I wholeheartedly agree with you. In addition, the good IM clients have a history, which I've found invaluable for sending (and saving) links, chunks of code, or error logs.
I *do* like having an office phone to very quickly explain a problem that would otherwise be a little difficult over IM/email. Those phone conversations typically start over IM, though; I always ping someone over our work chat, asking if I can call them up quick in those situations.
Agreed, although - screw Skype: the (Mac/Windows/Android) app itself is mediocre at best, and terrible at worst, and I shouldn't have to open and potentially log into an application just to place a call when at my desk (where cell reception is non-existent).
Damn, where are you working where you're worried about litigation for doing work-related activities?
Personally, I *rely* on the "paper trail" for most/all of my work communication; my IM/email history is invaluable in helping me remember specifics about issues or projects I'm working on.
If you gave my mom 1 beer, and put her on the road, I'd be terrified. If you gave my uncle a 6 pack, he could likely drive just fine. But he'd fail the blood test while my mother would not.
You've anecdotally shown that you don't really understand the issue. Your uncle (or anyone) can be reasonably assumed to be impaired at 6 beers, and his BAC will back that up - he might be "just fine", but is also statistically far more likely to have an accident. If your mother's tolerance is far below the legal limit, then it's her responsibility to make safe choices accordingly - if she still goes out and gets into an accident due to her impairment, she would likely still face substantial legal issues that a wholly sober person would not.
What if your uncle drank 4 beers, was at or near a legal BAC limit, but was able to pass a sobriety test because he's an experienced drinker with great coordination, drives off, and in a momentary (and much more likely) lapse in attention he blows through a stop light and causes a fatal accident? That situation is far worse and a far more likely worst case scenario than is your terror of your mom's driving at one beer.
Because that's what matters right? If you can DRIVE? Or are we trying to do something else here?
We are, indeed, trying to do something else than simply determine if one or two people can/should be driving - we're trying to place a known and logical limit on our society that will best protect the largest amount of people, without unduly infringing on the rights we enjoy.
there's no universal amount - I know some people who can drive just fine after a beer or two, while I don't trust myself after just one.
I think this is precisely why using BAC is a *good* thing to base drunk driving laws off of - we're given a quantitative limit that (ideally) statistically best represents impairment in most people. This gives us legal protection (versus a possibly subjective impairment test) and still very well correlates with how much someone is impaired due to drinking. Anyone with a BAC around 0.08 should not be driving - while someone may be "fine" to drive at that limit, they're still far more likely to make a harmful mistake (also - "a beer or two" is a dangerous phrase, given that's describing two very mathematically different amounts of alcohol).
Ideally they should be testing for exactly what should be criminalized - that is, coordination, reaction time and judgement.
Testing for: yes; criminalized: definitely not. Because BAC is relatively easy and reliable to test for, you make the concrete number the law, and use subjective testing as an aid. Criminalizing a "limit" of coordination, reaction time and judgement is simply too highly subjective.
Without any presence of alcohol, I think the situation completely changes when involving someone who has been smoking pot. There's no "BAC" analog, so a subjective sobriety test is our best way to determine if someone is actually high (when combined with the smell or other concrete factors). This is much more legally palatable, however, if the laws against high (on pot) driving much better fit the relatively low impairment.
Yes, that's the point. We really shouldn't be attempting to find the level of 'highness' of someone, but instead directly test their impairment in some fashion.
What if you're tired? If you've taken no drugs, but worked twenty hours in a row? You WILL fail an impairment test. But you've done nothing wrong. Maybe you shouldn't be driving.
Regardless of the circumstances, we have a personal responsibility to not put others in danger with our actions. Vehicles are multi-thousand pound missiles, heavy machinery easily capable of severely injuring and killing other people; if you're too tired to operate one safely, there's really no excuse for doing so.
Driving is entirely a convenience, and certainly not a right or a requirement. A responsible adult can (and should) plan around the reality of not being able to drive; 'working 20 hours' isn't an excuse, it's a situation that you're dealt with and need to handle, and driving while being tired enough to be impaired is a personal choice.
The dude who posted instructions on how to through Ubuntu on there does mention SSD upgrading in passing (http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.com/2012/10/arm-chrubuntu-1204-alpha-1-now.html - "Note: If you've installed a larger SSD in your Chrome device..."), but I'm not sure how easy/possible that is from a hardware perspective. I haven't opened mine up, but others have alluded to everything pretty much being soldered onto the mainboard.
I'd definitely agree. I received my ARM-based Chromebook last week, and have played around with both ChromeOS and manually throwing Ubuntu on there - for the casual user looking to do some regular ole web surfing, ChromeOS is great. The machine itself is great too; form factor is awesome, doesn't overheat, keyboard is amazing (even if it's a ripoff of Macbooks, it's a great ripoff).
What? Atom-powered machines aren't "built to run windows", they're just simply x86 processors, which common Linux distros and Windows both happily work with.
Looks like http://hellothereracists.tumblr.com/ is already 'down' (returning a "Not found" message). I wonder if it was done voluntarily, or if Tumblr did it themselves.
Sure, but that specific statement doesn't involve "subtracting the factors [wbr1] mention[s]," namely culture and environment.
While the "differential between the mean intelligence test scores of Blacks and Whites does not... simply reflect differences in socioeconomic status," it's also mentions that "explanations based on factors of caste and culture may be appropriate" (although that claim has "little direct empirical support").
I also found this interesting: "environmental factors also contribute substantially to the development of intelligence, but we do not clearly understand what those factors are or how they work."
It really does seem like an interesting paper, though. Thank you!!
This. His rebuttals are frustrating as well, like claiming other explanations are impossible. His difficulties with rooting the device also show he's just capable enough with Android to be dangerous, and not a modicum more.
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Works for some people, but I work in a skyrise in $LARGE_METRO_AREA, and we have little to no cell coverage around the office.
Agreed. And I dislike the argument that a phone takes up too much space. Really? Virtually every other desk item I have is larger than my desk phone.
I wholeheartedly agree with you. In addition, the good IM clients have a history, which I've found invaluable for sending (and saving) links, chunks of code, or error logs.
I *do* like having an office phone to very quickly explain a problem that would otherwise be a little difficult over IM/email. Those phone conversations typically start over IM, though; I always ping someone over our work chat, asking if I can call them up quick in those situations.
Agreed, although - screw Skype: the (Mac/Windows/Android) app itself is mediocre at best, and terrible at worst, and I shouldn't have to open and potentially log into an application just to place a call when at my desk (where cell reception is non-existent).
Damn, where are you working where you're worried about litigation for doing work-related activities?
Personally, I *rely* on the "paper trail" for most/all of my work communication; my IM/email history is invaluable in helping me remember specifics about issues or projects I'm working on.
...that said, we still have desk phones.
You've anecdotally shown that you don't really understand the issue. Your uncle (or anyone) can be reasonably assumed to be impaired at 6 beers, and his BAC will back that up - he might be "just fine", but is also statistically far more likely to have an accident. If your mother's tolerance is far below the legal limit, then it's her responsibility to make safe choices accordingly - if she still goes out and gets into an accident due to her impairment, she would likely still face substantial legal issues that a wholly sober person would not.
What if your uncle drank 4 beers, was at or near a legal BAC limit, but was able to pass a sobriety test because he's an experienced drinker with great coordination, drives off, and in a momentary (and much more likely) lapse in attention he blows through a stop light and causes a fatal accident? That situation is far worse and a far more likely worst case scenario than is your terror of your mom's driving at one beer.
We are, indeed, trying to do something else than simply determine if one or two people can/should be driving - we're trying to place a known and logical limit on our society that will best protect the largest amount of people, without unduly infringing on the rights we enjoy.
To be fair, if I'm drunk I'm still going to want those Doritos. Badly.
I think this is precisely why using BAC is a *good* thing to base drunk driving laws off of - we're given a quantitative limit that (ideally) statistically best represents impairment in most people. This gives us legal protection (versus a possibly subjective impairment test) and still very well correlates with how much someone is impaired due to drinking. Anyone with a BAC around 0.08 should not be driving - while someone may be "fine" to drive at that limit, they're still far more likely to make a harmful mistake (also - "a beer or two" is a dangerous phrase, given that's describing two very mathematically different amounts of alcohol).
Testing for: yes; criminalized: definitely not. Because BAC is relatively easy and reliable to test for, you make the concrete number the law, and use subjective testing as an aid. Criminalizing a "limit" of coordination, reaction time and judgement is simply too highly subjective.
Without any presence of alcohol, I think the situation completely changes when involving someone who has been smoking pot. There's no "BAC" analog, so a subjective sobriety test is our best way to determine if someone is actually high (when combined with the smell or other concrete factors). This is much more legally palatable, however, if the laws against high (on pot) driving much better fit the relatively low impairment.
Yes, that's the point. We really shouldn't be attempting to find the level of 'highness' of someone, but instead directly test their impairment in some fashion.
Regardless of the circumstances, we have a personal responsibility to not put others in danger with our actions. Vehicles are multi-thousand pound missiles, heavy machinery easily capable of severely injuring and killing other people; if you're too tired to operate one safely, there's really no excuse for doing so.
Driving is entirely a convenience, and certainly not a right or a requirement. A responsible adult can (and should) plan around the reality of not being able to drive; 'working 20 hours' isn't an excuse, it's a situation that you're dealt with and need to handle, and driving while being tired enough to be impaired is a personal choice.
I'd also certainly like to see a better resolution, but what exactly is unusable about it on this laptop, given its overall size, speed, and intent?
VLC does run on ARM, and I believe you can get Chromium (but NOT Chrome) on ARM as well, but I haven't tried that. No luck for Dropbox, though :(
The dude who posted instructions on how to through Ubuntu on there does mention SSD upgrading in passing (http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.com/2012/10/arm-chrubuntu-1204-alpha-1-now.html - "Note: If you've installed a larger SSD in your Chrome device..."), but I'm not sure how easy/possible that is from a hardware perspective. I haven't opened mine up, but others have alluded to everything pretty much being soldered onto the mainboard.
I'd definitely agree. I received my ARM-based Chromebook last week, and have played around with both ChromeOS and manually throwing Ubuntu on there - for the casual user looking to do some regular ole web surfing, ChromeOS is great. The machine itself is great too; form factor is awesome, doesn't overheat, keyboard is amazing (even if it's a ripoff of Macbooks, it's a great ripoff).
Agreed, but - I suspect it's due to the ubiquity of Atom-powered machines; Brazos-based machines are still faaaaaar less common.
Netflix does not currently work on the ARM-based Chromebooks, period. There are grumblings on teh internetz that it will soon, however.
What? Atom-powered machines aren't "built to run windows", they're just simply x86 processors, which common Linux distros and Windows both happily work with.
What's being suggested? "Ubuntu on Chromebook" isn't "Ubuntu on ChromeOS", it's a straight up dual boot with ChromeOS and Ubuntu.
Some of the best innovation in technology has happened due to this specifically.
I, for one, am excited to see what Mozilla can do with this.
Looks like http://hellothereracists.tumblr.com/ is already 'down' (returning a "Not found" message). I wonder if it was done voluntarily, or if Tumblr did it themselves.
Sure, but that specific statement doesn't involve "subtracting the factors [wbr1] mention[s]," namely culture and environment.
While the "differential between the mean intelligence test scores of Blacks and Whites does not ... simply reflect differences in socioeconomic status," it's also mentions that "explanations based on factors of caste and culture may be appropriate" (although that claim has "little direct empirical support").
I also found this interesting: "environmental factors also contribute substantially to the development of intelligence, but we do not clearly understand what those factors are or how they work."
It really does seem like an interesting paper, though. Thank you!!
Citation?
...to be fair, you *are* using a TLD explicitly intended for porn.
Ahhh, you must have posted Apple's 10-K from the future, showing the effect of all the items slashmydots mentioned.
This. His rebuttals are frustrating as well, like claiming other explanations are impossible. His difficulties with rooting the device also show he's just capable enough with Android to be dangerous, and not a modicum more.