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Comment What I don't understand is: (Score 1) 225

Why has no one discuss the reason that the good old concrete injection would not do the trick. We have the drilling technology and the injection technology at our disposal, both prove to be highly efficient. Are there issues we don't know about? Also I think the cost estimate seems to be too low.

Comment Re:NHTSA pushed a 5 star rating (Score 1) 627

Fine, the car's battery/alternator would short, destroying the wiring. Just like an electric.

There's something called dielectric gel that works quite well on the marine battery's terminals to waterproof the connections (with some rubber covers). I suspect they work the same way with other battery-utilizing vehicles.

Comment Re:Sigh (Score 1) 324

But I gave them no permission to log everything.

Who actually thinks this is a good idea, besides our filthy government?

By dropping the mail to USPS with the external address information you gave them explicit permission to use that external information. Once it is in their system there is nothing you can do to refuse that piece of information being used, at least for now. Unless a specific laws designate the limit of "how" such information should be used they are not part of the coverage of the 4th Amendment.

Comment Re:Fuck No (Score 2) 205

You are already depending on the ground controllers to keep the planes from slamming into one another. To say they have no "skin in the game" is only true if they are sociopaths. Most people would not recover from the mental anguish of killing hundreds of innocent people.

Pilots can refuse the instructions by the tower by announcing their inability of compliance. Ultimately the pilots have the final say on the plane, not the ground controller.

Comment Re:It is all software, really (Score 1) 509

You know. Given the availability of hardware to run Linux I don't think holding on a PS3 to your dear life to run Linux is as good of an option as before. It is relly cheap to run Linux on Resberry Pi. If you want more processing power other hardware options are available. Unlocked phone is just another device to run Linux/Andriod. If you need to run Linux, there are plenty of hardware to run on.

Unfortunately as it is, game console is increasing becoming a splurge. I agree I won't necessarily going out there to buy a console now. The priority to buy a game console is dropping steadily as the years goes on. I still play games here and there but Apple really knows where gaming is going: to the phones and tablets.

Comment Re:GM tried that (Score 1) 555

ummm, so you are just lazy? and should be rewarded for that!?

If I am a fleet manager I would not want to spend a lot of time negotiating per vehicle, or per order. Rather it is to all parties advantage to have a set fleet price and order at the negotiated price. And yes, the negotiation is between the car manufactures and the buyers. Dealers are just there to fulfill the orders.

Comment Re:must... protect.... god... (Score 4, Interesting) 294

My Humble prediction: By the end of this century, Bill Gates will be remembered as a Nobel Prize winning humanitarian while Steve Jobs will be relegated to the dustbin of douchebags

That might be true. But for many of us that might live until 3/4 of this century We will continue to write how much they respect one another. That should be enough to keep Steve's reputation as a tech genius and Bill as a prodigy turn hard-driving tech executive turn philanthropist. You can probably equate Bill and Steve's relationship to John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Plenty of people after them will be intrigued by their personal relationship with one another.

Comment Re:Very common (Score 1) 953

I hate to say this but for a hospital in a group of some sorts there has to be a way to get a volume licensing work out with all the hospitals in the same group. Also for upwards over a thousand machines in your hospitals (quick quesstimate), the annual license cost of a few hundreds of thousands of dollars might not be as outrageous as you think. There are technology cost associated with running an institution. All the medium to large/enterprise size company deals with it. It's simply a cost of running a business.

Comment Re:Specialty Software (Score 1) 953

Looks like government needs to put forward a consortium on the approved code base to limit liabilities. Then the cost of software package will go down significantly for the specialty software, when dealing with compliance issues.

Prob not the most popular idea with the conservatives, but hey, someone has to decide we need to drive on the "right" side of the road instead of the left.

Comment Re:Certification (Score 1) 953

Adding to that common practice is the out-of-date software cannot be rid of due to old hardware still in service. There are still DOS based software running around. The only good thing about it is that a, script kiddies don't know DOS very well these days (not saying they cannot learn fast), b. they are limited in their usage, and c. most of the DOS based software lack ability to connect to a network, and so do the device the software to be used with.

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