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Can't carry it on my shoulder, can't put it on my car's bike rack and how would I secure it? U-lock the front part of the frame?

It also doesn't appear to have turn signals or a place for license plates. I'm guessing this isn't meant to be used in the US, or in California at least, where both would be required. (see http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d03/vc5030.htm and http://www.chp.ca.gov/html/motors.html)

A nice toy I guess, but it's not a good candidate for replacing my retrospec or my electric scooter. BTW, maximum speed for this type of vehicle in California is 30 mph so you'd need to ship it with a governor. (http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d01/vc406.htm)

Also, 108 pounds? That's not a good weight for a bicycle at all - but still a great one for a theif to toss it in the back of a truck.

I'm sure if you unscrew that fancy biometric id all you'd have to do is give some pin +5V to turn it on.

No wireless, less space than the Nomad ... I mean ... ahem, it's very pretty. I hope it does well.
The bicycle (and/or the vdo) is breathtaking. The price (6000 EUR) is breath taking.
It's definitely automatable, entirely. The DLR in the UK proved that. But that isn't going to happen when the problem is slightly more complicated and not predictable like it is in older lines. You have ot build with automation in mind. One tree on the line and an automated train will plough through it for example derailing it and killing many people ( http://www.caerphillyobserver.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/... ) . One dodgy point, it won't notice and won't report it and the next thing you know, the train is going sideways down a platform side-swiping people ( http://www.virginmedia.com/images/potters-bar-crash-431x300.... )

Machines are shit at noticing these things.

Also the problem is that it's not just about sitting there and pulling a lever - that bit is quite easy. There are a load of surrounding tasks like checking out the locomotives, coupling, shunting, safety rules, signalling, token exchange (which is still used), diagnosing problems (why aren't the brakes releasing can be an hour to diagnose/fix) and the inevitable "managing drunken passengers and coordinating with police" etc.

Not everything is suitable for the lowest common denominator of person or automation.
Not old enough as in hasn't produced any legacy code yet. Not in the sense of avoiding senility.
I've used a Steelseries 7G for the last ~3 years. It's built like a tank, compared to the Razer keyboards I tried in-store before buying it. It doesn't have many fancy bells-and-whistles, but it's far and away the best keyboard I've ever used.

I'll be sad to see it go when I move house and no longer have room for anything more than a laptop.
That's the thing that puzzles me. Fast internet benefits businesses more than residents, and it's the 'business party' that's against it.

A colleague says that there are Murdoch's hands in the till on this one, given that fast internet threatens his TV offerings.
At a weight of 49 kg, this is way too heavy to be considered "sort of a bicycle". Pedelecs assist the rider, whereas here it's necessary to have a charged battery, or you'll feel like there's another person riding along with you.

Taking a look from the other "what is a bicycle" side, this thing fills an interesting niche: even when you only have to pedal for 1% of the power in street mode, you're still pedaling, so in many legislations you'll be a bicycle by law. In that sense, that thing has a law switch to toggle between motorcycle (that you could also ride on bike lanes) and bicycle (that you could take on the Autobahn - wat).
Loved it! Had actually no idea how a car engine worked.
I can see you're defensive about this subject, but a simple google search of the term comes up with a wikipedia article explaining what is commonly meant by "perverse incentive".

I agree that BIG creates incentives... that is the point of all social policy in the history of ever. But the contrast here is that current policy can make positive actions (working, investing, personal development) a net loss to a family or individual who attempts them. THAT is the definition of a perverse incentive.
They're doing this very right. It's a grant program with no equity stake, first of all. Second, it requires at least 30% of at least an initial 500k come from outside VC.

The author seems to be confused about Stanford's "upside" and the value of no-strings cash / extra PR for early stage companies from these funding events. More runway for your babies never hurts.
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dan eden made this exact thing ages ago: http://daneden.me/animate/
6000 Euros is on the very high end of bicycles, but I wouldn't say absurdly high. While upper-end mountainbikes cost around 3000, high-end gets you to the 6000 price range. Also consider the price of a decent pedelec, which is already around 2000 as well, and won't have motorcycle mode.
That's good, but the rate slows down over time.
So, yeah, with all of this media around the new Yahoo I decided to attempt to re-embrace Flickr as a place to host photos. My old Yahoo email address account was long since gone, so I tried to sign up for a new account. On entering my Google Voice phone number (which I use as my official number everywhere, because it makes it way easier for me to switch carriers without worrying about number porting) as my mobile number their verification routine informed me it wasn't a valid mobile number... STRIKE 1.

So I get past that by entering my current actual cellphone number (which, again, I consider 'unofficial' since it may change 6 months or a year from now whereas my Google Voice number will not), which I had to go look up because I did not even know what it was... Annoying to have to do that, but not the end of the world.

I start uploading a set of 70 full sized photos to my first 'set' on Flickr over my not-so-fast DSL line. About an hour in to the upload, flickr informs me my login has timed out and the upload can't continue. Worse, not only did my overall upload not complete, but NONE of the photos in that upload show in my account despite the fact that the overall upload was about 50% done. STRIKE 2 through 71.

Yeah, nice-ish logo, even with the bevels, but until Yahoo fixes their shit, who cares? My impression of the company is actually much worse now than it was a couple hours ago when I was pretty much neutral on them. Needless to say my flickr experiment is over and I'm not likely to be signing up for any Yahoo services anytime soon.
What makes you think he misunderstands it? For the cracker it's not about entropy per se, it's a game to come up with algorithms that crack more passwords for less compute power. The XKCD comic got a lot of mindshare so it makes sense to target algorithms towards that type of password.

I think Schneier's suggestion of reducing it to the first letter of each word is vastly preferable because it packs the majority of entropy from random word selection into the least amount of typing.
I think Exo is more focused on the browsing experience rather than the rendering technology. It's based on Chrome Content API which is based on WebKit/Blink... and have no plan to go deeper than that for now.
I believe you lack the required amount of Karma, although I may be wrong.
Great illustration. Thanks!
Discussed before. This is essentially a bad scooter and a bad bicycle combined. You can't use bike lanes in most countries and the motorcycle performance is bad too.
This bike is from the same company that builds a 1000bhp all electric supercar: http://www.rimac-automobili.com/
In all honesty I prefer the HST125. Part of that is nostalgia, the HST125 is a great example of technology from the golden age of British Engineering which, like the Route-master bus, outlived several generations of successors. The other part is the Voyager fleet in my experience always smell of toilet.
For what it's worth most of the sector (including religious charities) strongly support the regulator.

We had some issues in the past with some very high-profile sports people setting up "charitable funds" which undertook a lot of fundraising and tax deductible activities without actually doing any philanthropy. That undermines trust in organisations who actually help people (Salvation Army, World Vision etc).
As a very jet lagged individual, I have to concur.
oh is that the part about the earth being created literally in six days and that was double a couple thousand years ago? :/ yeah that's just crazy talk.
Interesting, however all of the references I could find still quote the HST125 as the official record holder. I expect due to one technicality or another.
Direct link to the Youtube video referenced in the post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGTwSNPqAqs
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We're talking about a logo design decision. Logo design is, in part, largely about likability.
I've lost count of the number of times various parties have tried to implement Internet filtering in Australia. It almost seems to be a seasonal cycle, whereby some legislation gets proposed/approved, the IT industry and civil liberties advocates explain why it's both wrong and can't work, and then it sort of fades away from view.

Both sides have said everything they have to say on the issue. I'm of the belief that it's only for point scoring with various conservative groups that the idea even continues to be floated. I think even Tony Abbott (the opposition candidate and almost-certain victor) probably understands how it can't possibly be made to work but is just going along to placate certain segments of the electorate.
"your middle-finger will activate the speed-mode" At least that much is on target.
It's crazy expensive, I bought a full electric scooter for around about 500 EUROS.

China has a wealth of e-bikes in a variety of styles for far, far less.

http://s.taobao.com/search?spm=a230r.1.4.5.oBHcUe&q=electric...
I remember Java being fun, too. It's a shame its ecosystem got so severely over-engineered.
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Greens are a good option also. Scott Ludlam, a current WA Greens senator, was very vocal in opposing the previous censorship efforts.
> As a citizen, this is impossible to fight.

There are several ways you can fight it.

1. Voting. If you live in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria or Tasmania, you can vote for the Pirate Party in the Senate on Saturday. If you live in NSW, Victoria or Western Australia, you can vote for the Wikileaks Party. Live anywhere, and you can vote for the Sex Party or the Greens.

2. Activism. Join one or more of these parties.

3. Software. Write software that circumvents the censorship.

> This issue is regularly floated by both "sides" of politics

People who think there are only two sides are wrong.
What I've done myself and found it pretty scalable is as follows:

appShell/
views/allbaseviewshere
viewmodels/controllers or viewmodels for the core views
services/baseservices
moduels/
account
/views/
/viewmodels/
/services/
order
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/viewmodels/
/services/
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AppShell contains the app starter page, controllers and util services (showing popups, utility functions etc.)
AppShell/Views contains all the UI Skelton for the app (bootstrap main page, etc)

Every folder inside "modules" contains views, controllers (viewmodels) and services belongs to only that module.
Account folder contains views for user registeration, sign in, change user profile, etc. etc.

This way you can keep building new moduels in their respective folders without touching the frozen code (already built modules).

Each module talk to outside world using "services". No module can touch anything belongs to other modules but with "services".
Agreed - context matters, as does having banged your head for hours and then finding a better route, by people who banged their heads for days some years ago.

What's even better is the repeat - where you smile and realise there is no head banging needed :-)
This seems to be too heavy for a bicycle but it might be nice as a city scooter.
In terms of electric bikes, the Mission-R seems awesome: http://ridemission.com/technology-demonstrators/mission-r/
Another benefit of not using a monolithic gif is the ability to translate the page to different languages. I could see a huge interest in non-English speaking countries for this.
Wait what? Opposing sexual consent laws is a good thing? I could see why Assange is in favor of legalizing rape given his own personal history with the crime, but still...
Yikes, what a terrible name for this thing. How do you pronounce it? Lets break it down:

Option 1: "Gr-II-P" .. gripe. Yeah, I ride my gripe around.

Option 2: "Gr-AY-p" .. yeah, I'm gonna just get on the grape.

Option 3: "Gr-EE-p" .. just gonna 'greep' (creep) around the streets, yo..

Option 4: "Gr-E-p" .. okay, this might just work for me. ;)

Option 5: "Grey-P" .. My pee is grey, my pee is grey!

Seriously, greyp-bikes folks, please re-consider your awful, awful brand statement.
> At a weight of 49 kg, this is way too heavy to be considered "sort of a bicycle".

Indeed, and for the price tag ($8000) you can get something like 4 brompton nanos (brompton foldable frame with an electric motor mod replacing the front wheel)
It does run on native speed - that's because it's a simulator and not an emulator.

XCode compiles your source code to match your computer, not your phone, when you run the simulator. With Eclipse and ADT you build for an actual device, and then emulates the device running your app. That's why there's a speed difference.

However, when building for connected devices - both XCode and Eclipse+ADT compiles and runs at the same speed IMO.

The problem with the XCode approach is that some implementations can't be simulated (I remember trying to play a video from YouTube, embedded) - and needs an actual device to work. This hasn't happend with the Android emulator for me, because it actually behaves like a device.
If I see one of these on the trails I ride I'm going to be nearly as angry as when people ride full on gasoline powered dirt bikes out there. Mountain biking is about self-sufficiency and the elegant mechanical application of human power. It's fine as a motor vehicle replacement, but the idea of one of these whizzing by on a bike path or other non-motor-vehicle-authorized path really makes me angry.
> Micromanagement is a management style, not something you do over a weekend.

Micromanagement is a bad management style to apply with creative teams. It breaks the creative flow, clouds judgement of quality and adds external pressure to a process that depends on consistent internal drive. You can micromanage accountants, SAP programmers and clerks, but if people like those in design teams or R&D are focused on quality, micromanaging them quickly begins to resemble herding cats.

> Someone said that Steve Jobs wasn't a micromanager, only a great manager obsessed with details.

Someone said that about Steve Jobs, and his work was of a very different nature. Articulating the concept of personal computing into a product is very much unlike the process of designing the logo, even if they are superficially similar.
This weighs 50kg and will not be legally considered a bicycle. So you will need a license plate and insurance. And then it's probably not street legal.

So you can drive this in the woods, if you don't get caught.
Water boil at exactly 100 degrees Celsius... not the conversion of 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Americans. ;-)

Nice job still.
Looks like a fancy "Ciao" -http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio_Ciao
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Big fat warning is already the default, isn't it?
The problem is that the building is basically a crude concave mirror, that problem will persist any time the Sun is in the right parts of the sky, the building continues to be the same shape, and the building's surface continues to be dominated by windows made of glass (or any material which has a similar degree of reflectivity, especially at high angles).

There are simply no good, truly long-term solutions to this problem that do not involve drastic changes to the building. The best solution would likely be to do something about the windows on the concave side of the building, putting some sort of external shade on them, changing the angle each window faces, or something to disrupt the normal magnification effect.

The correct solution is tearing down the monstrosity and building something that wasn't designed by an idiot in its place but that's likely too expensive to entertain at the moment.
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The biggest problem with this I see (beyond the general creepiness of it and the huge impression I get that this is less about privacy and more about wanting to preemptively micromanage your kid’s potential future “brand”) is the futility of it. I’m lost as to how squatting handles and URLs and profile names and domains on a dozen internet services somehow protects someone’s identity or anonymity or would actually prevent them from being impersonated, which are the stated goals according to the article.

I’m not inclined to believe that this is an effective long game, either. A small fraction of these services are going to be relevant in five, ten, fifteen years. If my parents had tried the same thing before I was born (not long after web browsers were invented), they would have been worried about reserving BBS login names for me. I have to expect that the broad majority of people my age now don’t even know what a BBS is.
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Is their video encouraging people to ride at 60km/h on the footpaths or am I hallucinating ?
Why not force the user to have strong login credentials?

I'm creating an online system that will store users' sensitive financial data. When setting up an account, the user will have to choose a password as normal, but will also be given a passphrase of the form "correct horse battery staple" that they must write down. To log in, the user will need to enter (a) username; (b) password; and (c) passphrase.

It is effectively a poor man's two-factor authentication - the second factor being the piece of paper containing the passphrase. I think it strikes a good balance between security, convenience and cost.

What do others think of this approach?
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It's worth noting that when the Labour party attempted an internet filter, they insisted INSISTED that the only sites on the black list would be pedophilia sites. Wikileaks ended up on the black list.
> I can replicate this failure in 2% to 5% of writes.

Yeah, I'm curious about how you achieved those numbers.

Your test that gets that 2-5% of writes (though your docs say 7.5%) to be messed up... what is really is measuring is the probability that out of 5 concurrent clients writing to 4 servers, at least two will finish writing to a row with the exact same timestamp... AND that they will be the LAST ones to write to that row. If just one of those clients ends up just a hair behind the other four, then you should register 0 collisions.

What is even weirder is your benchmark takes 100 seconds to complete what amounts to 5000 writes, or averaging a rate of 50 writes per second, 10 writes per client per second. Those are pathetic numbers for a one node Cassandra cluster, let alone a four node one. WTF is going on here?

Even more confusing, you are writing with ANY consistency, which means that in many cases those writes will be stamped and committed on different nodes, yet somehow getting the same timestamp. Odds on this seem... highly suspect. It almost seems like your clock only has 1 second resolution, which is weird. Have you checked the writetime timestamps on your records?

I've done writes at much higher rates where we recorded the timestamps of every single write operation. We've yet to get the same timestamp on two operations.

I also see Cassandra timeouts while writing with consistency ANY, yet are still somehow getting timeouts with this operation. That really screams to me that the cluster is truly messed up.

Now, as you say, if you control the timestamps, you get collisions 99.9% of the time. I don't even get why it isn't just straight up 100% for that case.

> Given that the whole point of isolation is to provide invariants during concurrent modification

I think it is fair to say that you don't have transaction isolation if the timestamps are exactly the same. That is just an exceedingly low probability event unless you have a LOT of transactions per second.

I'd dump the "writetime(a), writetime(b)" values to get an idea of what is going on there.... something smells and there is a lot less cardinality in those timestamps than I'd expect.
Wow, the negativity.

> Yahoo looks like a big company, don't they have some CEO-ing to do? When you decide you want to make a career out of pushing papers and borderline lying to investors, stick to it.

Do you purposely have you head in the sand or haven't you heard of all the policy changes and various acquisitions?

Besides, branding is "CEO" type work.

> Initial success is obviously to be applauded, but don't be overly enthusiastic.

Hmm, let's see. In the past year, Yahoo!'s stock price is up 91.6%. That's pretty good "initial success".

Remember what happened before that? From 2007 onwards, Yahoo went through 5 CEO's.
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Does Essex count as Southeast England? Because the LTS (C2C) line is overhead-electrified. So is HS1.
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You really want this one, 80km/r, and looks more bad ass

http://www.stealthelectricbikes.com.au/bomber.html
> all policy must be announced 7 days out

What if an event happens 6 days before the election and politicians are asked to comment on it?
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I use it sometimes to check out easter eggs on a web page or debugging other people's javascript code :)

In chrome (probably works in other browsers to), bookmark this:

javascript:(function(){if(typeof VisualEvent!='undefined'){if(document.getElementById('Event_display')){VisualEvent.fnClose();}else{VisualEvent.fnInit();}}else{var n=document.createElement('script');n.setAttribute('language','JavaScript');n.setAttribute('src','http://www.sprymedia.co.uk/design/event/media/js/event-loader.js');document.body.appendChild(n);}})();;

When you're on the page, click on the bookmark and everything is visualized.

Here is a screenshot of Google.com after visualizing it : http://imgur.com/tEDvSmm
Known in the UK as "Trigger's Broom" :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(Only_Fools_and_Horses)
Actually, even in Cassandra 1.2, batch operations were atomic unless otherwise specified.
and also it kinda destroys the ubiquity of the service. you have to admit, the ability to access your account from any device anywhere is pretty cool (and very critical in some cases)
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