The "Older OS not working on newer hardware" thing is largely a myth, for the time being. The OS works just fine on newer hardware, where you run into trouble is installing in the first place.
The way it was described to me is something like this: The Win7 install media was built to look for drives in a specific way. Modern BIOS no longer present the drives that way, so Win7 doesn't see any drives to install to (Feel free to chime in or correct me if you're familiar with this stuff).The work around is to simply use an older machine. Put the drive in the older machine and start the install. when the Win7 installer reboots, shut the machine down, move the drive to the new machine and continue the install there. I just did this with my new machine and it works like a charm.
bridges that need to be widened to handle additional traffic are not "structurally deficient"
I'd say technically, that is EXACTLY what they are. Their structure is lacking the width to handle current traffic levels, therefore it's structurally deficient. What you probably mean is that a bridge that is labeled as "structurally deficient" doesn't necessarily mean unsafe, but a bridge that needs to be widened to handle traffic is most certainly structurally deficient.
There is *NO* labor shortage in IT. There is a perceived CHEAP labor shortage because corporations don't want to pay people what they are worth, while holding up countries like India as an example of what they think people should get paid.
If you want to pay people what they get paid in India, move your fucking company to India.
...and is irrelevant to this discussion. I assume you are trying to make the point that just because something is not allowed doesn't mean people aren't going to do it. You're right, but so what? Ebay doesn't allow it because the risk of fraud is too high and they cannot control it. If you go around that rule and you get screwed, it's your own damn fault.
If you are buying from people on ebay that will not use paypal and insist on using western union, you should find another seller because you are probably going to get screwed.
That's a stupid comparison. Using another search provider doesn't require wiping and reinstalling your computer. Using another OS does. In fact, switching search engines doesn't really require anything other than typing in a different URL
Actually, GP is correct and you are missing the point. If the software was open source, you, or Russia, or anyone could use it to make a CLONE. That STILL would not solve the issue of LinkedIn not storing the collected data in Russia. You cannot force a large corporation to move their ALREADY EXISTING data to another country simply by forking their open source software and making some changes.
The issue Russia seems to have is they want the DATA inside Russia, presumably because they want unfettered access to it. Open sourcing the software absolutely will not "solve" that for them.
So, your argument is that because nobody who is willing to risk safety would worry about getting a permit, we should just get rid of the permits? That's the stupidest thing I have heard today (so far).
I have no idea what CA's requirements are to obtain a permit, but I would presume that any company that is serious about SDC's should be able to get one with little difficulty. If they aren't, I most certainly wouldn't want to share the road with them. This is just Uber being a petulant child because they don't think they have to play by the same rules everyone else does, and I REALLY don't want to share the road with a company that can't be bothered to even get a damn permit. I mean if they don't want to follow that (presumably simple) rule, what other rules or laws are they going to break?
They make the roads safer by not allowing any idiot with a Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone and a tenuous grasp of engineering to run their own "self driving car". If you want to test an SDC on CA roads, you have to get a permit. Even if it doesn't demonstrably make the streets safer, it certainly reduces the RISK of something bad happening.
They do it because that's the way the law was written. Either they obey the takedown notice and deal with the fallout after the fact, or they risk losing safe harbor.
You know I hadn't thought about it, but now that you mention it, I don't recall it being bad in Stuttgart. I was in Stuttgart from 83-87, then in Berlin from 88-91. It was in Berlin where they would honk.
The last time I was in Germany, in the early 90s, the yellow-to-green thing was pretty annoying. If you were first at the light and you didn't start rolling when that light turned yellow, everyone would start honking at you. Didn't matter that you technically couldn't go until it turned green, that didn't stop the impatient ones from laying on the horn.
How is knowing my location BEFORE I request a ride going to improve pickup times? Are they just going to have a driver follow me around all the time? This sounds like just a grab for more data and data seems to be the new currency.
I already pay my provider for my internet service. They are entitled to nothing more than that.
Facebook and other services like it require no monetary compensation on the part of the consumer, and the service collects data in exchange for using it.
Both services are paid, one with money, one with data. Why do you think you should get both?
They know exactly why people are still using Win 7. Especially when you consider that the update from 7 to 10 was AUTOMATIC for most lay people. The rest of us still on 7 are here because we blocked the update to 10. In most cases, because we didn't want the damn spyware, or the horrible UI, or the lack of control over updates.
The reason they are trying to push telemetry to 7 now is not to find out why we're still using it, but to gather as much sellable data as they can.
They specifically state that it is only permissible on their upcoming "Tesla Network", which is presumably their own version of Uber or Lyft, so it seems likely that this probably is about both liability AND profits. You can't use it on any other ride sharing network, and I'll bet the terms of use for their network specifically waives liability for them.
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People on a ketogenic diet would disagree with you about bacon. Carbs are the real unhealthy food.
The "Older OS not working on newer hardware" thing is largely a myth, for the time being. The OS works just fine on newer hardware, where you run into trouble is installing in the first place.
The way it was described to me is something like this: The Win7 install media was built to look for drives in a specific way. Modern BIOS no longer present the drives that way, so Win7 doesn't see any drives to install to (Feel free to chime in or correct me if you're familiar with this stuff).The work around is to simply use an older machine. Put the drive in the older machine and start the install. when the Win7 installer reboots, shut the machine down, move the drive to the new machine and continue the install there. I just did this with my new machine and it works like a charm.
Nah, most of us with important stuff to do didn't upgrade past Win 7 SP1. We're fine, thanks.
You offer it at a slight discount and watch consumers stumble over themselves to get one.
I'd say technically, that is EXACTLY what they are. Their structure is lacking the width to handle current traffic levels, therefore it's structurally deficient. What you probably mean is that a bridge that is labeled as "structurally deficient" doesn't necessarily mean unsafe, but a bridge that needs to be widened to handle traffic is most certainly structurally deficient.
/pedantry
It goes back further than that. Both the original Motorola DynaTAC and StarTAC were status symbols.
There is *NO* labor shortage in IT. There is a perceived CHEAP labor shortage because corporations don't want to pay people what they are worth, while holding up countries like India as an example of what they think people should get paid.
If you want to pay people what they get paid in India, move your fucking company to India.
...and is irrelevant to this discussion. I assume you are trying to make the point that just because something is not allowed doesn't mean people aren't going to do it. You're right, but so what? Ebay doesn't allow it because the risk of fraud is too high and they cannot control it. If you go around that rule and you get screwed, it's your own damn fault.
If you are buying from people on ebay that will not use paypal and insist on using western union, you should find another seller because you are probably going to get screwed.
Ebay doesn't allow Western Union payments. What the hell are you talking about?
That's a stupid comparison. Using another search provider doesn't require wiping and reinstalling your computer. Using another OS does. In fact, switching search engines doesn't really require anything other than typing in a different URL
Actually, GP is correct and you are missing the point. If the software was open source, you, or Russia, or anyone could use it to make a CLONE. That STILL would not solve the issue of LinkedIn not storing the collected data in Russia. You cannot force a large corporation to move their ALREADY EXISTING data to another country simply by forking their open source software and making some changes.
The issue Russia seems to have is they want the DATA inside Russia, presumably because they want unfettered access to it. Open sourcing the software absolutely will not "solve" that for them.
ALL words are made up.
Didn't you hear? Steam is down...
So, your argument is that because nobody who is willing to risk safety would worry about getting a permit, we should just get rid of the permits? That's the stupidest thing I have heard today (so far).
I have no idea what CA's requirements are to obtain a permit, but I would presume that any company that is serious about SDC's should be able to get one with little difficulty. If they aren't, I most certainly wouldn't want to share the road with them. This is just Uber being a petulant child because they don't think they have to play by the same rules everyone else does, and I REALLY don't want to share the road with a company that can't be bothered to even get a damn permit. I mean if they don't want to follow that (presumably simple) rule, what other rules or laws are they going to break?
They make the roads safer by not allowing any idiot with a Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone and a tenuous grasp of engineering to run their own "self driving car". If you want to test an SDC on CA roads, you have to get a permit. Even if it doesn't demonstrably make the streets safer, it certainly reduces the RISK of something bad happening.
They do it because that's the way the law was written. Either they obey the takedown notice and deal with the fallout after the fact, or they risk losing safe harbor.
You know I hadn't thought about it, but now that you mention it, I don't recall it being bad in Stuttgart. I was in Stuttgart from 83-87, then in Berlin from 88-91. It was in Berlin where they would honk.
The last time I was in Germany, in the early 90s, the yellow-to-green thing was pretty annoying. If you were first at the light and you didn't start rolling when that light turned yellow, everyone would start honking at you. Didn't matter that you technically couldn't go until it turned green, that didn't stop the impatient ones from laying on the horn.
How is knowing my location BEFORE I request a ride going to improve pickup times? Are they just going to have a driver follow me around all the time? This sounds like just a grab for more data and data seems to be the new currency.
It's right up there, in the summary:
They apparently DON'T have the resources (yet)
Explanation point? LOL, I think you mean exclamation point.
Android has close to 90% market share everywhere. http://www.idc.com/prodserv/sm...
I already pay my provider for my internet service. They are entitled to nothing more than that.
Facebook and other services like it require no monetary compensation on the part of the consumer, and the service collects data in exchange for using it.
Both services are paid, one with money, one with data. Why do you think you should get both?
They know exactly why people are still using Win 7. Especially when you consider that the update from 7 to 10 was AUTOMATIC for most lay people. The rest of us still on 7 are here because we blocked the update to 10. In most cases, because we didn't want the damn spyware, or the horrible UI, or the lack of control over updates.
The reason they are trying to push telemetry to 7 now is not to find out why we're still using it, but to gather as much sellable data as they can.
They specifically state that it is only permissible on their upcoming "Tesla Network", which is presumably their own version of Uber or Lyft, so it seems likely that this probably is about both liability AND profits. You can't use it on any other ride sharing network, and I'll bet the terms of use for their network specifically waives liability for them.