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Mary had a little lamb,
She also had a duck.
She put them on the mantlepiece,
To see if they would f...all off.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Mary had a little lamb,
The doctor was surprised.
When old MacDonald had a farm,
The old quack nearly died!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Dost thou imply that, of a walking hen,
Across the road it travels, to only then
Meet up with a Roost, he being quite the C0ck,
Who takes the same upon the hen behind the hardened rock?
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This is a story of self-control and marksmanship by a brave, cool-headed woman with a walking stick against a fierce predator.
Here is her story in her own words:
"While out walking along the edge of a creek just outside of our house in Darwin with my soon to be ex-husband discussing our property settlement, kids and other divorce issues, we were surprised by a huge 5 metre. Crocodile which suddenly emerged from the murky water and began charging at us very fast with its large jaws wide open.
The Croc must have been protecting her young and her home because she was extremely aggressive. If I had not had my little $5 Reject Shop walking stick with me, I would not be here today!
Just one hard whack to my estranged husband's knee cap was all it took.. ..The Croc got him easily and I was able to escape by just walking away at a brisk pace.
The amount I saved in lawyer’s fees was really incredible and I got the lot.
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Link? 
Marc
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They say she was shedding crocodile tears at the funeral.
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Just posted QA and You[^]
Personal goal: 200 by the end of the year. 
Marc
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Some of the images do not load. FYI.
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This happens sometimes with new articles. Reload the page and they should be there. I had one missing image upon initial load and got all after reloading.
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That'd take seven lifetimes, not seven articles.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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When I read the title I thought you meant Quick Answers[^] 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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A damned good beginning, and a much-needed place to send people who need to benefit from others' experience.
I'll do a full proofread/line edit, when I get an hour free; this is something that's worth getting absolutely spot on.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: I'll do a full proofread/line edit, when I get an hour free; this is something that's worth getting absolutely spot on.
Absolutely! I look forward to the article QA process.
Marc
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Damn, that means we have to create one...
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You're an article writing beast! You can reach that goal.
Jeremy Falcon
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I just can't find the time to sit down and focus on anything to write!
Yes I have plenty of time..........but it is all broken into pieces so keeping train of thought together is a nightmare.......
I have just come back from a week in the UK and took back with me, RasPi, Arduino, Beagleboard, EveAlpha and 4 Punchthrough Beans, with the hope of getting back into things. 
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OK so we may not be getting fully autonomous vehicles right now, but adaptive cruise control is my current favorite technology. I guess I'm late to the party because all this time our car has been just a box with wheels, engine and steering. However the new one (new to me  ) has got a few more bells and whistles.
Driving in traffic (which is most of the time) is much more bearable now. Slowing down is still a bit rough at very low speeds, but it does a pretty good job of following whatever is in front. At first I thought it would completely fail to see motorcycles, but even scooters are identified accurately (I don't trust it enough yet to actually allow it to follow one for extended periods of time)
Does anyone here actually have a Tesla with autopilot? Or anyone testing Google's car?
Other options have been a bit disappointing though. Lane-departure warning beeps for no apparent reason and is generally a mere annoyance, but to be honest a couple of dealers said it will be like that. Collision mitigation either completely ignores the thing in front or beeps a mile away. One day I'm going to completely leave it alone and see if it actually stops as claimed. When I find a car-sized balloon, or tarpaulin or something similar set up.
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I am looking forward to when I get better cruise control. I have tended to set the cruise control a bit on the slow side so I can just cruise, but there are the times when I have to go off cruise control. I have managed to go maybe 200 miles without having to touch the cruise control. Almost made it from San Francisco to about 60 miles from LA on I-5 completely on cruise control, but there had been an accident on the other side. Fortunately not on my side since it completely blocked off traffic. On daily use it would help a lot since right now in SF bay area, and there is no way can just stay on cruise most of the time. I know have an old system since the cruise control does not maintain the set speed. Apparently still using the old tried and true system instead of computer control.
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That must have hurt! It didn't seem to even slow down.
No danger of that happening here, I won't be testing on people because mine uses some kind of radar that completely ignores pedestrians.
That gives me an idea though, maybe aluminium foil will work as a fake vehicle.
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Ford Active City Stop[^] has saved me from rear-ending the car in front of me in a traffic jam with my 2012 Focus.
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