Where is the big ethical problem here? I just don't see it.
You don't actually have permission to take photos of any faces in public. It's the same law in other countries. People have to consent to having their picture taken. Of course there is spillage and people unwittingly enter millions of tourist happy-snaps.
But if I take photos with identifiable faces and publish them on my blog or website or whatever, the people who own the faces can claim offense if I didn't ask them first.
Where is the big ethical problem here? I just don't see it.
The big ethical problem is that if there aren't these controls on how your photo/voice/identity is used, then people get exploited.
In many countries, you are not even permitted to photograph the front lawn of someone's private residence, even though it is the 'public face' of his home. Not everybody wants their stuff photographed, thank you very much.
They were warned (by signs, guards, etc.) and they got in (conversely, egomaniacs might not see it as a bad thing to have their faces on Google Maps). Maybe the guards should be nightclub bouncers and then we can be fairly sure that only eye-candy-people get to be in the photos. Good for tourism.
Yeah, it's a cool thing to be able to browse the streets of a city in 3D, but honestly, who wants their faces, car plates, etc. published for all to see? Not everybody. And until it's everybody then we should assume nobody except with express consent.
It's a matter of common decency, not just law. I hate it when people talk as though the law is the only thing we should pay any attention to.
I think some of these people doing this review are a bit spoiled. They are used to their private cubicals, posh offices, etc. Nothing beats home - you know you're on a winner when you sit down and say "I can't believe they are paying me money to do this!"
I thought everything in the middle was basically the Mines of Moria. Well I guess they still are the Mines of Moria, except Charlie set up a Chocolate Factory there and bequeathed it to the Swedish Chef who promptly made a complete gooey mess of it.
The article doesn't say that "computers are wasteful" but that "computers are not being used most efficiently. That's where nVidia come in. With their very-clever-threated-multicore-coding, we can rest assured that all excess clock-cycles will be mopped up for rendering beautiful, life-like 3D animation for computer games.
If you seriously believe that Israel would use nukes in a first-strike scenario , you've been horribly mislead by propaganda. Israel's propaganda, you mean?
You shouldn't be worried that you might die, but you should be worried that people will die. I know! Thousands of people are dying around the world every day and nobody seems to be doing anything about it!. It's a travesty!
When Americans talk about freedom, how can anyone listen, without breaking a sad smile?
Americans are unfortunate, for the populace has no control of its government or its destiny. It rests almost entirely in the hands of the financiers and moguls on Wall Street whose marching step follows a beat that most Americans are unaware of.
There is no congruity between the stated reasons for America's foreign policy and the facts as they stand.
There is no doubt in my mind that America will attack Iran, even though Iran poses no threat to any American citizen.
What makes you think that they are a threat at all? Just because they have a nuclear program doesn't make them dangerous. That's exactly my point. I would rather take the "risk" of death rather than convert it into a certainty and commit yet another genocidal act in the middle east.
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You don't actually have permission to take photos of any faces in public. It's the same law in other countries. People have to consent to having their picture taken. Of course there is spillage and people unwittingly enter millions of tourist happy-snaps.
But if I take photos with identifiable faces and publish them on my blog or website or whatever, the people who own the faces can claim offense if I didn't ask them first.
Where is the big ethical problem here? I just don't see it.The big ethical problem is that if there aren't these controls on how your photo/voice/identity is used, then people get exploited.
In many countries, you are not even permitted to photograph the front lawn of someone's private residence, even though it is the 'public face' of his home. Not everybody wants their stuff photographed, thank you very much.
Yeah, it's a cool thing to be able to browse the streets of a city in 3D, but honestly, who wants their faces, car plates, etc. published for all to see? Not everybody. And until it's everybody then we should assume nobody except with express consent.
It's a matter of common decency, not just law. I hate it when people talk as though the law is the only thing we should pay any attention to.
[... pretty much everything that microsoft did for eight years which, for microsoft, was a bad move...]
Yeah, but how is this bad for anyone else but Microsoft Corp? I say keep Ballmer and watch everybody else grow!And to make matters worse, they did a picture of George Bush to demonstrate their technology! Talk about a joke!
At least they used chocolate and not excrement for the analogy, although I'm sure the gooey stuff smells fairly similar.
Might I be yet another voice shouting.. YAHOO!
Have you ever heard of anyone eating at a Chinese restaurant and getting sick the next day? How many Chinese restaurants are there in China?
I rest my case.
My constitution protects me from disease and infestation. But when I'm older I guess I'll be getting a bit more worried about that.
Killed 20 children. How many children are there in China? or Peking?
How many car accidents were there, or murders. Who cares, basically.
Nerd/News/Importance Factor Zero.
Why would you want to power your country on oil? Stupid, dirty technology.
Why do you not take them at their word?Whose word? Whose (mis)translation?
Americans are unfortunate, for the populace has no control of its government or its destiny. It rests almost entirely in the hands of the financiers and moguls on Wall Street whose marching step follows a beat that most Americans are unaware of.
There is no congruity between the stated reasons for America's foreign policy and the facts as they stand.
There is no doubt in my mind that America will attack Iran, even though Iran poses no threat to any American citizen.
We have a choice:
Risk the death of 100,000 people and do nothing.
Ensure the death of 100,000 people and bomb Iran.
You morons!