At what point does a bad office layout drive you to seek new employment? It might seem ridiculous at first cut, but if you work in a terrible office, it really drags on you. And, better yet, how does one find out at a new job exactly what the work environment is like? Interviews are not usually done near the cube farm. Do you ask to see an example section of the building?

While your comment is completely reasonable out of context, in the context of this discussion it is completely anti-freedom. The problem here is that the DMCA makes rights opt-in by government, rather than out-out. That is to say that laws like the DMCA assume that you have no rights unless the government or a corporation allows you them explicitly. That is so anti-American it makes me want to vomit. The standard arrangement needs to be that you can do with your property whatever you please as long as you aren't violating other laws which are in place to secure others' safety, the environment, etc.

In summary, you are right that in a civilized society, we can't just do whatever we please, but you are wrong that a sensible solution is to make a law which carte blanche disallows consumers from free modification of their own property. That's like the worst solution to the problem. In a free society (assuming that's what we are), the solution is to create laws which narrowly limit freedoms to promote public good on an ad hoc basis for an explicit and narrow purpose and rely on tort law to fill the gap until such time that new laws with reasonable scope can be created as needed.

I've read about this guy's idea, and I can see why it won't catch on. It feels very nanny state. It seems like if we're going to mandate technology to stop people from using cell phones while driving it should be handsfree technology. If we give teens (for example) a good handsfree alternative to texting in the car, they'll use it. So, let's not spend the money trying to jam communications, something that feels very nannyish and is likely to be worked around by drivers. Let's spend the money and give people and incentive to put down the phone and drive. Handsfree texting and calling would do this. Ford Sync does this, but the system is quite inferior to Siri or Google's voice recognition.

I never knew that. Are you American? I was absolutely never taught that, and I've never seen any sign which implies that is the correct action. I hate roundabouts actually, as they instill anxiety in me.

I love minivans. I spent the best years of my life in a minivan, as a teen and young 20-something borrowing the family minivan. I loved taking a road trip with 5 friends. I loved the comfort. But minivans are not superior to crossovers (which have largely replaced SUVs in the market) in design, fuel economy, safety or color choice (!?). I've been looking to buy a people hauler, and I've looked at crossovers and SUVs. I like the Ford Flex and the Chrysler Town and Country (the classic minivan!). They are similarly specced in terms of fuel economy, price and safety. In fact, the Ecoboost engine option in the Flex gives it superior fuel economy to most minivans. Design? Not even a contest. The Flex wins. More cubic feet, more fit and finish (barely when compared to a T&C) and better powertrain options. The Flex is not an SUV, but crossovers have largely taken the place of SUVs.

I really don't see the value in minivans anymore. Crossovers are better, and wagons and hatchbacks are a solid option if hauling stuff is your goal. Even SUVs get similar fuel economy to minivans these days, sacrificing people hauling prowess per MPG and ease of drivability for superior design and bad condition drivability. You had some axe to grind, but I think you're like the person who rags in American automobile reliability: stuck in the past.

It does at the university I attended.

That is demonstrably poor reasoning. Anyone who puts their real name on yelp is an idiot.

Specious, and you've already demonstrated specious reasoning.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you sound like a bad business owner, or in this case your friend is a bad business owner. You're demonstrating the telltale signs. Bad business owners often have a difficulty accepting responsibility. Bad business owners twist the facts to support their own side (you've stated that it not possible that these reviewers were customers). Worst of all, this business has attempted to retaliate against customers (I can see little to no reason to attempt to out the Yelp reviewers if not retaliation).

I have a Yelp account, and it's not in my real name. I leave bad reviews (and good ones). You could say I have a history of making bad reviews. You could also say that this business you are talking about has a history of receiving bad reviews. Yelp is far from perfect, but in business-friendly America, it's one of the most powerful tools we as consumers have to bleed dry bad businesses and bolster good ones. If this business wants friends' reviews visible, those people need to get more active on Yelp. That's it. That's the whole filtering algorithm as best I can tell. If you create a Yelp account for one single review, you get filtered. If you write more reviews, you don't.

That doesn't make any sense. You pay tuition to use those resources. Your output should be yours.

Wow. So, we're modding up straight up racists now?

In addition, I would challenge Charlie's and Chris's assessment of this. I didn't dig into it myself, but I would guess that a stateless gateway allows the radio to talk to the brakes in most autos, not just the few identified.

ONLY TWICE!? I apply ROT-13 no less than 20 times, 30 for e-banking passwords.

Well, given that the protests against those companies are mostly policy-rooted and not technology-rooted, at this point it is almost impossible to tell. Are you suggesting that these shuttles and taxis will defy existing laws and fail to get licenses? Then, I would assume that the outcry will be the same. If these hypotehtical taxis get licensed, probably none.

Someone should enshrine that in some sort of high code of law upon which all other laws will be based in some sort of new democratic society...

Emphasis mine. Sounds like doublespeak to me.

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If passcode-protected whole phone encryption is enabled, no one should be able to access that without the key. I guess they know how it works more than I do. They've even redefined encryption. It's "encrypted" just like everything else these days. I guess it's still technically encrypted even if everyone has a key.