Actually there is proof the system wasn't perfect..
An example was provided where someone challenged two of her tickets. The judge reviewed the video and determined that the person had indeed come to a stop in both scenarios.The judge ruled in favor of the person, and dismissed the ticket.
Additionally, numerous tickets were thrown out at a significantly higher rate during traffic ticket spikes.
Most people are conditioned to not challenge automated tickets. The articled said 95% automatically paid. The remainder that challenged, 90% of them lost, until the traffic ticket spikes started occurring. In one instance, one location was challenged at a rate of 1 in 7 tickets for 242 challenges. 109 were thrown out.
At some point the courts will have reviewed enough footage at one location, that they just auto accepted.
And here-in lies the rub. Make the process tedious enough to challenge, and make the fine small and convenient to pay, and very few will question the accuracy of the system. "The incident was last week, and I was in a rush, did I come to a full stop? Forget it, pay the fine."
The problem is they changed something in the system, it triggered a volume where people realized the system can't be right.
As to the point of enforcement.
There are laws on the books that are meant for true good: Hey don't go killing people. Don't be stealing other people's stuff. Don't drink and drive.
There are laws on the books that are meant to guide people in safe conduct. Don't be speeding. Don't run red lights.
And there are byzantine laws on the books that when researched are for some obscure reason. No hanky panky on Tuesdays in the kitchen. Da heck?
Enforcement's job is to make sure the law is enforced, but to also exercise a level of reasonability in the enforcement of the law. So and so is speeding. Hey they are having a baby. We should help them. VS Hey, a-hole is doing 50 in a school zone. Bust 'em.
The reasonability measurement should have been occurring when the vendor and IBM were evaluating the infraction before sending it out. Somewhere along the lines, that fail safe wasn't being done.
Its Chicago. The Constitution is a living document open to interpretation. And the Chicago way trumps everything, even the basic human rights defined eons ago by whatever non-corporeal entity people believe in.
One has to be super passionate to want to be in this cut throat education program.
One of the biggest lies from law schools is placement after graduation. Sure School A boasts 90% employed, they just don't tell you that most of them aren't in the legal profession.
If you want future proof, there is accounting and mortuary. There is always death and taxes. No machines will take those away.
But the main thing one should have is good analytical, problem solving, and written and oral communication skills. Everything else is OJT.
In most cases it boils down to risk versus reward. The negative reinforcement, it worked the last time, leads to taking bigger risks.
And some just don't care cause they think they will sue the pants off of you later. Won't do a lick of good paralyzed from the waist down, but hey, they can sue!
And then there are those who are just a-holes, who don't give a crap about what their actions may cause to anyone else. They are right, everyone else is wrong, regardless of physics.
Depends on the final product, resource (labor and raw material) availability, target market location, and all the costs associated with each category.
If labor costs are high in one location, the decision might be to make it elsewhere. Or to get offsetting cost factors to reduce labor costs elsewhere.
Also if transportation of resources and product are prohibitive, then that becomes a factor in location selection.
If you can locate your production location to a central location that is easy to distribute to more market locations (central hub - spoke model), that is factor as well.
Then there are regulations, import export issues, etc.
I plugs in this video card and it works. I plugs in this video card and it doesn't.
I think the concept is cool and as the pathways between modules gets faster, it will be great. But I'll wait for a few more releases before I try it. Unless someone gives me one for super cheap.
In this scenario, the police (or whoever entity) writes the ticket.
Which entity in NYC owns the hydrant?
Which entity in NYC is responsible for clearly marking the bicycle and parking spots?
In my city that is three different entities for that hydrant, and each has their own tasks for it. And neither would think to share information regarding their routine tasks around the hydrant.
Furthermore who owns the data at that point? And who pays for the analysis? More importantly, what is the right question to be asking of the data?
Up here, there really only is one broadband provider, and they gouge us by forcing us to bundle their cable service to their cable modem, and the total cost runs us over $150 for a basic 60 GB.
Surprise surprise, auto manufacturers do test vehicles in harsh weather conditions.
An autonomous driving vehicle is more likely to be subjected to extreme conditions, than the routine part like an ignition switch.
I'd be more worried about downloading and installing JohnnyCab 2.1.3 update and whether or not they did proper regression testing. Testing? We didn't change any of that code, it'll be fine.
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A perfect demonstration of the concept: Less is more
The write up... not the phone... Cause apparently when you buy a lesser phone and try to make it do more, it doesn't work.
Seriously, the garbage reads like someone who advocates the 64k memory is enough for everything fallacy.
Me three!!! Succinct and accurate reflection of reality.
Actually there is proof the system wasn't perfect..
An example was provided where someone challenged two of her tickets. The judge reviewed the video and determined that the person had indeed come to a stop in both scenarios.The judge ruled in favor of the person, and dismissed the ticket.
Additionally, numerous tickets were thrown out at a significantly higher rate during traffic ticket spikes.
Most people are conditioned to not challenge automated tickets. The articled said 95% automatically paid. The remainder that challenged, 90% of them lost, until the traffic ticket spikes started occurring. In one instance, one location was challenged at a rate of 1 in 7 tickets for 242 challenges. 109 were thrown out.
At some point the courts will have reviewed enough footage at one location, that they just auto accepted.
And here-in lies the rub. Make the process tedious enough to challenge, and make the fine small and convenient to pay, and very few will question the accuracy of the system. "The incident was last week, and I was in a rush, did I come to a full stop? Forget it, pay the fine."
The problem is they changed something in the system, it triggered a volume where people realized the system can't be right.
As to the point of enforcement.
There are laws on the books that are meant for true good: Hey don't go killing people. Don't be stealing other people's stuff. Don't drink and drive.
There are laws on the books that are meant to guide people in safe conduct. Don't be speeding. Don't run red lights.
And there are byzantine laws on the books that when researched are for some obscure reason. No hanky panky on Tuesdays in the kitchen. Da heck?
Enforcement's job is to make sure the law is enforced, but to also exercise a level of reasonability in the enforcement of the law. So and so is speeding. Hey they are having a baby. We should help them. VS Hey, a-hole is doing 50 in a school zone. Bust 'em.
The reasonability measurement should have been occurring when the vendor and IBM were evaluating the infraction before sending it out. Somewhere along the lines, that fail safe wasn't being done.
Its Chicago. The Constitution is a living document open to interpretation. And the Chicago way trumps everything, even the basic human rights defined eons ago by whatever non-corporeal entity people believe in.
One has to be super passionate to want to be in this cut throat education program.
One of the biggest lies from law schools is placement after graduation. Sure School A boasts 90% employed, they just don't tell you that most of them aren't in the legal profession.
If you want future proof, there is accounting and mortuary. There is always death and taxes. No machines will take those away.
But the main thing one should have is good analytical, problem solving, and written and oral communication skills. Everything else is OJT.
It could never happen, and yet it does
In most cases it boils down to risk versus reward. The negative reinforcement, it worked the last time, leads to taking bigger risks.
And some just don't care cause they think they will sue the pants off of you later. Won't do a lick of good paralyzed from the waist down, but hey, they can sue!
And then there are those who are just a-holes, who don't give a crap about what their actions may cause to anyone else. They are right, everyone else is wrong, regardless of physics.
Time to dust off the Super Famicom and fire up Area 88
Ctrl-Alt-Del
or worse, spill soda on it, drop it on its edge...
Seems a bit of an overgeneralization
Depends on the final product, resource (labor and raw material) availability, target market location, and all the costs associated with each category.
If labor costs are high in one location, the decision might be to make it elsewhere. Or to get offsetting cost factors to reduce labor costs elsewhere.
Also if transportation of resources and product are prohibitive, then that becomes a factor in location selection.
If you can locate your production location to a central location that is easy to distribute to more market locations (central hub - spoke model), that is factor as well.
Then there are regulations, import export issues, etc.
1. Firearms purchases and acquisitions need to be evaluated.
2. If they are funded by tax payer money, aren't there certain records that have to be available?
3. If they are a non-profit, there needs to be an auditing of their books to account for the dollars spent vs taken in.
Virus?
What do you mean I have a conflict on an IRQ????
I plugs in this video card and it works. I plugs in this video card and it doesn't.
I think the concept is cool and as the pathways between modules gets faster, it will be great. But I'll wait for a few more releases before I try it. Unless someone gives me one for super cheap.
Zune? Does that count?
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Because most people run Windows computers, and don't have any real security in place.
How dare you use facts to refute outrageous exaggerations!
Holy buckets. They got a whopping 2 hours of training on the damn thing?!?!
Someone just secured a long term service support / maintenance contract on that beast.
And there in lies one of the many problems law enforcement officers should be complaining about.
Rather than spend the money on training and useful long term goals, they spend it on something that has little long term value.
Let's buy a white elephant!
In this scenario, the police (or whoever entity) writes the ticket.
Which entity in NYC owns the hydrant?
Which entity in NYC is responsible for clearly marking the bicycle and parking spots?
In my city that is three different entities for that hydrant, and each has their own tasks for it. And neither would think to share information regarding their routine tasks around the hydrant.
Furthermore who owns the data at that point? And who pays for the analysis? More importantly, what is the right question to be asking of the data?
Up here, there really only is one broadband provider, and they gouge us by forcing us to bundle their cable service to their cable modem, and the total cost runs us over $150 for a basic 60 GB.
Save the taco bell till you get home. Then you can recapture the methane and make your own energy.
Heck it is IM different protocols. Except this is your phone.
Can't wait to see what happens when it hits the same iMessage fiasco.
Surprise surprise, auto manufacturers do test vehicles in harsh weather conditions.
An autonomous driving vehicle is more likely to be subjected to extreme conditions, than the routine part like an ignition switch.
I'd be more worried about downloading and installing JohnnyCab 2.1.3 update and whether or not they did proper regression testing. Testing? We didn't change any of that code, it'll be fine.