Commercial drivers also can drive noncommercial vehicles. And around here at least, one does not need a commercial driver's license to drive a low-occupancy livery vehicle up to and including a conventional limousine. The need for the commercial license starts when the occupancy exceeds either twelve or fifteen passengers, or when the GCWR exceeds 26,000lb, or when there's some kind of hazardous cargo involved. There might be an exception where a commercial license is needed for short school buses, but taxis, sedans, and most limos need no special license to operate.
I'm only pointing out the arguments that have already been made, both by columnists and by your average poster on Slashdot and other forums. I've never used a ride-sharing service and I can count the number of times I've used a taxi on one hand; my point is that it sounds like these ride sharing services are in-effect becoming taxi companies and that is being recognized by regulatory agencies. I don't put a value judgement on these companies, but we hear of prices going up, we hear that cities are banning the companies outright, we hear that drivers lack insurance that's mandated when providing service-for-hire, so we start to see structural problems that will only be overcome by the implementation of conventional taxi or sedan service practices.
I'll let you in on a secret though, while the laws and regulations governing passenger livery vehicles may be overly-influenced by those livery companies at this point, they came to be in the first place because of abuses by those ferrying people from place to place, in a manner very much like how these ride-sharing companies operate where the rubber meets the road. That's why I personally think they'll eventually be forced into operating as taxis or licensed sedans, or be forced out.
Between the liability/risk issues of potentially not having commercial insurance, the looming threat of municipal regulation, the increasing prices, and now the disclosure that some drivers may be just as petty as riders, it sounds to me like these ride-sharing companies are eating their own. Makes me question how long-term-stable the business model is.
As I see it, the only way to fix this gender disparity is to fix the social problems that lead to stigmatizing boys to where they form their own subculture that eventually revolves niche aspects of computers, which in-turn creates a ready core of boys that realize in their high school years that they can make careers in computers because they're good at them, but because of the nature of that pre-existing subculture, does not appeal to girls.
But addressing the reasons that cause such self-segregation and the effects of it isn't easy.
Yeah, I've never been much of a sports fan (helps when your high school, local university, and locally-based national franchises all suck rocks when you're in your formative years) but I've been able appreciate a well-executed play when I see one. It's a championship game for a sport that I don't play. For those that like it, good for them.
I won't be ignoring it, I'll be doing things that I want to do. Same as just about everything else that I'm not observing or doing while doing what I want to do.
A general purpose computer is only useful if the student is willing to use it for a certain specific purpose. Given that there's a whole lot of temptation to use it for things that the student wants to do, rather than the things that the student is supposed to do, it can be incredibly easy to not be productive with the very machine that was intended to increase productivity.
I don' think that general-purpose computers should be used in schools without software to limit the use of the computers. That can be for a duration, like during class time or during the school day, or it can be full-time, so that a computer is still limited to its intended function in its entirety, but leaving computers open to do anything just means that much more opportunity to not do work.
It's not useless. It may not be as useful, but it's not useless. Consider that even the lowest-end Android phone is still synchronizing contacts, e-mail, calendar, task lists, and maps with Google's servers. If the phone is lost or damaged, another handset will automatically have those contacts, e-mail, calendar, task lists, and maps as soon as the user logs-in again.
Sure, it may not play Crysis, but it does a hell of a lot more than an old dumb phone.
Or, it was a literal plot-device, and it was created solely for the story to advance, without any real concern for backstory... Given that the original Star Wars was written to be like a middle-episode of a serialized show from the movies, like a Buster Crabbe Flash Gordon type of show, there wouldn't be a whole lot of backstory necessary in order to enjoy the show.
But a planet that starts out further from its star than the habitable zone, and migrates into the habitable zone, wouldn't necessarily burn up like Mercury either.
What's the range on it though? This is a low-power specification after all; you'd have to be right on top of them to detect it so you'd already know where they are.
And while I live in an area that does emissions tests all of the way back to the 1967 model year, I still have long-tube headers, X-pipe, and dual exhaust on an emissions-mandated car. It passes the sniff test and the required-equipment test. I also have aftermarket mufflers that are loud on another car that needs to pass, no problems.
Oh, for that I definitely agree, there is a very specific point where that security needs to take place. I just don't think that a bluetooth wrist band that is supposed to only intermittently connect to a host device (not even directly to the Internet) is that place. I'd rather see wireless keyboards and mice see their communications secured before I worry about this thing.
What's the sacrifice though? Having cars that either get really excellent fuel economy or run on battery power? Forcing electrical utilities to switch to separate billing for grid-tie and power consumption, so that customers that want to put solar panels on their roofs aren't shafted in order to have overnight electrical service from base-load power? Mandating emissions inspections based on original standards at the time of manufacture on all vehicles newer than 30 years, so that gross-polluting vehicles that are not running right are either fixed or taken off the road?
Most of these things don't have all that much cost, and for some of them, they're a cost that the individual should have borne anyway.
Maybe we're looking at what Earth has now completely in the wrong way, considering that even at 430km the ISS is being slowed by atmospheric drag - common assumption has it that "Space" occurs at what, shy of 100km?
Neptune's radius is about 25,000Km. Earth's radius plus the altitude of the ISS is about 6800Km. That's an awful lot of volume to burn-off.
Based on possible Europa missions (Europan?) with an intention to bore down through the ice to look for life in what's expected to be a vast ocean, I don't think that your view is universally shared.
They may not want to work for geek squad, but if they have a computer game that they like, showing them how to upgrade the computer to make that game playable has both a hands-on component and a benefit from the kid's perspective.
First, based on the model(s) of computer(s) you're working with, determine if there's an upgrade path, and if that upgrade path is something that whoever provides support will find acceptable. For many models of computers sold to school districts, that means integrated video, fairly small amount of RAM, small hard disk drives (as they're using using network storage), and the like. Figure out how much RAM the computer can take, what video card options are compatible (some even supported by the OEM) and what hard disk drive upgrades will increase both speed and capacity.
If you have multiple of these computers, have the kids play their game on the inadequate machine. Then introduce upgrading it to them. Open it up, swap the RAM. Boot it up, watch their eyes light up as the game plays better. Shut it down. Replace the hard disk drive (that you duplicated in advance!) and watch the performance improve again. Shut it down, install the video card. Same thing, watch the performance continue to grow.
This teaches them that there's real benefits to what they want to do based on what they do in the physical world to the computer.
I only use vbox for local VMs, like when I need to emulate a Windows machine on my Linux box for some Windows-only software that I have to deal with from time to time. I'm not the VM guy at work, but there are lots of virtualized servers running headless on some big blade systems, does vbox do that or is that pretty much out of its scope?
I agree, for basic workstation stuff it works fine as-is.
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Commercial drivers also can drive noncommercial vehicles. And around here at least, one does not need a commercial driver's license to drive a low-occupancy livery vehicle up to and including a conventional limousine. The need for the commercial license starts when the occupancy exceeds either twelve or fifteen passengers, or when the GCWR exceeds 26,000lb, or when there's some kind of hazardous cargo involved. There might be an exception where a commercial license is needed for short school buses, but taxis, sedans, and most limos need no special license to operate.
I'm only pointing out the arguments that have already been made, both by columnists and by your average poster on Slashdot and other forums. I've never used a ride-sharing service and I can count the number of times I've used a taxi on one hand; my point is that it sounds like these ride sharing services are in-effect becoming taxi companies and that is being recognized by regulatory agencies. I don't put a value judgement on these companies, but we hear of prices going up, we hear that cities are banning the companies outright, we hear that drivers lack insurance that's mandated when providing service-for-hire, so we start to see structural problems that will only be overcome by the implementation of conventional taxi or sedan service practices.
I'll let you in on a secret though, while the laws and regulations governing passenger livery vehicles may be overly-influenced by those livery companies at this point, they came to be in the first place because of abuses by those ferrying people from place to place, in a manner very much like how these ride-sharing companies operate where the rubber meets the road. That's why I personally think they'll eventually be forced into operating as taxis or licensed sedans, or be forced out.
Between the liability/risk issues of potentially not having commercial insurance, the looming threat of municipal regulation, the increasing prices, and now the disclosure that some drivers may be just as petty as riders, it sounds to me like these ride-sharing companies are eating their own. Makes me question how long-term-stable the business model is.
As I see it, the only way to fix this gender disparity is to fix the social problems that lead to stigmatizing boys to where they form their own subculture that eventually revolves niche aspects of computers, which in-turn creates a ready core of boys that realize in their high school years that they can make careers in computers because they're good at them, but because of the nature of that pre-existing subculture, does not appeal to girls.
But addressing the reasons that cause such self-segregation and the effects of it isn't easy.
Episodes of My Drunk Kitchen don't count...
Yeah, I've never been much of a sports fan (helps when your high school, local university, and locally-based national franchises all suck rocks when you're in your formative years) but I've been able appreciate a well-executed play when I see one. It's a championship game for a sport that I don't play. For those that like it, good for them.
I won't be ignoring it, I'll be doing things that I want to do. Same as just about everything else that I'm not observing or doing while doing what I want to do.
A general purpose computer is only useful if the student is willing to use it for a certain specific purpose. Given that there's a whole lot of temptation to use it for things that the student wants to do, rather than the things that the student is supposed to do, it can be incredibly easy to not be productive with the very machine that was intended to increase productivity.
I don' think that general-purpose computers should be used in schools without software to limit the use of the computers. That can be for a duration, like during class time or during the school day, or it can be full-time, so that a computer is still limited to its intended function in its entirety, but leaving computers open to do anything just means that much more opportunity to not do work.
Hey, I liked Monster Truck Madness...
I'm still using a Samsung Galaxy SII. I have yet to find an application that won't run on it.
It's not useless. It may not be as useful, but it's not useless. Consider that even the lowest-end Android phone is still synchronizing contacts, e-mail, calendar, task lists, and maps with Google's servers. If the phone is lost or damaged, another handset will automatically have those contacts, e-mail, calendar, task lists, and maps as soon as the user logs-in again.
Sure, it may not play Crysis, but it does a hell of a lot more than an old dumb phone.
Oooh boy, there's nothing I like more than relying on active equipment in order to remain alive...
Or, it was a literal plot-device, and it was created solely for the story to advance, without any real concern for backstory... Given that the original Star Wars was written to be like a middle-episode of a serialized show from the movies, like a Buster Crabbe Flash Gordon type of show, there wouldn't be a whole lot of backstory necessary in order to enjoy the show.
But a planet that starts out further from its star than the habitable zone, and migrates into the habitable zone, wouldn't necessarily burn up like Mercury either.
What's the range on it though? This is a low-power specification after all; you'd have to be right on top of them to detect it so you'd already know where they are.
I expect that such facilities are helping to keep the paging industry going. That long with drug dealers...
And while I live in an area that does emissions tests all of the way back to the 1967 model year, I still have long-tube headers, X-pipe, and dual exhaust on an emissions-mandated car. It passes the sniff test and the required-equipment test. I also have aftermarket mufflers that are loud on another car that needs to pass, no problems.
The state government already does subsizide repairs to emissions failing cars where I live.
If a vehicle is in poor repair then it shouldn't be on the road in the first place.
Technically it's already federal law, but the states are allowed to not enforce depending on their position with the EPA. That should change.
Oh, for that I definitely agree, there is a very specific point where that security needs to take place. I just don't think that a bluetooth wrist band that is supposed to only intermittently connect to a host device (not even directly to the Internet) is that place. I'd rather see wireless keyboards and mice see their communications secured before I worry about this thing.
What's the sacrifice though? Having cars that either get really excellent fuel economy or run on battery power? Forcing electrical utilities to switch to separate billing for grid-tie and power consumption, so that customers that want to put solar panels on their roofs aren't shafted in order to have overnight electrical service from base-load power? Mandating emissions inspections based on original standards at the time of manufacture on all vehicles newer than 30 years, so that gross-polluting vehicles that are not running right are either fixed or taken off the road?
Most of these things don't have all that much cost, and for some of them, they're a cost that the individual should have borne anyway.
Neptune's radius is about 25,000Km. Earth's radius plus the altitude of the ISS is about 6800Km. That's an awful lot of volume to burn-off.
Based on possible Europa missions (Europan?) with an intention to bore down through the ice to look for life in what's expected to be a vast ocean, I don't think that your view is universally shared.
Mercury is not in the habitable zone. Being in the habitable zone is the first requirement after having a planet itself.
They may not want to work for geek squad, but if they have a computer game that they like, showing them how to upgrade the computer to make that game playable has both a hands-on component and a benefit from the kid's perspective.
First, based on the model(s) of computer(s) you're working with, determine if there's an upgrade path, and if that upgrade path is something that whoever provides support will find acceptable. For many models of computers sold to school districts, that means integrated video, fairly small amount of RAM, small hard disk drives (as they're using using network storage), and the like. Figure out how much RAM the computer can take, what video card options are compatible (some even supported by the OEM) and what hard disk drive upgrades will increase both speed and capacity.
If you have multiple of these computers, have the kids play their game on the inadequate machine. Then introduce upgrading it to them. Open it up, swap the RAM. Boot it up, watch their eyes light up as the game plays better. Shut it down. Replace the hard disk drive (that you duplicated in advance!) and watch the performance improve again. Shut it down, install the video card. Same thing, watch the performance continue to grow.
This teaches them that there's real benefits to what they want to do based on what they do in the physical world to the computer.
I only use vbox for local VMs, like when I need to emulate a Windows machine on my Linux box for some Windows-only software that I have to deal with from time to time. I'm not the VM guy at work, but there are lots of virtualized servers running headless on some big blade systems, does vbox do that or is that pretty much out of its scope?
I agree, for basic workstation stuff it works fine as-is.