Hmmm..but would they have even found the security hole if it hadn't been open sourced?
Would a theif find out my car was unlocked, with the keys in it, without me telling him?
Sure, it's safer not to tell people in you leave your keys in your car all the time, but doesn't mean you're not a idiot for doing so.
Undocumented backdoors like this should be criminally investigated. If I was a locksmith who secretly re-keyed every lock I worked on to work with my own, "master key" you can bet the police would want to have a talk with me.
(OK, they don't stop working completely, but an elderly woman in a Buick wouldn't be able to apply enough foot pressure for an emergency brake application if her engine quit. If she has manual transmission though, the engine being driven by the wheels will still provide enough vacuum).
Actually (AFAIK) the vacuum line to the brake booster has a check valve in it for just this reason. Even if the rest of the car were to loose vacuum, there should still be some stored in the brake booster to help the old laty stop. Also, even if she has an auto, the wheels are still going to be coupled to the engine. Try driving down a hill in drive, and then driving down it in neutral.
Calling a passenger car brake system a "fail unsafe" design doesn't really make sense. The applications are different.
Fail-on makes sense for a semi trailer because it is a trailer. If it comes loose (disconnecting the brakes) you want it to stop ASAP. You don't care what happens to the trailer or it's contents, you just don't want it hitting someone else.
A car is different. If a vacuum hose falls of the brake booster, you don't want the car to instanly slam on the brakes. You care about whether it flips or slides of the road, because that may kill people inside.
These systems are a little smarter than this. Instead of just cutting the engine power, they simultaneously cut electrical and fuel power to the engine, disangage the clutch and force the brakes on full, all within a few seconds. There's no trouble with steering, as within a few moments there's no need to steer anywhere.
Holy crap I hope you're wrong!
Automatically slamming on the brakes in a panic stop is absolutely the worst thing they could do.
If the truck is cornering at any speed, it's going to slide off the road and/or flip. Not something you want a truck full of hazardous materials doing. Better yet, if the roads wet, he won't even need to be turning.
The proper thing to do would be to cut off the spark to the engine. All power systems work perfectly, including steering and braking, and the driver has enough time to pull to the side of the road. Doing anything else would be criminally stupid.
Maybe if everybody drove the speed limit they'd synchronize with the timers in the traffic lights and not get stopped by a red light to begin with.
That's assuming the lights are timed in a sensible manner to begin with. Personally, I know a couple lights where the only way to make it through both is to treat the first as a starting tree in a drag race and go flat out. If you get a good launch, you'll just make it. Otherwise, you're stuck waiting for the second light.
Indeed, how can they label Bush as a known weasel, thus indicating his "war on terrorism" is at least in great part a sham, and still bash the french?
Are we just going to ignore France's oil interests in Iraq? They had the most to gain from keeping Saddam in power and getting the UN santions lifted.
Profiting from that monster staying in power? Sounds pretty weasel-like to me.
Did ya ever think that maybe both were labeled as weasels because they were BOTH acting with ulterior motives? It's possible for two people to get in argument and have them both be wrong.
Actually, the colors make sense. When a color marks a certain value, it's easier to distinguish them. With bills all in this greenish color you have to look closely to know which value it has. In fact, this led to a number of tricks to make people believe that they get a US-$ 20 bill, but instead they only got a US-$ 5 bill. So colors do have their advantages. And the Euro proves that colorful bills can look elegant, too.
But you could look at it another way too:
By making all the notes the same color, you HAVE to look at every bill you're accepting. This means you are more likely to notice a counterfeit bill.
Having all our bills be the same color and size might actually be not all that bad. This means that anytime money changes hands, it gets looked at closely, rather than just glanced at to see what color it is. I would be suprised if it much easier to hand off say a Canadian counterfeit bill , than a US bill because of this.
There's a big difference between legitmate, possibly anonymous speech and blatantly fraudulent speech. That's why it's illegal to yell "fire" in a crowded theatre. ALL our freedoms are regulated. They need to be to prevent abuse (see the "fire" example). By complaining about common sense regulation of these freedoms, you just marginalize yourself. Then, no one cares what you think when something bad actually is happening.
Maybe we should throw everyone who speeds in prison too. Anything else would mean "no consequences", so everyone would be barreling down the highway at 120mph all day.
Get real. There are very good reasons why things like probation and communtiy service sentences exist. Maybe we should cut off his hands too. After all, we can have hackers all over the place, doing whatever they want, can we?
Are you telling me that if someone gives you 100 hours community service and a $1000 fine for doing something it's not going to have any effect?
The guns simply lack the accuracy to show a 1 mph speed violation.
Many guns aren't even calibrated when they should be. They just use them anyways. If you actually bother to check you can get the ticket thrown out, but how many people actually check?
According to a friend of mine tells me NYS has three people to calibrate all the guns in the state, including the vehicle mounted type (which must be removed from the car).
You wish, people can and do get tickets for 1mph over the limit in the US. It's crazy, but that doesn't seems to stop them. They have a quota to meet, ya know.
True dat. If a 100 lb metal tank hits your head at 400 mph it doesn't matter if it's flamming. That's just more reason to not have a tank of compressed hydrogen in your car. Pellets man. It's all about the pellets.
I was explaining how they'll probably try and stop that tank from hitting you in the head. Sheesh. I wasn't arguing against some safety feature. I was suggesting some simple percautions they could take.
My point is everyone is going:
"Oh my god! I don't want a hydrogen tank in my car! There'd be a big mushroom cloud if I got in a crash!"
Which is silly.
I don't know the exact process you're referring to that makes "hydrogen pellets". Maybe you should post a link.
I doubt that it's currently a solution to the problem. Especially since you have to run a current through the pellets. What not just store it as water and electrolize it when you need hydrogen? Because you're using up energy. You needed that energy to run the car.
There's also an issue of waste products. And the energy needed to make the pellets in the first place.
If somehow all those issues are solved, then you've got a solid, with a very low current required to turn it into H2 gas. This might be a little safer, but it also might not be. It really depends. This makes your explosives comparison silly.
Saying "pellets are the answer" all by itself is not telling the rest of us much. They store uranium in pellets. I sure as hell don't want any of those pellets in my car.
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Hmmm..but would they have even found the security hole if it hadn't been open sourced?
Would a theif find out my car was unlocked, with the keys in it, without me telling him?
Sure, it's safer not to tell people in you leave your keys in your car all the time, but doesn't mean you're not a idiot for doing so.
Undocumented backdoors like this should be criminally investigated. If I was a locksmith who secretly re-keyed every lock I worked on to work with my own, "master key" you can bet the police would want to have a talk with me.
(OK, they don't stop working completely, but an elderly woman in a Buick wouldn't be able to apply enough foot pressure for an emergency brake application if her engine quit. If she has manual transmission though, the engine being driven by the wheels will still provide enough vacuum).
Actually (AFAIK) the vacuum line to the brake booster has a check valve in it for just this reason. Even if the rest of the car were to loose vacuum, there should still be some stored in the brake booster to help the old laty stop. Also, even if she has an auto, the wheels are still going to be coupled to the engine. Try driving down a hill in drive, and then driving down it in neutral.
Calling a passenger car brake system a "fail unsafe" design doesn't really make sense. The applications are different.
Fail-on makes sense for a semi trailer because it is a trailer. If it comes loose (disconnecting the brakes) you want it to stop ASAP. You don't care what happens to the trailer or it's contents, you just don't want it hitting someone else.
A car is different. If a vacuum hose falls of the brake booster, you don't want the car to instanly slam on the brakes. You care about whether it flips or slides of the road, because that may kill people inside.
These systems are a little smarter than this. Instead of just cutting the engine power, they simultaneously cut electrical and fuel power to the engine, disangage the clutch and force the brakes on full, all within a few seconds. There's no trouble with steering, as within a few moments there's no need to steer anywhere.
Holy crap I hope you're wrong!
Automatically slamming on the brakes in a panic stop is absolutely the worst thing they could do.
If the truck is cornering at any speed, it's going to slide off the road and/or flip. Not something you want a truck full of hazardous materials doing. Better yet, if the roads wet, he won't even need to be turning.
The proper thing to do would be to cut off the spark to the engine. All power systems work perfectly, including steering and braking, and the driver has enough time to pull to the side of the road. Doing anything else would be criminally stupid.
I disagree. Most of the general public has never heard of them. Most of the general public doesn't purchase electronic voting machines.
I think the CARTOON CHARACTERS should be enough to satisfy that. Is someone really going to mistake O' Rielly for Crusty the Clown?
Best. Assessment. Ever.
If you were more astute, I'd point out the folly of your reference, given my nickname here.
LOL!
Some people.....
This guy defininately needs the helmet.
So how the heck do you login once the computer has been locked?
CTRL + ALT + DEL is the ONLY key combination that will bring up the login screen.
Maybe if everybody drove the speed limit they'd synchronize with the timers in the traffic lights and not get stopped by a red light to begin with.
That's assuming the lights are timed in a sensible manner to begin with. Personally, I know a couple lights where the only way to make it through both is to treat the first as a starting tree in a drag race and go flat out. If you get a good launch, you'll just make it. Otherwise, you're stuck waiting for the second light.
who needs that much in a calculator? Scientists. Engineers.
Seriously.
Examples:
Anybody doing DSP work.
Anybody doing large matrix calulations.
It takes forever to refresh.
Indeed, how can they label Bush as a known weasel, thus indicating his "war on terrorism" is at least in great part a sham, and still bash the french?
Are we just going to ignore France's oil interests in Iraq? They had the most to gain from keeping Saddam in power and getting the UN santions lifted.
Profiting from that monster staying in power? Sounds pretty weasel-like to me.
Did ya ever think that maybe both were labeled as weasels because they were BOTH acting with ulterior motives? It's possible for two people to get in argument and have them both be wrong.
I've got a friend who's high-end stereo system has a $1000 power cord.
Your friend is an idiot. Wait..... I have a $2000 power cord I'd love to sell your friend. It's twice as good! Really!!
Yes, but how many of those deaths on the road are also caused by cellphones?
Actually, the colors make sense. When a color marks a certain value, it's easier to distinguish them. With bills all in this greenish color you have to look closely to know which value it has. In fact, this led to a number of tricks to make people believe that they get a US-$ 20 bill, but instead they only got a US-$ 5 bill. So colors do have their advantages. And the Euro proves that colorful bills can look elegant, too.
But you could look at it another way too:
By making all the notes the same color, you HAVE to look at every bill you're accepting. This means you are more likely to notice a counterfeit bill.
Having all our bills be the same color and size might actually be not all that bad. This means that anytime money changes hands, it gets looked at closely, rather than just glanced at to see what color it is. I would be suprised if it much easier to hand off say a Canadian counterfeit bill , than a US bill because of this.
"Only in America will they spend $35 million dollars to promote something everyone already wants, money."
Really, how can they spend that much?! They're acting almost as if they have a license to print money! Who are these people anyways?
6.7 deciJobs = 67 Jobs!
Assuming 1 Jobs = one Steve Jobs reality distortion field, how is this even possible?
Shouldn't the Jobs be a fundamental quantity, like the speed of light? It can be come very close to, but never exceeded?
For instance:
Darl Mcbride would be around 997 milliJobs. (Very close, but not quite there.)
Yeah those "NO CARRIER" jokes just aren't fun@~%4!.z^%r#$% NO CARRIER
I never said we shouldn't punish him, just that no jaim time=no punishment is an idiotic statement.
There's a big difference between legitmate, possibly anonymous speech and blatantly fraudulent speech. That's why it's illegal to yell "fire" in a crowded theatre. ALL our freedoms are regulated. They need to be to prevent abuse (see the "fire" example). By complaining about common sense regulation of these freedoms, you just marginalize yourself. Then, no one cares what you think when something bad actually is happening.
What's wrong with you?
No jail time = no consequences?
WTF!?
Maybe we should throw everyone who speeds in prison too. Anything else would mean "no consequences", so everyone would be barreling down the highway at 120mph all day.
Get real. There are very good reasons why things like probation and communtiy service sentences exist. Maybe we should cut off his hands too. After all, we can have hackers all over the place, doing whatever they want, can we?
Are you telling me that if someone gives you 100 hours community service and a $1000 fine for doing something it's not going to have any effect?
Then what's an "embedded" reporter? :)
I'll say amen to that, and I'm only 22. That should make you feel less old.
The guns simply lack the accuracy to show a 1 mph speed violation.
Many guns aren't even calibrated when they should be. They just use them anyways. If you actually bother to check you can get the ticket thrown out, but how many people actually check?
According to a friend of mine tells me NYS has three people to calibrate all the guns in the state, including the vehicle mounted type (which must be removed from the car).
You wish, people can and do get tickets for 1mph over the limit in the US. It's crazy, but that doesn't seems to stop them. They have a quota to meet, ya know.
You said.
True dat. If a 100 lb metal tank hits your head at 400 mph it doesn't matter if it's flamming. That's just more reason to not have a tank of compressed hydrogen in your car. Pellets man. It's all about the pellets.
I was explaining how they'll probably try and stop that tank from hitting you in the head. Sheesh. I wasn't arguing against some safety feature. I was suggesting some simple percautions they could take.
My point is everyone is going:
"Oh my god! I don't want a hydrogen tank in my car! There'd be a big mushroom cloud if I got in a crash!"
Which is silly.
I don't know the exact process you're referring to that makes "hydrogen pellets". Maybe you should post a link.
I doubt that it's currently a solution to the problem. Especially since you have to run a current through the pellets. What not just store it as water and electrolize it when you need hydrogen? Because you're using up energy. You needed that energy to run the car.
There's also an issue of waste products. And the energy needed to make the pellets in the first place.
If somehow all those issues are solved, then you've got a solid, with a very low current required to turn it into H2 gas. This might be a little safer, but it also might not be. It really depends. This makes your explosives comparison silly.
Saying "pellets are the answer" all by itself is not telling the rest of us much. They store uranium in pellets. I sure as hell don't want any of those pellets in my car.