The amber light gets decreased, making intersection less safe. Does it matter what party to this money-grabbing public-private sector collusion actually carried out the work?
>>>You're not even supposed to run the amber, never mind the red.
Incorrect. When you see light turning yellow, you are suppose to stop when it is safe to do so, otherwise proceed through the intersection. If you are a municipality concerned about safety - increase timer on yellow light.
Instead, exact opposite happens - municipality concerned with a budget shortfalls decreases yellow light timer to generate additional red light ticket revenue. As a result, many people slam on the brakes increasing instances of rear-end collisions.
>>>It proves the cameras are working, and people are speeding less.
In before "why won't you think of the children!?".
It does not. It may indicate that problem was overblown in the first place. Also since report focuses on revenue, and no accident rates (possibly because there is zero impact) we can conclude that these were always about revenue-generation.
Easy to solve - calibrate them to overestimate driver's speed. It is virtually impossible to challenge these, and many municipalities already do this with red light and speed cameras.
Also, can we stop pretending these are about anything other than revenue generation?
1. It was coalition airstrikes, not citizens with guns that brought the regime down. No outside force will airstrike nuclear-armed US, no matter how bad things get internally.
2. Where are they now? Anarchy. Not exactly happy ending.
Armed confrontation with the state will not work. Syria is most recent historical example, but there are plenty more. If you want to fight police state, then active participation in the democratic process is the way to achieve that. More guns? Well, that will just result in more gun death AND easy justification for further police militarization (crazies with untraceable semi-automatics).
You know, I tried using Android phone this way - disabling location, refusing to link accounts... you couldn't do much other than place calls and maybe use browser. Android smartphone isn't a very useful device unless you surrender to Google.
I understand what you are saying, but you also have to admit that Google is doing a superb job trapping the careless user into handing over credentials. I strongly believe that this is Bad Design for $$$ reasons.
Existing cell technology does not support proper authentication. Your mobile device is authenticated, but cell towers are assumed to be trusted and you have no control over what you connect to. This allows all kinds of Man in the Middle attacks, where one could pretend to be a cell tower and capture traffic.
Hypothetical example - you are standing next to a cartoon robber with a big black box called "FAKE CELL TOWER". The only way you could prevent your smartphone from getting connected to this device is to turn data off. Once you connect, attackers can push fake app updates, inject exploits into your browsing, inspect your unencrypted traffic, try to get you accept compromised certificates, redirect your traffic and so on.
And this is why I am not excited about LTE direct.
"Oh wait.." as in, the present situation is comparable to the worst of Microsoft excesses where they were justifiably criticized? If that was your point, then yes, I agree.
Issue with rooting, is that almost anything in mobile space defaults to auto-run. This is not a big deal if permissions are severely restricted in non-rooted phone and the worst stuff won't survive the reboot. Modifying this default promiscuous behavior is not a simple configuration change and is beyond abilities of majority of technically-inclined/. crowd.
>>>They can be removed if you have unlocked the bootloader and flashed an OS image that contains su. Then you can become root, remount the OS partition read-write, and remove the apps completely.
This is why mobile space computing devices will always be toys in my eyes. They system designed to dictate how you suppose to use it. Sure, with enough effort you could bypass and regain control that should have been there from the beginning.
As for quoted response - imagine buying a PC during 90s era where you didn't have enough permission to uninstall AOL. Plus you'd get prompted for AOL credentials to use unrelated productivity software. Even MS in its prime wasn't that evil. Google, on other hand...
Please, try being a Pastafarian. I get cursed with a terminal disease at least once before my morning coffee. Considering our vengeful god, it is amazing any of us still alive.
Partially due to above circumstances, on a long enough scale, Pastafarian mortality approaches 100%.
I disagree with this line of thinking. People are not poor by choice. Almost always there is some underlying condition, sometimes outside the control of the individual. This underlying condition will also impact ability to help themselves.
Just consider how feasible would it be for a single mom juggling two minimum wage jobs to also find time, motivation, and capacity to learn how to fix the car. I am sure there are super-humans out there that could pull this off, but such people never stay poor for very long.
>>>People who got NINJA loans were a prime reason for the mortgage crisis.
Not quite. People who gave out NINJA loans to people who had no hope of repaying these loans and then proceeding to misrepresent these loans as AAA were the prime reason for the crisis.
Learning anything is hard. If it was trivial to fix your cars, only rich would pay others to do it for them. Just like cutting grass or doing your laundry. Unfortunately, modern automobile is much more complex device than ether your laptop or smartphone, with mechanic, pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical systems interfacing in whichever way.
Is it possible to maintain your own car? Well, yes, but you have to be intelligent and motivated, something that highly correlates with high income and status that generally enables you to pay others to work on your car.
This indignity is a symptom of a larger issue - hardships that have to be endured by poor. We should be asking how we can make sure they can afford transportation instead of getting outraged at sausage-making that is going on at the "no credit" used car lots. Perhaps we could invest into better public transportation and affordable housing in proximity to transportation hubs?
With that said, the choices here are likely a) much more expensive cars for at-risk debtors due to significant risk premium b) this indignity of being subjected to such devices and much lower costs. I am sure both options are available at the same time.
I think you are factually wrong on Canadians and H1B. Under NAFTA any Canadian with a college degree can get a 'no questions asked' work visa at the border. The same applies to US folk wanting to work in Canada.
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The amber light gets decreased, making intersection less safe. Does it matter what party to this money-grabbing public-private sector collusion actually carried out the work?
>>>You're not even supposed to run the amber, never mind the red.
Incorrect. When you see light turning yellow, you are suppose to stop when it is safe to do so, otherwise proceed through the intersection. If you are a municipality concerned about safety - increase timer on yellow light.
Instead, exact opposite happens - municipality concerned with a budget shortfalls decreases yellow light timer to generate additional red light ticket revenue. As a result, many people slam on the brakes increasing instances of rear-end collisions.
>>>It proves the cameras are working, and people are speeding less.
In before "why won't you think of the children!?".
It does not. It may indicate that problem was overblown in the first place. Also since report focuses on revenue, and no accident rates (possibly because there is zero impact) we can conclude that these were always about revenue-generation.
Here you go.
Easy to solve - calibrate them to overestimate driver's speed. It is virtually impossible to challenge these, and many municipalities already do this with red light and speed cameras.
Also, can we stop pretending these are about anything other than revenue generation?
Commission a drawing of the man in question serving time.
>>>Libya?
Two things.
1. It was coalition airstrikes, not citizens with guns that brought the regime down. No outside force will airstrike nuclear-armed US, no matter how bad things get internally.
2. Where are they now? Anarchy. Not exactly happy ending.
Armed confrontation with the state will not work. Syria is most recent historical example, but there are plenty more. If you want to fight police state, then active participation in the democratic process is the way to achieve that. More guns? Well, that will just result in more gun death AND easy justification for further police militarization (crazies with untraceable semi-automatics).
Small steps, lets get them to accept evaluation on our planet first.
You know, I tried using Android phone this way - disabling location, refusing to link accounts... you couldn't do much other than place calls and maybe use browser. Android smartphone isn't a very useful device unless you surrender to Google.
I understand what you are saying, but you also have to admit that Google is doing a superb job trapping the careless user into handing over credentials. I strongly believe that this is Bad Design for $$$ reasons.
Existing cell technology does not support proper authentication. Your mobile device is authenticated, but cell towers are assumed to be trusted and you have no control over what you connect to. This allows all kinds of Man in the Middle attacks, where one could pretend to be a cell tower and capture traffic.
Hypothetical example - you are standing next to a cartoon robber with a big black box called "FAKE CELL TOWER". The only way you could prevent your smartphone from getting connected to this device is to turn data off. Once you connect, attackers can push fake app updates, inject exploits into your browsing, inspect your unencrypted traffic, try to get you accept compromised certificates, redirect your traffic and so on.
And this is why I am not excited about LTE direct.
Pedantic correction - Donald Trump might actually offer good advice on how to be born rich, as he has first-hand experiences.
"Oh wait.." as in, the present situation is comparable to the worst of Microsoft excesses where they were justifiably criticized? If that was your point, then yes, I agree.
Issue with rooting, is that almost anything in mobile space defaults to auto-run. This is not a big deal if permissions are severely restricted in non-rooted phone and the worst stuff won't survive the reboot. Modifying this default promiscuous behavior is not a simple configuration change and is beyond abilities of majority of technically-inclined /. crowd.
>>>They can be removed if you have unlocked the bootloader and flashed an OS image that contains su. Then you can become root, remount the OS partition read-write, and remove the apps completely.
This is why mobile space computing devices will always be toys in my eyes. They system designed to dictate how you suppose to use it. Sure, with enough effort you could bypass and regain control that should have been there from the beginning.
As for quoted response - imagine buying a PC during 90s era where you didn't have enough permission to uninstall AOL. Plus you'd get prompted for AOL credentials to use unrelated productivity software. Even MS in its prime wasn't that evil. Google, on other hand...
Please, try being a Pastafarian. I get cursed with a terminal disease at least once before my morning coffee. Considering our vengeful god, it is amazing any of us still alive.
Partially due to above circumstances, on a long enough scale, Pastafarian mortality approaches 100%.
I purchased couple L-Prize winning Phillips LED bulb when they first came to market many years ago and they are still going. Under heavy use. YMMV.
>>>"I like and believe very much that we should be able to take the contents,"
Do you also believe in the Santa Claus?
In closing, fuck you. No.
Turn out, all our water is greywater .
I disagree with this line of thinking. People are not poor by choice. Almost always there is some underlying condition, sometimes outside the control of the individual. This underlying condition will also impact ability to help themselves.
Just consider how feasible would it be for a single mom juggling two minimum wage jobs to also find time, motivation, and capacity to learn how to fix the car. I am sure there are super-humans out there that could pull this off, but such people never stay poor for very long.
>>>People who got NINJA loans were a prime reason for the mortgage crisis.
Not quite. People who gave out NINJA loans to people who had no hope of repaying these loans and then proceeding to misrepresent these loans as AAA were the prime reason for the crisis.
Learning anything is hard. If it was trivial to fix your cars, only rich would pay others to do it for them. Just like cutting grass or doing your laundry. Unfortunately, modern automobile is much more complex device than ether your laptop or smartphone, with mechanic, pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical systems interfacing in whichever way.
Is it possible to maintain your own car? Well, yes, but you have to be intelligent and motivated, something that highly correlates with high income and status that generally enables you to pay others to work on your car.
This indignity is a symptom of a larger issue - hardships that have to be endured by poor. We should be asking how we can make sure they can afford transportation instead of getting outraged at sausage-making that is going on at the "no credit" used car lots. Perhaps we could invest into better public transportation and affordable housing in proximity to transportation hubs?
With that said, the choices here are likely a) much more expensive cars for at-risk debtors due to significant risk premium b) this indignity of being subjected to such devices and much lower costs. I am sure both options are available at the same time.
I think you are factually wrong on Canadians and H1B. Under NAFTA any Canadian with a college degree can get a 'no questions asked' work visa at the border. The same applies to US folk wanting to work in Canada.