The thing I want to know is since they got me thinking of Sweden, if as the summary says they'd use "the Bechdel test, which looks at whether fictional films or books feature at least two women talking about a topic other than men", does that mean minecraft is sexist? After all, it doesn't feature two female characters talking about a topic other than a man. Of course, it doesn't consist of two characters talking at all, but....
It's one of the limitations of the test. You could argue that it cannot fail the test if there aren't women in the game at all. Some alternatives to the Bechdel test include gauging whether the sole female character's behaviours are just there to prop up the male characters.
The video game ratings will not be solely based on Bechdel tests, but rather they are using it as inspiration to determine a set of criteria that would result in labelling a game "sexist".
I suspect that several different tests will be used, based on the specific circumstances (are there women even in the game? is there one or more than one? what is their interaction between each other and between them and the main character? etc)
I can't see them being that smart though. They likely just have low-range antennas that see what MAC address is where and track it as it moves along the line. Maybe scan them as they enter, and scan them as they leave. Bingo, you've got throughput, with stats on how long it took them to get through, as well as how many are still in line. Same as drive-thru measurements.
Don't the new iOS randomly pick a MAC address when scanning for available networks now? If you don't want to be tracked, don't connect to the airport Wifi.
Because radical lunatics never carry out copycat impulsive attacks? Really? A loon tries to go out in a blaze of glory, and you assume that it's all an elaborate plot to justify military action?
Or, it could be a copycat. Wingnut sees news about killing soldiers, thinks his time for glorious martyrdom has come, and jumps in his car. I mean he killed one guy, drove to the Parliament, hopped a security fence, and ran in. Doesn't seem like much of a plan.
Not only a professional security agent. A professional security agent who on ceremonial occasions rocks a bicorne, lacy shirt, and robes, while carrying a novelty-sized ceremonial mace. This man is a badass.
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It adds so much cruft, it slows down the iPhone 4/4S to the point where it's barely usable. So I'll be skipping this update.
They did the same with iOS 7. First update added a ton of fluff. First patch fixed a lot of the slowdown issues with the older phones.
The cameras are very questionable from a safety standpoint because now people don't know how to behave when coming to a stop.
The problem is not that people don't know how to behave, it's that they've been doing it wrong since the day they passed their driver's test and stopped caring, and now cameras are catching them in the act. I'm all for including a copy of the page in the driver's manual that states what you are SUPPOSED to do in this scenario.
When you get to a red light... stop. It's not a yield sign, it's a red light. Stop, then turn right if it's safe. There is no county in the US where a rolling turn is acceptable, it's just the the cops don't bother ticketing over such a minor infraction. Doesn't make it legal though...
Because OS X and Windows 7 aren't mobile OSs? The article does address that, and states that it doesn't believe the risk to laptop users to be worth more than a mention, because laptops are generally powered down when moving around, unlike smartphones that keep scanning.
So... creation of greenhouse gasses is not pollution?
According to SCOTUS, it isn't, under the existing laws of the US.
And I doubt Congress would change that anytime soon. Until then, the EPA only gets to regulate CO2 coming from facilities it already regulates under existing laws.
Well then Congress shouldn't give them that power? That was the court's finding, that Congress had already authorized the EPA to regulate any gases produced at a plant that also produces named pollutants. So CO2 gets lumped in with the rest under their blanket authority over existing polluters. Which is why they struck down the ability to expand their authority to non-polluting entities. It was outside their existing jurisdiction.
Congress does that a lot, authorizes blanket authority, and then bitches when it gets exercised. It's like they don't read the bills they pass or something...
I know it is Slashdot and the summary is misleading about it "adding 100kg over a Tesla battery" but if you actually read the article you would learn that the idea is not to replace the existing Li-ion battery but to have this as well as a reserve. As you point out most people only drive short trips for which a Li-ion battery is well suited. This is just to provide a power for long distance driving.
Or, you know, if people would just actually read the summary, which states that the Li-ion battery would still be retained for short-range trips...:P
I'm sure I could have worded the 100kg bit better to state that the 100kg is IN ADDITION TO the existing weight of the Li-ion battery... but I guess./'s editors are only interested in correcting my submission title...
So if I type in small-town Saskatchewan, it will show me the local "Access Communications" and "Yourlink", both very small regional ISPs, but not Sasktel or Shaw, the two province-wide ISPs?
And if I type in Winnipeg (75% of the pop of all of SK), it says there's no results available?
Didnt apple make a big fuss about google using the term "appstore"?
so google changes the name to "googleplay"
Now Apple decides to use the term "carplay"??? Let me guess, now a new lawsuit on google for using the word "play"
Can't argue you could confuse an "appstore" style online software download site with a car navigation system though. Apple at least had a smidgen of a legal argument over "appstore".
Oh the humanity. Having to hold a button for a second with your thumb. Without having to take it off the wheel. At all.
As opposed to every other navigation system, some of which even make you use a mouse-type controller on the dash to browse through the myriad of available controls.
Again, the camera wasn't the problem, the corrupt officials were. This is why independent audits are crucial. Video recording would also resolve this, as the records would show whether the yellow was operating correctly at the time of the recording.
There are traffic engineering standards that describe this in every state and the country itself.
However, that doesn't prevent a person with revenue generation intent from tampering when they install or maintain the signal, even remotely I suppose these days. If the same team that operates the things is also in charge of auditing the settings for compliance with standards.....you see where this is leading
That's no different than letting the police do the testing when you challenge their radar guns' accuracy. Have an independent review system. Then if someone challenges the RLC, you have documentation to back up the claim that the yellow timer is reasonable for that intersection.
And once you've done all that, and you still have people running the red?
My city did all of the above, and now people run the red because they know the other side doesn't get the green right away, so it's "OK".
Then have the camera ticket in that instance. But switching the times lower to gain more tickets is that antithesis of safer.
So why not mandate a standard for yellow light length based on speed, so you eliminate the potential conflict of cities "tweaking" it to maximize fine returns. Instead we get the boneheaded idea that we should just ban the cameras, as if they were the problem...
And once you've done all that, and you still have people running the red?
My city did all of the above, and now people run the red because they know the other side doesn't get the green right away, so it's "OK".
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The thing I want to know is since they got me thinking of Sweden, if as the summary says they'd use "the Bechdel test, which looks at whether fictional films or books feature at least two women talking about a topic other than men", does that mean minecraft is sexist? After all, it doesn't feature two female characters talking about a topic other than a man. Of course, it doesn't consist of two characters talking at all, but....
It's one of the limitations of the test. You could argue that it cannot fail the test if there aren't women in the game at all. Some alternatives to the Bechdel test include gauging whether the sole female character's behaviours are just there to prop up the male characters.
The video game ratings will not be solely based on Bechdel tests, but rather they are using it as inspiration to determine a set of criteria that would result in labelling a game "sexist".
I suspect that several different tests will be used, based on the specific circumstances (are there women even in the game? is there one or more than one? what is their interaction between each other and between them and the main character? etc)
I can't see them being that smart though. They likely just have low-range antennas that see what MAC address is where and track it as it moves along the line. Maybe scan them as they enter, and scan them as they leave. Bingo, you've got throughput, with stats on how long it took them to get through, as well as how many are still in line. Same as drive-thru measurements.
Don't the new iOS randomly pick a MAC address when scanning for available networks now? If you don't want to be tracked, don't connect to the airport Wifi.
Because radical lunatics never carry out copycat impulsive attacks? Really? A loon tries to go out in a blaze of glory, and you assume that it's all an elaborate plot to justify military action?
Or, it could be a copycat. Wingnut sees news about killing soldiers, thinks his time for glorious martyrdom has come, and jumps in his car. I mean he killed one guy, drove to the Parliament, hopped a security fence, and ran in. Doesn't seem like much of a plan.
Not only a professional security agent. A professional security agent who on ceremonial occasions rocks a bicorne, lacy shirt, and robes, while carrying a novelty-sized ceremonial mace. This man is a badass.
Well, you could say "both". The soldier, with a rifle (because he was on guard duty at the War Memorial), was shot, with a rifle.
Police have corrected that unconfirmed report. There was no shooting at the mall. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
It adds so much cruft, it slows down the iPhone 4/4S to the point where it's barely usable. So I'll be skipping this update. They did the same with iOS 7. First update added a ton of fluff. First patch fixed a lot of the slowdown issues with the older phones.
The cameras are very questionable from a safety standpoint because now people don't know how to behave when coming to a stop.
The problem is not that people don't know how to behave, it's that they've been doing it wrong since the day they passed their driver's test and stopped caring, and now cameras are catching them in the act. I'm all for including a copy of the page in the driver's manual that states what you are SUPPOSED to do in this scenario.
When you get to a red light... stop. It's not a yield sign, it's a red light. Stop, then turn right if it's safe. There is no county in the US where a rolling turn is acceptable, it's just the the cops don't bother ticketing over such a minor infraction. Doesn't make it legal though...
Because OS X and Windows 7 aren't mobile OSs? The article does address that, and states that it doesn't believe the risk to laptop users to be worth more than a mention, because laptops are generally powered down when moving around, unlike smartphones that keep scanning.
So... creation of greenhouse gasses is not pollution?
According to SCOTUS, it isn't, under the existing laws of the US.
And I doubt Congress would change that anytime soon. Until then, the EPA only gets to regulate CO2 coming from facilities it already regulates under existing laws.
Well then Congress shouldn't give them that power? That was the court's finding, that Congress had already authorized the EPA to regulate any gases produced at a plant that also produces named pollutants. So CO2 gets lumped in with the rest under their blanket authority over existing polluters. Which is why they struck down the ability to expand their authority to non-polluting entities. It was outside their existing jurisdiction.
Congress does that a lot, authorizes blanket authority, and then bitches when it gets exercised. It's like they don't read the bills they pass or something...
I believe they actually have audio kits to make your electric car make "vroom" noises, for those who can't bear to be without the nostalgic sounds...
The video is from a year ago. The demo uses a bigger and newer version of the battery.
I know it is Slashdot and the summary is misleading about it "adding 100kg over a Tesla battery" but if you actually read the article you would learn that the idea is not to replace the existing Li-ion battery but to have this as well as a reserve. As you point out most people only drive short trips for which a Li-ion battery is well suited. This is just to provide a power for long distance driving.
Or, you know, if people would just actually read the summary, which states that the Li-ion battery would still be retained for short-range trips... :P
I'm sure I could have worded the 100kg bit better to state that the 100kg is IN ADDITION TO the existing weight of the Li-ion battery... but I guess ./'s editors are only interested in correcting my submission title...
And if I type in Winnipeg (75% of the pop of all of SK), it says there's no results available?
What?
Didnt apple make a big fuss about google using the term "appstore"? so google changes the name to "googleplay" Now Apple decides to use the term "carplay"??? Let me guess, now a new lawsuit on google for using the word "play"
Can't argue you could confuse an "appstore" style online software download site with a car navigation system though. Apple at least had a smidgen of a legal argument over "appstore".
Mhh how about Apple changing the iPhone connector once more? Yehaaaw your Mercedes is now obsolete lol. Let's do it, "it's good for the economy" (TM).
Depends how they sync. If it's over USB, there are adapters. If it's over Bluetooth... it should still work.
As opposed to every other navigation system, some of which even make you use a mouse-type controller on the dash to browse through the myriad of available controls.
So will it be patchable through your phone, or will it severely lag behind phone development, like every other "Car OS" we've seen so far...
Again, the camera wasn't the problem, the corrupt officials were. This is why independent audits are crucial. Video recording would also resolve this, as the records would show whether the yellow was operating correctly at the time of the recording.
There are traffic engineering standards that describe this in every state and the country itself. However, that doesn't prevent a person with revenue generation intent from tampering when they install or maintain the signal, even remotely I suppose these days. If the same team that operates the things is also in charge of auditing the settings for compliance with standards.....you see where this is leading
That's no different than letting the police do the testing when you challenge their radar guns' accuracy. Have an independent review system. Then if someone challenges the RLC, you have documentation to back up the claim that the yellow timer is reasonable for that intersection.
And once you've done all that, and you still have people running the red?
My city did all of the above, and now people run the red because they know the other side doesn't get the green right away, so it's "OK".
Then have the camera ticket in that instance. But switching the times lower to gain more tickets is that antithesis of safer.
So why not mandate a standard for yellow light length based on speed, so you eliminate the potential conflict of cities "tweaking" it to maximize fine returns. Instead we get the boneheaded idea that we should just ban the cameras, as if they were the problem...
And once you've done all that, and you still have people running the red? My city did all of the above, and now people run the red because they know the other side doesn't get the green right away, so it's "OK".