The cops don't shutdown the vehicle - OnStar does.
You mean "the minimum wage drone at OnStar does", right ?. And he or she can probably be talked into doing anything the "cop" wants, if the latter appears convincing enough. Sometimes, it's truly amazing what you can get people to do if you're speaking from a position of authority... or at least appear to be.
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I doubt that would happen. Since OnStar also knows the make of your vehicle and where it is, if that information didn't match the information provided by the police then obviously they wouldn't shutdown the vehicle.
Oh, yeah. Right. Just like vice managers of fast food joints wouldn't strip-search one of their own employees when told to do so over the phone by a con artist posing as a cop. Right. It won't happen. Ever.
From being the country which gave E=MC^2 to the world to being a country which shows the middle finger to even allies....
Sorry... Einstein moved to the USA long after he had received the Nobel prize for his work (and he received it long after he had published his research).
Also, the better analogy would be, IMHO:
From being the country which managed to pull off things like the Berlin airlift (for a country that was technically still an enemy and under occupation) to being a country which shows the middle finger to even allies....
Then you'd agree that we should ban skydiving, rock climbing, bull riding, car racing, and anything else you might have to "fund your care for 30 years".
So what's the ratio of number of accidents during the activities mentioned above to car accidents ? It's a number with a zero in front of and quite a lot of zeros behind the decimal point. Millions of people drive cars every day.
Also, "cost of care" is only a minor argument - the major argument is availability of emergency services. Wouldn't you be really pissed if you bled to death after an accident, or died after a heart attack, just because the ambulances were to busy trying to haul in all the dumbasses who "just wanted to be dumb and self-destructive" ? Guess what, they've just succeeded in destroying _you_ with their stupidity, because paramedics can't make the decision to leave the "dumb and self-destructive" guy to die and go pick up the person who's done everything right and just had some bad luck.
I promise I won't be running out to buy a car with OnStar!
Too bad that won't help you when you're stuck in the middle of a traffic jam caused by thousands of On-Star equipped vehicles disabled by some joker (terrorist).
Yes. First those pesky Germans invent MP3, and then they invent stuff to make hard drives even bigger. Guess which country will end up on the "supports terrorism and needs to be invaded (again)" list next.
Writing code gives fairly immediate reinforcement since you can generally compile what you have and see how it works. If it doesn't you can tweak it and recompile.
Let'em use punch cards and only one hour of computer time each week (Saturday night, 2 am to 3 am) for a month. That'll teach'em.
In the summer of 2008, teams from a host of countries will compete in The Microtransat Challenge with the hope of gaining the honor of having built the first autonomous sailboat to cross the Atlantic.
The college a friend of mine went to tried doing something similar (actually, the vessel should have gone around the world instead of just crossing the Atlantic). They had to give it up due to some maritime law issue - apparently, ocean-going vessels need to be capable of picking up people in case of an emergency (like rescuing them after a shipwreck). Understandably, a small robotic ship that doesn't have any provisions on board doesn't qualify.
It put out a huge amount of power (10exp33 Joules), equivalent to a large (2000MW) power station running for two billion billion years.
I'm surprised that this would be a huge amount of power for astronomers. The average star should output that much power probably every few seconds. Probably not in the RF band, but still...
And RAID isn't for safety of your data either, hey?
You'll find out how much safety RAID provides once your data gets trashed by malware, deleted by a careless or disgruntled employee, the RAID box gets stolen, or your office burns down or gets flooded.
According to spokesman C. Imanut, "The challenge is going to be creating enough lift using just arms, hands and perhaps ears," said Imanut. "Once this is done, flying people will be common."
Obviously, he doesn't know that flying is all about falling to the ground and missing...
Furthermore Germany seems to follow the 'American Way' of removing constitutional liberties with about 5 years delay, as far as I know laws for warantless eavesdropping by the police are in the making.
Fortunately, the judges of the Federal Constitutional Court (sorta like the Supreme Court, except that they deal only with cases directly involving the constitution) are much more eager to slap down any unconstitutional vomit the politicians may produce.
The only way to ensure you won't be bullied is to become strong, defined as capable and willing to use violence to defend yourself.
... at which point the bully is going to start playing "the system" against you. Suddenly, they'll have everyone convinced that they are the victim, you are the aggressor, and you'll be punished. That's part of the standard bully toolbox.
What I don't get here is that "Cyberbullying" seems like the sort of thing that can't have too much of an effect on someone.
You lack the imagination and cruelty to pass Bullying 101, sorry.
Cyberbullying doesn't just consist of sending the victim mean e-mails/comments/IMs. How about web sites that tell all kinds of lies, posting photos or even movies (maybe manipulated) and so on ? There's no way a victim can deal with those by just ignoring them, because the victim is not the target audience... everyone on the internet is.
getting in a fight resulted in getting an F for every class that grading period, for both people, even if you didn't start it.
... for bullies (who don't care about their grades) against any student who does care about grades. Apparently, someone hasn't figured out yet that bullies are also experts in using "the system" against their victims.
You want to teach a kid not to do something? The judicious application of a bit of minor discomfort - aka "pain" - can go very far.
Wonderful lesson you're teaching a kid: If you're bigger and stronger than someone, you can hurt them, make them do what you want, and get away with it. And that's not all of it - the other parts of the lesson is "If you want your parents attention (negative or positive doesn't matter, attention is attention), do something they don't want you to do.". That's a really good way to raise the next generation of bullies.
In most civilized places, that approach should put you in jail for quite a while. But since you've already honed your skills, it shouldn't present too much trouble to deal with the bullies there.
If you want to ensure that your son doesn't get bullied, then enroll him into a good martial arts class;
Want to know hell ? Imagine you're a physically handicapped geek (prime bullying target), inferior to any healthy person in a fight, and must avoid fights for medical reasons way too complex for any bully (or even anyone who's not an MD) to comprehend.... welcome to hell.
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You mean "the minimum wage drone at OnStar does", right ?. And he or she can probably be talked into doing anything the "cop" wants, if the latter appears convincing enough. Sometimes, it's truly amazing what you can get people to do if you're speaking from a position of authority ... or at least appear to be.
Oh, yeah. Right. Just like vice managers of fast food joints wouldn't strip-search one of their own employees when told to do so over the phone by a con artist posing as a cop. Right. It won't happen. Ever.
middle finger to even allies....
Sorry
Also, the better analogy would be, IMHO:
From being the country which managed to pull off things like the Berlin airlift (for a country that was technically still an enemy and under occupation) to being a country which shows the middle finger to even allies....
So what's the ratio of number of accidents during the activities mentioned above to car accidents ? It's a number with a zero in front of and quite a lot of zeros behind the decimal point. Millions of people drive cars every day.
Also, "cost of care" is only a minor argument - the major argument is availability of emergency services. Wouldn't you be really pissed if you bled to death after an accident, or died after a heart attack, just because the ambulances were to busy trying to haul in all the dumbasses who "just wanted to be dumb and self-destructive" ? Guess what, they've just succeeded in destroying _you_ with their stupidity, because paramedics can't make the decision to leave the "dumb and self-destructive" guy to die and go pick up the person who's done everything right and just had some bad luck.
Too bad that won't help you when you're stuck in the middle of a traffic jam caused by thousands of On-Star equipped vehicles disabled by some joker (terrorist).
Yes. First those pesky Germans invent MP3, and then they invent stuff to make hard drives even bigger. Guess which country will end up on the "supports terrorism and needs to be invaded (again)" list next.
Well, it's not like Germany produced a lot of brilliant scientists and engineers in the late 19th/early 20th century
Let'em use punch cards and only one hour of computer time each week (Saturday night, 2 am to 3 am) for a month. That'll teach'em.
And now get off my lawn.
2. Support from game companies. If I wasn't playing games, I'd have dumped Windows years ago.
Last I heard, vampires have some interesting mind-control tricks to deal with these situations.
The combination of capsaicin and a mild topical analgesic (menthol) has been on store shelves for decades, for example under the name of IcyHot.
The college a friend of mine went to tried doing something similar (actually, the vessel should have gone around the world instead of just crossing the Atlantic). They had to give it up due to some maritime law issue - apparently, ocean-going vessels need to be capable of picking up people in case of an emergency (like rescuing them after a shipwreck). Understandably, a small robotic ship that doesn't have any provisions on board doesn't qualify.
I'm surprised that this would be a huge amount of power for astronomers. The average star should output that much power probably every few seconds. Probably not in the RF band, but still
Per worker, not per hour.
As always, there are some who will find somthing obvious only after they've had their heads repeatedly banged against it.
You'll find out how much safety RAID provides once your data gets trashed by malware, deleted by a careless or disgruntled employee, the RAID box gets stolen, or your office burns down or gets flooded.
Obviously, he doesn't know that flying is all about falling to the ground and missing ...
Fortunately, the judges of the Federal Constitutional Court (sorta like the Supreme Court, except that they deal only with cases directly involving the constitution) are much more eager to slap down any unconstitutional vomit the politicians may produce.
You lack the imagination and cruelty to pass Bullying 101, sorry.
Cyberbullying doesn't just consist of sending the victim mean e-mails/comments/IMs. How about web sites that tell all kinds of lies, posting photos or even movies (maybe manipulated) and so on ? There's no way a victim can deal with those by just ignoring them, because the victim is not the target audience
Wonderful lesson you're teaching a kid: If you're bigger and stronger than someone, you can hurt them, make them do what you want, and get away with it. And that's not all of it - the other parts of the lesson is "If you want your parents attention (negative or positive doesn't matter, attention is attention), do something they don't want you to do.". That's a really good way to raise the next generation of bullies.
In most civilized places, that approach should put you in jail for quite a while. But since you've already honed your skills, it shouldn't present too much trouble to deal with the bullies there.
Want to know hell ? Imagine you're a physically handicapped geek (prime bullying target), inferior to any healthy person in a fight, and must avoid fights for medical reasons way too complex for any bully (or even anyone who's not an MD) to comprehend. ... welcome to hell.
Sure. But they do have lots of nastier ways to make your life miserable than anything mentioned above (as long as it's not fatal, of course).