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Comment Re:Work the way down to no license (Score 1) 301

If your car hits my car I don't care if you are driving it or not, I care that someone pays for the damage done. So I think it's more than reasonable to require vehicles on the road autonomous or not to have a named entity who will be required and able to pay up in the first instance for the damage they do.

Exactly how the responsibility should be split between manufacturer and owner is more open to question. I could see an arrangement where the autonomous car has a service arrangement which includes liability cover.

Be careful what you wish for: autonomous cars are going to contain such a huge array of cameras and other sensors that they will readily be able to prove if you for one split second diverted your attention, strayed from your lane, followed too close, exceeded the speed limit, or committed any other violation (which every human driver does dozens of times on every drive) and you will be summarily lawyered to death to prove you were actually not liable.

Cameras Are Infallable, right?

Comment Re:Yep, patching 1 huge security != supported (Score 2) 345

So why did you buy an OS which MS published was going EOL in 2008?

My company just purchased a quarter million dollar piece of equipment a few months ago. Guess what, the new computer came with XP. There was no choice offered us.

We are trying to get an upgraded OS under warranty.

XP was going out on new systems just last year, not 5 years ago.

Comment Re:just kill them already (Score 1) 179

Wow, that's an utterly stupid analogy. No one is still selling Windows XP, and I doubt anyone cares if someone resells their old computer with XP on it.

My company paid a quarter million 6 months ago for a test system that came with XP. Our suppliers purchased other equipment with XP just last year. I bet you can find "new" XP licenses still going out the door.

Comment Re:just kill them already (Score 1) 179

Wow, that's an utterly stupid analogy. No one is still selling Windows XP, and I doubt anyone cares if someone resells their old computer with XP on it

My company paid a quarter grand for a test system that came with XP. Last year or suppliers purchased additional equipment with XP. XP was still available for new computers just a few months ago.

Comment Re:The symptom, not the true problem. (Score 1) 509

Indeed. I shouldn't be, but am quite amazed with how people abuse their votes, and WILLFULLY put ignorant imbeciles in congress. And then don't even have enough shame to rectify the mistake.
Congress should have our very best people, not dregs.

They represent the people. Nowhere does it say they have to be the best people. Some representatives are above average. Most are average. Some are below average. Pick whatever criterion you choose for your comparison.

To add some flavor, the people who run for office are not an even distribution of the population. Lawyers are highly represented.

Comment Re:Options (Score 1) 266

Nope. You're talking about free (gratis) software, not "Open Source".

I was talking about the attitude of many projects in my many years of experience, free or not. Lots of asshats. Lots of superiority complexes. Lots of minimizing customer complaints and not properly testing functionality. Blaming the customer is a common trap of shitty development. This thread is full of it.

Comment Re:Options (Score 0) 266

1. Whine and moan.

2. Fix it yourself.

3. Bribe. Offer to send a case of beer (or bag of whatever).

This is a good summary of why people are discouraged to use Open Source. All "options" avoid developer responsibility and quality control. The first solution does nothing. The second is very difficult both technically and socially (making a main branch checkin isn't usually permitted by strangers). The third assumes you know someone and are willing to bribe them to fix what they broke because they have no incentive otherwise.

Comment Re:Property tax (Score 1) 285

This article states that like New Hampshire, Texas makes up for its lack of an individual income tax with higher property tax, which the landlord ends up passing on to the tenant.

Having lived in Massachusetts and recently moved to New Hampshire, I can say that the lack of income tax and sales tax and lower insurance much more than makes up for the property tax which, frankly as a percentage isn't much more than MA and dollar-wise lower due to lower property prices. My rent is the same for a much larger and nicer place with a garage compared to the relative dump I had in the suburbs of Boston.

Comment Re:"News for nerds??" (Score 1) 934

What do you think the founders believed? In the early revolutionary period, the US had no navy. They issued letters of marque to privately owned, armed ships. As in: private individuals owned war ships.

Wrong... dead wrong. The States each had their own Navy, and they were combined in 1775. The first Continental Navy ship was launched in September, 1775.

I applaud your Libertarian worldview, but it is not consistent with reality in this instance.

Privateers is the word you are looking for. The Continental Navy had less than a hundred ships compared to the nearly two thousand privately owned war ships.
http://www.usmm.org/revolution.html

Comment Re:Shocking news (Score 3, Interesting) 293

1. The taxes at issue here are YOUR STATE'S taxes. It's not you (as a resident of State A) being forced to pay State B's taxes. The question is under what circumstances a business can be forced to collect State A's taxes for purchases made by residents in State A.

Perhaps, however I live in New Hampshire (which has no sales tax) and was forced to pay another state's sales tax when I purchased a gift and had it mailed to the recipient. It has nothing to do with MY STATE'S taxes. I was forced to pay State B's taxes or else deny the sale. As it was a gift, I went ahead but it's not like I got anything for my tax dollars. Talk about taxation without representation.

Comment Re:Sure, it's good today (Score 1) 415

Uhh, no, they updated their charger interface more than once. Try using an iphone 1 charger with an iphone 4 and get back to me.

I just upgraded my original iPhone to the iPhone 5 this year and I am still using all of my wall and car chargers. I only had to replace the cable that was worn out anyway.

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