Seems to me the moral of the story is don't use Twitter. Wasn't there a recent case of some girls getting sent back to England from LA because they'd Tweeted that they were going to "destroy America". I seem to remember rather a lot of people on Slashdot not being very sympathetic. But suddenly it's freedom of speech?
As I've never totalled a Ferrari, I've not needed to find out the hard way. Having said that, I'd be surprised (in the UK at least) if it didn't cover the whole thing.
Anyone know any different?
I'm going to get a little paranoid now, as I'm now living in Canada and want to know if this is going to be a problem here too - anyone know if that's the case over here or is that on an insurer by insurer basis?
But all the points it raises are rather spurious and trivial mostly surrounding the privacy of the authors. There is no analysis of the code base at all.
I suspect what would happen if you left your sat nav at home, is that your insurance premiums would stay the same as the company won't have any more information on you. They might even increase your premiums because you're obviously leaving your sat nav at home - depends I guess on your contract with your insurance company.
Are you saying that if your 5 *don't* have their accidents, they *still* get their price increases?
That's never happened to me, despite when I started driving I was a bit of a hazard on the road.* My rates have always gone up and down in line with my abilities.
Also insurance (at least car insurance in the UK) covers other people too - which is a risk you can't calculate.
If I have an accident, which is proven to be my fault, my insurance covers it*. That's why it is illegal to drive in the UK without some kind of insurance (3rd party cover in this case). The cost to me in the long run if I do have an accident which is proven to be my fault, goes up because the insurance company sees me as being a greater risk.
If you're comfortable with idea of you crashing into a Ferrari, go ahead and self insure. I know I couldn't, so I buy insurance.
* In the UK, you usually have to cover the first £100 - £500 depending on your policy, to stop frivolous claims.
You don't live in England do you. I was living in London during the 70s and 80s. Trust me. They were terrorists. They have now seen the light and nominally given up arms.
The IRA are a terrorist organisation, plain and simple. Their aim was to bring about political change in Ireland through the use of violence and terror. That makes them terrorists.
I've been trying to find some stats on atheists who object to stem cell research - but I can't find many. What I have found are a number of atheist and Christian forum type sites which discuss stem cell research (among other things). Overwhelmingly, the atheists support stem cell research - in the region of 95% - 98%. The reverse is true of Christians (I don't have time to do much research into other religions, but as that's the vast majority of American religious types, I'll stick with that). There seems to be much more of a balance - in the region of 50% for/against. (By research, I mean a casual 20 minutes of reading various sites to get sense of what people are saying - no actual data collected).
As a generalisation, when someone says "stem cell" the lay person will think of the cells harvested from a foetus. And that's where (particularly the right wing/conservative) religious types get their panties in a twist because "obviously" in order to get foetus' you have to do abortions*. There are far more pro-choice atheists than there anti-abortionists, and the reverse is true.
So when you talk about overlap, I would say there is a significant overlap - and that you are probably not in the majority.
Very few people think of stem cells as being from an adult. I certainly didn't until recently.
* This is of course complete bollocks - there are plenty of stem cells in the placenta and umbilical cord which are 'born' right after the baby. Harvest the cells from there after the kid is born!
But many religious people own toasters. Does that mean all religious people like toast?
Correlation != Causation. I'm sure 99% of murderers each some kind of bread product within 24 hours of committing murder, but I don't think they are going to ban bread any time soon.
And there's very little up keep for the equipment. So you get a small budget to install the kit one year, then rinse and repeat until your whole city is covered.
Not only do you not need to touch the car, hasn't the Supreme Court decided that when in public you have no expectation of privacy? I suspect they would argue that taking the photos of the plates is just reading the data that is publicly available.
What are they going to import? 50 cal hunting rifles.
There's a reason why Elephants are a endangered species in Africa - they don't breed very quickly. If you allow the locals to keep the tusks (ie no imports or exports), I imagine they'd be wiped out pretty quickly.
Really? If find their "new" messaging system a royal pain in the ass. I usually use it to tell people what my email address is, and talk to them there!
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Seems to me the moral of the story is don't use Twitter. Wasn't there a recent case of some girls getting sent back to England from LA because they'd Tweeted that they were going to "destroy America". I seem to remember rather a lot of people on Slashdot not being very sympathetic. But suddenly it's freedom of speech?
Just about everything is punishable by death in the Muslim tradition. I'm surprised breathing isn't punishable by death.
I suspect more analysis of the code base than the three closed source products they mention.
As I've never totalled a Ferrari, I've not needed to find out the hard way. Having said that, I'd be surprised (in the UK at least) if it didn't cover the whole thing.
Anyone know any different?
I'm going to get a little paranoid now, as I'm now living in Canada and want to know if this is going to be a problem here too - anyone know if that's the case over here or is that on an insurer by insurer basis?
If that's the case, what's to stop the shrink from telling they are recording the session over VoIP? Sounds like an non-issue to me
But all the points it raises are rather spurious and trivial mostly surrounding the privacy of the authors. There is no analysis of the code base at all.
I've been fortunate enough to not need therapy - don't they record their sessions anyway?
And then sue for breach of patient confidentiality laws. Either way, you make money.
TrueCrypt FTW
I suspect what would happen if you left your sat nav at home, is that your insurance premiums would stay the same as the company won't have any more information on you. They might even increase your premiums because you're obviously leaving your sat nav at home - depends I guess on your contract with your insurance company.
Are you saying that if your 5 *don't* have their accidents, they *still* get their price increases?
That's never happened to me, despite when I started driving I was a bit of a hazard on the road.* My rates have always gone up and down in line with my abilities.
* Not had an accident in over 15 years now :)
Also insurance (at least car insurance in the UK) covers other people too - which is a risk you can't calculate.
If I have an accident, which is proven to be my fault, my insurance covers it*. That's why it is illegal to drive in the UK without some kind of insurance (3rd party cover in this case). The cost to me in the long run if I do have an accident which is proven to be my fault, goes up because the insurance company sees me as being a greater risk.
If you're comfortable with idea of you crashing into a Ferrari, go ahead and self insure. I know I couldn't, so I buy insurance.
* In the UK, you usually have to cover the first £100 - £500 depending on your policy, to stop frivolous claims.
It's evolution in action. Anyone who doesn't believe in evolution only has to look at this and realise it's true.
You don't live in England do you. I was living in London during the 70s and 80s. Trust me. They were terrorists. They have now seen the light and nominally given up arms.
The IRA are a terrorist organisation, plain and simple. Their aim was to bring about political change in Ireland through the use of violence and terror. That makes them terrorists.
Do you know how many games copied Pac Man?
No.
Do you?
I've been trying to find some stats on atheists who object to stem cell research - but I can't find many. What I have found are a number of atheist and Christian forum type sites which discuss stem cell research (among other things). Overwhelmingly, the atheists support stem cell research - in the region of 95% - 98%. The reverse is true of Christians (I don't have time to do much research into other religions, but as that's the vast majority of American religious types, I'll stick with that). There seems to be much more of a balance - in the region of 50% for/against. (By research, I mean a casual 20 minutes of reading various sites to get sense of what people are saying - no actual data collected).
As a generalisation, when someone says "stem cell" the lay person will think of the cells harvested from a foetus. And that's where (particularly the right wing/conservative) religious types get their panties in a twist because "obviously" in order to get foetus' you have to do abortions*. There are far more pro-choice atheists than there anti-abortionists, and the reverse is true.
So when you talk about overlap, I would say there is a significant overlap - and that you are probably not in the majority.
Very few people think of stem cells as being from an adult. I certainly didn't until recently.
* This is of course complete bollocks - there are plenty of stem cells in the placenta and umbilical cord which are 'born' right after the baby. Harvest the cells from there after the kid is born!
But many religious people own toasters. Does that mean all religious people like toast?
Correlation != Causation. I'm sure 99% of murderers each some kind of bread product within 24 hours of committing murder, but I don't think they are going to ban bread any time soon.
Another yoke around the neck of private businesses in America.
FTFY.
Ferengi Laws Of Acquisition:
1. Once you have their money, you never give it back.
I suggest you look up the term "snake oil"
And there's very little up keep for the equipment. So you get a small budget to install the kit one year, then rinse and repeat until your whole city is covered.
Not only do you not need to touch the car, hasn't the Supreme Court decided that when in public you have no expectation of privacy? I suspect they would argue that taking the photos of the plates is just reading the data that is publicly available.
That - along with Coppers trying to fulfill their quota for the month.
It seems to me that's how Romney is doing so well at the moment. Someone not so long ago described him as a well oiled weather vane.
The irony here is that:
a) You'd probably make quite a profit
b) You'd get sued by Zynga - and they'd win.
What are they going to import? 50 cal hunting rifles.
There's a reason why Elephants are a endangered species in Africa - they don't breed very quickly. If you allow the locals to keep the tusks (ie no imports or exports), I imagine they'd be wiped out pretty quickly.
Really? If find their "new" messaging system a royal pain in the ass. I usually use it to tell people what my email address is, and talk to them there!