Do you honestly think the extremely minor inconvenience of wearing a helmet outweighs the significantly reduced chance of serious injury, brain damage and death?
Yes.
Sort of anyway. The problem is that often, and maybe even in the case of bicycle helmets, the actual dangers are grossly overblown. You have people thinking that peddling a few meters on a bike without a helmet is some huge risk when, statistically, it isn't. Here is Marco Pantani in the Tour in 2002, no helmet. I'm guessing he is well aware of the risk.
Everywhere you look there are similar fractions of a percent chance of getting hurt that you'll need to guard against. So the bike helmet, in this instance, is just a convenient scapegoat.
It seems the iPhone has some real competition. Finally.
This is it, really. Regardless of which someware development model a person loves, or phone manufacuring corporation, or internet search company, hardware vendor, or whatever else, there is starting to be some proper competition in the consumer oriented smartphone market.
I've had an iphone since shortly after they were launched. While there were things to complain about it was still the best smarthophone I'd ever used, overall. The longer I use it the longer the list of complaints I have, many of which are addressed elsewhere. Better maps, better contact management, better photo management, less lag in the OS. Unless Apple comes back over the top on those things soon I know I will switch.
And then you have ATT. I don't see how Apple can continue with the exclusivity. ATT is the best carrier for the area where I live but the worst almost everywhere I travel. That and the fact that we finally have the long promised always on internet devices right here in our pockets and the whole thing is being monumentally screwed up by a company complaining that people are using too much of their always on internet. Someone is going to make a mountain of money off this but it isn't going to be ATT. It won't be Apple either, unless they untie themselves from that boat anchor.
Certainly more than 1 person is inconvenienced, since events like these further discourage expression of similar thoughts.
From my perspective the question is whether or not these types of actions actually make anyone safer. Since we've implemented zero tolerance policies; started kicking students out of school for expressing darker thoughts;began monitoring their activities outside school...are students any safer than before?
All of my major appliances came with my house. The previous owner kept receipts so I know they all between 15 and 20 years old. Except for the dryer, which needed a $60 gearbox a couple years ago, they all work fine every day.
My CRT TV went out a couple weeks ago. I bought it when I was in the USMC so it is ~10 years old. The guy who sold me its replacement insisted I needed his extended warranty. Lots of these TVs break, he said. All made in China. He'd give me the warranty at half price.
To me, that is an insane pitch. I just agreed to give you $1000 for a TV that you now tell me will probably break somewhere between the 1 year warranty that comes with it and the 3 year you are offering. I'm coming off a TV that lasted 10 years. I heard this same pitch while helping a friend buy a laptop at Fry's. Heard someone getting it from a washing machine salesman at Lowe's.
What these people are really selling is fear. And right now people are prone to being afraid, so the pitch works well. Get the idea out there that modern electronics are junk, not just one brand but all of them so there's really nothing you can do about it, then it is easier to sell people warranties they'll probably never need to use.
If the face of lawmakers feeling like they have to do something, I would prefer the combination of unenforceable and preposterous over enforceable and preposterous.
Since it can't be proven that they won't violate their own policies, there are going to be people who refuse to use the service regardless of what Google says they'll do with the data.
But if you believe the above I think it pretty generous. I don't see any reason Google (or any other for profit company) would offer a service like this and say that they will never ever look at any of the data. They can't effectively sell ads with it if it follows the DNS standard. They can't drive traffic to their other properties.
And, to be honest, I have no idea what my ISP's policy is regarding DNS lookups. If they have one I suspect it allows them much more latitude than Google's.
She probably did get something, but I suspect either an error in translation or some outright fabrication on someone's part. There is no way on this planet anyone gave her 75k USD for an RPG round, in Somalia, in 38 days.
If she had 75 USD in her pocket and anyone else knew about it she wouldn't make it through her first sleep. It might be possible that she had been told she has some kind of 'share' worth 75k USD or the like, but her chances of drawing more than a few thousand SPS I don't believe.
It is bothersome to read these but I think they are an important revenue stream for either Slashdot or the individual editor who sells them.
Apple leads the pack here but they seem to do less story buying between releases. The dailies, sometimes twice dailies, they buy in the weeks before an iPhone release make up for it though.
There is indeed government to sanction them, it just isn't recognized by other governments outside Somalia. You don't run a pirate operation with a base in Somalia without approval from whatever warlord controls the area.
I would make the case that Craigslist makes money, rather than foregos it, because it does that.
Indeed, FTA:
In all the complaints and requests we get from users, this is never one of them. Time spent on the site, the number of people who post--we're the leader. It could be we're doing one or two things right.
From their CEO.
They have 30 employees. 30.
Whomever has dicked up Slashdot's UI could learn a thing or two by browsing Craigslist after reading the above quote.
I think it is just a new level of fanboyism, to proclaim perfection as being the combination of an OS you've never used or seen installed on hardware you've never used or seen.
I'm hodling out for FooOS on a FooPad running FooChip. Think of anything you might like to do, either with a computer or without. FooCombo can facilitate that.
No doubt they produce categorically different objects, this is why we need copyrights.
You sort tend to base your arguments on removing ownership from 'ideas' or 'music' or whatever other generalities you can use. But what you actually want to lay your hands on is some very narrow set of 'ideas'. In the case of this article, you want music made by The Beatles.
You ignore the fact that there are plenty of 'ideas' and 'music' already in the public domain that you can make use of. You specifically want music made by The Beatles. You ignore the fact that anyone who wants to can make music or write down an idea right now and put it in the public domain free for all to have, if they choose to do so. What you want is some specific music made by The Beatles despite the fact that they've chosen to not place it in the public domain. But you want to force them to do it your way, so you can have that specific music without having to pay for it.
No, 'citation needed' means you are a jackass. Your use of if means you think it is some sort of trump card you can play in an argument to cast doubt on the other side.
The data I linked to isn't mine. It is from the census bureau. Maybe they have more up to date data. Maybe they don't. You appear to be connected to the interent, so maybe you can look. It might take longer than typing 'citation needed' but sometimes those are the lengths we must all go to get what we want.
You citation needed people need to get a grip. You presumably support that state 'doing something about distracted driving' and you demand proof from people who aren't pushing that particular agenda. It works the other way around.
But regardless, data for the US that can answer many of your questions can be found here. It isn't entirely premasticated, so post "analysis needed" if you need help with it.
No, it isn't irrelevant. My specific question was in response to the original poster's statement that it was weird to pick bits of war that a person liked. There were parts I liked, and I know several of the people I served with liked some parts as well. Still do.
I would explain further but I don't think it is possible to 'get it' if you've never served or more likely never seen combat. As you seem to tend toward making broad assumptions without first understanding the subject, I'm certain you would not get it.
I'd also defy anyone to make a video game accurately depict the horrors of war. I doubt you'd get that either. Doesn't mean there isn't anything to be learned, just that you can't approximate the experience. I can attest to your link not doing the trick either, as I happen to have been to most every country in Africa. You can recite the facts, even very well and from a contrived viewpoint (like the movie Africa Addio), but it is still a synthetic experience.
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Do you honestly think the extremely minor inconvenience of wearing a helmet outweighs the significantly reduced chance of serious injury, brain damage and death?
Yes.
Sort of anyway. The problem is that often, and maybe even in the case of bicycle helmets, the actual dangers are grossly overblown. You have people thinking that peddling a few meters on a bike without a helmet is some huge risk when, statistically, it isn't. Here is Marco Pantani in the Tour in 2002, no helmet. I'm guessing he is well aware of the risk.
Everywhere you look there are similar fractions of a percent chance of getting hurt that you'll need to guard against. So the bike helmet, in this instance, is just a convenient scapegoat.
It seems the iPhone has some real competition. Finally.
This is it, really. Regardless of which someware development model a person loves, or phone manufacuring corporation, or internet search company, hardware vendor, or whatever else, there is starting to be some proper competition in the consumer oriented smartphone market.
I've had an iphone since shortly after they were launched. While there were things to complain about it was still the best smarthophone I'd ever used, overall. The longer I use it the longer the list of complaints I have, many of which are addressed elsewhere. Better maps, better contact management, better photo management, less lag in the OS. Unless Apple comes back over the top on those things soon I know I will switch.
And then you have ATT. I don't see how Apple can continue with the exclusivity. ATT is the best carrier for the area where I live but the worst almost everywhere I travel. That and the fact that we finally have the long promised always on internet devices right here in our pockets and the whole thing is being monumentally screwed up by a company complaining that people are using too much of their always on internet. Someone is going to make a mountain of money off this but it isn't going to be ATT. It won't be Apple either, unless they untie themselves from that boat anchor.
Ted Kaczynski
Above is the most brilliant thing ever posted to Slashdot.
Marx
Certainly more than 1 person is inconvenienced, since events like these further discourage expression of similar thoughts.
From my perspective the question is whether or not these types of actions actually make anyone safer. Since we've implemented zero tolerance policies; started kicking students out of school for expressing darker thoughts;began monitoring their activities outside school...are students any safer than before?
And people like me make it a point to question why people like you care what telephone I am carrying.
All of my major appliances came with my house. The previous owner kept receipts so I know they all between 15 and 20 years old. Except for the dryer, which needed a $60 gearbox a couple years ago, they all work fine every day.
My CRT TV went out a couple weeks ago. I bought it when I was in the USMC so it is ~10 years old. The guy who sold me its replacement insisted I needed his extended warranty. Lots of these TVs break, he said. All made in China. He'd give me the warranty at half price.
To me, that is an insane pitch. I just agreed to give you $1000 for a TV that you now tell me will probably break somewhere between the 1 year warranty that comes with it and the 3 year you are offering. I'm coming off a TV that lasted 10 years. I heard this same pitch while helping a friend buy a laptop at Fry's. Heard someone getting it from a washing machine salesman at Lowe's.
What these people are really selling is fear. And right now people are prone to being afraid, so the pitch works well. Get the idea out there that modern electronics are junk, not just one brand but all of them so there's really nothing you can do about it, then it is easier to sell people warranties they'll probably never need to use.
What customer lock in is there with Wi-fi routers?
If the face of lawmakers feeling like they have to do something, I would prefer the combination of unenforceable and preposterous over enforceable and preposterous.
Lyle Preslar, former guitarist for Minor Threat, is one of them
Every time I read that I die a little inside.
Since it can't be proven that they won't violate their own policies, there are going to be people who refuse to use the service regardless of what Google says they'll do with the data.
But if you believe the above I think it pretty generous. I don't see any reason Google (or any other for profit company) would offer a service like this and say that they will never ever look at any of the data. They can't effectively sell ads with it if it follows the DNS standard. They can't drive traffic to their other properties.
And, to be honest, I have no idea what my ISP's policy is regarding DNS lookups. If they have one I suspect it allows them much more latitude than Google's.
She probably did get something, but I suspect either an error in translation or some outright fabrication on someone's part. There is no way on this planet anyone gave her 75k USD for an RPG round, in Somalia, in 38 days.
If she had 75 USD in her pocket and anyone else knew about it she wouldn't make it through her first sleep. It might be possible that she had been told she has some kind of 'share' worth 75k USD or the like, but her chances of drawing more than a few thousand SPS I don't believe.
It is bothersome to read these but I think they are an important revenue stream for either Slashdot or the individual editor who sells them.
Apple leads the pack here but they seem to do less story buying between releases. The dailies, sometimes twice dailies, they buy in the weeks before an iPhone release make up for it though.
There is indeed government to sanction them, it just isn't recognized by other governments outside Somalia. You don't run a pirate operation with a base in Somalia without approval from whatever warlord controls the area.
I would make the case that Craigslist makes money, rather than foregos it, because it does that.
Indeed, FTA:
In all the complaints and requests we get from users, this is never one of them. Time spent on the site, the number of people who post--we're the leader. It could be we're doing one or two things right.
From their CEO.
They have 30 employees. 30.
Whomever has dicked up Slashdot's UI could learn a thing or two by browsing Craigslist after reading the above quote.
I think it is just a new level of fanboyism, to proclaim perfection as being the combination of an OS you've never used or seen installed on hardware you've never used or seen.
I'm hodling out for FooOS on a FooPad running FooChip. Think of anything you might like to do, either with a computer or without. FooCombo can facilitate that.
No doubt they produce categorically different objects, this is why we need copyrights.
You sort tend to base your arguments on removing ownership from 'ideas' or 'music' or whatever other generalities you can use. But what you actually want to lay your hands on is some very narrow set of 'ideas'. In the case of this article, you want music made by The Beatles.
You ignore the fact that there are plenty of 'ideas' and 'music' already in the public domain that you can make use of. You specifically want music made by The Beatles. You ignore the fact that anyone who wants to can make music or write down an idea right now and put it in the public domain free for all to have, if they choose to do so. What you want is some specific music made by The Beatles despite the fact that they've chosen to not place it in the public domain. But you want to force them to do it your way, so you can have that specific music without having to pay for it.
Who said they'd be limited to airports?
will make it possible to identify individuals at check points
No, 'citation needed' means you are a jackass. Your use of if means you think it is some sort of trump card you can play in an argument to cast doubt on the other side.
The data I linked to isn't mine. It is from the census bureau. Maybe they have more up to date data. Maybe they don't. You appear to be connected to the interent, so maybe you can look. It might take longer than typing 'citation needed' but sometimes those are the lengths we must all go to get what we want.
You citation needed people need to get a grip. You presumably support that state 'doing something about distracted driving' and you demand proof from people who aren't pushing that particular agenda. It works the other way around.
But regardless, data for the US that can answer many of your questions can be found here. It isn't entirely premasticated, so post "analysis needed" if you need help with it.
Do you know the numbers and are being coy?
For the Us killed and injured is here. Accidents overall is here.
Light and fluffy to the tune of 10 billion dollars this time though.
The way it works out here is they bill you after.
No, it isn't irrelevant. My specific question was in response to the original poster's statement that it was weird to pick bits of war that a person liked. There were parts I liked, and I know several of the people I served with liked some parts as well. Still do.
I would explain further but I don't think it is possible to 'get it' if you've never served or more likely never seen combat. As you seem to tend toward making broad assumptions without first understanding the subject, I'm certain you would not get it.
I'd also defy anyone to make a video game accurately depict the horrors of war. I doubt you'd get that either. Doesn't mean there isn't anything to be learned, just that you can't approximate the experience. I can attest to your link not doing the trick either, as I happen to have been to most every country in Africa. You can recite the facts, even very well and from a contrived viewpoint (like the movie Africa Addio), but it is still a synthetic experience.