He made bad choices, and then reacted extremely badly to the rather predictable consequences. I'm not sure he's much of a poster boy for anything much. It's sad, but I'm not sure what exactly we're supposed to be celebrating here.
Sadly. I agree. He was certainly smart enough to be aware of the consequences of getting caught and of the precedent the Feds have set in similar cases regarding punishment.
The claim that using a cellphone while driving is dangerous stems completely from the action of taking your hand(s) off the wheel, and eyes off the road. This is exactly what bluetooth hands free systems are designed for, and exactly why they are including it in more and more vehicles
Actually, there have been a number of studies that show it's the distraction of talking on the cell phone that is dangerous and using a headset does little to reduce that danger.
I don't see why causing death by a hack should have any special treatment compared to causing death by an ice pick, a bullet, high voltage electricity, or any other exotic means.
There should be no special legislation needed for this.
The problem was the legislation that was used to prosecute hacks didn't make this distinction. All they are proposing is to bring it in line with the other, existing, legislation.
So what you're saying is the second anyone infringes on the rights of a group you belong to you automatically band together in protest, even if it's at the potential expense of your livlihood?
Yes. It's called being in a union and something the corporations (with government assistance) eradicated to the point of almost extinction around the same time this behavior began.
I've never heard of a taxi company with navigators. In the UK at least they just require taxi drivers to have learnt every single road in London to be licensed.
Actually, they only require London taxi drivers to have learnt every single road in London to be licensed. In Edinburgh, that information is of limited use.
Today I saw an American in London trying to buy their lunch with their credit card. The cashier didn't know how to process swipe-and-sign cards, since they are exceedingly rare, they had to go and find a pen.
Very much this. I'm a Brit that has lived in the US for 17 years. When I go back home, the cashiers hear my accent, think I'm local and then give me weird looks when they have no clue how to process my credit cards (even though, technically, they should be able to). It's got to the stage now where I just use cash over there.
My English teacher used to show Monty Python and the Holy Grail in class. She gave extra credit to the people that could stay away and were also paying attention. No one got the extra credit.
This. It's quite boring. The only people I know that like that type of base humor are Republicans.
You need to broaden your social circle. Having said that, even Michael Palin has said a lot of their TV show was crap. When it does hit the mark, though, it can be very funny.
Maybe you should look towards that party that is based on letting you decide for yourself what's best for you? You know, the one that actually has "liberty" in the name and all? Just a thought...
Maybe you should join the rest of the democratic world and realise that 3 choices is still far too few.
What about all the other courses that are required for the degree, like algebra, calculus, discrete math, technical writing, and other electives like psychology, history, business management, or biology. All of these, while not directly applicable, are definitely useful, and should not be ignored.
Those are all fine subjects, but none of them are CS.
If that's what you want, then fair enough - just don't expect a CS degree to deliver that.
The CS theory I learned has proved useful in various phases of my 25+ year career, but your milage may vary.
Of course, end of life doesn't mean it will disappear in a puff of smoke. However, I do understand the risks associated maintaining an unsupported OS.
I second the Linux Mint idea. I run a distro with Xfce desktop on my netbook and it's lightweight and would take grandma 5 minutes to learn where the browser and email applications are.
I am on of the people who 'got goxed' and I strongly agree with Daniel Negreanu's idea in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Bashing Mark Karpeles in the nuts with a baseball bat!
This is the same Daniel Negreaneau who thinks it's fine that his good buddy Erik Lindgren stiffs people on his gambling debts because he is an "old school" poker player.
Coming from the aerospace industry, you cannot have software that has bugs. And if there was the possibility of a software bug, you have to prove that you can mitigate the effect in hardware. So just to say "software has bugs...life has risks" isn't an acceptable answer (in my opinion). We have to remember this is not an apples to apples comparison. Just because traditional consumer software always has bugs in it (which are acceptable) doesn't mean they are acceptable in other industries. Considering that the failure puts someone's life at risk, I would think it should be considered unacceptable in automotive industry as well.
If you want your cars to be as expensive as a 747, then you can attain that goal. I used to work in the automotive industry designing embedded software for engine management systems. At that time, no automotive company would pay more than $100 for the Engine Control Unit. Probably 60% of the code was written to manage failures (both software and hardware), and there were other electronic fail safe mechanisms. But you can't mitigate every possible failure event without introducing costs that would have made the unit orders of magnitude more expensive.
You had me at Buffy.
Netflix is producing Buffy?
When, how, who?
Somebody take my money, now.
Please don't suck.
A quick search on this subject reveals nothing informative, does any one have any details?
Of course, Buffy isn't sci-fi so isn't really a part of this discussion.
I have lived in Connecticut for 17 years. There is nothing rare about the amount of snow that is falling today. It doesn't happen every week, but 12 inches (or whatever we are going to get today) is not exactly Biblical.
Mild winters are the rare events.
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He made bad choices, and then reacted extremely badly to the rather predictable consequences. I'm not sure he's much of a poster boy for anything much. It's sad, but I'm not sure what exactly we're supposed to be celebrating here.
Sadly. I agree. He was certainly smart enough to be aware of the consequences of getting caught and of the precedent the Feds have set in similar cases regarding punishment.
The claim that using a cellphone while driving is dangerous stems completely from the action of taking your hand(s) off the wheel, and eyes off the road. This is exactly what bluetooth hands free systems are designed for, and exactly why they are including it in more and more vehicles
Actually, there have been a number of studies that show it's the distraction of talking on the cell phone that is dangerous and using a headset does little to reduce that danger.
The gandi pricing appears to be $9/year for both co.uk and uk.
I don't see why causing death by a hack should have any special treatment compared to causing death by an ice pick, a bullet, high voltage electricity, or any other exotic means.
There should be no special legislation needed for this.
The problem was the legislation that was used to prosecute hacks didn't make this distinction. All they are proposing is to bring it in line with the other, existing, legislation.
So what you're saying is the second anyone infringes on the rights of a group you belong to you automatically band together in protest, even if it's at the potential expense of your livlihood?
Yes. It's called being in a union and something the corporations (with government assistance) eradicated to the point of almost extinction around the same time this behavior began.
I have encountered substantially more rain in Connecticut than when I lived in Scotland.
I've never heard of a taxi company with navigators. In the UK at least they just require taxi drivers to have learnt every single road in London to be licensed.
Actually, they only require London taxi drivers to have learnt every single road in London to be licensed. In Edinburgh, that information is of limited use.
Today I saw an American in London trying to buy their lunch with their credit card. The cashier didn't know how to process swipe-and-sign cards, since they are exceedingly rare, they had to go and find a pen.
Very much this. I'm a Brit that has lived in the US for 17 years. When I go back home, the cashiers hear my accent, think I'm local and then give me weird looks when they have no clue how to process my credit cards (even though, technically, they should be able to). It's got to the stage now where I just use cash over there.
The sole use of Bitcoins are for drug addicts and drug dealers. Why would stock traders care about these people?
Because historically the traders have been some of the dealers best customers?
Because Cosby. Robin Williams. Jonathan Winters. David Letterman. Elizabeth Warren.
To be fair, Letterman wasn't funny when he was younger.
My English teacher used to show Monty Python and the Holy Grail in class. She gave extra credit to the people that could stay away and were also paying attention. No one got the extra credit.
Granted, it's no Gilligan's Island.
This. It's quite boring. The only people I know that like that type of base humor are Republicans.
You need to broaden your social circle. Having said that, even Michael Palin has said a lot of their TV show was crap. When it does hit the mark, though, it can be very funny.
Though they were in turn inspired by the absurdism of the Goon Show.
http://www.thegoonshow.net/dow...
While somewhat true, they were more inspired by Spike Millgan's "Q" TV series.
Maybe you should look towards that party that is based on letting you decide for yourself what's best for you? You know, the one that actually has "liberty" in the name and all? Just a thought...
Maybe you should join the rest of the democratic world and realise that 3 choices is still far too few.
Those were all written after I graduated, you insensitive clod.
In the rest of the world, Pi Day is approximately 22/7.
What about all the other courses that are required for the degree, like algebra, calculus, discrete math, technical writing, and other electives like psychology, history, business management, or biology. All of these, while not directly applicable, are definitely useful, and should not be ignored.
Those are all fine subjects, but none of them are CS.
If that's what you want, then fair enough - just don't expect a CS degree to deliver that. The CS theory I learned has proved useful in various phases of my 25+ year career, but your milage may vary.
The Art of Computer Programming Volumes 1 - 4A.
Of course, end of life doesn't mean it will disappear in a puff of smoke. However, I do understand the risks associated maintaining an unsupported OS. I second the Linux Mint idea. I run a distro with Xfce desktop on my netbook and it's lightweight and would take grandma 5 minutes to learn where the browser and email applications are.
I am on of the people who 'got goxed' and I strongly agree with Daniel Negreanu's idea in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Bashing Mark Karpeles in the nuts with a baseball bat!
This is the same Daniel Negreaneau who thinks it's fine that his good buddy Erik Lindgren stiffs people on his gambling debts because he is an "old school" poker player.
Even easier is to just TURN IT OFF using the key and get on the breaks. Trust me, the car WILL stop running and come to a full stop fairly quick.
Not if it's a diesel engine.
Coming from the aerospace industry, you cannot have software that has bugs. And if there was the possibility of a software bug, you have to prove that you can mitigate the effect in hardware. So just to say "software has bugs...life has risks" isn't an acceptable answer (in my opinion). We have to remember this is not an apples to apples comparison. Just because traditional consumer software always has bugs in it (which are acceptable) doesn't mean they are acceptable in other industries. Considering that the failure puts someone's life at risk, I would think it should be considered unacceptable in automotive industry as well.
If you want your cars to be as expensive as a 747, then you can attain that goal. I used to work in the automotive industry designing embedded software for engine management systems. At that time, no automotive company would pay more than $100 for the Engine Control Unit. Probably 60% of the code was written to manage failures (both software and hardware), and there were other electronic fail safe mechanisms. But you can't mitigate every possible failure event without introducing costs that would have made the unit orders of magnitude more expensive.
You had me at Buffy. Netflix is producing Buffy? When, how, who? Somebody take my money, now. Please don't suck. A quick search on this subject reveals nothing informative, does any one have any details?
Of course, Buffy isn't sci-fi so isn't really a part of this discussion.
I have lived in Connecticut for 17 years. There is nothing rare about the amount of snow that is falling today. It doesn't happen every week, but 12 inches (or whatever we are going to get today) is not exactly Biblical. Mild winters are the rare events.