Sure and if push comes to shove you get to say you didn't click it under oath in court.. And since it'll be a civil court the judge or jury decides whether it's more likely you did or didn't.
And if the guy's lucky, the judge won't remember the old "someone else was driving it" excuse from his days hearing parking ticket cases.
Well, is there any point in reading a EULA or any other online agreement? Seems like every one I've even skimmed has a provision that the agreement can be unilaterally changed -- by the company, not the consumer -- at any time simply by posting a new version somewhere. It's the consumer's responsibility, according to the agreement, to periodically check back and diff the two versions to see if there's something added/deleted/changed. So you might as well click, because even if you are OK with the terms, they can change at any time. Read it or not, the agreement you virtually signed today can be something different tomorrow. The one you read is only valid for the time it takes you to read it.
In order to drop out of Harvard or Princeton and start your own (hugely) successful company, you first have to get accepted to, attend, and pay for the aforementioned schools. You just might already have a leg up on the majority of potential entrepreneurial dropouts.
They have no reason to hold him other than being suspected for a crime in the US. If they captured him, they'd let the world know how helpful they were being.
Satellite radio was an option, but I think it only came in the package with the nav system. And the matte black antenna blistering out by the rear window looked like a dead rat sitting on top of the car. This was after they told me they'd even done away with the trunk lid and passenger door key lock for cleaner aesthetics. Figured I'd listen to Paul Harvey instead if I had to, not knowing he'd died some time ago.
I did find an adapter unit to plug into the satellite input to add an audio in. That was an adventure. Getting to the radio required complete removal of the dash, the under dash panels, the clock bezel and clock, the center console, the gearshift knob and boot, the glove compartments, part of the AC and both the driver and passenger door armrests and inside panels. Seriously, the door panels. I think it was to disconnect the speaker harness so there'd be enough slack to move something else.
7 replies, and no one actually addressed the problem the OP mentioned: distractions. Maps distract you more and not less.
Failing to solve the problem is not cleverness. All of you think you're being snarky by being morons.
I answered the question: "how do you navigate if not with GPS?". If I had wished to comment on the OP's points, I would have responded to that one. But it seemed that he'd already solved his problem for the time being by searching for and purchasing a car without what he considered extraneous and intrusive features. Perhaps I was being a little too cute, but there's no need for name-calling.
Oh well, the fancy tires are probably too loud for me to hear the difference between HD and plain old FM anyway.
If your fancy tires are loud, you have a problem. Good tires tend not to be very loud on the road at all, because the noise they produce indicates energy lost, which means higher rolling resistance.
I can assure you, the rolling resistance of my tires is among the least of my efficiency worries with that car. At least I don't drive it very much. But the tires are finally worn out, so I'll find out in the Spring if similar ones are any quieter.
This is EXACTLY why I've still got my RCA 45rpm record player in my Plymouth. You really appreciate the 'warmth' of vinyl as you're cruising down the highway...
for those who care...
Actually, you wanna get the 8-track to cassette adapter, then put the audio-to-cassette adapter into that slot and plug in the CD player. Then burn your MP3s to CD and your fresh El Camino is rollin' 21st century style. Best to operate the CD off batteries, not the cigarette lighter, lots of potential ground-loop issues with those older radios.
Even before phone integration, automakers have been making the entertainment systems more and more integrated into dashboards (and other vehicle systems) to the extent that it's hard or impossible to install an aftermarket system. When I bought my car a few years ago, I decided to forgo the built-in navigation and spend my money on the "performance package" instead. I guess it was a good call, since I don't think map updates for it are available anymore. And if I want HD radio, I'm out of luck, I'd need an aftermarket unit that came with a complete center console replacement and who knows what to connect to the remote audio controls. Oh well, the fancy tires are probably too loud for me to hear the difference between HD and plain old FM anyway.
I can imagine what a ball turret gunner from a B-17 or B-24 would say about the drone pilots being bored when they spent hours in a cramped, unpressurized, freezing cold turret scanning the airspace below the plane for approaching enemy interceptors; trying to stay alert and alive.
Something like this . ..
From my mother's sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze. Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life, I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters. When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
Surprised it took thieves two months before starting to use this exploit. Even more surprising that the summary says "already".
Maybe it's only after the exploit was revealed that anyone thought to suspect this was the way some hotel burglaries were happening. We don't necessarily know that Brocious was the first to discover the attack mode -- only that he was the first to publicize it.
That made me wonder a little. Enough to do a little googling around . . . Looks like you can get a magstripe reader/writer or an automatic keycutter machine in about the same price range: $500 or so for a basic models. The keycutter looks harder to use to me, just from a quick glance at the instruction manual -- maybe someone into machine shop-type tools and not computers would feel the other way. The card writer would be a more subtle thing to carry around since you'd just stuff it in your laptop bag. The 30lb+ cutter would be a lot less convenient (and a lot noisier). I'm assuming the the "get the key copied at the hardware store" option is out, that they would respect the "do not duplicate" stamp, but that's not necessarily true.
We still have to entertain the possibility that he got exactly what he was looking for, notoriety and fame.
Who builds a watch with wires and "fuses" hanging out of it and then walks thru airport security?
Really, who does that?
Given the list of stuff attached to the watch, and despite the lack of pics, I think that the "fuses" in question are electrical fuses, not Wile E. Coyote-style TNT-detonator fuses. I also can't help but think that the "authorities" involved don't know the difference.
No offense, but read up on what Lincoln did during the Civil War.
Suspended Habeus Corpus. Declared martial law in several US cities.
Considering the number of people who died in the Civil War, I would say that his actions were justified by the threat. The Civil War makes Iraq, Afghanistan, and 9/11 look like a day in the park.
Then again, Iraq and Afghanistan make the Civil War look like quickies.
It tends to crumble when I demand that the agency fly me out on their dime . . .
This alone is a pretty good weed-out question. When a potential employer isn't willing to put actual balance-sheet money on the line they can figure on "playing the percentages" and just bring in as many candidates as possible, sometimes without even scrutinizing resumes and applications to ensure a potential match on paper. The most egregious example I've seen was a relative that drove hundreds of miles there and back to an interview set up by a recruiter. She found out at the interview that she didn't have enough experience in a particular area for the job -- a fact that would have been obvious if they'd examined her resume ahead of time. Probably would have also been a good idea to make sure recruiters were also aware of the "must-haves" for the position. But hey, no one was out anything -- except the candidate, right?
Why the FUCK should students going to college today sign up to go into a career where they know they'll be out of work in 15 years?
Bingo. Whether this guy's comment is accurate or just reflects the attitude of employers in the field, the fruits of this policy would be a vast reduction in available 20-year-olds in the future. And the 20-year-olds he would still get would be the ones that we sufficiently short-sighted to consider 15 years to be a lifetime.
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Sure and if push comes to shove you get to say you didn't click it under oath in court.. And since it'll be a civil court the judge or jury decides whether it's more likely you did or didn't.
And if the guy's lucky, the judge won't remember the old "someone else was driving it" excuse from his days hearing parking ticket cases.
Well, is there any point in reading a EULA or any other online agreement? Seems like every one I've even skimmed has a provision that the agreement can be unilaterally changed -- by the company, not the consumer -- at any time simply by posting a new version somewhere. It's the consumer's responsibility, according to the agreement, to periodically check back and diff the two versions to see if there's something added/deleted/changed. So you might as well click, because even if you are OK with the terms, they can change at any time. Read it or not, the agreement you virtually signed today can be something different tomorrow. The one you read is only valid for the time it takes you to read it.
If they think the elderly are easy, they haven't met doctors, newly successful pro athletes and salesmen of all kinds.
In order to drop out of Harvard or Princeton and start your own (hugely) successful company, you first have to get accepted to, attend, and pay for the aforementioned schools. You just might already have a leg up on the majority of potential entrepreneurial dropouts.
I don't want to work with you.
If he tells you he's doing it, he's doing it wrong . . .
They have no reason to hold him other than being suspected for a crime in the US. If they captured him, they'd let the world know how helpful they were being.
Didn't the crime in question occur in Belize?
Stereo is overrated.
With a missing amplification stage, even mono is over the top.
But I've got to know what you have there. Is this one of those Motorola monsters with knobs on the dashboard attached to flex shafts? Bendix?
for the car
Satellite radio was an option, but I think it only came in the package with the nav system. And the matte black antenna blistering out by the rear window looked like a dead rat sitting on top of the car. This was after they told me they'd even done away with the trunk lid and passenger door key lock for cleaner aesthetics. Figured I'd listen to Paul Harvey instead if I had to, not knowing he'd died some time ago.
I did find an adapter unit to plug into the satellite input to add an audio in. That was an adventure. Getting to the radio required complete removal of the dash, the under dash panels, the clock bezel and clock, the center console, the gearshift knob and boot, the glove compartments, part of the AC and both the driver and passenger door armrests and inside panels. Seriously, the door panels. I think it was to disconnect the speaker harness so there'd be enough slack to move something else.
7 replies, and no one actually addressed the problem the OP mentioned: distractions. Maps distract you more and not less.
Failing to solve the problem is not cleverness. All of you think you're being snarky by being morons.
I answered the question: "how do you navigate if not with GPS?". If I had wished to comment on the OP's points, I would have responded to that one. But it seemed that he'd already solved his problem for the time being by searching for and purchasing a car without what he considered extraneous and intrusive features. Perhaps I was being a little too cute, but there's no need for name-calling.
There's a 12AU7 burned out in my radio, so I can't use it for anything right now.
You are kickin' it old school.
Oh well, the fancy tires are probably too loud for me to hear the difference between HD and plain old FM anyway.
If your fancy tires are loud, you have a problem. Good tires tend not to be very loud on the road at all, because the noise they produce indicates energy lost, which means higher rolling resistance.
I can assure you, the rolling resistance of my tires is among the least of my efficiency worries with that car. At least I don't drive it very much. But the tires are finally worn out, so I'll find out in the Spring if similar ones are any quieter.
Not that I like distractions that raise my risk of death in my car either, but how do you navigate if not with GPS?
You could try one of these.
You're really advocating a touch screen for use in a car? By the driver?
Touch screens in for use by the driver are probably the dumbest idea I've seen for a long, long time. Yes, Ford, I'm talking to you.
You're a little late, gramps. Even my sister-in-law's cheap-ass Hyundai's got a touch screen.
They are, however, still not a very good idea.
This is EXACTLY why I've still got my RCA 45rpm record player in my Plymouth. You really appreciate the 'warmth' of vinyl as you're cruising down the highway... for those who care...
Yes. Yes my car does play "compact discs".
Actually, you wanna get the 8-track to cassette adapter, then put the audio-to-cassette adapter into that slot and plug in the CD player. Then burn your MP3s to CD and your fresh El Camino is rollin' 21st century style. Best to operate the CD off batteries, not the cigarette lighter, lots of potential ground-loop issues with those older radios.
Even before phone integration, automakers have been making the entertainment systems more and more integrated into dashboards (and other vehicle systems) to the extent that it's hard or impossible to install an aftermarket system. When I bought my car a few years ago, I decided to forgo the built-in navigation and spend my money on the "performance package" instead. I guess it was a good call, since I don't think map updates for it are available anymore. And if I want HD radio, I'm out of luck, I'd need an aftermarket unit that came with a complete center console replacement and who knows what to connect to the remote audio controls. Oh well, the fancy tires are probably too loud for me to hear the difference between HD and plain old FM anyway.
I can imagine what a ball turret gunner from a B-17 or B-24 would say about the drone pilots being bored when they spent hours in a cramped, unpressurized, freezing cold turret scanning the airspace below the plane for approaching enemy interceptors; trying to stay alert and alive.
Something like this . . .
From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner -- Randall Jarrell
Surprised it took thieves two months before starting to use this exploit. Even more surprising that the summary says "already".
Maybe it's only after the exploit was revealed that anyone thought to suspect this was the way some hotel burglaries were happening. We don't necessarily know that Brocious was the first to discover the attack mode -- only that he was the first to publicize it.
Only if you can get a copy of a maintenance or master key.
Thieves have done it with traditional keys. I think they could use the same practices and skill set to get the keycard version, too.
. . . the keys are not so easy to copy.
That made me wonder a little. Enough to do a little googling around . . . Looks like you can get a magstripe reader/writer or an automatic keycutter machine in about the same price range: $500 or so for a basic models. The keycutter looks harder to use to me, just from a quick glance at the instruction manual -- maybe someone into machine shop-type tools and not computers would feel the other way. The card writer would be a more subtle thing to carry around since you'd just stuff it in your laptop bag. The 30lb+ cutter would be a lot less convenient (and a lot noisier). I'm assuming the the "get the key copied at the hardware store" option is out, that they would respect the "do not duplicate" stamp, but that's not necessarily true.
We still have to entertain the possibility that he got exactly what he was looking for, notoriety and fame.
Who builds a watch with wires and "fuses" hanging out of it and then walks thru airport security? Really, who does that?
Given the list of stuff attached to the watch, and despite the lack of pics, I think that the "fuses" in question are electrical fuses, not Wile E. Coyote-style TNT-detonator fuses. I also can't help but think that the "authorities" involved don't know the difference.
No offense, but read up on what Lincoln did during the Civil War.
Suspended Habeus Corpus. Declared martial law in several US cities.
Considering the number of people who died in the Civil War, I would say that his actions were justified by the threat. The Civil War makes Iraq, Afghanistan, and 9/11 look like a day in the park.
Then again, Iraq and Afghanistan make the Civil War look like quickies.
It tends to crumble when I demand that the agency fly me out on their dime . . .
This alone is a pretty good weed-out question. When a potential employer isn't willing to put actual balance-sheet money on the line they can figure on "playing the percentages" and just bring in as many candidates as possible, sometimes without even scrutinizing resumes and applications to ensure a potential match on paper. The most egregious example I've seen was a relative that drove hundreds of miles there and back to an interview set up by a recruiter. She found out at the interview that she didn't have enough experience in a particular area for the job -- a fact that would have been obvious if they'd examined her resume ahead of time. Probably would have also been a good idea to make sure recruiters were also aware of the "must-haves" for the position. But hey, no one was out anything -- except the candidate, right?
Why the FUCK should students going to college today sign up to go into a career where they know they'll be out of work in 15 years?
Bingo. Whether this guy's comment is accurate or just reflects the attitude of employers in the field, the fruits of this policy would be a vast reduction in available 20-year-olds in the future. And the 20-year-olds he would still get would be the ones that we sufficiently short-sighted to consider 15 years to be a lifetime.
Who needs to prove it? Googling "bogus piracy takedowns" gets six million results.