You can't just keep on piling cars onto the same roads as poplation increases along with the population density. That idea just doesn't scale well enough.
Neither does public transit. Either way you have to reinvest money to add incrased capacity or you will inevitably have problems. The main advantage of cars is that you can go where you want to go when you want to get there. Public transit so far can't match that. And yes, it is mostly a system for the very poor. And yes, public transit systems tend to be poorly maintained, uncomfortable, full of graffiti, unsafe, and unreliable. Believe me, people would use it instead of cars if it were truly a better system.
Why are people even buying cars in the first place? If you city has good public transit, you could take the bus back and forth to work each day, and rent a car for the weekends for less then the price of owning a car.
Many people do not live in such a city. Also, even if you live in a place with public transit, it is unlikely that it will go where you want to go when you need to get there. One place I lived had "public transit" (bus), but I had to drive a mile to get to the nearest bus stop. Even then, it took me about 3X longer to get to work than if I had driven my car. The only reason I didn't drive to work was the parking cost was too high where I worked.
Then I moved to another place where I could take a different kind of public transit to work - ferry boat. I could walk from the boat to work, but on the other side of the water I had to drive 30 minutes to get to the boat. No bus was available and even if it had been it would have been too inconvienient.
In my experience public transit works only in a few cities and for a few people in those cities. Plus, public transit is as expensive as a car (or more), very dirty, very crowded, and very likely to screw you and leave you stranded. If you are 30 seconds late, you are screwed. Oh, I can't get to work today because there is a strike. Or a bomb threat. Or a holiday. Oops, we changed our schedule from the fall schedule to the summer schedule today and now you cant' get home. Your fault for not reading some fine print.
Bah! I will never vote for public transit and I avoid it when I can (which is most of the time.)
I wish she would have waited until the last possible minute to disclose this piece of information before court, once the RIAA had its (marked) cards on the table she might have caught them lying through their teeth.
She can't do that. First of all, she probably wants to spend the least amount of money on defending herself as possible, not the most money. Second, she is trying to get the RIAA to pay her attorney fees. In order to collect these kind of damages, you need to do everything you can to minimize those damages. You can't run up the damages on purpose (such as the stunt you advocate) and then collect.
Sounds like some one in her home used her name/credit to buy Net Access leading them to sue her rather than whoever used the computer. Or perhaps this is a case of an identity thef!
Right. We must assume this because it is beyond possible that the RIAA could have made a mistake, like getting someone's name or address wrong.
Legal activity. Drinking and then driving equipment is obviously illegal. Duh.
The idea is that it would protect employees from companies that announce policies like "loose weight or get fired" or "you can't take your prescription meds because they might interfere with our manditory drug testing".
I don't know the way home now! Seriously, I just moved to a new house in a new state. I have a Magellan Roadmate 700. If it were to quit working, I wouldn't be able to get home tonight.
Here's what I don't get. You personally believe you are unsafe flying with someone who doesn't want to show an ID card. I personally believe I am unsafe flying with a muslim.
Just try to find me a laptop that is powered by D cells and a handcrank. Or a laptop without a hard drive. Or a laptop with a screen that switches between color and monochromatic.
The Apple eMate meets most of the requirements you are talking about. There was even a hand crank for the eMate that I seem to recall reading about on Slashdot.
Slashdot Mirror
Good news for the xbox360.
You misspelled PlayStation 3.
We need to do a study of where the richest cheese deposits are and land there.
I'd call that a taste of their own medicine.
You can't just keep on piling cars onto the same roads as poplation increases along with the population density. That idea just doesn't scale well enough.
Neither does public transit. Either way you have to reinvest money to add incrased capacity or you will inevitably have problems. The main advantage of cars is that you can go where you want to go when you want to get there. Public transit so far can't match that. And yes, it is mostly a system for the very poor. And yes, public transit systems tend to be poorly maintained, uncomfortable, full of graffiti, unsafe, and unreliable. Believe me, people would use it instead of cars if it were truly a better system.
Why are people even buying cars in the first place? If you city has good public transit, you could take the bus back and forth to work each day, and rent a car for the weekends for less then the price of owning a car.
Many people do not live in such a city. Also, even if you live in a place with public transit, it is unlikely that it will go where you want to go when you need to get there. One place I lived had "public transit" (bus), but I had to drive a mile to get to the nearest bus stop. Even then, it took me about 3X longer to get to work than if I had driven my car. The only reason I didn't drive to work was the parking cost was too high where I worked.
Then I moved to another place where I could take a different kind of public transit to work - ferry boat. I could walk from the boat to work, but on the other side of the water I had to drive 30 minutes to get to the boat. No bus was available and even if it had been it would have been too inconvienient.
In my experience public transit works only in a few cities and for a few people in those cities. Plus, public transit is as expensive as a car (or more), very dirty, very crowded, and very likely to screw you and leave you stranded. If you are 30 seconds late, you are screwed. Oh, I can't get to work today because there is a strike. Or a bomb threat. Or a holiday. Oops, we changed our schedule from the fall schedule to the summer schedule today and now you cant' get home. Your fault for not reading some fine print.
Bah! I will never vote for public transit and I avoid it when I can (which is most of the time.)
Great they could start by making a version of Islam that doesn't involve terrorism.
It doesn't matter. Lending is still legal.
I wish she would have waited until the last possible minute to disclose this piece of information before court, once the RIAA had its (marked) cards on the table she might have caught them lying through their teeth.
She can't do that. First of all, she probably wants to spend the least amount of money on defending herself as possible, not the most money. Second, she is trying to get the RIAA to pay her attorney fees. In order to collect these kind of damages, you need to do everything you can to minimize those damages. You can't run up the damages on purpose (such as the stunt you advocate) and then collect.
That will teach you to interfere with someone's legitimate spam business.
Sounds like some one in her home used her name/credit to buy Net Access leading them to sue her rather than whoever used the computer. Or perhaps this is a case of an identity thef!
Right. We must assume this because it is beyond possible that the RIAA could have made a mistake, like getting someone's name or address wrong.
Borrowing a DVD from a friend and watching it is fair use. It is not a copyright violation to do that.
Does he drive a car made in the last 20 years? That undoubtedly has some kind of "computer" in it.
No, he drives a Ford Model "A" pickup truck that he has fastidiously kept in good working order since buying it new.
Legal activity. Drinking and then driving equipment is obviously illegal. Duh.
The idea is that it would protect employees from companies that announce policies like "loose weight or get fired" or "you can't take your prescription meds because they might interfere with our manditory drug testing".
I think the constant beeping will interfere with the telephone call I'm on.
So in America we would call it a "divided highway" or "divided road".
And you still have to know the way home.
I don't know the way home now! Seriously, I just moved to a new house in a new state. I have a Magellan Roadmate 700. If it were to quit working, I wouldn't be able to get home tonight.
That's true. I would support the idea of a law protecting workers rights to engage in any legal activity outside of work on the workers own time.
So, if its 'good for your career' its ok to be a robot?
I don't care whether it is good for my career or not, being a robot would be totally awesome.
What a wise and well thought out idea. How can I subscribe to your newsletter?
No, it clearly runs Windows.
Actually Wico made a whole line of controllers. There were several versions of their joystick, a keypad controller, etc.
Also, I have to disagree about the Atari joystick. I love the Atari joystick. I would rather use it than any other controller ever made.
To you and the loser who moded my joke flamebait: I recommend you get a sense of humor. They are nice.
Here's what I don't get. You personally believe you are unsafe flying with someone who doesn't want to show an ID card. I personally believe I am unsafe flying with a muslim.
Why is it that you get your way and I don't?
Just try to find me a laptop that is powered by D cells and a handcrank. Or a laptop without a hard drive. Or a laptop with a screen that switches between color and monochromatic.
The Apple eMate meets most of the requirements you are talking about. There was even a hand crank for the eMate that I seem to recall reading about on Slashdot.
how else can they create their listing on eros.com?
(Just kidding!)