Did you call the cops? And if you did, the police have the power to decide at the scene if the person should be arrested. If they feel it was reckless, an arrest (and criminal charge) will be made. If they feel it was just an inexperienced driver acting immaturely they will usually let it go (unless the property owner insists on pressing charges).
Sure. Except that these 'slaves' were convicted by a jury in a court of law. It's not as if they were snatched from their homes and forced to do manual labor for their 'master'.
There are laws in several state requiring firearms to be secured at all times. In my state it's illegal to leave my own car running, in my own driveway, unattended (even if it's locked). And if ones home contains particularly dangerous things (like an amateur silversmith who keeps cyanide int he house), then it's also illegal to leave your home unlocked.
SO there is no such thing as negligence? As an example, if I am babysitting a neighbors 13 y/o daughter and allow her to go, alone, to a frat party and she get drunk and then raped, am I not at least partially responsible?
There was never a criminal charge for the WiFi thing. From TFA:
The ruling came after a musician, who the court did not identify, sued an Internet user whose wireless connection was used to illegally download a song which was subsequently offered on an online file sharing network.
and...
...but when was the last time you saw someone receive a criminal charge for an automobile accident that resulted in property damage and no personal injury?
Happens all the time. If it's deemed reckless is not an infraction, it is a crime. If some flies thru a parking lot at 40Mph and takes out a dozen cars (but no one is hurt), they will be arrested and charge with a crime.
If the court thinks you did it on purpose, then yes it does. If it was truly accidental then i think you could still get sued in civil court for negligence. There have been many cases of people not their securing firearms being successfully sued when someone dies as a result.
So how many times in that 4 years did you have to pay for rent, food, clothes, medical care, dental care, etc.? I think if you take all that into account, it far exceeds minimum wage. A good friend of mine spent 10 years in prison and commented shortly after his release that his standard of living was higher while inside.
It is quite a programming feat to be sure, but the difficulty of the work really has nothing to do with the autonomy of whatever product said work produces.
Does it? From what I read it sounds like they programmed it was a litany of possible maneuvers and then put it in a situation where it could only use one. I think the 'towel folding' robot I read about recently is more autonomous than this one. But not nearly as sexy:)
If a robot does exactly what it is programmed to do, is that autonomy? Is sounds like they programmed it to perform this maneuver (going backward at a decent speed and sliding into a specific zone), and then it did (after several failures apparently).
Does having a functioning Steam client of a Mac mean all the games will run a Mac or Linux? I found that, even with Windows 7, several games just would not run (even though I more than met the SR's). I like the casual games and the little ones like Build-A-Lot run for a second and then crash. Best $1.99 I ever spent?
I recently found a laptop (can't remember which one..I was just browsing) that had a significantly textured trackpad. I found the helped a lot. I also cannot type without bumping those things with my wrists.
Maybe I have sensitive finger skin, I don't know. All I know is, that after a few days of 8+ hours of work, I get these blisters. It's gotten bad enough in the past where I start using a *gasp* mouse;)
I have consistently chosen ThinkPad laptops for the very reason that they had these things. But, after a long period of screen navigation, I would get this wicked blister on my fingertip. I wish they had one that, instead of being a textured nub, was more like the XBox360 analog stick (but smaller).
...the Windows XP hangers-on were annoying. Sheesh...let it go guys. Like that one wizened old-timer in the back warehouse blathering on how FORTRAN is still relevant...
Typical of Slashdot. From TFA: "That's an interesting idea: that a large class of well-reported phenomenon may be the result of hallucinations induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation."
From the Summary:
Ball Lightening Caused by Magnetic Hallucinations
From 'interesting idea' to stated fact in record time!
I find that when I speak in my "IT Expert Voice" I get all kinds of things. Even if I am saying gibberish:
"Linda. The malware infecting you CRT is several beta tests behind the best practice of current IPv6 drives. I will need your password to defrag the driver and upload the taskbar to your certification path...Thank you Linda."
Assuming he would be furious and would be yelling. Also, because of this:
...telling him to shove thier [sic] policy up their ass sideways.
That would be taken as a threat and the cops would be called. I've seen schools engage law enforcement for someone slamming a door in anger. And then the fun starts....but maybe he'd get lucky and get a reasonable cop, but it's doubtful.
Yeah, good luck with that. Tasers were invented for that very type of attitude. You'd be tased, pepper-sprayed, cuffed, and jailed before you you could say 'hey! cops can't do that!'. And, FWIW, all this legalistic stuff at schools is generally viewed as ludicrous until some little kid innocently gives his pal a couple of peanuts and kills them in the cafeteria at lunchtime:(
Now that would be a lawsuit.
I would be down at this principal's office, telling him to shove thier policy up their ass sideways and my son would absolutely not be serving any detention over a friggin' piece of candy.
And then you would arrested. And, given your vitriolic rage, you would fail the 'attitude test' and probably be beaten by the cops. You could try to get the public on your side by engaging the press, and that might might actually work. But as soon as the media's attention is elsewhere you would likely be forced to move away by the authorities.
...but does anyone remember the V mini-series (the original 1983 version, not the new sucktastic version)? In that story/prophecy the aliens systematically persecuted, and eventually 'disappeared', all the scientists on Earth (accept for those who went into hiding). Now I'm not saying the science haters are secretly lizard aliens trying to steal our water and eat our children. But why haven't they denied it? Makes one wonder...
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Did you call the cops? And if you did, the police have the power to decide at the scene if the person should be arrested. If they feel it was reckless, an arrest (and criminal charge) will be made. If they feel it was just an inexperienced driver acting immaturely they will usually let it go (unless the property owner insists on pressing charges).
Sure. Except that these 'slaves' were convicted by a jury in a court of law. It's not as if they were snatched from their homes and forced to do manual labor for their 'master'.
There are laws in several state requiring firearms to be secured at all times. In my state it's illegal to leave my own car running, in my own driveway, unattended (even if it's locked). And if ones home contains particularly dangerous things (like an amateur silversmith who keeps cyanide int he house), then it's also illegal to leave your home unlocked.
SO there is no such thing as negligence? As an example, if I am babysitting a neighbors 13 y/o daughter and allow her to go, alone, to a frat party and she get drunk and then raped, am I not at least partially responsible?
and...
Happens all the time. If it's deemed reckless is not an infraction, it is a crime. If some flies thru a parking lot at 40Mph and takes out a dozen cars (but no one is hurt), they will be arrested and charge with a crime.
If the court thinks you did it on purpose, then yes it does. If it was truly accidental then i think you could still get sued in civil court for negligence. There have been many cases of people not their securing firearms being successfully sued when someone dies as a result.
So how many times in that 4 years did you have to pay for rent, food, clothes, medical care, dental care, etc.? I think if you take all that into account, it far exceeds minimum wage. A good friend of mine spent 10 years in prison and commented shortly after his release that his standard of living was higher while inside.
It is quite a programming feat to be sure, but the difficulty of the work really has nothing to do with the autonomy of whatever product said work produces.
Does it? From what I read it sounds like they programmed it was a litany of possible maneuvers and then put it in a situation where it could only use one. I think the 'towel folding' robot I read about recently is more autonomous than this one. But not nearly as sexy :)
If a robot does exactly what it is programmed to do, is that autonomy? Is sounds like they programmed it to perform this maneuver (going backward at a decent speed and sliding into a specific zone), and then it did (after several failures apparently).
I know it's all bobo-chis to shot amateur video and whatnot, but can a brother get some noise reduction up in here? I mean, DAMN.
Does having a functioning Steam client of a Mac mean all the games will run a Mac or Linux? I found that, even with Windows 7, several games just would not run (even though I more than met the SR's). I like the casual games and the little ones like Build-A-Lot run for a second and then crash. Best $1.99 I ever spent?
I recently found a laptop (can't remember which one..I was just browsing) that had a significantly textured trackpad. I found the helped a lot. I also cannot type without bumping those things with my wrists.
Maybe I have sensitive finger skin, I don't know. All I know is, that after a few days of 8+ hours of work, I get these blisters. It's gotten bad enough in the past where I start using a *gasp* mouse ;)
Personally I love them too. They are for the exceptionally lazy; for those whom a trackball is way too much physical movement.
I have consistently chosen ThinkPad laptops for the very reason that they had these things. But, after a long period of screen navigation, I would get this wicked blister on my fingertip. I wish they had one that, instead of being a textured nub, was more like the XBox360 analog stick (but smaller).
...the Windows XP hangers-on were annoying. Sheesh...let it go guys. Like that one wizened old-timer in the back warehouse blathering on how FORTRAN is still relevant...
Typical of Slashdot. From TFA: "That's an interesting idea: that a large class of well-reported phenomenon may be the result of hallucinations induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation."
From the Summary:
Ball Lightening Caused by Magnetic Hallucinations
From 'interesting idea' to stated fact in record time!
I find that when I speak in my "IT Expert Voice" I get all kinds of things. Even if I am saying gibberish:
"Linda. The malware infecting you CRT is several beta tests behind the best practice of current IPv6 drives. I will need your password to defrag the driver and upload the taskbar to your certification path...Thank you Linda."
Can you buy tapeworms online to help us (or that fat loved one) lose weight? What about fleas? What fun!
That would be taken as a threat and the cops would be called. I've seen schools engage law enforcement for someone slamming a door in anger. And then the fun starts....but maybe he'd get lucky and get a reasonable cop, but it's doubtful.
Yeah, good luck with that. Tasers were invented for that very type of attitude. You'd be tased, pepper-sprayed, cuffed, and jailed before you you could say 'hey! cops can't do that!'. And, FWIW, all this legalistic stuff at schools is generally viewed as ludicrous until some little kid innocently gives his pal a couple of peanuts and kills them in the cafeteria at lunchtime :(
Now that would be a lawsuit.
And then you would arrested. And, given your vitriolic rage, you would fail the 'attitude test' and probably be beaten by the cops. You could try to get the public on your side by engaging the press, and that might might actually work. But as soon as the media's attention is elsewhere you would likely be forced to move away by the authorities.
:)
Not to I wouldn't do the same thing
The lead in doesn't count ;)
...but does anyone remember the V mini-series (the original 1983 version, not the new sucktastic version)? In that story/prophecy the aliens systematically persecuted, and eventually 'disappeared', all the scientists on Earth (accept for those who went into hiding). Now I'm not saying the science haters are secretly lizard aliens trying to steal our water and eat our children. But why haven't they denied it? Makes one wonder...