There are many kinds of people, but for the purposes of this comment there are only two: those who went into programming because they love programming, and those who went into programming because they heard it paid well. Those people should go into management (or marketing) where they can do less damage.
Remind me why again it's also much better paid?
Well gee, I believe it's because management sets the salaries.
The easiest job in the building seems to be HR. You just act like a cancer, and they shower you with money. It's the American HR Society model.
Just keep in mind that in many areas, using an unlicensed engineer on certain projects is illegal. When is software engineering going to finally step up to the plate?
Not any time soon. This situation where it's difficult to prove whose fault it is benefits everyone but the consumer, which is why it won't change.
The one thing a 3D printed gun can do that a normal gun cannot: Not yet exist when authorities come to confiscate guns, and then exist once the authorities have departed.
Well, any hidden gun can do that. If you can't get your hands on an improperly licensed weapon, you must not live in the USA.
Sure, there will be some fancy expensive cars with it. But look around at the cars on the road.
I have. The average age of the American car is 11 years, and that's an all-time high. They're putting fancier and fancier tech into cheaper and cheaper cars because it doesn't cost them that much and it's a way to compete. V2V works best when it's in the most vehicles, so they'll want to put it in a lot of vehicles. They just won't put the HUD into a lot of vehicles, they'll want to charge you extra for that.
Actually I think that was the point. A "big red box" popping up is going to distract the driver more and they are going to be paying attention to the box and will miss seeing the moose.
That depends. If the big red box is a present, they will think they are getting a gift. If the big red box is drawn around the moose, they will probably see the moose.
V2V is coming whether it's a good idea or not, but on the plus side it will produce a lot of data which would be useful on a HUD. It could tell you which vehicles are braking even when the sun is in your eyes and you can't see their lights, for example. It could also guide you to one side of the lane or the other (or to another lane entirely) in order to dodge a pothole or other road obstacle that you can't possibly see, well ahead of time. So yeah, there's a whole lot of data coming which could well be useful for the driver. Night driving is another place where the HUD could be amazingly useful, alerting you of invisible obstacles outside the sweep of the headlights.
And wait for your night vision to get completely turned to ass when they start introducing these HUDs in different colors as a fashion statement. Anything other than red - you're much more likely to crash at night because your night vision is being fucked with.
No, there is substantial debate on this subject still. There are two camps: red light does not affect your night vision, and blue light helps you stay awake. Actually, night vision is regularly impaired while driving anyway, so that's a dumb argument. Get a car with good headlights, use them.
- Minimum number of cars on the road/company.
A problem that solves itself if you permit anyone to perform as a taxi.
- ratio of handicap accessible taxis.
That actually seems useful. Could better be served by handicapped-specific public mobility services, however.
- standards of cleanliness.
That must be nice. No taxi I've ever been in has been clean. Some have been not too nasty.
- anti-discrimination
False everywhere in the world.
- driving record checks
- criminal record checks
Basically worthless
- frequent vehicle inspections
Everyone should have these based on mileage
- professional driver's licenses
A scam to produce revenues
Study shows that when you misuse HUD, it can distract drivers.
But if you're showing them an alert about something they're clearly not aware of, then are you making them more or less aware of their surroundings?
If they don't have to look down to see the next navigation instruction, are you making them more or less aware of their surroundings?
Bullshit story is bullshit. Welcome to Slashdot!
I seriously don't care if polls are in the main story stream. I seriously think that the people complaining about it must have something wrong with them. Just skip over it. Whogivesashit.
Also, while I'm ranting, Slashdot polls have always been lame. So what if this one is also lame?
The one valid complaint about these polls... CowboyNeal Option
If there's a silver lining, it's that this will breed further contempt for the law among the educated. As they flee its jurisdiction.
It will also breed further contempt for Java. Has Oracle thought this one thr- OK, sorry, stupid question
Do you have any idea what possessed them to do something that incredibly stupid?
Is there any doubt that someone led them on? And once they discovered the magnitude of their idiocy, they had no choice but to ride it out lest they reveal how easily led they are?
Most here are science types, and realize there is only one thing that can be done with it. Burn it up.
That'd be fine, but we're not talking about doing that in this country yet. That's the only kind of nuclear power I would promote. Show me an effort to fix that in the USA and I'll get behind it. Also, there is still some waste left over from that. I'm going to have to see some evidence that we'll handle that responsibly. So far, nope.
Oh yes... I think these were the same people who said, "we will put catalytic converters on cars. it will cost more, but they will convert the noxious fumes into harmless water and carbon dioxide."
Yes. They add a couple of hundred dollars to the price of the average car and they make the world a better place; unburned hydrocarbons are the most foul emission which automobiles make. You might also be interested in knowing that we averted the ozone depletion crisis by banning CFCs. Meanwhile, the O2 sensor that came along with those catalysts actually lets you make more power while burning less fuel.
May Euell Gibbons eat your only copy of the manual!
