Comment Re:Morsi, (Score 1) 413
he is human and he needs to be loved, just like everybody else does.
But apparently, he goes about things the wrong way.
he is human and he needs to be loved, just like everybody else does.
But apparently, he goes about things the wrong way.
So I guess the operating idea here is that the people you WANT to be broadcasting ads to are the ones who are demonstrably trying to get some sleep?
Do they think that doing so will make people MORE likely to buy their advertised products? They may be in for a rude shock.
Alas for the busybodies, there isn't really all that much evidence (outside the lab) that the use of cellphones is causing calamities on our highways.
Of course there isn't, how the hell would you prove that? Ask the person after a crash if they were talking on their phone when it happened?
I've been hit by someone who I'm pretty sure was talking on a cell phone. I've seen people on phones make incredibly stupid decisions in traffic, swerve into other lanes, go 10mph below the speed limit, etc. The only other time I've seen that is when people are eating or reading (yes, reading) in the driver's seat.
So there's anecdotal evidence, lab evidence, and a good reason for not having substantial real-world data.... why do you not think that it's happening?
So, what was the point of your comment? To say that having the fucking state dictate every single tiny detail of our lives is somehow better than living as free men, because there's a slight improvement on the odds you'll be alive for another couple of minutes? Or maybe you just get your rocks off denigrating the position of others? Dunno; I'm not you, and glad for it.
Here's my point, if I have one: Don't be such an unbearable pussy, that you feel compelled to dictate to others how they should live their lives. It's a real dickhead move, and frankly a lot of us are sick of hearing about how you feel there should be a ban or regulation on everything that scares you.
Fuckin' grow a pair, brah.
Geez, where did this come from? There've been huge improvements in auto safety over the last 40 years, and cars have fixed most of the obvious deathtraps. He was just pointing that out. Besides, children can't make an informed decision whether or not to take safety precautions.
People dying every day isn't a counterargument to "people shouldn't die needlessly".
As I have no mod points to give, I'll just say THANK YOU for the fascinating post!
But a micro SD card can store four gigabytes of key data now, which should be good for the life of the system, so maybe the next step is to embed a one time pad in both the key fob and the car security system.
Erm... I don't think this would be necessarily a good idea. If you move out of range of the car and use the fob, you can record a copy of the next key that will be used in the sequence, and then broadcast it back. Not only would that allow you to unlock the car, but it immediately borks the key fob as well....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Accelerated_Processing_Unit
APU is the only unusual acronym in the summary. It refers to a chip with both the CPU and graphics processor on the same die. It was previously called Fusion, but trademarks got in the way.
Unfortunate, because it already stands for Auxiliary Power Unit in aerospace. But I think we've passed peak TLA.
Tim Cook? You're hardly a disinterested third party.
Internet Access should be like Library Access.
It is a little different because it is for knowledge, commerce, and entertainmnet.
Why does that make it different? The library is also for knowledge, commerce (though less so), and entertainment.
So instead of dropping bombs, the enemy will just drop disco balls. That ought to be fun.
"Ach! Meine Augen!"
As a more libertarian society (yes, we are, like it or not) the government can't just tell us or any private entity what standards we will use, which was the barrier to entry it had the first time we tried to adopt it
This is specifically within the purview of the US Congress. Specifically, see Article 1, Section 8, fifth paragraph:
To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;
If you need to calibrate a thermometer you just made (and don't have a known good thermometer to do it against) freezing and boiling water is a lot easier than messing around with liquid nitrogen.
Ironically, this is one of the few areas in which Fahrenheit has a clear advantage. Human body temperature is roughly 96 degrees under the arm (if that's not precise enough, perhaps you should let someone else calibrate your thermometer?). An ice bath is 32 degrees. That's a difference of 64 degrees, and the point equidistant from the two marks you made is 64 degrees F. Divide by two until you get to degree markings.
Well, why water? Why not nitrogen?
How exactly would you measure its volume? How would you weigh it?
"What man has done, man can aspire to do." -- Jerry Pournelle, about space flight
