The overwhelming number of people who talk on cell phones while driving never get into an accident. Most people would have enough sense not to let themselves get distracted enough by a DVD player to cause an accident. It comes down to what the majority considers to be an acceptible risk. My solution would be to make getting a driving license tougher to begin with and require that everyone take driving tests every couple of years.
The problem isn't taking risks. The problem is we have too many irresponsible people driving. We need to do a better job of weeding out bad drivers instead of banning behaviors that good drivers can engage in without endangering others. We need to trust people to be responsible adults rather than big government infantilizing them for having a DVD player in their dash.
This story is going to be seized upon by lawmakers as an excuse to pass more laws to limit personal freedom by prohibiting risk-taking. They've done it before by requiring the wearing of seat-belts and banning cell-phone usage in cars.
People should by punished for misdeeds they do, not for things they might do. Simply using a cell phone in your car, having a DVD player in your dash or refusing to wear a seat-belt are not hazards. Stupid drivers are. When lawmakers attempt to legislate away stupidity you have the beginnings of a police state. I think I should have the right to install a widescreen HDTV display in my dash and replace the dome light with a disco mirror ball if I so chose. That shouldn't be anybody's business but my own. Don't penalize people for taking risks, but by all means throw the book at them if they plow into an oncoming car on the freeway--for whatever reason.
If this bill holds companies liable for producing devices that could be used for illegally duplicating copyrighted material, why should it only affect things like CD/DVD burners and MP3 players? Why not photocopiers? I could make a bajillion illegal copies of "The Da Vinci Code" on my company's "People Friendly" Kyocera copier. Heck, while we're at it, my Ticonderoga #2 pencil could be busily pirating Bill Gates' "The Road Ahead" at this very moment! My God! Maybe we should ban clay tablets too!
I wish iTunes could let one stream audio to the Express and play music on the host simultaneously. I was surprised to learn that it can't do both. It would be nice to be able to stream music to another room and be able to monitor it on my computer.
But I'm buying one anyway. This thing is way cool. I can wait for Gen 2 with component video out for HDV streaming.
Don't get me wrong, I love eBay, and what's more I've never been burned as a customer. But the fact is it's still too easy to get scammed and not easy enough to get redress after having been scammed. Mostly, I'm amazed more people aren't getting ripped off on eBay.
Buying things on eBay is like gambling--you're betting the seller isn't going to take your money and send you a box of rocks from his garden. So I operate under the same philosophy I use in Vegas: I never bet more than I can afford to lose.
The Bush Administration was actually the first to find a practical application for this model of a black hole, where information goes in and eventually comes out mangled and unrecognizable. It's obviously how they processed the CIA's intel on Iraq prior to the invasion.
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The overwhelming number of people who talk on cell phones while driving never get into an accident. Most people would have enough sense not to let themselves get distracted enough by a DVD player to cause an accident. It comes down to what the majority considers to be an acceptible risk. My solution would be to make getting a driving license tougher to begin with and require that everyone take driving tests every couple of years. The problem isn't taking risks. The problem is we have too many irresponsible people driving. We need to do a better job of weeding out bad drivers instead of banning behaviors that good drivers can engage in without endangering others. We need to trust people to be responsible adults rather than big government infantilizing them for having a DVD player in their dash.
This story is going to be seized upon by lawmakers as an excuse to pass more laws to limit personal freedom by prohibiting risk-taking. They've done it before by requiring the wearing of seat-belts and banning cell-phone usage in cars. People should by punished for misdeeds they do, not for things they might do. Simply using a cell phone in your car, having a DVD player in your dash or refusing to wear a seat-belt are not hazards. Stupid drivers are. When lawmakers attempt to legislate away stupidity you have the beginnings of a police state. I think I should have the right to install a widescreen HDTV display in my dash and replace the dome light with a disco mirror ball if I so chose. That shouldn't be anybody's business but my own. Don't penalize people for taking risks, but by all means throw the book at them if they plow into an oncoming car on the freeway--for whatever reason.
If this bill holds companies liable for producing devices that could be used for illegally duplicating copyrighted material, why should it only affect things like CD/DVD burners and MP3 players? Why not photocopiers? I could make a bajillion illegal copies of "The Da Vinci Code" on my company's "People Friendly" Kyocera copier. Heck, while we're at it, my Ticonderoga #2 pencil could be busily pirating Bill Gates' "The Road Ahead" at this very moment! My God! Maybe we should ban clay tablets too!
I dare them to patent the Blue Screen of Death. No wait... they'd probably charge a fee every time some old PIII running WinME crashes.
It can, either through Appletalk or Rendezvous, err, I mean OpenTalk. The Express supports both protocols, like the regular Airport Base Station.
I wish iTunes could let one stream audio to the Express and play music on the host simultaneously. I was surprised to learn that it can't do both. It would be nice to be able to stream music to another room and be able to monitor it on my computer. But I'm buying one anyway. This thing is way cool. I can wait for Gen 2 with component video out for HDV streaming.
Don't get me wrong, I love eBay, and what's more I've never been burned as a customer. But the fact is it's still too easy to get scammed and not easy enough to get redress after having been scammed. Mostly, I'm amazed more people aren't getting ripped off on eBay. Buying things on eBay is like gambling--you're betting the seller isn't going to take your money and send you a box of rocks from his garden. So I operate under the same philosophy I use in Vegas: I never bet more than I can afford to lose.
The Bush Administration was actually the first to find a practical application for this model of a black hole, where information goes in and eventually comes out mangled and unrecognizable. It's obviously how they processed the CIA's intel on Iraq prior to the invasion.
It's about time /. posted some useful information for a change.