In theory, it could be circumvented by reverse engineering the BMW. So why not by taking the entire car apart. Catalog the parts. Scan the parts. Up load the parts. Print the parts. Rebuild the parts into the car. This takes a huge amount of raw materials to print with, effort, and experience. However, since this car is owned by the entity that scanned the parts, etc. It's like taking pictures of a car now. It that illegal? Is it illegal for me to post a picture of my car online? Is it illegal for me to sell pictures of my car?
It is most certainly NOT illegal for an OEM entity to make aftermarket parts for production cars. They might not be officially licensed by BMW and could be (probably) inferior to the OEM.
That said I would fully expect BMW to aggressively pursue any legal action against the entity printing exact duplicates of any of their parts without a license. What will the courts decide?
This is the biggest problem...the transition.. It will take a urban municipality to mandate an area wide transition. Create the infrastructure. Provide the self-driving cars. Outlaw human driven cars. Think Minority Report shuttles that ran around the city and up the buildings.
Can you give us any examples? I live in the US and have visited many places including Japan. I disagree with the other post about putting the "wacky shack". I found that most of the Japanese behavior was clique based. Smaller groups of teens/young adults would define and create a look or sub-culture of their own. While individually it might seem extreme, it was the norm for these small groups.
Well, not really. I am just in the procrastination stages right now. I am going to discover a new, inexpensive, roofing material that will scatter lidar, radar, infrared, thermal, microwave, and Wi-Fi Giving any home a passive cloaking device. We are looking into umbrellas as well.
Safe-Firearms company to consumers: "I trust you to be able to protect yourself. I really do. Here let me put this on *your* firearm to protect your children." Safe-Firearms company to law enforcement: "We want to protect the police when they are in the vicinity of firearms, so we have developed this device that will deactivate all firearms in the area, except the special law enforcement/military models."
Safe-Firearms company to nanny state: "Contract Complete."
I know I am stretching this to the extreme, but I seriously want to be able to protect myself when necessary. I don't want any type of electronics on my home defense firearms. I especially don't want the equivalent of an OnStar engine kill switch on my firing pin.
IBM is far from not being player in the computing industry. Maybe not the OS segment, but they are doing just fine and they can always fall back on their typewriter patents.
IBM's closing value of $214 billion on September 29, 2011 surpassed Microsoft which was valued at $213.2 billion. It was the first time since 1996 that IBM exceeded its software rival based on closing price. On August 16, 2012, IBM announced it entered an agreement to buy Texas Memory Systems. [34] Later that month, IBM announced it has agreed to buy Kenexa. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter.[35] The deal is worth $1.3 billion dollars and was paid in cash by IBM.[36]
If memory serves this was also linked in the related article above. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663275.aspx DirectX is just becoming part of the Windows 8 SDK. Then presumably the Windows 9, etc, SDKs as well. On until death.
Many conflicting articles have been released concerning when the flaw was disclosed to whom. IANAL, but I *think* this may have been the crux of the prosecution's case. If the flaw was disclosed to others before AT&T or perhaps the people whose emails were discovered = crime. If not = no crime.
I am not advocating this position as correct. Just trying to present an opinion.
John Broder would have still had a great article if he just plainly said what he did to kill the battery. I think it is totally within the bounds of a "test drive" to punish the vehicle's limits. Especially, the range since that is the biggest talking point with the electric car technology and the Tesla Supercharger network.
I would have driven like a road-racer on every leg. Carry my AAA card for free towing and make sure I understood how to ready the car for towing. Driving around a parking lot is so boring. A better story is how Bandit escaped Smokey in an Tesla S. Hid on a side road and waited for the Snowman to tow him back to the Supercharger station.
Providing all of the facts about the trip and how well or poorly it held up to Telsa's claims.
I hope journalists learn something, but I'm not holding my breath.
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In theory, it could be circumvented by reverse engineering the BMW. So why not by taking the entire car apart. Catalog the parts. Scan the parts. Up load the parts. Print the parts. Rebuild the parts into the car. This takes a huge amount of raw materials to print with, effort, and experience. However, since this car is owned by the entity that scanned the parts, etc. It's like taking pictures of a car now. It that illegal? Is it illegal for me to post a picture of my car online? Is it illegal for me to sell pictures of my car?
It is most certainly NOT illegal for an OEM entity to make aftermarket parts for production cars. They might not be officially licensed by BMW and could be (probably) inferior to the OEM.
That said I would fully expect BMW to aggressively pursue any legal action against the entity printing exact duplicates of any of their parts without a license. What will the courts decide?
They be Italian types...arrr.
This is the biggest problem...the transition.. It will take a urban municipality to mandate an area wide transition. Create the infrastructure. Provide the self-driving cars. Outlaw human driven cars. Think Minority Report shuttles that ran around the city and up the buildings.
You can say it's the "first practical jetpack".
It costs over $100,000.
It's not allowed in "urban areas"
Not practical for 99.999999999999999% of people.
I could add more 9's but it isn't practical.
yeah.. that will help.
Romans didn't die off. Italians and many Europeans have "Roman" blood coursing through their veins.
Especially if you are launching drones. "Hunter Killer Swarm" coming up.
Really ... arm gangs?
Very cool web site. Good to know we will survive a 12 meter rise. Sorry Sacramento, bye bye.
thanks for not making me look stuff up. :^)
Can you give us any examples? I live in the US and have visited many places including Japan. I disagree with the other post about putting the "wacky shack". I found that most of the Japanese behavior was clique based. Smaller groups of teens/young adults would define and create a look or sub-culture of their own. While individually it might seem extreme, it was the norm for these small groups.
I found it wonderfully entertaining.
How are you using the phrase "cozy efficiency". Just wondering. Her own apartment?
Well, not really. I am just in the procrastination stages right now. I am going to discover a new, inexpensive, roofing material that will scatter lidar, radar, infrared, thermal, microwave, and Wi-Fi Giving any home a passive cloaking device. We are looking into umbrellas as well.
Who want to fund my Kickstarter?
timely and socially relevant pop culture reference. thanks
Safe-Firearms company to consumers: "I trust you to be able to protect yourself. I really do. Here let me put this on *your* firearm to protect your children."
Safe-Firearms company to law enforcement: "We want to protect the police when they are in the vicinity of firearms, so we have developed this device that will deactivate all firearms in the area, except the special law enforcement/military models."
Safe-Firearms company to nanny state: "Contract Complete."
I know I am stretching this to the extreme, but I seriously want to be able to protect myself when necessary. I don't want any type of electronics on my home defense firearms. I especially don't want the equivalent of an OnStar engine kill switch on my firing pin.
IBM is far from not being player in the computing industry. Maybe not the OS segment, but they are doing just fine and they can always fall back on their typewriter patents.
IBM's closing value of $214 billion on September 29, 2011 surpassed Microsoft which was valued at $213.2 billion. It was the first time since 1996 that IBM exceeded its software rival based on closing price. On August 16, 2012, IBM announced it entered an agreement to buy Texas Memory Systems. [34] Later that month, IBM announced it has agreed to buy Kenexa. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter.[35] The deal is worth $1.3 billion dollars and was paid in cash by IBM.[36]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM#1980.E2.80.93present
If memory serves this was also linked in the related article above. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663275.aspx
DirectX is just becoming part of the Windows 8 SDK. Then presumably the Windows 9, etc, SDKs as well. On until death.
ugh.. the WW1 ship was the FIFTH ship to bear the name.
Driving with a toddler or baby in the car is 10x more distracting than my cell phone map.
Will NVIDIA release a repsonse product or do they already have a "cloud" offering that is not announced?
anyone...
Open Source, Upstreamed, Accelerated OpenGL Linux Display Driver (vmwgfx) = Linux win for VMware.
Yeah, because the Euro is really working out perfectly.
Many conflicting articles have been released concerning when the flaw was disclosed to whom. IANAL, but I *think* this may have been the crux of the prosecution's case. If the flaw was disclosed to others before AT&T or perhaps the people whose emails were discovered = crime. If not = no crime.
I am not advocating this position as correct. Just trying to present an opinion.
One of the better articles on the subject of disclosure, still leaves many murky grey area problems for any professional security researcher.
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2012/11/hacking-choice-and-disclosure/
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John Broder would have still had a great article if he just plainly said what he did to kill the battery. I think it is totally within the bounds of a "test drive" to punish the vehicle's limits. Especially, the range since that is the biggest talking point with the electric car technology and the Tesla Supercharger network.
I would have driven like a road-racer on every leg. Carry my AAA card for free towing and make sure I understood how to ready the car for towing. Driving around a parking lot is so boring. A better story is how Bandit escaped Smokey in an Tesla S. Hid on a side road and waited for the Snowman to tow him back to the Supercharger station.
Providing all of the facts about the trip and how well or poorly it held up to Telsa's claims.
I hope journalists learn something, but I'm not holding my breath.