The real failure of the system today is the lack of redundancy on the transbay tube.
Are they planning on changing that?
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During one of the trips a person on the tour asked our tour guide "The boilers didn't become 60 years old overnight - why didn't the school board put some money away every year for future maintenance and upgrades?"
I don't know about your state, but in California the state government puts limits on how much money the schools can save. In some cases that is why you see schools with budget problems buying laptops for every kid.....
BART has had 40 years to save and plan for maintenance and upgrades and has utterly and completely failed to do so. Now that they have suddenly figured out that stuff wears out, they want 3.5 billion more.
With that many passengers riding, BART should be profitable then, right?
The solution to the driver problem (and union dispute) is to transfer them over to the maintenance department. Give them the training and instruction they need. It may take a few years, but at least they'll be doing something useful (and when a maintainence person retires, they won't need to hire someone new).
I'm getting shot, aren't I? That's your end-game in all this. You said something intelligent, more than once, and I noticed and added you to the list thing as a friend. Then you've kept saying witty things to lead me to this point where you have it all figured out and you've really been plotting to kill me this whole time... I'm on to you, buddy... I'm on to you...
Most of my 'friends' are people I noticed consistently making comments worth reading (at least, higher signal/noise than average). Their comments thus become more visible to me, making Slashdot a more pleasant place.
That wasn't from some crazy right-wing nutjob site like WND - that was from Fox News, the single highest-viewership news source in the US.
To keep that in perspective, we're taking about a news station that gets 1.8 million views during prime time. It may be the biggest but it's still cable news.
I can sort of understand using JavaScript in the browser. After all, it's the only option.
With WebAssembly, soon it won't be the only option in the browser. You'll be able to use APL for browser programming (if you can find a good keyboard somewhere).
Part of the problem (as I understand it) is that NPM will run arbitrary code as part of the installation process, which is where the worm is able to install itself in every other package, and get ready for uploading.
That's not really an issue for something like Maven because:
A) Maven doesn't run arbitrary code as part of the installation process
B) If you modify a library you downloaded in Maven, the library won't get re-uploaded again for everyone else to download immediately. Maven doesn't really have the cyclical 'upload-download' sort of thing that NPM does.
I especially support research in nuclear energy, Thorium reactors are a great place, right on the edge of practicality.
Also, I support nuclear fusion research, and I think we should fund more of it, and this graph shows why.
If we can make energy cheaper by an order of magnitude compared to how it is today, that opens the door for some great things.
The thing that most fascinates me about you is that finding the right answer is so easy, and yet you still refuse to do it. I'll even give you a link to the place where you can relieve yourself of ignorance, just so I can enjoy the pure spectacle of watching you refuse to learn.
All of the power ended up being concentrated with a minority during that time which led to all the problems we are having now with Daash/ISIL.
No, ISIL was already a thing, and was a major cause of violence in 2006. There is nothing unusual about them, and you will see similar groups in any sort of oppressed, invaded country. The unusual thing was to defeat them, like Petraeus did.
To get it done, the people need to believe you are on their side, and that they have your support, which is what happened during the Anbar Awakening.
Then Obama came, abandoned the people who had been on our side, and ISIL was able to rise again, and the people who had sided with the Americans were killed. Most of the things Obama has done I'm ok with, but I hate him for that one.
You clearly haven't looked at the technology since they only use the maps in the exact same manner as the GPS systems you have in the cars today.
And this quote proves it beyond doubt! I posted links in other comments on this story that prove you wrong, but you won't read them, lol. Piss off, idiot.
Look at this graph. See how from 2003-2006, the violence was generally increasing? That's roughly what you would expect in a counter-insurgency, and historically it would just get worse and worse. It's what happens when you try to rule over a people.
But it didn't continue getting worse, it reversed, and it was the counter-insurgency strategy of Petraeus that caused it.
Yes, the technology took them to the wrong address but it didn't knock the house down. So a self driving car takes you to the wrong house.
You clearly haven't looked much at the technology for self-driving cars. The maps need to be so detailed, that if the map is wrong, it could drive off the street completely. Seriously go educate yourself before commenting again, you moron.
the car isn’t just seeing and figuring out the world as it drives along. It’s basing its actions on vast amounts of data the Google Self-Driving Car Project has already compiled about every road it travels. Before the car drives itself into new territory, the project team collects detailed information on permanent features: lane markers, the precise location of the curbs, the height of traffic lights, local speed limits, and so forth.
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The real failure of the system today is the lack of redundancy on the transbay tube.
Are they planning on changing that?
During one of the trips a person on the tour asked our tour guide "The boilers didn't become 60 years old overnight - why didn't the school board put some money away every year for future maintenance and upgrades?"
I don't know about your state, but in California the state government puts limits on how much money the schools can save. In some cases that is why you see schools with budget problems buying laptops for every kid.....
BART has had 40 years to save and plan for maintenance and upgrades and has utterly and completely failed to do so. Now that they have suddenly figured out that stuff wears out, they want 3.5 billion more.
They're up to $10 billion now.
With that many passengers riding, BART should be profitable then, right?
The solution to the driver problem (and union dispute) is to transfer them over to the maintenance department. Give them the training and instruction they need. It may take a few years, but at least they'll be doing something useful (and when a maintainence person retires, they won't need to hire someone new).
Reminds me of Arnold Schwarzenegger
Meanwhile the Democratic answer to the fire is to toss another old log on and let it burn as it has.
I'm pretty sure the democratic answer is hope and change. Didn't you know that?
I'm getting shot, aren't I? That's your end-game in all this. You said something intelligent, more than once, and I noticed and added you to the list thing as a friend. Then you've kept saying witty things to lead me to this point where you have it all figured out and you've really been plotting to kill me this whole time... I'm on to you, buddy... I'm on to you...
Most of my 'friends' are people I noticed consistently making comments worth reading (at least, higher signal/noise than average). Their comments thus become more visible to me, making Slashdot a more pleasant place.
Bring a gun. Your AK-47, for the visual effect.
Baby fingers or not, he's going up there with a Desert Eagle (chambered in .50 of course).
and plated in gold.
That wasn't from some crazy right-wing nutjob site like WND - that was from Fox News, the single highest-viewership news source in the US.
To keep that in perspective, we're taking about a news station that gets 1.8 million views during prime time. It may be the biggest but it's still cable news.
what did Petraeus do apart from actually getting those extra troops to deploy that all the other Generals had been asking for?
There's been a lot of discussion about this, you can search for the Petraeus doctrine if it's something you care about.
I can sort of understand using JavaScript in the browser. After all, it's the only option.
With WebAssembly, soon it won't be the only option in the browser. You'll be able to use APL for browser programming (if you can find a good keyboard somewhere).
Part of the problem (as I understand it) is that NPM will run arbitrary code as part of the installation process, which is where the worm is able to install itself in every other package, and get ready for uploading.
That's not really an issue for something like Maven because:
A) Maven doesn't run arbitrary code as part of the installation process
B) If you modify a library you downloaded in Maven, the library won't get re-uploaded again for everyone else to download immediately. Maven doesn't really have the cyclical 'upload-download' sort of thing that NPM does.
If it got into something like a 'pad-left' then it would spread really quickly.
Might work, as long as nobody lets the Mexicans in on the secret technology of rope.
:)
Yes. The people Trump surrounds himself with will largely determine the quality of his presidency.
I especially support research in nuclear energy, Thorium reactors are a great place, right on the edge of practicality.
Also, I support nuclear fusion research, and I think we should fund more of it, and this graph shows why.
If we can make energy cheaper by an order of magnitude compared to how it is today, that opens the door for some great things.
The thing that most fascinates me about you is that finding the right answer is so easy, and yet you still refuse to do it. I'll even give you a link to the place where you can relieve yourself of ignorance, just so I can enjoy the pure spectacle of watching you refuse to learn.
All of the power ended up being concentrated with a minority during that time which led to all the problems we are having now with Daash/ISIL.
No, ISIL was already a thing, and was a major cause of violence in 2006. There is nothing unusual about them, and you will see similar groups in any sort of oppressed, invaded country. The unusual thing was to defeat them, like Petraeus did.
To get it done, the people need to believe you are on their side, and that they have your support, which is what happened during the Anbar Awakening.
Then Obama came, abandoned the people who had been on our side, and ISIL was able to rise again, and the people who had sided with the Americans were killed. Most of the things Obama has done I'm ok with, but I hate him for that one.
And I'm the moron?
Yes you are!
You clearly haven't looked at the technology since they only use the maps in the exact same manner as the GPS systems you have in the cars today.
And this quote proves it beyond doubt! I posted links in other comments on this story that prove you wrong, but you won't read them, lol. Piss off, idiot.
...if they happened at all....
Look at this graph. See how from 2003-2006, the violence was generally increasing? That's roughly what you would expect in a counter-insurgency, and historically it would just get worse and worse. It's what happens when you try to rule over a people.
But it didn't continue getting worse, it reversed, and it was the counter-insurgency strategy of Petraeus that caused it.
From comparing to historical military strategy.
Yes, the technology took them to the wrong address but it didn't knock the house down. So a self driving car takes you to the wrong house.
You clearly haven't looked much at the technology for self-driving cars. The maps need to be so detailed, that if the map is wrong, it could drive off the street completely. Seriously go educate yourself before commenting again, you moron.
Iraq is pretty damned fucked up is it not?
It wasn't went Petraeus was in charge.
the car isn’t just seeing and figuring out the world as it drives along. It’s basing its actions on vast amounts of data the Google Self-Driving Car Project has already compiled about every road it travels. Before the car drives itself into new territory, the project team collects detailed information on permanent features: lane markers, the precise location of the curbs, the height of traffic lights, local speed limits, and so forth.