The only reason people are breaking the law is because what's in place right now isn't even close to filling a need.
If the media moguls stopped playing games with artificial marketplaces, and also charging ridiculous prices for movies, then maybe the whole need for copyright infringment would go away.
The fact that they even need to resort to laws to protect their artificial marketplaces, serves to underline how fucked up it must be. The fact that governments even make protectionist laws like this also underlines how powerful and therefore how rich the media moguls already are from this scam.
No one in the government wants to fix the tax loopholes, because they are all (ab)using them. There's a reason that new tax legislation is always written in such a vague way.
...so who's going to lead your "flying the corporate jet to each remote site to give a 2 hour-long all-hands presentation on how everyone needs to cut expenses and increase productivity" effort now?
MY guess is the only reason for this is that almost no-one actually sits through them. Anymore than 5 seconds wait before they actually get what they clicked on, and most people have already closed the tab and moved onto something else.
>> Unfortunately, a great many people fit your definition of "complete idiot."
Yes that's something I've been aware of for a long time. I often question whether I'm perhaps being too harsh, but they continually find new ways to prove I'm actually not.
If the feature is already in the chipset then it seems stupid to not add a couple of tracks to the PCB so you can actually use it. I get what you are saying that most people stream, but FM works better for a couple of reasons. The obvious ones are that you're not using up your valuable data plan and can get FM out in the boonies where you can't even get cell, but also listening to FM apparently uses way less battery than streaming does.
The way they write this makes it sound like nearly all phones have an FM chip/capability already built-in, which I believe is actually quite far from the truth. Its only a few specific models.
>> The problem is that most other VR-enabled games feel like glorified tech demos, that I wouldn't really bother playing seriously if I weren't looking for something to use VR for.
I totally feel your pain in looking for longer, quality VR experiences. Just in case you haven't already discovered it, you should try "The Solus Project". I love it and I'm very picky.
Undetectable at just 50ft? Hardly. there are plenty of cases of people in England loosing their homes down sinkholes that appear after some old, forgotten mine hundreds or even thousands of feet down collapses after centuries. I find it hard to believe that in California, once you've dug 50 ft down on your own land, absolutely nothing stands in your way (other than geology) to just tunneling wherever and as far as you like.
If I happen to own some land in CA that Musk wants to tunnel under/through, can he really do so without my permission or even knowledge?
>> it's at least possible that the tribes could work out a deal to keep the plant running
God I hope not. The air quality is a major problem in Phoenix. They could just open yet another Casino on their land so they can avoid paying taxes, and probably employ just as many people and make just as much money.
>> do you think Democrats will vote for anything that keeps this plant running?
Of course. Especially if it means another donation to the Clinton Foundation.
>> Windows' architecture isn't the problem. From that standpoint, it's really no better or worse than any other OS at any level. (Rage all you want, Linux zealots, but it's true.)
No it really isn't true. Just 3 examples (believe me there are many more): * Unlike Linux, with Windows there is no real divide between apps and the OS. With Windows, apps and OS both keep their settings in a shared place called the registry that either can access and change. Under Linux, each app generally has its own unique configuration file held separately and there is no shared area for OS and app configuration.
* The standard model for Installing an app in Windows is to insert itself into the OS and even extend the OS itself. With Linux the OS is effectively partitioned away because unlike windows, it is completely unmodifiable by users.
* Unlike Windows, patches to Linux are well-documented and optional, so under control of the user.
> Tesla is ALWAYS blamed In most cases its actually well-deserved (because they seriously mis-represented their cruise control as an "Autopilot") but clearly not this case.
This is what you get when society holds humans to be so precious that it eliminates all forms of natural selection and any requirement of at least basic survival instincts/common sense from its members, then also becomes a "blame anything/everything else for not guarding me from my own stupidity" culture. Its further compounded by the law's ongoing support of pursuing blatantly frivolous lawsuits, and for the "war of attrrition" model to be at least one of, if not the most, successful legal tactic.
I'm all for bringing back natural selection. Our gene pool already looks like someone took a massive dump in it. If we keep going down the same road for much longer, humanity is gonna be in real trouble.
>Speckman has retained an attorney, and he's reportedly considering suing the automaker.
Seems to me the real problem is that the driving test in the US is way too lax. At a minimum they need to additionally include tests to ensure people can effectively recover and maintain control of a reasonably high performance car at the limits of its cornering performance. i.e. actually learn how to drive properly.
This is obviously just a lame attempt at a money-grab but it seems he won't have a leg to stand on in court.
That said, the US already has legislation that directly adversely affects the bodyshape of any car sold in the US, because it has to be designed to also protect people illegally driving without their seatbelt on, so I guess there's already an element in law of not being responsible for your own direct choices.
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Maybe they'll come out with their own line of Marvell character themed watches.
The physical risk to the driver, and the driver's skill under pressure are what makes watching motor racing exciting.
Take them both away by replacing it with software and all you have is another boring nerdfest.
No excitement means no spectators. No spectators means no money. No money means no sport.
>>The only known crack on that which was taken care of quickly.
At least read the articles before you show your ignorance.It was 3 different attacks.
>> YOU are welcome to try and steal our Tesla.
Sorry but I don't like them. you can keep it.
>> a cocksucker like you
Thanks for continually reemphasizing your own intellectual shortcomings. Or perhaps you are compensating for something else.
Yeah sure they are.
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
https://www.theguardian.com/te...
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/20...
>>You lose asshole.
Compared to you? Nope. with a dick attitude like that, you lose at your whole life.
This kind of shit is exactly why I wont ever buy a car that has OnStar or any other connectivity back to the manufacturer.
That includes at least all Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Chevrolet and Tesla vehicles.
The only reason people are breaking the law is because what's in place right now isn't even close to filling a need.
If the media moguls stopped playing games with artificial marketplaces, and also charging ridiculous prices for movies, then maybe the whole need for copyright infringment would go away.
The fact that they even need to resort to laws to protect their artificial marketplaces, serves to underline how fucked up it must be. The fact that governments even make protectionist laws like this also underlines how powerful and therefore how rich the media moguls already are from this scam.
No one in the government wants to fix the tax loopholes, because they are all (ab)using them. There's a reason that new tax legislation is always written in such a vague way.
...so who's going to lead your "flying the corporate jet to each remote site to give a 2 hour-long all-hands presentation on how everyone needs to cut expenses and increase productivity" effort now?
MY guess is the only reason for this is that almost no-one actually sits through them.
Anymore than 5 seconds wait before they actually get what they clicked on, and most people have already closed the tab and moved onto something else.
>> Unfortunately, a great many people fit your definition of "complete idiot."
Yes that's something I've been aware of for a long time. I often question whether I'm perhaps being too harsh, but they continually find new ways to prove I'm actually not.
Your retarded assumption there is that everyone necessarily wants to destroy the President of the United States.
Why is it that democrats can never get their heads around the fact that their arguments are in fact not magically unquestionable?
Anybody that uses Facebook as a news source is a complete idiot.
Well technically they're not lost, they know exactly where they went :-)
If the feature is already in the chipset then it seems stupid to not add a couple of tracks to the PCB so you can actually use it.
I get what you are saying that most people stream, but FM works better for a couple of reasons. The obvious ones are that you're not using up your valuable data plan and can get FM out in the boonies where you can't even get cell, but also listening to FM apparently uses way less battery than streaming does.
The way they write this makes it sound like nearly all phones have an FM chip/capability already built-in, which I believe is actually quite far from the truth. Its only a few specific models.
>> The problem is that most other VR-enabled games feel like glorified tech demos, that I wouldn't really bother playing seriously if I weren't looking for something to use VR for.
I totally feel your pain in looking for longer, quality VR experiences. Just in case you haven't already discovered it, you should try "The Solus Project". I love it and I'm very picky.
Undetectable at just 50ft? Hardly. there are plenty of cases of people in England loosing their homes down sinkholes that appear after some old, forgotten mine hundreds or even thousands of feet down collapses after centuries.
I find it hard to believe that in California, once you've dug 50 ft down on your own land, absolutely nothing stands in your way (other than geology) to just tunneling wherever and as far as you like.
If I happen to own some land in CA that Musk wants to tunnel under/through, can he really do so without my permission or even knowledge?
>> It cannot be brought back to what it was,
If Trump gives it enough subsidies anything could happen.
>> it's at least possible that the tribes could work out a deal to keep the plant running
God I hope not. The air quality is a major problem in Phoenix. They could just open yet another Casino on their land so they can avoid paying taxes, and probably employ just as many people and make just as much money.
>> do you think Democrats will vote for anything that keeps this plant running?
Of course. Especially if it means another donation to the Clinton Foundation.
>> Windows' architecture isn't the problem. From that standpoint, it's really no better or worse than any other OS at any level. (Rage all you want, Linux zealots, but it's true.)
No it really isn't true. Just 3 examples (believe me there are many more):
* Unlike Linux, with Windows there is no real divide between apps and the OS. With Windows, apps and OS both keep their settings in a shared place called the registry that either can access and change. Under Linux, each app generally has its own unique configuration file held separately and there is no shared area for OS and app configuration.
* The standard model for Installing an app in Windows is to insert itself into the OS and even extend the OS itself. With Linux the OS is effectively partitioned away because unlike windows, it is completely unmodifiable by users.
* Unlike Windows, patches to Linux are well-documented and optional, so under control of the user.
Because theirs is by far the most architecturally broken and bodged, therefore most insecure and vulnerable OS.
> Tesla is ALWAYS blamed
In most cases its actually well-deserved (because they seriously mis-represented their cruise control as an "Autopilot") but clearly not this case.
This is what you get when society holds humans to be so precious that it eliminates all forms of natural selection and any requirement of at least basic survival instincts/common sense from its members, then also becomes a "blame anything/everything else for not guarding me from my own stupidity" culture. Its further compounded by the law's ongoing support of pursuing blatantly frivolous lawsuits, and for the "war of attrrition" model to be at least one of, if not the most, successful legal tactic.
I'm all for bringing back natural selection. Our gene pool already looks like someone took a massive dump in it. If we keep going down the same road for much longer, humanity is gonna be in real trouble.
>Speckman has retained an attorney, and he's reportedly considering suing the automaker.
Seems to me the real problem is that the driving test in the US is way too lax. At a minimum they need to additionally include tests to ensure people can effectively recover and maintain control of a reasonably high performance car at the limits of its cornering performance. i.e. actually learn how to drive properly.
This is obviously just a lame attempt at a money-grab but it seems he won't have a leg to stand on in court.
That said, the US already has legislation that directly adversely affects the bodyshape of any car sold in the US, because it has to be designed to also protect people illegally driving without their seatbelt on, so I guess there's already an element in law of not being responsible for your own direct choices.
> Get your eyes or your brain examined.
He made a simple mistake (like we all do) so you made a consicous effort to be a complete dick. So do you feel like a big man now?
> The Tesla Model S is one of the safest cars on the road.
citation please.