Fool me twice, well, I guess the new owners have to fool me once, first. I'll give them a chance to fix what's broken, then check it out again; with GitHub going in the direction they are, it would be unreasonable not to consider alternatives and I like the enthusiasm of the current ownership if they're able to pull it off. If not, well, nothing lost.
Dude, they've owned it for barely a week. Considering that the first part of that time was spent reorganizing and restructuring (people and business, not code) and they've already been asking the community what needs to be done and made a headway on that, I'd say they're moving quite rapidly in the right direction, having hit the ground running.
I'd say it's fair to approach them with some skepticism, even to avoid them until they've had a chance to fix things, but to continue to boycot? Give them a chance to fuck up, first.
You'll have to forgive my ignorance of that fact; every truck I've driven in my lifetime has been a manual, with the exception of a U-Haul pickup and 3 U-Haul vans I've driven in the past 5 years, which interestingly enough had shift levers right where the stick would have been had they been manual. I said "car" for a reason. That being said, thank you for the correction, I did not know column shifts were still in production as I have not seen one since I was 5.
Because the guy who paid for it and has the most possible vested interest in fixing it is telling you it won't. If it does, it's no longer just SourceForge's name, but also his own, that goes straight into the shitter.
I fully agree with this. Part of the problem is that acting in a race- and gender-blind manner is often called out as racist or sexist when the correct unbiased decision favors a white male. The blindness honestly must come from all sides and the paranoia over the various perceived -isms needs to stop. If someone can justify their actions based on some metric that legitimately affects one's qualifications, the sensitive sallies need to shut up and accept it. I've been turned down for positions because a woman who applied was more qualified (she held a degree that I did not) and you know what? I accept that. Why does it seem that, all too often, the opposite situation would be deemed unacceptable? When that stops, and when other -ism-based antidiscriminations stop, we'll all be better able to coexist.
This is the helpful home that I remember Slashdot being when I first started lurking in the late 90's, long before I created this account. Thank you for being part of the solution.
You do realize Sourceforge, like Slashdot, is under new ownership now, right? What they've done here is show that they are willing and able to listen to the community, unlike previous owners of the property. Just sayin'.
I find the above remark hilarious in light of your accusation of bullying. Also, given that you've actively argued against yourself in the various discussion threads on this very page, I sincerely doubt that you do anything with any level of sincerity. I agree with your first post in this discussion, but it has become clear that you no longer do. You seem a bit unstable and I do hope you seek help.
Do you acre to kindly point out the spelling errors in that post? As for grammar, I used the poor sentence structure of a 12 year old only in an attempt to better connect with your juvenile intellect. I have a wife who is sitting here laughing at you a little harder than I am, while you have one hell of an imagination; at least now I know what you use all those tissues for, though I'd rather I didn't.
That's not self-driving, that's lane-keeping. There is a huge difference between the two. Insanely huge.
Further, it's a nonstandard feature, precisely the kind of thing I flat-out said I'd review the manual for:
Beyond that, all I need from the manual is... a reference for anything nonstandard.
Here you're calling me an idiot and a moron, insinuating that I'm poor (never been able to afford a 2013 Ford Fusion) and/or a child (a bedtime? really?), all the while acting like all of the above yourself. And all this talk of tissues? Projecting, much?
Further, you might want to fact-check before you call me a moron when you are wrong. Lane-keeping has been out there for well longer than 15 years, Mitsubishi first released it in Japan in 1992, as an option on the Debonair. If I had to guess, that's longer than you've been alive, so I wouldn't expect you to know that. As for lane-correction (e.g. lane-keeping with steering assist), that's been out for 14 years, not 15, but you were close.
And even at that, if the car is stopped, foot on brake, and the driver opens the door or turns the engine off, stop the engine and, well... what's the point of going all-electronic if not so that it can shift into park automatically? Car on, engine off? Allow shifting from park to neutral as an override, then remain in neutral when turned off from that state. This should be pretty basic safety protocol by now; and these people call themselves engineers?
Bullying? And I'm the one with a bedtime? Ask your mommy and daddy what bullying is before you try and accuse someone of doing it.
What vehicle on the market today drives itself? Must be a Tesla and that feature is still in beta, released as a software update, and not in the manual.
If the "advanced features" of your vehicle affect how the pedals and steering wheel control the vehicle in ways that an be adequately explained, rather than experienced, I dare say you haven't driven advanced enough vehicles, friend.
I know that putting it in gear allows it to move, pressing the gas makes it go faster, pressing the brake makes it go slower, and can recognize the universal symbols for instrumentation. Beyond that, all I need from the manual is fluid types and capacities, maintenance schedules, and a reference for anything nonstandard. Unless you're a new driver, that's all you should need the manual for, as well. Speaking of idiots, you should check my reply to you in our other little "conversation".
No, not better as in "with more skill", better as in "with more balance". Are you being purposefully obtuse, or are you just an idiot? I'm leaning toward the latter, as the even the common idiot would have known what I was saying, especially once I said "imbalanced diet".
I've never seen that before but yeah, it looks distinctly different than the typical automatic "shift" lever everyone and their grandmother is used to; therefore, it clearly operates differently. That's an example of the right way to implement something different; make it clearly and obviously different.
That said, it might confuse people who've driven cars with shifter stalks, but those haven't been on the market in something like 40 years and haven't been common for at least 30; anyone encountering something similar now would have to relearn it at this point.
An emergency brake in an automatic is overkill & you know would be used in cases of 'emergency'
But the parking brake (what it's actually called) is for parking and prevents the single metal piece responsible for locking the transmission in park (the parking pawl) from bearing the weight of the vehicle when parked on a hill, or taking the brunt of the impact when someone "bumps" into your parked vehicle. If that pawl breaks, you're now in neutral and, if your parking brake is not engaged, free to roll on down the road. I'm sure you'd consider that an emergency, no? So, using the brake designed to prevent that probably isn't as much overkill as you initially though.
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Fool me twice, well, I guess the new owners have to fool me once, first. I'll give them a chance to fix what's broken, then check it out again; with GitHub going in the direction they are, it would be unreasonable not to consider alternatives and I like the enthusiasm of the current ownership if they're able to pull it off. If not, well, nothing lost.
Dude, they've owned it for barely a week. Considering that the first part of that time was spent reorganizing and restructuring (people and business, not code) and they've already been asking the community what needs to be done and made a headway on that, I'd say they're moving quite rapidly in the right direction, having hit the ground running.
I'd say it's fair to approach them with some skepticism, even to avoid them until they've had a chance to fix things, but to continue to boycot? Give them a chance to fuck up, first.
You'll have to forgive my ignorance of that fact; every truck I've driven in my lifetime has been a manual, with the exception of a U-Haul pickup and 3 U-Haul vans I've driven in the past 5 years, which interestingly enough had shift levers right where the stick would have been had they been manual. I said "car" for a reason. That being said, thank you for the correction, I did not know column shifts were still in production as I have not seen one since I was 5.
Count me in, we'll let you buy the first, but Eristone and I will pick up the 2nd and 3rd. Sound good to everyone?
Because the guy who paid for it and has the most possible vested interest in fixing it is telling you it won't. If it does, it's no longer just SourceForge's name, but also his own, that goes straight into the shitter.
You do the same every time you use the word "meninist", leading to a different, but equally unflattering assumption.
I fully agree with this. Part of the problem is that acting in a race- and gender-blind manner is often called out as racist or sexist when the correct unbiased decision favors a white male. The blindness honestly must come from all sides and the paranoia over the various perceived -isms needs to stop. If someone can justify their actions based on some metric that legitimately affects one's qualifications, the sensitive sallies need to shut up and accept it. I've been turned down for positions because a woman who applied was more qualified (she held a degree that I did not) and you know what? I accept that. Why does it seem that, all too often, the opposite situation would be deemed unacceptable? When that stops, and when other -ism-based antidiscriminations stop, we'll all be better able to coexist.
This is the helpful home that I remember Slashdot being when I first started lurking in the late 90's, long before I created this account. Thank you for being part of the solution.
But continuing to do so under new ownership, who have shown that they are interested in fixing what they bought, is.
You do realize Sourceforge, like Slashdot, is under new ownership now, right? What they've done here is show that they are willing and able to listen to the community, unlike previous owners of the property. Just sayin'.
I find the above remark hilarious in light of your accusation of bullying. Also, given that you've actively argued against yourself in the various discussion threads on this very page, I sincerely doubt that you do anything with any level of sincerity. I agree with your first post in this discussion, but it has become clear that you no longer do. You seem a bit unstable and I do hope you seek help.
Dude. What is your hard-on for me? Seriously.
At least you're entertaining in the other two threads; this is just weak, though.
Damn, a typo; what ever will I do? Clearly, I meant "care", rather than "acre". Have a field day with that, though.
Do you acre to kindly point out the spelling errors in that post? As for grammar, I used the poor sentence structure of a 12 year old only in an attempt to better connect with your juvenile intellect. I have a wife who is sitting here laughing at you a little harder than I am, while you have one hell of an imagination; at least now I know what you use all those tissues for, though I'd rather I didn't.
Further, it's a nonstandard feature, precisely the kind of thing I flat-out said I'd review the manual for:
Beyond that, all I need from the manual is ... a reference for anything nonstandard.
Here you're calling me an idiot and a moron, insinuating that I'm poor (never been able to afford a 2013 Ford Fusion) and/or a child (a bedtime? really?), all the while acting like all of the above yourself. And all this talk of tissues? Projecting, much?
Further, you might want to fact-check before you call me a moron when you are wrong. Lane-keeping has been out there for well longer than 15 years, Mitsubishi first released it in Japan in 1992, as an option on the Debonair. If I had to guess, that's longer than you've been alive, so I wouldn't expect you to know that. As for lane-correction (e.g. lane-keeping with steering assist), that's been out for 14 years, not 15, but you were close.
And even at that, if the car is stopped, foot on brake, and the driver opens the door or turns the engine off, stop the engine and, well... what's the point of going all-electronic if not so that it can shift into park automatically? Car on, engine off? Allow shifting from park to neutral as an override, then remain in neutral when turned off from that state. This should be pretty basic safety protocol by now; and these people call themselves engineers?
WTF dude, what are you, like 12? Finish your homework and go to bed already, wouldn't want you getting grounded and losing computer privileges.
Bullying? And I'm the one with a bedtime? Ask your mommy and daddy what bullying is before you try and accuse someone of doing it.
What vehicle on the market today drives itself? Must be a Tesla and that feature is still in beta, released as a software update, and not in the manual.
Don't you have school in the morning?
Another salient point.
If the "advanced features" of your vehicle affect how the pedals and steering wheel control the vehicle in ways that an be adequately explained, rather than experienced, I dare say you haven't driven advanced enough vehicles, friend.
Oh yes, those are tears of anguish and not tears of laughter. You're not even a good troll, at least they're entertaining.
I know that putting it in gear allows it to move, pressing the gas makes it go faster, pressing the brake makes it go slower, and can recognize the universal symbols for instrumentation. Beyond that, all I need from the manual is fluid types and capacities, maintenance schedules, and a reference for anything nonstandard. Unless you're a new driver, that's all you should need the manual for, as well. Speaking of idiots, you should check my reply to you in our other little "conversation".
No, not better as in "with more skill", better as in "with more balance". Are you being purposefully obtuse, or are you just an idiot? I'm leaning toward the latter, as the even the common idiot would have known what I was saying, especially once I said "imbalanced diet".
I've never seen that before but yeah, it looks distinctly different than the typical automatic "shift" lever everyone and their grandmother is used to; therefore, it clearly operates differently. That's an example of the right way to implement something different; make it clearly and obviously different.
That said, it might confuse people who've driven cars with shifter stalks, but those haven't been on the market in something like 40 years and haven't been common for at least 30; anyone encountering something similar now would have to relearn it at this point.
An emergency brake in an automatic is overkill & you know would be used in cases of 'emergency'
But the parking brake (what it's actually called) is for parking and prevents the single metal piece responsible for locking the transmission in park (the parking pawl) from bearing the weight of the vehicle when parked on a hill, or taking the brunt of the impact when someone "bumps" into your parked vehicle. If that pawl breaks, you're now in neutral and, if your parking brake is not engaged, free to roll on down the road. I'm sure you'd consider that an emergency, no? So, using the brake designed to prevent that probably isn't as much overkill as you initially though.