Strict gun laws in the UK didn't prevent that one guy from going on a rampage for half a day and killing and injuring a whole bunch of people, including police.
Of course there will always be edge cases, but the facts speak for themselves -
USA Gun Deaths per 100,000 (2011): 10.3
UK Gun Deaths per 100,000 (2011): 0.25
Seriously, the patrolmen don't have guns? What if someone shoots at them?
Due to strict gun control in the UK, very few criminals have guns, so police officers almost never have the risk of confronting an armed perpetrator. The criminals in the UK who *do* have guns are not petty thieves who are robbing pharmacies for narcotics.
Even better for Al Queda as they don't have to be close to the damn airport to not only kill lots of people but shut it down for a day or two.
Don't be ridiculous. Grannies carrying tubes of toothpaste through airport security (along with their husbands' penknives on their key rings) are a MUCH bigger threat to which billions of dollars of security largesse must be directed.
I really think 'it depends.' I'm Gen-X and have an Omega Seamaster on my wrist. I've worn it nearly every day for nearly a decade (don't wear it when I'm travelling to some destinations - Then it's my Timex.) I like wearing a nice analog watch, but then I iron my shirts and don't wear runners outside of the gym either. I think there will always be a market for people like me, the question is whether that market will die off as my generation dies off...
I guess you mean morons such as Harvard linguist Steven Pinker.
Well, Anonymous Coward, I don't know the gentleman in question, but if he says "I could care less" to indicate that in fact he *couldn't* care less about a topic, then yes, Mr. Pinker is a moron.
Agreed. I have an iPad and an Android smartphone, and I am thinking of dumping the smartphone for the dumbest of dumb phones, which can only make phone calls and send SMS - and only needs to be charged once a week
As we know, it never succeeded, but this was the design with the BlackBerry PlayBook. The PlayBook tablet was wirelessly 'twinned' with a much smaller phone. It was pretty cool when it was all working.
the cable companies would be able to save money by erecting Aereo-style antenna arrays for their cable feeds
This is how 'cablevision' used to work. They'd put up a big antenna that could pull down signals you couldn't and then distribute the signal around a town, for a fee.
I guess you can call crossing the street in a crosswalk safe. Some people do get run over and killed but most come out OK. Not as safe as simply not walking around lots of cars. But safer than jaywalking.
I guess you can call walking across a field safe. Some people do get hit by meteoroids and killed, but most come out OK.
WW2 era rockets? Hey Anonymous Coward, are you just trolling?
Whatever the political motivations, Apollo was freaking amazing. Launch the biggest rocket ever built. In space, couple up to the Lunar Module. Fly to the moon. Orbit moon. Decouple Lunar Module and fly it down to the surface with some spectacular piloting. Drive a car around down there. Blast descent stage from moon. Reconnect with Command Module and fly back to earth.
And I'm sure if you ever actually flew with one our your senior execs, you'd be mystified why you can't find them in the coach section...
A couple of years ago I flew back from Mobile World Congress (Barcelona) in economy class. An Intel exec was seated next to me and an IBM exec was across the aisle.
The requirement of 'no business class' for air travel isn't unique to Amazon. Every tech company I've worked for had the same policy - From the senior execs on down.
Thankfully, the company I work for now doesn't require red-eye flights. So I can arrive at a destination, sleep overnight in a hotel bed, then wake up the next morning and start working.
Forget coils and moving magnets - In a post-apocalypse world there are alternators under the hood of every abandoned car. Some diodes, a windmill or waterwheel and you're in business.
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How do you think the rest of the world got so far ahead of these remote african locations?
By exploiting the hell out of regions like Africa for 500 years, then casting them aside when we're done and moving on to the next one.
Those services are funded by tax payer money
Those services are partially funded by tax payer money
There, I fixed that for you.
Strict gun laws in the UK didn't prevent that one guy from going on a rampage for half a day and killing and injuring a whole bunch of people, including police.
Of course there will always be edge cases, but the facts speak for themselves -
USA Gun Deaths per 100,000 (2011): 10.3
UK Gun Deaths per 100,000 (2011): 0.25
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...
Seriously, the patrolmen don't have guns? What if someone shoots at them?
Due to strict gun control in the UK, very few criminals have guns, so police officers almost never have the risk of confronting an armed perpetrator. The criminals in the UK who *do* have guns are not petty thieves who are robbing pharmacies for narcotics.
Even better for Al Queda as they don't have to be close to the damn airport to not only kill lots of people but shut it down for a day or two.
Don't be ridiculous. Grannies carrying tubes of toothpaste through airport security (along with their husbands' penknives on their key rings) are a MUCH bigger threat to which billions of dollars of security largesse must be directed.
Planes are faster, cheaper, and safer for passenger traffic at that distance.
As fossil fuels become more and more expensive, the price of air travel is going to go up. Way up.
Makes sense to being looking at other options today, assuming they'd roll out in 50 - 75 years.
I'm perfectly OK with the tradeoff though of having the car drive on sunny days and then have a manual operation mode when a blizzard crops up.
How DARE you be OK with this. This is Slashdot, where the edge use-case wins, EVERY time. Now take your ID and go home.
> This report is documented accurate.
Oh, it's DOCUMENTED accurate. That changes everything. Forgive me for doubting you.
I really think 'it depends.' I'm Gen-X and have an Omega Seamaster on my wrist. I've worn it nearly every day for nearly a decade (don't wear it when I'm travelling to some destinations - Then it's my Timex.) I like wearing a nice analog watch, but then I iron my shirts and don't wear runners outside of the gym either. I think there will always be a market for people like me, the question is whether that market will die off as my generation dies off...
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In Soviet Russia, joke tell you!
I guess you mean morons such as Harvard linguist Steven Pinker.
Well, Anonymous Coward, I don't know the gentleman in question, but if he says "I could care less" to indicate that in fact he *couldn't* care less about a topic, then yes, Mr. Pinker is a moron.
"I could care less" is the most common phrase indicating sarcasm in English.
Only amongst morons.
Unlike the post above, I do think it will happen in my lifetime though.
"Tea. Earl Grey. Hot."
Agreed. I have an iPad and an Android smartphone, and I am thinking of dumping the smartphone for the dumbest of dumb phones, which can only make phone calls and send SMS - and only needs to be charged once a week
As we know, it never succeeded, but this was the design with the BlackBerry PlayBook. The PlayBook tablet was wirelessly 'twinned' with a much smaller phone. It was pretty cool when it was all working.
the cable companies would be able to save money by erecting Aereo-style antenna arrays for their cable feeds
This is how 'cablevision' used to work. They'd put up a big antenna that could pull down signals you couldn't and then distribute the signal around a town, for a fee.
I guess you can call crossing the street in a crosswalk safe. Some people do get run over and killed but most come out OK. Not as safe as simply not walking around lots of cars. But safer than jaywalking.
I guess you can call walking across a field safe. Some people do get hit by meteoroids and killed, but most come out OK.
There I fixed that for you.
Where X miles is some unit that has no relationship to the actual amount of driving you do.
Yeah, but this is Slashdot, where perfect is the enemy of good, and the edge use-case wins every time.
If you think Netflix is too expensive then get off the couch and go outside for a walk instead.
WW2 era rockets? Hey Anonymous Coward, are you just trolling?
Whatever the political motivations, Apollo was freaking amazing. Launch the biggest rocket ever built. In space, couple up to the Lunar Module. Fly to the moon. Orbit moon. Decouple Lunar Module and fly it down to the surface with some spectacular piloting. Drive a car around down there. Blast descent stage from moon. Reconnect with Command Module and fly back to earth.
All with slide rules.
And no, I'm not American.
Senior execs being required to use Airbnb if there is a couch to sleep on thats cheaper than a hotel room..
Ridiculous things your company has done to reduce travel expenses:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum...
And I'm sure if you ever actually flew with one our your senior execs, you'd be mystified why you can't find them in the coach section...
A couple of years ago I flew back from Mobile World Congress (Barcelona) in economy class. An Intel exec was seated next to me and an IBM exec was across the aisle.
The requirement of 'no business class' for air travel isn't unique to Amazon. Every tech company I've worked for had the same policy - From the senior execs on down.
Thankfully, the company I work for now doesn't require red-eye flights. So I can arrive at a destination, sleep overnight in a hotel bed, then wake up the next morning and start working.
Did you even watch the video attached to the story?
Forget coils and moving magnets - In a post-apocalypse world there are alternators under the hood of every abandoned car. Some diodes, a windmill or waterwheel and you're in business.
Exactly. I have WiFi in my house, but my 'smart' TV, 'smart' DVD player, computer & three IPTV boxes are all connected via wired Cat6.