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  1. That is really the same point I was making. But that definition is used by professionals in those areas.

    The general public has a somewhat different idea of what it means.

  2. Re:OpenWRT/LEDE is the only solution on Backdoor Account Found in D-Link DIR-620 Routers (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    He didn't say that

    Actually he did. Before you can secure the router, you have to buy the router. Before you buy the router, you have to decide whether it meets your criteria. By providing his criteria, he indicated his first step.

  3. You don't have to take your hands off the wheel. You just have to stop paying attention.

    The term "autopilot" suggests you don't need to pay as much attention as regular driving, so people don't.

  4. Re:The World is NOT a Computer on The Whole World is Now a Computer, Says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I disagree. Cloud computing is largely about working with globally dispersed data centers as a unit. Many such services don't even distinguish individual computers within the network. I make requests to Amazon, not some specific computer located in a specific rack in a specific building.

    I am willing to concede that there isn't A global computer. More like, there are many global computers, in the sense that different corporate data centers and cloud vendors behave distinctly from each other. And of course there are many traditional computers which don't really interact much with any others.

  5. Re:Amazing on People Are Losing Faith In Self-Driving Cars Following Recent Fatal Crashes (mashable.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Tesla is partially at fault for this bad press. They call their system "autopilot", which to the general public means "this thing drives all by itself". But that's explicitly not what it does. It drives without human intervention only in specific conditions.

    I expect aircraft pilots to know the difference, but not the general public.

  6. Re:The World is NOT a Computer on The Whole World is Now a Computer, Says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Some do. Some like my heart don't obey my commands. My gut bacteria are only working for themselves, but as a byproduct they just happen to be useful to me. My appendix doesn't seem to have serve much of a purpose (other than potentially harmful).

    We say they work as one because on the macro level we can see a physical being known as me. Same could be said about computers, at the macro level they act together as the computer engine of the earth.

  7. Re:The World is NOT a Computer on The Whole World is Now a Computer, Says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    When all of them are connected and act as one, having access to everything all at once, then we will have a world computer.

    The vast majority of computers are connected and have access to everything that is available to the general public.

    Their ability to "act as one" is arbitrary. I am one person, but my organs do vastly different things.

  8. Re:No need to freak out on Facebook's Android App Is Asking for Superuser Privileges, Users Say (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Facebook needs the following permissions:

    • Vote in government elections for you
    • Full access to your bank account

    The masses: "Eh... odd, but I really need to check Facebook." [OK]

  9. So, what you have is not a difference in signage---what you actually have is city planner's correct choice that 4-way stops are safer than intersections with two roads of equal width somehow being treated differently, with one set of roads getting stop signs and the other not getting it. So they only use the latter when they have a good reason to justify it.

    I never said that. We have MANY intersections between two streets of equal size which are not 4-WAY. Only one of those has the yellow sign you linked previously.

    Several streets have drainage dips in the directions that do not stop, but flat grade in the directions with stop signs. It's backwards from the way that seems natural. It makes it easy for someone who notices the big concrete dips instead of the stop sign which is behind a van parked on the curb to make the wrong decision.

  10. We have (to my knowledge) just one sign like that in our metro area, full of stop sign intersections which are not 4-WAY.

    I still maintain that knowing who doesn't stop is a safety concern, making it much more important than knowing that everyone stops for convenience. Besides, if you know that there aren't any who don't stop, you have the same info.

  11. Here we have a small sign attached that says 4-WAY.

    But what I need to know is who doesn't have to stop. That is much more important than knowing that everybody has to stop. We are effectively trained to look at the sign, and in the absence of a 4-WAY indicator, look around to see which other directions have stop signs. Except we are looking at the silver backing which is much less visible in many cases, particularly in the dark or where trees/bushes may be overgrown.

    Bad UI.

  12. To keep going with the car analogy... why am I only warned when the stop sign is 4-way? That's the only time I don't want to be warned.

  13. Re:Say what now? on California Bypasses Science To Label Coffee a Carcinogen (undark.org) · · Score: 0

    Trump losing-the-popular-vote-to-one-of-the-most-unpopular-Democratic-presidential-candidates-in-recent-history

    FTFY.

    Given he is the incumbent, only the Democrats (out of the two parties) stand a chance of presenting a decent candidate in 2020. So I'm probably voting for whoever that is.

  14. Re: Macroscopic concept? on First Measurement of Distribution of Pressure Inside a Proton (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Dimension means attribute. When we say "three dimensions in space" we are saying that we need three attributes to describe the concept of location.

    For each attribute of a dimension, we can talk about points (single values) or sizes (ranges of values between points). Therefore point doesn't necessarily mean that the location is specific, only that we are talking about one numeric value for location instead of a range.

  15. Re:Not a fan of the death penalty but... on States Turn To an Unproven Method of Execution: Nitrogen Gas (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    For such people, the death penalty isn't about protecting others, it's about revenge.

    Or about deterrence.

  16. Re:So who is to blame? on Uber Vehicle Saw But Ignored Woman It Struck, Report Says (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    Any "ghosting" should be done by the automation system, with the driver in primary control.

  17. Re:There is no straight path on The Longest Straight Path You Could Travel On Water Without Hitting Land (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    The term is "geodesic".

  18. Re:We all know how useful virtue signaling is! on 'Red Alert' Protest For Net Neutrality Starts May 9 (cnet.com) · · Score: 3

    Sure, let's make it easier for ISPs to claim that it's too ingrained in their systems and business model to change.

    You might not worry about the train coming towards us, but don't force me to stand on the tracks with you.

  19. Re:Parents? on Wages Aren't the Only Reason Teachers Are Striking (axios.com) · · Score: -1

    B) *ALWAYS* *ALWAYS* *ALWAYS* vote against tax increases.

    Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

  20. Sure, I understand science. I just thought this was well settled.

  21. So the test is to see if the theory is correct?

  22. entangled near light speed channel

    So there is theoretically a way to communicate through the entangled channel? It just cannot be FTL?

  23. Given this, why do they feel the need to test vibrations?

    two 15-micrometer-wide vibrating drum heads. And the next step will be to test whether those vibrations are being teleported between the two objects.

  24. This seems to be a slippery slope. He was charging for his service of creating the disc, part of which was used to cover the cost of purchasing blank media.

    According to the article he was planning to charge 25 cents. That aligns closely with the cost per blank disc.

  25. Re:millenial parents are at fault on More Than 1 Million Kids Had Their Identities Stolen in 2017 (nypost.com) · · Score: 2

    Or health insurers who require enough data to clone your kids, but can't adequately secure their data warehouses.