The problem with this is that the cell phone percentage, even though it may be low, is a new addition. Stereos and other normal distractions were there before. Cellphone use adds to the mix.
Besides, what about CB radios? While I'm sure there have been many accidents where a driver was using one, why don't you hear about them? Is it because most people who have CBs are truckers, and their work-related? If so, would this justify cell phones that are used by the driver solely for work-related purposes?
CB's are functionally different than cellphones. Due to the medium, there is a lot more listening than talking back and forth. As you are talking, you do not have to keep an ear (and brain power) out for the other end of the conversation. Talk or listen, but not both at the same time. Also, truckers are generally professional drivers. Sure, some really suck. But far fewer than the average joes on the road.
I don't need to install software on Linux, because it all comes packaged with it!
And you probably use your machine far differently than the 'mom and pop' in the article. They want stuff like a greeting card maker. Complete with fancy frames, templates, and backgrounds. A simple, dumbed down movie maker. Some games for the kids when they come over. Something more than Tux or the other 30 clones. Reader Rabbit and stuff like that. Maybe a diet tracker. Or a recipe program. Here's a big one...tax software. And a finance program that will feed it. Seamlessly, like Money or Quicken.
But when, if ever, will you get an automated system that can understand the cultural references made by the primary speaker?
Or tone, inflection, nuance, attitude? If we look back to the movie Fail Safe, Larry Hagman as the translator was asked by the President (Henry Fonda) to try to interpret how the Russian was communicating. Is he mad, accepting, furious, tired, drunk, whatever. Things we could not ask a program to deliver.
How many times have we misinterpreted an IM or other online communication, even though we 'read the words' correctly?
Enlist 10 (or 100) of your closest friends. Start cooking a week or so before hand. Each pops craploads, and stores it in their house/apt. On the appointed night, they put the bags in their car, and bring it over to the victims abode.
Your only costs are the corn, and bags for each participant. No delivery truck, no fancy heaters, etc.
...but since teenagers apparently are capable of understanding what they do enough to be executed for it,
That only happens in exceptional cases. Sad that happens at all, but there are "kids" with enough of a criminal record that they should be treated as adults.
perhaps it might have taken better care to teach them what they should have known in the first place.
I believe I said that. Maybe there should be a test for under 18's. Pass this, and you can vote. Or, wait til you are 18.
TV channels ALREADY only show what government tells them to show. Did you see any injured iraqis on TV?Daily. That, and the number of American wounded/killed, all we hear about. Don't hear too much about the other stuff happening. School being opened and the like.
...there is little reason to believe that you should know it. Knowledge of what the 1st Amendment really means is not born with you. You must be taught it. And if those classes are lacking in the school, and/or you have a crappy teacher... Also, just as obviously, the teacher and school shouldn't be the sole place to impart this knowledge. Start at home.
And on a related note...this is why teenagers shouldn't vote. There are the very few extremely intelligent ones that do understand the ramifications, but most need a little bit of maturity first.
It's the little guy standing up to the corporate behemoths that run rough-shod over our daily lives by virtue of their influence, legal and otherwise, on government.
We would do well to remember that Microsoft used to be the 'little guy' standing up to the corporate behemoth of IBM and the like.
Except for the fact that after the first wrong key the car is programmed to automactically self destruck the fuel pump, lock the brakes, diable the transmission, disengage the steering column and take the electrical and computer systems offline...
Um, no. For the 2005 Saturns: "an engine-immobilizing theft-deterrent feature that disables the fuel pump if someone tampers with the ignition"
You think people might have more than one Saturn in the driveway? I have two fords, and I've (tried to) use the wrong key by mistake more than once. A system that trashed the car at the first inadvertant key insertion wouldn't go over too well.
1. Stand outside a hip nightclub 2. See who valets their Mercedes 3. Stand next to them in line and crack the key code. 4. Hotwire said Mercedes. 5. Profit!
Theives will steal whatever is in demand. And not ALL of them are low tech idiots.
How about a modification on the scenario in Gone in 60 Seconds. There, they had to get a new set of keys from Stuttgart. Now...someone on the inside can decrypt keys on the fly, right in the dealership. Sell the codes to whomever.
Climb out of the basement, and you'll discover it's winter. 3 degrees below zero, car covered in a foot of snow, hands covered in gloves. That will work REALLY well.
Right. But there is a growing market for ebikes. Personally, I can't see it. A couple of years ago, I test rode a Giant LaFree for a couple of days. 80lbs. The motor was strong enough to overcome the extra weight of the motor and battery.
But you, like probably most people reading this, were smart/lucky enough not to get caught. This kid/young adult wasn't. The 'stupid stuff' you (and I and everyone else) did wasn't big enough to affect tens of thousands of people.
If, at the age of 17, you had your hands on this virus code....would you have released it into the wild? With your name on it? Not a chance.
You are implying that it is impossible for the police and prosecuters to frame people for crimes they didn't commit
Nonsense. I implied no such thing. Specifically. "most of them actually did do it. IMHO, of course". Key word most
I seriously doubt that more than 20% of the people in jail are actually guilty of the crimes that put them there.
80% are innocent of the crimes they are in jail for? 80%?? You truly believe that 4 out of 5 people currently in jail did not do whatever it was a jury found them guilty of? Please.
1. Not all cops and prosecutors are bad 2. Crime happens. 3. People get caught for it. 4. By far, nost of them actually did do it. IMHO, of course. DNA evidence is not the last and only word in solving a crime. 'by a preponderance of the evidence' is the key phrase. All the DNA in the world doesn't help a crooked cop/prosecutor/judge if you were on the other side of town having dinner.
'Most' being truly innocent is a big stretch in logic.
no no no no. One innocent in jail is too many. The parent alluded to possibly 'most' being innocent, because a few have been found innocent through DNA.
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The problem with this is that the cell phone percentage, even though it may be low, is a new addition. Stereos and other normal distractions were there before. Cellphone use adds to the mix.
CB's are functionally different than cellphones. Due to the medium, there is a lot more listening than talking back and forth. As you are talking, you do not have to keep an ear (and brain power) out for the other end of the conversation. Talk or listen, but not both at the same time.
Also, truckers are generally professional drivers. Sure, some really suck. But far fewer than the average joes on the road.
And you probably use your machine far differently than the 'mom and pop' in the article. They want stuff like a greeting card maker. Complete with fancy frames, templates, and backgrounds.
A simple, dumbed down movie maker.
Some games for the kids when they come over. Something more than Tux or the other 30 clones. Reader Rabbit and stuff like that.
Maybe a diet tracker. Or a recipe program.
Here's a big one...tax software. And a finance program that will feed it. Seamlessly, like Money or Quicken.
Stuff other than pure productivity applications.
Whoda thunkit?
Or tone, inflection, nuance, attitude? If we look back to the movie Fail Safe, Larry Hagman as the translator was asked by the President (Henry Fonda) to try to interpret how the Russian was communicating. Is he mad, accepting, furious, tired, drunk, whatever. Things we could not ask a program to deliver.
How many times have we misinterpreted an IM or other online communication, even though we 'read the words' correctly?
Your only costs are the corn, and bags for each participant. No delivery truck, no fancy heaters, etc.
That only happens in exceptional cases. Sad that happens at all, but there are "kids" with enough of a criminal record that they should be treated as adults.
perhaps it might have taken better care to teach them what they should have known in the first place.
I believe I said that.
Maybe there should be a test for under 18's. Pass this, and you can vote. Or, wait til you are 18.
TV channels ALREADY only show what government tells them to show. Did you see any injured iraqis on TV?Daily. That, and the number of American wounded/killed, all we hear about. Don't hear too much about the other stuff happening. School being opened and the like.
There is a large bit of growing up and maturing between, say, 15 and 19.
Also, just as obviously, the teacher and school shouldn't be the sole place to impart this knowledge. Start at home.
And on a related note...this is why teenagers shouldn't vote. There are the very few extremely intelligent ones that do understand the ramifications, but most need a little bit of maturity first.
all for less than the price of a months war in Iraq
How much is a vote worth?
No, they're not.
"Microsoft offers open and royalty-free documentation and licenses for the Microsoft Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas."
We would do well to remember that Microsoft used to be the 'little guy' standing up to the corporate behemoth of IBM and the like.
Um, no. For the 2005 Saturns:
"an engine-immobilizing theft-deterrent feature that disables the fuel pump if someone tampers with the ignition"
You think people might have more than one Saturn in the driveway? I have two fords, and I've (tried to) use the wrong key by mistake more than once. A system that trashed the car at the first inadvertant key insertion wouldn't go over too well.
And even 'drive thru's' are usable by the blind. A blind person as a passenger in a taxicab, for instance.
Hey...I've heard similar concepts put forth with complete sincerity.
2. See who valets their Mercedes
3. Stand next to them in line and crack the key code.
4. Hotwire said Mercedes.
5. Profit!
Theives will steal whatever is in demand. And not ALL of them are low tech idiots.
How about a modification on the scenario in Gone in 60 Seconds. There, they had to get a new set of keys from Stuttgart. Now...someone on the inside can decrypt keys on the fly, right in the dealership. Sell the codes to whomever.
Climb out of the basement, and you'll discover it's winter. 3 degrees below zero, car covered in a foot of snow, hands covered in gloves. That will work REALLY well.
A couple of years ago, I test rode a Giant LaFree for a couple of days. 80lbs. The motor was strong enough to overcome the extra weight of the motor and battery.
Pretty useless, IMHO.
If, at the age of 17, you had your hands on this virus code....would you have released it into the wild? With your name on it? Not a chance.
Nonsense. I implied no such thing.
Specifically. "most of them actually did do it. IMHO, of course". Key word most
I seriously doubt that more than 20% of the people in jail are actually guilty of the crimes that put them there.
80% are innocent of the crimes they are in jail for? 80%?? You truly believe that 4 out of 5 people currently in jail did not do whatever it was a jury found them guilty of? Please.
Are we speaking of the same country? Same planet?
Now put a motor and battery on that bike. You'll be lucky to get under 50lbs.
2. Crime happens.
3. People get caught for it.
4. By far, nost of them actually did do it. IMHO, of course. DNA evidence is not the last and only word in solving a crime. 'by a preponderance of the evidence' is the key phrase. All the DNA in the world doesn't help a crooked cop/prosecutor/judge if you were on the other side of town having dinner.
'Most' being truly innocent is a big stretch in logic.
"How did this ad make you feel?"
Happy
Sad
Lonely
etc...
is almost word for word one of the evaluations they use in writing and testing new ads.
Word for word.
no no no no. One innocent in jail is too many. The parent alluded to possibly 'most' being innocent, because a few have been found innocent through DNA.