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Comment Re: Truth. (Score 5, Insightful) 78

Oh yes it does reflect your values or how you operate, because the talk matched the walk. Not all "values" are set in corporate mission statements, some are just simple common sense and respect. This was an officer of the company, thus he represents the company's values. If not, then his ass would have been fired.

To say otherwise is just boilerplate attempts at PR damage control.

Comment Because they want to? (Score 2) 30

Some may ask, why would The Document Foundation do this when Collabra already exists. Maybe because...they want to?

Why are there multiple Linux distros? Shouldn't one be enough and put all the development resources into that one? Because different developers and programmers wanted to!

Isn't that one of the reasons OSS exists, because users or programmers want to scratch an itch?

So what if TDF wants to resume an online collaboration environment. Isn't "because we want to" sufficient reason?

Comment Re: 4th amendment? (Score 1) 155

This may not really apply to the current discussion but your statements about precedent and norms caught my attention.

Relying on SCOTUS precedent and historical norms, as has been seen the last several years, is a weak and ambiguous way to govern. The only way something should be expected to be legislated long-term is to write a law explicitly addressing the issue.

Abortion: It was supported by Roe v. Wade. Well SCOTUS revisited the ruling and look what happened. If the political left wanted abortion to be solidly legal, it should have been codified into law.

The penalty for not having insurance under the Affordable Care Act was judged to be a "tax" and legal. If the political right wanted it struck down, then write clear and precise legislation to do so. (I don't know if this requirement is still around, I'm using what I remember as an example).

I'm not saying court rulings are useless; they are very useful in seeing how the courts will interpret a law. If the legislators find that the courts rule that a law says "x" when it's intended to say "y," then rewrite the law so it clearly says "y."

Comment Re: Good Idea! (Score 1) 68

I don't think there has actually been a law made that prevents ICE cars from parking as a charger, has there?

I don't know about a law passed by a local government, but almost every spot I've seen was posted by the parking lot owners as EV charging only.

It's also a matter of respect and civil behavior. ICE drivers wouldn't want a EV parking in front of a gas pump at a busy convenience store, so why would it be OK for an ICE-powered vehicle to par in an EV stall?

Comment Can we get back to summaries PLEASE? (Score 3, Insightful) 28

Completely off topic so moderate this post nothingness but I'm saying it anyway.

CAN WE PLEASE GET BACK TO SUMMARIZING the story instead of copying the majority of it?? Editors, show a little g--d--- EFFORT and summarize! More posts fit the front page and a shorter "summary" will encourage readers to read the original story* before commenting.

*Yes I know that reading the story before posting goes against the Slashdot grain but I'm still an optimist.

Comment Re: Good Idea! (Score 1) 68

"Depending on many they build and such, of course. I hope they DON'T put them right next to the shopping center though....they honestly should be clustered along the edges or maybe down the middle so as to avoid traffic sitting for long periods of time in one section of the lot (while charging)."

How is the addition of chargers going to change the idea of "traffic sitting for long periods of time in one section"? Cars charging aren't sitting in traffic lanes, they are on parking stalls.

I'd prefer them a bit of distance out, or off to the side, for a different reason. Putting them close-in and taking up more popular slots tends to result in ICE-powered cars taking up the charging spots; "why should EVs get better parking than me? Screw'em! I'll park where I damn well please."

Comment Why say "Quietly?" (Score 1) 29

Saying Apple released an update "quietly" makes it sound like they do t want you to know they didn't. It makes the news sound somehow like a conspiracy to do something hoping that nobody notices.

I say this not just for this story but any story where Entity A quietly does Thing B. Picky but Slashdot can do better.

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