Recent content by Bassmankr

It's just cover their ass legalise to shift liability over to the car owner in any lawsuit down the line.

High Court rulings in both the USA and EU have basically proclamed software as a "Product" which carries the same consumer rights as any other product you buy. This in fact nullifies many TOS / EULA. Given the special legal protections the software industry bought in the early days is coming...

It might give us time to run away while the killer robots are hitting each other in the crotch.

My wife Morgan Fairchild says"No Way!", yeah that's the ticket

Given site ad revenue is driven by clicks and there is little to any auditing done is it any wonder people would setup automation to cheat the system.

Given cellphone GPS it's likely they could start writing speeding tickets based on that. I've often thought that when States get really strapped for cash they can mail out speeding tickets based on the autopay data for tollroads as they know the distance and time a car moves between toll...

It's a good bet none of the government players or company executives will see any jail time for this type of fraud/theft. Lord have mercy on the lowly idiot who steals from the local gas station mart though.

This tech makes the most sense used with shipping as they are sitting in water and as a whole, use plenty of fuel. If carbon monoxide is a needed component I'm sure they are looking into hybrid solutions of teaming it with a regular internal combustion engine.

Lith1um, believe it or not unions do lobby on your behalf too. The Pilots union tried to get cockpits with real locked doors repeately for a decade prior to 9-11 but the airlines didn't want to pay for it. This was the biggest factor in 9-11 even happening and why the first act of Congress...

Yep, 56% of the fatal crashes occur within the first three minutes or last 10 minutes of the flight and another 12% on the ground (the whole point of the electronics ban during that time period). NTSB has a pdf with more detailed figures with a simple google search. As for fatal commercial...

What a bunch of idiot replies . . . A Flight Attendent is there to help save your life in a survivable crash (that is their real job). They serve the same function as a Fireman or Policeman, saving your life in a situation where you are too stupid or in shock to know what to do. They have...

Per a recent CBS 60 Minutes TV report, the bad guys are using the medical records for the needed info to file fake tax returns before you do and 40% of the time they get a decent refund (several thousand dollars) within 10 days of filing put on an untracable throw away debit card (VISA or such)...

While the Earth has gone through cycles of warming and cooling (ice ages) there is a record of the events via core samples which shows the RATE at which the natural events happened. With the current warming, the RATE at which it is happening has no prior record as it is happening much faster...

Why isn't the FTC cracking down on the marketing of "Unlimited". It's a simple word that we all know the meaning of and other industries are not allowed to use false advertising despite the use of an * and small print elsewhere.

Since when is a left mouse click in the typing field and then typing anything faster than the old XP start menu one left click on the Start button - move your mouse slightly up-down/to the right and another left click on the item you want? It's not a matter of not being able to use Windows 8 or...