Fair enough, though I'm more talking about the fuel waste. Every power plant is going to have decommissioning costs (and as you say nuclear adds to this because of radiation).
Basically they're saying instead of watching OJ's bronco from the air, we'll get live feed from INSIDE it. Reality TV for criminals. I see slashdotting's on the horizon.
800 miles is more than just driving to your house is most cases anyway. Sure you can get discounts on the 'tester' models as they've been driven, but it's still a 'new' car and it's value is going down upon signature regardless of what you paid for it.
Funny how newspapers seem to sue google for sending them more customers...never underestimate the moronic behavior of entrenched legacy industry players.
Then I wouldn't pay new car pricing on it, because the second someone else drives it off the lot it's not a new car anymore.
ALL cars on dealer lots have been driven OFF the lot. It's called road testing the thing prior to delivering it to a customer and I'd wager is probably the law.
That a dealer employee is driving to your house? Still in possession of the dealer and as such is still a NEW car.
the death penalty is no deterrent to serious, malicious intent driven crimes, i.e. murder. Mostly because the people committing those crimes are already quite outside the 'norm' of society in general.
Make it the death penalty for something the average person does on a regular basis, and I suspect you'll see significant behavioral change once it's established that it's actually enforced.
I haven't seen any statistics from countries other than the US, but given that most of Europe actually makes it 'hard' to get a drivers license, I suspect actually 'training' people might have a significant impact on people's abilities.
The US 'driver's ed' program is on it's face absolutely ridiculous. We basically hand licenses to anyone with a pulse.
Hell in VA they got rid of the law that even says 'keep right'. Apparently it's peachy keen to pass people on the right too, or so I was told by the nice officer who was objecting to my flashing the slowpoke in the left lane.
And passing fake parts off as genuine is already illegal, but not from IP laws. It's called 'fraud'. This is the difference between 'counterfeit' and 'knock-offs'.
Well to be fair, Apple is trying to make *more* money while also possibly, maybe, once, preventing someone from dying.
Of course if they priced their stuff at reasonable levels, perhaps people wouldn't be buying the cheapo stuff...that is another way they could prevent people from dying. They didn't choose that route though...
I'm just saying that there's no way to detect a black hole without any matter around for it to consume.
Incorrect. We can detect dormant black holes through lensing as they pass in front of stars and galaxies. If we're in inter-galactic space then stars will be fewer but there's quite a few galaxies to still detect them with.
A distinction without difference — to this conversation.
If you can't see the difference between competition and outright fraud...well then we aren't going to be able to have an intelligent conversation.
In both cases one entity uses a set of ideas (particular design, or an entire collection, or even a brand) developed by another to enrich itself.
And you know what? That's called human nature. EVERYTHING today is built upon something from earlier ideas. The vast vast bulk of everything created is influenced and inspired by ideas from someone other than the new inventor. Where do you think the Rolling Stones got many of their ideas and inspirations? Or Bob Dylan? Are cover bands unethical because they are enriching themselves using the works of others? In music there are laws for compensation, but you're saying just because it's legal doesn't make it ethical.
The Supreme Court explicitly ruled that recipes can't be copyrighted as they are simply statements or groups of statements of facts. Are you saying the Supreme Court is unethical by expressly allowing recipe copying? linky
Slashdot Mirror
obviously. H. Sapiens is a parasitic species
Well few parasitic species recognize their nature and actively try to change it....sort of like this article describes?
EU: We're going to fine you
Google: Just a sec...
Google: Hello NSA? uh, anything you can do here?
NSA: We knew you'd be calling...
Thank you, Jimmy Carter.
Which Reagan repealed in 1981. Makes you wonder why the commercial industry hasn't gone back to making weapons grade plutonium again...
Fair enough, though I'm more talking about the fuel waste. Every power plant is going to have decommissioning costs (and as you say nuclear adds to this because of radiation).
quite clean(*)
* Clean in terms of other emissions/waste, but not so clean when it comes to the waste it actually produces.
My reaction was, really? I haven't seen my electric bill go down by half...
many tin-foil-hatters have been feeling happier than they had in years
And it's a goddamn gov't conspiracy! They must be putting something in the water...
Basically they're saying instead of watching OJ's bronco from the air, we'll get live feed from INSIDE it. Reality TV for criminals. I see slashdotting's on the horizon.
800 miles is more than just driving to your house is most cases anyway. Sure you can get discounts on the 'tester' models as they've been driven, but it's still a 'new' car and it's value is going down upon signature regardless of what you paid for it.
Funny how newspapers seem to sue google for sending them more customers...never underestimate the moronic behavior of entrenched legacy industry players.
I'm thinking Amazon Prime to completely fuck them over ;-)
Then I wouldn't pay new car pricing on it, because the second someone else drives it off the lot it's not a new car anymore.
ALL cars on dealer lots have been driven OFF the lot. It's called road testing the thing prior to delivering it to a customer and I'd wager is probably the law.
That a dealer employee is driving to your house? Still in possession of the dealer and as such is still a NEW car.
Yes 'illegal'. You still had to go to a dealer, hence you're experience proves my point.
Because I drove my friends/parents/rental car and liked it?
It's already being made illegal
If by 'already' you mean, has been illegal for decades, sure.
yeah but think of the great TV this will generate ;-)
the death penalty is no deterrent to serious, malicious intent driven crimes, i.e. murder. Mostly because the people committing those crimes are already quite outside the 'norm' of society in general.
Make it the death penalty for something the average person does on a regular basis, and I suspect you'll see significant behavioral change once it's established that it's actually enforced.
I haven't seen any statistics from countries other than the US, but given that most of Europe actually makes it 'hard' to get a drivers license, I suspect actually 'training' people might have a significant impact on people's abilities.
The US 'driver's ed' program is on it's face absolutely ridiculous. We basically hand licenses to anyone with a pulse.
besides his office?
How about the Georgia cop who has issued 800 tickets *this year* to people stopped at red lights and texting? linky
Don't expect you're quaint notion of what's 'right' to mesh with how it's applied to you.
Hell in VA they got rid of the law that even says 'keep right'. Apparently it's peachy keen to pass people on the right too, or so I was told by the nice officer who was objecting to my flashing the slowpoke in the left lane.
And passing fake parts off as genuine is already illegal, but not from IP laws. It's called 'fraud'. This is the difference between 'counterfeit' and 'knock-offs'.
Well to be fair, Apple is trying to make *more* money while also possibly, maybe, once, preventing someone from dying.
Of course if they priced their stuff at reasonable levels, perhaps people wouldn't be buying the cheapo stuff...that is another way they could prevent people from dying. They didn't choose that route though...
I'm just saying that there's no way to detect a black hole without any matter around for it to consume.
Incorrect. We can detect dormant black holes through lensing as they pass in front of stars and galaxies. If we're in inter-galactic space then stars will be fewer but there's quite a few galaxies to still detect them with.
A distinction without difference — to this conversation.
If you can't see the difference between competition and outright fraud...well then we aren't going to be able to have an intelligent conversation.
In both cases one entity uses a set of ideas (particular design, or an entire collection, or even a brand) developed by another to enrich itself.
And you know what? That's called human nature. EVERYTHING today is built upon something from earlier ideas. The vast vast bulk of everything created is influenced and inspired by ideas from someone other than the new inventor. Where do you think the Rolling Stones got many of their ideas and inspirations? Or Bob Dylan? Are cover bands unethical because they are enriching themselves using the works of others? In music there are laws for compensation, but you're saying just because it's legal doesn't make it ethical.
The Supreme Court explicitly ruled that recipes can't be copyrighted as they are simply statements or groups of statements of facts. Are you saying the Supreme Court is unethical by expressly allowing recipe copying? linky