I use uMatrix, from the guy that makes uBlock Origin, and it tells me that Janrain is trying to load content here on Slashdot. It is, of course, blocked. I don't use Ghostery since they sold their collected data. They did, at least, warn people ahead of time that they were going to do so. Still, I feel it is sleazy and I already used uMatrix so I didn't really need it. Thus, it got uninstalled. (Raymond Hill - I think is his name, makes good stuff, by the way.)
Anyhow, you should expect to be tracked but you shouldn't stand for being forced into being tracked. Ask for a refund and move on. That's horrific of them. I see a couple of comments that minimize it. I still firmly believe that you should be able to opt out and have the site work - more so if you're paying for it. On the other hand, if a site tells me they wish for me to not block content then I leave the site and don't return. It's their property and I respect that. I just don't use their content nor do I attempt to circumvent their measures.
Thoughts... Use uMatrix. With uMatrix you can elect to let Janrain through for that domain and that domain only. They'll be able to track you on that domain but nowhere else. Dump Ghostery and spend a while learning how to use uMatrix. It's whitelist based - so everything's blocked by default. Just remember to save your settings. I start with least permissions and work my way up.
This way, you're allowing Janrain to work on that site and only that site. It doesn't really do them any good because it's blocked everywhere else. You're even kind of skewing their data which makes it less accurate. Maybe that'll teach them a lesson. Personally, I'd request a refund.
Ah! You did get one. You'd mentioned you were wanting one some time back. Mind if I ask which model you went with? IIRC you were debating between two models but had a preference for a third but felt it was outside your budget.
Me? I still have the CNC machine that I can get the attachment to turn it into an additive as opposed to a reductive but I've never actually un-crated it. I've been pondering doing so as I'm returning home next week. This Florida weather already has me near my melting point.
I am willing to be the janitor mops better than Hawking does. He's probably better at mixing cleaning chemicals than Hawking is. Hell, he probably dances better than Hawking does.
The cops have a radar activated sign that tells you how fast you're going and it displays the speed on the board. They don't have cameras attached to them or anything. It's usually a question of bravado in risking a ticket more than it is a question of driving at outlandishly high rates of travel but a few people will do what they can/dare to get the board to display the highest number possible.
For the record, I've not seen any register higher than 99 MPH - there is no third number. It goes to 99 and starts blinking quicker than normal. Ideally, you have a passenger with you to take a picture of the sign. No, you don't take a picture of the sign yourself as you're driving. It's based on the honor system. For a while, there was even a whole award system based on this and between a half-dozen friends. I do wonder if the signs store the information somewhere so that they know how fast people go.
There are systems that do - I've worked with them. But I've not worked with the enforcement signs and I have no idea if those do or not. The old school ones had pneumatic tubes that ran across the road in sets of two. Using simple math they could tell you how fast they were going and they also counted the traffic. The earlier ones simply counted the traffic. They still use the same system of tubes but they're now connected to electronic storage and broadcast the data to a receiver that picks up the data as the DOT truck (or research car) drives by. They also use a laser or infrared beam system to count cars and those can be used to detect speed as well - easier done when there are multiple sensors.
They should wait before trying her for attempted murder. This guy is going to die early. That early death will be able to be attributed to this accident. At that point, it becomes homicide - even if just negligent homicide. There are certain people who are a danger to themselves and others and thus have no right to freedom. They should be locked away for very long periods of time, perhaps for the entirety of their lives.
Yes, we Americans have too many people incarcerated but that's because we have long sentences for stupid things. This is exactly the type of thing that long sentences should be used for.
I say this as someone who has driven much, much faster than she was driving. The difference was, I was either on a road designed for it, a closed course, or on a track. On the other hand, I've a whole lot of extra instruction and have spent years learning to operate a vehicle at those speeds. Are there public roads where I'd drive that fast? Nope. Not so long as they're open or there's a reasonable chance of their being other people - and I'd sure as hell not do it with other people in the vehicle who wanted me to slow down.
To go that speed, and to do so safely, you need some very specific equipment. I doubt her tires were rated for that speed. Five or so minutes at that speed and they'd have blown out. Just decelerating too quickly from that speed would cause a blow-out and that's not even from locking them up - that's just the friction building up the heat and the expansion making a sidewall blow. I know the suspension wasn't built for, nor tuned for, handling those speeds. It simply isn't able to keep up. The slightest bump means the tire is coming up off the pavement and the shocks aren't charged enough to push them back down quick enough to avoid break-away. Down-force is not adequate.
There's a huge difference between 85 and 105 MPH. It might not seem like it but there's a huge difference in the way the car behaves.
You've never driven that fast, have you? I have - I've driven much, much faster actually. I've taken many, many hours of advanced instruction to be able to drive at those speeds and to do so with a modicum of safety. I once spent almost two weeks in training and then driving rented exotics at Nurburgring. I have driven faster than her speed while on an unpaved surface even.
Once you get above about 80 MPH things get a bit different. Once you get at a certain speed (it will vary per vehicle) the automobile behaves in a different manner. The effect of downforce is greater, the amount of force needed to brake is different, the amount of under (or over) steer is rapidly changing at those speeds. Add to that the speed at which the suspension works. See, the suspension isn't just about giving you a smooth ride - it's about putting the rubber back on the surface as quickly as it can and with as much force as it can to ensure you're achieving maximum stability.
When you get up to speeds in the 140 MPH range things really get dicey and things can go to hell really quickly. When you get in the 180 MPH range it gets REALLY hairy at first.
Now, she was nowhere near those speeds but I'm willing to wager that she's unaccustomed to driving at those speeds and lacks the training to drive at those speeds. I've probably got close to 2500 hours of training - above and beyond what it took to get my license. It also happens that my MOS put me as a motor vehicle operator for quite a while. I was a light to medium vehicle operator and ended up doing a bit of staff car duty which meant I got to take some additional instruction to learn things like asset protection, evasion and pursuit, and things of that nature. That's actually what got my interest going. I've since taken many, many extra classes - across a half-dozen countries. I also (even at my age) still participate in a few driving events but I much prefer rally or street courses to oval track racing. Though there's a certain appeal for oval - you really, really learn to master a few things and shaving a tiny 0.07 off of a lap is the difference between a win and a show.
So, I guess the point I'm getting at is that you're not capable of driving that speed safely. She's not capable of it (obviously). There are very, very few areas where it's safe to do so. Save your speed for the track. Track days are cheap and a whole lot of fun. You don't even need a fancy car for it to be fun. I've taken a Volvo 245 (mostly stock) and had a ball on a 1/4 mile track. There's a 1/2 mile dirt oval down in West Alna that I've taken it to and the Volvo is heavy and RWD so it's a lot of fun. I have a nice Saab that I use for rally (NEFR) but that's actually not so nice any more - the engine is blown and I've yet to get it repaired - I'm not sure that I will. I've got a small fortune in the engine so I might but I was stupid and tried to finish which means it seized so it's going to be difficult to repair and still trust.
Unless you're trained, it's unsafe to go those speeds. It really is - as is evidenced here. Remember, nearly every single accident is because someone was driving too fast for the conditions.
XFCE also has the best GUI task manager out there. At least it's the best one out of the ones that I've found.
sudo apt-get install xfce4-taskmanager
Then just set it as the default and whatnot (if you like it) and it is good to go. I'm going to be working on a way to set a switch so that you can automatically installed it and swap it out for the LXtask for the on-click function for LXpanel.
I used LXpanel to build myself a nifty little dock that only appears when I mouse over the top of the screen (it disappears when I move the cursor away) and there's a resource monitor applet in it. It opens the LXtask, hard-coded, instead of loading the default. I can switch the default but it still loads LXtask so I'm going to fork it from GIT and see what I can come up with - then probably push it upstream (if they want it) instead of maintaining it myself.
Still, I needed to add no dependencies, it just works. I use Lubuntu and really don't like the default task manager. Thus my decision to investigate this the other day. I spent a while going over all of the ones that I could find and I've settled on that and set it as the default. The resource monitor doesn't load the default but loads LXtask specifically. Why? I have no idea. Still, I'm pretty sure I can fix it to open the default (or even make it selectable) without much of a hassle. I guess I could just write it anew with the one from XFCE hard-coded but that's not really solving anything except for me and my needs/wants. If I'm going to 'fix" it then I might as well fix it right.
I use it, quite happily and successfully, as my desktop OS. On the other hand, I'm not one of the crazy zealots that thinks everyone should use it. I don't care if there's a year of the Linux desktop. I don't care what OS you use. I never have. I use what works best for me and fills my needs the best. I have things I want to accomplish. My OS is a tool to let me do that. The tool that gives me the greatest ease, choice, and function is the desktop I will use.
If that is Windows, then I'll use Windows. If that's OS X, I'll get a Mac. No, I get what I need to get done with Linux and I do so in a manner that suits my needs and tastes. I'm quite happy and my system operates without any bugs that I'm aware of. As in, none - there are no bugs that I know of in my system. Now, there are (surely) bugs. I am just not aware of them because they're in things that don't impact me.
I've never been one to care what you use. I just hope that you made a choice that fits your needs and lets you get your work done. I think the OS should just do what I tell it to do and then get out of the way and let me do it. I don't want to see the OS. I don't want to have to tweak the OS - but I want to be able to if I decide to. I don't constantly fiddle with it. Hell, half the time the physical computer I'm using isn't even booted to an OS that I'm using. Yup, about half the time I'm just using a Live USB. I don't even use persistent storage. I click a couple of things and I'm good to go. I then just don't shut it down until I need to.
Basically, I am in Florida. I use VNC (or SSH) into my home computers, my home network, and my home servers - and I'm good to go. The device in front of me is a bit more than a dumb terminal but everything I do on it, locally, gets replicated to the home - and further replication from there in the form of backups but that's a story for another day.
I watched this one carefully - from the outside, of course. I belong to all the mailing lists and have the team's mailings all filtered and, other than the flavor that I prefer, it did actually seem like this was more rushed than others. I think it's that the *.10 release is done just prior to the holiday season so you've got the *.04 release right after. The point release being LTS and right after that means that people have some time constraints.
I wonder if it might be better to move the LTS builds to the *.10 portion of the cycle as that really does seem like it would have more personal time devoted to it. Then again, that might not be valid. I'm not sure why but 15.10 seemed particularly rushed - even in the Lubuntu sector, which was abnormal seeming to me.
I don't usually stick to the LTS builds but flit to the newest when it is out - sometimes even hopping onto the train while it is still beta. They're not production machines so I don't worry about it. Sure, my personal servers and NAS and things like that are all configured to use LTS but I still swap those out long before the OS has reached EOL.
At any rate, it really did appear to be rushed. There were calls to action hours before the release was final and then it got the "ship it" label thrown on it with known bugs still in it. It really did seem like a crunch time. I wonder, also, if they're just getting to be so big that they're needing to change their release schedule. Things move fast in the OS world - it might be worth it for them to revisit their process. And yes, I say this as a Ubuntu fan though my preference is for the Lubuntu flavor - for now. I'm not sure if I'll like LXQt as much.
LOL Okay, close enough. I'm a bit skeptical of your number, by the way.
At any rate, you're gonna die. Sorry 'bout that but it's just what's going to happen. No, they're not going to achieve immortality. It's not just right around the corner. So far, everyone that was born prior to 1899 has died. Actually, I think that number's now changed - 1901 is the limit now - I'm pretty sure. Some lady's at 115 and supposed to be the oldest. She might have died though. So, yeah, you're gonna die. It's okay - there's nothing wrong with that.
I'd be interested in seeing how they came up with that 100 billion number. That seems like a rather convenient number. Ah well, it works for me. You're still gonna die. Hell, if you live past the age of 200 come see me and I'll give you five bucks.
Nope, I guarantee you, full money back guarantee, that they put no such thought into it. I'm positive that they're over-thinking what was a choice made based on simplicity and ubiquity. If I'm wrong, you get all your money back.
Yup. It's from Norton - I'd only seen the one. I seem to recall it came with a "bundle" that was something being popularized by the makers of the BitTorrent torrenting application. It was an interesting watch and well worth the time invested - not long. I didn't know of the second but I'll be sure to watch it now that I'm aware of it. I don't watch much real television (read none - since the 1980s and wasn't even big on TV then but the increase in commercial time irked me enough to just find other things to do) but I do like documentaries.
I watch a lot of them, documentaries that is. So, for me, the 'net has been a great thing. There are many documentaries available online. There are enough so that I will probably never run out of things to watch. I like to find a YouTube video and then let it autoplay and pick the next one for me. I also use the playlist function in the search - a whole lot. Between playlist and setting the settings for "long" it means I get some pretty good stuff. My preferences lie with history and science - subsets being military/war and tech/physics - some nature too.
It means that I really don't need to pay for Hulu+ and Netflix but I still do. My kids use both of those more than I do. I haven't logged into either for many, many months but the kids like 'em so I keep paying for them. I understand that they and their mates enjoy it so I've not bothered to cancel. I did find that both of them had a number of good documentaries but I burned through those pretty quickly. I haven't checked for new content lately - I probably should.
What scares me is the line about, "It hasn't been proven safe!" No, nothing can ever be proven safe. Ever. Never, ever, ever. Someone does something that someone doesn't approve of. Fuck their ability to choose, ban it! *sighs*
This is the world we live in and look at all the advocates in just this thread. It is disheartening.
I got into vaping for a while, way way back when it was fairly underground and we all had box mods and things like that. I worked with 100% nicotine a couple of times but often just 98%. It was kind of fun. It wasn't a means to quit smoking, it was just for enjoyment and something different. After I spent way too much on the toys, I stopped. But, yeah, I was able to source and buy five gallon buckets of 98% and 2 gallon buckets of 100% nicotine.
I have no idea if you can still do that but you don't need to smoke it. You can just take a mL of 98% and drop it on the back of your hand. You *will* feel like you smoked a half pack of smokes at once.:D
I have an interesting basement. Full of hobbies gone by. I really should find one and stick with it.
Hi. My name is David. I didn't smoke as a kid or anything - not cigarettes or anything. I still don't smoke cigarettes. I smoke cigars. Worse, I inhale them - I love it. I smoke like five big ol' fat cigars every day - probably to the 3/4 mark. They go out, I light 'em again. I've been doing this for years now. I'm happy I started. I don't want to live past 75. I don't care for those years at the other end of life and these don't appear to be killing me.
I go to a doctor, fairly often, because I like to know the state of affairs. My lungs are fine. I'm certainly addicted. I have the health of a kid less than half my age. I'm fit and energetic. Each cigar would be similar to about a half pack so that's 2.5 packs or 3/4 of 2.5 packs of cigarettes per day - slightly less as you get more of the junk stuff near the end of the smoke. Still, it's a lot.
I've never been a cigarette fan but I'll smoke 'em if I don't have a cigar handy. (That's seldom - I'm fairly well stocked and have plenty of money to buy the nicer varieties - I try to keep them at less than $15 each.)
Now you've met one. You're welcome.
And no, you'd probably not know I smoke unless you were in my house. There is also zero chance that you'll ever pay a dime for my medical care.
Normally, I think you're retarded. However, in this case, I'm not sure I understand why you were moderated down. You may have said something that someone doesn't like but that doesn't mean you're incorrect or trolling. There are many non-conformists involved and, at the end of the day, it really doesn't matter.
You also said the experts think he's real and, from what I've read, they do seem to think he's being honest about that - if not much else. Yes, others have expressed their disbelief and I have seen the very fucking word "conspiracy" used not once but *multiple* times.
How the fuck the mods decided your post should be at down-modded is beyond me. You might be facile, ignorant, and obtuse but you're absolutely not wrong in your above statements and moderation should be done (ideally and in my opinion) based on the content and not the person. Hmm... I'm not actually sure if that was a compliment or not. It's the best you're getting.
Seriously mods... It's true that the BTC thing has faults. It's true that it is not perfect. It's true that there are problems and that people will call them out. Rather than ignore them, work to fix them. Down-voting someone just because you don't like what they said is juvenile.
Because some folks read at -1, I'm going to go ahead and "fix" that so that it IS seen.
Darinbob had this to say:
The experts think he's real though. Which means that others don't believe it and think it's a conspiracy. But of course it's Bitcoin, which means first that all sorts of non-conformists are involved, and second that it doesn't really matter anyway.
How the fuck that's worth a -1 is beyond me. And, frankly, if you feel like moderating my post down then knock yourself out - I've got karma to burn and what's the point of karma if you can't spend it. And yes, yes i will spend it on behalf of someone who decided I'm a freak and put me on their foe list. (Or did I put them on the list? I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter - the feeling is mutual.)
I, too, much prefer to sit (technically lay) down and read but time sure is sometimes lacking and I spend a lot of time in an automobile. I've found it comes in handy and allows me to keep my desire reasonably well quenched.:D
LOL Well, I'm not going to argue your qualifications as that of Libertarian. It's not up to me to decide what you self-identify as. I would like you to take a few minutes to think about this - if you want. Okay?
The root of the word is "liberty." That is not the same as freedom, by the way. I like to explain it like this - and I ask that you keep in mind that I'm not trying to lecture nor am I hoping to change your mind, okay? If you can do that then this can be constructive for both of us and for others who might read it. I am not preaching, I am not asserting that I'm sure I'm correct, I'm simply sharing what I believe.
Liberty, the root of Libertarian (note the capitalization) is important. To put this into easy to understand words:
You are free to kill me. You are not at liberty to do so. If I am trying to kill you, you have a right to kill me.
Sanders is not Chavez. Sanders is akin to the European "Socialist Democrat." Yes, he has some policies that I disagree with. But, he's the closest one to the policies that I do agree with so it's in my interest to vote for him. No, he won't be of great help for me - in fact, he'll make me pay more money (assuming I don't just want to avoid the taxes - that's easier done than most think.)
Keep in mind that he'll have NO support from the Democrats or the Republicans. That's not a bad thing - it means he'll be really limited in what he's able to accomplish.
See, the best thing we can hope for is to give everyone the liberty to maximize their enjoyments of their freedoms. Freedoms are only taken by force, by the way. I'm literally free to shoot you. There's nothing stopping me. There will be consequences but I am free to do so.
Let's see how you take that and we'll see if we can go from here. Keep in mind, I'm not offering or trying to change your views. I'm merely explaining my position. I'm merely justifying, giving the reasoning and logic behind it, the expressed ideals that I have shared. You're free to disagree, agree, or posit your own views. I have no interest in silencing you. I do have a vested interest in ensuring that you're given all the information that I have access to in order to make your own choices. It's good to be able to have varied views.
On thing I will mention is that zealotry is never acceptable - extremism is not going to work. If you're a party to any such things we can simply stop the discourse immediately and save us both some time. To that, I add that Sanders is, by no means, an unrealistic zealot.
If you do get a minute, I'd ask that you take some time to research some of the math involved. One of the primary reasons that I support Sanders is that, in all likelihood, it will end up being less expensive OVERALL after a period of about 5 years. It will, without a doubt, be more expensive at first. It will take a generation to reach full fruition and we need to be able to accept that there's going to be further refinements made as time progresses. I think it's an excellent starting position but not a very good end-point.
What say you, is this a meaningful discussion or is it just idle banter on Slashdot best suited for throwing shit and calling each other names? That is entirely up to you. I'm quite receptive to either. I'm as much a monkey as anyone and slinging poop suits me just fine.
You're just might be retarded. That's okay, I'll try to help you out - again. He's been a politician ON THE NATIONAL STAGE for ages. To call him a newbie is downright stupid. As for politics, well... I hate to pull the authority card but I'm willing to bet that I not only know far more than you but I'm far more involved than you - more so considering that I'm running, as in officially running and having turned in the required number of signatures, for an elected office at the State level.
In fact, you're really no longer worth the time or effort. I've tried really hard to correct you but stupidity and willful ignorance are not something I've the power to help with. You're dismissed. No, really, you're dismissed. Feel free to write some more gibberish if it makes you feel better but do keep in mind that this thread is now listed for posterity.
There's a line from a movie, not a good movie, but it sticks with me...
"You have been weighed, you have been measured, you have been found wanting."
I can say that it is not "every single." I know this for a fact. I know, for example, some who got addicted without having ever had any surgeries at all.
Now, in the Western world, they are, more likely than not, introduced by the method you mention but it is not exclusive.
I, myself, entered the world of opiate use by the route you mention. The majority seem to have done so. However, that is not exclusive.
I'm glad that you took my post as it was intended. It was not meant as a pejorative, nor a slight, nor an attempt to put you down. It was mostly meant to do exactly what it seemed to have done. It was interesting to see your initial posts and then your follow up posts to those who replied to you - there was quite a change.
If you're willing to accept a compliment - one with some barbs, then I'll say this, "It's good to be able to acknowledge one's frailties and there are few people who seem willing to admit they've said things that might not be accurate." Yes, there are some barbs in that but I've chosen the verbiage carefully. They're meant to stick because, as you indicate, you make an effort to improve.
I am JUST as guilty as you are. Let me be clear about that. To add to that, I'd appreciate 'barbed compliments' and consider the sticking a feature - they're reminding and we all must make an effort to improve. Then again, there are times when objectivity is simply not a realistic option.
The tonal differences between your first post and the follow-up replies are quite vast. That does tell me that you're MUCH better than some folks - perhaps even better than I.;-)
To get back to the subject, there's a huge cultural difference that many aren't aware of so I'm sure it seems amazing and barbaric to them. In this thread, someone mentioned a person who was working at a B&B instead of working as a carpenter - while they saved money for an operation. What also needs to be realized is there's a really, really good chance that the person who was doing that actually *wanted* to do that. He wanted to "earn" the surgery. Otherwise, he could probably have gone through some hardship and managed to get State funded health care which does, indeed, cover things like that - it's not a cosmetic thing but it does require they swallow their pride.
The end result of this is that I am glad that you read it the way I meant. I realized it was a bit muddy but it was written more as a commendation than a condemnation. (If that makes sense. Who am I to condemn you or anyone else?) Instead, I was mostly hoping to bring to light the lack of objectivity and the need to be aware of it.
See, I'm quite familiar with your posts. I read *every* username before I read the post. Yes, yes I do. I read at -1 and I read every single username for every post that I read. You're not known (to me) to be necessarily wrong but sometimes a bit skewed and biased. I figured this was a good example.
Thank you for your patience, understanding, and openness to discuss this without needing to have the dialogue devolve into stick throwing. I have every reason to believe that you'd point it out to me if I were engaging in similar behavior. In fact, there are some subjects that I simply refuse to comment on. I am unable to do so without inserting my own biases. My goal is to learn and share what I know. I think we're similar in those regards.;-)
And, in closing, yup... Humans are humans. I've traveled to places where my own government reached out to me and warned me to not go there. I've been told (several times) that the government will not be able to lend me any help if I went to those areas and that the State Department was not going to be able to get me out of any trouble. Oddly, I've also been asked to come see said department when I returned but I'm not sure how much I'm supposed to disclose about that. My doing so was strictly voluntary and was not some sort of "spy stuff" or anything like that. It's still an interesting topic.
Really, we're humans anywhere.
If you do get to the US and its in the North East, I live in Maine. Let me know.;-)
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I use uMatrix, from the guy that makes uBlock Origin, and it tells me that Janrain is trying to load content here on Slashdot. It is, of course, blocked. I don't use Ghostery since they sold their collected data. They did, at least, warn people ahead of time that they were going to do so. Still, I feel it is sleazy and I already used uMatrix so I didn't really need it. Thus, it got uninstalled. (Raymond Hill - I think is his name, makes good stuff, by the way.)
Anyhow, you should expect to be tracked but you shouldn't stand for being forced into being tracked. Ask for a refund and move on. That's horrific of them. I see a couple of comments that minimize it. I still firmly believe that you should be able to opt out and have the site work - more so if you're paying for it. On the other hand, if a site tells me they wish for me to not block content then I leave the site and don't return. It's their property and I respect that. I just don't use their content nor do I attempt to circumvent their measures.
Thoughts... Use uMatrix. With uMatrix you can elect to let Janrain through for that domain and that domain only. They'll be able to track you on that domain but nowhere else. Dump Ghostery and spend a while learning how to use uMatrix. It's whitelist based - so everything's blocked by default. Just remember to save your settings. I start with least permissions and work my way up.
This way, you're allowing Janrain to work on that site and only that site. It doesn't really do them any good because it's blocked everywhere else. You're even kind of skewing their data which makes it less accurate. Maybe that'll teach them a lesson. Personally, I'd request a refund.
*snickers* You're an ass. I think that's why I appreciate your presence. ;-)
Ah! You did get one. You'd mentioned you were wanting one some time back. Mind if I ask which model you went with? IIRC you were debating between two models but had a preference for a third but felt it was outside your budget.
Me? I still have the CNC machine that I can get the attachment to turn it into an additive as opposed to a reductive but I've never actually un-crated it. I've been pondering doing so as I'm returning home next week. This Florida weather already has me near my melting point.
I am willing to be the janitor mops better than Hawking does. He's probably better at mixing cleaning chemicals than Hawking is. Hell, he probably dances better than Hawking does.
The cops have a radar activated sign that tells you how fast you're going and it displays the speed on the board. They don't have cameras attached to them or anything. It's usually a question of bravado in risking a ticket more than it is a question of driving at outlandishly high rates of travel but a few people will do what they can/dare to get the board to display the highest number possible.
For the record, I've not seen any register higher than 99 MPH - there is no third number. It goes to 99 and starts blinking quicker than normal. Ideally, you have a passenger with you to take a picture of the sign. No, you don't take a picture of the sign yourself as you're driving. It's based on the honor system. For a while, there was even a whole award system based on this and between a half-dozen friends. I do wonder if the signs store the information somewhere so that they know how fast people go.
There are systems that do - I've worked with them. But I've not worked with the enforcement signs and I have no idea if those do or not. The old school ones had pneumatic tubes that ran across the road in sets of two. Using simple math they could tell you how fast they were going and they also counted the traffic. The earlier ones simply counted the traffic. They still use the same system of tubes but they're now connected to electronic storage and broadcast the data to a receiver that picks up the data as the DOT truck (or research car) drives by. They also use a laser or infrared beam system to count cars and those can be used to detect speed as well - easier done when there are multiple sensors.
They should wait before trying her for attempted murder. This guy is going to die early. That early death will be able to be attributed to this accident. At that point, it becomes homicide - even if just negligent homicide. There are certain people who are a danger to themselves and others and thus have no right to freedom. They should be locked away for very long periods of time, perhaps for the entirety of their lives.
Yes, we Americans have too many people incarcerated but that's because we have long sentences for stupid things. This is exactly the type of thing that long sentences should be used for.
I say this as someone who has driven much, much faster than she was driving. The difference was, I was either on a road designed for it, a closed course, or on a track. On the other hand, I've a whole lot of extra instruction and have spent years learning to operate a vehicle at those speeds. Are there public roads where I'd drive that fast? Nope. Not so long as they're open or there's a reasonable chance of their being other people - and I'd sure as hell not do it with other people in the vehicle who wanted me to slow down.
To go that speed, and to do so safely, you need some very specific equipment. I doubt her tires were rated for that speed. Five or so minutes at that speed and they'd have blown out. Just decelerating too quickly from that speed would cause a blow-out and that's not even from locking them up - that's just the friction building up the heat and the expansion making a sidewall blow. I know the suspension wasn't built for, nor tuned for, handling those speeds. It simply isn't able to keep up. The slightest bump means the tire is coming up off the pavement and the shocks aren't charged enough to push them back down quick enough to avoid break-away. Down-force is not adequate.
There's a huge difference between 85 and 105 MPH. It might not seem like it but there's a huge difference in the way the car behaves.
You've never driven that fast, have you? I have - I've driven much, much faster actually. I've taken many, many hours of advanced instruction to be able to drive at those speeds and to do so with a modicum of safety. I once spent almost two weeks in training and then driving rented exotics at Nurburgring. I have driven faster than her speed while on an unpaved surface even.
Once you get above about 80 MPH things get a bit different. Once you get at a certain speed (it will vary per vehicle) the automobile behaves in a different manner. The effect of downforce is greater, the amount of force needed to brake is different, the amount of under (or over) steer is rapidly changing at those speeds. Add to that the speed at which the suspension works. See, the suspension isn't just about giving you a smooth ride - it's about putting the rubber back on the surface as quickly as it can and with as much force as it can to ensure you're achieving maximum stability.
When you get up to speeds in the 140 MPH range things really get dicey and things can go to hell really quickly. When you get in the 180 MPH range it gets REALLY hairy at first.
Now, she was nowhere near those speeds but I'm willing to wager that she's unaccustomed to driving at those speeds and lacks the training to drive at those speeds. I've probably got close to 2500 hours of training - above and beyond what it took to get my license. It also happens that my MOS put me as a motor vehicle operator for quite a while. I was a light to medium vehicle operator and ended up doing a bit of staff car duty which meant I got to take some additional instruction to learn things like asset protection, evasion and pursuit, and things of that nature. That's actually what got my interest going. I've since taken many, many extra classes - across a half-dozen countries. I also (even at my age) still participate in a few driving events but I much prefer rally or street courses to oval track racing. Though there's a certain appeal for oval - you really, really learn to master a few things and shaving a tiny 0.07 off of a lap is the difference between a win and a show.
So, I guess the point I'm getting at is that you're not capable of driving that speed safely. She's not capable of it (obviously). There are very, very few areas where it's safe to do so. Save your speed for the track. Track days are cheap and a whole lot of fun. You don't even need a fancy car for it to be fun. I've taken a Volvo 245 (mostly stock) and had a ball on a 1/4 mile track. There's a 1/2 mile dirt oval down in West Alna that I've taken it to and the Volvo is heavy and RWD so it's a lot of fun. I have a nice Saab that I use for rally (NEFR) but that's actually not so nice any more - the engine is blown and I've yet to get it repaired - I'm not sure that I will. I've got a small fortune in the engine so I might but I was stupid and tried to finish which means it seized so it's going to be difficult to repair and still trust.
Unless you're trained, it's unsafe to go those speeds. It really is - as is evidenced here. Remember, nearly every single accident is because someone was driving too fast for the conditions.
She... He was in his own car and not breaking the law.
XFCE also has the best GUI task manager out there. At least it's the best one out of the ones that I've found.
sudo apt-get install xfce4-taskmanager
Then just set it as the default and whatnot (if you like it) and it is good to go. I'm going to be working on a way to set a switch so that you can automatically installed it and swap it out for the LXtask for the on-click function for LXpanel.
I used LXpanel to build myself a nifty little dock that only appears when I mouse over the top of the screen (it disappears when I move the cursor away) and there's a resource monitor applet in it. It opens the LXtask, hard-coded, instead of loading the default. I can switch the default but it still loads LXtask so I'm going to fork it from GIT and see what I can come up with - then probably push it upstream (if they want it) instead of maintaining it myself.
Still, I needed to add no dependencies, it just works. I use Lubuntu and really don't like the default task manager. Thus my decision to investigate this the other day. I spent a while going over all of the ones that I could find and I've settled on that and set it as the default. The resource monitor doesn't load the default but loads LXtask specifically. Why? I have no idea. Still, I'm pretty sure I can fix it to open the default (or even make it selectable) without much of a hassle. I guess I could just write it anew with the one from XFCE hard-coded but that's not really solving anything except for me and my needs/wants. If I'm going to 'fix" it then I might as well fix it right.
I use it, quite happily and successfully, as my desktop OS. On the other hand, I'm not one of the crazy zealots that thinks everyone should use it. I don't care if there's a year of the Linux desktop. I don't care what OS you use. I never have. I use what works best for me and fills my needs the best. I have things I want to accomplish. My OS is a tool to let me do that. The tool that gives me the greatest ease, choice, and function is the desktop I will use.
If that is Windows, then I'll use Windows. If that's OS X, I'll get a Mac. No, I get what I need to get done with Linux and I do so in a manner that suits my needs and tastes. I'm quite happy and my system operates without any bugs that I'm aware of. As in, none - there are no bugs that I know of in my system. Now, there are (surely) bugs. I am just not aware of them because they're in things that don't impact me.
I've never been one to care what you use. I just hope that you made a choice that fits your needs and lets you get your work done. I think the OS should just do what I tell it to do and then get out of the way and let me do it. I don't want to see the OS. I don't want to have to tweak the OS - but I want to be able to if I decide to. I don't constantly fiddle with it. Hell, half the time the physical computer I'm using isn't even booted to an OS that I'm using. Yup, about half the time I'm just using a Live USB. I don't even use persistent storage. I click a couple of things and I'm good to go. I then just don't shut it down until I need to.
Basically, I am in Florida. I use VNC (or SSH) into my home computers, my home network, and my home servers - and I'm good to go. The device in front of me is a bit more than a dumb terminal but everything I do on it, locally, gets replicated to the home - and further replication from there in the form of backups but that's a story for another day.
I watched this one carefully - from the outside, of course. I belong to all the mailing lists and have the team's mailings all filtered and, other than the flavor that I prefer, it did actually seem like this was more rushed than others. I think it's that the *.10 release is done just prior to the holiday season so you've got the *.04 release right after. The point release being LTS and right after that means that people have some time constraints.
I wonder if it might be better to move the LTS builds to the *.10 portion of the cycle as that really does seem like it would have more personal time devoted to it. Then again, that might not be valid. I'm not sure why but 15.10 seemed particularly rushed - even in the Lubuntu sector, which was abnormal seeming to me.
I don't usually stick to the LTS builds but flit to the newest when it is out - sometimes even hopping onto the train while it is still beta. They're not production machines so I don't worry about it. Sure, my personal servers and NAS and things like that are all configured to use LTS but I still swap those out long before the OS has reached EOL.
At any rate, it really did appear to be rushed. There were calls to action hours before the release was final and then it got the "ship it" label thrown on it with known bugs still in it. It really did seem like a crunch time. I wonder, also, if they're just getting to be so big that they're needing to change their release schedule. Things move fast in the OS world - it might be worth it for them to revisit their process. And yes, I say this as a Ubuntu fan though my preference is for the Lubuntu flavor - for now. I'm not sure if I'll like LXQt as much.
LOL Okay, close enough. I'm a bit skeptical of your number, by the way.
At any rate, you're gonna die. Sorry 'bout that but it's just what's going to happen. No, they're not going to achieve immortality. It's not just right around the corner. So far, everyone that was born prior to 1899 has died. Actually, I think that number's now changed - 1901 is the limit now - I'm pretty sure. Some lady's at 115 and supposed to be the oldest. She might have died though. So, yeah, you're gonna die. It's okay - there's nothing wrong with that.
I'd be interested in seeing how they came up with that 100 billion number. That seems like a rather convenient number. Ah well, it works for me. You're still gonna die. Hell, if you live past the age of 200 come see me and I'll give you five bucks.
Nope, I guarantee you, full money back guarantee, that they put no such thought into it. I'm positive that they're over-thinking what was a choice made based on simplicity and ubiquity. If I'm wrong, you get all your money back.
Yup. It's from Norton - I'd only seen the one. I seem to recall it came with a "bundle" that was something being popularized by the makers of the BitTorrent torrenting application. It was an interesting watch and well worth the time invested - not long. I didn't know of the second but I'll be sure to watch it now that I'm aware of it. I don't watch much real television (read none - since the 1980s and wasn't even big on TV then but the increase in commercial time irked me enough to just find other things to do) but I do like documentaries.
I watch a lot of them, documentaries that is. So, for me, the 'net has been a great thing. There are many documentaries available online. There are enough so that I will probably never run out of things to watch. I like to find a YouTube video and then let it autoplay and pick the next one for me. I also use the playlist function in the search - a whole lot. Between playlist and setting the settings for "long" it means I get some pretty good stuff. My preferences lie with history and science - subsets being military/war and tech/physics - some nature too.
It means that I really don't need to pay for Hulu+ and Netflix but I still do. My kids use both of those more than I do. I haven't logged into either for many, many months but the kids like 'em so I keep paying for them. I understand that they and their mates enjoy it so I've not bothered to cancel. I did find that both of them had a number of good documentaries but I burned through those pretty quickly. I haven't checked for new content lately - I probably should.
Heh, I still get email ads for sales from Gourmet Vapor.
What scares me is the line about, "It hasn't been proven safe!" No, nothing can ever be proven safe. Ever. Never, ever, ever. Someone does something that someone doesn't approve of. Fuck their ability to choose, ban it! *sighs*
This is the world we live in and look at all the advocates in just this thread. It is disheartening.
I got into vaping for a while, way way back when it was fairly underground and we all had box mods and things like that. I worked with 100% nicotine a couple of times but often just 98%. It was kind of fun. It wasn't a means to quit smoking, it was just for enjoyment and something different. After I spent way too much on the toys, I stopped. But, yeah, I was able to source and buy five gallon buckets of 98% and 2 gallon buckets of 100% nicotine.
I have no idea if you can still do that but you don't need to smoke it. You can just take a mL of 98% and drop it on the back of your hand. You *will* feel like you smoked a half pack of smokes at once. :D
I have an interesting basement. Full of hobbies gone by. I really should find one and stick with it.
Hi. My name is David. I didn't smoke as a kid or anything - not cigarettes or anything. I still don't smoke cigarettes. I smoke cigars. Worse, I inhale them - I love it. I smoke like five big ol' fat cigars every day - probably to the 3/4 mark. They go out, I light 'em again. I've been doing this for years now. I'm happy I started. I don't want to live past 75. I don't care for those years at the other end of life and these don't appear to be killing me.
I go to a doctor, fairly often, because I like to know the state of affairs. My lungs are fine. I'm certainly addicted. I have the health of a kid less than half my age. I'm fit and energetic. Each cigar would be similar to about a half pack so that's 2.5 packs or 3/4 of 2.5 packs of cigarettes per day - slightly less as you get more of the junk stuff near the end of the smoke. Still, it's a lot.
I've never been a cigarette fan but I'll smoke 'em if I don't have a cigar handy. (That's seldom - I'm fairly well stocked and have plenty of money to buy the nicer varieties - I try to keep them at less than $15 each.)
Now you've met one. You're welcome.
And no, you'd probably not know I smoke unless you were in my house. There is also zero chance that you'll ever pay a dime for my medical care.
Normally, I think you're retarded. However, in this case, I'm not sure I understand why you were moderated down. You may have said something that someone doesn't like but that doesn't mean you're incorrect or trolling. There are many non-conformists involved and, at the end of the day, it really doesn't matter.
You also said the experts think he's real and, from what I've read, they do seem to think he's being honest about that - if not much else. Yes, others have expressed their disbelief and I have seen the very fucking word "conspiracy" used not once but *multiple* times.
How the fuck the mods decided your post should be at down-modded is beyond me. You might be facile, ignorant, and obtuse but you're absolutely not wrong in your above statements and moderation should be done (ideally and in my opinion) based on the content and not the person. Hmm... I'm not actually sure if that was a compliment or not. It's the best you're getting.
Seriously mods... It's true that the BTC thing has faults. It's true that it is not perfect. It's true that there are problems and that people will call them out. Rather than ignore them, work to fix them. Down-voting someone just because you don't like what they said is juvenile.
Because some folks read at -1, I'm going to go ahead and "fix" that so that it IS seen.
Darinbob had this to say:
The experts think he's real though. Which means that others don't believe it and think it's a conspiracy. But of course it's Bitcoin, which means first that all sorts of non-conformists are involved, and second that it doesn't really matter anyway.
How the fuck that's worth a -1 is beyond me. And, frankly, if you feel like moderating my post down then knock yourself out - I've got karma to burn and what's the point of karma if you can't spend it. And yes, yes i will spend it on behalf of someone who decided I'm a freak and put me on their foe list. (Or did I put them on the list? I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter - the feeling is mutual.)
I, too, much prefer to sit (technically lay) down and read but time sure is sometimes lacking and I spend a lot of time in an automobile. I've found it comes in handy and allows me to keep my desire reasonably well quenched. :D
Hmm... I think the next thing that I'm supposed to say (lacking free will, of course) would be, "That's a Rush!"
(I'd Google a few of the words I've used and all should become clear.)
LOL Well, I'm not going to argue your qualifications as that of Libertarian. It's not up to me to decide what you self-identify as. I would like you to take a few minutes to think about this - if you want. Okay?
The root of the word is "liberty." That is not the same as freedom, by the way. I like to explain it like this - and I ask that you keep in mind that I'm not trying to lecture nor am I hoping to change your mind, okay? If you can do that then this can be constructive for both of us and for others who might read it. I am not preaching, I am not asserting that I'm sure I'm correct, I'm simply sharing what I believe.
Liberty, the root of Libertarian (note the capitalization) is important. To put this into easy to understand words:
You are free to kill me. You are not at liberty to do so. If I am trying to kill you, you have a right to kill me.
Sanders is not Chavez. Sanders is akin to the European "Socialist Democrat." Yes, he has some policies that I disagree with. But, he's the closest one to the policies that I do agree with so it's in my interest to vote for him. No, he won't be of great help for me - in fact, he'll make me pay more money (assuming I don't just want to avoid the taxes - that's easier done than most think.)
Keep in mind that he'll have NO support from the Democrats or the Republicans. That's not a bad thing - it means he'll be really limited in what he's able to accomplish.
See, the best thing we can hope for is to give everyone the liberty to maximize their enjoyments of their freedoms. Freedoms are only taken by force, by the way. I'm literally free to shoot you. There's nothing stopping me. There will be consequences but I am free to do so.
Let's see how you take that and we'll see if we can go from here. Keep in mind, I'm not offering or trying to change your views. I'm merely explaining my position. I'm merely justifying, giving the reasoning and logic behind it, the expressed ideals that I have shared. You're free to disagree, agree, or posit your own views. I have no interest in silencing you. I do have a vested interest in ensuring that you're given all the information that I have access to in order to make your own choices. It's good to be able to have varied views.
On thing I will mention is that zealotry is never acceptable - extremism is not going to work. If you're a party to any such things we can simply stop the discourse immediately and save us both some time. To that, I add that Sanders is, by no means, an unrealistic zealot.
If you do get a minute, I'd ask that you take some time to research some of the math involved. One of the primary reasons that I support Sanders is that, in all likelihood, it will end up being less expensive OVERALL after a period of about 5 years. It will, without a doubt, be more expensive at first. It will take a generation to reach full fruition and we need to be able to accept that there's going to be further refinements made as time progresses. I think it's an excellent starting position but not a very good end-point.
What say you, is this a meaningful discussion or is it just idle banter on Slashdot best suited for throwing shit and calling each other names? That is entirely up to you. I'm quite receptive to either. I'm as much a monkey as anyone and slinging poop suits me just fine.
You're just might be retarded. That's okay, I'll try to help you out - again. He's been a politician ON THE NATIONAL STAGE for ages. To call him a newbie is downright stupid. As for politics, well... I hate to pull the authority card but I'm willing to bet that I not only know far more than you but I'm far more involved than you - more so considering that I'm running, as in officially running and having turned in the required number of signatures, for an elected office at the State level.
In fact, you're really no longer worth the time or effort. I've tried really hard to correct you but stupidity and willful ignorance are not something I've the power to help with. You're dismissed. No, really, you're dismissed. Feel free to write some more gibberish if it makes you feel better but do keep in mind that this thread is now listed for posterity.
There's a line from a movie, not a good movie, but it sticks with me...
"You have been weighed, you have been measured, you have been found wanting."
Seriously, dismissed. You're free to go.
I can say that it is not "every single." I know this for a fact. I know, for example, some who got addicted without having ever had any surgeries at all.
Now, in the Western world, they are, more likely than not, introduced by the method you mention but it is not exclusive.
I, myself, entered the world of opiate use by the route you mention. The majority seem to have done so. However, that is not exclusive.
I'm glad that you took my post as it was intended. It was not meant as a pejorative, nor a slight, nor an attempt to put you down. It was mostly meant to do exactly what it seemed to have done. It was interesting to see your initial posts and then your follow up posts to those who replied to you - there was quite a change.
If you're willing to accept a compliment - one with some barbs, then I'll say this, "It's good to be able to acknowledge one's frailties and there are few people who seem willing to admit they've said things that might not be accurate." Yes, there are some barbs in that but I've chosen the verbiage carefully. They're meant to stick because, as you indicate, you make an effort to improve.
I am JUST as guilty as you are. Let me be clear about that. To add to that, I'd appreciate 'barbed compliments' and consider the sticking a feature - they're reminding and we all must make an effort to improve. Then again, there are times when objectivity is simply not a realistic option.
The tonal differences between your first post and the follow-up replies are quite vast. That does tell me that you're MUCH better than some folks - perhaps even better than I. ;-)
To get back to the subject, there's a huge cultural difference that many aren't aware of so I'm sure it seems amazing and barbaric to them. In this thread, someone mentioned a person who was working at a B&B instead of working as a carpenter - while they saved money for an operation. What also needs to be realized is there's a really, really good chance that the person who was doing that actually *wanted* to do that. He wanted to "earn" the surgery. Otherwise, he could probably have gone through some hardship and managed to get State funded health care which does, indeed, cover things like that - it's not a cosmetic thing but it does require they swallow their pride.
The end result of this is that I am glad that you read it the way I meant. I realized it was a bit muddy but it was written more as a commendation than a condemnation. (If that makes sense. Who am I to condemn you or anyone else?) Instead, I was mostly hoping to bring to light the lack of objectivity and the need to be aware of it.
See, I'm quite familiar with your posts. I read *every* username before I read the post. Yes, yes I do. I read at -1 and I read every single username for every post that I read. You're not known (to me) to be necessarily wrong but sometimes a bit skewed and biased. I figured this was a good example.
Thank you for your patience, understanding, and openness to discuss this without needing to have the dialogue devolve into stick throwing. I have every reason to believe that you'd point it out to me if I were engaging in similar behavior. In fact, there are some subjects that I simply refuse to comment on. I am unable to do so without inserting my own biases. My goal is to learn and share what I know. I think we're similar in those regards. ;-)
And, in closing, yup... Humans are humans. I've traveled to places where my own government reached out to me and warned me to not go there. I've been told (several times) that the government will not be able to lend me any help if I went to those areas and that the State Department was not going to be able to get me out of any trouble. Oddly, I've also been asked to come see said department when I returned but I'm not sure how much I'm supposed to disclose about that. My doing so was strictly voluntary and was not some sort of "spy stuff" or anything like that. It's still an interesting topic.
Really, we're humans anywhere.
If you do get to the US and its in the North East, I live in Maine. Let me know. ;-)