Christmas is coming in a few days, and many of you are kicking back with some eggnog for a well-deserved rest before the day arrives, and you are looking forward to the annual family who-is-the-biggest-ass competition. Yes, this is the time of year when relatives feel the need to overimbibe and tell us how we should live our lives, and we, unfortunately, are likely to do the same. In this holiday spirit, I’ll look at some vendor dysfunction this week — from Apple and American Airlines to the NTSB — just to point out there are companies and groups apparently more screwed-up than our families.
Rob, I'll put up with your occasional right leaning remarks, but please don't make boneheaded technical comments.
To wit: 'A cellphone ban is unenforceable'
If you restrict yourself to having the police enforce it you are correct and I would agree any unenforceable law is just bad and contributes nothing positive to society.
But there are two ways to enforce not using any cellphone in a car (or cell connected tablet, netbook, notebook, etc. from accessing the internet).
1) require that any device capable of using the cell system be disabled if it is moving faster than 'n' miles per hour. Most of these devices have gps and an electronic nanny would be simple and cheap to implement.
2) absolve the auto insurance companies from any claim resulting while a cell device is in use in a moving vehicle.
Neither is perfect and either would annoy the h... out of the general public, but either would drastically reduce the use of cell devices in moving vehicles.
Is either politically viable right now, I doubt it but then there are still folks who dislike drunk driving laws, anti-smoking efforts, '25 at all times' in school zones, etc. yet society has deemed them a good thing.
The second remark I question is where you suggest that a touchpad 'kill' switch is something new and wonderful. Our 3 year old netbook has one as has every notebook/laptop we have owned for several years. Did we accidently just pick the 'right' ones.
Hey Rob, why don't you take your opinion of Barack Obama and shove it up your ass, OK Binky? If I wanted political idiocy I would watch Fox News, and that's why I don't.
I forgot never to read you today, tomorrow I'll hope to remember.
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Posted by: Rob Enderle December 19, 2011 05:00 AMChristmas is coming in a few days, and many of you are kicking back with some eggnog for a well-deserved rest before the day arrives, and you are looking forward to the annual family who-is-the-biggest-ass competition. Yes, this is the time of year when relatives feel the need to overimbibe and tell us how we should live our lives, and we, unfortunately, are likely to do the same. In this holiday spirit, I’ll look at some vendor dysfunction this week — from Apple and American Airlines to the NTSB — just to point out there are companies and groups apparently more screwed-up than our families.
To wit: 'A cellphone ban is unenforceable'
If you restrict yourself to having the police enforce it you are correct and I would agree any unenforceable law is just bad and contributes nothing positive to society.
But there are two ways to enforce not using any cellphone in a car (or cell connected tablet, netbook, notebook, etc. from accessing the internet).
1) require that any device capable of using the cell system be disabled if it is moving faster than 'n' miles per hour. Most of these devices have gps and an electronic nanny would be simple and cheap to implement.
2) absolve the auto insurance companies from any claim resulting while a cell device is in use in a moving vehicle.
Neither is perfect and either would annoy the h... out of the general public, but either would drastically reduce the use of cell devices in moving vehicles.
Is either politically viable right now, I doubt it but then there are still folks who dislike drunk driving laws, anti-smoking efforts, '25 at all times' in school zones, etc. yet society has deemed them a good thing.
The second remark I question is where you suggest that a touchpad 'kill' switch is something new and wonderful. Our 3 year old netbook has one as has every notebook/laptop we have owned for several years. Did we accidently just pick the 'right' ones.
I forgot never to read you today, tomorrow I'll hope to remember.