Someone who realizes that cars generally have high depreciation costs when new, and high(er) maintenance costs when they're older? Buy a 3 year old used car, keep it for 3-5 years, and then sell/trade it in on another 3 year old car. You can both avoid a lot of maintenance costs and getting raped when you drive a new car off the lot.
Granted, I'm currently driving a 10 year old car I bought new, but it's one of those Toyotas you mentioned (Camry Solara v6) that's notorious for running until doomsday, so I have no plans to get rid of it any time soon.
I think human longevity advances are the only way to "cure" this. Make it so that human lifetimes can span more than a few decades, and people will suddenly be *way* more interested in not pissing in our own nest. Even if only the very rich can afford it, they're the ones with all the power, so it would still help.
It's in the *company's* desk, to which lots of people other than myself have access. It's not like finding it in the locked glove compartment of someone's car.
First, to get cocaine one would have to get in contact with a seller, buy it, store it, bring it to work with me, etc. Every step of the way entails real legal and in some cases physical risk. There are, of course, risks associated with getting child porn too, but I'm willing to bet that someone who knows what they're doing would have near zero chance of getting caught downloading child porn once; most of the people that get caught are members of 'communities' of people who trade images back and forth.
Not to mention that you really don't even have to download/possess CP, or even touch someone's computer to get it on there. If you can dig up a *link* to a CP image, you just put it in a web page, and somehow make the actual image invisible. Now anyone you can convince to go to that page will have it in their browser cache without knowing about it, and there's no evidence sitting around on your computers (like those "cookie" images). Hell, I'm not even sure whether that would be illegal.
11. Close your garage door. Fully 50% of the burglaries in my city are open garages.
As for moving to a lower-crime area, it might reduce the likelihood of robberies and home invasions, but the burglars are going to go where there's nice stuff to steal.
Yes, traps are kind of silly, but a gun would fall under your damage mitigation category. Sure, if I'm not there, then I'm happy with alarm+insurance. It's only "stuff" after all. However, if I or my family is present, then my only interest is in mitigating the damage down as far and as fast as possible, which in my case involves putting as many 0.4in holes in them as it takes for them to stop moving or run away (and maybe some 0.223in ones, too, if they don't take the hint).
But were they not catching burglars because the alarms were ineffective, or because the burglars avoided alarmed houses or ran as soon as the alarm went off (which might have ended up in the "false alarm" category).
FWIW, I listen to my local police radio constantly, and can't remember them ever catching anyone on an alarm call, either.
Just flood the house with nitrogen while you're gone. As a bonus, you get increased fire resistance, and a good dose of plausible deniability when the cops show up after you call them because of the dead bodies you found!
Also "...means any event outside of Carrier’s control, including..blah blah blah..." would seem to mean that mechanical difficulties, strikes, wars, and volcanic eruptions that that the Carrier does have control over wouldn't count. But IANAL
So, I agree with your assessment that this would have to be mandated by the government. But I don't think most people would be willing to pay more for a ticket just for reducing the chance of a delayed/canceled flight. Because if they were, airlines would already be offering this to give themselves a competitive advantage.
Actually, I *would* be willing to pay for that in some circumstances, provided there was a significant reduction or elimination of the chance of delay. Flying home the evening before I have to be at work, flight leading to an overseas connection, etc. Unfortunately, the primary cause of delays would probably be weather, and no amount of extra money will fix that (yet).
For example, if it rains, and the rain freezes to my walkway, and I don't clear it off or post a sign, and somebody walks up to my door but slips and severely injures themself, am I liable? (yes!)
Only in our completely fscked up legal system. Any system based on common sense would say "DUH! It's slippery! Be careful or don't walk there!"
A good point. I wonder how long it will be until a companion technology is developed: some kind of missile or something that disperses a cloud of black paint along the missiles' flight paths.
You're forgetting that the kinetic weapons hit the missile head-on, vastly increasing the amount of energy in the projectile, from the missile's point of view.
I think wind probably can work on a large scale. The keys will be a better transmission infrastructure (so the spikes in one place can help average out the dips in others), and electric cars. Once you have enough electric car batteries on the grid at the same time, I think they'll make a very good load leveller.
These days, the generally correct answer to Joe Sixpack's "What computer should I buy" question is pretty simple: The cheapest one you can find with 4GB RAM.
Of course, no salesdroid is EVER going to tell them that, so it's up to us.
It's the power users and gamers that do more than facebook and email that will need to put more effort into figuring out what they need.
Actually, the last two computers I've bought, the two most important sound questions for me have been: 1. Does it have optical SPDIF out? (due to a 25ft cable run to the receiver) 2. Can it mix multiple speaker channels into DD or DTS over said SPDIF connection so I can actually use multiple speakers?
I haven't been able to tell much difference in sound quality, even on good speakers.
Not to mention that if you had enough electric cars on the grid to strain it, that kind of implies that you have enough large capacity batteries hooked up to the grid (that don't necessarily need to be 100% full) to use them for load levelling.
For example, if I normally only drive 5-10 miles in a day, I can just tell the car to maintain a minimum of 40% charge when it's hooked up. It would charge higher when the juice is there, and discharge when it's not. If I'm going to drive a lot tomorrow, I can just set it up to 100%.
If you store someone's sensitive information, and their ID is compromised using any of the information you store, you're liable (along with everyone else that stores that info) for reimbursing any costs or lost assets that the victims incur.
As a bonus, this system would be a strong disincentive to storing crap about us that companies don't absolutely require.
Electric cars will fail, and series hybrids like the Chevy Volt will succeed. When the batteries run low a gas generator keeps the batteries charged enough to power the vehicle. This is brilliant: I get my electric car for my short daily commutes, but I still have gas for those rare times when I need to drive hundreds of miles in a day. I have the best of both worlds with no sacrifices.
And how many thousands of dollars up-front and maintenance-wise does that gas engine add to the cost of the car? You could probably pay for quite a few road trips (including gasoline-powered-vehicle rental) with the difference. Plus you don't have to haul around a few hundred pounds of engine+gas the 99% of the time you don't need it, thus extending the electric range.
Sure, if you travel long distances regularly, then a series hybrid is probably what you need. If you do so only rarely, then keep some of the money you save by getting an electric-only and use it to rent a more suitable vehicle when you actually need it.
And its not like you can use SSL with a site that doesn't support it. And the decisions to support SSL and whether make use of the tech to serve ads would both be made by the site.
Even sites that do use SSL might not for the ad content (at the risk of making those "some content not encrypted" warnings pop up constantly)
So, do you set the speed limit to something safe for all those mobile junk heaps with crappy tires and suspension that can barely pass inspection, but which causes the Corvette drivers to fall asleep?
Or something that won't annoy people with decent cars, but will have the junk heaps coming apart/losing control?
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What kind of moron only keeps a car 5 years?
Someone who realizes that cars generally have high depreciation costs when new, and high(er) maintenance costs when they're older? Buy a 3 year old used car, keep it for 3-5 years, and then sell/trade it in on another 3 year old car. You can both avoid a lot of maintenance costs and getting raped when you drive a new car off the lot.
Granted, I'm currently driving a 10 year old car I bought new, but it's one of those Toyotas you mentioned (Camry Solara v6) that's notorious for running until doomsday, so I have no plans to get rid of it any time soon.
Maybe Slashdot should add "+1 agree" and "-1 disagree" mod options, and then silently ignore them.
Then the people using the other +/- options as agree/disagree will use the more direct options that don't actually do anything.
I think human longevity advances are the only way to "cure" this. Make it so that human lifetimes can span more than a few decades, and people will suddenly be *way* more interested in not pissing in our own nest. Even if only the very rich can afford it, they're the ones with all the power, so it would still help.
It's in the *company's* desk, to which lots of people other than myself have access. It's not like finding it in the locked glove compartment of someone's car.
First, to get cocaine one would have to get in contact with a seller, buy it, store it, bring it to work with me, etc. Every step of the way entails real legal and in some cases physical risk. There are, of course, risks associated with getting child porn too, but I'm willing to bet that someone who knows what they're doing would have near zero chance of getting caught downloading child porn once; most of the people that get caught are members of 'communities' of people who trade images back and forth.
Not to mention that you really don't even have to download/possess CP, or even touch someone's computer to get it on there. If you can dig up a *link* to a CP image, you just put it in a web page, and somehow make the actual image invisible. Now anyone you can convince to go to that page will have it in their browser cache without knowing about it, and there's no evidence sitting around on your computers (like those "cookie" images). Hell, I'm not even sure whether that would be illegal.
11. Close your garage door. Fully 50% of the burglaries in my city are open garages.
As for moving to a lower-crime area, it might reduce the likelihood of robberies and home invasions, but the burglars are going to go where there's nice stuff to steal.
Yes, traps are kind of silly, but a gun would fall under your damage mitigation category. Sure, if I'm not there, then I'm happy with alarm+insurance. It's only "stuff" after all. However, if I or my family is present, then my only interest is in mitigating the damage down as far and as fast as possible, which in my case involves putting as many 0.4in holes in them as it takes for them to stop moving or run away (and maybe some 0.223in ones, too, if they don't take the hint).
Or you could just move to a state like TX, that protects the victim from civil suits from the scumbag if it was a good shoot.
But were they not catching burglars because the alarms were ineffective, or because the burglars avoided alarmed houses or ran as soon as the alarm went off (which might have ended up in the "false alarm" category).
FWIW, I listen to my local police radio constantly, and can't remember them ever catching anyone on an alarm call, either.
Just flood the house with nitrogen while you're gone. As a bonus, you get increased fire resistance, and a good dose of plausible deniability when the cops show up after you call them because of the dead bodies you found!
Also "...means any event outside of Carrier’s control, including..blah blah blah..." would seem to mean that mechanical difficulties, strikes, wars, and volcanic eruptions that that the Carrier does have control over wouldn't count. But IANAL
So, I agree with your assessment that this would have to be mandated by the government. But I don't think most people would be willing to pay more for a ticket just for reducing the chance of a delayed/canceled flight. Because if they were, airlines would already be offering this to give themselves a competitive advantage.
Actually, I *would* be willing to pay for that in some circumstances, provided there was a significant reduction or elimination of the chance of delay. Flying home the evening before I have to be at work, flight leading to an overseas connection, etc. Unfortunately, the primary cause of delays would probably be weather, and no amount of extra money will fix that (yet).
For example, if it rains, and the rain freezes to my walkway, and I don't clear it off or post a sign, and somebody walks up to my door but slips and severely injures themself, am I liable? (yes!)
Only in our completely fscked up legal system. Any system based on common sense would say "DUH! It's slippery! Be careful or don't walk there!"
Screw life in prison. 11 people died, to say nothing of the wildlife and environmental damage.
The bodies of those responsible for any fraud should have been part of the junk shot.
A good point. I wonder how long it will be until a companion technology is developed: some kind of missile or something that disperses a cloud of black paint along the missiles' flight paths.
You're forgetting that the kinetic weapons hit the missile head-on, vastly increasing the amount of energy in the projectile, from the missile's point of view.
I think wind probably can work on a large scale. The keys will be a better transmission infrastructure (so the spikes in one place can help average out the dips in others), and electric cars. Once you have enough electric car batteries on the grid at the same time, I think they'll make a very good load leveller.
How to stop the Gulf oil leak?
Lower a wedding band onto the pipe... it'll stop putting out immediately! :D
These days, the generally correct answer to Joe Sixpack's "What computer should I buy" question is pretty simple: The cheapest one you can find with 4GB RAM.
Of course, no salesdroid is EVER going to tell them that, so it's up to us.
It's the power users and gamers that do more than facebook and email that will need to put more effort into figuring out what they need.
Actually, the last two computers I've bought, the two most important sound questions for me have been:
1. Does it have optical SPDIF out? (due to a 25ft cable run to the receiver)
2. Can it mix multiple speaker channels into DD or DTS over said SPDIF connection so I can actually use multiple speakers?
I haven't been able to tell much difference in sound quality, even on good speakers.
Not to mention that if you had enough electric cars on the grid to strain it, that kind of implies that you have enough large capacity batteries hooked up to the grid (that don't necessarily need to be 100% full) to use them for load levelling.
For example, if I normally only drive 5-10 miles in a day, I can just tell the car to maintain a minimum of 40% charge when it's hooked up. It would charge higher when the juice is there, and discharge when it's not. If I'm going to drive a lot tomorrow, I can just set it up to 100%.
If you store someone's sensitive information, and their ID is compromised using any of the information you store, you're liable (along with everyone else that stores that info) for reimbursing any costs or lost assets that the victims incur.
As a bonus, this system would be a strong disincentive to storing crap about us that companies don't absolutely require.
Electric cars will fail, and series hybrids like the Chevy Volt will succeed. When the batteries run low a gas generator keeps the batteries charged enough to power the vehicle. This is brilliant: I get my electric car for my short daily commutes, but I still have gas for those rare times when I need to drive hundreds of miles in a day. I have the best of both worlds with no sacrifices.
And how many thousands of dollars up-front and maintenance-wise does that gas engine add to the cost of the car? You could probably pay for quite a few road trips (including gasoline-powered-vehicle rental) with the difference. Plus you don't have to haul around a few hundred pounds of engine+gas the 99% of the time you don't need it, thus extending the electric range.
Sure, if you travel long distances regularly, then a series hybrid is probably what you need. If you do so only rarely, then keep some of the money you save by getting an electric-only and use it to rent a more suitable vehicle when you actually need it.
And its not like you can use SSL with a site that doesn't support it. And the decisions to support SSL and whether make use of the tech to serve ads would both be made by the site.
Even sites that do use SSL might not for the ad content (at the risk of making those "some content not encrypted" warnings pop up constantly)
So, do you set the speed limit to something safe for all those mobile junk heaps with crappy tires and suspension that can barely pass inspection, but which causes the Corvette drivers to fall asleep?
Or something that won't annoy people with decent cars, but will have the junk heaps coming apart/losing control?