As much as I hate to see Linux used for war, this is probably a good thing; can you imagine killer military robots running on Microsoft software? I don't want to see the headline, "Chinese Embassy Nuked by Talking Paper Clip."
--Tina Russell thinks you're typing a letter. Would you like to go to the Bomb Iraqi Peasants Wizard? This wedding party has committed an illegal operation...
Oh, _roller_ coasters! For a second there I thought the government was regulating G-forces on _coasters_, y'know, the thing you put your coffee cups on. (AOL would be in trouble)
I'm okay with black boxes in teens' cars if they're designed to prevent bad driving; beeping if you're going past the speed limit, et cetera. However, I hope they lose the "teen driver" angle and market this to all amateur drivers; teenagers aren't often-bad drivers intrinsically because they're teenagers, they're often bad drivers because they're inexperienced with driving, much like many adult drivers. Teen drivers aren't the problem, amateur drivers are. Teenagers are already too much of a scapegoat for society's evils.
However, I firmly disapprove of black boxes with tracking devices. What if you have racist parents who don't want you hanging out with members of another race or class? What if you're meeting with political groups whose opinions they disapprove of? What if you're a sexual minority and you aren't comfortable with your parents knowing that you've been frequenting sexual minority facilities? What if you're trying to get out of an abusive relationship, and you don't want your parents involved, but they start noticing that you frequent crisis centers? The list goes on and on...
Most importantly, kids often need to make their own mistakes. Parents need to learn to let go, steadily. As Neksys so eloquently put it (you're my new hero, Neksys): "Guided and watched, yes - much like how you taught them to ride their two-wheeler, but spied on, no. If you only spy on them, they'll never lose their training wheels - I hope you realize that, if you're a parent."
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As much as I hate to see Linux used for war, this is probably a good thing; can you imagine killer military robots running on Microsoft software? I don't want to see the headline, "Chinese Embassy Nuked by Talking Paper Clip."
--Tina Russell thinks you're typing a letter. Would you like to go to the Bomb Iraqi Peasants Wizard?
This wedding party has committed an illegal operation...
Oh, _roller_ coasters! For a second there I thought the government was regulating G-forces on _coasters_, y'know, the thing you put your coffee cups on. (AOL would be in trouble)
--Tina
Note to self; use HTML paragraph breaks when writing in "HTML Formatted" mode...
Sorry about that.
I'm okay with black boxes in teens' cars if they're designed to prevent bad driving; beeping if you're going past the speed limit, et cetera. However, I hope they lose the "teen driver" angle and market this to all amateur drivers; teenagers aren't often-bad drivers intrinsically because they're teenagers, they're often bad drivers because they're inexperienced with driving, much like many adult drivers. Teen drivers aren't the problem, amateur drivers are. Teenagers are already too much of a scapegoat for society's evils. However, I firmly disapprove of black boxes with tracking devices. What if you have racist parents who don't want you hanging out with members of another race or class? What if you're meeting with political groups whose opinions they disapprove of? What if you're a sexual minority and you aren't comfortable with your parents knowing that you've been frequenting sexual minority facilities? What if you're trying to get out of an abusive relationship, and you don't want your parents involved, but they start noticing that you frequent crisis centers? The list goes on and on... Most importantly, kids often need to make their own mistakes. Parents need to learn to let go, steadily. As Neksys so eloquently put it (you're my new hero, Neksys): "Guided and watched, yes - much like how you taught them to ride their two-wheeler, but spied on, no. If you only spy on them, they'll never lose their training wheels - I hope you realize that, if you're a parent."
Yeah! And what about gaps between tracks? Shouldn't Cage get royalties?