And no means no... A deal is a deal. If you agree to give notice than be true to your word. Make your word valuable.
Obviously, if you are being asked to do something illegal or immoral than don't do it. If some idiot construes that as quitting without notice, than they have no concept of honor and don't deserve a moment's more of your time. If anyone questions your motives you have the truth as a perfect shield.
None of this is really amusing. As Americans, we are faced with a choice between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. I was referring to the Monica Lewinsky thing. That one stuck. President Clinton was impeached. I think it's important that we look at undistorted facts from the original sources.
It appears that implying Hillary Clinton and her colleagues of "Deliberate mishandling of classified information" would be factually incorrect.
According to the FBI:
"Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information."
Hmm, I'm oddly being dragged into defending something I have no interest being involved in, but... I thought Blumenthal sent her emails with information that was subsequently classified; see: http://dailycaller.com/2016/03...
Nope, it's actually mind boggling of what the Clinton's have been accused of. Most of it is dirty politics, some of it is seems suspicious based on news reports and the rest that seems to have stuck is embarrassingly amusing...
It was with great reluctance that I spoke up on a topic like this, but if we are going to accuse somebody of something let's get the facts. I think the FBI is better qualified to get the facts than I am. For all I know, this could be an elaborate disinformation campaign with a honeypot gone horribly wrong.
Frankly, how is any of this "News for nerds"? This would be a good place to discuss email server security and what they got wrong. I for one would have been scared shitless to manage a Microsoft Exchange server for the US Secretary of State. It would be interesting to see experts weigh in on if/how you could do that job correctly assuming it was legal. Better yet, how about a discussion on forensic analysis concerning the veracity of claims that foreign governments actually got something.
IMHO Slashdot is not a proper forum for us to vent our political gripes.
I thought Petraeus intentionally gave access of clearly marked classified information to his reporter girlfriend. How is that the same thing? I looked at Nishimura's case and that was another blatant intentional misuse of clearly marked classified information.
No question, Hillary Clinton should not have operated a private email server as Secretary of Sate, but "people who've been caught doing exactly the same thing as she did" is factually incorrect.
What is the use case for 20 hours? Who want the compromise that would entail?
Q>"have laughable battery times,"...lasts for a day or two in power
A>Have you looked at an iPad or Surface Pro?
Q>won't stand a month of regular everyday use and carrying around..."
A>I've had iPads and a Surface pro for years and they are fine.
Q>He asks why none of the manufacturers seem willing to offer more than one gigabyte of RAM -- and why they're so stingy with storage.
A>Have you looked at a Surface Pro?
Q>"Where is the rugged 16GB RAM / 1TB Storage / 20-hour battery tablet?"
A>What are you using this device for? Are you really willing to have heavy weight and/or poor performance to get 20 hours of battery life? I'm not - give me a faster lighter tool with 8 hours.
It turns out my wife has been restarting the center console occasionally - approximately twice per month. That I'd estimate is 3% of the car trips. She's the primary driver so I haven't noticed. She thinks it started with newer updates in the last year. She also says that when she does a reboot, its not necessarily frozen, but very slow with the audio controls becoming sluggish and the navigation map update delayed.
I didn't have trouble with the mp3 files, but I have not tested enough for good feedback on that.
From what I recall, the tank was positioned right by the rear bumper. In a rear end collision, the filler spout would shear off and a couple of protruding bolts would puncture the tank with the entire tank emptying gasoline out on the ground. Apparently Ford knew this could happen but decided $11 was too much to spend to correct the design error.
Thankfully, Ford today would never do that for a variety of reasons.
I still think my Pinto was great BTW. All cars are risky - just some more than others...
Unless its easy to duplicate, it could just be a good old fashioned memory leak. With many files, the MP3 system may use enough memory to trigger the real bug elsewhere in the software stack.
I'll put 16GB of music on my 32GB (NTFS) stick and report back here later this weekend if I can.
Did you have any other kind of files on the stick? I don't think sticks draw much power, but could it be a power draw issue?
I don't know about the Model X, but we've had our Model S for several years and there is no screen freezing problem for me to complain about. Doors, windows and seats also are well engineered and work fine so far. Ironically I think the two cupholders in the console isn't enough; Tesla didn't go out of their way at all to add lots of cupholders IMHO.
I must have low standards though - my first car was a lime green Pinto and I thought it was a great car...
My Apple Watch doesn't do a great job either. I've looked at a number of these wrist worn optical devices and none of them are great.
I think people have false expectations of what these things can do. Fitbit, Apple and all these companies are well advised to set expectations properly.
That said, I'm glad to have it even if its not completely accurate. I use it as a guide and motivational tool. I use my phone as a flashlight sometimes. Its not a great flashlight, but its handy when I need one. Same thing with the heart rate monitor on the wrist; its not perfect but good enough with the convenience makes it worth having for me.
Anybody who needs something accurate should look at something like the Polar Chest strap technology.
I think it would be a good idea for you to try test driving an existing vehicle with a heads up display if you're really curious. The way GM did it seemed pretty ideal. They could have made the virtual image further away (the system had a basic lens system for this) but I think there are solid reasons for having the virtual image appear where it did. Its far enough away for the eyes' depth of field to make focus a non issue. I'm not an expert in the field but I think it has something to do with increasing the cognitive load of studying an image in the distance at the expense of sensing things in closer proximity with peripheral vision.
They are also available in a number of cars as well. I had a Corvette Z06 with a heads up display that reflected a standard display off the inside surface of the windshield. It looked like a vacuum fluorescent display for speed tach etc. floating near the front of the car.
This article focuses on one variable in a far more complex formula with many variable that are changing. Here are just a couple obvious likely changes
There will be fewer cars:
Many families who currently have two cars will need only one because they will be able to summon the car making sharing practical
The cost of taxi service will plummet and many people won't need a car at all
Bus service will transform into a fleet of smaller vehicles with many more routes
Roadways will be more efficient:
Self driving cars won't slow down to see accidents
They will automatically route around congestion
They will follow consistently at a safe distance at the road's currently rated speed
They will coordinate their speed to coordinate intersection passage by bunching north-south and east-west traffic to be 180 degrees out of phase
Speed limits will be raised significantly because safety margins will become less necessary
TFA ignores other advancements in competing transportation technologies including hyper loop, improved rail and ride sharing of various kinds.
My Friend Neil taught me an important principle about the ABCD of decisions:
A - Achievable
B - Believable
C - Concrete
D - Desirable
A great leader never sets goals that are not ABCD. So far, Elon Musk has set ABCD goals. Having the courage to take the time to get it right makes it special. Maybe his team will start hitting the deadlines - but until then I hope his organization continues to get it right even if its not on time.
I'm OK with aggressive deadlines that get pushed out. Aggressive time lines presses a team to be as productive as possible. On the other hand, the courage to delay when its not ready regardless of the financial consequences is in my mind to be admired.
This is what differentiates a quality organization from those stock market driven pointy haired managed fiascoes all to common in business today.
I do have the smaller rims. Tesla sells the car with what seems to be a performance summer style tire and that I'm sure is a big factor on tire wear. I've got almost 30k miles on the set I have now, but they are getting close to where they need to be replaced. I could probably get 40k on the set I have now, but I want to try a different tire that is better suited to Chicago winters. The Model S is very heavy and stopping in snowy conditions is an issue.
I don't have an appetite for debating the environmental benefits of electric cars. But I'll make a few points that shape my decisions and leave it at that.
I pay extra on my electric bill so that my power generation comes from wind and solar. Its only about $6 a month extra and I'm surprised more people don't do it.
I'm sick of hearing about the environmental impact of oil production. The gulf of Mexico spill, pipeline spills in the Yellowstone River, Exxon Valdez tanker spills, the impact of fracking not to mention the likely link of climate change to increased CO2 emissions by humans.
I'm also weary of the geopolitical problems caused by the concentration of wealth into the oil sector.
Its time we as a people look forward to an alternative to gasoline for personal transportation. There is no question that mining for lithium and rare earth minerals and other things that will be used in abundance has a severe environmental impact. As flawed as TFA is, it raises a good point about the environmental impact of roads and tires as well as the fact that the weight of electric cars is an important area of improvement. We need to go in with eyes open to solve the problems of electric automobiles.
I can envision an ideal electric car can be made that dramatically reduces environmental impact. Cars powered by fossil fuels can never be improved to the same degree as electric powered vehicles.
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I should have found wood to knock on. Bunched of stuff I need to fix after another reboot...
It went smoothly and so far so good...
Clinton did announce intent to drive a campaign finance constitutional amendment in her first 30 days of office... Just sayin'
Hopefully Trump will follow suit and it will be supported in congress.
Can you imagine how much better we all would be without squandering wealth on this level of military spending?
And no means no... A deal is a deal. If you agree to give notice than be true to your word. Make your word valuable.
Obviously, if you are being asked to do something illegal or immoral than don't do it. If some idiot construes that as quitting without notice, than they have no concept of honor and don't deserve a moment's more of your time. If anyone questions your motives you have the truth as a perfect shield.
None of this is really amusing. As Americans, we are faced with a choice between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. I was referring to the Monica Lewinsky thing. That one stuck. President Clinton was impeached. I think it's important that we look at undistorted facts from the original sources.
It appears that implying Hillary Clinton and her colleagues of "Deliberate mishandling of classified information" would be factually incorrect.
According to the FBI:
"Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information."
Full text here:
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press...
Hmm, I'm oddly being dragged into defending something I have no interest being involved in, but... I thought Blumenthal sent her emails with information that was subsequently classified; see: http://dailycaller.com/2016/03...
Nope, it's actually mind boggling of what the Clinton's have been accused of. Most of it is dirty politics, some of it is seems suspicious based on news reports and the rest that seems to have stuck is embarrassingly amusing...
It was with great reluctance that I spoke up on a topic like this, but if we are going to accuse somebody of something let's get the facts. I think the FBI is better qualified to get the facts than I am. For all I know, this could be an elaborate disinformation campaign with a honeypot gone horribly wrong.
Frankly, how is any of this "News for nerds"? This would be a good place to discuss email server security and what they got wrong. I for one would have been scared shitless to manage a Microsoft Exchange server for the US Secretary of State. It would be interesting to see experts weigh in on if/how you could do that job correctly assuming it was legal. Better yet, how about a discussion on forensic analysis concerning the veracity of claims that foreign governments actually got something.
IMHO Slashdot is not a proper forum for us to vent our political gripes.
I thought Petraeus intentionally gave access of clearly marked classified information to his reporter girlfriend. How is that the same thing? I looked at Nishimura's case and that was another blatant intentional misuse of clearly marked classified information.
No question, Hillary Clinton should not have operated a private email server as Secretary of Sate, but "people who've been caught doing exactly the same thing as she did" is factually incorrect.
What is the use case for 20 hours? Who want the compromise that would entail?
Q>"have laughable battery times,"...lasts for a day or two in power
A>Have you looked at an iPad or Surface Pro?
Q>won't stand a month of regular everyday use and carrying around..."
A>I've had iPads and a Surface pro for years and they are fine.
Q>He asks why none of the manufacturers seem willing to offer more than one gigabyte of RAM -- and why they're so stingy with storage.
A>Have you looked at a Surface Pro?
Q>"Where is the rugged 16GB RAM / 1TB Storage / 20-hour battery tablet?"
A>What are you using this device for? Are you really willing to have heavy weight and/or poor performance to get 20 hours of battery life? I'm not - give me a faster lighter tool with 8 hours.
The forced Windows 10 upgrades have been disastrous for our POS practice...
It turns out my wife has been restarting the center console occasionally - approximately twice per month. That I'd estimate is 3% of the car trips. She's the primary driver so I haven't noticed. She thinks it started with newer updates in the last year. She also says that when she does a reboot, its not necessarily frozen, but very slow with the audio controls becoming sluggish and the navigation map update delayed.
I didn't have trouble with the mp3 files, but I have not tested enough for good feedback on that.
From what I recall, the tank was positioned right by the rear bumper. In a rear end collision, the filler spout would shear off and a couple of protruding bolts would puncture the tank with the entire tank emptying gasoline out on the ground. Apparently Ford knew this could happen but decided $11 was too much to spend to correct the design error.
Thankfully, Ford today would never do that for a variety of reasons.
I still think my Pinto was great BTW. All cars are risky - just some more than others...
Unless its easy to duplicate, it could just be a good old fashioned memory leak. With many files, the MP3 system may use enough memory to trigger the real bug elsewhere in the software stack.
I'll put 16GB of music on my 32GB (NTFS) stick and report back here later this weekend if I can.
Did you have any other kind of files on the stick? I don't think sticks draw much power, but could it be a power draw issue?
I don't know about the Model X, but we've had our Model S for several years and there is no screen freezing problem for me to complain about. Doors, windows and seats also are well engineered and work fine so far. Ironically I think the two cupholders in the console isn't enough; Tesla didn't go out of their way at all to add lots of cupholders IMHO.
I must have low standards though - my first car was a lime green Pinto and I thought it was a great car...
My Apple Watch doesn't do a great job either. I've looked at a number of these wrist worn optical devices and none of them are great.
I think people have false expectations of what these things can do. Fitbit, Apple and all these companies are well advised to set expectations properly.
That said, I'm glad to have it even if its not completely accurate. I use it as a guide and motivational tool. I use my phone as a flashlight sometimes. Its not a great flashlight, but its handy when I need one. Same thing with the heart rate monitor on the wrist; its not perfect but good enough with the convenience makes it worth having for me.
Anybody who needs something accurate should look at something like the Polar Chest strap technology.
I think it would be a good idea for you to try test driving an existing vehicle with a heads up display if you're really curious. The way GM did it seemed pretty ideal. They could have made the virtual image further away (the system had a basic lens system for this) but I think there are solid reasons for having the virtual image appear where it did. Its far enough away for the eyes' depth of field to make focus a non issue. I'm not an expert in the field but I think it has something to do with increasing the cognitive load of studying an image in the distance at the expense of sensing things in closer proximity with peripheral vision.
They are also available in a number of cars as well. I had a Corvette Z06 with a heads up display that reflected a standard display off the inside surface of the windshield. It looked like a vacuum fluorescent display for speed tach etc. floating near the front of the car.
>I can just imagine the carnage if everybody tried to do it at the same time, though... :-)
Well then - self flying cars
And if that doesn't work - Flying Cars!!!
This article focuses on one variable in a far more complex formula with many variable that are changing. Here are just a couple obvious likely changes
There will be fewer cars:
Many families who currently have two cars will need only one because they will be able to summon the car making sharing practical
The cost of taxi service will plummet and many people won't need a car at all
Bus service will transform into a fleet of smaller vehicles with many more routes
Roadways will be more efficient:
Self driving cars won't slow down to see accidents
They will automatically route around congestion
They will follow consistently at a safe distance at the road's currently rated speed
They will coordinate their speed to coordinate intersection passage by bunching north-south and east-west traffic to be 180 degrees out of phase
Speed limits will be raised significantly because safety margins will become less necessary
TFA ignores other advancements in competing transportation technologies including hyper loop, improved rail and ride sharing of various kinds.
Historians will look back on our last four and next few generations and marvel at what we've accomplished.
Agreed.
My Friend Neil taught me an important principle about the ABCD of decisions:
A - Achievable
B - Believable
C - Concrete
D - Desirable
A great leader never sets goals that are not ABCD. So far, Elon Musk has set ABCD goals. Having the courage to take the time to get it right makes it special. Maybe his team will start hitting the deadlines - but until then I hope his organization continues to get it right even if its not on time.
I'm OK with aggressive deadlines that get pushed out. Aggressive time lines presses a team to be as productive as possible. On the other hand, the courage to delay when its not ready regardless of the financial consequences is in my mind to be admired.
This is what differentiates a quality organization from those stock market driven pointy haired managed fiascoes all to common in business today.
I do have the smaller rims. Tesla sells the car with what seems to be a performance summer style tire and that I'm sure is a big factor on tire wear. I've got almost 30k miles on the set I have now, but they are getting close to where they need to be replaced. I could probably get 40k on the set I have now, but I want to try a different tire that is better suited to Chicago winters. The Model S is very heavy and stopping in snowy conditions is an issue.
I don't have an appetite for debating the environmental benefits of electric cars. But I'll make a few points that shape my decisions and leave it at that.
I pay extra on my electric bill so that my power generation comes from wind and solar. Its only about $6 a month extra and I'm surprised more people don't do it.
I'm sick of hearing about the environmental impact of oil production. The gulf of Mexico spill, pipeline spills in the Yellowstone River, Exxon Valdez tanker spills, the impact of fracking not to mention the likely link of climate change to increased CO2 emissions by humans.
I'm also weary of the geopolitical problems caused by the concentration of wealth into the oil sector.
Its time we as a people look forward to an alternative to gasoline for personal transportation. There is no question that mining for lithium and rare earth minerals and other things that will be used in abundance has a severe environmental impact. As flawed as TFA is, it raises a good point about the environmental impact of roads and tires as well as the fact that the weight of electric cars is an important area of improvement. We need to go in with eyes open to solve the problems of electric automobiles.
I can envision an ideal electric car can be made that dramatically reduces environmental impact. Cars powered by fossil fuels can never be improved to the same degree as electric powered vehicles.