Although making fraudulent DMCA claims is against US law, I have yet to hear of the US government successfully extraditing anyone from a foreign country to face charges - making a false declaration under US law may not even be a crime in some countries. As American companies appear to be required to honour DMCA claims from foreign entities, it seems like an obvious loophole.
This happened a few years ago to the Chaser (an Australian satirical TV show). Wikipedia article here - scroll down to the section titled "YouTube video removal".
YouTube's major advantage is its brand recognition - it is basically synonymous with online video. When the DMCA system is abused by mass takedown notices, people are encouraged to find alternatives, eroding the YouTube = online video association.
In effect, the law disadvantages media sharing companies with data domiciled in the US - it requires sites to implement a cost effective system to deal with DMCA requests, and the only way to do this seems to be to automatically honour them all.
Small radius bends are widely used because they're compact to transport and install and easy to fit together - the absence of large radius bends is due to a lack of mainstream demand more than any difficulty in making them.
Pneumatic conveying is widely used in the petrochemical industry for powder and pelletised products. It's relatively easy to get right, provided that the operator willing to spend the time and money to calculate the hydraulics properly, which requires quite a few hours of (expensive) engineering time. That's not an issue in an industry when a product line blockage can result in $10M of lost revenue per day (ballpark figure), but for a building it's cheaper to bash a hole in the wall and stick a larger pipe in.
I know it's not the answer you were looking for, but in motorcycles, that sort of specific power output (100bhp per litre) is below average. For example, Aprilia, Ducati and BMW all have engines that produce more than 150 bhp per litre in their superbikes. BMW's new 1 litre superbike is supposed to produce 200 bhp/l, and they (obviously) build cars as well, so it's not a question of whether they have the technical expertise to produce those engines or not.
I suspect the reason that they don't put these type of engines in their cars is because there is a longevity and maintenance trade off - most people don't do 100,000km on their sports bikes, and my bike has a 6000km (~4000 mile) interval between services (12000kms between major services). It may be that GM and Ford believe their customers will tolerate a less durable drivetrain in their sports cars cars as a trade off for the increased power.
Another factor is probably that it is easier to meet fuel efficiency standards in high performance turbo vehicles than in naturally aspirated ones (although a turbo will drink just as much when used in anger). If the US gets mandatory fuel efficiency requirements, I suspect that the flagship models from GM and their ilk will start using turbocharging.
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Although making fraudulent DMCA claims is against US law, I have yet to hear of the US government successfully extraditing anyone from a foreign country to face charges - making a false declaration under US law may not even be a crime in some countries. As American companies appear to be required to honour DMCA claims from foreign entities, it seems like an obvious loophole.
This happened a few years ago to the Chaser (an Australian satirical TV show). Wikipedia article here - scroll down to the section titled "YouTube video removal".
YouTube's major advantage is its brand recognition - it is basically synonymous with online video. When the DMCA system is abused by mass takedown notices, people are encouraged to find alternatives, eroding the YouTube = online video association.
In effect, the law disadvantages media sharing companies with data domiciled in the US - it requires sites to implement a cost effective system to deal with DMCA requests, and the only way to do this seems to be to automatically honour them all.
Disclaimer: IANAL
Small radius bends are widely used because they're compact to transport and install and easy to fit together - the absence of large radius bends is due to a lack of mainstream demand more than any difficulty in making them.
Pneumatic conveying is widely used in the petrochemical industry for powder and pelletised products. It's relatively easy to get right, provided that the operator willing to spend the time and money to calculate the hydraulics properly, which requires quite a few hours of (expensive) engineering time. That's not an issue in an industry when a product line blockage can result in $10M of lost revenue per day (ballpark figure), but for a building it's cheaper to bash a hole in the wall and stick a larger pipe in.
Easy.
Set your UA to googlebot. Unless the site author has done something really tricky, you see the full page.
I know it's not the answer you were looking for, but in motorcycles, that sort of specific power output (100bhp per litre) is below average. For example, Aprilia, Ducati and BMW all have engines that produce more than 150 bhp per litre in their superbikes. BMW's new 1 litre superbike is supposed to produce 200 bhp/l, and they (obviously) build cars as well, so it's not a question of whether they have the technical expertise to produce those engines or not.
I suspect the reason that they don't put these type of engines in their cars is because there is a longevity and maintenance trade off - most people don't do 100,000km on their sports bikes, and my bike has a 6000km (~4000 mile) interval between services (12000kms between major services). It may be that GM and Ford believe their customers will tolerate a less durable drivetrain in their sports cars cars as a trade off for the increased power.
Another factor is probably that it is easier to meet fuel efficiency standards in high performance turbo vehicles than in naturally aspirated ones (although a turbo will drink just as much when used in anger). If the US gets mandatory fuel efficiency requirements, I suspect that the flagship models from GM and their ilk will start using turbocharging.