The 2006 Prius has a much more useful navigation system, and isn't loaded with a ton of crapware and terrible design decisions like the 2014. In the 2014, it's so bad that I just use Waze on my phone.
Regarding #4 - it's not that taking over the world or killing all humans is the AI's end-goal. It's just removing variables from the scenario. Since humans are unpredictable and are likely to interfere with it, preventing it from accomplishing its actual goals, it's entirely logical to reach "destroy all humans" as an intermediate step.
Coal isn't competing well with natural gas, and they're closing down a large number of older coal plants, and aren't building new ones. Most new plants are natural gas or renewables.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
I have a 2006 Prius and just recently we got a 2014 Prius V... And the '06 has a vastly superior navigation system. The '14 comes with crapware-loaded Entune and some of the worst user-interface decisions I've ever seen in a product.
I like that it shows me the traffic, but it'd be nice if they licensed Google Maps for the information so it'd be closer to accurate. And it'd also be nice if roads in cities weren't grey-on-grey with grey text. (Why are you showing me that I'm in a city by changing the background to grey anyway? Is the population of the current governmental entity really critical information when driving?)
It's also somewhat amusing - but also irritating - to see garbage like Bing or MovieTickets.com in the car screen, which work if you connect them to the internet on your smartphone... But if I have my smartphone in the car, wouldn't I check movie times on that, instead of a never-updated slow app whose interface was designed by someone that wears their pants on their head?
The greater Boston marketing area includes areas other than the City of Boston itself. For example, they also show Red Lobster ads and the closest one's in Connecticut.
As dozens of others have said - too much whitespace, too much crap on the side, and the comments section is better implemented on this version, or the even older formats.
The comments section is the single most important thing here.
Switzerland issues fully automatic assault rifles (real assault rifles, not just "scary looking semi-autos") to every mentally competent male of military-eligible age.
Switzerland also requires that said mentally competent males of military-eligible age go through military boot camp and be part of their National Guard Reserve equivalent. Once their term of service is over, the automatic capability of the rifles is disabled.
As usual. Walk up, tell them my name and address. It gets crossed off and a paper ballot is handed to me. I fill in some dots with a marker, then stick it into a machine that reads it and I get a shiny "I voted today" sticker as they mark me off in a second set of books.
It took at most five minutes. I have no idea how other states can mess such a simple process up so badly.
People are good at overreacting. The zeppelin industry didn't last much after May 6, 1937 except as novelties, despite nearly two thirds of the people surviving the accident. Most airlines would love those kinds of numbers in a crash. On average in 2010, more people died every seven hours from car accidents in the US.
Pointing out that there are Gen IV reactor plans incapable of having accidents like this is impossible when people are in full panic mode.
The mouse control for flight has me... concerned. The best things about Jumpgate were the physics inspired flight and joystick controlled combat.
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When I had a chance to go to Iceland, I found that Hákarl wasn't a tenth as gross as I had hoped it would be. Sure, it tasted like a piece of tuna that was wrapped in sweaty gym socks and left out overnight, but it was a whole lot better than some of the Chinese food in the Boston area.
Assume he's wrong. Completely and totally. Man has nothing at all to do with global warming, and we all foolishly believed the hype.
People end up driving more efficient cars, conserving energy, and using more renewable resources. Dependence on petrochemicals and the middle east are lessened, the air and water become cleaner, and in general everyone is healthier.
How's that bad again?
The common claim is that going green would be bad for the economy, but Toyota and many other companies that have reaped the rewards of the wave seem to disagree.
...And why is not contaminating our nests considered a liberal issue? It's a bipartisan issue that should be non-political, unless conservatives intend on having their grandchildren breathe canned air.
As noted elsewhere in comments, it's already working great in Iceland.
Digging great big holes is no more nonsense than most of the other things humans do.
I find it quite likely that the error lies with the MMORPG.COM author. There were numerous mistakes in the featured article - Magic Missiles, for one, aren't dodgable in DDO.
"I questioned James also about the choice of Eberron and was told that it was recommended by Wizards of the Coast. The continent of Xen'drik had yet to have lore fleshed out and Turbine was basically given the ability to build their own world, including a new playable race - the Warforged." is the quote from the article. I wouldn't be surprised if James Jones actually said something along the lines of "We got to have the Warforged as a player character race", rather than "ZOMG I CREATED TEH WARFORGED!!!"
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He was asked what would be the *quickest* way, not what he thought was the *best* way.
We've got a 2014 Prius v and a 2006 Prius.
The 2006 Prius has a much more useful navigation system, and isn't loaded with a ton of crapware and terrible design decisions like the 2014. In the 2014, it's so bad that I just use Waze on my phone.
Regarding #4 - it's not that taking over the world or killing all humans is the AI's end-goal. It's just removing variables from the scenario. Since humans are unpredictable and are likely to interfere with it, preventing it from accomplishing its actual goals, it's entirely logical to reach "destroy all humans" as an intermediate step.
Best desk I've ever had. So good I bought a second one for home use.
Want to stand? No problem. Want to sit? Go ahead, it takes five seconds to adjust.
It's nice and solid, is made in the USA, and comes pre-assembled.
http://www.ergodesktop.com/
In 2014, 39% of US Electricity came from coal, and that percentage is declining.
http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/...
Coal isn't competing well with natural gas, and they're closing down a large number of older coal plants, and aren't building new ones. Most new plants are natural gas or renewables.
http://about.bnef.com/content/...
That said, it's still easier to control emissions at a single source than at thousands.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the juice of java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
So, less than one Iraq War then?
Sounds pretty good.
I have a 2006 Prius and just recently we got a 2014 Prius V... And the '06 has a vastly superior navigation system. The '14 comes with crapware-loaded Entune and some of the worst user-interface decisions I've ever seen in a product.
I like that it shows me the traffic, but it'd be nice if they licensed Google Maps for the information so it'd be closer to accurate. And it'd also be nice if roads in cities weren't grey-on-grey with grey text. (Why are you showing me that I'm in a city by changing the background to grey anyway? Is the population of the current governmental entity really critical information when driving?)
It's also somewhat amusing - but also irritating - to see garbage like Bing or MovieTickets.com in the car screen, which work if you connect them to the internet on your smartphone... But if I have my smartphone in the car, wouldn't I check movie times on that, instead of a never-updated slow app whose interface was designed by someone that wears their pants on their head?
It's a standing desk from ErgoDesktop that trivially converts to a sitting desk - turn one knob and push it down, or raise it back up.
It lets me stand most of the time, and sit if I want to.
http://www.ergodesktop.com/
Because nuclear fission is SCARY! (Even though modern designs for thorium based plants passively deal with many of the potential issues.)
The greater Boston marketing area includes areas other than the City of Boston itself. For example, they also show Red Lobster ads and the closest one's in Connecticut.
Slow news day, huh?
As dozens of others have said - too much whitespace, too much crap on the side, and the comments section is better implemented on this version, or the even older formats.
The comments section is the single most important thing here.
Switzerland issues fully automatic assault rifles (real assault rifles, not just "scary looking semi-autos") to every mentally competent male of military-eligible age.
Switzerland also requires that said mentally competent males of military-eligible age go through military boot camp and be part of their National Guard Reserve equivalent. Once their term of service is over, the automatic capability of the rifles is disabled.
As usual. Walk up, tell them my name and address. It gets crossed off and a paper ballot is handed to me. I fill in some dots with a marker, then stick it into a machine that reads it and I get a shiny "I voted today" sticker as they mark me off in a second set of books.
It took at most five minutes. I have no idea how other states can mess such a simple process up so badly.
And then he'd throw money at the problem to make the towns match the maps.
People are good at overreacting. The zeppelin industry didn't last much after May 6, 1937 except as novelties, despite nearly two thirds of the people surviving the accident. Most airlines would love those kinds of numbers in a crash. On average in 2010, more people died every seven hours from car accidents in the US.
Pointing out that there are Gen IV reactor plans incapable of having accidents like this is impossible when people are in full panic mode.
Don't worry, they're working on that too.
Schumer proposes no ride list for train travelers.
"Land of the free, and home of the brave." Remember that? It used to apply..
I think this really is the best story summary I've ever read on Slashdot.
The mouse control for flight has me... concerned. The best things about Jumpgate were the physics inspired flight and joystick controlled combat.
When I had a chance to go to Iceland, I found that Hákarl wasn't a tenth as gross as I had hoped it would be. Sure, it tasted like a piece of tuna that was wrapped in sweaty gym socks and left out overnight, but it was a whole lot better than some of the Chinese food in the Boston area.
They hate us for our freedoms!
Luckily for us, we've cleverly ensured that they don't have that cause to hate us anymore! Right?
Just like how there are no ads on cable TV, right?
People end up driving more efficient cars, conserving energy, and using more renewable resources. Dependence on petrochemicals and the middle east are lessened, the air and water become cleaner, and in general everyone is healthier.
How's that bad again?
The common claim is that going green would be bad for the economy, but Toyota and many other companies that have reaped the rewards of the wave seem to disagree.
As noted elsewhere in comments, it's already working great in Iceland. Digging great big holes is no more nonsense than most of the other things humans do.
I find it quite likely that the error lies with the MMORPG.COM author. There were numerous mistakes in the featured article - Magic Missiles, for one, aren't dodgable in DDO.
"I questioned James also about the choice of Eberron and was told that it was recommended by Wizards of the Coast. The continent of Xen'drik had yet to have lore fleshed out and Turbine was basically given the ability to build their own world, including a new playable race - the Warforged." is the quote from the article. I wouldn't be surprised if James Jones actually said something along the lines of "We got to have the Warforged as a player character race", rather than "ZOMG I CREATED TEH WARFORGED!!!"