Require periodic re-testing as well, both written and driven. Somebody that learned as a teenager is going to have let some of their protocol knowledge rot by the time they're 40. Also, off-topic, repeated (or fatality while) DUI should result in never driving again, as well as a prison sentence. Motorcyclists should probably also be 'protected' (as much as you can call what amounts to retribution 'protection') under the same laws regarding accidentally hitting construction workers and/or pedestrians (provided they weren't driving excessively fast). Point is, our current system sucks; regulations only go so far, so your suggestion of education reform is spot on.
Pentium III 866 with 133MHz FSB and 1GB RAMBUS (basically DDR) memory actually feels fairly usable in this day and age. Provided your OS isn't a hefty heap of crap. I used one as my main machine until I stopped being a lazy NEET around 2013. Heck, even my old PIII 500 Thinkpads are tolerable.
Exactly; a small contingent of dimwits stands to ruin the whole game for everyone. "This is why we can't have nice things". I see plenty of people driving their sport/luxury sport cars in the general area i'm in, and 99% of them do quite alright. Worst most of them do is go 10-15 MPH over the speed limit and not use their turn signals, but that's an issue which transcends car make/model. I should've added that qualifier to OP.
33% flat seems weird. why not something like.. for every n seconds under 10, 2.5^n % tax. So under 9.5 would be a 2.5%, under 8.5 would be 6.25%, under 7.5 would be 15.625%, and under 6.5 would just be 40% flat (instead of 39.0625%).
Basically, something not to screw over most of the cars on the road today. It's very hard to find cars that aren't under 10 that also aren't a cracker box with a tiny sub-1.5l NA engine.
Don't consider this advocacy for such a tax, just that AC's suggestion was bad. Mine is also bad; I suspect I thought about it a whee bit more though.
The idiots that hoon these things on normal roads provide one of the strongest possible arguments for a hard push for fully automated driving. Nobody (probably) wants a 4500 lb car rammed up their butt because someone wants to have fun. Take it to the track.
Unless you're living underground, or some similarly RF-hostile environment, satellite internet is probably an option. Not a good option, but an option. Costs more than Comcast, with a bonus of higher latency than dialup and probably about the same upload throughput -___-
I had (long ago) contemplated starting a sort of neo-luddite (minus the smashing things, unfortunately) campaign against unnecessarily internet-connected displays, but was too lazy. Is there anyone here that would have actually gone along with such a thing? These things are advertisers' and snoops' wet dream, incarnate.
For some of them, at least, network connectivity is required for some extra capabilities. Need is relative here, as some may have purchased the equipment with the intent to use said features. While I doubt they'd be actively communicating with Internet hosts, being on a network opens them to attack via worm.
Leak implies lack of intention for something to come out; did anyone from Microsoft (or anyone that would actually be in a position to know) ever actually declare this to be a leak?
Don't forget, if you're = 30 years of age, you're one of 'em. Some groups put the birth year cut off for the term as far back as the late 70s. I would hope that most of the people old enough to be outside of said group would have better things to do than berating the next generation on the Internet.
At the very least, their scheme appears to protect the data fairly well. One can infer some level of truth to this statement from the absence of available information on what is actually being sent. Don't confuse this with Microsoft's previously released explanation of things that *may* be sent.
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Require periodic re-testing as well, both written and driven. Somebody that learned as a teenager is going to have let some of their protocol knowledge rot by the time they're 40. Also, off-topic, repeated (or fatality while) DUI should result in never driving again, as well as a prison sentence. Motorcyclists should probably also be 'protected' (as much as you can call what amounts to retribution 'protection') under the same laws regarding accidentally hitting construction workers and/or pedestrians (provided they weren't driving excessively fast). Point is, our current system sucks; regulations only go so far, so your suggestion of education reform is spot on.
Pentium III 866 with 133MHz FSB and 1GB RAMBUS (basically DDR) memory actually feels fairly usable in this day and age. Provided your OS isn't a hefty heap of crap. I used one as my main machine until I stopped being a lazy NEET around 2013. Heck, even my old PIII 500 Thinkpads are tolerable.
I want my MPG ...
Even before any modification, my current Crown Victoria did 0-60 in about 9.8 with less than 200HP to the rear wheels, and 2.73:1 rear gear ratio.
Exactly; a small contingent of dimwits stands to ruin the whole game for everyone. "This is why we can't have nice things". I see plenty of people driving their sport/luxury sport cars in the general area i'm in, and 99% of them do quite alright. Worst most of them do is go 10-15 MPH over the speed limit and not use their turn signals, but that's an issue which transcends car make/model. I should've added that qualifier to OP.
33% flat seems weird. why not something like.. for every n seconds under 10, 2.5^n % tax. So under 9.5 would be a 2.5%, under 8.5 would be 6.25%, under 7.5 would be 15.625%, and under 6.5 would just be 40% flat (instead of 39.0625%).
Basically, something not to screw over most of the cars on the road today. It's very hard to find cars that aren't under 10 that also aren't a cracker box with a tiny sub-1.5l NA engine.
Don't consider this advocacy for such a tax, just that AC's suggestion was bad. Mine is also bad; I suspect I thought about it a whee bit more though.
The idiots that hoon these things on normal roads provide one of the strongest possible arguments for a hard push for fully automated driving. Nobody (probably) wants a 4500 lb car rammed up their butt because someone wants to have fun. Take it to the track.
Wait, it'll give you a specific error message and not just a SadMac?
Consumer hostility certainly requires a degree of courage.
Unless you're living underground, or some similarly RF-hostile environment, satellite internet is probably an option. Not a good option, but an option. Costs more than Comcast, with a bonus of higher latency than dialup and probably about the same upload throughput -___-
I hear they also accept arms, legs, and kidneys.
COURAGE! AND KARMA TO BURN!
I had (long ago) contemplated starting a sort of neo-luddite (minus the smashing things, unfortunately) campaign against unnecessarily internet-connected displays, but was too lazy. Is there anyone here that would have actually gone along with such a thing? These things are advertisers' and snoops' wet dream, incarnate.
For some of them, at least, network connectivity is required for some extra capabilities. Need is relative here, as some may have purchased the equipment with the intent to use said features. While I doubt they'd be actively communicating with Internet hosts, being on a network opens them to attack via worm.
Excellent point xD ... Insensate, regardless.
First read that as DeafFCC. I'll leave it that way, because the shoe fits.
Touche.
It's already May, dude... FLAC or bust. Lossily compressed audio is so last quarter.
A fix is all well and good, but an explanation would be a nice touch. I guess people just don't get pissed off about getting the shaft anymore.
Leak implies lack of intention for something to come out; did anyone from Microsoft (or anyone that would actually be in a position to know) ever actually declare this to be a leak?
Slashdot ate my bird beak; pretend that '=' is the word 'under'.
Don't forget, if you're = 30 years of age, you're one of 'em. Some groups put the birth year cut off for the term as far back as the late 70s. I would hope that most of the people old enough to be outside of said group would have better things to do than berating the next generation on the Internet.
Was this malice or stupidity? Perhaps both?
At the very least, their scheme appears to protect the data fairly well. One can infer some level of truth to this statement from the absence of available information on what is actually being sent. Don't confuse this with Microsoft's previously released explanation of things that *may* be sent.
It's absolutely amazing what you can accomplish when you could not care less about people's choice in the matter.