I'll take your argument, because it's an old one and has already been beaten. They said the same thing about third party parts. "won't be up to our standards." "They don't have access to our expensive engineering documents." and so on. All this over brake drums, rear axels, transmissions, engines, steering parts, even seat belts.
Obviously, this is wrong. Today I can buy a Chevrolet 350 CID V-8 engine and not a single part was from GM. Plenty of other examples and they often beat the OEMs version. Not always, however. For example if you have a high pressure fuel pump, buy their fuel pump. Normal ones, not so much. Get it wrong and you're on the side of the road. I know from experience. For some cars, like certain foreign ones they have two pumps. Replace both because when the other one fails, you're back on the side of the road. It'll shut down if either of them fail. Stupid but that's German engineering for you.
When this played out decades ago, the car companies lost.
I see no reason why this is different. A gear head may not know how to program that computer. However with the right computer with an interface and a guy that knows how to do it so that even a redneck can do it, what's the big deal?
As for zeroing out the mileage and so on, come on. Don't fool yourself. I have seen where they can roll back anything from even a Caddy to a bummed out Corolla or accord(ion) to say whatever they want it to.
Here's the best advice you'll probably EVER get on/. When you are buying a used car, get a carfax or other car report. The two times I didn't, I got burned. One was a caddy that they rolled back 100,000 miles. It really didn't look like it had 220K on it. Still took off like a rocket. Found out when it was rear ended. The other one I still own. They rolled it back about 50K based on documents I later found in the car. So instead of 130K it really has more like 180K on that Express. Still a very solid van. It's used in a side business of mine, towing backhoes and things like that. Recently the distributor was just worn out. I have to wonder if it really has a lot more miles on it than 180.
Don't need no stinkin' exit bag! Just go to your favorite computer store, get a computer duster in a can. Look at the can. Don't inhale, could cause death. Well, inhale it!
Which leads to an obvious question: Isn't the U.S. capable of producing its own anesthetics? At least the ones used for executions which should no longer be covered by patents?
I know, this is so stupid. It's easy to kill with good 'ol 1940's technology. Chloroform, Ether, etc.. They had to be careful or they could kill the patient. So easy I could do it. Face mask, pour the ether over it... Nighty-night! Dozens of off the shelf ways they could use.
Could go back 100 years - Get a rope! Hang 'em. Hang 'em high!
Almost all murders happen either in affect, or in a situation where the perpetrator thinks he can get away with it.
True. Understand that criminals think they can always get away with it. Doesn't seem to matter if they've been caught a couple of dozen times doing exactly the same thing. Even really dumb things like writing bad checks. They get out and - write another bad check! Even though in one case I observed the judge said she'd get a 10 year sentence. Back before the judge - 10 year sentence. I should check up on her. She should be out by now, probably already back in again.
In either case, having the death penalty will have no effect on whether a murder will happen or not.
This is the key thing and is fought over a lot. It does have an effect and it's clearly demonstrable. There are places like Baltimore County - has DP and Baltimore City - no DP. Literally same people, just on different sides of a political line. They know that line and it's like magic. But don't take my word for it, look it up. From murder to other crimes. If you do, you'll never make that statement again because you'll know it's wrong.
IMHO, I think the executions should be public. No nitrogen, go for a hanging. This drives the point home for those of us that are really slow.
Need to also fix the justice system. Get people to understand what jury nullification is (bad law) and just because someone is brought before them, that doesn't mean they're guilty. They need to do their job.
The MPD weighed it. It's 350 Lbs AND has a 10 gallon gas tank. Limit by the way is 200 Lbs, not 250. Can't have more than a 5 gallon tank. The FAA allowed these guys to register these "fat" ultras and a bunch of them thumbed their noses at it. So he doesn't care about laws. Bunch of those guys were getting killed.
He does have one thing going for him. He did violate the prohibited area around the Capital, no two ways about that. He didn't violate the other Washington area Special Flight Rules Area. They specified gliders, planes, helicopters, balloons.... didn't mention gyro copters. I'm sure they'll add that soon.
Wow, now they have a substitute for that pesky mother in law. With gps - you're going to fast. Look at that hot chick in the other car - "Keep you eyes on the road" (with the enhanced option to do other person in car detection - add "Buster, she's not that hot"). Run into the other lane a bit? "Hey numb nuts - watch the road!" Stop by the corner mart to pick up a few brewskies - "Hey buster, setting up to drink again? You're a no good jerk." And so on.
No, not my mother in law. She was never like that.
Not so fast. They're are a LOT of books out there that document how to do that stuff. My own private library, I have everything from US Navy how to forge books to how to do just about everything else as it was done 100 years ago. Look at Lindsey publishing. These same books were found in Iraq when it fell. They were doing it. Mankind will recover. If those in power will let it.
Sorry, don't mean to pick on you per se - I have to laugh hard when I see people make such funny statements as we can distribute wealth better. This usually means steal from people who know how to handle money to give to those that have amply demonstrated that they cannot handle money. Somehow you think this is right and won't result in the collapse of civilization.
Want to distribute wealth better? Teach kids how finance works in grade school. How to apply mathematics to common problems, such as how much seed to buy for your lawn. Hell, how big is their lawn! Most people, even college graduates can't even tell me how to figure that out even if their life depended on it. You know, simple length X width in feet. Middle/Junior high stuff. Never mind how to do a budget.
Guy calls up, wanna alarm system? Protect your family? Only $60/month or just $2 a day. Isn't your family worth it? Someone I know signed up for that. I said, do you realize that's $720/year? More than your oil fuel bill for their house? No idea. They were shocked. That's why they're in a trailer and probably always will be until they understand finance.
Before that example, someone else - cell phone bundle offer. Before that another person with "low down payment and low installments", yea, installments for 5 years for something they can't use. On and on, I could give examples for a long time. Some heart wrenching.
Solution is not to penalize the so called rich. It's not dividing us by race, gender, ethnicity or whatever else you can think of. It's by building us all up. Get rid of this crap called Common Core and new math. New math that takes about 4 times more time to do. Trying to make us all equally stupid.
No effect on the liberal arts stuff. That's why it's liberal arts. NO brain power needed. If you are offended by this - Oh I made a mistake. Of course I'm not saying you don't have a brain. There are people that are needed in the world to point out the finer things in life to the rest of us that do real work.
My sons pediatrician *does* do google searches. He uses a tablet. I would be worried if he didn't because nobody on earth is going to remember the millions of possible afflictions that could be causing the symptoms.
Medicine by google? Glad I'm not your kid. Just a thought, you might want to get someone a bit more familiar with their profession. I say this because your attitude seems to be that he does this all the time. Not a good sign. I've seen docs for about 50 years. From old docs with a background at a real Army MASH to guys that set up web sites and handicap race horses on the side. The worst ones were the ones that consulted google for help. Two to be exact. I of course no longer see them. Your kid though. Do as you see fit.
Why are prohibitionists so quick to resort to insults?
That's an easy one. There's nothing left for them to say, other than insults or show other character flaws. Otherwise, they would say something constructive or relevent.
Negotiating is there to come to an agreement. The company wants to pay you nothing. You want a 10 figure salary, probably. When you get realistic an admin type is say $60,000. Maybe they can get you for say $50,000 so they offer that. You would probably want more like 80,000. They also have others to consider. Evaluations come in - who knows more, who has more experience and so on. Will whoever you are considering be a jackass? Eventually they offer a position and if you accept, there you are.
This isn't like sears where you go in an buy a tractor or dishwasher and the price is the price.
This is crap. First of all, there really is no disparity. That's a big lie, and the politicians know it. Obama's WH dude even admitted it. Just something to divide the country over and get women upset at. Equal pay actually goes way back to a law passed in the 1930s and updated in the 1960s.
Secondly, I've had to negotiate with women as well as men. Some men suck at negotiating, some are really good. Some women suck at negotiating, some women I think could negotiate me into almost anything. They really have a good set of cards to play.
Today I think I'd be very weary about being a cop. Especially with a black suspect because they are just waiting to make an example out of someone. So far they had a couple of thugs - Travon Martin and that other thug in Miss. Today I saw a video where a SC cop shot a fleeing 50 year old black man. Not sure why he didn't simply chase and take 'em down. 50 year old overweight black man vs a I think he's a 32 year old in shape cop. Should be no match. Now that cop faces murder charges and an uproar.
Police are very defensive about it as well. I discussed this very topic with a MST. Very very very defensive, "very much needed." I told him I wanted him to return home every day, however I would like more Sheriff Taylor and less Rambo. I might as well be talking to a wall. A lot of these search warrants could be done with a knock on the door, and they know it.
I remember that raid. Again, an example where just a single beat cop was all that was needed. Even if they were receiving pot at that address. No need to use a shotgun to kill a fly - so to speak.
This had swatting written all over it. However let's ignore that for a moment.
Dude calls up for a swatting. Do you: A) Send in the swat team B) Send a uniform car C) Send in an undercover guy D) Send in a pizza/delivery/utility guy
If you answered D - ding ding ding - you get the prize. A utility guy could check it right out with a clip board. Next time it could be a pizza guy, rotate them around. It would render this all useless. Mean time, track the asshole down and swat him. Swat him good. If he's still alive, hang 'em. Hang 'em high!
If you think that religion is a good basis for doing the right thing you seriously need removed from the gene pool.
You totally missed the point, on multiple levels.
Religion provides a way for people to address and understand what is right and wrong. Understand that this doesn't mean Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, all of them get into this. Some better than others. Sure beats the heck out of the atheists I know. Every one of them is despicable. A used car salesman is a step up.
As for your gene pool remark, I have a feeling you'd be a great one to remove. Already way to late for me, my kids are probably older than you are. I could have grandchildren that are developmentally older than you are.
No, no. You'd be talking about Barney Frank, Bill Clinton and Janet Reno and their fake red lining study to push "liar loans" Here's the horse himself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I remember they were threatening to put bankers in jail over discrimination unless they made these bad loans. So they did, and we got the predictable result.
You could also be talking about Bernie who made-off? Yea, that guy, at least they got him. Got him good. If I remember right, his rolex watch is probably worth more than nearly everyone on slashdot's car is worth. Certainly more than mine.
He somehow managed to find slashdot. Happens sometimes. Always a crank.
There is something to be said for black students. I was waiting for my Son who was in elementary school. That'd be about 15 years ago. On the lobby table was a book of performance on standardized tests. At the top were the white girls, then boys, then asian girls, asian boys.... bottom of the list black girls - 1 passed, no black boys. I thought WTH? I knew there were probably a dozen black boys in that grade for that school, about the same number of girls. Same school, same books, same teachers, same lesson plan, etc.. The one thing I did find is that the parents of the black kids couldn't seem to care less about them. I couldn't even help them. White guy trying to help black kids - must be up to something.
How terrible.
I did have a lot more success at the 4-H. Some black parents brought their kids by. I'd teach them anything. Anything at all. Sadly, it was just a fraction of a percent of black kids.
Didn't use to be that way. I grew up with very strong ethics. If I did something wrong in the neighborhood, didn't seem to matter where - my parents knew and they'd be hell to pay. None of that wussy time out crap either.
Today they're teaching our kids that right and wrong is just an opinion early on in the very first grades. There is no God either. So do whatever you want. Now we're surprised? No, just more liberal BS.
Now people are discovering that there really is a good reason for religion. For doing the right thing.
All in life together. For as great or as miserable as it can be. By the way, it can be very, very, very miserable.
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I'll take your argument, because it's an old one and has already been beaten. They said the same thing about third party parts. "won't be up to our standards." "They don't have access to our expensive engineering documents." and so on. All this over brake drums, rear axels, transmissions, engines, steering parts, even seat belts.
Obviously, this is wrong. Today I can buy a Chevrolet 350 CID V-8 engine and not a single part was from GM. Plenty of other examples and they often beat the OEMs version. Not always, however. For example if you have a high pressure fuel pump, buy their fuel pump. Normal ones, not so much. Get it wrong and you're on the side of the road. I know from experience. For some cars, like certain foreign ones they have two pumps. Replace both because when the other one fails, you're back on the side of the road. It'll shut down if either of them fail. Stupid but that's German engineering for you.
When this played out decades ago, the car companies lost.
I see no reason why this is different. A gear head may not know how to program that computer. However with the right computer with an interface and a guy that knows how to do it so that even a redneck can do it, what's the big deal?
As for zeroing out the mileage and so on, come on. Don't fool yourself. I have seen where they can roll back anything from even a Caddy to a bummed out Corolla or accord(ion) to say whatever they want it to.
Here's the best advice you'll probably EVER get on /. When you are buying a used car, get a carfax or other car report. The two times I didn't, I got burned. One was a caddy that they rolled back 100,000 miles. It really didn't look like it had 220K on it. Still took off like a rocket. Found out when it was rear ended. The other one I still own. They rolled it back about 50K based on documents I later found in the car. So instead of 130K it really has more like 180K on that Express. Still a very solid van. It's used in a side business of mine, towing backhoes and things like that. Recently the distributor was just worn out. I have to wonder if it really has a lot more miles on it than 180.
Not hard. Just look up hypoxia. That's what you're really doing. You'll get stupid and won't even realize it. Then you're done.
Don't need no stinkin' exit bag! Just go to your favorite computer store, get a computer duster in a can. Look at the can. Don't inhale, could cause death. Well, inhale it!
Which leads to an obvious question: Isn't the U.S. capable of producing its own anesthetics? At least the ones used for executions which should no longer be covered by patents?
I know, this is so stupid. It's easy to kill with good 'ol 1940's technology. Chloroform, Ether, etc.. They had to be careful or they could kill the patient. So easy I could do it. Face mask, pour the ether over it... Nighty-night! Dozens of off the shelf ways they could use.
Could go back 100 years - Get a rope! Hang 'em. Hang 'em high!
Almost all murders happen either in affect, or in a situation where the perpetrator thinks he can get away with it.
True. Understand that criminals think they can always get away with it. Doesn't seem to matter if they've been caught a couple of dozen times doing exactly the same thing. Even really dumb things like writing bad checks. They get out and - write another bad check! Even though in one case I observed the judge said she'd get a 10 year sentence. Back before the judge - 10 year sentence. I should check up on her. She should be out by now, probably already back in again.
In either case, having the death penalty will have no effect on whether a murder will happen or not.
This is the key thing and is fought over a lot. It does have an effect and it's clearly demonstrable. There are places like Baltimore County - has DP and Baltimore City - no DP. Literally same people, just on different sides of a political line. They know that line and it's like magic. But don't take my word for it, look it up. From murder to other crimes. If you do, you'll never make that statement again because you'll know it's wrong.
IMHO, I think the executions should be public. No nitrogen, go for a hanging. This drives the point home for those of us that are really slow.
Need to also fix the justice system. Get people to understand what jury nullification is (bad law) and just because someone is brought before them, that doesn't mean they're guilty. They need to do their job.
Of course. You see, they're aliens. They wouldn't be that stupid.
Before someone takes me seriously - That's a joke. Lot of gullible people on /.
If you check the SFRA rules, they mentioned it seemed everything, except a gyro copter.
He did violate Class B airspace and a Prohibited area.
Sounds like they're not interested in ruining his life. Just trying to encourage him to not do it again. They are usually very persuasive that way.
The MPD weighed it. It's 350 Lbs AND has a 10 gallon gas tank. Limit by the way is 200 Lbs, not 250. Can't have more than a 5 gallon tank. The FAA allowed these guys to register these "fat" ultras and a bunch of them thumbed their noses at it. So he doesn't care about laws. Bunch of those guys were getting killed.
He does have one thing going for him. He did violate the prohibited area around the Capital, no two ways about that. He didn't violate the other Washington area Special Flight Rules Area. They specified gliders, planes, helicopters, balloons.... didn't mention gyro copters. I'm sure they'll add that soon.
Wow, now they have a substitute for that pesky mother in law. With gps - you're going to fast. Look at that hot chick in the other car - "Keep you eyes on the road" (with the enhanced option to do other person in car detection - add "Buster, she's not that hot"). Run into the other lane a bit? "Hey numb nuts - watch the road!" Stop by the corner mart to pick up a few brewskies - "Hey buster, setting up to drink again? You're a no good jerk." And so on.
No, not my mother in law. She was never like that.
Not so fast. They're are a LOT of books out there that document how to do that stuff. My own private library, I have everything from US Navy how to forge books to how to do just about everything else as it was done 100 years ago. Look at Lindsey publishing. These same books were found in Iraq when it fell. They were doing it. Mankind will recover. If those in power will let it.
Found out Lindsey is no more. Check out here - http://www.youroldtimebookstor...
Sorry, don't mean to pick on you per se - I have to laugh hard when I see people make such funny statements as we can distribute wealth better. This usually means steal from people who know how to handle money to give to those that have amply demonstrated that they cannot handle money. Somehow you think this is right and won't result in the collapse of civilization.
Want to distribute wealth better? Teach kids how finance works in grade school. How to apply mathematics to common problems, such as how much seed to buy for your lawn. Hell, how big is their lawn! Most people, even college graduates can't even tell me how to figure that out even if their life depended on it. You know, simple length X width in feet. Middle/Junior high stuff. Never mind how to do a budget.
Guy calls up, wanna alarm system? Protect your family? Only $60/month or just $2 a day. Isn't your family worth it? Someone I know signed up for that. I said, do you realize that's $720/year? More than your oil fuel bill for their house? No idea. They were shocked. That's why they're in a trailer and probably always will be until they understand finance.
Before that example, someone else - cell phone bundle offer. Before that another person with "low down payment and low installments", yea, installments for 5 years for something they can't use. On and on, I could give examples for a long time. Some heart wrenching.
Solution is not to penalize the so called rich. It's not dividing us by race, gender, ethnicity or whatever else you can think of. It's by building us all up. Get rid of this crap called Common Core and new math. New math that takes about 4 times more time to do. Trying to make us all equally stupid.
Don't be silly. Windows 95.
I say that knowing that certain well known businesses use windows 95 for financial transactions. No plans on updating.
Looks like nobody on /. has figured out that the Obama administration nationalized the whole internet yet.
Check out what it says. Check out the "logic" behind what the FCC did - what a load of crap and they know it.
Blew over everyone's head just like Hope and Change did. Guys, he's fooled you once, twice, thrice... now he has to be on the 40th time or something.
wake up.
Just beginning. Now they can regulate what we say and do. It's coming. First amendment rights are on the way out too.
No effect on the liberal arts stuff. That's why it's liberal arts. NO brain power needed.
If you are offended by this - Oh I made a mistake. Of course I'm not saying you don't have a brain. There are people that are needed in the world to point out the finer things in life to the rest of us that do real work.
My sons pediatrician *does* do google searches. He uses a tablet. I would be worried if he didn't because nobody on earth is going to remember the millions of possible afflictions that could be causing the symptoms.
Medicine by google? Glad I'm not your kid. Just a thought, you might want to get someone a bit more familiar with their profession. I say this because your attitude seems to be that he does this all the time. Not a good sign. I've seen docs for about 50 years. From old docs with a background at a real Army MASH to guys that set up web sites and handicap race horses on the side. The worst ones were the ones that consulted google for help. Two to be exact. I of course no longer see them. Your kid though. Do as you see fit.
Why are prohibitionists so quick to resort to insults?
That's an easy one. There's nothing left for them to say, other than insults or show other character flaws. Otherwise, they would say something constructive or relevent.
Negotiating is there to come to an agreement. The company wants to pay you nothing. You want a 10 figure salary, probably. When you get realistic an admin type is say $60,000. Maybe they can get you for say $50,000 so they offer that. You would probably want more like 80,000. They also have others to consider. Evaluations come in - who knows more, who has more experience and so on. Will whoever you are considering be a jackass? Eventually they offer a position and if you accept, there you are.
This isn't like sears where you go in an buy a tractor or dishwasher and the price is the price.
This is crap. First of all, there really is no disparity. That's a big lie, and the politicians know it. Obama's WH dude even admitted it. Just something to divide the country over and get women upset at. Equal pay actually goes way back to a law passed in the 1930s and updated in the 1960s.
Secondly, I've had to negotiate with women as well as men. Some men suck at negotiating, some are really good. Some women suck at negotiating, some women I think could negotiate me into almost anything. They really have a good set of cards to play.
Today I think I'd be very weary about being a cop. Especially with a black suspect because they are just waiting to make an example out of someone. So far they had a couple of thugs - Travon Martin and that other thug in Miss. Today I saw a video where a SC cop shot a fleeing 50 year old black man. Not sure why he didn't simply chase and take 'em down. 50 year old overweight black man vs a I think he's a 32 year old in shape cop. Should be no match. Now that cop faces murder charges and an uproar.
Police are very defensive about it as well. I discussed this very topic with a MST. Very very very defensive, "very much needed." I told him I wanted him to return home every day, however I would like more Sheriff Taylor and less Rambo. I might as well be talking to a wall. A lot of these search warrants could be done with a knock on the door, and they know it.
I remember that raid. Again, an example where just a single beat cop was all that was needed. Even if they were receiving pot at that address. No need to use a shotgun to kill a fly - so to speak.
This had swatting written all over it. However let's ignore that for a moment.
Dude calls up for a swatting. Do you:
A) Send in the swat team
B) Send a uniform car
C) Send in an undercover guy
D) Send in a pizza/delivery/utility guy
If you answered D - ding ding ding - you get the prize. A utility guy could check it right out with a clip board. Next time it could be a pizza guy, rotate them around. It would render this all useless. Mean time, track the asshole down and swat him. Swat him good. If he's still alive, hang 'em. Hang 'em high!
If you think that religion is a good basis for doing the right thing you seriously need removed from the gene pool.
You totally missed the point, on multiple levels.
Religion provides a way for people to address and understand what is right and wrong. Understand that this doesn't mean Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, all of them get into this. Some better than others. Sure beats the heck out of the atheists I know. Every one of them is despicable. A used car salesman is a step up.
As for your gene pool remark, I have a feeling you'd be a great one to remove. Already way to late for me, my kids are probably older than you are. I could have grandchildren that are developmentally older than you are.
No, no. You'd be talking about Barney Frank, Bill Clinton and Janet Reno and their fake red lining study to push "liar loans" Here's the horse himself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I remember they were threatening to put bankers in jail over discrimination unless they made these bad loans. So they did, and we got the predictable result.
You could also be talking about Bernie who made-off? Yea, that guy, at least they got him. Got him good. If I remember right, his rolex watch is probably worth more than nearly everyone on slashdot's car is worth. Certainly more than mine.
He somehow managed to find slashdot. Happens sometimes. Always a crank.
There is something to be said for black students. I was waiting for my Son who was in elementary school. That'd be about 15 years ago. On the lobby table was a book of performance on standardized tests. At the top were the white girls, then boys, then asian girls, asian boys.... bottom of the list black girls - 1 passed, no black boys. I thought WTH? I knew there were probably a dozen black boys in that grade for that school, about the same number of girls. Same school, same books, same teachers, same lesson plan, etc.. The one thing I did find is that the parents of the black kids couldn't seem to care less about them. I couldn't even help them. White guy trying to help black kids - must be up to something.
How terrible.
I did have a lot more success at the 4-H. Some black parents brought their kids by. I'd teach them anything. Anything at all. Sadly, it was just a fraction of a percent of black kids.
Didn't use to be that way. I grew up with very strong ethics. If I did something wrong in the neighborhood, didn't seem to matter where - my parents knew and they'd be hell to pay. None of that wussy time out crap either.
Today they're teaching our kids that right and wrong is just an opinion early on in the very first grades. There is no God either. So do whatever you want. Now we're surprised? No, just more liberal BS.
Now people are discovering that there really is a good reason for religion. For doing the right thing.
All in life together. For as great or as miserable as it can be. By the way, it can be very, very, very miserable.