Autobild, is that the same magazine that tried to reproduce the Swedish moose test that rolled over the A-class, but couldn't get it to actually roll over on their own testing track, only bust a tire, so they fitted a smaller tire to replace the busted one, which made the car unstable enough to roll over on the next attempt?
The reason it rolled over in the Swedish test and not in the others was probably because the Swedish test was on a runway with a very high friction surface. That's no excuse for Mercedes, of course, but the tactics used by Autobild in this particular case are pretty similar to those used by Top Gear.
If their datalogging proves that the car never actually ran out of battery power, I think they do have a valid claim. Of course the car will have less range on a track, even Tesla will admit this obvious fact. But that does not mean Top Gear should be allowed to just make up some figure and present it as an actual test result.
By the way, anyone interested in buying a B2 bomber? Really cheap, got a few from an old friend of mine, I can't fly them all at once anyway so I might as well make someone else happy with them. Just drop me a line.
Well, whistle a copyrighted tune through a microphone in front of a crowd in Belgium, and SABAM may well show up to collect. They even show up at live concerts of independent artists not affiliated with them, and demand payment unless they can prove that they have not done any covers during the entire night, and only played their own original work. And even then, they try to bully you into paying anyway.
In fact, whereever people are paying for copyrights to listen to music on the radio, they should get a monetary reward for the commercials they are listening to. For a room of 9 people, you should be paid the equivalent monetary value of 9 people listening to ads. This money would be subtracted from what the advertisers are paying the radio station. They, in turn, can subtract it from the royalties they are paying to the labels.
There might be an easier way of solving this, I just can't put my finger on it...
Don't be too hard on them, they would have given a refund if they had been explicitly told that the "artists" in question were not members of SABAM. You can't expect them to verify this when calculating the price, right? It was an honest mistake! Honest! Really! Scum's honor!
For a minute I thought this was about some official Texas educational website changing the dates of historical events. And my first reaction was "o, those idiots, are they at it again?".
In the old days, if a patient investor wanted to buy or sell a stock, he would put in a bid just above the current bid price, or ask just less than the current ask price. Then, when some idiot came along who wanted the stock or wanted to get rid of it at any price, the patient investor would be the winner. It was the price to pay for impatience. Want that stock really badly right now? That will be 1% extra please. Supply and demand.
Nowadays, you might argue that the system is more efficient because you can immediately buy or sell at prices that are only a cent or so apart, but where is the money coming from that the high frequency traders are pocketing? That used to go to the patient investor, and now it's going to some big Wall Street powerhouse.
It's a simple equation, really: if high speed trading is "making" money, this has to come from somewhere. No new money is being created. The other investors, especially the patient ones, are paying for it.
MacOS X actually comes bundled with a tool that is able to wipe the entire hard disk! Up till now this has not caused widespread mayhem yet, but considering Apple's growing market share...
That is true if old files are always deleted by emptying the trash. But if all the files are kept until the disk is completely full and only then deleted one by one to make sufficient space, fragmentation is going to be terrible unless some kind of defragmentation is done at that time (which will slow the file system to a crawl whenever you save a big file). Or is your disk big enough to contain every file you'll ever make?
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Autobild, is that the same magazine that tried to reproduce the Swedish moose test that rolled over the A-class, but couldn't get it to actually roll over on their own testing track, only bust a tire, so they fitted a smaller tire to replace the busted one, which made the car unstable enough to roll over on the next attempt?
The reason it rolled over in the Swedish test and not in the others was probably because the Swedish test was on a runway with a very high friction surface. That's no excuse for Mercedes, of course, but the tactics used by Autobild in this particular case are pretty similar to those used by Top Gear.
If their datalogging proves that the car never actually ran out of battery power, I think they do have a valid claim. Of course the car will have less range on a track, even Tesla will admit this obvious fact. But that does not mean Top Gear should be allowed to just make up some figure and present it as an actual test result.
By the way, anyone interested in buying a B2 bomber? Really cheap, got a few from an old friend of mine, I can't fly them all at once anyway so I might as well make someone else happy with them. Just drop me a line.
What about Mary Magdalene? I read they had a pretty intimate relationship. They even had a daughter, Sarah, according to some texts...
Well, whistle a copyrighted tune through a microphone in front of a crowd in Belgium, and SABAM may well show up to collect. They even show up at live concerts of independent artists not affiliated with them, and demand payment unless they can prove that they have not done any covers during the entire night, and only played their own original work. And even then, they try to bully you into paying anyway.
In fact, whereever people are paying for copyrights to listen to music on the radio, they should get a monetary reward for the commercials they are listening to. For a room of 9 people, you should be paid the equivalent monetary value of 9 people listening to ads. This money would be subtracted from what the advertisers are paying the radio station. They, in turn, can subtract it from the royalties they are paying to the labels.
There might be an easier way of solving this, I just can't put my finger on it...
Don't be too hard on them, they would have given a refund if they had been explicitly told that the "artists" in question were not members of SABAM. You can't expect them to verify this when calculating the price, right? It was an honest mistake! Honest! Really! Scum's honor!
Taxis already pay SABAM. Hell, even kindergartens have to pay up! Because, you know, the lyrics to some of the songs they are singing are copyrighted!
Taxis already have to pay SABAM
For a minute I thought this was about some official Texas educational website changing the dates of historical events. And my first reaction was "o, those idiots, are they at it again?".
Doesn't help. It will be open again less than 10 seconds later.
And I suppose male and female plugs will be the next to be attacked?
If you just say P - R - O - T - E - S - T, will the system still catch it? Oh, wait... make that "square with little lines sticking out of it etc..."
pet peeve, is it really necessary to quote the fucking post right above yours when your not pointing out a specific part?
quote != reply
I don't see why the decision whether or not to quote a post should be determined by whether or not the post is about fornication.
I agree. There's no such thing as "unnecessary profanity".
And you can say "I didn't do it!", who's going to prove otherwise?
Negotiations are still ongoing, but so far Apple has not been able to convince enough shops to give Apple a 30% cut of their revenue.
Slashdot has only 60000 members?
Apparently there's a patent about "selling a company to another company". This may take a while...
Kitty?
In the old days, if a patient investor wanted to buy or sell a stock, he would put in a bid just above the current bid price, or ask just less than the current ask price. Then, when some idiot came along who wanted the stock or wanted to get rid of it at any price, the patient investor would be the winner. It was the price to pay for impatience. Want that stock really badly right now? That will be 1% extra please. Supply and demand.
Nowadays, you might argue that the system is more efficient because you can immediately buy or sell at prices that are only a cent or so apart, but where is the money coming from that the high frequency traders are pocketing? That used to go to the patient investor, and now it's going to some big Wall Street powerhouse.
It's a simple equation, really: if high speed trading is "making" money, this has to come from somewhere. No new money is being created. The other investors, especially the patient ones, are paying for it.
MacOS X actually comes bundled with a tool that is able to wipe the entire hard disk! Up till now this has not caused widespread mayhem yet, but considering Apple's growing market share...
What the fornicate is he copulating rambling about?
Surely it can't be?
That is true if old files are always deleted by emptying the trash. But if all the files are kept until the disk is completely full and only then deleted one by one to make sufficient space, fragmentation is going to be terrible unless some kind of defragmentation is done at that time (which will slow the file system to a crawl whenever you save a big file). Or is your disk big enough to contain every file you'll ever make?