Comment Re:+-2000 deaths? (Score 1) 119
Not sure if this matters, but I remember reading someplace that one of the "benefits" of the plague is that it drove up the cost of labor which ended up having a positive impact for ordinary people.
Not sure if this matters, but I remember reading someplace that one of the "benefits" of the plague is that it drove up the cost of labor which ended up having a positive impact for ordinary people.
It seems dangerous to me -- I don't text while I drive, but I've futzed with my phone to make a call or change some settings and even that seems like it could easily cause problems.
That being said, not a day goes by that I'm driving that I don't see one or more people texting and driving and yet from 2006 to 2011, fatal motor vehicle crashes went down in the US every year.
If texting is as dangerous ("think of the children", "we have to do something", etc) as its made out to be and as prevalent as it seems to be, why are motor vehicle fatalities going down? Shouldn't the "epidemic" of texting be pushing them up, especially if its so dangerous?
in the way that they like to mention how it has a new processor. since uh, there's not that much to mention about the iphone6 except nfc.
Not much except a much larger screen size, which is obviously the big new feature for iPhone users.
The smartphone as a concept across any brand hasn't done anything new and different since the iPhone first came out. It's all been incrementalism -- faster CPUs, more pixels, bigger screens, faster wifi, etc.
No, I want an iBag with a 12" retina display on the bag!
I think there's a lot of value in looking at how to use hydrogen generated with renewables, especially when the source like solar or wind is capable of generating when the power isn't needed. During those periods the efficiency of energy conversion to hydrogen almost seems like it shouldn't matter because the energy is essentially free -- we can generate it but don't have any other use for it.
Please do tell me about these Soviet-style communist economies which have flourished and persisted with the growth and wealth accumulation.
I wonder what the value of American-owned assets nationalized by Castro would be worth today had they never been nationalized. My guess is that it has to be at least Cuba's "cost" or worse.
It'd also be interesting to know the value of the lost productivity imposed by Cuba's communist economics.
Why not a diesel generator on board to charge the batteries? 30 miles doesn't seem adequate for most bus lines around here -- I figure most local busses run a route end-end of about 12 miles in about 2 hours, so a single bus could likely run the route 4 times in a shift.
The busses could be charged at the bus garage overnight and a generator consuming way less fuel than an engine could be used to extend the battery runtime. Kohler says their 20kw diesel generator uses about 2 gph at 100% load.
It means my iPhone 6 Plus order won't be backordered forever and I'll get it right away.
The Galaxy Note is the only Android I've ever been interested in, but then only for its size. The 6 Plus is only
Now I can have an iPhone in the Note size, which is what I wanted all along.
Nope, it's actually heavily influenced by Perl of all things, one of the guys who created it has also written a book on PS which has various sidebars about the design of the language.
A word doesn't automatically take its worst possible meaning.
Here is the quote from TFA. It provides the context.
Machines, meanwhile, remain slaves with uncertain masters.
No. That is not referring to an IDE drive.
Or, more completely:
Humans have rights, under which they retain some measure of dominion over their bodies. Machines, meanwhile, remain slaves with uncertain masters. Our laws may, directly and indirectly, protect peopleâ(TM)s right to use certain machines - freedom of the press, the right to keep and bear arms. But our laws do not recognize the rights of machines themselves.
So no. They are not talking about an IDE "master/slave" situation. They are talking about humans using machines (with examples provided) and equating that to "slavery".
That would be nice. But in the meantime
But our laws do not recognize the rights of machines themselves.
Because they are non-sentient property. Ask again once AI is achieved.
But what is the difference between that and having a phone with you - sorry, a computer with you - all the time that is tracking where you are, which you're using for storing all of your personal information, your memories, your friends, your communications, that knows where you are and does all kinds of powerful things and speaks different languages?
And the difference between a stored text communication and a written letter? Learn the 4th Amendment.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Machines, meanwhile, remain slaves with uncertain masters.
Really? "Slaves"? Maybe you should look into actual slavery.
As to "uncertain" just look for the sales receipt or lease agreement. My car is a machine and there is no uncertainty as to who owns it.
... understanding that we are - if not yet Terminators - at least a little more integrated
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Fuck you.
Learn what technology really is before you go off on movie tangents.
I saw a "Good Guys" circular from the late 1980s yesterday and they had a Motorola "car phone" for sale in there for $1200. IIRC, it must have been a bag phone because I remember they said it was portable from car-car in the ad.
That's like $2500 in today's purchasing power-- can you imagine $2500 these days for an analog-only mobile phone? And what do you suppose calls were back then, 50 cents or more per minute, closer $1/minute in contemporary purchasing power?
About the only thing good about those bag phones was they had more transmit power.
a. Being offensive is not the same as being offended.
b. Rights are not the sole consideration. There is also politeness.
The first question would be whether the person being offensive would say the same things on a public street corner. People who are offensive tend to be a lot more insistent upon their claimed "Rights" when they have anonimity.
The next question would be whether they'd say it alone on a public street corner. The people from Westboro Baptist Church seem to be focused on being offensive. Which is why they "protest" in groups.
If you cannot pass both those tests then you are being "offensive" and your goal is to offend someone else. So do not try the "no freedom of speech" argument.
The guy standing on the street corner telling the world about how the government is tracking him through his dental fillings is doing more for "freedom of speech" than the guy screaming "fucking jew whore" when his character is shot in a video game.
What is the legal status for hosting a server with illegal information on it?
If they don't know, then they are not responsible. It's in the DMCA, or possibly the CFAA.
All your files have been destroyed (sorry). Paul.
