If they are viewing naked kiddies then authorisation doesn't enter into it - but as private premises, a cop would need a warrant to access a locked area.
Unless the cop have a reasonable suspicion that a crime is being commissioned.
The car analogy would be: A cop can't search a private residence without a court warrant. But if a stolen vehicle's plate is clearly visible from outside, then he can enter the premise without a warrant.
I mean, it's kinda like GM dumping a crate of parts in your driveway and calling it a car, but really, would your rather build it yourself, or have some wage-slashed government worker do it?
I'd file a police report against GM for trespassing and then report them to the city hall for illegal dumping. Then I'd go and buy a real car.
Unfortunately that alternative does not exist in the graphics world because Nvidia's Fermi won't show up for a few more months. None of Nvidia's current offerings can stand up to the Radeon R800 series. Even if Fermi shows up it'll be useless for me personally because it will not support triple displays, just like all other Nvidia cards (not counting dual GPU cards).
If it's outside the visible spectrum then it has the potential to cause permanent eye injuries even at low power levels (class 1 and 2).
When a visible laser hazard hits the eye, reflex will protect the eye and limit the exposure level to under 10 milliseconds. Invisible spectrum laser on the other hand, makes it impossible for the reflex system to kick in and thus you slowly lose your sight without knowing why (contrary to popular belief laser damage to the eyes does not cause pain at all).
I, for one, am very scared of things that could blind me without my knowledge until after I'm blind.
Just recently there was someone who was messing about with a "made in china" class 3B laser device that draws animated and decorative patterns, the idiot was pointing it at everyone in the room I was in. I told him to stop but he kept playing with it. Sure a class 3B does not automatically make you blind, but you don't go positioning it where it can hit people in the eye directly. And you should stop doing that when people tell you to stop.
Actually class 3B lasers causes immediate and permanent damage to eyes.
According to Google's fine prints, yes, HTC should be providing support.
On http://www.htc.com/us/support, HTC's support comes in the form of a http link titled "Google Nexus One Support Information" and it links stright to Google.
I think these two companies managed to form an infinite loop.
And here I was thinking that infinite loop is Apple's specialty.
You agree that Google is not the manufacturer, but the seller, of the Device. You acknowledge that HTC is the manufacturer of the Device and provides the Limited Warranty for repairs and service of the Device. Please refer to http://www.google.com/support/android/bin/answer.py?answer=166519 or the warranty card in the Device package for details on the HTC Limited Warranty terms and how to make a claim under the HTC Limited Warranty. If you are a purchaser of the Device in the EU, you are entitled to a two-year warranty for parts, labor, and service. If you are a purchaser of the Device outside of the EU, you are entitled to a one-year warranty for parts, labor, and service. These warranties are in addition to and do not affect your legal rights as a consumer.
OTHER THAN THE ABOVE AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, GOOGLE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ANY DEVICES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
Unlike traditional electronics companies, Google is delegating all warranty and customer service support to the ODM. And people do not understand this, since it's completely different from what they're used to. Since no one bothers reading the fine prints, they go and seek help in the wrong place.
Legally speaking, Google is not at fault here. With the above disclaimer, they have successfully disclaimed all their responsibility of providing service and customer care.
To the average folk who received customer support on their electronics for their entire life however, Google's stance is completely unacceptable.
Those smart people who actually read the fine print will not have this problem, because they'll head to HTC to confirm the level of support they'll be getting (that is to say, exactly 0), and will hold off on purchasing the device until better support is introduced. It's not that hard really, just go to http://www.htc.com/us/support where the Nexus One is obviously missing from the drop down menu. To make matters worst, HTC decided it would be funny to make a link titled "Google Nexus One Support Information" which links to a functionally useless page on Google.
Of course HTC is smart for not providing support since it's Google's reputation getting damaged here (see/. article title for example), not HTC's. This is the perfect method for silently eliminating an potential competitor in the mobiles market.
Obligatory car analogy: Bob sells me a used car and claims that Alice can repair it if anything goes wrong within a year. The car breaks down within a week but Alice is charging an outrageous amount for the repair fee. I get mad at Bob because he deceived me.
In the end:I get stuck with a broken car.
Bob's reputation is damaged.
But Alice lost nothing.
The solution is trivial:
1. Stealth jumbo jets
2. Parachutes for every passenger
This also has the benefits of avoiding those outragous airport surcharges.
And just think about how much extra money the airlines can make off the parachutes:
First class parachutes: 99.9999% survival rate (a trained professional jumps with you)
Business class parachutes: 99% survival rate
Economy class parachutes: please see fine print on bottom of page 28
I don't see why my grandchildren can't recycle the Neodymium in my Prius. They can offer their grandchildren the their Prius 2050 model for recycling as well.
Of course recycling is far from perfect, but the situation isn't as pessimistic as 1kg/person like you suggested.
4 to 5 times as much what? Good by retail value? Mass? Volume? I ask because I don't think I could find anything non-consumable in my house (or garage, I have a Chinese motorcycle) that's not made in China. I have two French cars, but the Chinese bike is more reliable.
I'm willing to bet that your house is worth more than your cars, your motorcycle and all your other possessions combined.
I'm also willing to bet that your house wasn't made in China.
I concur. While many other posters have rightly pointed out that Neodymium ores are abundant in the US, the discussion here is actually about refined Neodymium. Western nations simply cannot afford to mine and refine Neodymium within their boarder due to the enormous environmental impacts.
In a sense, China is not cornering the Neodymium market using their mineral reserves, but rather with their willingness to sacrifice their environment along with bumping up the cancer rate of the populace by the few percentiles.
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It's great that everyone is removing the CNNIC root CA, but that's just a defensive measure. And a temporary one at that too.
We need to take more progressive steps to solve the problem.We should be going on the offensive here.
Just link to CNNIC in the summary and they will disappear from the Internet forever; or at least get hit with a million dollar bandwidth bill.
After winning the latest format war, Sony thinks it wields enough powers now to rewrite history and attempts to retroactively win the last one.
"Betamax offers crystal clear video quality even after 24 years!"
[hacking is illegal in China]
It only illegal if you do it against the Chinese Government. Hacking anyone else is okay.
I think you meant "hacking everyone else is encouraged by the government."
Unless, of course, you have an Islamic name.
Then they're put you through the scanner at least twice. Next they'll call their supervisor and he'll make you do it a few more times.
Let's not forget that you'll go through this at each transfer point.
If they are viewing naked kiddies then authorisation doesn't enter into it - but as private premises, a cop would need a warrant to access a locked area.
Unless the cop have a reasonable suspicion that a crime is being commissioned.
The car analogy would be: A cop can't search a private residence without a court warrant. But if a stolen vehicle's plate is clearly visible from outside, then he can enter the premise without a warrant.
You're more likely to die from falling down your basement stairs, and far more likely to die at the hands of your own family than a terrorist.
Outrageous! Why isn't the the Department of Homeland Security protecting me from my own family?
They should also turn my basement stairs into a playground slide while they're at it.
The Soviet constitution guaranteed freedom of speech.
The American constitution guarantees freedom after speech.
Obviously the Australia constitution guarantees nothing.
I mean, it's kinda like GM dumping a crate of parts in your driveway and calling it a car, but really, would your rather build it yourself, or have some wage-slashed government worker do it?
I'd file a police report against GM for trespassing and then report them to the city hall for illegal dumping. Then I'd go and buy a real car.
Unfortunately that alternative does not exist in the graphics world because Nvidia's Fermi won't show up for a few more months. None of Nvidia's current offerings can stand up to the Radeon R800 series. Even if Fermi shows up it'll be useless for me personally because it will not support triple displays, just like all other Nvidia cards (not counting dual GPU cards).
If it's outside the visible spectrum then it has the potential to cause permanent eye injuries even at low power levels (class 1 and 2).
When a visible laser hazard hits the eye, reflex will protect the eye and limit the exposure level to under 10 milliseconds. Invisible spectrum laser on the other hand, makes it impossible for the reflex system to kick in and thus you slowly lose your sight without knowing why (contrary to popular belief laser damage to the eyes does not cause pain at all).
I, for one, am very scared of things that could blind me without my knowledge until after I'm blind.
Just recently there was someone who was messing about with a "made in china" class 3B laser device that draws animated and decorative patterns, the idiot was pointing it at everyone in the room I was in. I told him to stop but he kept playing with it. Sure a class 3B does not automatically make you blind, but you don't go positioning it where it can hit people in the eye directly. And you should stop doing that when people tell you to stop.
Actually class 3B lasers causes immediate and permanent damage to eyes.
Programming fonts and proportional fonts are not mutually exclusive. You could have a proportional font that clearly differentiate "oO0 il1 lilli".
For one thing, google doesn't yet realize they're getting shafted. No one at google has pointed any blame at HTC yet as far as I know.
Plus HTC doesn't exactly need Google since Android is Apache licensed. HTC can easily re-brand Android and ship their phones with it.
Sorry, been reading too many cryptography books.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_and_bob
http://xkcd.com/177/
Thank you for that eye opener.
"This orgasm brought to you by Microsoft"
Ballmer's face popped in my head when I read that line. I don't think I can ever have sex now.
Not that I was going to get any in the first place.
If you don't like it, don't buy it then. None of those companies you mentioned have an obligation to provide you anything.
I don't have a data plan and my iPhone works perfectly fine on wifi. The same could be said of hundreds of other smart phones.
The car analogy of your post would be someone complaining that motorcycles don't come with AC.
Nope, it's available to ship to any address within United States.
According to Google's fine prints, yes, HTC should be providing support.
On http://www.htc.com/us/support, HTC's support comes in the form of a http link titled "Google Nexus One Support Information" and it links stright to Google.
I think these two companies managed to form an infinite loop.
And here I was thinking that infinite loop is Apple's specialty.
Warranties; Disclaimer of Warranties
You agree that Google is not the manufacturer, but the seller, of the Device. You acknowledge that HTC is the manufacturer of the Device and provides the Limited Warranty for repairs and service of the Device. Please refer to http://www.google.com/support/android/bin/answer.py?answer=166519 or the warranty card in the Device package for details on the HTC Limited Warranty terms and how to make a claim under the HTC Limited Warranty. If you are a purchaser of the Device in the EU, you are entitled to a two-year warranty for parts, labor, and service. If you are a purchaser of the Device outside of the EU, you are entitled to a one-year warranty for parts, labor, and service. These warranties are in addition to and do not affect your legal rights as a consumer.
OTHER THAN THE ABOVE AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, GOOGLE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ANY DEVICES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
Unlike traditional electronics companies, Google is delegating all warranty and customer service support to the ODM. And people do not understand this, since it's completely different from what they're used to. Since no one bothers reading the fine prints, they go and seek help in the wrong place.
/. article title for example), not HTC's. This is the perfect method for silently eliminating an potential competitor in the mobiles market.
Legally speaking, Google is not at fault here. With the above disclaimer, they have successfully disclaimed all their responsibility of providing service and customer care.
To the average folk who received customer support on their electronics for their entire life however, Google's stance is completely unacceptable.
Those smart people who actually read the fine print will not have this problem, because they'll head to HTC to confirm the level of support they'll be getting (that is to say, exactly 0), and will hold off on purchasing the device until better support is introduced. It's not that hard really, just go to http://www.htc.com/us/support where the Nexus One is obviously missing from the drop down menu. To make matters worst, HTC decided it would be funny to make a link titled "Google Nexus One Support Information" which links to a functionally useless page on Google.
Of course HTC is smart for not providing support since it's Google's reputation getting damaged here (see
Obligatory car analogy: Bob sells me a used car and claims that Alice can repair it if anything goes wrong within a year. The car breaks down within a week but Alice is charging an outrageous amount for the repair fee. I get mad at Bob because he deceived me.
In the end:I get stuck with a broken car.
Bob's reputation is damaged.
But Alice lost nothing.
You're a little too late, my American friend.
We have already launched our surprise attack.
but I wasn't about to hassle the security folks (my boss did that and got the rubber glove treatment).
Your boss got a free dental checkup? How nice of the Israelis.
The solution is trivial:
1. Stealth jumbo jets
2. Parachutes for every passenger
This also has the benefits of avoiding those outragous airport surcharges.
And just think about how much extra money the airlines can make off the parachutes:
First class parachutes: 99.9999% survival rate (a trained professional jumps with you)
Business class parachutes: 99% survival rate
Economy class parachutes: please see fine print on bottom of page 28
I don't see why my grandchildren can't recycle the Neodymium in my Prius. They can offer their grandchildren the their Prius 2050 model for recycling as well.
Of course recycling is far from perfect, but the situation isn't as pessimistic as 1kg/person like you suggested.
4 to 5 times as much what? Good by retail value? Mass? Volume? I ask because I don't think I could find anything non-consumable in my house (or garage, I have a Chinese motorcycle) that's not made in China. I have two French cars, but the Chinese bike is more reliable.
I'm willing to bet that your house is worth more than your cars, your motorcycle and all your other possessions combined.
I'm also willing to bet that your house wasn't made in China.
I concur. While many other posters have rightly pointed out that Neodymium ores are abundant in the US, the discussion here is actually about refined Neodymium. Western nations simply cannot afford to mine and refine Neodymium within their boarder due to the enormous environmental impacts.
In a sense, China is not cornering the Neodymium market using their mineral reserves, but rather with their willingness to sacrifice their environment along with bumping up the cancer rate of the populace by the few percentiles.