I think these guys need to lose very badly and for very substantial amounts of money, because, judging by the attitude of their representatives, they are unapologetic assholes.
No, what needs to happen is that they need to "pierce the corporate[/government] veil," so to speak, and criminally prosecute the people who made the decision to do this as the voyeurs they are!
Fining the school district for very substantial amounts of money (to dissuade them from hiring sick totalitarian fucks again in the future) should be merely the icing, not the whole cake.
On the other hand, might you not want to name them something incredibly common? In this age of people ruining their lives via Facebook and the Streisand Effect, the gift of anonymity might be one of the most important things you give them.
When carbon fiber aircraft structures are burned or damaged, Crash Recovery teams are required to spray them with a fixative (commercial floor wax is one) then wrap them in plastic for transport and disposal.
I wonder, does the same thing happen when rich idiots wreck their supercars?
The biggest problem with the motor-in-wheel design appears to be the increased unsprung mass, which affects suspension response. I'm confident that problem will be solved by a combination of modern lightweight components, plus changing driver expectations of performance. Folks who drive hybrids today, have already accepted that lower performance and ride quality are an acceptable price for better mileage.
The only way "changing driver expectations of performance" is going to fly is if the performance is improved. The folks that drive hybrids today never cared about performance or ride quality to begin with; they are either the ones who used to drive pre-hybrid econoboxes, or they're the ones who pick their car according to how cool or trendy it is.
The people who care about fuel efficiency and performance are driving VW TDIs (or conventional gasoline-powered sport compact cars).
You should start calling it a "nuclear battery" instead of a "reactor" when you're talking about it here. Doing so will give everybody else a more reasonable impression (because when you say "reactor" they're thinking Fukushima, or at least fission-powered naval vessel).
Awaiting the release code... that was (or should have been) printed in your owner's manual. An anti-theft code is not a problem, so long as the owner is in control of it.
Note that if you lose your code (which happened to me recently), you can call up VW and have them tell it to you for free. (The asshole dealers, however, will attempt to charge you $20 if the radio isn't original to the car and you need to pull it out of the dash to read the serial number. I borrowed the radio removal tools from a stereo installer at Fry's instead, for free.)
Do it at work and you get fired. Do it at the army and you will run a few km extra.
There's a Big Fucking Difference between work (not government) or the military (something you voluntarily join, knowing full well you give up some of your freedom) and a public (government) school with compulsory attendance!
As far as I'm concerned, when government authorities are accused of infringing on free speech they should be presumed guilty until proven innocent. People have rights; the government doesn't!
Part of your problem is preemptively assuming people are going to make fun of you for posting that. Maybe it's true (and maybe it isn't; nobody's done it yet), but it's an unhealthy attitude regardless.
Genetic engineering is more direct nowadays, but nevertheless it is nothing new.
The difference between selective breeding and genetic engineering may not be one of kind (depending on your perspective), but it is one Hell of a difference in degree!
If you want a cell plan, you go to the one of the stores or kiosks that are for that.
And if you're a poor person and looking for a prepaid cellphone, not a plan, wouldn't you buy it from, I dunno, Walmart?
First of all, "Walmart?" Why would you want to go somewhere that's even worse?
Second, the last two cellphones I bought were from Radio Shack. The reason, both times, was that they were on sale cheaper than I could have gotten them anywhere else. For example, I got a Virgin Mobile Samsung Intercept for $150 back around October (or whenever it first came out). I still haven't seen them that cheap again since -- not even on the Internet.
Every time I go in the place I lament how it's a shadow of its former glory, but I have to admit the cellphone strategy kinda works.
And there was the epiphany: It turns out that Lowes Hardware has a big aisle of those Radio-Shack style component drawers with all kinds of odd machine screws, electrical and RF connectors, project boxes, brass posts, and a dozen different kinds of ceramic and rare-earth magnets. Add in a selection of transistors, LEDs, switches and a couple of timer & STAMP ICs... and that's what Radio Shack SHOULD be.
...Aaaannd now we get to have a discussion about how big-box home-improvement stores are killing traditional hardware stores. (R.I.P., my neighborhood's Ace Hardware)
Or its time to turn on parental controls, which allows you to whitelist apps. Now that this is out, that's what I'm going to do for my parents, anyway.
Although you're right that we should be worried about Yellowstone (personally, I vacillate between wanting to go see it before it blows up and wanting to stay the Hell away in case it blew up while I was visiting!), your post is somewhat off-topic. Also, you really do sound confused. I see no conflict between the idea of two geological models, if both are useful but in different ways from each other. What the geologists are saying is simply that they know something will happen eventually, but they don't know exactly when, which makes perfect sense.
For contrast, the construction of the Hoover dam has claimed 112 lives, but you'd be hard pressed to find people who think that it was a bad idea to build it.
I don't think it would be that hard; stream ecologists, for instance, might have something to say about it.
The people against it are probably in the vast minority, though.
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Speaking of which, they should file an additional lawsuit against the district attorney for failing to prosecute.
No, what needs to happen is that they need to "pierce the corporate[/government] veil," so to speak, and criminally prosecute the people who made the decision to do this as the voyeurs they are!
Fining the school district for very substantial amounts of money (to dissuade them from hiring sick totalitarian fucks again in the future) should be merely the icing, not the whole cake.
Why should I have to change my name? He's the one who sucks!
On the other hand, might you not want to name them something incredibly common? In this age of people ruining their lives via Facebook and the Streisand Effect, the gift of anonymity might be one of the most important things you give them.
Right, and that's a tautology: manufacturing economies aren't IP economies because you've defined them to be manufacturing economies!
The OP's argument was that getting a hold of the IP makes it much easier for those manufacturing economies to transform themselves into IP economies.
No it's not. The entertainment industry is tiny compared to manufacturing, banking, etc.
If you say "manufacturing economies" and "IP economies," then your argument becomes a tautology anyway.
I wonder, does the same thing happen when rich idiots wreck their supercars?
The only way "changing driver expectations of performance" is going to fly is if the performance is improved. The folks that drive hybrids today never cared about performance or ride quality to begin with; they are either the ones who used to drive pre-hybrid econoboxes, or they're the ones who pick their car according to how cool or trendy it is.
The people who care about fuel efficiency and performance are driving VW TDIs (or conventional gasoline-powered sport compact cars).
You should start calling it a "nuclear battery" instead of a "reactor" when you're talking about it here. Doing so will give everybody else a more reasonable impression (because when you say "reactor" they're thinking Fukushima, or at least fission-powered naval vessel).
Awaiting the release code... that was (or should have been) printed in your owner's manual. An anti-theft code is not a problem, so long as the owner is in control of it.
Note that if you lose your code (which happened to me recently), you can call up VW and have them tell it to you for free. (The asshole dealers, however, will attempt to charge you $20 if the radio isn't original to the car and you need to pull it out of the dash to read the serial number. I borrowed the radio removal tools from a stereo installer at Fry's instead, for free.)
There's a Big Fucking Difference between work (not government) or the military (something you voluntarily join, knowing full well you give up some of your freedom) and a public (government) school with compulsory attendance!
I feel threatened by your dangerously authoritarian attitude. Clearly, you should be hung for sedition.
As far as I'm concerned, when government authorities are accused of infringing on free speech they should be presumed guilty until proven innocent. People have rights; the government doesn't!
Part of your problem is preemptively assuming people are going to make fun of you for posting that. Maybe it's true (and maybe it isn't; nobody's done it yet), but it's an unhealthy attitude regardless.
Whose trademark were they worried about, the car company's or George Lucas'?
The difference between selective breeding and genetic engineering may not be one of kind (depending on your perspective), but it is one Hell of a difference in degree!
First of all, "Walmart?" Why would you want to go somewhere that's even worse?
Second, the last two cellphones I bought were from Radio Shack. The reason, both times, was that they were on sale cheaper than I could have gotten them anywhere else. For example, I got a Virgin Mobile Samsung Intercept for $150 back around October (or whenever it first came out). I still haven't seen them that cheap again since -- not even on the Internet.
Every time I go in the place I lament how it's a shadow of its former glory, but I have to admit the cellphone strategy kinda works.
...Aaaannd now we get to have a discussion about how big-box home-improvement stores are killing traditional hardware stores. (R.I.P., my neighborhood's Ace Hardware)
Ace : Lowe's :: Radio Shack : Fry's
Hah, sucks to be you Yankees, then. We've got (count 'em) two here in Atlanta!
"Meta-satire?" Really?
I say never attribute to satire that which can be explained by sheer laziness.
What's wrong with a rocker switch?
Or its time to turn on parental controls, which allows you to whitelist apps. Now that this is out, that's what I'm going to do for my parents, anyway.
Although you're right that we should be worried about Yellowstone (personally, I vacillate between wanting to go see it before it blows up and wanting to stay the Hell away in case it blew up while I was visiting!), your post is somewhat off-topic. Also, you really do sound confused. I see no conflict between the idea of two geological models, if both are useful but in different ways from each other. What the geologists are saying is simply that they know something will happen eventually, but they don't know exactly when, which makes perfect sense.
I don't think it would be that hard; stream ecologists, for instance, might have something to say about it.
The people against it are probably in the vast minority, though.