First of all, a police officer isn't going to test everyone. They are going to test A) those that show driving impairment (or smell like booze I suppose), and B) those that pass by those occasional checkpoints.
Two things are going to be the result, neither of them positive to the whole idea of DUI enforcement.
First more people are going to be breaking the law, and not being caught. This will cause people to not take it seriously. People will be over 0.05 all the time, while showing no impairment, and not being tested. Which will then start giving people the idea, who cares about the law. It's like driving 120kph on the 401 in Ontario, it is against the law, but no one pays any attention to it anymore, including the police.
Second, for those that do get caught, by passing though some sort of random check point crack down (even then you would have to look impaired), people will be incredulous about it "What do you mean I blew over, I only had two drinks! Do you really think I am impaired?" label it bullshit and write it off as simply a ludicrous law further eroding its legitimacy.
You are also going to have more people challenging the accuracy of the measurement devices, which there have been a lot of proven problems in the past.
This has happened countless times over history, this is far from unique. There is little evidence to think it will stop, unless it is more valuable as ruins.
Hadrian's Wall is a perfect example. "Hey free building stone sweet!" In this case it was used for roads, rather than dwellings. Old castles are subject to this as well. Heck the Vatican has destroyed a huge part of history, recycling ruins, particularly for valuable easily accessible marble, bronze, and just about anything from roman ruins. I am sure they felt that not only can they get great materials on the cheap, but also the destruction of heathen, pagan, temples is just a bonus!
Ironically I think there should be a special place in hell for those that intentionally destroy historical artifacts that that.
Canada only allows political contributions from individuals, and only up to a maximum of 5000$.
There are some sketchy real estate deals, but many of these get publicized, so I don't think it is that rampant.
The revolving door however is in effect. I am not sure how one might tackle it. I believe there are rules around immediately working for a industry you regulate, so you might have to wait a year or something before the big payoff. Many times it is hard to argue either way, when they actually have a lot of experience in the field in question.
Ugh. In reading up a bit I just found a disgusting fact. The president of the Bank of Canada for the last decade (and though the financial crisis) was also a former Goldman Sacks executive just like down in the US. Wonderful.
I wonder about "personal" items that were allowed up the gravity well... Do they bring them home, or leave them up there for the next batch of people to use like communal objects. Things like his big camera (I assume he would take his memory home), and guitar... I mean for what it costs to push them up, you would think they would leave everything behind. Although at the same time would they need to do spring cleaning to get rid of all the junk that might pile up if that was the case...
Actually you can read about it on Wiki, but NASA tried this. Working them around the clock to try and maximize their time.
They more less revolted. The commander at the time basically just stopped answering the radio. Not much you can do about a strike in space! After that strict work protocols were put in space to allow for more downtime.
Because, you know, he has and oxygen atmosphere to allow for the transmission of sound...
Sheesh! The guy is singing in a tin can in FSCKING SPACE!
Cut him some slack. I am going to go so far to say, that he is WAY better than Bowie, at singing in a space station orbiting earth in space. Bowie might win the, "I sound better in a recording studio or concert where everything around me exists to make me sound better" award.
This was already tried once. As I recall it didn't end well for the US.
In any event, it would never be a military invasion. It would be slow capitulation by politicians (Conservatives) to the US over everything, until for all intents and purposes we might as well have been annexed.
Canadian politicians need to grow some balls to stand up to the economic bully in the south.
1) My definition, Criminals don't follow laws. By your logic, we should just abolish all laws then? You are an Idiot. 2) The reason why say countries like Canada and Mexico which do have gun regulation but still has some issues are:
a) The bloody fact that the US doesn't have any, so ALL the illegal guns for BOTH countries come from the USA!
b) The fact that most of those guns are a direct result of the "War on Drugs" in the US and the Demand for drugs paying for guns.
Anyway gun regulation isn't about "banning" guns. It is about making them harder to get a hold of.
I am glad I don't live in a country with crazies like you. (unless you are from Alberta...)
I can't see why this is a big deal in the US. As many people pointed out it is likely easier to simply just make a gun. I mean what criminal is going to spend 20,000 on a 3D printer and thousands on material to assemble what is a POS gun. Particularly when they can go out and get one (that is a real gun) from various sources for a fraction of the cost. It is moot.
What would be interesting is if the article had a breakdown of WHERE those downloads were coming from. For example if you live in a country where arms are very strictly regulated for example...
However the one problem with playing retro games on a big HD wide screen TV is they look extra terrible.
The one problem I have with the Android Market place is that it is very difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff if you will. There are literally tens of thousands of games when I go to look for anything (apps too), and everything seemingly has a 4-4.5 stars. Overload.
Why would it need HDMI connection? I can already wirelessly stream video to my TV. In addition, you can likely plug it into a usb port as well.
But yes you would need a controller for the "console" feel. Not sure how that would work.
S4 *just* came out. In a couple of months in the summer they will do the price drops prior to Apple doing anything in the fall. However yes it would still be more than 100$. However it does a lot more, and that 100$ is a product that isn't even available, and we will see how close to 100$ it actually will be.
This is pushing the definition of "console" and not in a good way.
It has a nVIDIA Tegra 3 CPU in it. (I guess AMD gets all the real consoles...) Which is slightly better than a smartphone that's processor was released in 2010 (Galaxy S3, Snapdragon S3).
So the think is going to be powered by cellphone technology that is 3 years old on launch. Even the price point isn't that great. At launch the S4 will be available, how much do you think a no contract S3 will be then? 100$? and it will have more features. About the only thing it does have is a controller.
Anyway all this is a older cellphone gaming on your TV with a controller. I am not sure I would qualify this as a console.
Several things people: 1) These are Hybrid drives, NOT SSD. 2) Worst idea ever, wtf, lol! 3) Who actually buys a Hybrid drive anyway?
They are usually advertised as the "best of both worlds", but I (and I think most, which is why they are not popular) think they are more like the worst of both worlds.
Don't compare them to SSD, they are not SSD. Don't compare them to HDD, they are not a HDD. For the love of god don't buy them. It makes much more sense to buy an SSD for your system drive, and a HDD for your storage drive, like everyone that knows anything will tell you. Mashing the two together, will just give you a shitty compromise, that you can likely find for better/cheaper in a higher end traditional fast RPM HDD.
Not embedding your cache controller in firmware which is independent of OS, and not only making it dependent, but dependent on Windows, well that is just stupid. Not only are you limiting your market, but you are going to have to try and keep up with every stupid change that they do. I have no idea why they would do this, what would be a single benefit. Perhaps they save a dollar in not having to put the firmware memory on board? Who knows, crazy.
Does anyone know anyone who has bought one? Can they formulate a cogent argument as to why they did?
Is it the fact that the children are missing sleep effecting their scholastic work? Premise seems to make sense.
However maybe it has more to do with the fact that those that have effective parenting (i.e. not letting your kids stay up to all hours of the night), also do a better job ensuring their children have all the things they need to excel, like parental help with homework, tutors, diet, exercise, etc...
Yes but do they still have mine shaft access, that is what I want to know?! How else are we going to keep the commies from infiltrating our precious fluids? Grain alcohol for me I tell you what!
Seriously however, scoring a "D" in Minuteman Mastery should get your keys revoked. Somehow 60-90 days training doesn't make me feel any better if that is all it takes to get their access back....
When you look around who is seated next to you and realize that the rocket ship you are on only contains politicians and lawyers and in that moment you know it is almost a statistical certitude that A) the ship is headed directly towards the Sun, and B) it has no pilot or controls of any kind.
Management wanting someone else to deal with it, and the length, complexity and cost of development.
I manage two systems that were developed in the early 1990's. Both are 20+ years old. We have been looking/trying to replace them for the last 10 years. Many studies and analysis have been done, but never the approval to move forward with anything. They will be around for another 5 years, at the very least. Business has changed over the last 20 years (go figure), and occasionally ad hoc enhancements are approved every now and again. However the systems in question were designed for a business that has evolved radically since then, so much of the data is totally useless or not comparable to previous years, or particular data is just not collected, as 20 years ago it wasn't seen as something that is now important.
Anyway as someone who supports this stuff to users and hears all the "feedback" about the system, and who has promised users a new system for years with no result, it is more than a tad frustrating as a professional. It will have to catastrophically fail before management will do anything about it, and you know they are just betting that it will happen to the next guy.
That is what they are there for among other things. I was one quite some time ago and even then much of that was included.
However, I get where you are coming from, some of the advanced testing might be missing. This is gained from work experience.
The main problem isn't education, it is a corporate culture that has testing as an after thought. Usually rushed, and basically garbage. So yeah, if you hire a bunch of inexperienced low paid labor to do all your testing, then look out. Additionally project lengths, and rushed development doesn't help either. Employers have said the same thing for years: "You should build a university degree, so when they graduate they can do all the things someone with 10 years experience can do!" Doesn't work that way.
I do a fair amount of testing myself. By the time it gets to me, it should have already been tested by the contractor developer, and the also by the internal systems folks. I should only be finding the really hard stuff to pin down. However more often than not everything seems to fail, basic stuff. It really makes me mad, as it is a huge waste of my time to continually send stuff back, after clearly identifying an issue and documenting it, then having it returned to me as "fixed" only to repeat the procedure on the same issue ad nausem. I can't even understand how the developer is even coding, when it doesn't run at all, and simply trying would identify that. Not to mention that it supposedly goes though a battery of standard testing at the system level, but they don't seem to actually catch anything.
Anyway as I said, I don't think it is an education thing, but a corporate culture thing, and I can't see that improving unless priorities are seriously re-evaluated.
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It is already 0.05 here.
All it does is make a mockery of the law.
First of all, a police officer isn't going to test everyone. They are going to test A) those that show driving impairment (or smell like booze I suppose), and B) those that pass by those occasional checkpoints.
Two things are going to be the result, neither of them positive to the whole idea of DUI enforcement.
First more people are going to be breaking the law, and not being caught. This will cause people to not take it seriously. People will be over 0.05 all the time, while showing no impairment, and not being tested. Which will then start giving people the idea, who cares about the law. It's like driving 120kph on the 401 in Ontario, it is against the law, but no one pays any attention to it anymore, including the police.
Second, for those that do get caught, by passing though some sort of random check point crack down (even then you would have to look impaired), people will be incredulous about it "What do you mean I blew over, I only had two drinks! Do you really think I am impaired?" label it bullshit and write it off as simply a ludicrous law further eroding its legitimacy.
You are also going to have more people challenging the accuracy of the measurement devices, which there have been a lot of proven problems in the past.
MacBook Pro came up 2nd on the Google search.
While Major Basic Protein came up first, the later makes more sense given the context...
This has happened countless times over history, this is far from unique. There is little evidence to think it will stop, unless it is more valuable as ruins.
Hadrian's Wall is a perfect example. "Hey free building stone sweet!" In this case it was used for roads, rather than dwellings. Old castles are subject to this as well. Heck the Vatican has destroyed a huge part of history, recycling ruins, particularly for valuable easily accessible marble, bronze, and just about anything from roman ruins. I am sure they felt that not only can they get great materials on the cheap, but also the destruction of heathen, pagan, temples is just a bonus!
Ironically I think there should be a special place in hell for those that intentionally destroy historical artifacts that that.
Canada only allows political contributions from individuals, and only up to a maximum of 5000$.
There are some sketchy real estate deals, but many of these get publicized, so I don't think it is that rampant.
The revolving door however is in effect. I am not sure how one might tackle it. I believe there are rules around immediately working for a industry you regulate, so you might have to wait a year or something before the big payoff. Many times it is hard to argue either way, when they actually have a lot of experience in the field in question.
Ugh. In reading up a bit I just found a disgusting fact. The president of the Bank of Canada for the last decade (and though the financial crisis) was also a former Goldman Sacks executive just like down in the US. Wonderful.
I wonder about "personal" items that were allowed up the gravity well... Do they bring them home, or leave them up there for the next batch of people to use like communal objects. Things like his big camera (I assume he would take his memory home), and guitar... I mean for what it costs to push them up, you would think they would leave everything behind. Although at the same time would they need to do spring cleaning to get rid of all the junk that might pile up if that was the case...
Inquiring minds want to know!
Actually you can read about it on Wiki, but NASA tried this. Working them around the clock to try and maximize their time.
They more less revolted. The commander at the time basically just stopped answering the radio. Not much you can do about a strike in space! After that strict work protocols were put in space to allow for more downtime.
Considering he had the best acoustics around...
Because, you know, he has and oxygen atmosphere to allow for the transmission of sound...
Sheesh! The guy is singing in a tin can in FSCKING SPACE!
Cut him some slack. I am going to go so far to say, that he is WAY better than Bowie, at singing in a space station orbiting earth in space. Bowie might win the, "I sound better in a recording studio or concert where everything around me exists to make me sound better" award.
This was already tried once. As I recall it didn't end well for the US.
In any event, it would never be a military invasion. It would be slow capitulation by politicians (Conservatives) to the US over everything, until for all intents and purposes we might as well have been annexed.
Canadian politicians need to grow some balls to stand up to the economic bully in the south.
This is mostly because the Canadian drone standard load out only comes with moose tranquilizers rather than hell-fire missiles.
You Sir are an Idiot.
1) My definition, Criminals don't follow laws. By your logic, we should just abolish all laws then? You are an Idiot.
2) The reason why say countries like Canada and Mexico which do have gun regulation but still has some issues are:
a) The bloody fact that the US doesn't have any, so ALL the illegal guns for BOTH countries come from the USA!
b) The fact that most of those guns are a direct result of the "War on Drugs" in the US and the Demand for drugs paying for guns.
Anyway gun regulation isn't about "banning" guns. It is about making them harder to get a hold of.
I am glad I don't live in a country with crazies like you. (unless you are from Alberta...)
I can't see why this is a big deal in the US. As many people pointed out it is likely easier to simply just make a gun. I mean what criminal is going to spend 20,000 on a 3D printer and thousands on material to assemble what is a POS gun. Particularly when they can go out and get one (that is a real gun) from various sources for a fraction of the cost. It is moot.
What would be interesting is if the article had a breakdown of WHERE those downloads were coming from. For example if you live in a country where arms are very strictly regulated for example...
is just blatantly saying that the poor are expendable now?
One might argue that. However it was more low end PC than it was phone hardware.
I like this idea better.
However the one problem with playing retro games on a big HD wide screen TV is they look extra terrible.
The one problem I have with the Android Market place is that it is very difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff if you will. There are literally tens of thousands of games when I go to look for anything (apps too), and everything seemingly has a 4-4.5 stars. Overload.
Why would it need HDMI connection? I can already wirelessly stream video to my TV. In addition, you can likely plug it into a usb port as well.
But yes you would need a controller for the "console" feel. Not sure how that would work.
S4 *just* came out. In a couple of months in the summer they will do the price drops prior to Apple doing anything in the fall. However yes it would still be more than 100$. However it does a lot more, and that 100$ is a product that isn't even available, and we will see how close to 100$ it actually will be.
This is pushing the definition of "console" and not in a good way.
It has a nVIDIA Tegra 3 CPU in it. (I guess AMD gets all the real consoles...)
Which is slightly better than a smartphone that's processor was released in 2010 (Galaxy S3, Snapdragon S3).
So the think is going to be powered by cellphone technology that is 3 years old on launch.
Even the price point isn't that great. At launch the S4 will be available, how much do you think a no contract S3 will be then? 100$? and it will have more features.
About the only thing it does have is a controller.
Anyway all this is a older cellphone gaming on your TV with a controller. I am not sure I would qualify this as a console.
Several things people:
1) These are Hybrid drives, NOT SSD.
2) Worst idea ever, wtf, lol!
3) Who actually buys a Hybrid drive anyway?
They are usually advertised as the "best of both worlds", but I (and I think most, which is why they are not popular) think they are more like the worst of both worlds.
Don't compare them to SSD, they are not SSD. Don't compare them to HDD, they are not a HDD. For the love of god don't buy them. It makes much more sense to buy an SSD for your system drive, and a HDD for your storage drive, like everyone that knows anything will tell you. Mashing the two together, will just give you a shitty compromise, that you can likely find for better/cheaper in a higher end traditional fast RPM HDD.
Not embedding your cache controller in firmware which is independent of OS, and not only making it dependent, but dependent on Windows, well that is just stupid. Not only are you limiting your market, but you are going to have to try and keep up with every stupid change that they do. I have no idea why they would do this, what would be a single benefit. Perhaps they save a dollar in not having to put the firmware memory on board? Who knows, crazy.
Does anyone know anyone who has bought one? Can they formulate a cogent argument as to why they did?
To Summarize: Stupid, but Irrelevant anyway.
Is it the fact that the children are missing sleep effecting their scholastic work? Premise seems to make sense.
However maybe it has more to do with the fact that those that have effective parenting (i.e. not letting your kids stay up to all hours of the night), also do a better job ensuring their children have all the things they need to excel, like parental help with homework, tutors, diet, exercise, etc...
Yes but do they still have mine shaft access, that is what I want to know?! How else are we going to keep the commies from infiltrating our precious fluids? Grain alcohol for me I tell you what!
Seriously however, scoring a "D" in Minuteman Mastery should get your keys revoked. Somehow 60-90 days training doesn't make me feel any better if that is all it takes to get their access back....
When you look around who is seated next to you and realize that the rocket ship you are on only contains politicians and lawyers and in that moment you know it is almost a statistical certitude that A) the ship is headed directly towards the Sun, and B) it has no pilot or controls of any kind.
Management wanting someone else to deal with it, and the length, complexity and cost of development.
I manage two systems that were developed in the early 1990's. Both are 20+ years old. We have been looking/trying to replace them for the last 10 years. Many studies and analysis have been done, but never the approval to move forward with anything. They will be around for another 5 years, at the very least. Business has changed over the last 20 years (go figure), and occasionally ad hoc enhancements are approved every now and again. However the systems in question were designed for a business that has evolved radically since then, so much of the data is totally useless or not comparable to previous years, or particular data is just not collected, as 20 years ago it wasn't seen as something that is now important.
Anyway as someone who supports this stuff to users and hears all the "feedback" about the system, and who has promised users a new system for years with no result, it is more than a tad frustrating as a professional. It will have to catastrophically fail before management will do anything about it, and you know they are just betting that it will happen to the next guy.
Now sky, there is a network I can get behind. I bet it is so stable that it would be perfect for the juicy military contracts....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:San_Andreas_Fault_Aerial_View.gif
looks like to me.
That is what they are there for among other things. I was one quite some time ago and even then much of that was included.
However, I get where you are coming from, some of the advanced testing might be missing. This is gained from work experience.
The main problem isn't education, it is a corporate culture that has testing as an after thought. Usually rushed, and basically garbage. So yeah, if you hire a bunch of inexperienced low paid labor to do all your testing, then look out. Additionally project lengths, and rushed development doesn't help either. Employers have said the same thing for years: "You should build a university degree, so when they graduate they can do all the things someone with 10 years experience can do!" Doesn't work that way.
I do a fair amount of testing myself. By the time it gets to me, it should have already been tested by the contractor developer, and the also by the internal systems folks. I should only be finding the really hard stuff to pin down. However more often than not everything seems to fail, basic stuff. It really makes me mad, as it is a huge waste of my time to continually send stuff back, after clearly identifying an issue and documenting it, then having it returned to me as "fixed" only to repeat the procedure on the same issue ad nausem. I can't even understand how the developer is even coding, when it doesn't run at all, and simply trying would identify that. Not to mention that it supposedly goes though a battery of standard testing at the system level, but they don't seem to actually catch anything.
Anyway as I said, I don't think it is an education thing, but a corporate culture thing, and I can't see that improving unless priorities are seriously re-evaluated.