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  1. Re:opensource on Collabora and OwnCloud Announce LibreOffice Online (itworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Ive been looking for a product similar to google apps but theres nothing out there thats "free" that allows me to do this for our work environment. Budgets are tight, yo!

    I also took a look at Alfresco for a sharepoint alternative but that doesnt integrate incredibly well with office so that you can check out items. It does document control pretty well though.

    My main reasoning for google apps was because it allows collaborative editing. If this adds it like the summary says it will, I would test it out immediately.

  2. Re:11 rear enders on Google Self-Driving Car Rear-Ended In First Injury Accident · · Score: 1

    When I went thru driving school, it was a 2 semester class. You couldnt take drivers ed unless you had sufficient grades in your other classes. Drivers ed consisted of written, simulation(horrible) and road driving. We were tested on the small roadways, highways, merging, changing lanes, emergency braking, etc. Our road test with the IDOT(Illinois Dept of Trans), we had a road test and written test. I dont remember how long intense it was but you couldnt take unless you passed drivers or a similar driving school.

    While this may have changed, I have hard time believing that we are now the bottom of the barrel and they just hand out drivers licenses to anyone with a car. The Germany thing is pretty interesting, I think thats something that should be taught in school regardless so you got us there.

    Lake County
    Libertyville High School

  3. Re:11 rear enders on Google Self-Driving Car Rear-Ended In First Injury Accident · · Score: 1

    How rigorous are your driving tests? Do you have an example of how they prepare you more for driving than other countries, including the US?

  4. Re:carsickness on Will Robot Cars Need Windows? · · Score: 1
  5. Re: Fuck atheists on Third Bangladeshi Blogger Murdered In As Many Months · · Score: 1

    I found it interesting that it wasn't included. While I can appreciate them wanting to not try and add fuel to flames of hate towards Muslims, it's clear it was an important detail to have included. Otherwise, we are left wondering WHY he was murdered and not that he had been.(going off summary, who has time to read article?!)

  6. Re:carsickness on Will Robot Cars Need Windows? · · Score: 1

    I guess i was thinking that not all cars are autonomous. Looks like most people are thinking that all the cars would be driver-less while I was under the impression that it would be a mixture of both.

  7. Re:carsickness on Will Robot Cars Need Windows? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would find it detrimental to not have windows for one reason alone, being able to see THRU cars. Think about driving behind a large truck/van/other large vehicle that you cant see past. Thing of how hard it is to know whats directly in front of you beyond that other car. Then, think about when youre pulling out a parking lot where you need to see past the car next to you to gauge the traffic coming from that direction. If youre in a smaller car, you need to inch up to see over their hood, with windowless cars, EVERY car would need to start inching up.

    TL;dr - Windows are not purely for the passenger of the car, they also provide visibility thru the car.

  8. Re:Who will win? on Uber Office Raided By Police In China, Accused of Running 'Illegal' Car Business · · Score: 1

    Good point. Reading comprehension fail on my part. Thanks for pointing this out.

  9. Re:Who will win? on Uber Office Raided By Police In China, Accused of Running 'Illegal' Car Business · · Score: 0

    How come someone who says something positive about a company is labeled as a shill? Should i say the same about you and being a shill for taxis?

    Also, I used it this weekend in the US. So it certainly is not shut down in the US. You can says its shut down in parts of the US but not as a whole.

  10. Re:Kill the entire H1B program on Disney Replaces Longtime IT Staff With H-1B Workers · · Score: 1

    Honestly, ive always felt this site leaned more to the right when it comes to politics. That could be because I lean to the left...so maybe its dead center?

  11. Re: Disgusting. on Except For Millennials, Most Americans Dislike Snowden · · Score: 1

    But the internet told me they were! I keed, I keed. Im going to take off my tin foil hat and retreat from posting for a bit. I think the new diet and breakup has made me a little argumentative lately.

  12. Re: Dell, HP, Panasonic on We'll Be the Last PC Company Standing, Acer CEO Says · · Score: 1

    This whole thread about the PC term is ridiculous but i concede. You were at least able to admit that you cant run pc software on other platforms only with emulators and not natively so I guess thats a bit of a win.

  13. Re: Dell, HP, Panasonic on We'll Be the Last PC Company Standing, Acer CEO Says · · Score: 1

    I don't understand the need to defend PC as personal computer(which you're right, it does) when that last 30 years has shown it to mean windows/x86 compatible.

    Yes, we all understand PC means personal computer which every computer is that someone owns.

    If you try and take software labeled as PC compatible and load it onto a non-windows machine, what happens?

  14. Re:Dell, HP, Panasonic on We'll Be the Last PC Company Standing, Acer CEO Says · · Score: 1

    Just like it used to be IBM\PC compatible. Its a term thats developed over the years to mean x86 architecture/windows based machines since Macs werent. It was easier to tell what was compatible without having to know specifics. It will in the for-seeable future still refer to Windows machines even tho Macs are on x86 architecture now.

  15. Re: Disgusting. on Except For Millennials, Most Americans Dislike Snowden · · Score: 1

    At this point, i think they are just trolling. Im sorry for responding to an AC, should have known...

  16. Re: Disgusting. on Except For Millennials, Most Americans Dislike Snowden · · Score: 1

    Completely different. Those services are offered to me and they have direct access to them. I can chose not to use them if I want. Also, Google doesn't have access to Amazon, Amazon doesn't have access to google, att doesn't have access to google, etc. the government on the other hand has access to all.

    If the government were to offer Internet, television home, mail service for free, then it would be acceptable for them to have access. They don't, so it's not acceptable for them to be able to just scrape everything anytime they want.

  17. Re: Disgusting. on Except For Millennials, Most Americans Dislike Snowden · · Score: 1

    Why? He showed you what the American government was doing to its citizens. He should be commended for exposing these things and the ones perpetrating them should be punished.

    If your neighbor was secretly recording all your calls and reading your mail, you'd have a shit-fit! If the government does it, it's just SOP?

  18. Re:Prototype on Boeing Patents Star Wars Style Force Field Technology · · Score: 2

    Ditto. I know I dont possess all the knowledge of the patent system but I have a strong feeling that one of the key pieces to patent something is to have a working prototype. I guess its not a requirement but it should be!

  19. Re:Then ID would be required on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 1

    Good points and important to the discussion at hand. I think I was a little hasty in my comment to say that everyone should be able to vote everywhere. To allow that to happen, there would need to be some major changes to the current voting structure and quite honestly, I dont think we will see that any time soon, or if its even feasible.

  20. Re:Then ID would be required on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 1

    Funny thing, is actually am. Yes, you are correect about what they include on the ballot. I do not think that someone from out of state should have a vote on those issues if they havent taken/dont have time to get an in state license. I do believe there should be different ballots for federal and state. I dont have any experience with absentee ballots but saying that you cant vote for the president because you arent in your district on that particular Tuesday is a little backwards.

  21. Re:He's too hopeful for voters to change. on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 1

    Agreed! Make lobbying illegal again and see how things change.

  22. Re:do you really want the uninformed voting on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 1

    Honest question. Do you think the majority of the voters are informed or just going with what they feel is the correct vote?

  23. Re:Then ID would be required on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 1

    If thats the case, then let it happen. If its really a problem for democrats then the polls with show it. I also think voting should be allowed with ANY form of ID, from ANY state, IN ANY state.

  24. Re:But they help also on Uber Shut Down In Multiple Countries Following Raids · · Score: 1

    Do you consider a vehicle that runs 24hrs a day all week to be a safe car to ride in?

  25. Plex has changed my entire setup at home on Ask Slashdot: Building a Home Media Center/Small Server In a Crawlspace? · · Score: 3, Informative

    But I have to ask, are you set on Windows? I recently transfered mine over to a linux VM(windows 7 vm previously) and i have a bit of a performance increase. I can direct play at home while a friend or family member transcodes 1-2 streams at once for watching remotely.