While most of the commentary has centered on applying today's standards of morality to a culture from 2000 years ago, how about we take on for a moment the technological advances and skills needed to recover writing from a scroll over two millennia old and buried by a volcanic eruption?

There is no morality about it, no "woke" aspect of it...it's just plain amazing that we have the skills and technology today to do this. We can get insights into our past from ancient relics that should otherwise have been destroyed and lost to time thousands of years ago, but by a remarkable set of events we are recovering their contents today.

Try wrapping your head around THAT for a minute.

Oh for the love of all that is good, can Slashdot get some real editors? This is far too long to be a summary of the article, and there's no clear link back to the original story. Back in the CmdrTaco days, a Slashdot story consisted of a few sentences describing the main concept with a clear and obvious link back to the original story, It may have also had a key paragraph from the original story too.

Yes this is completely off topic but I'm so tired of the shitty editing. No wonder Slashdot has gone quiet.

Why does this remind me of mortgage-backed securities?

Antenna size: no you don't need an antenna that large. When I was a kid I had an AM radio that was the size of a pack of cigarettes and it worked just fine. It had a coil antenna that fit inside the radio. Not all antennas are "stick" antennas.

I would argue that many who get the email that says "you have a PayPal payment coming to you, click here to collect" will chuck this into the spam folder (if it doesn't get filtered automatically). The whole description of how the payments will be made reads to me like an example of phishing my IT department may use for training on the recognition of phishing.

Sorry missed one final detail. This published standard is SAE J1939. There are others but this is the one I'm familiar with as I've used it many times in programming machine controllers that interface with the engine.

As has been stated before, being connected to the CAN bus allows any connected device to send out commands to the engine controller (ECU). Sure, an electronic log may not be initially programmed to do so but uploading malicious code can change that.

For example, there is a message called Torque and Speed Control (TSC) where you can command the engine to run at a particular speed. There is also a message (can't recall what it is at the moment) that can command the ECU to start or shut down the engine. These are commonly used when providing some sort of remote engine control capability.

These messages aren't a secret: they are part of a published standard for on-vehicle communication.

I just did t have the means to do the research to prove it; it was just logical hunch.

Agreed, as you asked a yes/no specific question and received a gesture in the affirmative.

One could argue the same thing with this contract case, however agreeing to go for drinks at 5 is not a legal commitment. A contract is a legally binding agreement and thus requires an increased level of unambiguity.

While Door Dash and Uber Eats may be convenient, if the local establishments are overall hurt by this then we risk losing them and all we will have left are the chain restaurants. Blah.

If you want to order food, go out once in a while, or order for takeout and go get it. Support local. Your taste buds will appreciate it.

Yogi Berra is that you?

ChargePoint has a new feature in some places called Waitlist.

http://www.chargepoint.com/wai...

Other places (including some high-traffic Tesla SuperChargers) charge an idle fee if you remain connected after charging. I think this idle fee needs to be something significantly higher than the cost of area paid parking to prevent the idle fee from becoming simply a paid parking fee.

Two years ago when my wife and I bought a Kia EV I'd have agreed with you; I was driving a Prius daily and she drove the Kia. Road trips did take some planning with the Kia, longest being about 300 miles one way.

When we got our Tesla to replace the Prius, my opinion changed. The key factor was the supercharger network. Much faster than DC fast charging and far more reliable, it flipped my opinion on EV road tripping.

Tesla did the groundwork the right way; not only did it build the cars but it alap built out the infrastructure needed to keep them on the road. That's the systems engineering approach and in my opinion was critical to Tesla's successful EV launch and production.

Sounds similar to pleading 'no contest' in traffic court..."I won't admit to doing what I did because the insurance company will jack my rates if I do."

The literate also recognize the error and mentally correct it.