Trolololol. If you don't like them, don't watch them :p My favourite one so far didn't actually have him in it either.

Not sure why you're saying I'm using him as a "scapegoat". He was the driver, so controlling the car was his responsibility. If it was Paul driving (a possibility), then it would have been his responsibility.

If you're wanting to shake it down like a race car, why not take it to a track? If the car was having problems with stalling, then to drive enthusiastically on public roads was putting other people's lives at risk. That's very different from accepting a risk to themselves.

I'm really not sure what the point of your post is.

Considering the speed limit was 45mph, and this was basically a track car, do you really think that a crash at the marked limit would have been fatal?

I'm not saying it's impossible, since the cause of death was probably the fire rather than the impact, but it doesn't seem that likely that they were going below the limit.

I'm pretty sure they're just quoting an episode for a few years ago. I remember him saying a few times how 911s are known for being very unforgiving. Jeremy knows how to drive, and knows that in the end, it's the driver's responsibility to be safe.

It sounds like this guy was actually a professional race driver, or at least part of an amateur racing team. He shouldn't have been trying to push the envelope on a public road though. It's horrible and sad news, but obviously the driver was being an idiot on public roads, and the type of car he was driving shouldn't really be relevant.

I read it that way too

Yuck. Guess I'll just kill them all in future then.

They can't really do anything about you downloading the stories, only uploading.

Writing your story posthumously is the best way to keep it secret.

There are no poisonous spiders here in the UK, or probably anywhere in Europe. Lots of girls still are very scared of spiders, even though they know they can't hurt them. I don't particularly like them either, but I know that they can't harm me, so I deal with them when necessary. There is no rational reason to be afraid of them here.

I didn't think he meant rationalise as in "explain why they are scared", I thought he meant give valid reasons to be scared. Some people are actually terrified of peanut butter clinging to the roof of their mouth.. and Doctors haven't found an explanation for it.

How do you rationalise the fear of a small, non-poisonous spider? Or a friendly little dog with no history of violence?

Someone who bricks their phone.

Topcoder is maybe worthwhile in the short term if you're unemployed, but it's not an ideal solution.

Side note: even if you're on a phone, when you're posting such a short comment to Slashdot, you should make some effort to type like an adult.

I half agree with you, but things like this

Operating systems have been shielding consumers from the depths of their computers since the late 80. If their car breaks, the average person will take it to a garage to get fixed. Same with a computer. People are shielded from things. You might complain that Ubuntu is harder for a techie to get into the underpinnings to fix things, but it's probably fine for consumers who just want something to "work". For "power user" types who want to be able to configure their interface (ie most traditional Linux users), it's not really a nice interface (well, it's not to me). But you can actually still get into everything, remove the parts you don't want, install parts you do, etc.. so I don't really agree with you about it being any more or less transparent than other distros yet. When they get rid of X it will cause more issues, but you can still install it again yourself. That's the beauty of Linux, and why we already have distros that cater to both of the user types that you mention, as well as many others.

I studied Computer Science myself, but in day to day work and life, I'm not usually looking for "close to the metal". I think you're getting a bit confused and basically suggesting something along the lines that the ideal way for someone to eat their breakfast cereal is with a hammer and screwdriver..

It's not "disingenuous", we're talking in the context of non appstore apps. I didn't even consider that someone might take my words so literally. Your last sentence answered my question though.