Are these attempts to increase safety, or a puritanical knee-jerk reaction? Hard not to notice that there are not similar laws against smoking/arguing/eating/etc. while driving, http://www.misc2.com/whisper.html has a scenario on how this plays out long term...
I have one in my bedroom here in Japan for the last four years. It is a ring florescent tube that glows like a night light after the light goes out. The light is made by NEC and is called Hotarukku (a play on the word hotaru, which is Japanese for firefly). It seems they launched the product in March 2000. http://www.nelt.co.jp/navi/la_shg/fre_shg.htm (Japanese) gives specs and has some pics showing the room lit with the light on and off.
Seeing this covered on TV here in Japan this morning. Key application (pending regulatory OKs) is in cars, driver sees car navigation, passenger sees TV/DVD/etc.
Funny, you would have thought that the internet provider would have had the client arrested also for not securing their property. Are these stories to come?
Man arrested for allowing other tenants in his apartment building to use Word on his computer.
Woman arrested for reading book using light from neighbor's window, electric company pressing charges.
Teens sued by music industry for listening to music from neighbor's party.
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Are these attempts to increase safety, or a puritanical knee-jerk reaction? Hard not to notice that there are not similar laws against smoking/arguing/eating/etc. while driving, http://www.misc2.com/whisper.html has a scenario on how this plays out long term...
According to this article, it is almost impossible to find PDAs on the shelves in Japan... http://www.misc2.com/are_pdas_already_dead_in_japa n.html
I have one in my bedroom here in Japan for the last four years. It is a ring florescent tube that glows like a night light after the light goes out. The light is made by NEC and is called Hotarukku (a play on the word hotaru, which is Japanese for firefly). It seems they launched the product in March 2000. http://www.nelt.co.jp/navi/la_shg/fre_shg.htm (Japanese) gives specs and has some pics showing the room lit with the light on and off.
Seeing this covered on TV here in Japan this morning. Key application (pending regulatory OKs) is in cars, driver sees car navigation, passenger sees TV/DVD/etc.
Funny, you would have thought that the internet provider would have had the client arrested also for not securing their property. Are these stories to come? Man arrested for allowing other tenants in his apartment building to use Word on his computer. Woman arrested for reading book using light from neighbor's window, electric company pressing charges. Teens sued by music industry for listening to music from neighbor's party.