resultas as an ongoing process, i.e. "Candidate X has 64% with 29 precincts reporting" I think this is sort of neutral. I think it could be banned (how does 1st amendment free speech protections apply to local governments?), but I don't think it's a real problem.
3: News organizations projecting results: This is the real evil, and the one that has the most constitutional protection. The First amendment simply won't allow such controls on the freedom of the press.
I can't help with the other two, but:
"how to make my computer trick my thermostat into thinking it's a full-fledged climate control system,"
http://diy-zoning.sourceforge.net/
"how to make an uber-scary AI haunted house at halloween,"
http://markbutler.8m.com/monsterlist.htm
That being said, the magazine still sounds cool.