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  1. Re:exempt automakers from safety standards??? on House Passes Bill To Speed Deployment of Self-driving Cars (go.com) · · Score: 1

    It is rated poor from side impact. Still and all smaller vehicles aren't dangerous to it and that's almost everything out there other than trucks nowadays. I figure once they have a reasonable priced 300 mile electric car available I'll probably move to that. Until then the one I have is paid for and sufficient. I'll keep the Tank for trips to Big-A Town.

  2. Re:Point even more valid on PewDiePie Is Inexcusable But DMCA Takedowns Are Not the Way To Fight Him (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If your boss hates black ppl all his use of the word will do is alert you to it. If he never utters it you'll still get shit on regardless. But of course in the workplace companies can and should set standards of professional behavior.

  3. Re:Point even more valid on PewDiePie Is Inexcusable But DMCA Takedowns Are Not the Way To Fight Him (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Words have no power in themselves. They're just words. Someone can call you anything under the sun and it only has the effect you allow it to have.

  4. Re:Verizon is not a charity on 8,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of 'Substantial' Data Use (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I had a brief problem with Cox but working my way up their management tree solved it.

  5. Re:Verizon is not a charity on 8,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of 'Substantial' Data Use (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't have any problem getting decent service out of AT&T. It actually surprised me since I hated their asses in the 70s. Considering what I pay them they f*cking need to give service.

  6. Re:I think what we need to do... on 8,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of 'Substantial' Data Use (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm fine with metered service. I just want a clear and guaranteed contract. Not 890 pages of double lawyer speak gobbledygook wording.

  7. Re:Why do we have corporations again? on 8,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of 'Substantial' Data Use (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I believe we could improve the situation by eliminating bribing...I mean lobbying of our politicians by these Corps.

  8. Re:Verizon is not a charity on 8,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of 'Substantial' Data Use (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Ever stand in line at the social security office? The VA? Sure, private companies are greedy but generally they are efficient. The problems with Cell Service goes back to how the government set all this up in the beginning. The system has all kinds of problems in it. I had a great cell service years ago, then Verizon bought them. Instant suckage.

  9. Re:Nationwide coverage on 8,500 Verizon Customers Disconnected Because of 'Substantial' Data Use (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    In my last home it didn't work. The only thing that worked there was AT&T. That's why I have AT&T now. Verizon has great coverage but contrary to popular opinion it's not everywhere. At my job the majority of my coworkers were on Verizon. It worked there but no 4G data. They were surprised when I could stream HD video effortlessly. But then I knew there were places I had no coverage or slow data as well. There is no perfect network, especially outside of major populated areas.

  10. Re:Point even more valid on PewDiePie Is Inexcusable But DMCA Takedowns Are Not the Way To Fight Him (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Words have no power over you that you don't give them. To assign so much power to a word that it can't be uttered is to accomplish the opposite of the desired action. Censorship of hate speech empowers it.

  11. I suppose it'll be something else. There are other options and I'm going to start exploring them now. Maybe FF will get their sh*t together in the meantime.

  12. Re:dealer only service with oil changes each 3000 on House Passes Bill To Speed Deployment of Self-driving Cars (go.com) · · Score: 1

    No more oil changes with electric motors.

  13. Re:exempt automakers from safety standards??? on House Passes Bill To Speed Deployment of Self-driving Cars (go.com) · · Score: 2

    When I drive in Atlanta I'm wrapped in a 2.5 ton steel machine that is on a full steel frame. It's a 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis and in one accident a toyota splattered itself to pieces on the side of it and 1,000 dollars later my car was fine. I'm still afraid, not because of me but because of the idiots that change lanes without looking, talking on phones, texting and just flat out stoned. I'll settle for lack of control if it will solve the problem of all these idiots flying around not paying attention to the road. Over 40K dead last year, that doesn't count the numbers hurt and maimed.

  14. Re:exempt automakers from safety standards??? on House Passes Bill To Speed Deployment of Self-driving Cars (go.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd do it. It's safer than riding with my wife driving. Hell, it's safer than the majority of drivers. 34% have admitted to texting and driving and over half talking on a cell phone and driving. Then there are all the ones that should never have gotten a drivers license to start with. I was in Germany in the 80s and I was amazed at how many Americans failed the test to get a license to drive in Germany. I worked with ppl that took it 3 or 4 times before passing. My wife took it 3 times and gave up, she never drove at all in Europe.

  15. It very nearly happened in the Bush administration. It's going to cost whatever Republicans that vote for it their job.

  16. Even Obama said it was temporary. I think he knew then it was very weak legally.

  17. Re: evolution on Fish Are Eating Lots of Plastic (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    I have always been a little leery of eating fish. Whatever is in the water, is in the fish. Plastic is actually the least of my worries.

  18. Re:Alternative story on Kaspersky Lab Forces 'Patent Troll' To Pay Cash To End Case (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    The KGB and NSA aren't interested in trivial crap. Normal business is safe, just remember you're being watched by Big Brother and avoid anything that can get you in trouble.

  19. Echo Chamber on Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Google isn't interested in diversity of opinion. Group think is what they're all about now.

  20. Re:I almost always lease... on Ask Slashdot: Is Leasing a Smartphone Better Than Buying One? (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That sounds good. I know a lot of people with classic cars don't have that kind of insurance. If it's not dreadfully expensive then it's foolish not to have it.

  21. Re:I almost always lease... on Ask Slashdot: Is Leasing a Smartphone Better Than Buying One? (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    How's the insurance for that car? Do you have it insured for it's "investment" value? I know I had a friend with a nice Chevelle that got smashed by an F-250. He couldn't get crap for it so just kept the parts to build another one.

  22. You know there's some fine print about may not be blah, blah, blah, etc. blah. Basically they aren't responsible. They'll blame your hardware, the cable company, Trump, the RUSSIANS, and everyone else they can. Just think next time before you wad 100 bucks up and throw it away.

  23. Re:Time to plant trees on Alaska's Permafrost Is Thawing (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I remember when Katrina destroyed much of New Orleans how stupid I thought it was to rebuild those flooded areas. I thought, why not offer those ppl who lost homes new homes above sea level instead of in a swamp? Nope, they rebuilt in the same fucked up place. Idiots. They should have moved everyone out and gave it back to Lake Pontchartrain.

  24. Re: Who cares on Alaska's Permafrost Is Thawing (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm doing my part to get rid of the damn cows. I've got 6 thick juicy ribeye steaks in my fridge now and set to go on the grill tomorrow. Join me and let's eat all those cows.

  25. Re:Like Brock Long? on Alaska's Permafrost Is Thawing (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Quit confusing the issue with facts.