I think this is more fundamental. There are huge tracks of people who are abandoning the traditional GOP and starting to think for themselves again. Are the republicans going away? Nope, but there is a huge civil war going on within their ranks and I am hoping that true conservatives with actual reasonable counter policies start to win out over the wing nut social conservatives. The social conservatives have shown themselves to be a failed ideology with policies like this evolution one and they are desperate as seen by trying to push this in Texas.
Is to make their voters dumber than them and aggressively push religious beliefs that teach unquestioning loyalty. The Republicans have cracked and are grasping at straws.
Red light camera as a profit center compromise public safety and has actually been observer compromising public safety. You are not addressing this argument and have resorted to name calling. Good luck with that in life.
You completely ignored that these cameras cause a new problem that is a public safety problem. Lengthing a yellow light costs almost nothing and makes people safer from both running the red light and rear-end collisions. Maybe your priorities are screwed up if you think making money on public safety is a good idea. Can't wait for your debtor prisons.
Because it leads to people abusing the system to make more money. And it has already been well documented that this is the case. As well, any reduction in running red lights is being made up for in rear-end accidents. Lengthing yellow lights on a case by case basis would fix both problems and requires no draconian big brother and almost no cost.
Getting rid of red light cameras would be a major reason to vote for someone in local elections at a minimum. Public safety should not be a profit center.
Yes, so true. I have tried a bunch of universal remotes and got rid of all of them except the one that had enough dedicated hard buttons to do most regular tasks. I ended up with a mx500 that has both an lcd screen with hard buttons to the sides and then most regular remote buttons. Completely programmable including macros. Good luck trying to control a tv, stereo, and media center in the dark with a flat touch screen. It is a pain in the ass.
You want to learn all you can about programming in general and not get caught up in what lang you are learning. I have always thought of programming languages as tools for your tool box and each one can be used for what it is good for. Perl for text processing and gluing code together, ansi c for pure horse power (or assembly), etc. I would actually recommend you spend a good bit more time learning about how to collect requirements (use cases) and manage projects (mythical man month, etc) and write efficient algorithms (software patterns). You only really spend about 30% of your time writing code, if that, and most of your time collecting requirement or doing maintenance and bug fixes. People who can collect requirements, build a project that makes their Customers happy, and keep it running with minimal effort get paid the most in my experience.
As a developer I understand that people typically don't report bugs upstream so I generally put metrics and logs into most code so I can look for broken stuff myself. I would say bugs from logs vs people is about 20 to 1 conservatively. Many people will just stop using the tool altogether even if it is painful rather than report the bug. I have also noticed that as the tool matures if you keep working the features/bugs there is some threshold where it works well and then people will start reporting bugs. Personal observation, not based on data.
Are criticisms of a new gov transparency important to get it improved? Yes. Should CNN be a lot more focused that this is a huge step in the right direction? Yes.
I believe a major difference is that Microsoft would just deny there was a problem at all. If they did acknowledge it, they certainly would not detail what it is.
adblock? flashblock? IE8 does not do those among a host of other features and add-ins of Firefox. Any millisecond of speed you "might" get in IE8 is lost by never downloading crap html in the first place. Firefox is superior and it will not change anything soon.
Microsoft still does not get it. Their marketing strategy to try to squeeze every cent out of their software at the expense of their actual End Customer is pretty much guaranteeing they will never catch up.
I have always thought the religion was a way for people to deal with death when there is really no way to know what is going to happen. Those that are really religious probably believe their religious convictions, but may be the most terrified of death and cling to religion as a way to deal with the unknown. It would make sense to me that these people would not want to die.
Almost anyone can get a drivers license. I saw a show once where an 85 year old man that clearly was not all there mentally was still passed on a dmv driving test (he could barely walk and became disoriented after he left the car, no joke). I am all for as much freedom as possible for the elderly, but it was quite scary. Higher standards would yield better driving.
When public safety is a profit center they will make decisions that make people less safe. And if I wanted to live in a police state, I would just move to China.
How many fake ghost hunter episodes and crap made for tv movies can you cram on a channel that is suppose to have sci-fi on it? Now, we know the answer. Sad part is that if they actually had good programs, which there is a lot of for sci-fi, they would have a built in very loyal audience and probably have made a lot of money.
Hard to see how texting "OMG Syfy SUCKS. WTF" is going to make more money.
As a software developer who has managed large projects, one good programmer is worth 20 or more average ones. Even if a programmer tells you that it will take 16 weeks and delivers, if it is crap code that barely works you will have to refactor it over and over to get it into the project. This effectively takes even longer than 16 weeks and makes their contribution all the less while tying up other programmers. Now a lot of brilliant programmers have personality problems that can range from quirky to debilitating. Most of them are not bad people and if you can figure them out they are worth the effort.
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There was not suppose to be any blood when Dr. Manhattan vaporized someone.
You are slamming Mother Teresa? Oh man, you need to read up on some history.
to stay in power the GOP needs numbers. That was my point not the demographics of people who vote for them.
I think this is more fundamental. There are huge tracks of people who are abandoning the traditional GOP and starting to think for themselves again. Are the republicans going away? Nope, but there is a huge civil war going on within their ranks and I am hoping that true conservatives with actual reasonable counter policies start to win out over the wing nut social conservatives. The social conservatives have shown themselves to be a failed ideology with policies like this evolution one and they are desperate as seen by trying to push this in Texas.
Is to make their voters dumber than them and aggressively push religious beliefs that teach unquestioning loyalty. The Republicans have cracked and are grasping at straws.
Post your evidence? Your insults are rather amusing. You have a low slashdot id, but you behave like you are 14.
Red light camera as a profit center compromise public safety and has actually been observer compromising public safety. You are not addressing this argument and have resorted to name calling. Good luck with that in life.
You completely ignored that these cameras cause a new problem that is a public safety problem. Lengthing a yellow light costs almost nothing and makes people safer from both running the red light and rear-end collisions. Maybe your priorities are screwed up if you think making money on public safety is a good idea. Can't wait for your debtor prisons.
Because it leads to people abusing the system to make more money. And it has already been well documented that this is the case. As well, any reduction in running red lights is being made up for in rear-end accidents. Lengthing yellow lights on a case by case basis would fix both problems and requires no draconian big brother and almost no cost.
Getting rid of red light cameras would be a major reason to vote for someone in local elections at a minimum. Public safety should not be a profit center.
Yes, so true. I have tried a bunch of universal remotes and got rid of all of them except the one that had enough dedicated hard buttons to do most regular tasks. I ended up with a mx500 that has both an lcd screen with hard buttons to the sides and then most regular remote buttons. Completely programmable including macros. Good luck trying to control a tv, stereo, and media center in the dark with a flat touch screen. It is a pain in the ass.
Your worried about judgment calls from an Oxycontin Addict? Really?
You want to learn all you can about programming in general and not get caught up in what lang you are learning. I have always thought of programming languages as tools for your tool box and each one can be used for what it is good for. Perl for text processing and gluing code together, ansi c for pure horse power (or assembly), etc. I would actually recommend you spend a good bit more time learning about how to collect requirements (use cases) and manage projects (mythical man month, etc) and write efficient algorithms (software patterns). You only really spend about 30% of your time writing code, if that, and most of your time collecting requirement or doing maintenance and bug fixes. People who can collect requirements, build a project that makes their Customers happy, and keep it running with minimal effort get paid the most in my experience.
I mean at what point to you say this turd is cooked? Move them to bankruptcy court already.
As a developer I understand that people typically don't report bugs upstream so I generally put metrics and logs into most code so I can look for broken stuff myself. I would say bugs from logs vs people is about 20 to 1 conservatively. Many people will just stop using the tool altogether even if it is painful rather than report the bug. I have also noticed that as the tool matures if you keep working the features/bugs there is some threshold where it works well and then people will start reporting bugs. Personal observation, not based on data.
Ok, let me clarify. We have not had any easy transparency.
Are criticisms of a new gov transparency important to get it improved? Yes. Should CNN be a lot more focused that this is a huge step in the right direction? Yes.
I believe a major difference is that Microsoft would just deny there was a problem at all. If they did acknowledge it, they certainly would not detail what it is.
adblock? flashblock? IE8 does not do those among a host of other features and add-ins of Firefox. Any millisecond of speed you "might" get in IE8 is lost by never downloading crap html in the first place. Firefox is superior and it will not change anything soon.
Microsoft still does not get it. Their marketing strategy to try to squeeze every cent out of their software at the expense of their actual End Customer is pretty much guaranteeing they will never catch up.
Do you think this would be enough to force the DCMA to be kneecapped? Clearly this was not it's intended purpose so the law needs to change.
I have always thought the religion was a way for people to deal with death when there is really no way to know what is going to happen. Those that are really religious probably believe their religious convictions, but may be the most terrified of death and cling to religion as a way to deal with the unknown. It would make sense to me that these people would not want to die.
Almost anyone can get a drivers license. I saw a show once where an 85 year old man that clearly was not all there mentally was still passed on a dmv driving test (he could barely walk and became disoriented after he left the car, no joke). I am all for as much freedom as possible for the elderly, but it was quite scary. Higher standards would yield better driving.
When public safety is a profit center they will make decisions that make people less safe. And if I wanted to live in a police state, I would just move to China.
How many fake ghost hunter episodes and crap made for tv movies can you cram on a channel that is suppose to have sci-fi on it? Now, we know the answer. Sad part is that if they actually had good programs, which there is a lot of for sci-fi, they would have a built in very loyal audience and probably have made a lot of money.
Hard to see how texting "OMG Syfy SUCKS. WTF" is going to make more money.
As a software developer who has managed large projects, one good programmer is worth 20 or more average ones. Even if a programmer tells you that it will take 16 weeks and delivers, if it is crap code that barely works you will have to refactor it over and over to get it into the project. This effectively takes even longer than 16 weeks and makes their contribution all the less while tying up other programmers. Now a lot of brilliant programmers have personality problems that can range from quirky to debilitating. Most of them are not bad people and if you can figure them out they are worth the effort.