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Comment Re:Note to myself: (Score 1) 373

And for anyone that has filed a bug report... if you simply list the bug as a "problem", you're doing it wrong. Detailed descriptions, please! Why should it be any different for automotive? Words like these are subjective. Simply stating: "The brakes are having a problem" doesn't say anything about what is really wrong. Stating: "The brakes failed to engage when X pressure is applied to the pedal" says a hell of a lot more.

Comment Re:Note to myself: (Score 1) 373

Not just that, but we even have an RFC to deal with keywords within RFCs. Its not just exclusion lists, but also required usage lists.

https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc21... http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc...

People are simply getting bent out of shape because GM defines their language and set of standards for usage of said language. This is true of ALL large companies, and not just in these types of documents. In the tech world, we live or die by these requirements, so why is it a surprise that other industries use them too?

Comment Re:Prime Example of Software Bloat (Score 1) 121

Not only this, but considering how uninformative this site is, I'm trying to figure out just what I would gain, if anything at all, over Sublime Text right now. Visually from their screen shots, it looks mostly the same? So, besides that, what features ARE there that make this project unique compared to other offerings?

Comment Re:Nope. (Score 1) 116

This is because Microsoft doesn't change stored passwords on Hotmail when they update policies for the service... Case in point, my dummy account from the '90's still has a password that is well under the minimum number of characters required to login. Very short, sweet, easy to remember, and cannot be brute forced because nobody would think to check a password outside of their "requirements"! (oh wait, fuck, I just admitted publicly there are passwords outside of their requirements)

Comment No Brainer (Score 2) 108

So the cost of PURCHASING a drone is about the same as RENTING a helicopter for the same time? With the drone, of course, being re-usable, and creating significantly less impact when comparing the results of a potential crash, and can get much MUCH closer to the action.

This is seriously the best of all worlds. Now if only we can get away from the mainstream stigma of the term "Drone", such as going back to the term UAV instead? Really, the only down-side is ignorant media perception of these devices.

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