I think you're confusing street lights and traffic signals. Places in the snow belt have had issues with LED traffic signals getting blocked with snow, but I can't see the same thing happening with a downward facing street light.
Tried passive 3D? I have an LG passive set and the glasses are extremely inexpensive. I enjoy it, and it doesn't give me that weird "invisible clamps squeezing my eyeballs" feeling the active shutter glasses give me.
"Perhaps the reason the NSA's surveillance programs are so unpopular with Americans..."
Um, I don't think this is really true. So far we haven't seen a real push back on the NSA programs by the general public. It's one of the things that scares the crap out of me about the whole situation: Joe Sixpack and Lisa Liberal don't seem to care.
You would not enjoy that world. Commercials still pay quite a bit. In a pure customer pay model you are looking at about $1-2 per episode for a popular show, and if it's not popular the price would go up. Now, look at what gets high ratings. THAT is what you will get. Sports and Reality.
It won't, and neither will your ice cube (try it with a oral thermometer if you don't believe me). They lack the mass and cover too small of a surface area to make a dent your core body temp. If they could you probably wouldn't want it touching you, think about the amount of energy that would have to pass through a very small spot on your body to lower your body temp by even a fraction of a degree. That would not be comfortable at all.
Instead, your brain prioritizes extremes in sensory input like temperature (and pain, which is why topicals like bengay work on muscle pain). Some areas of the body are more sensitive than others (feet, forarms, etc) to temperature changes so they went with the wrist.
Overall I doubt there would be any negative effects. The hypothalamus itself contains the main thermoreceptors used to control body temp. It receives input from the skin, but it prioritizes itself first. Really, it's like the difference between wearing boots or flip flops or a short or long sleeve shirt. The only time this could become dangerous is if the person is already in or close to some kind of thermal crisis. This happens with the elderly some times when it's hot out. They will be in an room that is dangerously hot but they have a fan blowing on them so it blunts the body's signals that something is wrong. It "feels" a bit cooler but the air is too hot to actually cool the body, so they die.
This would not help your GF. However, to understand the principle, next time it's hot out, go outside and place an ice cube on the underside of your wrist.
2. These sites are funded by advertising. Therefore, the images are being used in a commercial manner. Your likeness cannot be used for commercial purposes without your explicit consent.
This is a very common misconception. This only applies to commercial use where it is implied that the subject is endorsing something. For example, I can take a photo of you on the street and publish it in an art book or sell prints in a gallery, all without your consent. I can't, however, use the same photo to sell an energy drink. Now many photographers get releases anyway as a CYA, but they are often not necessary.
The best bet (other than your point #1 about copyright going to the photographer) would be under existing privacy laws, but if the person consented to the photo that's going to be a hard row to hoe.
Not true at all. The photographer owns the copyright to any photo he/she takes (unless, of course, there is a work-for-hire contract in play). Unless the photo is used in a way that implies endorsement (example: comstock photos used in advertisement) it generally does not require any sort of release from the subject of the photo (privacy laws aside for the moment, see below). Hell, the news media would be up shit's creek if that were not the case.
As for privacy, it will vary greatly by jurisdiction but if the photo was taken with the knowledge of all parties it's really out the window.
Even if a release is necessary, it's the publisher, not the photographer, who's on the hook. I can't see any way this law could stand up to a legal challenge. Don't get me wrong, it's a shitty thing to do but I don't think they thought this one through, or they just passed it knowing it was flawed to get electorate brownie points.
Actually now that I actually looked at it (again, what did you expect! It's slashdot, we don't RTFA) I kind of sucks. Is there some new skinny portrait mode monitor fad I missed out on here? It's a bit thin.
Both my cars lack bluetooth so I use this thing called a "cable" The one car has a jack for it but the other one I did have to plug it into the aux in the rear of the unit. Anyway, you take this cable and you plug the other end into your phone. Now this is the cool part: you can then listen to the audio from the phone ON YOUR STEREO!! I know, right! Amazing.
This. I did have to do this once after the upgrade on my iPhone 4 (and after the usual reboot the upgrade does automatically) and it's been smooth sailing ever since.
I'm running it on an iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 and have noticed no slow downs. The 4 is actually a bit faster than it was under iOS 6. The only issues I've really seen from anyone is people complaining about the animations eating away fractions of seconds of their precious little lives.
Been here, done this before. It seems like every time DRAM prices get to a certain low point, a factory catches on fire and the prices rebound. It's like clockwork.
On a side note, am I the only one who read the headline as "Chinese DRM Plant Fire...." ?
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Great, problem solved! I'll call the mayor and let him know he can cancel the project...
I think you're confusing street lights and traffic signals. Places in the snow belt have had issues with LED traffic signals getting blocked with snow, but I can't see the same thing happening with a downward facing street light.
Can you provide proof of that assertion please...
That should be about the right resolution for projecting HD to the moon from your living room.
How about 100 gig triple-layer Blu-rays?
Tried passive 3D? I have an LG passive set and the glasses are extremely inexpensive. I enjoy it, and it doesn't give me that weird "invisible clamps squeezing my eyeballs" feeling the active shutter glasses give me.
This is why all of my furniture is made from steel reinforced concrete. Sure, the pillows are a bit hard, but it's a small cost for peace of mind!
"Perhaps the reason the NSA's surveillance programs are so unpopular with Americans..."
Um, I don't think this is really true. So far we haven't seen a real push back on the NSA programs by the general public. It's one of the things that scares the crap out of me about the whole situation: Joe Sixpack and Lisa Liberal don't seem to care.
You would not enjoy that world. Commercials still pay quite a bit. In a pure customer pay model you are looking at about $1-2 per episode for a popular show, and if it's not popular the price would go up. Now, look at what gets high ratings. THAT is what you will get. Sports and Reality.
A better question is how did his parents resist it?
It won't, and neither will your ice cube (try it with a oral thermometer if you don't believe me). They lack the mass and cover too small of a surface area to make a dent your core body temp. If they could you probably wouldn't want it touching you, think about the amount of energy that would have to pass through a very small spot on your body to lower your body temp by even a fraction of a degree. That would not be comfortable at all.
Instead, your brain prioritizes extremes in sensory input like temperature (and pain, which is why topicals like bengay work on muscle pain). Some areas of the body are more sensitive than others (feet, forarms, etc) to temperature changes so they went with the wrist.
Overall I doubt there would be any negative effects. The hypothalamus itself contains the main thermoreceptors used to control body temp. It receives input from the skin, but it prioritizes itself first. Really, it's like the difference between wearing boots or flip flops or a short or long sleeve shirt. The only time this could become dangerous is if the person is already in or close to some kind of thermal crisis. This happens with the elderly some times when it's hot out. They will be in an room that is dangerously hot but they have a fan blowing on them so it blunts the body's signals that something is wrong. It "feels" a bit cooler but the air is too hot to actually cool the body, so they die.
This would not help your GF. However, to understand the principle, next time it's hot out, go outside and place an ice cube on the underside of your wrist.
So fight heart disease by loading up on sodium nitrate?
2. These sites are funded by advertising. Therefore, the images are being used in a commercial manner. Your likeness cannot be used for commercial purposes without your explicit consent.
This is a very common misconception. This only applies to commercial use where it is implied that the subject is endorsing something. For example, I can take a photo of you on the street and publish it in an art book or sell prints in a gallery, all without your consent. I can't, however, use the same photo to sell an energy drink. Now many photographers get releases anyway as a CYA, but they are often not necessary.
The best bet (other than your point #1 about copyright going to the photographer) would be under existing privacy laws, but if the person consented to the photo that's going to be a hard row to hoe.
Not true at all. The photographer owns the copyright to any photo he/she takes (unless, of course, there is a work-for-hire contract in play). Unless the photo is used in a way that implies endorsement (example: comstock photos used in advertisement) it generally does not require any sort of release from the subject of the photo (privacy laws aside for the moment, see below). Hell, the news media would be up shit's creek if that were not the case.
As for privacy, it will vary greatly by jurisdiction but if the photo was taken with the knowledge of all parties it's really out the window.
Even if a release is necessary, it's the publisher, not the photographer, who's on the hook. I can't see any way this law could stand up to a legal challenge. Don't get me wrong, it's a shitty thing to do but I don't think they thought this one through, or they just passed it knowing it was flawed to get electorate brownie points.
Actually now that I actually looked at it (again, what did you expect! It's slashdot, we don't RTFA) I kind of sucks. Is there some new skinny portrait mode monitor fad I missed out on here? It's a bit thin.
Really, what did you expect? Now get off my lawn!
Thank's Chevy but if I go shopping for a zombie apocalypse vehicle I think I'll start with something like the Marauder
Pretty sure neither of those came from an IBM keyboard designer and you're off by several decades anyway.
Ever notice how said idiot always manages to get through the light they stick you at?
Both my cars lack bluetooth so I use this thing called a "cable" The one car has a jack for it but the other one I did have to plug it into the aux in the rear of the unit. Anyway, you take this cable and you plug the other end into your phone. Now this is the cool part: you can then listen to the audio from the phone ON YOUR STEREO!! I know, right! Amazing.
Uh, podcasts moved to a separate App in iOS 6.
This. I did have to do this once after the upgrade on my iPhone 4 (and after the usual reboot the upgrade does automatically) and it's been smooth sailing ever since.
I'm running it on an iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 and have noticed no slow downs. The 4 is actually a bit faster than it was under iOS 6. The only issues I've really seen from anyone is people complaining about the animations eating away fractions of seconds of their precious little lives.
Been here, done this before. It seems like every time DRAM prices get to a certain low point, a factory catches on fire and the prices rebound. It's like clockwork.
On a side note, am I the only one who read the headline as "Chinese DRM Plant Fire...." ?