That last link might come in handy, thanks. It's funny that you mention the gate option. I actually had considered making such a gate, instead of purchasing such a thing, so that I could have more control over it and enable some features that aren't really easily found. I got as far as buying a bunch of the Pi boxes and cases but I never got any further than opening one of them up and playing with it. They're all still back home, in their boxes, and collecting dust.
If I were to do it then the gate would have a bunch of options like opening automatically, opening with a PIN, opening with an RFID sensor in a magnetized box on someone's car, opening at certain times with certain codes, single-use codes, communications that enable it to be viewed and opened from a far, an alarm that'd notify of presence and then let the controller open or close it by remote, and things like that - and the many choices you have by combining options like that.
However, I never actually got around to doing it. I looked for a commercial solution and some offered a few things but nothing was quite what I wanted. Passive RFID is cheap so I could give my friends sensors to hide on the outside of their cars and attached by magnets. Depending on the hour of the day, and the group they are in, they could just drive up to the gate and it would open automatically. It'd open all the time for some people. It'd trigger an alarm so that I could view a live video feed and see and then allow them to enter or deny them - and speak with them through a box with a speaker and microphone.
I don't actually, really, need a gate. I don't mind people visiting or even mind them looking at foliage. I get hikers, hunters, and fishers often enough. I just thought it'd be a whole bowl of fun to build something like that. I'd probably then package it up, include the software, and put it online as well as link to the source material for the physical hardware. Someone could then make a commercial offering and people could buy it, build it, improve it, change it, and do what they want with it.
I think they're using a map but have a GPS unit mounted to the window. The road shows on *some* GPS maps but it doesn't offer it as a route unless you really, really work at it. It doesn't even offer an indicator that it's a dirt road or the likes - at least not in the ones I've owned or looked at. It also varies if you try to use the online site - that has a few different options.
But, it's also on maps - paper maps. It's not just on them, it's that they're just as confusing as the rest. I've seen a couple that clearly show it as a road. I've seen some that show it as a dirt road. I've seen some that show it as a dirt road with a washed out bridge - that's actually about the closest it comes to being accurate, except there's no bridge. Detailed trail maps show it, in part, with a little more accuracy - or not at all. It's not on the official State ITS maps.
It's not just at home, it's the whole area. The maps are very wrong in some cases - and they're not even old maps, it's just a very rural area so they don't actually get remapped and errors corrected. It's a bit tempting to show the GPS coordinates but I am not home and won't be until the spring. I'd rather nobody go burn my house down while I'm away. Yes, it's insured but it'd still kind of suck.
But yes, you're right... It does kind of sound like 'em. Out there hunting through the fallen leaves looking for a treasure. I've often wondered if that was any fun. I can't say that I've ever tried it. I do have some orienteering training and practice but I've never actually considered getting into it as a hobby. If you participate, why? Is it as much fun as it looks like? Do you go out of your way to do it - such as at extended distances? I've considered putting canisters with something like a code in them and the people who find them would be able to use an online check and then win the prize (probably something like $20). Would that go over well? I drive quite a bit and I travel a whole lot - when I've time and inclination. I could put 'em across the country and sometimes in other countries. I've given that some consideration. It'd be fun for everyone, I should think.
As much as I like John and admire him... I'm just not sure he's a realistic option for public office at this time. I'd consider supporting him more if he started with a smaller goal than the presidency. I admire him on a personal level and respect his candor and love his life choices - we have a bit in common and much of what he says resonates very well with me. However, his lack of experience in politics leads me to think I'd be better off supporting a different candidate as he's not a realistic option at this point in time.
Google's a bit confusing. They show the driveway as a "stub" (I lack a better word for it). I don't know if they pulled up into the driveway or just side-long into it. They didn't drive up it - according to Street View. So, they only show that part as a road. They don't offer it as a route unless you play with the settings and select the second road as your destination and set it to shortest route - it's like a glitch. But, if you look at their map then it shows it as a *something* (there's an indicator line). It's only partially colored, at the end, and that looks like a stub. It never offers it as a route unless you REALLY force it to do so and I might even be forgetting a step. Online map functions never show it as a route, no matter how many buttons I push. I just tried a little while ago when I saw all the replies.
Now, I can't say for certain but if the online function isn't offering it as a route then *maybe* the GPS function on phones and tablets is no longer offering it as a route? The area really hasn't ever been mapped that well or kept up-to-date. Paper maps have different things - with a huge disparity even if recently published. TomTom and Garmin will offer it as a route and show it on their map IF you have the settings right. It shows as a road, not really as a route. Usually... At least not without seriously poking some settings - none of them show it as the default route with the default settings from what I've seen.
That's about as clear as mud... It's not shorter or anything so it doesn't pop up as an option. The maps in my car's GPS don't even really show it at all. Google's Street View is only partially showing but it will show as a road if you're driving by, it looks like it should make a loop. The Rand McNally atlas' show it but have it listed as a dirt road and then a trail. Then they show a bridge, a bridge that's not there and probably never was there - at least I can't find it or figure out what it might have been crossing.
I suppose lots of people think that the maps are all good and detailed and accurate and stuff. I mean, we've got GPS, navigation software, and images. So, they should be perfect, right? No... Not once you get off the beaten path. If you've got shortest route selected AND haven't set it to completely disallow dirt roads then you're gonna have problems if you're in my home area. You will have problems if you listen to it and don't use common sense. You might even have problems if you have dirt roads enabled at all - even if you selected quickest time.
Neat. Thanks. I'll actually take a gander at what's required to have an account and what information (such as authority) is needed to get it changed. So far, nobody has done any damage or anything but it could, truly, result in problems during certain parts of the year. I'm not home but the driveway is plowed out. If you go there tonight, according to the weather, and get stuck and run out of gas then you might be screwed. The weather advisory indicates that wind-chill temperatures will be in the -45f range - and that's down in the village and not nearly at the elevation the house is at. That's probably closer to -60.
Add to that, you'll not get a cell phone signal, it just won't work, if you don't have a cell provider with a peering agreement with US Cellular. AT&T will work, T-Mobile will not. I don't think Sprint works? A few of them will get no signal. I'd not be angry if someone had that happen and ended up deciding to break into my house to stay alive. At tonight's temperatures, you're looking at 5-10 minutes before frostbite has set in.
Absolutely, it's a bit of a combination of both. Google Maps shows it as a stub but their GPS will recommend it as a route. Garmin and TomTom both recommend it as a route - if you have it set to not ignore dirt roads. It is on some maps, some show a bridge that never existed but have it as uncrossable. There are maps that actually have a lot of the 'tote roads' listed on them.
With Google, I think the Google Maps car drove partially up the driveway. It looks like it - if you use their online view than they're about a car length up my driveway, sort of - it's hard to tell if they pulled right in or just pulled up side-long with it. I've only had the chance to try their maps, Garmin, and TomTom out of the ones available for purchase. The one in my car, the built-in GPS, doesn't actually list it as a road but it does have it on the map. It does show it as a place I've been (obviously) but I've never tried to make it give me it as a route option.
With the others, you have to have them set to allow dirt roads as an alternative and then select to get an alternate route. I've not found a way for it to make its mind up without doing that - you've gotta work to make it show *as a suggested route* for GPS.
Then, with paper maps? Well... There's a whole lot of variance there. The detailed area maps show it, of course. Then the larger US book atlas thing in the car shows it but both of those have it listed as a non-road in mine. The detailed, very detailed, area maps show the road that it connects to as passable (for snowmobiles and ATVs and the likes) but don't have my driveway on it. I suspect the older ones might but the newer maps do not.
GPS isn't all it's cracked up to be once you get off the beaten trail. Well, no... GPS is fine. The maps that they're based on and the navigation software are not all they're cracked up to be - once you get off the beaten trail. It is one of the reasons that I still kind of wonder why people think we'll have ubiquitous autonomous vehicles in the not-so-distant future. Without serious training, they're not even going to be a viable option in my neighborhood. Then, we often have roads washout in the spring and others that become impossible to drive across in certain seasons. We've got some that are closed for parts of the year or have other weight limitations. We have a whole bunch of options that are not the same as using an autonomous vehicle to retrace the steps that a human drove. I'd think that's a larger hurdle than others indicate.
There's a lady down in New Sharon, ME. She's out off the Starks Road. There's a pot festival held in Starks every year and a GPS will clearly indicate her road is a shortcut. So, you get what you might imagine... Actually, that's technically "up in" for the moment and they have two festivals.
At any rate, she had some serious issues with it and was really displeased. The GPS-induced traffic was not entirely from Hempstock but that brought in the majority of it and those people are a not exactly sober or rational actors. She's a bit older and probably not the type to frequent the weed festivals. On the other hand, she's probably not the type to complain about them except she had the people who are using her driveway like a road - on a regular basis.
It's just a small dirt road, wide enough for one automobile, and you can easily get stuck on it.
The organizers of the event have made her a sign. I don't recall the verbiage but it's similar to what you wrote. The sign stays there year-round and is well made. It say something like "Your GPS is wrong - Private Drive! Do not enter without permission!" Something to that effect. I have no idea how effective it has been but that's a pretty small area and is technically in the same county as my home. It was in the newspaper a couple of times and I think it might have even made televised news at one point.
Yup... It's a *very* small area.
I've no idea if there was a follow-up to say if it worked or not. Given that I've not heard anything more about it, I'm guessing it had the desired effect. That much traffic on a road that's not designed for it can be problematic and the vehicles do a bit of damage. Some get stuck, try to get out, and then get towed or pushed out. That leaves ruts, weakens shoulders, and costs money to repair. So, I understand her ire.
Oh, I can put up any sign I want. It's an unincorporated township. A couple of people mentioned that I can notify Google so I'll have to look into that. On their maps, it shows as a stub. It's just a little line that indicates they might have driven their car up into the driveway, backed out, and driven off without coming up the driveway very far. If you use their GPS system, however, it happily will show it as an alternate route. IOW, online is not the same as their GPS on their phones and tablets. Also, I think the bus drivers all use a dedicated device and not a phone.
That said, just to be clear, I don't actually mind it... I'm really serious in that I'd make 'em coffee, tea, and snacks. I don't mind, the view is beautiful in the fall. The foliage is brilliant and you can look out across, down into Carrabasset Valley, into Franklin Valley, over to Mt. Blue and Tumbledown, then you can see the White Mountains and Mt. Washington, and there are all sorts of trails and paths that you can take. There's a big stream, a couple of smaller brooks, and a good-size pond if you want to really hike. There are animals, a variety of trees, still a few flowering plants, and there might even be a few blueberries that ripened late. There are apples, if you want to hike a bit, and pears. I've usually got a nice garden and might share some of that.
So, no... I don't actually mind them. I just find it a bit odd. I could put up a sign, I could put up a gate, I could sit there with a shotgun. Or, I can be nice, polite, and enjoy the company while sharing the beauty that is home. So long as there's no compelling reason to do the former, I prefer the latter. I realize that many people are like, "No, it's mine! Keep off and stop bothering me!" But, I'm really not that type of person. It's a long story, so I'll spare you the gritty details unless you ask, but I own a lot of property besides that which my home rests on. That property is actually all posted with custom signs, at least on the road-facing side, and is open for use - not marked as private. When I die, a good portion of it will continue to keep funding itself and the land will remain open for public access in perpetuity or for as long as the US economy is still functioning.
It's not easy to articulate my sentiments but I do not mind them, per se... I do not mind them at all. It's not like it's a bunch of drunks that are smashing beer bottles and using the bus to burn donuts on my lawn. It's a bunch of mostly curious, older, French-speaking Canadians, carrying cameras, taking pictures of everything, and enjoying the foliage. I don't begrudge them my view so much as I wonder what it is, in specific, that makes them come here when they have the same leaves on their side of the border and why it is that the maps still have my driveway listed as a road when it probably hasn't been passable since 1940. It's just strange.
I'm assuming I'll be back home by the next season. I'll have to pry for more details and find an occasion to update folks. I know they do some shopping while they're here. They go down into the village and raid the shops. They go all the way to the coast, some of them, and hit up the outlet stores in Freeport. They hit up LL Bean. They eat lobster on Rt. 1. They come back up along the coast (according to their website) with some of their charters. Then they cut inland and go back into Canada up through Jackman or way, way up in "the county" near Fort Kent. (See map if needed. Maine's kind of big.)
Either way, I'll be likely to see them in the fall and I'll see what more I can deduce. Hell, I might even invite 'em to stop except it's never been the same drivers. I've never once seen the same driver from year to year. I also don't really understand why people do these tour types of things. I love to travel but I don't like being a tourist much. If I'm going to go somewhere different then the last people I want to associate with are the people who are unfamiliar with the area. If I wanted to see and hang out with tourists, I could do that wit
That must have made for some interesting study material. My only experience/education is from having a friend who's an Archaeologist, the little bit covered in various courses, and documentaries. I've always thought it would make a very fun field to study. There's some interesting ways to draw connections between the societies and interactions then and now.
I often will just let the recommended/next options pick my documentaries for me. (I pretty much only watch documentaries, as a general rule I'm not really interested in other stuff.) So, I enjoy it when I come across things that aren't what I'd have typically considered watching. That's how I ended up with the NOVA series and I really enjoyed it. I'm pretty sure I watched it on YouTube and I was probably logged in at the time. That means I can probably go through my history and find it -- if you're actually curious or haven't seen it. I think it's five or six episodes long and is about a lot more than just the Neanderthal.
Does that change their GPS software? Right now, the GPS uses it as a possible route but if you look at the map it has only a 'stub.' Basically, it looks like their car drove into my driveway and turned around without actually coming up the driveway.
As for your question... Hmm... I'm gonna guess you've never been to Maine? It's a traffic jam if I see more than five cars on my way from my house into the village. A bus is just something new and different. I'd now say I "want" a bus coming up the driveway. I'd say that I don't really mind it. I'd really make 'em coffee, tea, juice, and put out snacks if I knew when they were coming. It's a bunch of Canadians with cameras and they're trying to look at the foliage. They're mostly harmless. Some of them speak English. I'm up on the side of a mountain and the trees are all low enough so that when you look out, you're looking out on Carrabasset Valley, over into Mt. Blue area, and all the way to the White Mountains. It's really very beautiful, especially in the fall. So, no... I don't really *mind* so much. It's just odd.
Do you know if that will change their GPS? Right now, it has my driveway as a 'stub.' I really can't think of a better description. It's like the Google Map Car pulled in, drove in far enough to get the whole vehicle into the driveway, and then backed out.
That post, up there, is something I have not done. There's loads of things I've not done. Some of 'em were a good idea not to do 'em.
I've never snorted coke off a hooker's ass. I've never killed anyone. I've never written my own OS. (I've never even written my own compiler - or language.) I've never driven a tank (but I have driven an Ontos). I've never flown a passenger jet (but I've flown a plane, just not landed it). I've never driven a train. I've never piloted a balloon. I've never gone whaling. Oh, I've never piloted a big boat. I've never ridden a "trike" on the road (but I've driven a three-wheeler). I've never kayaked very far into the ocean - that's scary. I've never climbed a big mountain. I've never climbed on glaciers. I've never been to the Ukraine. I've never eaten human (but I've put all sorts of stupid stuff in my mouth). I've never been a politician. I've never played rugby, Australian Football, cricket, or played Bridge.
The list goes on...
By the time you're old and gray, you should have done all sorts of things. If you haven't then your life will have been pretty boring and you'll never know what you like. So, there's lots of things I have done. Also, oddly enough, that same company popped up here on Slashdot later the same day of this post. There's an AC comment in there that goes into a few details. Alas, the AC was tired and there are some grammar issues. See the DBC for more information.
Heh... I'm a bit of a student of history and that includes understanding what changes have been made.
Simply because you said, "I'd imagine..." I'll let you know that you're correct on all of it. The US had much better accuracy when bombing during the day - and did most of their raids during daylight hours which turned it into a very deadly task. Todays ordnance is much more accurate, including the ability to track a "painted" target.
It's quite possibly one of the biggest changes made to combat and thus to war. At one point, there were people who thought the wars would be won simply with bombers and that the effect of the bombs would be demoralizing on the civilian populace. That turned out to not be true. Even Japan did not surrender "because of" the nukes. (They were a contributing factor of significance.)
Oh, we're awful, we humans. It's freakin' hilarious to see the people who think we're at the pinnacle of advancement, knowledge, ethics, and wisdom. I usually don't comment about it but I've actually only really recently started to pay attention to that (within the past year or so).
We're dirty, disgusting, vile, evil, liars, thieves, abusers, manipulators, violent, angry, and the rest... Of course, we're giving, trusting, trustworthy, loving, caring, just, etc... But, I think we're mostly in the first group unless we try to remain alert to it and have some sort of social values that are impressed on us. The Romans thought they were the pinnacle, after all.
It's amazing how many misconceptions people have about things they've never seen. That is not directed towards you. Truth be told, you'll never laugh as hard as you do when you might not see the end of tomorrow. While I don't think everyone should visit an active combat zone, there shouldn't be any to visit, I do think it would do a lot of people some good. One can just go visit a torn up nation and see similar.
Whilst I like your verbiage about the 'trackables,' I do have to wonder, who do you consider to be a "HAVES?" No, really? I'm genuinely curious. What is a HAVE vs. a HAVE not for you? Where's that line drawn and why?
Are you not the least bit concerned about painting with such a large brush? Are you not the least bit concerned with prejudice that might be unwarranted? I imagine we won't know that until we have some good definitions. I'm not really sure what you consider to be a "HAVES" here.
Is it the 1% again? Top 2%?.01%? Is it the CEOs or executives of a corporation? I want to take a stab at this and see how I do but I'd be worried that would color your response. You probably think I'm joking, I assure you that I am not. Nor do I troll.
It's a bit of a favor and you needn't do so but, if you will, I'd like to ask you to do something. Okay? Go back to your feelings when you wrote your post. When you articulated the "HAVES" aspect of your quote, what exactly is in that group? What does this "HAVES" look like, to you at least. Is it one thing? Is it multiple things? Is it a combination of certain things?
Assuming I don't delete all my reply notifications by mistake, for the second time in as many weeks, I'll do what I can to objectively process your response and give you an in-kind reply and, perhaps, make it worth the five minutes to type up your reply. I'd really like to take a stab in the dark and reply to what I believe you're saying but I try not to make assumptions.
'Cause if I could take that stab in the dark, I'd think you're probably painting with a broad brush and missing the finer details. It's possible that you have a persecution complex. I know some folks who have seriously accumulated some wealth, literally at or near a ten digit sum (of which I am not one), and they don't actually like this much either. The thing is, you'd probably count them in the group you're railing against. They're the ones who are in the best position to help avoid this sort of thing. It's not like you or I can stop it.
Other than that, I concur that it's turning into an Internet of Tracking. I find it unfortunate but I find it even more unfortunate that people are willfully opting into this sort of thing. But, if you can tell me what "HAVES" look like to you, then I can probably offer you a better reply.
That should say "least popular." It's past midnight and my eyeballs have meandered off in search for a warm place to snuggle up and sleep. Screw 'em! They're not the boss of me.
The OS that I most commonly use is an official flavor of the Ubuntu family but is probably the popular of the official flavors. The only place I know of wide deployment of Lubuntu is some guy who had installed it on a bunch of oscilloscopes as the default OS. We kind of rejoiced as we had actually found another Lubuntu user in the wild.
Sure, I've met some on AskUbuntu but none at the LoCo, none in the chat, and not even anyone here seems to use it except that one guy who does and they install it on scopes.
Wait, no... They're not oscilloscopes. They're chemical analyzing equipment. They were spectrography tools. Yeah, I think that was it. Hell, I don't even know what they do but I almost bought one just to play with it. Err... I kind of understand what they do, I've just never used one and have no idea how they actually get used - like what buttons to push, what settings to use, and what to do with the output. I am not a chemist. I don't think these used gas... But I digress.
So, that leads me this... Not even my girlfriend uses Lubuntu. She uses Mint Cinnamon. I've met one person in the wild and not one other person. Who the hell am I flocking with?:/ I don't wanna be left out! I need affirmation!!! On a more serious note: I suppose that's true at times but I'm not sure if it's true enough to be a good adage. That might have made more sense when I was young. We had fewer choices and less communication back then.
That said: I did not pick Lubuntu to be different or anything. I picked it because I like LXDE and the simplicity and ease of configuration that goes with it. I like the tools that are in it and I don't usually swap many of them out for new stuff - but I do the cumulative thing were I end up with crap installed that I don't really need but I never remove it. Yes, I said it. I like LXDE. At any rate, I wanted LXDE and the Ubuntu ecosystem is very large, active, and generally approachable.
Well, he did write a book and paint some paintings. He also served and was gassed in WWI. He was a messenger, a runner, if I recall correctly. Also, there are some people who postulate that he did not write the book, Mein Kampfy Chair, all by himself. And he was in prison at the time... So, I dunno... It's not like he was doing hard time in prison. Serving in a war is work but it is, technically, government work.
I do not know what his adjusted accumulated wealth numbers would look like but I suspect he's up there. The richest? I dunno? Seems odd but lots of oddities turn out to be true.
Strangely enough, an individual can be part of the collective. Just like you can be male and still and individual.
On this, the 42nd day of year 2016, thus did spake KGIII; "Seeketh ye not affirmation from others, for content is the man who seeketh not, but hath affirmation within himself."
Seriously, unknot your knickers. Are you here? Yup. Are you specifically in the comments? Yup. Are you adding, in your own special way, to the comments? Yup. You went out of your way to be a Slashdotter. Then, to be edgy, you want to rail about the position you put yourself in. Oh, so edgy!
You can be both a Slashdotter and an individual just like you can be a citizen of the world and an individual, a guitarist and an individual, or whatever else. You put yourself here and then complained about it? Doesn't that seem a little silly to you? Or are you hell bent on playing up the edgy thing?
Err... Why? Who gives a shit who else uses your OS? It's not a lifestyle choice, it's a fucking operating system. There's a bunch of them. Pick which ever one you like best and run with it. Pick the one that gives you the ability to accomplish the tasks you wish to accomplish, with the least hassles, and with the fewest compromises that you need to make in order to do so safely, peacefully, and with the greatest amount of ease possible.
It doesn't matter if it's Windows, OS X, BSD, MINIX, Linux, or whatever else. It's an operating system. You are not your operating system. Your operating system is not you. Other people who use your OS are not you. You are not defined by the OS you us, the software you run, or the assets you have. Place stock in who you really are instead of needing affirmation from others with your choices.
Get that hook out of your mouth. The bait wasn't even that good!;-)
Actually, a couple of years ago someone shared a racist joke with me. It's at this point that I'll share that I'm part black (as is known) and that the person who shared it with me is also black. While it might make you chuckle, there's a serious bent to it.
Q: When does a black man become a nigger? A: When he leaves the room.
Sometimes there's value in humor. It's all how we look at it. Also, the AC's just a troll. They got some bites so you can't say they're unsuccessful. However, baiting with SJW-bait? That's probably considered poaching and it's almost certainly out of season.
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That last link might come in handy, thanks. It's funny that you mention the gate option. I actually had considered making such a gate, instead of purchasing such a thing, so that I could have more control over it and enable some features that aren't really easily found. I got as far as buying a bunch of the Pi boxes and cases but I never got any further than opening one of them up and playing with it. They're all still back home, in their boxes, and collecting dust.
If I were to do it then the gate would have a bunch of options like opening automatically, opening with a PIN, opening with an RFID sensor in a magnetized box on someone's car, opening at certain times with certain codes, single-use codes, communications that enable it to be viewed and opened from a far, an alarm that'd notify of presence and then let the controller open or close it by remote, and things like that - and the many choices you have by combining options like that.
However, I never actually got around to doing it. I looked for a commercial solution and some offered a few things but nothing was quite what I wanted. Passive RFID is cheap so I could give my friends sensors to hide on the outside of their cars and attached by magnets. Depending on the hour of the day, and the group they are in, they could just drive up to the gate and it would open automatically. It'd open all the time for some people. It'd trigger an alarm so that I could view a live video feed and see and then allow them to enter or deny them - and speak with them through a box with a speaker and microphone.
I don't actually, really, need a gate. I don't mind people visiting or even mind them looking at foliage. I get hikers, hunters, and fishers often enough. I just thought it'd be a whole bowl of fun to build something like that. I'd probably then package it up, include the software, and put it online as well as link to the source material for the physical hardware. Someone could then make a commercial offering and people could buy it, build it, improve it, change it, and do what they want with it.
I think they're using a map but have a GPS unit mounted to the window. The road shows on *some* GPS maps but it doesn't offer it as a route unless you really, really work at it. It doesn't even offer an indicator that it's a dirt road or the likes - at least not in the ones I've owned or looked at. It also varies if you try to use the online site - that has a few different options.
But, it's also on maps - paper maps. It's not just on them, it's that they're just as confusing as the rest. I've seen a couple that clearly show it as a road. I've seen some that show it as a dirt road. I've seen some that show it as a dirt road with a washed out bridge - that's actually about the closest it comes to being accurate, except there's no bridge. Detailed trail maps show it, in part, with a little more accuracy - or not at all. It's not on the official State ITS maps.
It's not just at home, it's the whole area. The maps are very wrong in some cases - and they're not even old maps, it's just a very rural area so they don't actually get remapped and errors corrected. It's a bit tempting to show the GPS coordinates but I am not home and won't be until the spring. I'd rather nobody go burn my house down while I'm away. Yes, it's insured but it'd still kind of suck.
But yes, you're right... It does kind of sound like 'em. Out there hunting through the fallen leaves looking for a treasure. I've often wondered if that was any fun. I can't say that I've ever tried it. I do have some orienteering training and practice but I've never actually considered getting into it as a hobby. If you participate, why? Is it as much fun as it looks like? Do you go out of your way to do it - such as at extended distances? I've considered putting canisters with something like a code in them and the people who find them would be able to use an online check and then win the prize (probably something like $20). Would that go over well? I drive quite a bit and I travel a whole lot - when I've time and inclination. I could put 'em across the country and sometimes in other countries. I've given that some consideration. It'd be fun for everyone, I should think.
As much as I like John and admire him... I'm just not sure he's a realistic option for public office at this time. I'd consider supporting him more if he started with a smaller goal than the presidency. I admire him on a personal level and respect his candor and love his life choices - we have a bit in common and much of what he says resonates very well with me. However, his lack of experience in politics leads me to think I'd be better off supporting a different candidate as he's not a realistic option at this point in time.
Google's a bit confusing. They show the driveway as a "stub" (I lack a better word for it). I don't know if they pulled up into the driveway or just side-long into it. They didn't drive up it - according to Street View. So, they only show that part as a road. They don't offer it as a route unless you play with the settings and select the second road as your destination and set it to shortest route - it's like a glitch. But, if you look at their map then it shows it as a *something* (there's an indicator line). It's only partially colored, at the end, and that looks like a stub. It never offers it as a route unless you REALLY force it to do so and I might even be forgetting a step. Online map functions never show it as a route, no matter how many buttons I push. I just tried a little while ago when I saw all the replies.
Now, I can't say for certain but if the online function isn't offering it as a route then *maybe* the GPS function on phones and tablets is no longer offering it as a route? The area really hasn't ever been mapped that well or kept up-to-date. Paper maps have different things - with a huge disparity even if recently published. TomTom and Garmin will offer it as a route and show it on their map IF you have the settings right. It shows as a road, not really as a route. Usually... At least not without seriously poking some settings - none of them show it as the default route with the default settings from what I've seen.
That's about as clear as mud... It's not shorter or anything so it doesn't pop up as an option. The maps in my car's GPS don't even really show it at all. Google's Street View is only partially showing but it will show as a road if you're driving by, it looks like it should make a loop. The Rand McNally atlas' show it but have it listed as a dirt road and then a trail. Then they show a bridge, a bridge that's not there and probably never was there - at least I can't find it or figure out what it might have been crossing.
I suppose lots of people think that the maps are all good and detailed and accurate and stuff. I mean, we've got GPS, navigation software, and images. So, they should be perfect, right? No... Not once you get off the beaten path. If you've got shortest route selected AND haven't set it to completely disallow dirt roads then you're gonna have problems if you're in my home area. You will have problems if you listen to it and don't use common sense. You might even have problems if you have dirt roads enabled at all - even if you selected quickest time.
Neat. Thanks. I'll actually take a gander at what's required to have an account and what information (such as authority) is needed to get it changed. So far, nobody has done any damage or anything but it could, truly, result in problems during certain parts of the year. I'm not home but the driveway is plowed out. If you go there tonight, according to the weather, and get stuck and run out of gas then you might be screwed. The weather advisory indicates that wind-chill temperatures will be in the -45f range - and that's down in the village and not nearly at the elevation the house is at. That's probably closer to -60.
Add to that, you'll not get a cell phone signal, it just won't work, if you don't have a cell provider with a peering agreement with US Cellular. AT&T will work, T-Mobile will not. I don't think Sprint works? A few of them will get no signal. I'd not be angry if someone had that happen and ended up deciding to break into my house to stay alive. At tonight's temperatures, you're looking at 5-10 minutes before frostbite has set in.
Absolutely, it's a bit of a combination of both. Google Maps shows it as a stub but their GPS will recommend it as a route. Garmin and TomTom both recommend it as a route - if you have it set to not ignore dirt roads. It is on some maps, some show a bridge that never existed but have it as uncrossable. There are maps that actually have a lot of the 'tote roads' listed on them.
With Google, I think the Google Maps car drove partially up the driveway. It looks like it - if you use their online view than they're about a car length up my driveway, sort of - it's hard to tell if they pulled right in or just pulled up side-long with it. I've only had the chance to try their maps, Garmin, and TomTom out of the ones available for purchase. The one in my car, the built-in GPS, doesn't actually list it as a road but it does have it on the map. It does show it as a place I've been (obviously) but I've never tried to make it give me it as a route option.
With the others, you have to have them set to allow dirt roads as an alternative and then select to get an alternate route. I've not found a way for it to make its mind up without doing that - you've gotta work to make it show *as a suggested route* for GPS.
Then, with paper maps? Well... There's a whole lot of variance there. The detailed area maps show it, of course. Then the larger US book atlas thing in the car shows it but both of those have it listed as a non-road in mine. The detailed, very detailed, area maps show the road that it connects to as passable (for snowmobiles and ATVs and the likes) but don't have my driveway on it. I suspect the older ones might but the newer maps do not.
GPS isn't all it's cracked up to be once you get off the beaten trail. Well, no... GPS is fine. The maps that they're based on and the navigation software are not all they're cracked up to be - once you get off the beaten trail. It is one of the reasons that I still kind of wonder why people think we'll have ubiquitous autonomous vehicles in the not-so-distant future. Without serious training, they're not even going to be a viable option in my neighborhood. Then, we often have roads washout in the spring and others that become impossible to drive across in certain seasons. We've got some that are closed for parts of the year or have other weight limitations. We have a whole bunch of options that are not the same as using an autonomous vehicle to retrace the steps that a human drove. I'd think that's a larger hurdle than others indicate.
There's a lady down in New Sharon, ME. She's out off the Starks Road. There's a pot festival held in Starks every year and a GPS will clearly indicate her road is a shortcut. So, you get what you might imagine... Actually, that's technically "up in" for the moment and they have two festivals.
At any rate, she had some serious issues with it and was really displeased. The GPS-induced traffic was not entirely from Hempstock but that brought in the majority of it and those people are a not exactly sober or rational actors. She's a bit older and probably not the type to frequent the weed festivals. On the other hand, she's probably not the type to complain about them except she had the people who are using her driveway like a road - on a regular basis.
It's just a small dirt road, wide enough for one automobile, and you can easily get stuck on it.
The organizers of the event have made her a sign. I don't recall the verbiage but it's similar to what you wrote. The sign stays there year-round and is well made. It say something like "Your GPS is wrong - Private Drive! Do not enter without permission!" Something to that effect. I have no idea how effective it has been but that's a pretty small area and is technically in the same county as my home. It was in the newspaper a couple of times and I think it might have even made televised news at one point.
Yup... It's a *very* small area.
I've no idea if there was a follow-up to say if it worked or not. Given that I've not heard anything more about it, I'm guessing it had the desired effect. That much traffic on a road that's not designed for it can be problematic and the vehicles do a bit of damage. Some get stuck, try to get out, and then get towed or pushed out. That leaves ruts, weakens shoulders, and costs money to repair. So, I understand her ire.
Oh, I can put up any sign I want. It's an unincorporated township. A couple of people mentioned that I can notify Google so I'll have to look into that. On their maps, it shows as a stub. It's just a little line that indicates they might have driven their car up into the driveway, backed out, and driven off without coming up the driveway very far. If you use their GPS system, however, it happily will show it as an alternate route. IOW, online is not the same as their GPS on their phones and tablets. Also, I think the bus drivers all use a dedicated device and not a phone.
That said, just to be clear, I don't actually mind it... I'm really serious in that I'd make 'em coffee, tea, and snacks. I don't mind, the view is beautiful in the fall. The foliage is brilliant and you can look out across, down into Carrabasset Valley, into Franklin Valley, over to Mt. Blue and Tumbledown, then you can see the White Mountains and Mt. Washington, and there are all sorts of trails and paths that you can take. There's a big stream, a couple of smaller brooks, and a good-size pond if you want to really hike. There are animals, a variety of trees, still a few flowering plants, and there might even be a few blueberries that ripened late. There are apples, if you want to hike a bit, and pears. I've usually got a nice garden and might share some of that.
So, no... I don't actually mind them. I just find it a bit odd. I could put up a sign, I could put up a gate, I could sit there with a shotgun. Or, I can be nice, polite, and enjoy the company while sharing the beauty that is home. So long as there's no compelling reason to do the former, I prefer the latter. I realize that many people are like, "No, it's mine! Keep off and stop bothering me!" But, I'm really not that type of person. It's a long story, so I'll spare you the gritty details unless you ask, but I own a lot of property besides that which my home rests on. That property is actually all posted with custom signs, at least on the road-facing side, and is open for use - not marked as private. When I die, a good portion of it will continue to keep funding itself and the land will remain open for public access in perpetuity or for as long as the US economy is still functioning.
It's not easy to articulate my sentiments but I do not mind them, per se... I do not mind them at all. It's not like it's a bunch of drunks that are smashing beer bottles and using the bus to burn donuts on my lawn. It's a bunch of mostly curious, older, French-speaking Canadians, carrying cameras, taking pictures of everything, and enjoying the foliage. I don't begrudge them my view so much as I wonder what it is, in specific, that makes them come here when they have the same leaves on their side of the border and why it is that the maps still have my driveway listed as a road when it probably hasn't been passable since 1940. It's just strange.
I'm assuming I'll be back home by the next season. I'll have to pry for more details and find an occasion to update folks. I know they do some shopping while they're here. They go down into the village and raid the shops. They go all the way to the coast, some of them, and hit up the outlet stores in Freeport. They hit up LL Bean. They eat lobster on Rt. 1. They come back up along the coast (according to their website) with some of their charters. Then they cut inland and go back into Canada up through Jackman or way, way up in "the county" near Fort Kent. (See map if needed. Maine's kind of big.)
Either way, I'll be likely to see them in the fall and I'll see what more I can deduce. Hell, I might even invite 'em to stop except it's never been the same drivers. I've never once seen the same driver from year to year. I also don't really understand why people do these tour types of things. I love to travel but I don't like being a tourist much. If I'm going to go somewhere different then the last people I want to associate with are the people who are unfamiliar with the area. If I wanted to see and hang out with tourists, I could do that wit
That must have made for some interesting study material. My only experience/education is from having a friend who's an Archaeologist, the little bit covered in various courses, and documentaries. I've always thought it would make a very fun field to study. There's some interesting ways to draw connections between the societies and interactions then and now.
I often will just let the recommended/next options pick my documentaries for me. (I pretty much only watch documentaries, as a general rule I'm not really interested in other stuff.) So, I enjoy it when I come across things that aren't what I'd have typically considered watching. That's how I ended up with the NOVA series and I really enjoyed it. I'm pretty sure I watched it on YouTube and I was probably logged in at the time. That means I can probably go through my history and find it -- if you're actually curious or haven't seen it. I think it's five or six episodes long and is about a lot more than just the Neanderthal.
Does that change their GPS software? Right now, the GPS uses it as a possible route but if you look at the map it has only a 'stub.' Basically, it looks like their car drove into my driveway and turned around without actually coming up the driveway.
As for your question... Hmm... I'm gonna guess you've never been to Maine? It's a traffic jam if I see more than five cars on my way from my house into the village. A bus is just something new and different. I'd now say I "want" a bus coming up the driveway. I'd say that I don't really mind it. I'd really make 'em coffee, tea, juice, and put out snacks if I knew when they were coming. It's a bunch of Canadians with cameras and they're trying to look at the foliage. They're mostly harmless. Some of them speak English. I'm up on the side of a mountain and the trees are all low enough so that when you look out, you're looking out on Carrabasset Valley, over into Mt. Blue area, and all the way to the White Mountains. It's really very beautiful, especially in the fall. So, no... I don't really *mind* so much. It's just odd.
Do you know if that will change their GPS? Right now, it has my driveway as a 'stub.' I really can't think of a better description. It's like the Google Map Car pulled in, drove in far enough to get the whole vehicle into the driveway, and then backed out.
That post, up there, is something I have not done. There's loads of things I've not done. Some of 'em were a good idea not to do 'em.
I've never snorted coke off a hooker's ass. I've never killed anyone. I've never written my own OS. (I've never even written my own compiler - or language.) I've never driven a tank (but I have driven an Ontos). I've never flown a passenger jet (but I've flown a plane, just not landed it). I've never driven a train. I've never piloted a balloon. I've never gone whaling. Oh, I've never piloted a big boat. I've never ridden a "trike" on the road (but I've driven a three-wheeler). I've never kayaked very far into the ocean - that's scary. I've never climbed a big mountain. I've never climbed on glaciers. I've never been to the Ukraine. I've never eaten human (but I've put all sorts of stupid stuff in my mouth). I've never been a politician. I've never played rugby, Australian Football, cricket, or played Bridge.
The list goes on...
By the time you're old and gray, you should have done all sorts of things. If you haven't then your life will have been pretty boring and you'll never know what you like. So, there's lots of things I have done. Also, oddly enough, that same company popped up here on Slashdot later the same day of this post. There's an AC comment in there that goes into a few details. Alas, the AC was tired and there are some grammar issues. See the DBC for more information.
Heh... I'm a bit of a student of history and that includes understanding what changes have been made.
Simply because you said, "I'd imagine..." I'll let you know that you're correct on all of it. The US had much better accuracy when bombing during the day - and did most of their raids during daylight hours which turned it into a very deadly task. Todays ordnance is much more accurate, including the ability to track a "painted" target.
It's quite possibly one of the biggest changes made to combat and thus to war. At one point, there were people who thought the wars would be won simply with bombers and that the effect of the bombs would be demoralizing on the civilian populace. That turned out to not be true. Even Japan did not surrender "because of" the nukes. (They were a contributing factor of significance.)
You could say that I am but that would be, to me, a great compliment. I'm not even sure that I'm good at hacking code but I usually do a hack job. ;-)
Oh, we're awful, we humans. It's freakin' hilarious to see the people who think we're at the pinnacle of advancement, knowledge, ethics, and wisdom. I usually don't comment about it but I've actually only really recently started to pay attention to that (within the past year or so).
We're dirty, disgusting, vile, evil, liars, thieves, abusers, manipulators, violent, angry, and the rest... Of course, we're giving, trusting, trustworthy, loving, caring, just, etc... But, I think we're mostly in the first group unless we try to remain alert to it and have some sort of social values that are impressed on us. The Romans thought they were the pinnacle, after all.
It's amazing how many misconceptions people have about things they've never seen. That is not directed towards you. Truth be told, you'll never laugh as hard as you do when you might not see the end of tomorrow. While I don't think everyone should visit an active combat zone, there shouldn't be any to visit, I do think it would do a lot of people some good. One can just go visit a torn up nation and see similar.
Whilst I like your verbiage about the 'trackables,' I do have to wonder, who do you consider to be a "HAVES?" No, really? I'm genuinely curious. What is a HAVE vs. a HAVE not for you? Where's that line drawn and why?
Are you not the least bit concerned about painting with such a large brush? Are you not the least bit concerned with prejudice that might be unwarranted? I imagine we won't know that until we have some good definitions. I'm not really sure what you consider to be a "HAVES" here.
Is it the 1% again? Top 2%? .01%? Is it the CEOs or executives of a corporation? I want to take a stab at this and see how I do but I'd be worried that would color your response. You probably think I'm joking, I assure you that I am not. Nor do I troll.
It's a bit of a favor and you needn't do so but, if you will, I'd like to ask you to do something. Okay? Go back to your feelings when you wrote your post. When you articulated the "HAVES" aspect of your quote, what exactly is in that group? What does this "HAVES" look like, to you at least. Is it one thing? Is it multiple things? Is it a combination of certain things?
Assuming I don't delete all my reply notifications by mistake, for the second time in as many weeks, I'll do what I can to objectively process your response and give you an in-kind reply and, perhaps, make it worth the five minutes to type up your reply. I'd really like to take a stab in the dark and reply to what I believe you're saying but I try not to make assumptions.
'Cause if I could take that stab in the dark, I'd think you're probably painting with a broad brush and missing the finer details. It's possible that you have a persecution complex. I know some folks who have seriously accumulated some wealth, literally at or near a ten digit sum (of which I am not one), and they don't actually like this much either. The thing is, you'd probably count them in the group you're railing against. They're the ones who are in the best position to help avoid this sort of thing. It's not like you or I can stop it.
Other than that, I concur that it's turning into an Internet of Tracking. I find it unfortunate but I find it even more unfortunate that people are willfully opting into this sort of thing. But, if you can tell me what "HAVES" look like to you, then I can probably offer you a better reply.
That should say "least popular." It's past midnight and my eyeballs have meandered off in search for a warm place to snuggle up and sleep. Screw 'em! They're not the boss of me.
The OS that I most commonly use is an official flavor of the Ubuntu family but is probably the popular of the official flavors. The only place I know of wide deployment of Lubuntu is some guy who had installed it on a bunch of oscilloscopes as the default OS. We kind of rejoiced as we had actually found another Lubuntu user in the wild.
Sure, I've met some on AskUbuntu but none at the LoCo, none in the chat, and not even anyone here seems to use it except that one guy who does and they install it on scopes.
Wait, no... They're not oscilloscopes. They're chemical analyzing equipment. They were spectrography tools. Yeah, I think that was it. Hell, I don't even know what they do but I almost bought one just to play with it. Err... I kind of understand what they do, I've just never used one and have no idea how they actually get used - like what buttons to push, what settings to use, and what to do with the output. I am not a chemist. I don't think these used gas... But I digress.
So, that leads me this... Not even my girlfriend uses Lubuntu. She uses Mint Cinnamon. I've met one person in the wild and not one other person. Who the hell am I flocking with? :/ I don't wanna be left out! I need affirmation!!! On a more serious note: I suppose that's true at times but I'm not sure if it's true enough to be a good adage. That might have made more sense when I was young. We had fewer choices and less communication back then.
That said: I did not pick Lubuntu to be different or anything. I picked it because I like LXDE and the simplicity and ease of configuration that goes with it. I like the tools that are in it and I don't usually swap many of them out for new stuff - but I do the cumulative thing were I end up with crap installed that I don't really need but I never remove it. Yes, I said it. I like LXDE. At any rate, I wanted LXDE and the Ubuntu ecosystem is very large, active, and generally approachable.
Well, he did write a book and paint some paintings. He also served and was gassed in WWI. He was a messenger, a runner, if I recall correctly. Also, there are some people who postulate that he did not write the book, Mein Kampfy Chair, all by himself. And he was in prison at the time... So, I dunno... It's not like he was doing hard time in prison. Serving in a war is work but it is, technically, government work.
I do not know what his adjusted accumulated wealth numbers would look like but I suspect he's up there. The richest? I dunno? Seems odd but lots of oddities turn out to be true.
At risk of interrupting, whose life are you trying to live? And by what authority do you dictate the rules?
Err... Not that I care a whole bunch but I've been waxing philosophical all thread, I might as well keep it up.
Strangely enough, an individual can be part of the collective. Just like you can be male and still and individual.
On this, the 42nd day of year 2016, thus did spake KGIII; "Seeketh ye not affirmation from others, for content is the man who seeketh not, but hath affirmation within himself."
Seriously, unknot your knickers. Are you here? Yup. Are you specifically in the comments? Yup. Are you adding, in your own special way, to the comments? Yup. You went out of your way to be a Slashdotter. Then, to be edgy, you want to rail about the position you put yourself in. Oh, so edgy!
You can be both a Slashdotter and an individual just like you can be a citizen of the world and an individual, a guitarist and an individual, or whatever else. You put yourself here and then complained about it? Doesn't that seem a little silly to you? Or are you hell bent on playing up the edgy thing?
Err... Why? Who gives a shit who else uses your OS? It's not a lifestyle choice, it's a fucking operating system. There's a bunch of them. Pick which ever one you like best and run with it. Pick the one that gives you the ability to accomplish the tasks you wish to accomplish, with the least hassles, and with the fewest compromises that you need to make in order to do so safely, peacefully, and with the greatest amount of ease possible.
It doesn't matter if it's Windows, OS X, BSD, MINIX, Linux, or whatever else. It's an operating system. You are not your operating system. Your operating system is not you. Other people who use your OS are not you. You are not defined by the OS you us, the software you run, or the assets you have. Place stock in who you really are instead of needing affirmation from others with your choices.
That, that there is what freedom really is.
Get that hook out of your mouth. The bait wasn't even that good! ;-)
Actually, a couple of years ago someone shared a racist joke with me. It's at this point that I'll share that I'm part black (as is known) and that the person who shared it with me is also black. While it might make you chuckle, there's a serious bent to it.
Q: When does a black man become a nigger?
A: When he leaves the room.
Funny? Maybe. True? Quite probably. Sad? Kinda sorta.
Sometimes there's value in humor. It's all how we look at it. Also, the AC's just a troll. They got some bites so you can't say they're unsuccessful. However, baiting with SJW-bait? That's probably considered poaching and it's almost certainly out of season.
Oh, me too!
What? They've got awesome documentaries!