It's socially unacceptable, not legally. One make people not like you, the other throws you in jail. There's a big difference there buddy. BTW, I got modded flamebait, so maybe I wasn't even supposed to bring the issue up? ^shrug^
The Dutch are notorious for not caring about human rights. Did you know that it's illegal to use racist remarks there? Like, if you use the "N" word in public, they can fine you or throw you in jail.
It's more like a plan to distract us from actual problems in the world. You know, like activists being overwhelmingly sued for libel, and other big corporations beating down on the little guys. C'mon, get real.
Again, I must state that whenever I clean a computer with Adaware/Spybot/AVG/Panda Activescan/CWShredder/ect, I'm now going to have to ask one more thing:
"Have you bought and played any music CDs lately?"
How sad is it that doing something so legal can become associated with other computer slow-downs as spyware/malware/adware. This is what is going to irk the general public, and hopefully get people to look at DRM a bit more closely.
Now, after I run Adaware, Spybot, CWS Shredder, Panda Activescan, AVG, and other spyware/AV/ect products on someone's computer, I'm going to have to ask them one more question.
Have you bought any music CDs lately?
And when I tell them that buying legal music and playing it on their computer can slow it down... People are going to be completely upset and thinking "WTF."
I swear, he must be a part of a troll organization. Every one of his posts, whether or not it is interesting or not, or even pertinent to the conversation at hand, is modded up to +5.
You know, everyone in my company recently donated $5 to a scholarship for a disabled kid.
If everyone in China, Russia, the US, India and Brazil, the LARGEST countries in the world, donated $5 per person, we could buy this kid a new pair of legs!
C'mon, geeks are too realistic/sarcastic/pessimistic for this type of a/. submission. I hope.
Basically, you can't be held liable for someone coming onto your wireless router, and downloading crap, whether it be illegal music, porn, movies, whatever.
You do realize that there are bacteria on Earth within rock, buried hundreds of feet down, everywhere on Earth. The ice caps have bacteria thousands, maybe millions of years old, that are still viable.
Bacteria make these wonderful little spores, if they know they're SOL for a long time. These spores can survive a helluva long time. For some to survive a few million years wouldn't be surprising.
Note that the car that got 250MPG was using Lithium-Ion batteries. I am not sure about clean-up differences between them and regular car batteries. I just know they're a bit more expensive than $3k
In addition to the previous replies mentioning that alternative or more efficient power sources can be used to produce electricity...
If you start using electricity from the grid for short range driving, and gasoline only for longer range driving, you're going to open up a lot of possibilities. A small LP or ethanol or hydrogen or who knows what future engine would make their use more economical. Sure, you might not be the most powerful vehicle, but you'll get where you need. Hell, if I got 250mpg, I wouldn't care if I was paying 10 bucks a gallon for fuel. At least if the initial car cost was about the same, that is.
I wish my university was cool enough to do something like this when I was there./electrical engineer
Picture quality has gotten better. You just rely too much on bunny ears. At home, we get TV stations from quite a distance. Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, Fort Wayne, Lima, and even sometimes Detroit and Cleveland.
BTW, I still use Over the air TV. Why? All I do is catch some news, maybe watch a little PBS, and the occaisional NBC/CBS/FOX/ABC/UPN or WB show. Why the hell would I pay 30 bucks a month for something I barely watch?
On another hand, you can't just cut people off like this, and expect them to pay for TV. Too many people depend on it for things like tornado warnings, flood warnings, business/school cancellations, chemical spill disasters, or other Emergency Broadcast Incidents. Oh sure, radio will still be around, but who in the hell listens to radio at home that much?
NASA, by its very essence, isn't able to test things in completely realistic environments. They spend huge amounts of time and energy doing what testing they can, but how in the world (or outside the world) can you test fixing a wing on a space shuttle? There are so many variables that it's insane to attempt
Sure, this makes NASA dangerous, but that's been known for decades. Space travel isn't as easy as driving to the supermarket just yet. Get over it.
Why do you assume that RFID is "evil" or unwanted by geeks? I use it at work to track pallets in conveyor lines. You can't imagine how much easier it is to track pallets with parts on them rather than track parts on a rolling conveyor using prox sensors.
Now, DRM is another story. I think that you've simply seen too many RFID articles on/. that link DRM, personal product, or human tracking with RFID. Those are completely unrelated to RFID in general, and are mere uses of the tool.
Overall, I think your opinion is as blindingly focused as those of the MPAA, RIAA, and all the similar organizations that you despise.
It's kicking up some cool innovation. If you use Firefox, you can use the WeatherFox extension that uses this service. Now, I have nifty icons in my status bar and other information telling me my weather forcast.
This is very helpful for me, as I'm on a farm where weather changes are very important to know. I'm quite happy I no longer have to look at weather.com and its horrid layout.
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It's socially unacceptable, not legally. One make people not like you, the other throws you in jail. There's a big difference there buddy. BTW, I got modded flamebait, so maybe I wasn't even supposed to bring the issue up? ^shrug^
Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.
The Dutch are notorious for not caring about human rights. Did you know that it's illegal to use racist remarks there? Like, if you use the "N" word in public, they can fine you or throw you in jail.
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It's more like a plan to distract us from actual problems in the world. You know, like activists being overwhelmingly sued for libel, and other big corporations beating down on the little guys. C'mon, get real.
To many people, silvery discs are "CDs". They don't care about technical details. Hell, my parents call "DVDs" "CDs."
"Infected with DRM"
Again, I must state that whenever I clean a computer with Adaware/Spybot/AVG/Panda Activescan/CWShredder/ect, I'm now going to have to ask one more thing:
"Have you bought and played any music CDs lately?"
How sad is it that doing something so legal can become associated with other computer slow-downs as spyware/malware/adware. This is what is going to irk the general public, and hopefully get people to look at DRM a bit more closely.
Now, after I run Adaware, Spybot, CWS Shredder, Panda Activescan, AVG, and other spyware/AV/ect products on someone's computer, I'm going to have to ask them one more question.
Have you bought any music CDs lately?
And when I tell them that buying legal music and playing it on their computer can slow it down... People are going to be completely upset and thinking "WTF."
I swear, he must be a part of a troll organization. Every one of his posts, whether or not it is interesting or not, or even pertinent to the conversation at hand, is modded up to +5.
Banninate him!
You know, everyone in my company recently donated $5 to a scholarship for a disabled kid.
If everyone in China, Russia, the US, India and Brazil, the LARGEST countries in the world, donated $5 per person, we could buy this kid a new pair of legs!
C'mon, geeks are too realistic/sarcastic/pessimistic for this type of a /. submission. I hope.
Please read today's "Zits" comic, available at Ucomics.com I believe.
My area code is 419... Seriously. So whenever I hear of a 419 scam, I get a completely different initial idea of what someone is talking about
Basically, you can't be held liable for someone coming onto your wireless router, and downloading crap, whether it be illegal music, porn, movies, whatever.
You should have just bought a WebTV! I mean, who needs anything else?
Nah. Heck, the way they've been going, I bet half the people on the list are from New Orleans.
I hear ya brotha! /gets eggs fresh from behind the barn as well...
You do realize that there are bacteria on Earth within rock, buried hundreds of feet down, everywhere on Earth. The ice caps have bacteria thousands, maybe millions of years old, that are still viable.
Bacteria make these wonderful little spores, if they know they're SOL for a long time. These spores can survive a helluva long time. For some to survive a few million years wouldn't be surprising.
Note that the car that got 250MPG was using Lithium-Ion batteries. I am not sure about clean-up differences between them and regular car batteries. I just know they're a bit more expensive than $3k
In addition to the previous replies mentioning that alternative or more efficient power sources can be used to produce electricity...
If you start using electricity from the grid for short range driving, and gasoline only for longer range driving, you're going to open up a lot of possibilities. A small LP or ethanol or hydrogen or who knows what future engine would make their use more economical. Sure, you might not be the most powerful vehicle, but you'll get where you need. Hell, if I got 250mpg, I wouldn't care if I was paying 10 bucks a gallon for fuel. At least if the initial car cost was about the same, that is.
I wish my university was cool enough to do something like this when I was there. /electrical engineer
The aliens have the competition rigged for them to win. It ends up just being a typical government pay-off.
I'm only saying this because I'm in Mexico, and with the way this apartment is run, I'm probably not trackable. /me puts on a tin foil hat just in case
Picture quality has gotten better. You just rely too much on bunny ears. At home, we get TV stations from quite a distance. Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, Fort Wayne, Lima, and even sometimes Detroit and Cleveland.
BTW, I still use Over the air TV. Why? All I do is catch some news, maybe watch a little PBS, and the occaisional NBC/CBS/FOX/ABC/UPN or WB show. Why the hell would I pay 30 bucks a month for something I barely watch?
On another hand, you can't just cut people off like this, and expect them to pay for TV. Too many people depend on it for things like tornado warnings, flood warnings, business/school cancellations, chemical spill disasters, or other Emergency Broadcast Incidents. Oh sure, radio will still be around, but who in the hell listens to radio at home that much?
NASA, by its very essence, isn't able to test things in completely realistic environments. They spend huge amounts of time and energy doing what testing they can, but how in the world (or outside the world) can you test fixing a wing on a space shuttle? There are so many variables that it's insane to attempt
Sure, this makes NASA dangerous, but that's been known for decades. Space travel isn't as easy as driving to the supermarket just yet. Get over it.
Why do you assume that RFID is "evil" or unwanted by geeks? I use it at work to track pallets in conveyor lines. You can't imagine how much easier it is to track pallets with parts on them rather than track parts on a rolling conveyor using prox sensors.
Now, DRM is another story. I think that you've simply seen too many RFID articles on /. that link DRM, personal product, or human tracking with RFID. Those are completely unrelated to RFID in general, and are mere uses of the tool.
Overall, I think your opinion is as blindingly focused as those of the MPAA, RIAA, and all the similar organizations that you despise.
Cool!
And have his appearances in major newspapers posted on his eponymous Web site helped with those California girls at school?
"They're the ones that aren't impressed at all," he said with a laugh
It's kicking up some cool innovation. If you use Firefox, you can use the WeatherFox extension that uses this service. Now, I have nifty icons in my status bar and other information telling me my weather forcast.
This is very helpful for me, as I'm on a farm where weather changes are very important to know. I'm quite happy I no longer have to look at weather.com and its horrid layout.