Comment Re:Fuck this shit! (Score 1) 433
WikiPedia may be the wrong thing to point to if you want "scientific journals".
If you can provide some examples of where Wikipedia is wrong about something non-trivial, please do...
WikiPedia may be the wrong thing to point to if you want "scientific journals".
If you can provide some examples of where Wikipedia is wrong about something non-trivial, please do...
On the other hand, some things (like animals and pedestrians) require some means of illumination at night.
I wonder how we ever managed to survive before electric light...
Oh, wait, humans can actually see by starlight alone.
You're not going to read a book or do rocket surgery but you can walk around outdoors without electric lights even when there's no moon. I've done plenty of hiking, etc. under a full moon.
I'm torn between the issue. I discovered old letters in my house from the 1800's and was able to glimpse in the past of how life was like back then. The letters had their words written phonetically, and while I did "notice" what I perceived to be errors at the time, I did understand the letter and remembered that eduction wasn't necessarily standardized back then and not everyone had access or could afford to attend school.
Most English spelling reform/standardization happened long after 1800 (yes, there was such a thing...).
Luckily the system is designed to be able to do that.
(And many sites have already done so).
Rest of GNOME are just vast layers of layers of wrappers for layers of abstractions for wrappers
...and no documentation.
..."avoid a shooting war", "national security or law enforcement need"....
Why does it always come down to those things?
Does the USA actually have any enemies like that or is it just the (government created) national paranoia?
If the framerate is jerky then they didn't plan the game properly.
There's no excuse on a console where you know the exact resources available, right down to individual clock cycles.
how about a car that extends a 4" spike from the steering wheel every time it sense you fscking around with your phone.
Sounds good to me.
a) No they're not.
b) There's adverts on the IRS internal websites?
Block all external web sites to employees (which they should be anyway).
Yeah, because it's totally inconceivable that an employee might need access to information that's not stored on the internal network.
a) They'll be the minority.
b) Anybody who *needs* that can be upgraded first.
Yes!
Most cars have a technology that allows them to pull over and stop. It's called a 'driver'...
Calls to emergency services could be allowed. Duh!
I feel there is no elegant solution to such a problem and the cost-benefit of a tech-based solution would be meager at best.
How about pulling over and stopping to enable the phone?
How would the phone differentiate between the driver and passengers?
It wouldn't, but SO FUCKING WHAT?
Pulling over to text/phone will add about 30 seconds to your journey.
They could even build special little texting areas on the freeways for people who really really can't wait.
How about passengers on a train?
Um, GPS.
We need enforcement of current laws. I have never, never, seen anyone pulled over for talking or texting on the phone. Let alone charged for it.
You need to go to Germany. The Autobahns are full of police cars. You can drive at any speed you like. Burn past one at 200mph? No problem.
Tailgate? Flash lights at people? Drive like a moron in any way and they'll be down on you like a ton of bricks.
Real Programmers don't eat quiche. They eat Twinkies and Szechwan food.