this is already a risk - car engines fail all the time, without the help of an alcohol detection system. The laws are written so that other drivers are supposed to take into account that a car can stop at any time, and to drive at an appropriate distance and speed.
If a car coming to a stop means that you will be rear-ended, then you have much bigger social/traffic problems that should be fixed. It's not the fault of an immobilizer, it's the fault of the insane drivers on the road. Remember, your existing car could come to a halt at any time unexpectedly.
Sorry, but this is bullshit. You talk about 1999 like it was a long time ago.
It wasn't. But the amount of time the "kilo" and "mega" prefixes have been used makes the time that computers have existed seem like the twinkling of an eye. It's the computer people who are the newbies here. The "base two" shit doesn't even make any sense. Just because you are counting in base two, doesn't make 1024 a "kilo." Use a fucking different term to refer to 1024, rather than using something which has always meant 1000.
What right does the IEC have to redefine terms that were in common use 20 years before this standard existed?
What right do computer geeks have to redefine terms that were in common use hundreds of years before computers existed? Kilo has always meant 1000, not 1024.
Computers work in base TWO.... why the FUCK are you going to measure storage in base TEN? Could you imagine if we allowed coporate marketing departments to redfine ALL our technical terms?
You can measure in whatever base you want - but why go and fuck with perfectly consistent english and scientific notation to define your own strange exception? Perhaps the people working with computers should have come up with a word to mean "1024" rather than perverting the existing scientific standards?
Which just reinforce the GP's point. The OS/software manufacturers are actually using GiB, MiB, etc. The problem is that they are mislabeling them as GB, MB, when they are not. If they would actually switch to using the terms accurately, there would be no problem. Is there any reason to use that 1024-based crap these days? You'd never have to hear those ugly terms again, if people used the 1000 based notation consistently.
Except, of course, that 1Kb = 1024 bytes was in use long before 1999...
So what? It was still wrong in 1999. Just because you're a computer geek doesn't change the definition of "kilo" being 1000. The idiots who decided to use "kilo" to mean 1024 are the ones in the wrong, and in need of correction to meet international standards and common sense.
anything and everything the government touches will get fucked up,
I don't think that's actually what defines libertarianism. If it is, that's pretty stupid thinking.
and the cause of the problem with net neutrality is the lack of competition, so that problem should be solved and not one of net neutrality.
But corporations fuck up many things they touch, with their competition. Likewise, there are things the government does pretty well, which would be fucked up in private hands.
Competitiion isn't a panacea. Cooperation usually yields better results, anyway. Why the obsession with competition?
There is nothing inconsistent with libertarianism about understanding when government authority is needed and when it is not.
Maybe not in theory, but in reality, if you speak to a typical self-described libertarian - they tend to go beserk if you suggest that government authority is needed for anything. I guess the problem is that there's no strong consensus on what libertarianism actually means.
Not. Pure LSD can induce hallucinations. It acts on the brains - and people's brains are very powerful. Just because it acts in a certain way for you, that doesn't apply to everybody. Heck, some people hallucinate from smoking marijuana. It's all in the brain. There's nothing in LSD that prevents your brain from making images if you are so disposed.
By the way, I don't use "dealers" I use chemists who know what they are doing. Screw the street crap, I like it pure and strong.
Well, being a conservative isn't necessarily a problem. A real conservative would also hate the psychopathic moonbat neocons that currently inhabit the White House. However, it seems he is more of a "Let Jesus into your heart or I'll rip it out and show it to you while you die" kinda guy when it comes to politics than an economic/small government conservative.
Of course, this is a catch-22 because if you don't fight back then you look like a pussy. If you fight back with logic, you come off as a boring dweeb, not a gung-ho action man. If you fight back with emotion, you are a hate-filled wingnut.
This is why we need to fight them with Chuck Norris.
But this doesn't contradict that. You can be doing a good job, and still have rotten kids acting out. If anything, it could be seen as a testamant to how difficult the job is. It's not as if teachers are solely responsible for children's behaviour. It could just as easily be the parents' fault, or nobody's.
The reason is that teachers - and probably the teacher in question - behave in a very authoritarian manner towards their students (i.e. they are bullies).
That's interesting. Just about all of my teachers were about the exact opposite of bullies and authoritarians. Most teachers I know today are similarly very nice people. Where are all these nasty teachers coming from? I hear about them online a lot, and see news reports of bad teachers, but somehow have managed to avoid them most of my life.
At know point did they say or imply 'I know everything'.
I imagine the "know point" would be a good name for the point at which someone knows everything.
Jesus, it is a sad day when a scientist gets beat up over telling people they should scaremongers, and spout nonsense when they are talking to a large audience.
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If Cringely is sad, then that's a good reason for the rest of us to be happy.
That's impossible. We're already six days into the year. There's no way slashdot could go six days without a dupe.
If a car coming to a stop means that you will be rear-ended, then you have much bigger social/traffic problems that should be fixed. It's not the fault of an immobilizer, it's the fault of the insane drivers on the road. Remember, your existing car could come to a halt at any time unexpectedly.
No, this is different. The interlocks you are referring to are ordinary old breath testers. This Toyota thingie introduces other methods as well.
Should he arrest himself, or should the police do it?
Didn't he call himself the unabomber?
It wasn't. But the amount of time the "kilo" and "mega" prefixes have been used makes the time that computers have existed seem like the twinkling of an eye. It's the computer people who are the newbies here. The "base two" shit doesn't even make any sense. Just because you are counting in base two, doesn't make 1024 a "kilo." Use a fucking different term to refer to 1024, rather than using something which has always meant 1000.
What right do computer geeks have to redefine terms that were in common use hundreds of years before computers existed? Kilo has always meant 1000, not 1024.
Computers work in base TWO.... why the FUCK are you going to measure storage in base TEN? Could you imagine if we allowed coporate marketing departments to redfine ALL our technical terms?You can measure in whatever base you want - but why go and fuck with perfectly consistent english and scientific notation to define your own strange exception? Perhaps the people working with computers should have come up with a word to mean "1024" rather than perverting the existing scientific standards?
But the drive bearings will seize up if they aren't kept spinning.
Which just reinforce the GP's point. The OS/software manufacturers are actually using GiB, MiB, etc. The problem is that they are mislabeling them as GB, MB, when they are not. If they would actually switch to using the terms accurately, there would be no problem. Is there any reason to use that 1024-based crap these days? You'd never have to hear those ugly terms again, if people used the 1000 based notation consistently.
Because it doesn't make any sense. "Kilo" means 1000, not 1024.
So what? It was still wrong in 1999. Just because you're a computer geek doesn't change the definition of "kilo" being 1000. The idiots who decided to use "kilo" to mean 1024 are the ones in the wrong, and in need of correction to meet international standards and common sense.
I don't think that's actually what defines libertarianism. If it is, that's pretty stupid thinking.
and the cause of the problem with net neutrality is the lack of competition, so that problem should be solved and not one of net neutrality.But corporations fuck up many things they touch, with their competition. Likewise, there are things the government does pretty well, which would be fucked up in private hands.
Competitiion isn't a panacea. Cooperation usually yields better results, anyway. Why the obsession with competition?
Maybe not in theory, but in reality, if you speak to a typical self-described libertarian - they tend to go beserk if you suggest that government authority is needed for anything. I guess the problem is that there's no strong consensus on what libertarianism actually means.
Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?
Yes it can. Where are you getting your information from?
Either you're not taking LSD, or you don't know the meaning of the word.Huh? It means Lysergic Acid Diethylamide - but I'm not sure what that has to do with hallucinations. And I've definitely taken it.
By the way, I don't use "dealers" I use chemists who know what they are doing. Screw the street crap, I like it pure and strong.
Well, being a conservative isn't necessarily a problem. A real conservative would also hate the psychopathic moonbat neocons that currently inhabit the White House. However, it seems he is more of a "Let Jesus into your heart or I'll rip it out and show it to you while you die" kinda guy when it comes to politics than an economic/small government conservative.
Oh, you mean the Unabomber?
Isn't he the guy that kept flunking University over and over? I don't think he's much of a threat to anybody. He can get good weed, too.
This is why we need to fight them with Chuck Norris.
But this doesn't contradict that. You can be doing a good job, and still have rotten kids acting out. If anything, it could be seen as a testamant to how difficult the job is. It's not as if teachers are solely responsible for children's behaviour. It could just as easily be the parents' fault, or nobody's.
That's interesting. Just about all of my teachers were about the exact opposite of bullies and authoritarians. Most teachers I know today are similarly very nice people. Where are all these nasty teachers coming from? I hear about them online a lot, and see news reports of bad teachers, but somehow have managed to avoid them most of my life.
Yeah, Ayahuasca's great. Tried some of that with Terrence McKenna. DMT is also very interesting.
I imagine the "know point" would be a good name for the point at which someone knows everything.
Jesus, it is a sad day when a scientist gets beat up over telling people they should scaremongers, and spout nonsense when they are talking to a large audience.Irony much?