Actually, a few years ago at WWDC, the whole "Apple isn't making personal computers anymore" came up in one of the labs. And the comment from one of the Apple guys was, "Do we really want iOS development to be dependent on Windows?"
Agreed. However, you have to remember that when you have to get a permit to cut down a sapling, it's a minor inconvenience. When a large drilling operation has to go through these permits, it's a huge inconvenience that costs money and jobs. We have to protect these job creators and get the government off their backs so they can get things done.
At least that's what I heard on Fox News.
I always love these "small government" types. They're the first to yell about how we need smaller government. But when something goes wrong, they're the first to say, "Well, where was the government in all of this? They should have done something."
In these kinds of stops they are really just props.
I remember something from several years back where the police would just say, "Oops! The Dog is reacting to something. Do you want to let us search the car now or do we have to break windows and things like that?"
Whether the dog really was reacting to something would be up to the officer handling the dog. It's not like I'm an expert in dog handling to be able to say, "No, that's not true."
I'll bet you'd still get government alerts on your voice-only smartphone. Heck, even when I didn't have a text plan, I still got free AMBER alerts at 2:00AM when I was asleep.
This is still fantasy scenario. [...] And battery prices a going down rapidly, alternative battery technologies are behind the corner. Most likely, they will be become cheap enough within few years and connection to the grid will become unnecessary hassle.
Speaking of fantasy scenarios...
I don't necessarily disagree with you, but you're replacing one fantasy scenario with another. And I could easily believe that the lions share of houses would have solar before this cheap alternative battery technology is available.
[...] sadly I've got other, more important things to do.
Seriously? What's more important than getting a "Score: 5, Funny"? It means you've made at least five people smile. Isn't giving others that joy more important than whatever code slogging you're doing instead?
...and, frankly, I don't have a problem with that.
If you want to incur the hassles of off-shore workers in different time-zones and all, that's fine. You will probably find an appropriate balance between on-shore and off-shore environments. I know some companies who have QA teams off-shore, for example, so that they can basically get 24-hour coverage. The developers make the bugs during "the day", QA finds the bugs during "the night", developers come in the next morning and find a load of bugs waiting for them to fix.
It really depends on what you're doing. It can be tough to afford to pay someone to live in southern California or The Bay Area or New York City. If you can find someone who can live and do the work in Harlington, Texas, or Argentina or Cambodia or Portugal, more power to you.
I have a problem with you bringing someone over here to do the work at the cheaper prices.
How many accidents were averted due to human intervention?
This is actually interesting.
When things get tough, you want a human being with experience. The problem is, as the computers take over, having a person in the cockpit doesn't really mean anything. Sure, I can fly an airplane. But you wouldn't want me behind the stick if we're dodging thunderstorms. You'd want someone with experience flying in that area in those conditions.
That's the interesting angle. Which would you rather have on the stick? A computer or an inexperienced human?
But if they can prove it, that goes against claims by many in the state and oil industry. The oil industry would likely try to hound/silence/sue the insurance company.
Not necessarily. Industries and governments are famous for two-faced policies.
If the insurance company says that they were manmade, the government can say, "No, they weren't, but this is a civil matter and we can't interfere." And nothing will happen. Worst case, it will be tied up in courts for the next 20 years. By then, those people currently in charge will have made a ton of money and be retired somewhere outside the US.
It's kind of like the music industry claiming that a 30-second ringtone is enough the song that consumers must pay royalties while, at the same time, claiming that they weren't so they didn't have to pay the artists royalties.
The second one, though, is an exception to the rule. "Clubs" can choose members based on pretty much any reason. There can be a club that is only for women, meaning you can't become a member. They are not claiming to serve everyone--only women.
This is somewhat different than a bakery that refuses to provide a service for certain people. Conversely, if they became a "Christian Bakery Club" and charged a membership fee which you had to pay in order to join the club, they would be within their rights to deny membership in the club to homosexuals, divorcees, muslims, jews, and any other people they deem as sinners. And they wouldn't have to make cakes for those people.
Yeah it seems the only reason you'd want to go to the dealership would be to look at the car and maybe get a test drive.
Actually, as I understand it (and, no, I don't own a Tesla, but I keep checking their website in the desperate hope that there'll be a roadster there), they don't have "dealerships." Instead, they have "showrooms" where you can go look at the car and get a test drive. But, as I understand it, you can't go to one and drive away in a brand new Tesla.
Remember the old Gateway Stores? It's kind of like that.
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Actually, a few years ago at WWDC, the whole "Apple isn't making personal computers anymore" came up in one of the labs. And the comment from one of the Apple guys was, "Do we really want iOS development to be dependent on Windows?"
If the quake was going to happen eventually anyway, and all we did was hasten it a few years or a few decades [...]
Or a few centuries?
I mean, you're going to die anyway, right? So what's the big deal if it's tomorrow during an earthquake or in 50 years from natural causes?
Agreed. However, you have to remember that when you have to get a permit to cut down a sapling, it's a minor inconvenience. When a large drilling operation has to go through these permits, it's a huge inconvenience that costs money and jobs. We have to protect these job creators and get the government off their backs so they can get things done.
At least that's what I heard on Fox News.
I always love these "small government" types. They're the first to yell about how we need smaller government. But when something goes wrong, they're the first to say, "Well, where was the government in all of this? They should have done something."
In these kinds of stops they are really just props.
I remember something from several years back where the police would just say, "Oops! The Dog is reacting to something. Do you want to let us search the car now or do we have to break windows and things like that?"
Whether the dog really was reacting to something would be up to the officer handling the dog. It's not like I'm an expert in dog handling to be able to say, "No, that's not true."
I'll bet you'd still get government alerts on your voice-only smartphone. Heck, even when I didn't have a text plan, I still got free AMBER alerts at 2:00AM when I was asleep.
T-Mobile no longer counts the traffic from most streaming music services against your data plan.
That's the nice thing about T-Mobile. They give away all this bandwidth to anybody.
Or...
The reason you get free streaming from select streaming music services is that they are paying T-Mobile.
Wonder which one it is?
This is still fantasy scenario. [...] And battery prices a going down rapidly, alternative battery technologies are behind the corner. Most likely, they will be become cheap enough within few years and connection to the grid will become unnecessary hassle.
Speaking of fantasy scenarios...
I don't necessarily disagree with you, but you're replacing one fantasy scenario with another. And I could easily believe that the lions share of houses would have solar before this cheap alternative battery technology is available.
I dunno. If someone had been micromanaging it, maybe they would have remembered to reinforce the floor.
Too bad Pebble doesn't actually have an E Ink display
Yet.
In case anyone cares, Enceladus was one of the children of Uranus and Gaia [...]
Hm. I thought it was a corn tortilla rolled around a filling and covered with a chili pepper sauce.
The more you know...
[...] sadly I've got other, more important things to do.
Seriously? What's more important than getting a "Score: 5, Funny"? It means you've made at least five people smile. Isn't giving others that joy more important than whatever code slogging you're doing instead?
Really. You need to work on your priorities.
...and if you only have part of the key, why should you devote resources to protecting it? Let the other guy worry about that.
Kind of like immunization...
...and, frankly, I don't have a problem with that.
If you want to incur the hassles of off-shore workers in different time-zones and all, that's fine. You will probably find an appropriate balance between on-shore and off-shore environments. I know some companies who have QA teams off-shore, for example, so that they can basically get 24-hour coverage. The developers make the bugs during "the day", QA finds the bugs during "the night", developers come in the next morning and find a load of bugs waiting for them to fix.
It really depends on what you're doing. It can be tough to afford to pay someone to live in southern California or The Bay Area or New York City. If you can find someone who can live and do the work in Harlington, Texas, or Argentina or Cambodia or Portugal, more power to you.
I have a problem with you bringing someone over here to do the work at the cheaper prices.
What if you just have your phone turned off when you drive, or don't take it with you in the first place?
I'd imagine there might be an issue if you filed a claim and they looked at the data and said, "Hey, you weren't even in the car!"
"Of course I was! Look at this broken arm!"
"Not according to our data."
"Well, I turned off the phone..."
"Ah! That's against the policy--the phone must be on if you're in the car. We don't have to pay a cent! Whoo hoo!"
They could have built proper infrastructure after the last drought [...]
Which would have turned into calls about how the government is wasting money building infrastructure that will never be used.
All things are obvious with 20/20 hindsight.
How many accidents were averted due to human intervention?
This is actually interesting.
When things get tough, you want a human being with experience. The problem is, as the computers take over, having a person in the cockpit doesn't really mean anything. Sure, I can fly an airplane. But you wouldn't want me behind the stick if we're dodging thunderstorms. You'd want someone with experience flying in that area in those conditions.
That's the interesting angle. Which would you rather have on the stick? A computer or an inexperienced human?
That struck me, too. Forget the terrorists and evil-doers. One good thunderstorm and suddenly your plane has no pilot.
I gotta admit, that caught my eye, too.
But if they can prove it, that goes against claims by many in the state and oil industry. The oil industry would likely try to hound/silence/sue the insurance company.
Not necessarily. Industries and governments are famous for two-faced policies.
If the insurance company says that they were manmade, the government can say, "No, they weren't, but this is a civil matter and we can't interfere." And nothing will happen. Worst case, it will be tied up in courts for the next 20 years. By then, those people currently in charge will have made a ton of money and be retired somewhere outside the US.
It's kind of like the music industry claiming that a 30-second ringtone is enough the song that consumers must pay royalties while, at the same time, claiming that they weren't so they didn't have to pay the artists royalties.
I'll admit, whenever stuff like this comes up, I always think of this...
Those narcissistic muppets can whine about it all they want but it is not coming back.
Hey! I like Miss Piggy!
Fine. "Business Owners."
Besides, it would seem that Gynecologists have no problem helping male patients...
I'll ignore the first one as being ridiculous.
The second one, though, is an exception to the rule. "Clubs" can choose members based on pretty much any reason. There can be a club that is only for women, meaning you can't become a member. They are not claiming to serve everyone--only women.
This is somewhat different than a bakery that refuses to provide a service for certain people. Conversely, if they became a "Christian Bakery Club" and charged a membership fee which you had to pay in order to join the club, they would be within their rights to deny membership in the club to homosexuals, divorcees, muslims, jews, and any other people they deem as sinners. And they wouldn't have to make cakes for those people.
Yeah it seems the only reason you'd want to go to the dealership would be to look at the car and maybe get a test drive.
Actually, as I understand it (and, no, I don't own a Tesla, but I keep checking their website in the desperate hope that there'll be a roadster there), they don't have "dealerships." Instead, they have "showrooms" where you can go look at the car and get a test drive. But, as I understand it, you can't go to one and drive away in a brand new Tesla.
Remember the old Gateway Stores? It's kind of like that.
Better avoid strong magnetic fields.