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Comment Re:Reasons (Score 1) 138

Indeed; Windows 3.11 + Norton Desktop 3 - was a better UI than we have today on any platform.

I ran NDW (not Commander) on 32-bit Windows for years until the lack of LNF support and the fact the rest of the world have moved to actually using long filenames made it unworkable.

However in terms of a cohesive way to find and working with everything on the system nothing has duplicated it since.

Comment Re:Like cockroaches... (Score 0) 18

STFU

Imagine the reaction the Chinese government if the US State Department or a large US business - so deliberately tried to circumvent and displayed such contempt for the intent of Chinese law. Bad actors are bad actors. Just because our own behavior isnt perfect does not mean we must just ignore problem behavior.

It might mean that we should exercise some discernment and proportion in our degree of judgement and condemnation but we can at least 'talk' about dilberate attempts to violate our policy without being 'racists'

Comment Re:And nothing will happen (Score 1) 56

I agree it looks bad. Given the MIC and deep state ties here where Boeing is concerned; I have no difficulty believing that anything *could* be possible.

However what *should* happen absent any evidence whatsoever this wasn't a freak medical condition?

Remember every event is coincident with some other event if you don't restrict the topics of the other event or allow enough time. Should we blow a bunch of tax dollars launching investigations into people who might want Boeing's critics silenced? Where do we stop, the Officers, board of directors, large share holders, Generals pushing for military contracts, Congress person with Boeing facilities in their districts, YOU with the mutual fund?

Comment Re:Young kids are smarter than you think (Score 1) 122

"If you're not willing to sanitize your household to make it child safe then you're not a good parent."

Oh please. Short of living in a padded cell thats simply not possible.

"I do have a good idea of how hard parenting is"

No you don't.

" I chose not to do it."

And it shows.

"It was always the right call."

Grow old and die lonely then.

Comment Re: AM radio is nothing in terms of volts. (Score 1) 231

Yes but the argument that all those measures add cost and weight is still valid. I see you never actually designed a radio circuit (I have) you do not know what you are talking about.

Whether it is phase cancellation (which would require a redesign, still have lots of noise harmonics and consume more power) or shielding. Moving the antenna isnâ(TM)t an option since the motors are in each corner of the car for most EV.

And this isnâ(TM)t unique to EV by the way, ICE also make lots of electrical noise, the solution has always been a metal enclosure and donâ(TM)t put the antenna in the engine bay. But EV need to be lighter than aluminum and steel, so they naturally become emitters well beyond FCC standards.

Comment Re: AM radio is nothing in terms of volts. (Score 1) 231

They probably are in favor of removing that and only provide car manufacturer streaming apps or a contract with SiriusXM.

The biggest issue is that AM radio and FM should be possible yet it will require better shielding in EV which adds cost and weight. The only reason the FCC doesnâ(TM)t want to address the mobile radio jammers that EVs have become is because the ramifications.

Comment Re:AM radio is nothing in terms of volts. (Score 2) 231

... Effective AM antennas are not exactly small and you have to incorporate one into the design

Nowhere does the requirement say the radio has to come with an Effective antenna. It says AM radio not AM radio antenna.

It just says the vehicle has to come with a radio. They can potentially include a radio in the car that Won't have very good reception, and won't ever give you clean audio due to interference, but it would still meet the definition of an AM radio.

And the owner might just have to bring their own temporary antenna to use it.

Eh, I don't think that's gonna work.

That's not how courts and laws work. This isn't some movie where you have to word things perfectly for a malicious genie. A judge and/or jury would conclude that an "AM radio" necessarily has to be one that actually works in the scenario it is in.

Some judges would even rule that on the basis of the lawmakers' intent; meaning that for democracy to actually be real then the law that gets enforced has to be the one the lawmakers actually thought they were passing, not some creative or new interpretation someone is making now.

Either way, the result would be "nuh uh, it has to be a working AM radio."

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