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  1. Re:Not as silly as it sounds on How Do You Give a Ticket To a Driverless Car? · · Score: 1

    Your idea is a horrible legal kludge and unfairly points the blame at the wrong people.

    The regulation should be somewhat closer to how planes are regulated - The pilot is not held at fault for every incident because it is understood that the vehicle is highly complicated and engineering could be at fault.

    It should be for an accident investigator to determine who is at fault and what charges should be brought. For an self-driven car, this would obviously be between the company that made the car and those responsible for maintaining the car. Perhaps there should be strict rules for who maintains self-driven cars.

  2. Re:And I'm the God Damned Easter Bunny on The World's Fastest-Growing Cause of Death Is Pollution From Car Exhaust · · Score: 1

    Still pretty bad, one of Europe's most polluted cities and the Government does naff all about it.

    London exceeds European pollution limits even with loop hole

    Hundreds of annoying people charging £60+ for parking offences thousands of timers a day, but you never see anyone checking exhaust emissions. And Taxis and Buses are filthy polluters as are trucks, nothing substantial done.

  3. Re:Just make shit up on Ask Slashdot: What To Tell Non-Tech Savvy Family About Malware? · · Score: 1

    Or look at said header and determine who has actually been compromised.

  4. Complain on Cox Comm. Injects Code Into Web Traffic To Announce Email Outage · · Score: 1

    So if you have Cox, complain to them, if enough people threaten to leave they might actually listen, bringing up suggestion of class action lawsuits might help too.

    corporate.investor.orderinfo@cox.com

  5. Re:Title is misleading on Automation Is Making Unions Irrelevant · · Score: 1

    Just ask yourself, what if the global minimum wage was $10/hour?

    Americans jobs would become securer, American companies would stop off-shoring.

    I've worked at a company and seen what many hundreds of companies spend on wages relative to their turnover and profit, often wages is a small percentage of turnover.

    Increasing wages a lot does not automatically lead to large increases in prices.

    Funny that you should mention $10/hour because the minimum wage in the UK is currently $10.00/hour exactly (GBP6.19per) this is not causing the economy problems.

    "Most of the western world has gotten away with increasing the minimum wage in a colonial fashion by shifting the cost of labor onto migrant or developing countries."

    You buy a pair of Nike shoes, they're not cheap, the labourer in the 3rd world country could be paid 10x as much and it'd barely effect the cost of the shoe.

    Other goods are mainly manufactured in factories by machines and robots anyway.

  6. Re:Math fail on UK Internet Porn Blocking Rejected · · Score: 1

    "3,500 responses to the 10-week consultation - which included those from members of the public, academics, charities and communication firms as well as 757 from parents."

    Indeed.

  7. Re:Math fail on UK Internet Porn Blocking Rejected · · Score: 2

    Yeah, I missed that small detail, looks like I wasn't the only one, should have RTFA before commenting.

  8. Math fail on UK Internet Porn Blocking Rejected · · Score: -1, Redundant

    35% of the parents who responded to a survey on filtering wanted an automatic block.

    80% of all those who responded were in favour of no filtering of any kind.

    Doesn't quite add up does it.

  9. Re:what would you miss? on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You hunt chicken with a rifle and I'm supposed to take you seriously?

    And do cows really need to be hunted?

    I don't know where you live but I'm pretty sure there aren't enough wild deer nearby to sustain the ~8 million population of the city I live in.

  10. Re:Don't forget housing and condo boards on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    Sounds likes a new law is needed - the ability to vote for and terminate the HOA, after all the decisions should be made by tenants and strictly limited.

  11. Re:Title is misleading on Automation Is Making Unions Irrelevant · · Score: 1

    Well what is wrong with the minimum wage?

    Are you serious? It's too low.

    Why should anyone who works hard not be able to afford to buy they own property - that is grossly unfair.

  12. Re:Good luck on Jammie Thomas Takes Constitutional Argument To SCOTUS · · Score: 1

    I'd have to disagree with the legally sound bit, they can get away with going against the spirit of the constitution precisely because they are the highest judges and they know full well they won't be brought to book for going against the constitution.

    The wording of the constitution is clear and easy to understand, but some of the decisions the supreme court make are often backed by twisted ideas and any decent person would see they are morally corrupt.

  13. Re:Good luck on Jammie Thomas Takes Constitutional Argument To SCOTUS · · Score: 1

    You missed something, some are saying that the level of the fine is unconstitutional.

  14. Re:Automation and Unemployment on A US Apple Factory May Be Robot City · · Score: 1

    You live like a king because TVs and other electronics and are so cheap now.

    What do you mean you don't eat electronics, why not?

  15. Re:Thank You Captain Obvious on How Corruption Is Strangling US Innovation · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Oh and another thing, you talk of too much regulation but the whole reason we're in a multi-year downturn is because the financial markets were not properly regulated and the bankers fucked the economy.

  16. Re:Thank You Captain Obvious on How Corruption Is Strangling US Innovation · · Score: 4, Informative

    I live in the UK and you're talking bollocks, unemployment is not exceptional, we have nothing like the poverty that the US has. We have far better minimum wages which combat poverty. there is no such thing as food stamps here. And of course the national health service is free to all so if you get sick it is not a problem financially (except for the time off work for some people).

    And the Japanese guy disagrees too I see.

    I don't earn great wages and I live in London and I still have plenty of spending money, food is not a concern.

  17. Re:WHY? on Nintendo Puts a Bedtime On Wii U Content In Europe · · Score: 1

    That longer time makes more sense, if you're going to sleep before 10 then the odds are you can make the purchase just before 6am...

    Still stupid nannying though.

  18. Re:Noooooo! on One Cool Day Job: Building Algorithms For Elevators · · Score: 1

    Ooops, the most unbelievable bit is due to physics, you would not be able to catch on to anything after falling 3 floors, especially not a cable, Mr Indiana Jones.

  19. Re:Noooooo! on One Cool Day Job: Building Algorithms For Elevators · · Score: 1

    I'm having difficulty believing that:

    A) You're stupid enough to force open the doors whilst the lift is moving.

    B) Also stupid enough to step forward when the lift is between floors.

    C) Also stupid enough to fall through the gap.

    D) There is a gap large enough to easily fall through.

  20. Re:Chu! on DOE Wants 5X Improvement In Batteries In 5 Years · · Score: 1

    We currently have 5+ sets - Roadways, Railways, Waterways, Airways, Pathways.

    And see my other answer to this same response. #42160305

  21. Too technical on How Some Chinese Users Bypass The Great Firewall · · Score: 1

    The summary is far too technical, perhaps someone can provide a car analogy.

  22. Re:Chu! on DOE Wants 5X Improvement In Batteries In 5 Years · · Score: 1

    I didn't say *build* a separate road system, this could largely be done by splitting current roads up - like bus lanes and choosing some roads to be light vehicles only. Here in London there would not be any room for new roads anyway.

  23. Re:Chu! on DOE Wants 5X Improvement In Batteries In 5 Years · · Score: 1

    "in e.g. a vehicle of 1/3 the mass of the counterpart"

    Like a bicycle, but more so - you take more care, and that is the point. As cars get more and more safety features drivers just make up for it by driving worse.

  24. The media cartel are scum on British Pirate Party Asked To Pull Pirate Bay Proxy · · Score: 3, Insightful
  25. Re:Cool but SLOOOOOOW on Raspberry Pi's $25 Model A Hits Production Line · · Score: 1

    Quick check on ebay, you paid far too much

    Micro USB to USB Cable $1.6
    16GB class 10 SD-CARD $14.25
    USB Charger $3.2

    Total $19.05 - that's a lot less than $50

    So, a $54.05 PC, sounds much better than a $90 PC

    (UK prices inc p+p converted to dollars, normally we pay higher prices for anything electrical, costs including VAT(sales tax) at 20%)