So if we combine a business arrangement that doesn't currently exist with a robotic system that doesn't currently exist that pulls standard batteries that don't exist from cars using the standard swapping system that doesn't exist it's easy
I would argue that the correct reading of the second amendment says that the individual has the right to posses any weapon, SAMs, grenades, flamethrowers, tanks and nuclear weapons included.
Why people have to be dishonest and say there must be exceptions because no one could imagine these new weapons I will never understand. Want to change the constitution? That's what constitutional amendments are for. Instead all three branches of the government ignore and re-imagine the constitution as they see fit.
If the company owned the batteries and you just rented them it would work. Combined with some sort of standardized battery and automated swapping system it sounds relatively fast and easy to me.
Yeah, someone someday is going to be killed by a printed gun. All those things you listed will probably happen someday. It's regrettable, but what's you point??
Try is the keyword. The whole point of what this guy is doing is to show the futility of trying to stop it. Sure people will probably die but how can it be stopped? You can't stop home made guns anymore than you can stop pressure cookers filled with fireworks.
And your comment is typical of those who fail to grasp the negative consequences of trying and failing to make the world a safe utopia. Medical testing is a great example. If I'm dying of a terminal disease I want to be able to take experimental drugs. Sure I might have an averse reaction and die a horrific death but it should be my choice to take that risk. The decades of testing drugs must go through before anyone is allowed to take them is a travesty.
...how long before people are told it's safe to go about their business as usual even though there's a live bomb? How long before people are told it's safe to go about their business even though there's a riot going on? How long before people are told it's safe to go about their business as usual even though there's an imminent air raid? And the worst part is, no one will even question it. We'll welcome it with open arms and claim we don't mind not being warned about danger, because "freedom" is at stake and we have to preserve it.
Since when do people need the government to tell them whether it's safe to go outside or not? In any of those examples people can decide for themselves whether it's safe or not. Do you really need a bureaucrat or a committee of bureaucrats to make the decision for you?
Japan also has a suicide rate 2-3x times higher than the US. It's a different culture, if you gave everyone in the US a katana I doubt we'd have a seppuku epidemic.
A big part of our high murder rate is the drug war. You can try and take away everything besides rocks and pointy sticks (and fail miserably) but the drug dealers will keep killing each other. Nothing besides complete legalization is going to end it.
The whole issue of Belize wanting McAfee from the start was a farce; he didn't pay his protection money and they wanted to hurt/kill him. End of story.
The proof of this will to be seen in nothing whatsoever happening to McAfee on his return to the U.S. They have no proof against him and can't request to extradite someone just because he made them look like fools.
The whole story is a cautionary tale about living in places where corruption of the government is rampant.
If corrupt Belize government officials are behind this couldn't they just, you know, fake some evidence? Witnesses, forensics, etc.
Who modded this informative?? A significant percentage of gift cards are never redeemed, more than enough to cover the retailers cut and then some.
You think apple might lose money on 20% transaction fees????? Paypal and other payment processors charge ~$.30 + 2-3% percent transaction fees and they aren't losing money.
Apple is making 25%+ pure profit on every transaction.
Regulations work! If it wasn't for these bureaucrats we'd all be dead from lead poisoning, asbestos, and big gulps. Thankfully these unnamed heroes from the government are here to save us from ourselves.
Say I write a book, they pay $27 to some orginization I have nothing to do with and then they can copy my copyrighted work without paying me? Which, if any, artists get a check from this and how do they determine who gets what?
The TSA didn't receive a $7.85 billion budget increase, according to the article, their total budget is $7.85 billion with an increase of $153 million over the previous year.
He gave them permission when he uploaded/submitted his program to cnet. Just because he didn't read what he was agreeing to doesn't change this.
Not that what they are doing isn't deplorable, but claiming cnet is violating his license is ridiculous when he agreed to their tos/license and they never agreed to his.
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So if we combine a business arrangement that doesn't currently exist with a robotic system that doesn't currently exist that pulls standard batteries that don't exist from cars using the standard swapping system that doesn't exist it's easy
Exactly! Could I borrow a few billion dollars?
I would argue that the correct reading of the second amendment says that the individual has the right to posses any weapon, SAMs, grenades, flamethrowers, tanks and nuclear weapons included.
Why people have to be dishonest and say there must be exceptions because no one could imagine these new weapons I will never understand. Want to change the constitution? That's what constitutional amendments are for. Instead all three branches of the government ignore and re-imagine the constitution as they see fit.
If a rapist had a stolen gun wouldn't it be a good thing if it didn't work?
What if the rapee was the one with the non working gun?
If the company owned the batteries and you just rented them it would work. Combined with some sort of standardized battery and automated swapping system it sounds relatively fast and easy to me.
Third, fast charges are very inefficient by comparison to level 2 chargers-- there's a lot of waste energy.
As much waste energy as carting around an inefficient internal combustion engine, that gets at best 30% efficiency?
I think not.
The efficiency of the average power plant isn't much better.
Yeah, someone someday is going to be killed by a printed gun. All those things you listed will probably happen someday. It's regrettable, but what's you point??
Try is the keyword. The whole point of what this guy is doing is to show the futility of trying to stop it. Sure people will probably die but how can it be stopped? You can't stop home made guns anymore than you can stop pressure cookers filled with fireworks.
And your comment is typical of those who fail to grasp the negative consequences of trying and failing to make the world a safe utopia. Medical testing is a great example. If I'm dying of a terminal disease I want to be able to take experimental drugs. Sure I might have an averse reaction and die a horrific death but it should be my choice to take that risk. The decades of testing drugs must go through before anyone is allowed to take them is a travesty.
A guy with a rifle is not a threat to any modern Army.
Yeah, cause we haven't lost any troops to guys with rifles in Iraq or Afghanistan.
What they fear are roadside bombs, IEDs, and similar devices.
So explosives should be legal?
...how long before people are told it's safe to go about their business as usual even though there's a live bomb? How long before people are told it's safe to go about their business even though there's a riot going on? How long before people are told it's safe to go about their business as usual even though there's an imminent air raid? And the worst part is, no one will even question it. We'll welcome it with open arms and claim we don't mind not being warned about danger, because "freedom" is at stake and we have to preserve it.
Since when do people need the government to tell them whether it's safe to go outside or not? In any of those examples people can decide for themselves whether it's safe or not. Do you really need a bureaucrat or a committee of bureaucrats to make the decision for you?
No, no, no. If it's not a serious crime it just means you're not beating them hard enough!
Going rate on eBay was $5 a lb last I checked.
Japan also has a suicide rate 2-3x times higher than the US. It's a different culture, if you gave everyone in the US a katana I doubt we'd have a seppuku epidemic.
A big part of our high murder rate is the drug war. You can try and take away everything besides rocks and pointy sticks (and fail miserably) but the drug dealers will keep killing each other. Nothing besides complete legalization is going to end it.
The whole issue of Belize wanting McAfee from the start was a farce; he didn't pay his protection money and they wanted to hurt/kill him. End of story.
The proof of this will to be seen in nothing whatsoever happening to McAfee on his return to the U.S. They have no proof against him and can't request to extradite someone just because he made them look like fools.
The whole story is a cautionary tale about living in places where corruption of the government is rampant.
If corrupt Belize government officials are behind this couldn't they just, you know, fake some evidence? Witnesses, forensics, etc.
You're right I wasn't thinking about 99 cent transactions, I was thinking about Office which I assume costs well over 99 cents.
It's obvious and a well known fact that many gift cards are never redeemed for a variety of reasons.
A quick google brings up some figures:
"A quarter of gift card recipients still haven't spent gift cards a year after receiving them, according to a Consumer Reports survey."
"It has been estimated that perhaps 10% of cards are not redeemed, amounting to a gain for retailers of about $8 billion in the US in 2006."
"In 2012, over $100 Billion in gift cards will be purchased in the US, where over 20% of those gift cards will go unredeemed or unused."
"A gift card only has a redemption rate of 88%, which means that 12 cents out of every dollar is never redeemed."
Who modded this informative?? A significant percentage of gift cards are never redeemed, more than enough to cover the retailers cut and then some.
You think apple might lose money on 20% transaction fees????? Paypal and other payment processors charge ~$.30 + 2-3% percent transaction fees and they aren't losing money.
Apple is making 25%+ pure profit on every transaction.
Is the battery flexible?
Work for Zynga?
Regulations work! If it wasn't for these bureaucrats we'd all be dead from lead poisoning, asbestos, and big gulps. Thankfully these unnamed heroes from the government are here to save us from ourselves.
Couldn't any home-invaders just walk around his narrow courtyard??
Wouldn't Apple know the IMEI of the phone that was given to the thief then????
Say I write a book, they pay $27 to some orginization I have nothing to do with and then they can copy my copyrighted work without paying me? Which, if any, artists get a check from this and how do they determine who gets what?
The TSA didn't receive a $7.85 billion budget increase, according to the article, their total budget is $7.85 billion with an increase of $153 million over the previous year.
He never gave them permission to repackage it.
He gave them permission when he uploaded/submitted his program to cnet. Just because he didn't read what he was agreeing to doesn't change this.
Not that what they are doing isn't deplorable, but claiming cnet is violating his license is ridiculous when he agreed to their tos/license and they never agreed to his.
Cnet is only bundling their adware with programs uploaded since they started bundling.
I've got a program listed there, its not bundled.
If I upload a new version they are going to bundle it with their crapware.
So I'm not uploading a new version, ever.
They told uploaders what they were going to do with their program, they don't agree to your terms and conditions, you agree to theirs.
Remove your program from their site and go elsewhere.