Gee. Europe started with that GSM thingy. They were doing cellular much better than the US with TDMA and CDMA. Universal handsets. No subsidy lock.
Maybe they have limited resources so they use them better.
No, that's not what I meant. The ignition switch fiasco is an example of a poor organizational culture getting people killed needlessly.
I'm talking about deaths that might happen during a normal development cycle of 3-6 months to identify the problem,develop, test and distribute a fix.
That is an unfortunate accident, and the injured should be fairly compensated. But not at a punitive level that the consumers of the technology would have to pay for, one way or another. The lawyers who advertise on local TV would be salivating at the chance to sue a company worth $Billions like Google in a local court.
This is why the self-driving car will take so long to develop.
If I fall asleep and hit your car and injure you, you will nick my insurance, probably up to the limit of my liability. If that is exceeded, you will probably stop there, or stop after putting me into bankruptcy.
Now, if the Google(r) Self Driving Car(tm) hits you, you will sue Google for $Billions. Especially if you find out that the car hit you because of a *known* bug. That will go over very well in the hands of a non-technical jury. All software ever written (even software for the Apollo Lunar Lander) has known bugs. No company can fix every bug *immediately*. They have to prioritize, write fix, test fix, distribute fix, etc. During that time, an accident could happen. In the current 'deep pockets' liability theory, the expected cost of these lawsuits would be more than the cost of developing the software and the cost of the sensors and hardware necessary to implement it.
Even if, on average, the Google(r) Self Driving Car(tm) is safer than driving yourself, unless something like the vaccine liability fund is implemented, then the car is a non-starter (pun intended). Which is a shame because 1) I want one and 2) it's likely to be safer than the Human Driven Car (tm).
It gives the person's last (or first) name, but not the complete name. Just starts quoting by name in the middle.
Also, it lists Comcast by name but just says "employed by a large accounting firm". Looks like they could have spent five minutes more on research so we know who to blame.
The other Arab countries don't want the Palestinians, despite all their talk of sovereignty.
Egypt guards the South boundary of Gaza. Jordan guards the East side of the West Bank. They won't let the Palestinians out.
In a rational world, Egypt and Jordan would annex the areas and take responsibility for subduing the people with rockets. But the area is so heavily settled it will be a net loss to anyone. So they just guard the perimeter - much better than America guards their Southern border.
Buzz Aldrin should have been the first man on the moon.
He's done much more to be an evangelist for space exploration than Neil ever did. It was almost impossible to get Neil out of his cocoon. We need someone making space exploration real and desirable to get funding.
Like the transcontinental railroad and the channel tunnel, both of which went bankrupt during or shortly after the build, the fiber will still be serving the homes 20 years out with higher speed bandwidth than they would have any other way. Build it and they will come.
The statistics I've seen for the chance that a person will commit a death and dismemberment crime are equal for all races (within the margin of error) if you look only at the people with no criminal record.
That's easily explained as most people committing death or dismemberment don't startwith that crime, but work their way up to it.
I don't consider responding to an armed invasion (by Russia) of sovereign territory (Ukraine) 'offensive' use. That's usually considered 'defense', at least in my dictionary.
I wouldn't expect them to be used, but it would serve their design purpose by deterring Russia.
And this is the endgame of all of the 'nuclear free' 'disarmament' talks.
Ukraine relied on the treaty, signed by the US, UK and Russia to keep them safe and independent. Russia is violating it. The US and UK are doing nothing concrete to stop it.
Do you think for one moment Russia would have invaded if Ukraine were still a nuclear power?
As usual, this affects 80% of the people (who can only afford one car/person) severely. And the 1% won't even feel it, as they have either a stable of cars or the ability to call a black car service who will come with a car to take them wherever they want.
The real solution is fewer people, but no one wants to look at that.
I'm all for this - if the President proposes something else to cut by $1Bn.
The budget is currently way over what we're taking in, and taxes are high enough already.
Find something to cut to pay for it - as well as any other new spending.
The headline indicates that six Leaf cars can power the building. Later they say the scheme reduced peak power load by 2%. Doesn't that indicate it would take 6*50, or 300 Leaf cars to power the whole building.
This sort of fuzzy math makes me doubt most of the solar and wind claims.
Another post is heavily in favor of net-metering, where the utility pays you the same rate per KWH as they sell it to you. That's bad economics. That means you can buy power at peak periods and have them buy from you at off-peak. You're asking them to be your energy storage source at no cost. If everyone did that, the utility would go broke trying to keep generator plants available (at zero cost) for when the sun doesn't shine or there's a hot day with a large air conditioning load.
No, capital punishment is the onlypunishment that has not had any repeat offenders.
People sentenced to *life* have been paroled and killed others.
People on death row have killed guards.
People who have completed capital punishment have never killed anyone else.
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Gee. Europe started with that GSM thingy. They were doing cellular much better than the US with TDMA and CDMA. Universal handsets. No subsidy lock. Maybe they have limited resources so they use them better.
And yet you can walk around it now without damage. Unlike Fukushima or Pripyat...
Sex is no substitute for plot, dialogue or story line. If you don't think so, there's a whole genre out there waiting for you.
Yes, obviously there can be no defects in Apple software. If it's not working for you, hold it differently. Or restart.
I'm still struggling now.
Don't have a good answer.
I'm talking about deaths that might happen during a normal development cycle of 3-6 months to identify the problem,develop, test and distribute a fix.
That is an unfortunate accident, and the injured should be fairly compensated. But not at a punitive level that the consumers of the technology would have to pay for, one way or another. The lawyers who advertise on local TV would be salivating at the chance to sue a company worth $Billions like Google in a local court.
If I fall asleep and hit your car and injure you, you will nick my insurance, probably up to the limit of my liability. If that is exceeded, you will probably stop there, or stop after putting me into bankruptcy.
Now, if the Google(r) Self Driving Car(tm) hits you, you will sue Google for $Billions. Especially if you find out that the car hit you because of a *known* bug. That will go over very well in the hands of a non-technical jury. All software ever written (even software for the Apollo Lunar Lander) has known bugs. No company can fix every bug *immediately*. They have to prioritize, write fix, test fix, distribute fix, etc. During that time, an accident could happen. In the current 'deep pockets' liability theory, the expected cost of these lawsuits would be more than the cost of developing the software and the cost of the sensors and hardware necessary to implement it.
Even if, on average, the Google(r) Self Driving Car(tm) is safer than driving yourself, unless something like the vaccine liability fund is implemented, then the car is a non-starter (pun intended). Which is a shame because 1) I want one and 2) it's likely to be safer than the Human Driven Car (tm).
It gives the person's last (or first) name, but not the complete name. Just starts quoting by name in the middle.
Also, it lists Comcast by name but just says "employed by a large accounting firm". Looks like they could have spent five minutes more on research so we know who to blame.
I wish our justice system was less like a football game and more an inquiry into facts.
Universities and others that make hate speech a crime are violating the principle of free speech.
Egypt guards the South boundary of Gaza. Jordan guards the East side of the West Bank. They won't let the Palestinians out.
In a rational world, Egypt and Jordan would annex the areas and take responsibility for subduing the people with rockets. But the area is so heavily settled it will be a net loss to anyone. So they just guard the perimeter - much better than America guards their Southern border.
He's done much more to be an evangelist for space exploration than Neil ever did. It was almost impossible to get Neil out of his cocoon. We need someone making space exploration real and desirable to get funding.
Like the transcontinental railroad and the channel tunnel, both of which went bankrupt during or shortly after the build, the fiber will still be serving the homes 20 years out with higher speed bandwidth than they would have any other way. Build it and they will come.
The statistics I've seen for the chance that a person will commit a death and dismemberment crime are equal for all races (within the margin of error) if you look only at the people with no criminal record.
That's easily explained as most people committing death or dismemberment don't startwith that crime, but work their way up to it.
We did let them sort it out in Rwanda, and everyone blames the US and UN for NOT stopping it.
A regexp for your position would be [*] US is wrong.
Cuba and the Phillipines cost more to defend and 'pacify' than they were worth at the time, so they were let go.
Aren't they genetic twins?
I wouldn't expect them to be used, but it would serve their design purpose by deterring Russia.
In the US, there's a tax credit per child. If you are on public assistance, the monthly payment goes up with the number of children.
Instead of subsidizing children, why not pay people for either permanent or temporary contraception?
And this is the endgame of all of the 'nuclear free' 'disarmament' talks. Ukraine relied on the treaty, signed by the US, UK and Russia to keep them safe and independent. Russia is violating it. The US and UK are doing nothing concrete to stop it. Do you think for one moment Russia would have invaded if Ukraine were still a nuclear power?
As usual, this affects 80% of the people (who can only afford one car/person) severely. And the 1% won't even feel it, as they have either a stable of cars or the ability to call a black car service who will come with a car to take them wherever they want. The real solution is fewer people, but no one wants to look at that.
I'm all for this - if the President proposes something else to cut by $1Bn. The budget is currently way over what we're taking in, and taxes are high enough already. Find something to cut to pay for it - as well as any other new spending.
Is there a source reference to this?
The headline indicates that six Leaf cars can power the building. Later they say the scheme reduced peak power load by 2%. Doesn't that indicate it would take 6*50, or 300 Leaf cars to power the whole building.
This sort of fuzzy math makes me doubt most of the solar and wind claims.
Another post is heavily in favor of net-metering, where the utility pays you the same rate per KWH as they sell it to you. That's bad economics. That means you can buy power at peak periods and have them buy from you at off-peak. You're asking them to be your energy storage source at no cost. If everyone did that, the utility would go broke trying to keep generator plants available (at zero cost) for when the sun doesn't shine or there's a hot day with a large air conditioning load.
No, capital punishment is the onlypunishment that has not had any repeat offenders. People sentenced to *life* have been paroled and killed others. People on death row have killed guards. People who have completed capital punishment have never killed anyone else.