Why is the NTSB targeting gadgets instead of bad drivers?
Because it is always easier to come up with a technological solution (even if it doesn't work) than it is to address the real (usually human) problem.
even hands-free phones
This really illustrates the absurdity of the claim that phones are to blame for the problem.
If you're using a hands-free device, you're just basically having a conversation with someone who isn't actually in the car. It's not going to be any more inherently distracting than having a conversation with somebody who is in the car. So if hands-free phones are a problem... So is talking to a passenger.
Wrong.
1) Your passenger is an additional set of eyes on the road.
2) Talking to someone over a phone (even hands-free) requires you to be mentally in "another place" with them. I'm not explaining it well but I am sure that you get the idea.
3) It has nothing to do with dexterity (using your hand). I have seen pedestrians cluelessly crossing the street at a red light while yakking. Why? Because their attention is in that "other place".
...is for us to simulate quantum entanglement in a digital object.
We have done it with neural networks, we can do this.
It will be very difficult (possibly profitable too), but a truly epic breakthrough.
Think of it.
I was going to suggest pointing them at the local cop shop or *IAA office, but then... WTF? I can't imagine a less appropriate place to "monitor" people than a school, of all places. IMO. Sounds like a real bunch of Nazis.
SSDD. First it will be used on "the enemy". Then on "dangerous criminals". Then on "senior citizens, children, and others at risk". For their own good, of course. Then...
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(e = 2.71828183)...that would be: February 72... Never mind.
"...rather than enduring the potentially horrific drawn-out death that Alzheimer's sometimes brings"
This seems to be a sentiment that is widely accepted. But, mainly by family & loved ones. I wonder how the "sufferers" feel... is it painful? Or not? Or somewhat?
I am not saying that it's one way or the other...terrible to watch; terrible to endure? I don't know, myself. I hope that I never do. "Ignorance is bliss"?
At my workplace, all our PLCs are on a process control network. It is isolated from the business network and internet completely.
You are utterly kidding yourself if you think that your PLC network is "isolated".
Does anyone ever request data from it? How do you transfer the data...with a USB key maybe?
How are the controllers programmed? With a workstation that is plugged into which network...and never the internet?
I would strongly suggest that you read up a bit on stuxnet. The details may blow your mind...
They want to get people off Windows 2000. IE7+ are not supported on Win 2K.
A significant number of corporate and home users are still on Win2K. If they can convince everyone to get off IE6, what those users will find is that they have to replace a (functioning) OS with their odious "phone home monthly" OSs.
...is that we don't want to "rent" the software.
(which is how Red Hat makes its money: on maintenance)
The endless cycle of maintenance upgrades for the sake of compatibility with other software that has been upgraded for the sake of compatibility with...
That is what needs to be fixed for enterprise customers, but it goes directly against the business interests of the software vendors. We'll never see that fixed...
Ithe environmentalist movement is more concerned with lowering the US and Europe's standards of living to those of a third world country
I think that statement speaks for itself; it's a hard act to follow.
Even though I am not one of your "retarded Birkenstock wearing liberal hippy scum", I won't knowingly buy anything that Monsanto has had a hand in producing.
I have no problem eating GM foods, actually. I am not even that afraid of transgenic foods. (I would like to know when I am eating them, though). I just don't approve of Monsanto.
I'm surprised that nobody has taken note of the WGA aspects of this. Windows 7 phones home every few months, and if it can't get the answer it likes, your PC is crippled.
With XP, you don't have to worry.
Personally, I can't forsee ever wanting to give up to MS information about my PC, so I will stay on XP.
Personally, I think a better move would be for the firmware to simply set some type of non-resettable internal flag showing that a non-approved battery was loaded, and display some type of alert option.
Personally, I think a better move would be to design a camera that works with any standard battery of a given size. The electronics should be more robust than something that cacks if the voltage is slightly off; in extreme cases the electronics should just power down (temporarily) if something is truly, intolerably amiss...
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Well, I don't consider myself a "racist". However I am somewhat of a "culturist".
Why is the NTSB targeting gadgets instead of bad drivers?
Because it is always easier to come up with a technological solution (even if it doesn't work) than it is to address the real (usually human) problem.
even hands-free phones
This really illustrates the absurdity of the claim that phones are to blame for the problem.
If you're using a hands-free device, you're just basically having a conversation with someone who isn't actually in the car. It's not going to be any more inherently distracting than having a conversation with somebody who is in the car. So if hands-free phones are a problem... So is talking to a passenger.
Wrong.
1) Your passenger is an additional set of eyes on the road.
2) Talking to someone over a phone (even hands-free) requires you to be mentally in "another place" with them. I'm not explaining it well but I am sure that you get the idea.
3) It has nothing to do with dexterity (using your hand). I have seen pedestrians cluelessly crossing the street at a red light while yakking. Why? Because their attention is in that "other place".
...is for us to simulate quantum entanglement in a digital object.
We have done it with neural networks, we can do this.
It will be very difficult (possibly profitable too), but a truly epic breakthrough.
Think of it.
Wouldn't that be an "anti-ballistic" clipboard?
A ballistic clipboard would be a weapon.
Some of the most successful technologies are the ones adopted by the pornography industry.
I'd say that this one has real potential!
I was going to suggest pointing them at the local cop shop or *IAA office, but then...
WTF?
I can't imagine a less appropriate place to "monitor" people than a school, of all places. IMO. Sounds like a real bunch of Nazis.
SSDD.
First it will be used on "the enemy".
Then on "dangerous criminals".
Then on "senior citizens, children, and others at risk". For their own good, of course.
Then...
(e = 2.71828183) ...that would be: February 72...
Never mind.
"There is no proven link between smoking and lung cancer"
"...rather than enduring the potentially horrific drawn-out death that Alzheimer's sometimes brings"
This seems to be a sentiment that is widely accepted. But, mainly by family & loved ones. ... is it painful? Or not? Or somewhat?
I wonder how the "sufferers" feel
I am not saying that it's one way or the other...terrible to watch; terrible to endure?
I don't know, myself. I hope that I never do.
"Ignorance is bliss"?
Don't want to offend, just asking.
At my workplace, all our PLCs are on a process control network. It is isolated from the business network and internet completely.
You are utterly kidding yourself if you think that your PLC network is "isolated". Does anyone ever request data from it? How do you transfer the data...with a USB key maybe? How are the controllers programmed? With a workstation that is plugged into which network...and never the internet? I would strongly suggest that you read up a bit on stuxnet. The details may blow your mind...
The mixing entropy battery could be used to build power plants at estuaries where fresh water rivers join the ocea
Never mind that river estuaries are perhaps the most environmentally sensitive areas on the planet...
"carefully planned, very professional, highly sophisticated"
These are not words I think of when discussing Anonymous. Give me a break.
"carefully planned, very professional, highly sophisticated"
These are not words I think of when discussing Sony.
This are not words I think of when reading slashdot...
Yes, but this is "NANO" technology!!! This kind of press release is always good for a couple of points on the OTC. (which is what its all about)
A computer that understands this.
They want to get people off Windows 2000. IE7+ are not supported on Win 2K. A significant number of corporate and home users are still on Win2K. If they can convince everyone to get off IE6, what those users will find is that they have to replace a (functioning) OS with their odious "phone home monthly" OSs.
Seconded! And, they have plenty of domain names to choose from for cases where they are filtered.
s/\+[^\+]*@gmail.com/gmail.com/
I don't have this problem because I use Adblock Plus!
...is that we don't want to "rent" the software.
(which is how Red Hat makes its money: on maintenance)
The endless cycle of maintenance upgrades for the sake of compatibility with other software that has been upgraded for the sake of compatibility with...
That is what needs to be fixed for enterprise customers, but it goes directly against the business interests of the software vendors. We'll never see that fixed...
Ithe environmentalist movement is more concerned with lowering the US and Europe's standards of living to those of a third world country
I think that statement speaks for itself; it's a hard act to follow.
Even though I am not one of your "retarded Birkenstock wearing liberal hippy scum", I won't knowingly buy anything that Monsanto has had a hand in producing.
I have no problem eating GM foods, actually. I am not even that afraid of transgenic foods. (I would like to know when I am eating them, though). I just don't approve of Monsanto.
I'm surprised that nobody has taken note of the WGA aspects of this.
Windows 7 phones home every few months, and if it can't get the answer it likes, your PC is crippled.
With XP, you don't have to worry.
Personally, I can't forsee ever wanting to give up to MS information about my PC, so I will stay on XP.
"Hemlines are lower this year"
"We have rounded the corners & changed the colors of the window chrome"
"We have changed the shape of the taillights and the location of the license-plate holder"
They are all the frickin same...
>Why the hell would I want to give a copy of the keys to the service provider?
Um, so that they could process the data?
Unless I am wrong, the "cloud" is not just about storing data.
Anyhow, any talk about "privacy" or fourth amendments, or whatever, is just so much noise.
The USA PATRIOT card trumps every thing.
Personally, I think a better move would be for the firmware to simply set some type of non-resettable internal flag showing that a non-approved battery was loaded, and display some type of alert option.
Personally, I think a better move would be to design a camera that works with any standard battery of a given size. The electronics should be more robust than something that cacks if the voltage is slightly off; in extreme cases the electronics should just power down (temporarily) if something is truly, intolerably amiss...