No, thinking would have told you that you had insufficient knowledge to come to any significant conclusion, and your still making wrong assumptions about the details.
It was NOT a one car crash, there were three cars involved on a two lane highway with narrow shoulders.
One vehicle was a 1/4ton truck that moved to straddle the middle line, that one got away unscathed.
An asymmetric head-on collision would have sent both cars spinning on the wet pavement involving several more cars.
The police said he did the best that could be expected under the circumstances, this with formal statements from multiple witnesses.
Also he was a professional driver with years of experience.
The car that hit my brother, hit head on from the side (her front, passenger side on my brothers car) and the driver of that car spent several days in icu.
His only choices were to do as he did, have a dangerous head on that would have likely killed and injured many more, slammed on his brakes and still had a head, only while sliding on wet pavement with potentially less reduction in speed, or cross the narrow grass divider on the interstate and hit even faster moving oncoming trafic.
To be fair their were humans fighting for their independence and even survival in the command loop on that one.
Not to mention uninhabited areas were picked and plenty of warning was given.
If he done the stupid thing and had a head on with the guy partially in his lane many more cars would have been involved, the driver in the oncoming car would most likely have died bringing the death toll to three.
You simply are not thinking.
And yet every study I've heard of says you're the one who's wrong and none have agreed with you.
What may seem logical to you as you think it through may not be born out by reality.
Clearer audio, the ability of the passenger to see when to shut up, better awareness of whats going on from the passenger.
Hands free still eliminates all visual cues and some audio cues from the conversation causing the brain to devote otherwise needed resources to the conversation.
In my case it was my brother and father who died. We don't know the reason why the driver who caused the accident entered the oncoming lane as my brother dodge him, and he drove on likely unaware of the two people who died and the third who was in i.c.u. for quite some time.
This is because your brain is evolved to use more than just voice in a conversation.
With a passenger their voice is clearer and you can glance at them briefly.
Even the best cell phones however area lossy medium and you can't get any visual clues at all, you brain allocates more resources to compensate, resources that should be focused on driving.
And as others have pointed out passengers can add extra awareness to the environment shut up when the driver needs to focus.
Hands free kits do not help, it's the act of holding a conversation with someone you can't see that is the problem.
Using a cell phone responsibly means NOT while driving.
Every study I've heard of shows cell phone conversations while driving to be ball park as dangerous as driving intoxicated. Except of course drunks tend to get hurt less than cell users in an accident.
Actually it's more if the constitution doesn't say you can make a law you CANT.
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Tenth amendment to the constitutions of the United States Of America. (see also the tenth amendment)
The good news is we shouldn't need a new law to stop warrentless gps tracking.
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized" Fourth Amendment.
The constitution is to give the federal government the minimum necessary powers to do it's job and NO MORE, the rest is for the states and individuals.
Actually audio books might NOT be a good idea. I'm a voracious reader and can read quicker than most, but audio books are useless to me. My hearing is fair and without modern materials my glasses could double as deep sea/space craft widows.
It depends on the how a persons brain works, some people learn and retain and focus better with the printed vs the spoken work.
One professional (Doctor, plus other assorted degrees) learned to write VERY fast in collage because she had even worse ability to recall the spoken word vs written than I do.
Unfortunately I don't think there is any sort of contract created by clicking/following an unsubscribe link. No exchange of goods or services or money, etc (consideration).
Mind you I'm not a lawyer or any sort of professional legal person and am going on my limited knowledge of US law, maybe Canada is different or there is something I'm not aware of.
Mycroft
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Are those four sticks a match set? If not (heck even if) get cpuz or some other program that can read out the full contents of the spd for you and set the bios to the fastest common settings for all the sticks, if that doesn't work try the second most common.
Of course the spd's could be slightly off so you might need to make tiny tweeks to the settings till it all works.
Heck I've even had sticks w/ identical spd's that only worked in just the right slots, swap any two and bye bye working comp till I put them back.
No mod points and the ac above me is sitting at 0.
"There is a fabulous oration by Neil deGrasse Tyson during the Q&A, in response to a statement that "we can't afford" space exploration. Alone this makes the 53 minutes a worthwhile investment in time."
and the ac is mostly right except that it was in response to no money for manned space exploration, though Tyson's response applies to the whole of science and space exploration.
I have no clue where you got your $2 figure, but it's likely just the cost of the energy to run the pump or some other tiny slice of the real costs.
There are quite a few items other than just extraction that go into the cost of a barrel of oil. Taxes, regulatory overhead, payroll, equipment costs, shipping costs, prospecting, renting/buying/building the various office buildings, and so on.
IIRC the oil industry had less than 10% profit margin, McDonalds is higher.
The oil industry's huge total profit is not from high markup, but from nearly astronomical volume.
Depends, If they have a used car dept where they sell their trade-in in could be a good idea.
I bought Mustang(ford) at a Volkswagen dealership at almost $2000 under blue book.
Well at least they're giving the appearance of some understanding of modern communications (just that though, we are talking about politicians who routinely write tech clueless laws), the (D) side of the evil empire just calls my cell or home phone at 8 am(and I work night). A pox on both their houses.
People need to stop believing the lie that they must vote for one of those two corrupt organizations and vote for the person they want in, not who they think can win (or worse just to avoid their least favorite getting in).
If you think there is any real difference between the (R) and (D) besides flavor of bs at election time WAKE UP.
I watched as those two changed the rules repeatedly to try and exclude a 3rd party candidate, the third or forth change being to secret (we'll tell you if you qualify) from a national debate.
Their spam filter has been wonky for some time. Place I work allows online ordering and most of the time a customer calls complaining they didn't get a confirmation e-mail they have an email address with @yahoo in it. (that plus pebkac errors account about 99% of such complaints I receive).
We also have a 'rewards' program that gives you points for buying from us that you can later use to get something free or cheap and e-mail coupons/specials, all of which you have to sign up for and I get people occasionally calling that they didn't/don't receive the emails. Again most with yahoo email, rest pebkac.
The quote: "Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence" comes to mind.
Unfortunately it's the conversation, not the holding of a phone, that causes the impairment. If you need to make a call, get off the road.
Being able to make a call on the road doesn't outweigh the risks any more than driving home drunk outweighs the cost of a taxi or designated driver or not drinking in the first place.
Unfortunately it's more the conversation than the holding the phone that's responsible for the marked increase in accidents in cell phone conversations.
I suspect the problem is you brain is spending a lot more power on interpolating from voice the subtle social cues we normally get from facial expressions and body posture, etc. And of course in expressing the same with voice alone.
I RARELY if ever see someone on a cell in traffic who's not showing clear signs of distracted, and therefore dangerous, driving.
IIRCC the impairment level is somewhere between DUI and DWI.
No mod points or I'd just mod up. Why add the extra overhead of a server and a browser to your app. And on older machines.
Can you say slow rube-goldberg machine (and just as fragile likely). K.I.S.S.; keep it simple and don't add all that junk when you get nothing for it.
NASA is not a for profit business. It's in part about research (mostly in theory). Since research IS about discovery and invention you absolutely must include all the spin off techs in determining it's value, they're much of the point.
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No, thinking would have told you that you had insufficient knowledge to come to any significant conclusion, and your still making wrong assumptions about the details.
It was NOT a one car crash, there were three cars involved on a two lane highway with narrow shoulders.
One vehicle was a 1/4ton truck that moved to straddle the middle line, that one got away unscathed.
An asymmetric head-on collision would have sent both cars spinning on the wet pavement involving several more cars.
The police said he did the best that could be expected under the circumstances, this with formal statements from multiple witnesses.
Also he was a professional driver with years of experience.
The car that hit my brother, hit head on from the side (her front, passenger side on my brothers car) and the driver of that car spent several days in icu.
His only choices were to do as he did, have a dangerous head on that would have likely killed and injured many more, slammed on his brakes and still had a head, only while sliding on wet pavement with potentially less reduction in speed, or cross the narrow grass divider on the interstate and hit even faster moving oncoming trafic.
Mycroft
To be fair their were humans fighting for their independence and even survival in the command loop on that one.
Not to mention uninhabited areas were picked and plenty of warning was given.
Mycroft
If he done the stupid thing and had a head on with the guy partially in his lane many more cars would have been involved, the driver in the oncoming car would most likely have died bringing the death toll to three.
You simply are not thinking.
Mycroft
And yet every study I've heard of says you're the one who's wrong and none have agreed with you.
What may seem logical to you as you think it through may not be born out by reality.
Mycroft
Clearer audio, the ability of the passenger to see when to shut up, better awareness of whats going on from the passenger.
Hands free still eliminates all visual cues and some audio cues from the conversation causing the brain to devote otherwise needed resources to the conversation.
Mycroft
In my case it was my brother and father who died.
We don't know the reason why the driver who caused the accident entered the oncoming lane as my brother dodge him, and he drove on likely unaware of the two people who died and the third who was in i.c.u. for quite some time.
Mycroft
This is because your brain is evolved to use more than just voice in a conversation.
With a passenger their voice is clearer and you can glance at them briefly.
Even the best cell phones however area lossy medium and you can't get any visual clues at all, you brain allocates more resources to compensate, resources that should be focused on driving.
And as others have pointed out passengers can add extra awareness to the environment shut up when the driver needs to focus.
Mycroft
Hands free kits do not help, it's the act of holding a conversation with someone you can't see that is the problem.
Using a cell phone responsibly means NOT while driving.
Every study I've heard of shows cell phone conversations while driving to be ball park as dangerous as driving intoxicated. Except of course drunks tend to get hurt less than cell users in an accident.
Mycroft
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Mycroft
Actually it's more if the constitution doesn't say you can make a law you CANT.
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Tenth amendment to the constitutions of the United States Of America. (see also the tenth amendment)
The good news is we shouldn't need a new law to stop warrentless gps tracking.
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized"
Fourth Amendment.
The constitution is to give the federal government the minimum necessary powers to do it's job and NO MORE, the rest is for the states and individuals.
Mycroft
Actually audio books might NOT be a good idea.
I'm a voracious reader and can read quicker than most, but audio books are useless to me. My hearing is fair and without modern materials my glasses could double as deep sea/space craft widows.
It depends on the how a persons brain works, some people learn and retain and focus better with the printed vs the spoken work.
One professional (Doctor, plus other assorted degrees) learned to write VERY fast in collage because she had even worse ability to recall the spoken word vs written than I do.
Mycroft
Unfortunately I don't think there is any sort of contract created by clicking/following an unsubscribe link. No exchange of goods or services or money, etc (consideration).
Mind you I'm not a lawyer or any sort of professional legal person and am going on my limited knowledge of US law, maybe Canada is different or there is something I'm not aware of.
Mycroft
Are those four sticks a match set?
If not (heck even if) get cpuz or some other program that can read out the full contents of the spd for you and set the bios to the fastest common settings for all the sticks, if that doesn't work try the second most common.
Of course the spd's could be slightly off so you might need to make tiny tweeks to the settings till it all works.
Heck I've even had sticks w/ identical spd's that only worked in just the right slots, swap any two and bye bye working comp till I put them back.
Mycroft
IIRC stardates from tos are based on the epsisode number.
Mycroft
No mod points and the ac above me is sitting at 0.
"There is a fabulous oration by Neil deGrasse Tyson during the Q&A, in response to a statement that "we can't afford" space exploration. Alone this makes the 53 minutes a worthwhile investment in time."
and the ac is mostly right except that it was in response to no money for manned space exploration, though Tyson's response applies to the whole of science and space exploration.
Mycroft
I have no clue where you got your $2 figure, but it's likely just the cost of the energy to run the pump or some other tiny slice of the real costs.
There are quite a few items other than just extraction that go into the cost of a barrel of oil.
Taxes, regulatory overhead, payroll, equipment costs, shipping costs, prospecting, renting/buying/building the various office buildings, and so on.
IIRC the oil industry had less than 10% profit margin, McDonalds is higher.
The oil industry's huge total profit is not from high markup, but from nearly astronomical volume.
Mycroft
Depends, If they have a used car dept where they sell their trade-in in could be a good idea.
I bought Mustang(ford) at a Volkswagen dealership at almost $2000 under blue book.
Mycroft
"People ... Facebook"
So wait, Facebook it the government in the USA now?
Mycroft
Well at least they're giving the appearance of some understanding of modern communications (just that though, we are talking about politicians who routinely write tech clueless laws), the (D) side of the evil empire just calls my cell or home phone at 8 am(and I work night). A pox on both their houses.
People need to stop believing the lie that they must vote for one of those two corrupt organizations and vote for the person they want in, not who they think can win (or worse just to avoid their least favorite getting in).
If you think there is any real difference between the (R) and (D) besides flavor of bs at election time WAKE UP.
I watched as those two changed the rules repeatedly to try and exclude a 3rd party candidate, the third or forth change being to secret (we'll tell you if you qualify) from a national debate.
Mycroft
Their spam filter has been wonky for some time.
Place I work allows online ordering and most of the time a customer calls complaining they didn't get a confirmation e-mail they have an email address with @yahoo in it. (that plus pebkac errors account about 99% of such complaints I receive).
We also have a 'rewards' program that gives you points for buying from us that you can later use to get something free or cheap and e-mail coupons/specials, all of which you have to sign up for and I get people occasionally calling that they didn't/don't receive the emails. Again most with yahoo email, rest pebkac.
The quote: "Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence" comes to mind.
Mycroft
Sometimes they even emerge unscathed as others trying to avoid hitting them wind up colliding with someone else trying to avoid the moron.
Mycroft
Unfortunately it's the conversation, not the holding of a phone, that causes the impairment. If you need to make a call, get off the road.
Being able to make a call on the road doesn't outweigh the risks any more than driving home drunk outweighs the cost of a taxi or designated driver or not drinking in the first place.
Mycroft
Unfortunately it's more the conversation than the holding the phone that's responsible for the marked increase in accidents in cell phone conversations.
I suspect the problem is you brain is spending a lot more power on interpolating from voice the subtle social cues we normally get from facial expressions and body posture, etc. And of course in expressing the same with voice alone.
I RARELY if ever see someone on a cell in traffic who's not showing clear signs of distracted, and therefore dangerous, driving.
IIRCC the impairment level is somewhere between DUI and DWI.
Mycroft.
No mod points or I'd just mod up. Why add the extra overhead of a server and a browser to your app. And on older machines.
Can you say slow rube-goldberg machine (and just as fragile likely).
K.I.S.S.; keep it simple and don't add all that junk when you get nothing for it.
Mycroft
NASA is not a for profit business. It's in part about research (mostly in theory).
Since research IS about discovery and invention you absolutely must include all the spin off techs in determining it's value, they're much of the point.
Mycroft