Whilst I would agree with the overall argument re: the 'first to market' issues, I'm not sure that the tag 'sacrificial lamb' is appropriate: it carries with it far to many sympathetic tones for my liking.
Given that Diebold would also be well cognizant of the 'first to market' scenario, and it's potential consequences, and decided to pursue that strategy anyway, well then...
Maybe call them 'voluntary guinea pigs' - Just my 2c worth.
Paint me cynical but I very much doubt that there will be a premium decrease for anyone. Current premiums will remain as the baseline 'reward' premiums and anyone not measuring up in anyway (and what parameters are ultimately used to judge this is anyone's guess and at the whim of insurers) will pay thru the proverbial nose.
One hated monopolist Aust. co. gouging a hated monopolistic US co., and me an Australian.
Must...not...succumb...to...grudging...respect...o f...Hellstra...for...this...delicious act. Must...resist...
Don't know about other countries but in Western Australia the large majority of roadside speed cameras are anywhere but in residential areas or black spots. Many are placed on large inter or intra suburban arterial roads, altho' it's claimed these are 'residential areas' as they traverse suburbs. As for black spots - forget it.
As a salve to the increasing public belief that they are implemented chiefly as revenue raisers, the controlling 'marketers' of road safety started 'public information' broadcasts and press media placements which informed of camera locations (road names and suburbs) for any given day. Fine until you realised that their 'location' information generally referred to a road that was 5-10km long and on which the camera could be located at any point.
Similarly, when the issue of infrequent use of cameras at 'black spots' drew criticism, their answer was to place a small cross next to publicised camera locations to indicate the camera was at a black spot - well, at least the black spot was on the same 5-10km road the camera was!
The use of speed cameras as life saving devices is a huge phoney - simple fact is Governments get hooked on the revenue streams. The FUD that goes along with their use is a pointer to this.
One of the consultants at my place of work munged/lost three laptops in 3 months:
Number 1: The classic coffee-on-the-keyboard trick
Number 2: The classic leave-the-lappy-in-the-Taxi trick
Number 3: the even more classic lappy 'hurl'. Exiting from a taxi and remembering the laptop just as the vehicle starts to move off, she grabs the handle of the clam-style zip carry bag: unfortunately it's not zipped up so the lappy launches out onto the road, does a nice back- bounce and is run over by the rear wheels of the taxi.
Amen to that! I use DiskJuggler to rip an image of my legally purchased game cds, and mount them as virtuals using Daemon Tools. Quite apart from the issue of damage to original cds, the bullshit cd checks on level loads for some games means load times are preposterous off the inserted original cd: if game developers cared two hoots about user experience then surely if I've got a valid cd licence code the friggin' game doesn't have to verify this every map load?
They got my dollars - are they seeking to guarantee further payments upon the inevitable damage to the original cd?
Not related to the arse-showing episode related above, but recently here in Bunbury, Western Australia two cops were bumped off the force after it was revealed that several years ago, for a prank, they did a drive-by of a roadside speed camera. At the time they were doing 126kmh in a 60kmh zone, had blanked out the plate on their unmarked police car, were both wearing Klu Klux Klan style hoods and one was flipping the finger at the cam!
The photo got published in the local rag a while back, and a falling out between the two cops of some description led one to squeal on the other IIRC.
Funny stuff!
Chill out on the Us vs Oz thing dood coz you're barking up the wrong tree - I think you'll find England won the Rugby World Cup and they beat us (Oz) to win it:)
Apart from the nutritional value of consuming the placenta; iirc the act also had some preservation basis - various species eat it in the wild to prevent it being an attractant to predators.
Wasn't there also a fad awhile ago in which human birth parents kept the placenta to eat later (or is that an urban legend?)
Here is Dick. Dick is a clown. Dick is going to conquer the peak on his Segway.
See Dick astride his Segway. Dick loads up his Segway with his fat arse and many batteries. Dick is pushing the limit. Check out Dick as he scorches up the mountain. Dick is being passed by cars...and motorbikes...and bicycles...and wheelchairs (motorised and non-motorised)...and crawling infants...and tortoises...and slugs. Go, Dick go!
See Dick battle against the forces of nature. See Dick pummelled by 2km/h winds and inconvenienced by semi-chilly temperatures. Go, Dick go!
See Dick reach the summit. Watch Dick celebrate. Dick is pumped to the max.
Dick will be rewarded. Dick gets a bumper sticker and a story on slashdot. Dick is a hero. Dick is a dick.
The truly sad thing is that Mcbride and his cronies will walk away with millions and he'll definitely turn up again in the corporate world. Rinse and repeat is his MO.
An sound engineer friend of mine rigged his office door so that when opened, a gizmo played a squeeking door noise - not overly loud but the type of sound that was made-you-want-to-tear-your-own-eyes-out annoying. For about 4 weeks people were sending the maintenance guy down to oil the hinges.
Later when the joke got out, he hooked the thing up to a nice sized amp and some speakers and programmed it with a number of novelty sounds. Stuff like a cat-having-its-tail-stood-on screeching, some chilling monkey scream, an elephant trumpeting, and a very realistic squeeling-tyres-followed-by-car-wreck. Good stuff for inducting newcomers into the fold:)
Actually it was the other way around - Adrian Carmack (no relation) and Kevin Cloud (50% stockholders in iD) didn't want to do a Doom3, but John basically said 'we'll do it or I'm outta here'. So it was signed off on, but Paul Steed was a casualty (I think he said he was fired as a consolation prize to Adrian and Kevin for their losing the Doom3 argument).
Don't have a url on hand, but Google for "Paul Steed sacked".
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Given that Diebold would also be well cognizant of the 'first to market' scenario, and it's potential consequences, and decided to pursue that strategy anyway, well then... Maybe call them 'voluntary guinea pigs' - Just my 2c worth.
Paint me cynical but I very much doubt that there will be a premium decrease for anyone. Current premiums will remain as the baseline 'reward' premiums and anyone not measuring up in anyway (and what parameters are ultimately used to judge this is anyone's guess and at the whim of insurers) will pay thru the proverbial nose.
"Would you like to set your Home Page to 'http://www.searchit.com/home.html'?"
One hated monopolist Aust. co. gouging a hated monopolistic US co., and me an Australian. Must...not...succumb...to...grudging...respect...o f...Hellstra...for...this...delicious act. Must...resist...
As a salve to the increasing public belief that they are implemented chiefly as revenue raisers, the controlling 'marketers' of road safety started 'public information' broadcasts and press media placements which informed of camera locations (road names and suburbs) for any given day. Fine until you realised that their 'location' information generally referred to a road that was 5-10km long and on which the camera could be located at any point.
Similarly, when the issue of infrequent use of cameras at 'black spots' drew criticism, their answer was to place a small cross next to publicised camera locations to indicate the camera was at a black spot - well, at least the black spot was on the same 5-10km road the camera was!
The use of speed cameras as life saving devices is a huge phoney - simple fact is Governments get hooked on the revenue streams. The FUD that goes along with their use is a pointer to this.
Nah - I think it's natural selection :)
One of the consultants at my place of work munged/lost three laptops in 3 months:
Number 1: The classic coffee-on-the-keyboard trick
Number 2: The classic leave-the-lappy-in-the-Taxi trick
Number 3: the even more classic lappy 'hurl'. Exiting from a taxi and remembering the laptop just as the vehicle starts to move off, she grabs the handle of the clam-style zip carry bag: unfortunately it's not zipped up so the lappy launches out onto the road, does a nice back- bounce and is run over by the rear wheels of the taxi.
They got my dollars - are they seeking to guarantee further payments upon the inevitable damage to the original cd?
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and that this comparison found no evidence for any Minix code in Linux, a fact which Brown simply ignored.
Not related to the arse-showing episode related above, but recently here in Bunbury, Western Australia two cops were bumped off the force after it was revealed that several years ago, for a prank, they did a drive-by of a roadside speed camera. At the time they were doing 126kmh in a 60kmh zone, had blanked out the plate on their unmarked police car, were both wearing Klu Klux Klan style hoods and one was flipping the finger at the cam! The photo got published in the local rag a while back, and a falling out between the two cops of some description led one to squeal on the other IIRC. Funny stuff!
"Stay out of trouble".
Speaking of reliability: My IBM Deathstar GXP75 EIDE - 30GB. Yield after click-of-death...
Chill out on the Us vs Oz thing dood coz you're barking up the wrong tree - I think you'll find England won the Rugby World Cup and they beat us (Oz) to win it :)
Apart from the nutritional value of consuming the placenta; iirc the act also had some preservation basis - various species eat it in the wild to prevent it being an attractant to predators. Wasn't there also a fad awhile ago in which human birth parents kept the placenta to eat later (or is that an urban legend?)
No offence, but how the hell is the parent still +2 Informative after clearly being corrected in many follow-ups *sigh*
another example
...please, think of the hard drives!
See Dick astride his Segway. Dick loads up his Segway with his fat arse and many batteries. Dick is pushing the limit. Check out Dick as he scorches up the mountain. Dick is being passed by cars...and motorbikes...and bicycles...and wheelchairs (motorised and non-motorised)...and crawling infants...and tortoises...and slugs. Go, Dick go!
See Dick battle against the forces of nature. See Dick pummelled by 2km/h winds and inconvenienced by semi-chilly temperatures. Go, Dick go!
See Dick reach the summit. Watch Dick celebrate. Dick is pumped to the max.
Dick will be rewarded. Dick gets a bumper sticker and a story on slashdot. Dick is a hero. Dick is a dick.
The truly sad thing is that Mcbride and his cronies will walk away with millions and he'll definitely turn up again in the corporate world. Rinse and repeat is his MO.
Later when the joke got out, he hooked the thing up to a nice sized amp and some speakers and programmed it with a number of novelty sounds. Stuff like a cat-having-its-tail-stood-on screeching, some chilling monkey scream, an elephant trumpeting, and a very realistic squeeling-tyres-followed-by-car-wreck. Good stuff for inducting newcomers into the fold :)
"Hi Martin - please fuck off".
She wears a mirkin.
I said "Paul Steed sacked" NOT "Paul Steed's sack"! :P
Don't have a url on hand, but Google for "Paul Steed sacked".
Wait, on second thoughts there are some things a person shouldn't know...