Seems like not only do you drive recklessly with righteousness, but since you can't find a single case of where I said something even remotely similar to your bogo-quote you must be smoking the good stuff. Please keep the roads safe and don't drive while under the influence of either your righteousness or your pakalolo.
Big deal. Whether or not you were a troll or someone just trying to CYA, what you posted is typical thinking of a LOT of people. Anyone of them reading along may recognize themselves and think a little deeper. Besides, the POINT of trolling is to get the other person hissing and spitting, not rationally rebutting you. Which makes me think you are just trying to CYA.
I wouldn't have pulled into the left lane with a vehicle within 3 car lengths behind me to begin with.
Don't be ridiculous. Car lengths have nothing to do with it. Time is what matters and when the differential is 20-30mph 3 car lengths translates into milliseconds. If someone is rapidly overtaking you in the fast lane you need to allow for a wide margin before pulling out in front of them.
Odds are if you're an insane speeder tailigating type, you'll have a cellphone too. Call 911. Get a police escort. I'll kindly pull over and let you pass then.
Again, who are you to judge? You are just reaching for straws.
Lots of people do not have cell phones, anyone can have an emergency. Even people who do own a cell phone, in a real emergency may not have the opportunity to collect it before getting to their car - or may have left at home or lost it. Stuff like that tends to happen in an emergency.
I used to be like you. I figured that if *I* had to obey the law then everyone else better damn-well do it too. But somewhere along the last couple of hundred thousand miles I had time and the presence of mind to reason it out. I realized that ego is death. You DON'T win a prize for slowing someone else down, at best you just aggravate them, making them even more dangerous when they get past you, and at worst you kill someone.
I suggest you take the time to fully think through the consquences of your actions and stop hiding behind the consquences of other people's actions. Two wrongs do not make a right, especially on the road.
But if a truck is in the right lane going 45, and I'm the left doing the speed limit of say 55.
Hey, we can make up all kinds of hypotheticals. But you're wrong even with that one. You shouldn't be jumping into the left lane if someone else is already rapidly approaching in that lane to begin with. You should just wait for them to go by before getting out there yourself. And if you are already in the left lane going 55, you didn't belong there in the first place - c.f. Illinois limiting your time there to less than a quarter of a mile.
What's so important you can't wait 5 seconds?
If you seriously think about that question, the only rational conclusion you can come to is that whatever the reason, it is that driver's reason and not your place to judge. Maybe he's rushing someone to the hospital, maybe he's running from some psycho in another car with a gun. Who knows? The safe driver knows to get out of the way as soon as possible.
What the fuck, how many times to I have to explain things to you.
Read the thread.
No... go back and re-read it, now.
If you still haven't figured out that you are the incoherent one - disputing phantom arguments and generally spouting off like a senile old walnut, then you are as clueless as the dork doing 55 in the fast lane.
If you in your fucked up reality believe that the left lane is for you fuckheads that want to go 70MPH then you are FUCKING WRONG and will be pulled over for BEING A FUCKING IDIOT! AKA speeding.
Did I EVER once say that speeding in the left lane was legal? Did I even ever once say that it was OK?
You are all high-and-mighty about the law, but you know what? The law won't stop you from being killed by that 6 ton SUV, no matter how many times you fuck off.
Sorry thanks for playing. 85 in a 70 isn't too unreasonable, but if I'm doing 85 in a 70 and you roll up on me doing 100??? You'd better be able to drop that speed fast because YOU are at 100 are a clear and present threat to everyone around you, and I will drop to the limit in front of you. 30mph over the limit? Turn in your license, asshat.
Ask the cops.
Seriously. Since you are so confident in the righteousness of your actions, why don't you just check in with your local state police, it doesn't matter what state. Ask them if what you just described is the safest way to drive, ask them if it is even an acceptable way to drive.
You'll hear back that doing what you just wrote will qualify you for at least one charge of reckless driving.
Yeah, try that shit in traffic court when you are on trial for reckless driving. I'm sure the judge will be real fucking receptive
How in the world do you go from "stay out of the fast lane" to reckless driving?
I PROMISE anyone who keeps out of the fast lane will not have to worry about charges of reckless driving. While camping in the fast lane may actually get you hauled in front of a judge - in Illinois it is now illegal to spend more than a quarter of a mile in the fast lane.
I didn' say I agreed with speed limits per se. But no where can I find in my state's vehicle code that says that people in the left lane can go as fast as they want.
You seem to have missed the central point of my point. It doesn't fucking matter WHAT the law is - REALITY is what counts and anyone who thinks it is OK to camp in the left lane at the posted speed limit is dangerously out of touch with reality.
An example- a high school kid in my town got a Mistubishi Eclipse when he passed his driving test. Two friends in the car, he's doing sixty down a local road. That's pretty damn fast, and yes, too fast for a country road with limited visibility. How did he crash? His friend at the last second yelled "turn here!", and the guy tried to do a 90 degree turn. At 60mph. Instead of just keeping on the road. Speed didn't cause the crash- stupidity and lack of experience with what the car was (and was NOT) capable of did.
That's what happens when Mits stopped making the all-wheel-drive versions of the eclipse!
That's fine just as long as you stay the hell out of the left lane.
Whoever modded you "Funny" needs a beating with the clue-stick.
Dolts who insist on "driving the limit" in the fast lane are an enormous traffic hazard. The OP's got that self-righteous tone that really leads one to suspect that he is a member of that particular group of mental defectives.
It doesn't matter what you think of the speed limit, camping in the fastlane is like arguing theology with a tsunami. All your protestations won't make a bit of difference to that 6-ton SUV hurtling down the road at 90mph, and if you are in his lane you are increasing the risk not only to yourself and the SUV's driver but to everyone else on the road for miles. That is on top of whatever risk the SUV's driver causes by going 90mph in the first place.
Sounds like bullshit to me too. MoD was indicted July 8th, 1992. According to Phrack one day later the EFF made this highly ambiguous press release:
EFF Issues Statement On New York Computer Crime Indictments July 9, 1992
Cambridge, MA -- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) issued a statement concerning the indictment of MOD for alleged computer-related crimes.
This statement said, in part, that EFF's "staff counsel in Cambridge, Mike Godwin is carefully reviewing the indictment."
EFF co-founder and president Mitchell Kapor said "EFF's position on unauthorized access to computer systems is, and has always been, that it is wrong. Nevertheless, we have on previous occasions discovered that allegations contained in Federal indictments can also be wrong, and that civil liberties can be easily infringed in the information age. Because of this, we will be examining this case closely to establish the facts."
When asked how long the complete trial process might take, assistant U.S. attorney Fishbein said "I really couldn't make an accurate estimate. The length of time period before trial is generally more a function of the defense's actions than the prosecution's. It could take anywhere from six months to a year.
That sounds like it's a long way away from promising to help them[MoD] with legal support.
You should be able to get $50 just for the serial number on eBay or craigslist.
I second that recommendation. Either that, or hook up with a stateside friend and use his name and address. It is possible that IBM can tell the drive was sold overseas, but it is at least as possible that they will be too disorganized to even check.
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Seems like not only do you drive recklessly with righteousness, but since you can't find a single case of where I said something even remotely similar to your bogo-quote you must be smoking the good stuff. Please keep the roads safe and don't drive while under the influence of either your righteousness or your pakalolo.
You were quite rational with points like "It's safer if I go really really fast, trust me."
Prove it.
Post a link to the message where I said anything like that.
Big deal.
Whether or not you were a troll or someone just trying to CYA, what you posted is typical thinking of a LOT of people. Anyone of them reading along may recognize themselves and think a little deeper.
Besides, the POINT of trolling is to get the other person hissing and spitting, not rationally rebutting you. Which makes me think you are just trying to CYA.
Seriusly, what does Amazon's patents have anything to do with their 10 year anniversary?
Name one other characteristic of Amazon that is of MORE interest to the slashdot crowd?
You can bet Amazon's PR firm is working over-time hyping their 10th anniversary. A little anti-hype is appropriate.
It isn't like Amazon is your kid brother and slashdot just made him cry on his 10th birthday.
I wouldn't have pulled into the left lane with a vehicle within 3 car lengths behind me to begin with.
Don't be ridiculous. Car lengths have nothing to do with it. Time is what matters and when the differential is 20-30mph 3 car lengths translates into milliseconds. If someone is rapidly overtaking you in the fast lane you need to allow for a wide margin before pulling out in front of them.
Odds are if you're an insane speeder tailigating type, you'll have a cellphone too. Call 911. Get a police escort. I'll kindly pull over and let you pass then.
Again, who are you to judge? You are just reaching for straws.
Lots of people do not have cell phones, anyone can have an emergency. Even people who do own a cell phone, in a real emergency may not have the opportunity to collect it before getting to their car - or may have left at home or lost it. Stuff like that tends to happen in an emergency.
I used to be like you. I figured that if *I* had to obey the law then everyone else better damn-well do it too. But somewhere along the last couple of hundred thousand miles I had time and the presence of mind to reason it out. I realized that ego is death. You DON'T win a prize for slowing someone else down, at best you just aggravate them, making them even more dangerous when they get past you, and at worst you kill someone.
I suggest you take the time to fully think through the consquences of your actions and stop hiding behind the consquences of other people's actions. Two wrongs do not make a right, especially on the road.
Here is some guys extraordinarily informative take on it.
Dammit! That's a link to Roland's website too!
Well, here's hoping you have a good lawyer too!
But if a truck is in the right lane going 45, and I'm the left doing the speed limit of say 55.
Hey, we can make up all kinds of hypotheticals. But you're wrong even with that one. You shouldn't be jumping into the left lane if someone else is already rapidly approaching in that lane to begin with. You should just wait for them to go by before getting out there yourself. And if you are already in the left lane going 55, you didn't belong there in the first place - c.f. Illinois limiting your time there to less than a quarter of a mile.
What's so important you can't wait 5 seconds?
If you seriously think about that question, the only rational conclusion you can come to is that whatever the reason, it is that driver's reason and not your place to judge. Maybe he's rushing someone to the hospital, maybe he's running from some psycho in another car with a gun. Who knows? The safe driver knows to get out of the way as soon as possible.
What is a SPITstorm?
Google on spitstorm and voip returns nothing, not a single hit.
What the fuck, how many times to I have to explain things to you.
Read the thread.
No... go back and re-read it, now.
If you still haven't figured out that you are the incoherent one - disputing phantom arguments and generally spouting off like a senile old walnut, then you are as clueless as the dork doing 55 in the fast lane.
But it doesn't implicitly say go faster than the posted speed posted limit.
But it REALLY doesn't say: "Force other people to go the speed you think they should go."
I hope you have a good lawyer.
Why? Are you planning on suing me?
If you in your fucked up reality believe that the left lane is for you fuckheads that want to go 70MPH then you are FUCKING WRONG and will be pulled over for BEING A FUCKING IDIOT! AKA speeding.
Did I EVER once say that speeding in the left lane was legal?
Did I even ever once say that it was OK?
You are all high-and-mighty about the law, but you know what? The law won't stop you from being killed by that 6 ton SUV, no matter how many times you fuck off.
Sorry thanks for playing. 85 in a 70 isn't too unreasonable, but if I'm doing 85 in a 70 and you roll up on me doing 100??? You'd better be able to drop that speed fast because YOU are at 100 are a clear and present threat to everyone around you, and I will drop to the limit in front of you. 30mph over the limit? Turn in your license, asshat.
Ask the cops.
Seriously. Since you are so confident in the righteousness of your actions, why don't you just check in with your local state police, it doesn't matter what state. Ask them if what you just described is the safest way to drive, ask them if it is even an acceptable way to drive.
You'll hear back that doing what you just wrote will qualify you for at least one charge of reckless driving.
Hey fucktard!
Yah, you penguin42.
Why the selective editing?
What part of:
That is on top of whatever risk the SUV's driver causes by going 90mph in the first place.
did you fail to understand?
Yeah, try that shit in traffic court when you are on trial for reckless driving. I'm sure the judge will be real fucking receptive
How in the world do you go from "stay out of the fast lane" to reckless driving?
I PROMISE anyone who keeps out of the fast lane will not have to worry about charges of reckless driving. While camping in the fast lane may actually get you hauled in front of a judge - in Illinois it is now illegal to spend more than a quarter of a mile in the fast lane.
I didn' say I agreed with speed limits per se. But no where can I find in my state's vehicle code that says that people in the left lane can go as fast as they want.
You seem to have missed the central point of my point.
It doesn't fucking matter WHAT the law is - REALITY is what counts and anyone who thinks it is OK to camp in the left lane at the posted speed limit is dangerously out of touch with reality.
An example- a high school kid in my town got a Mistubishi Eclipse when he passed his driving test. Two friends in the car, he's doing sixty down a local road. That's pretty damn fast, and yes, too fast for a country road with limited visibility. How did he crash? His friend at the last second yelled "turn here!", and the guy tried to do a 90 degree turn. At 60mph. Instead of just keeping on the road. Speed didn't cause the crash- stupidity and lack of experience with what the car was (and was NOT) capable of did.
That's what happens when Mits stopped making the all-wheel-drive versions of the eclipse!
That's fine just as long as you stay the hell out of the left lane.
Whoever modded you "Funny" needs a beating with the clue-stick.
Dolts who insist on "driving the limit" in the fast lane are an enormous traffic hazard. The OP's got that self-righteous tone that really leads one to suspect that he is a member of that particular group of mental defectives.
It doesn't matter what you think of the speed limit, camping in the fastlane is like arguing theology with a tsunami. All your protestations won't make a bit of difference to that 6-ton SUV hurtling down the road at 90mph, and if you are in his lane you are increasing the risk not only to yourself and the SUV's driver but to everyone else on the road for miles. That is on top of whatever risk the SUV's driver causes by going 90mph in the first place.
A physical demonstration is also planned in Strasbourg on next tuesday the 5th of July.
Hhhrm...
This is your software market...
(holds up egg)
This is your software market on patents...
SMASHES egg with 20Kg print-out of American software patent filings
Any questions?
An understanding of how it works is crucial to gaining a firm grasp on the physical world.
I did not RTFA, and now I feel like I am tripping on acid - swallowing colors of the sound I hear, I am just a crazy guy.
Slashdot, it's better than drugs!
It will make you innn-sane!!
MoD was indicted July 8th, 1992.
According to Phrack one day later the EFF made this highly ambiguous press release:
That sounds like it's a long way away from promising to help them[MoD] with legal support.
You should be able to get $50 just for the serial number on eBay or craigslist.
I second that recommendation.
Either that, or hook up with a stateside friend and use his name and address. It is possible that IBM can tell the drive was sold overseas, but it is at least as possible that they will be too disorganized to even check.
I guess you finally figured out I was playing you and your silly opinion for the knob...
Obeying the last will of a loved one is noble
Fortunately, we threw all the nobbility out during the American revolution. So being nobble would be completely un-American.