And there it is...We The People. We bitch, moan, rant and rave, yet pull the same damn lever each and every time. Is it the "devil you know" syndrome, the sheeple principle, general apathy, or some combination of all of the above.
Consider that the 16% rating comes from people thinking the "Congress" sucks, but "by God my guy is doing good...isn't he?" and thus vote him/her back into office. In my case I am in the manority and though I continue to cast my vote for "anything but the above" I'll lose. The system was gamed long time ago and if you'll pardon the pun...The House always wins.
Evil Guy (EG) to young hacker (YG): Okay, here's the terminal. get to work YG: What's a terminal, this thing got a usb port for my S6 to access? EG: This thing is a PDP11. They didn't have USB ports when it was made. Can you get in? YG: Get in? How the hell to I even log in? This thing was old before my father was born EG: Get in or Die! YG: Then it's been a good life for they had actual security on these old systems. Now if it was a PC we'd be done
No way can I hack into this system. Its just too damn old. EG: , okay then we just blow it up.
The PDP-11/45 was the very first computer I ever worked with at College in 1978. God I hate to sound like an old guy with a lawn, but they just don't make like that any more. I learned RATFOR, Pascal, c, and Assembler during that time. Even later on, thanks to my time on the PDP11 I expanded system knowledge working with the HP1000 and its front panel switches.
Out of the myriad issues with this topic, this is the one that bothers me the most. First, if we are aware of it then it is not secret any more. Just the idea of "secret" and "court" send warning bells up. Why do we need secret courts? What else do they do? Are they even constitutional (6th I believe) since the accused may not ever get to face the accuser.
In the fight over terrorism we, The People, have systematically dismantled the very foundations that this country was founded on. We cry out "Justice" while denying due process. We cry out "Freedom" when we silence many. We fight for "Truth", but accept the lies like candy. There should be no secret Court. There should be no absolute trust in a Government and the best way to fight terrorism, is with an informed, not cowed populous, The safest I ever felt flying after 9/11 was three weeks after the event and before the TSA. I knew, boarding that plane there were 90-120 people who hearing the words "This is a hijacking" would have crowd-sourced the man to the floor.
I accept that there are secrets and I can accept that even Governments need to keep them for a time, but not when it deals with Justice, with Constitutional rights.
You've not watched the series, or if you did, it was with a remote fast forwarding through those boring "thinking/feeling" parts. The original was nothing about flying about, shooting the crap and being rude....it was quite the opposite. Try again. Sit watch all 75 episodes and come back to edit these remarks.
You got me to read the whole chapter which was interesting since I normally don't read the Old Testament (to wordy). I enjoyed how the writer (The Lord God?) used the metaphor of prostitutes to talk about two fallen cities. The aliteration of sexual acts suggests the writer has some experience with the subject to write so eloquently about it. A good read, right up there with the two daughters having sex with the old man. Nothjing like the Old Testament to help define a religious belief.
[rant] This hits the nail on the head of an issue in business that has bugged me since I stated working in programming (way too many years ago). I'd be given an assignment, a due date, and told to get to work. So off I go and finish just ahead of time. My reward, more work. It's like running a race, crossing the finish line and told, keep running. What starts to happen is the productivity actually slows to the expectation, not the capability, because it is negative reward. I've seen these "go getters" that I've had to support to help them finish and then see them promoted or given slaps on the back, because they knew how to glad hand better then me. Don't want to be a team player and just let them sink, then you become to asshole who wont play nice.
American business so so screwed up this way, where we punish skill, speed, quality while rewarding the thin cover over a sham artist. Programming is not factory work, it is not a fill 500 holes with bolts in 8 hours type of work, yet it is consistently managed as such. Makes me ponder if this country had actual managers, not just supervisors or baby-sitters were we'd be today. I'm all for helping others (on a team and in life), but I just don't want that help to be translated to punishment just as I don't play some political game (God, I'm still naive after all this time). [/rant]
That is some fascinating art. Not so much my style, but I really like the statement. After seeing the bike lighting I pondered, were you consulted for the MIB scene outside the pawn shop?
I generally have the same viewpoint as you. I am not completely a "I got nothing to hide so go ahead" citizen, a healthy distrust of the Law is a good thing, but it is not good to move into paranoia (like I read here on/. at times).
So, what a great way to express yourself. Thank you for sharing.
Flying cars, invisibility, peace in the Middle East, FTL travel, consensus on the original lyrics to "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"?
At first I thought you couldn't be serious, then I dove into the information river for a swim. . Amazing, things you learn and beliefs shattered. "In the Garden of Eden"? Really? So I took it one step further and wanted to see a video to help remember the song. I found this one and had a disconnected moment thinking "My God those guys were old even back then". I quickly understood it was just a bunch of old guys reliving their glory. Please, old rockers, don't go on tour any more, you don't live up to the memories and it reminds me (and I guess others) just how old we are.
I'm going with Occam's Razor, they came up with In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida without the drunkenness; that would have been more like "in the gerdom ah girdon um gordon oh fuck, Eden". Still a great song to code by.
There is no thing as a humble Pope. The Pope is a political figure and as such, cannot be humble. A Pope can never be humble, at least in this day and age, for he would be dead. He can do good acts, he can say good thoughts, but humble, leader of 1.1B, nope , not humble.
And the current President of the United States use to be a community Organizer and teach Constitutional law. These days his administration uses drones to bomb communities and seems to look the other way when Constitutional rights are stripped from US citizens.
I guess people can change, or they play a great act.
In the new Pope's world, being truly humble would be following the examples of Christ without the power of being a Cardinal. Perhaps it may be better to say the Pop was less egotistical then other Cardinals. Mother Teresa was humble, Pope Francis I is a powerful man who's done good deeds.
"Tell people exactly when its going to change, and people will be more inclined to accelerate I think, if they think they can make it. I'm skeptical that it would lead to better driving."
Arabians can be jerks in general, but also wonderful horses. I understand your thoughts, but the quote above I'll differ with. Knowledge is power. What we do with it is arbitrary and independent from knowing. Some may rush, many will not, just as there are those that see a yellow still speed up, not slow down. At least is is an informed decision and less prone to equivocation.
I have. And the solution is simple. Drive slightly below the posted speed limit; or in many cases, simply driving at the posted limit instead 'with traffic' somewhat above it.
I'm doubting that. When it come to horses it is not about GVW, it is more about balance and about the movement of the horses. If you haul horses then you should know you just don't slam on the brakes unless there is no other choice and by then you're fucked anyway. 3000 lbs of horse moves around, front to back, side to side and as a driver I am not only trying to ensure a safe ride, but a ride that will get horses back on the trailer. My brakes are fine, my truck is rated for the weight and I drive at safe speeds that actually tend to be either at or below the limit. I've been saying all along that traffic lights/intersections are not configured for heavy vehicles, and when municipalities begin to alter a system, game it, to make money, not safety, then it does not matter how fast or slow I drive, at some moment I can lose if I don't drive defensively. That is a lousy way to manage traffic and transportation. Give me a timer display and I can much better manage that intersection and not be an impediment to traffic.
Out of curiosity, do you haul horses for competition? What kind of horses and what style of riding do you perform?
The "law" describes common sense which is funny in its self. That a government needed to explicitly write down what should be apparent reeks of not only a cya mentality, but a way to use a law against someone as a catch all.
In my examples I've already stated that in some circumstances the light is not seen, in that case I am already slowing down, and in a situation where I have a long approach I am wary of a green but maintain a safe traffic speed to a point where I may start to slow. However, I cannot come to a stop at each light, I cannot slow to an unsafe speed (by which I mean one that causes others to act in an irrational manner) to far out, so it is a balancing act of time. That could be assisted if there were indicators showing me how long I got before a light goes green to yellow or yellow to red.
Until you drive a heavy tow or livestock you cannot appreciate the focus needed the moment you start to the moment you stop. My point is that a government seems more inclined to use tools to extort...I mean extract...money from people in the name of safety when they could use different tools to actually create a safe driving environment. For example, adding reflective markers on lanes so in bad weather or dark curvy roads it is easier to actually see the road (or lanes). Instead of red light camera's put the count down timers like I mentioned. How about the police pulling over slow drivers with warnings and my favorite, stop hiding for speed traps. The number times I've been in situations where coming over a rise there is a huge traffic snarl from so many people braking, even if their doing the speed limit. As I remember the motto on cop cars it was "To Protect and Serve" not "To Hassle and Fleece".
I've been doing this for some time now and I'm thinking about a light way before most people do. I have my eye not just on the light, but on opposing traffic as well. I cannot drive too slow for then I become a hazard to others on the road. The answer is not in speed, but in having a system that informs drivers, not punishes them,
There is an intersection along a route I drive with my horses. It is a blind light meaning that be the time I get to see it I do not have the time to react safely if it changing. In this instance I always am slowing down to a point where I can either continue a safe stop (in the case of green to yellow, yellow to red) or accelerate if it seemed a long enough green. I use the term "seems" for when I make the turn and its green I have no clue how long it may have been green. Once, I saw the green started to accelerate, light went to yellow and almost within 5 secs went to red as I just got to the intersection. I had no choice to stop safely so I rolled through praying the whole time opposing traffic would not jump off the line.
Had their been a camera I would has gotten a ticket, but my only other option would have been to try and slam on the brakes, possibly injuring horses. Traffic systems are meant to provide safe flow of traffic through an intersection, not be a means for collecting dollars for a local government. Not all intersections provide that nice long approach and sadly it seems to take accidents to change the mind of city or county planners.
You've never driven a horse trailer loaded with two large horses. When I come up on a traffic light that is green I cannot really slow down trying to anticipate if/when it goes to yellow for I still need to maintain traffic speed. When that light goes yellow I have an instant to make a decision, because I cannot hit the brakes hard and throw 3000 lbs of horse forward. I can only either ease then add more firm brakes or continue on, hoping the yellow is long enough for me to get through or hold opposing traffic enough to see I cannot stop.
Stop thinking everyone drives high performance cars. If a town was really interested in traffic safety they would install count down timers on traffic light intersections so an approaching driver can best gauge whether to brake in a reasonable time frame, brake firmly, or continue on. My stopping distance is minimum two times that of a passenger car so knowing how much time I got would really take the stress of of every light I come too when hauling horses.
That comparison would only seek to enforce what the OP stated. If employees have a dress code, whether it is Business casual or jeans then it is up toe the immediate management to enforce that policy. If it gets/got out of hand then it is the immediate manager's problem, not hte company. To change that example, I come to work every in my clean, un-holed jeans wearing a decent shirt and shoes. Around me folks attire is failing so my reward for others bad behavior is to be punished for following the existing rules and required to go back to wearing a suit, because a manager could not enforce a rule. That is just wrong thinking.
The same then applies in telecommuting. There are ways to measure performance, be it completion times, lines of code or some other metric. If management fails to measure shame on them. If they measure and fail to act again shame on them. That is their job thus the term Management. take away my telecommute, because others are irresponsible is throwing the baby out with the bath water, a poor management practice and like the OP said, a company that is rotten in the core and will soon fall.
dang it, now you got me curious. As a R/C fan I read and see videos of some pretty large "scale" planes that come close to holding a small child. Now I'm neither a scientist or mathematician (just a programmer), but could we calculate the recoil force of an AR-15 and factor what is needed engine wise to counter the force. Consider the warthog and it's cannon, just scaled down.
I read this and got an image of a drone aircraft carrying an AR15 with a servo controlled trigger. Now the operator could use the plane/drone to take out wildlife (using fpv), but the extension is that he/she could target humans. That's the scary part, an R/C drone flying above a crowd shooting indiscriminately. Consider murdering someone using a drone. Figure out where they are, fly in shoot a lot of bullets and fly out. Crash the drone in some deep lake/water body and walk away scott free.
Not sure what is more sad, I can imagine something like this or we have a world where it is possible. I think I'll go out and hug my horses to feel better.
Can you cite something for that seems a little extreme. As a brother of a pilot who flies a 4 engine jet aircraft, losing one engine is not an extremely serious emergency. There have been a number of times in his career when his aircraft had an engine issue over the ocean and he had to shut it down. They drop in altitude, slow a little bit more and proceed on to destination performing a three engine landing; a well practiced procedure.
Even with twin engine jets the lose of one, while serious is not extreme unless it was coupled with fire or damage to the wing. You must have taken a course in extreme hyperbole.
Yes, but NOAA takes these awesome pictures of some land in Texas. Some other non-government person, while looking at the pictures, sees something...funny...and reports it to the law? Is that any different in intent? Whether I toss up an unmanned object that takes a picture of something funny, or I look at existing photos the end result could be the same, capturing an illegal act.
This is not a well thought out law (in both states) and as such would seem to be more interested in protecting criminals then law abiding citizens.
If you do not have a thick skin in this business you will get eaten up from the inside. I learned that the hard way. This is a business of egos, because this is first a business of Art and Art is ego. Yes, we wrap logic and algorithms around it, but the foundation is a creative process and that is tied to ego.
The question I have is what happens to Linux after Linus? If he is the Monarch, is there an heir or will Linux slowly begin to splinter without that strong Ego to guide its vision. Seems like the King does not want something added to "his" kernel, but had he disappeared just before his tirade, what would have happened?
maybe this goes into the deeper question of who (or what) defines the core of a Kernel. For Windows, iOS it seems to be decisions by committee and business need. For Linux? We say it is open source, but with His Holiness issuing colorful decrees, how open is it besides the obvious insurrection approach.
From what little I've garnered about the man, that was a fairly tame tirade, it does no impact on the progress of Linux and once I finally understood the issue I tended to agree with Linus's view, though with less passion.
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And there it is...We The People. We bitch, moan, rant and rave, yet pull the same damn lever each and every time. Is it the "devil you know" syndrome, the sheeple principle, general apathy, or some combination of all of the above.
Consider that the 16% rating comes from people thinking the "Congress" sucks, but "by God my guy is doing good...isn't he?" and thus vote him/her back into office. In my case I am in the manority and though I continue to cast my vote for "anything but the above" I'll lose. The system was gamed long time ago and if you'll pardon the pun...The House always wins.
Horrible CompSci Movie scene
Evil Guy (EG) to young hacker (YG): Okay, here's the terminal. get to work
YG: What's a terminal, this thing got a usb port for my S6 to access?
EG: This thing is a PDP11. They didn't have USB ports when it was made. Can you get in?
YG: Get in? How the hell to I even log in? This thing was old before my father was born
EG: Get in or Die!
YG: Then it's been a good life for they had actual security on these old systems. Now if it was a PC we'd be done
No way can I hack into this system. Its just too damn old.
EG: , okay then we just blow it up.
The PDP-11/45 was the very first computer I ever worked with at College in 1978. God I hate to sound like an old guy with a lawn, but they just don't make like that any more. I learned RATFOR, Pascal, c, and Assembler during that time. Even later on, thanks to my time on the PDP11 I expanded system knowledge working with the HP1000 and its front panel switches.
Good times....good times.
Out of the myriad issues with this topic, this is the one that bothers me the most. First, if we are aware of it then it is not secret any more. Just the idea of "secret" and "court" send warning bells up. Why do we need secret courts? What else do they do? Are they even constitutional (6th I believe) since the accused may not ever get to face the accuser.
In the fight over terrorism we, The People, have systematically dismantled the very foundations that this country was founded on. We cry out "Justice" while denying due process. We cry out "Freedom" when we silence many. We fight for "Truth", but accept the lies like candy. There should be no secret Court. There should be no absolute trust in a Government and the best way to fight terrorism, is with an informed, not cowed populous, The safest I ever felt flying after 9/11 was three weeks after the event and before the TSA. I knew, boarding that plane there were 90-120 people who hearing the words "This is a hijacking" would have crowd-sourced the man to the floor.
I accept that there are secrets and I can accept that even Governments need to keep them for a time, but not when it deals with Justice, with Constitutional rights.
You've not watched the series, or if you did, it was with a remote fast forwarding through those boring "thinking/feeling" parts. The original was nothing about flying about, shooting the crap and being rude....it was quite the opposite. Try again. Sit watch all 75 episodes and come back to edit these remarks.
You got me to read the whole chapter which was interesting since I normally don't read the Old Testament (to wordy). I enjoyed how the writer (The Lord God?) used the metaphor of prostitutes to talk about two fallen cities. The aliteration of sexual acts suggests the writer has some experience with the subject to write so eloquently about it. A good read, right up there with the two daughters having sex with the old man. Nothjing like the Old Testament to help define a religious belief.
[rant]
This hits the nail on the head of an issue in business that has bugged me since I stated working in programming (way too many years ago). I'd be given an assignment, a due date, and told to get to work. So off I go and finish just ahead of time. My reward, more work. It's like running a race, crossing the finish line and told, keep running. What starts to happen is the productivity actually slows to the expectation, not the capability, because it is negative reward. I've seen these "go getters" that I've had to support to help them finish and then see them promoted or given slaps on the back, because they knew how to glad hand better then me. Don't want to be a team player and just let them sink, then you become to asshole who wont play nice.
American business so so screwed up this way, where we punish skill, speed, quality while rewarding the thin cover over a sham artist. Programming is not factory work, it is not a fill 500 holes with bolts in 8 hours type of work, yet it is consistently managed as such. Makes me ponder if this country had actual managers, not just supervisors or baby-sitters were we'd be today. I'm all for helping others (on a team and in life), but I just don't want that help to be translated to punishment just as I don't play some political game (God, I'm still naive after all this time).
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You sir, make Lex Luthor seem nice.
That is some fascinating art. Not so much my style, but I really like the statement. After seeing the bike lighting I pondered, were you consulted for the MIB scene outside the pawn shop?
I generally have the same viewpoint as you. I am not completely a "I got nothing to hide so go ahead" citizen, a healthy distrust of the Law is a good thing, but it is not good to move into paranoia (like I read here on /. at times).
So, what a great way to express yourself. Thank you for sharing.
Flying cars, invisibility, peace in the Middle East, FTL travel, consensus on the original lyrics to "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"?
At first I thought you couldn't be serious, then I dove into the information river for a swim. . Amazing, things you learn and beliefs shattered. "In the Garden of Eden"? Really? So I took it one step further and wanted to see a video to help remember the song. I found this one and had a disconnected moment thinking "My God those guys were old even back then". I quickly understood it was just a bunch of old guys reliving their glory. Please, old rockers, don't go on tour any more, you don't live up to the memories and it reminds me (and I guess others) just how old we are.
I'm going with Occam's Razor, they came up with In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida without the drunkenness; that would have been more like "in the gerdom ah girdon um gordon oh fuck, Eden". Still a great song to code by.
There is no thing as a humble Pope. The Pope is a political figure and as such, cannot be humble. A Pope can never be humble, at least in this day and age, for he would be dead. He can do good acts, he can say good thoughts, but humble, leader of 1.1B, nope , not humble.
And the current President of the United States use to be a community Organizer and teach Constitutional law. These days his administration uses drones to bomb communities and seems to look the other way when Constitutional rights are stripped from US citizens.
I guess people can change, or they play a great act.
In the new Pope's world, being truly humble would be following the examples of Christ without the power of being a Cardinal. Perhaps it may be better to say the Pop was less egotistical then other Cardinals. Mother Teresa was humble, Pope Francis I is a powerful man who's done good deeds.
"Tell people exactly when its going to change, and people will be more inclined to accelerate I think, if they think they can make it. I'm skeptical that it would lead to better driving."
Arabians can be jerks in general, but also wonderful horses. I understand your thoughts, but the quote above I'll differ with. Knowledge is power. What we do with it is arbitrary and independent from knowing. Some may rush, many will not, just as there are those that see a yellow still speed up, not slow down. At least is is an informed decision and less prone to equivocation.
My eyes did NOT need to see that image. I did not click away in time and now it will be floating around for a while. Spot on though.
I have. And the solution is simple. Drive slightly below the posted speed limit; or in many cases, simply driving at the posted limit instead 'with traffic' somewhat above it.
I'm doubting that. When it come to horses it is not about GVW, it is more about balance and about the movement of the horses. If you haul horses then you should know you just don't slam on the brakes unless there is no other choice and by then you're fucked anyway. 3000 lbs of horse moves around, front to back, side to side and as a driver I am not only trying to ensure a safe ride, but a ride that will get horses back on the trailer. My brakes are fine, my truck is rated for the weight and I drive at safe speeds that actually tend to be either at or below the limit. I've been saying all along that traffic lights/intersections are not configured for heavy vehicles, and when municipalities begin to alter a system, game it, to make money, not safety, then it does not matter how fast or slow I drive, at some moment I can lose if I don't drive defensively. That is a lousy way to manage traffic and transportation. Give me a timer display and I can much better manage that intersection and not be an impediment to traffic.
Out of curiosity, do you haul horses for competition? What kind of horses and what style of riding do you perform?
The "law" describes common sense which is funny in its self. That a government needed to explicitly write down what should be apparent reeks of not only a cya mentality, but a way to use a law against someone as a catch all.
In my examples I've already stated that in some circumstances the light is not seen, in that case I am already slowing down, and in a situation where I have a long approach I am wary of a green but maintain a safe traffic speed to a point where I may start to slow. However, I cannot come to a stop at each light, I cannot slow to an unsafe speed (by which I mean one that causes others to act in an irrational manner) to far out, so it is a balancing act of time. That could be assisted if there were indicators showing me how long I got before a light goes green to yellow or yellow to red.
Until you drive a heavy tow or livestock you cannot appreciate the focus needed the moment you start to the moment you stop. My point is that a government seems more inclined to use tools to extort...I mean extract...money from people in the name of safety when they could use different tools to actually create a safe driving environment. For example, adding reflective markers on lanes so in bad weather or dark curvy roads it is easier to actually see the road (or lanes). Instead of red light camera's put the count down timers like I mentioned. How about the police pulling over slow drivers with warnings and my favorite, stop hiding for speed traps. The number times I've been in situations where coming over a rise there is a huge traffic snarl from so many people braking, even if their doing the speed limit. As I remember the motto on cop cars it was "To Protect and Serve" not "To Hassle and Fleece".
I've been doing this for some time now and I'm thinking about a light way before most people do. I have my eye not just on the light, but on opposing traffic as well. I cannot drive too slow for then I become a hazard to others on the road. The answer is not in speed, but in having a system that informs drivers, not punishes them,
There is an intersection along a route I drive with my horses. It is a blind light meaning that be the time I get to see it I do not have the time to react safely if it changing. In this instance I always am slowing down to a point where I can either continue a safe stop (in the case of green to yellow, yellow to red) or accelerate if it seemed a long enough green. I use the term "seems" for when I make the turn and its green I have no clue how long it may have been green. Once, I saw the green started to accelerate, light went to yellow and almost within 5 secs went to red as I just got to the intersection. I had no choice to stop safely so I rolled through praying the whole time opposing traffic would not jump off the line.
Had their been a camera I would has gotten a ticket, but my only other option would have been to try and slam on the brakes, possibly injuring horses. Traffic systems are meant to provide safe flow of traffic through an intersection, not be a means for collecting dollars for a local government. Not all intersections provide that nice long approach and sadly it seems to take accidents to change the mind of city or county planners.
You've never driven a horse trailer loaded with two large horses. When I come up on a traffic light that is green I cannot really slow down trying to anticipate if/when it goes to yellow for I still need to maintain traffic speed. When that light goes yellow I have an instant to make a decision, because I cannot hit the brakes hard and throw 3000 lbs of horse forward. I can only either ease then add more firm brakes or continue on, hoping the yellow is long enough for me to get through or hold opposing traffic enough to see I cannot stop.
Stop thinking everyone drives high performance cars. If a town was really interested in traffic safety they would install count down timers on traffic light intersections so an approaching driver can best gauge whether to brake in a reasonable time frame, brake firmly, or continue on. My stopping distance is minimum two times that of a passenger car so knowing how much time I got would really take the stress of of every light I come too when hauling horses.
That comparison would only seek to enforce what the OP stated. If employees have a dress code, whether it is Business casual or jeans then it is up toe the immediate management to enforce that policy. If it gets/got out of hand then it is the immediate manager's problem, not hte company. To change that example, I come to work every in my clean, un-holed jeans wearing a decent shirt and shoes. Around me folks attire is failing so my reward for others bad behavior is to be punished for following the existing rules and required to go back to wearing a suit, because a manager could not enforce a rule. That is just wrong thinking.
The same then applies in telecommuting. There are ways to measure performance, be it completion times, lines of code or some other metric. If management fails to measure shame on them. If they measure and fail to act again shame on them. That is their job thus the term Management. take away my telecommute, because others are irresponsible is throwing the baby out with the bath water, a poor management practice and like the OP said, a company that is rotten in the core and will soon fall.
dang it, now you got me curious. As a R/C fan I read and see videos of some pretty large "scale" planes that come close to holding a small child. Now I'm neither a scientist or mathematician (just a programmer), but could we calculate the recoil force of an AR-15 and factor what is needed engine wise to counter the force. Consider the warthog and it's cannon, just scaled down.
I read this and got an image of a drone aircraft carrying an AR15 with a servo controlled trigger. Now the operator could use the plane/drone to take out wildlife (using fpv), but the extension is that he/she could target humans. That's the scary part, an R/C drone flying above a crowd shooting indiscriminately. Consider murdering someone using a drone. Figure out where they are, fly in shoot a lot of bullets and fly out. Crash the drone in some deep lake/water body and walk away scott free.
Not sure what is more sad, I can imagine something like this or we have a world where it is possible. I think I'll go out and hug my horses to feel better.
Can you cite something for that seems a little extreme. As a brother of a pilot who flies a 4 engine jet aircraft, losing one engine is not an extremely serious emergency. There have been a number of times in his career when his aircraft had an engine issue over the ocean and he had to shut it down. They drop in altitude, slow a little bit more and proceed on to destination performing a three engine landing; a well practiced procedure.
Even with twin engine jets the lose of one, while serious is not extreme unless it was coupled with fire or damage to the wing. You must have taken a course in extreme hyperbole.
Yes, but NOAA takes these awesome pictures of some land in Texas. Some other non-government person, while looking at the pictures, sees something...funny...and reports it to the law? Is that any different in intent? Whether I toss up an unmanned object that takes a picture of something funny, or I look at existing photos the end result could be the same, capturing an illegal act.
This is not a well thought out law (in both states) and as such would seem to be more interested in protecting criminals then law abiding citizens.
"No sir," said the man, "I came back to see if you have a bronze politician."
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If you do not have a thick skin in this business you will get eaten up from the inside. I learned that the hard way. This is a business of egos, because this is first a business of Art and Art is ego. Yes, we wrap logic and algorithms around it, but the foundation is a creative process and that is tied to ego.
The question I have is what happens to Linux after Linus? If he is the Monarch, is there an heir or will Linux slowly begin to splinter without that strong Ego to guide its vision. Seems like the King does not want something added to "his" kernel, but had he disappeared just before his tirade, what would have happened?
maybe this goes into the deeper question of who (or what) defines the core of a Kernel. For Windows, iOS it seems to be decisions by committee and business need. For Linux? We say it is open source, but with His Holiness issuing colorful decrees, how open is it besides the obvious insurrection approach.
From what little I've garnered about the man, that was a fairly tame tirade, it does no impact on the progress of Linux and once I finally understood the issue I tended to agree with Linus's view, though with less passion.