Comment Re:One more view. (Score 1) 365
Ars is totally infiltrated with SJWs, the place has turned to garbage.
Can anyone identify a product or service that Amazon doesn't sell or provide?
Job prospects are going to be few and far between if you leave Amazon.
Tell me about it. The other day I tried really really hard and I just couldn't manage to not buy a TV.
The default is to charge you the fee whether you have a tuner in your household or not. This may be less ridiculous now that they provide a lot of other services, but it was also true back when they didn't.
What you use is noscript, and then you allow only the scripts necessary to get the portal working, and you don't run any flash or java from the portal, etc etc. And you keep your browser updated. It's not rocket surgery. It's not foolproof, but it's best to act as little like a fool as possible.
I'd be more concerned about a catastrophic software failure. Modern drone autopilots have fairly astounding limp home ability, you ought to be able to crash them in predefined locations fairly reliably. Unless, of course, something goes batshit with the electronics and/or software...
Again, the drivers are the trucking companies.
A romantic notion, but incorrect. Private fleets account for 80% of trucks and over 50% of OTR tonnage shipped.
He specifically said no fines, that they have to provide the service as the fine.
And if they don't?
Fine them enough to bring in that line from the telco, installation and service. If that means they're paying for a fiber pull so you can get a fractional T3, so be it. It makes it a simple cost decision. I'm tired of blatantly fraudulent coverage maps, too.
I guess it depends on what the fine is for not complying. For your above scenario to make sense, the fine itself would have to be more than the cost of installing the line.
Sounds good. Let's set the fine to be twice the cost of installing the line.
Also, there's no law saying how much they are allowed to charge you, and they often don't charge the same fees for everybody.
So the law says they can't charge you more because you're on a line which was installed under this program.
As a Scotsman, it is my duty to say "England" is not interchangeable with "UK". Even in the published piece from Educational Testing Services the term *actually* used is "England / Northern Ireland". While Nothern Ireland is a part of the UK, calling it out alongside England only adds to the slight. The possibly non-existent / mythical Scotland and Wales are many times larger than Northern Ireland but clearly down't merit a mention.
You chose to be part of the UK, you can live with being referred to as a citizen thereof. If you don't like it, you can try another referendum.
Good point about screwing with the delivery, though I would assume that the BBC is big enough and has a solid enough reputation that this would be a 'blip' rather than a noticable loss of confidence.
You're forgetting that Top Gear is the most popular television program... in the world. It's rather on the same scale as mismanagement of the Superb Owl.
You're at Witt's End.
