A fix presumably involves not only a software change in the car, but new key fobs for everyone. Ones which can't be reverse engineered by "chip slicing."
You're absolutely correct. Despite the variable names in the code, the leaderboard itself isn't presented as anything other that a simple "Who's in the lead?" graphic. It accurately reflects the top 5 vote getters (which makes sense for a contest which will have 5 winners) in proper order, and gives a rough indication of their relative popularity. The contest promises "We'll donate $50,000 to the organization with the most votes, $20,000 to the second highest, and $10,000 to each of the three runners up." The graphic clearly and accurately reflects the current status, and allows the view to match the prize with the contestant. It's not like they get a monetary amount based on their percent of the vote.
It's not "math challenged," the poster is just a "hey look at me, I'm smarter than Microsoft coders" troll.
It's not as you imply - juice losing it's flavor due to storage, then being artificially flavored.
Really, all you had to do was read the article to find that nothing nefarious is going on:
nearly all of Florida's juice [is] a blend of just two [varieties]: the Hamlin, whose unremarkable taste and pale color are offset by its prolific yield in the early season, and the dark, flavorful, late-season Valencia.
So, they get a bunch of unflavorful juice from one variety in the spring, store it, then mix it with flavorful juice from another variety when it's available later in the year. That's bad, how?
Buy a TiVo or three. They come with up to 4 tuners these days. How you're going to find time to watch 10x realtime video, you'll need to figure out (let alone why you would want to watch that amount of pablum).
This is about "broadcast" networks. They can't have their cake, and eat it, too. In exchange for getting use of public airwaves to make a profit, the public has a right to use what's broadcast.
Next step - in what way is putting content on the public airwaves not placing it in the public domain?
"the road (dead end) is 10 miles long. T...and let's posit that the USPS office is there too"
Your "math" is flawed. Obviously, every resident must pass the post office anytime they leave their home (visiting immediate neighbors notwithstanding). If they pick up their mail whenever they're out and about, they travel exactly zero extra miles.
a Mack truck sped through an intersection slamming into the rear of the bus, killing one and injuring more than a dozen others. 'Systems such as connected vehicle technology could have provided an active warning to the school bus driver of the approaching truck as he began to cross the intersection,'
So, if both had such a system, the bus driver might have slammed on their brakes, and instead of the truck hitting the rear of the bus, it would have hit the front or middle. That's better how?
Law enforcement's take on drugs which often (always?) values things based on the sale of minimal quantities. Busted a couple of tons of pot? Value it based on the highest value of selling joints on the street.
It's been offset by the introduction of fluoride in the water supply, which is simply Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and an international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids. Hence, Dancing with the Stars.
"Litt explained that our expectation of privacy isn't legally recognized by the Supreme Court once we've offered it to a third party. "
Why does Litt flat out lie? Smith v Maryland, which this claim is based on, does NOT say that. The ruling was based on an expectation of privacy assumed when one voluntarily gives information to a third party. It does not address an expectation of privacy explicitly and contractually promised (e.g. a "privacy policy"), nor does it cover information not offered voluntarily (e.g. incoming caller ID, location information, etc.).
Even more significantly, ignoring the legalities, spying on your citizens is simply the wrong thing to do. Litt, and other defenders of these surveillance programs are confusing ethics and law. The US Government seems not to care what the local laws are when criticizing rights violations in other countries, but use the law to defend rights violations at home.
Disney is evil, constantly pushing for increasing copyright terms, and stealing our culture from us.
They built the company upon other's original works (brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, Mark Twain, etc.), and now want keep others from having a similar opportunity.
Even harder, since according to Gen. Julian Hatcher, a standard 30-06 fired straight up only rises to about 9000 feet. The bulk of the deceleration is due to air resistance, so to have any chance of hitting something at 8000 feet, it would need to be within about 27 degrees of vertical. Not to mention the ~18 seconds it takes to get to that height, and the lead you would need to have on a moving target.
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Mylar does nothing to stop RF. Are you going swimming?
A fix presumably involves not only a software change in the car, but new key fobs for everyone. Ones which can't be reverse engineered by "chip slicing."
I'm thinking of this Nilsson song.
Wait until you realize how they make bread. They put fungus in it, and the holes are their farts!
You're absolutely correct. Despite the variable names in the code, the leaderboard itself isn't presented as anything other that a simple "Who's in the lead?" graphic. It accurately reflects the top 5 vote getters (which makes sense for a contest which will have 5 winners) in proper order, and gives a rough indication of their relative popularity. The contest promises "We'll donate $50,000 to the organization with the most votes, $20,000 to the second highest, and $10,000 to each of the three runners up." The graphic clearly and accurately reflects the current status, and allows the view to match the prize with the contestant. It's not like they get a monetary amount based on their percent of the vote.
It's not "math challenged," the poster is just a "hey look at me, I'm smarter than Microsoft coders" troll.
Really, all you had to do was read the article to find that nothing nefarious is going on:
So, they get a bunch of unflavorful juice from one variety in the spring, store it, then mix it with flavorful juice from another variety when it's available later in the year. That's bad, how?
Where, where?
How will Larry buy new shoes if he doesn't have this revenue stream?
I'm going to call my Senator right now. Wait, Dancing With the Stars is on, never mind.
Unless you're in the bathtub when you answer your phone which is at powerline voltage due to a defective charger.
You're implying that a poorly designed USB charger couldn't let common mode powerline voltage through. You're mistaken.
Cite please, for TV spectrum.
Buy a TiVo or three. They come with up to 4 tuners these days. How you're going to find time to watch 10x realtime video, you'll need to figure out (let alone why you would want to watch that amount of pablum).
This is about "broadcast" networks. They can't have their cake, and eat it, too. In exchange for getting use of public airwaves to make a profit, the public has a right to use what's broadcast.
Next step - in what way is putting content on the public airwaves not placing it in the public domain?
There's no reason to get your mail every day. In fact, almost 100% of us don't, on a regular basis.
"the road (dead end) is 10 miles long. T...and let's posit that the USPS office is there too"
Your "math" is flawed. Obviously, every resident must pass the post office anytime they leave their home (visiting immediate neighbors notwithstanding). If they pick up their mail whenever they're out and about, they travel exactly zero extra miles.
So, if both had such a system, the bus driver might have slammed on their brakes, and instead of the truck hitting the rear of the bus, it would have hit the front or middle. That's better how?
Law enforcement's take on drugs which often (always?) values things based on the sale of minimal quantities. Busted a couple of tons of pot? Value it based on the highest value of selling joints on the street.
It's all lies, meant to justify their existence.
It's been offset by the introduction of fluoride in the water supply, which is simply Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and an international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids. Hence, Dancing with the Stars.
Sell at a loss, and make it up on volume?
Meh. Take some reading comprehension classes and come back after you've passed.
"When petitioner voluntarily conveyed..." That must the the part about "involuntary information" you're referring to.
"Litt explained that our expectation of privacy isn't legally recognized by the Supreme Court once we've offered it to a third party. "
Why does Litt flat out lie? Smith v Maryland, which this claim is based on, does NOT say that. The ruling was based on an expectation of privacy assumed when one voluntarily gives information to a third party. It does not address an expectation of privacy explicitly and contractually promised (e.g. a "privacy policy"), nor does it cover information not offered voluntarily (e.g. incoming caller ID, location information, etc.).
Even more significantly, ignoring the legalities, spying on your citizens is simply the wrong thing to do. Litt, and other defenders of these surveillance programs are confusing ethics and law. The US Government seems not to care what the local laws are when criticizing rights violations in other countries, but use the law to defend rights violations at home.
Disney is evil, constantly pushing for increasing copyright terms, and stealing our culture from us.
They built the company upon other's original works (brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, Mark Twain, etc.), and now want keep others from having a similar opportunity.
Dupe? Nope. It's from timothy. Dope.
Even harder, since according to Gen. Julian Hatcher, a standard 30-06 fired straight up only rises to about 9000 feet. The bulk of the deceleration is due to air resistance, so to have any chance of hitting something at 8000 feet, it would need to be within about 27 degrees of vertical. Not to mention the ~18 seconds it takes to get to that height, and the lead you would need to have on a moving target.