Toyota could only be right if the images they specify were TAKEN BY TOYOTA.
What is what makes this sentence in the article so bizarre: "The site's owner, Harry Maugans contacted Toyota to clarify. He was told that all images featuring Toyota vehicles should be removed, even images with copyright belonging to others." If that sentence is true, Toyota is admitting it does not hold the copyright to others' images of Toyotas, yet still claiming the right to control copying!
It is usually foolish to look for pure causation in the real world. Many things that go together in life are mutually reinforcing. Depressed people lack the motivation to undertake more ambitious activities, so depression causes TV watching. But TV watching is not as satisfying as learning something or being with people, so TV watching also causes depression. Second example: Israelis and Palestinians arguing about who is to blame for (i.e. who "caused") middle-east strife, when obviously it is an endless cycle of retaliation and escalation.
The downside is that it's LOUD as heck, since it uses the fan for propulsion while on the ground.
Apparently not:
"The fan's static when you're driving around," says Cardozo. "The engineering challenge was getting a really reliable system that will switch power between wheels or fan."
That is by far the coolest flying car I've ever seen. It takes off at only 35 MPH, would be relatively cheap, and looks like it would have great off-road mobility in car mode. Only problem is I couldn't find it on youtube, so I hope it's in the new Bond movie:)
Because it bypasses protections established by extradition treaties (or lack thereof). How would you like to be tricked into visiting Iran, and then be prosecuted for posting some offensive comment on slashdot?
By the way, this does happen. 2/3rds of the time you hear about some American "kidnapped" by Iran, it turns out there's some legal basis for it - in Iran, of course. (e.g. "Not without my daughter" and Haleh Esfandiari. Does that mean Iran is right? Nah, it means be careful where you go.
Without even reading the article (ahem), I'm sure the supposed job interview was not with valve. (I can't see why it would be, and it's very easy to see why it wouldn't be).
Are non-natural monopolies one of those three? If my monopoly produces so much money I can temporarily reduce the selling price below production cost every time a competitor emerges, then I can preclude competition indefinitely. And if I convince people ahead of time that I'm willing to do that, I'll never even have to take the short-term loss of actually doing it.
That's biology for you - everything that can happen does happen and every seemingly elegant mechanism turns out to be an incomplete story. Life on earth is a total mess and badly overdue for extensive refactoring:)
Us Brits, IIRC, have a number of nuclear submarines out and about around the world at any one time.
But wouldn't that be in international waters or agreed-upon harbors? The part I question is: "carrying of nuclear weapons over Danish territory was kept secret" and "For discussion with Danes, this operation should be referred to as a survey repeat survey of bottom under impact point." It certainly makes you think about things like the Russians' objections to US bases in Poland.
I use sharepoints that are provided to me, but perhaps I'm not getting the most out of them, since I can't for the life of me see how they're any better than a network share for storing documents.
Put another way, Ralph Nader got even less press than McCain. Why - or, why not? Is there some rule of morality or law that all stories receive equal amounts of coverage, and that it be half positive and half negative?
The union dominated businesses go out of business or become economic basketcases
I get such a kick out of that argument - capitalist bosses suddenly urging people (union members) not to fully capitalize on their market (labor demand) because it might not be sustainable. Hypocrites.
Did you actually read arth1's whole comment? The first part was an objective prediction about evolutionary dynamics. The second part was this: "Transplanting bone marrow to a HIV-infected individual should, IMO, be followed by a mandatory sterilisation."
even worse, enough people see HIV/AIDS as some sort of punishment for promiscuity that some people are denied treatments intermittently because people don't feel comfortable giving it to them.
What do you mean? Like doctors giving placebos to make AIDS patients sicker because they think they deserve it? I've never heard of that. I am aware that AIDS treatment rate is low compared to its terrible effects in poor countries, but is it not equally so for all other serious illness from diabetes to cancer?
Being able to carry one in your laptop bag for impromptu meetings is a key use. Having one to project the latest episode of [insert favorite show here] from your cell phone is one of those cool applications you buy it for, even though you'll probably never use it that way.
I suspect the opposite is true, and it will find acceptance mainly as a display for iPods, netbooks, etc. As a replacement for business or home theater projector, it is mostly just less bright, since the size usually doesn't matter (most conference rooms have a projector available anyways). But screen size is a real limiting factor in making smaller iPods, laptops, and PDAs - they are totally size-limited by I/O (screens and keyboards).
I don't object to caps on principle, but the AT&T cap is just too low! I subscribe to 768Kbps Comcast. It's fast enough for VOIP and youtube, and the 250GB cap isn't cumbersome. But a mere 20 GB cap? That's only 10 GB of bittorrent content, since you have to upload to download. I don't know whether I download that much per much, but it's too close for comfort.
Unless I'm misreading the article, Asus will continue to sell Linux netbooks - it's just the smaller screens that are disappearing.
I can't believe people consider a 70/30 split in favor of XP to be a disaster for Linux, I think 30% is a pretty huge share for Linux! Heck, if Linux captured 30% of the general market, most hardware would have to support Linux and I'd call it "mission accomplished."
With that said, the web is a different place now, with high demands.
Yeah, Linux itself (the kernel) has extremely minimal requirements, and would probably load into X just fine on a 16 MB machine using a lightweight window manager.
BUT, and this is my point, what are you going to run on that? A router or thin client (VNC)? Great. But OpenOffice or Firefox? Good luck!
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What is what makes this sentence in the article so bizarre: "The site's owner, Harry Maugans contacted Toyota to clarify. He was told that all images featuring Toyota vehicles should be removed, even images with copyright belonging to others." If that sentence is true, Toyota is admitting it does not hold the copyright to others' images of Toyotas, yet still claiming the right to control copying!
It is usually foolish to look for pure causation in the real world. Many things that go together in life are mutually reinforcing. Depressed people lack the motivation to undertake more ambitious activities, so depression causes TV watching. But TV watching is not as satisfying as learning something or being with people, so TV watching also causes depression. Second example: Israelis and Palestinians arguing about who is to blame for (i.e. who "caused") middle-east strife, when obviously it is an endless cycle of retaliation and escalation.
Maybe not, if the wing is full of jet fuel.
The new President is appointing knowledgeable experts to important government posts instead of industry cronies? Pinch me.
I voted. There's really nothing else you can do to effect who winds up on an FCC review team.
Apparently not:
That is by far the coolest flying car I've ever seen. It takes off at only 35 MPH, would be relatively cheap, and looks like it would have great off-road mobility in car mode. Only problem is I couldn't find it on youtube, so I hope it's in the new Bond movie :)
By the way, this does happen. 2/3rds of the time you hear about some American "kidnapped" by Iran, it turns out there's some legal basis for it - in Iran, of course. (e.g. "Not without my daughter" and Haleh Esfandiari. Does that mean Iran is right? Nah, it means be careful where you go.
Without even reading the article (ahem), I'm sure the supposed job interview was not with valve. (I can't see why it would be, and it's very easy to see why it wouldn't be).
Well, a pyramid can work if you get out early enough. Ask any stockbroker.
Are non-natural monopolies one of those three? If my monopoly produces so much money I can temporarily reduce the selling price below production cost every time a competitor emerges, then I can preclude competition indefinitely. And if I convince people ahead of time that I'm willing to do that, I'll never even have to take the short-term loss of actually doing it.
That's biology for you - everything that can happen does happen and every seemingly elegant mechanism turns out to be an incomplete story. Life on earth is a total mess and badly overdue for extensive refactoring :)
Check it out, "flu symptoms" is the #4th fastest-rising term today.
What, you don't think putting OpenOffice into a 240 MB Applet is a good idea?
But wouldn't that be in international waters or agreed-upon harbors? The part I question is: "carrying of nuclear weapons over Danish territory was kept secret" and "For discussion with Danes, this operation should be referred to as a survey repeat survey of bottom under impact point." It certainly makes you think about things like the Russians' objections to US bases in Poland.
I use sharepoints that are provided to me, but perhaps I'm not getting the most out of them, since I can't for the life of me see how they're any better than a network share for storing documents.
Put another way, Ralph Nader got even less press than McCain. Why - or, why not? Is there some rule of morality or law that all stories receive equal amounts of coverage, and that it be half positive and half negative?
I get such a kick out of that argument - capitalist bosses suddenly urging people (union members) not to fully capitalize on their market (labor demand) because it might not be sustainable. Hypocrites.
Did you actually read arth1's whole comment? The first part was an objective prediction about evolutionary dynamics. The second part was this: "Transplanting bone marrow to a HIV-infected individual should, IMO, be followed by a mandatory sterilisation."
What do you mean? Like doctors giving placebos to make AIDS patients sicker because they think they deserve it? I've never heard of that. I am aware that AIDS treatment rate is low compared to its terrible effects in poor countries, but is it not equally so for all other serious illness from diabetes to cancer?
I suspect the opposite is true, and it will find acceptance mainly as a display for iPods, netbooks, etc. As a replacement for business or home theater projector, it is mostly just less bright, since the size usually doesn't matter (most conference rooms have a projector available anyways). But screen size is a real limiting factor in making smaller iPods, laptops, and PDAs - they are totally size-limited by I/O (screens and keyboards).
I don't object to caps on principle, but the AT&T cap is just too low! I subscribe to 768Kbps Comcast. It's fast enough for VOIP and youtube, and the 250GB cap isn't cumbersome. But a mere 20 GB cap? That's only 10 GB of bittorrent content, since you have to upload to download. I don't know whether I download that much per much, but it's too close for comfort.
Unless I'm misreading the article, Asus will continue to sell Linux netbooks - it's just the smaller screens that are disappearing. I can't believe people consider a 70/30 split in favor of XP to be a disaster for Linux, I think 30% is a pretty huge share for Linux! Heck, if Linux captured 30% of the general market, most hardware would have to support Linux and I'd call it "mission accomplished."
Yeah, Linux itself (the kernel) has extremely minimal requirements, and would probably load into X just fine on a 16 MB machine using a lightweight window manager.
BUT, and this is my point, what are you going to run on that? A router or thin client (VNC)? Great. But OpenOffice or Firefox? Good luck!
I don't know how I missed his cite. Mod me to oblivion, I deserve it.
Cite?