Purchasing a DVD doesn't entitle you to stream the entire video to others, in any form.
Even playing it for the rest of the family on the big screen TV?
There are a bunch of qualifiers--"for your own personal use and not as a commercial activity or as a promotion of a commercial activity." It's one thing to show a movie to the family at home, it's another thing to show it at a bar, and it's still another thing to say, "Come to my bar to watch movies and buy my hot wings, beer, and snacks!"
The copyright holder gets to control the distribution and modification of its work.
I like the concept of VidAngel--even if I would never use the service. I have no problem with the idea that Disney/Lucasfilm should get paid for their work. So I agree with the distribution part. It's the "modification" that I have issue with.
You can go to the dealer and order the exact car you want. The dealer will either find it (if it's been built and exists in the area) or will order it from the factory. Of course, you will have to wait.
That said, the dealer will push you to "settle" for one of the cars at the dealership. "You don't really want a stick shift, right? Tell you what, we'll offer you the automatic for the same price!" So if you want to drive a brand new car off the dealership that day, you have to settle for what they have. If you absolutely, positively, have to have those options, then it shouldn't be a big deal to wait a few weeks, right?
My roommate used to drive a big-rig truck locally--pick up stuff at the port in Long Beach and take it to local distributors. All those trips were under 200 miles. She also used to pick up at the port and take loads to Arizona, where other truckers would take them to their final destination--a distance of about 350 miles, so a little over.
I'll agree that the range seems a bit low, but it's definitely interesting stuff.
If they limit themselves to 8hr/day of driving [...]
Keep in mind that the government limits drivers to 11 hours a day of driving. Which is why long-haul drivers usually work in teams of two.
But you're right that 200-300 miles certainly doesn't seem like enough. About the only use is for doing things like going from a distribution center to a store (say, a grocery store).
My demands will increase until you hire me. So you're better off not bothering with the interviews or things like that--for every day I'm not working, I'm coming up with new demands. So hire me now!
I have to admit, I was somewhat curious (and didn't RTFA): Does it reverse memory loss, in that things you couldn't remember you will now be able to? Or will it prevent memory loss--things you didn't remember before, you still won't remember but you won't forget new things.
Once their range is close enough to gas no one will want to buy a new fossil fuel car.
Well, that all depends.
Right now, I get a bit over 300 miles with my car. Very expensive electric cars can come pretty close.
So, in a couple of years, my choice is between a $35,000 electric car that gets 300 miles on a charge or a $35,000 Mazda which gets 50 MPG and, therefore, gets over 500 miles on a tank of gasoline.
No problem. Your english is very good. But you're missing a cultural reference/stereotype.
Here in the US, so the stereotype goes, men don't ask for directions. Asking for directions is a sign of weakness. You figure it out for yourself. There are various jokes about men refusing to ask for directions (which is why they bring women along, so they can ask for directions).
I aim to make it to Knoxville by dinner without having any real idea of whether that's possible.
I mean, you drive along. You see a sign that says "Knoxville 67 miles." You do the math, "If I average 60 MPH, it should take me an hour and seven minutes."
If nothing else, doing math problems in your head is a wonderful way to pass the time.
Actually, the science is pretty well understood. Even the engineering is pretty well understood. The biggest issues with hyperloop are the scale and the cargo.
"Nearly all Boomer high-school students had their driver’s license by the spring of their senior year; more than one in four teens today still lack one at the end of high school."... "In conversation after conversation, teens described getting their license as something to be nagged into by their parents—a notion that would have been unthinkable to previous generations."
Agreed. But why?
When I was a kid, I got my driver's license so that I could go places more conveniently than on my bike. I could go hang out with my friends, etc., and somewhat keep my own schedule rather than syncing it around when Mom or Dad could come pick me up. I still had to be home by certain hours, based upon my parents' requirements (11:30PM, usually).
Now? Heck, California won't let a 16 year-old with a driver's license drive a car with anyone else unless there is an adult also in the car. If there's an adult already in the car, why should I be the one driving? A 16 year-old can't drive after 11:00PM. If the movie I want to watch ends at 11:00PM? TFB. Mom has to come get me and the car.
Besides, Mom & Dad seem more than willing to drive me around. Why, they keep telling me how I could get kidnapped--plugged off the street by a pervert in a white van, and they are responsible for making sure that doesn't happen. So why should I bother getting a driver's license if I don't need to drive anywhere?
When people are walking into stationary objects because they've got their eyes glued to their smartphones, then something is wrong and the matter needs to be investigated.
And when people are walking into stationary objects because they've got their eyes glued to a paperback book? Or a comic book?
So this height-challenged Czechoslovakian resistance fighter is trying to escape the Gestapo, who are chasing him. He sees a small farm house, runs to the door, and knocks rapidly. The farmer opens the door and the resistance fighter immediately asks him:
Slashdot Mirror
Uh...Whoosh?
Kind of like playing Virtual Virtual Skeeball...
Purchasing a DVD doesn't entitle you to stream the entire video to others, in any form.
Even playing it for the rest of the family on the big screen TV?
There are a bunch of qualifiers--"for your own personal use and not as a commercial activity or as a promotion of a commercial activity." It's one thing to show a movie to the family at home, it's another thing to show it at a bar, and it's still another thing to say, "Come to my bar to watch movies and buy my hot wings, beer, and snacks!"
The copyright holder gets to control the distribution and modification of its work.
I like the concept of VidAngel--even if I would never use the service. I have no problem with the idea that Disney/Lucasfilm should get paid for their work. So I agree with the distribution part. It's the "modification" that I have issue with.
They keep using unsafe languages like C, C++ or Java instead of time-tested safe ones for critical environments (ADA).
Or Rust. Don't forget Rust.
Not entirely true.
You can go to the dealer and order the exact car you want. The dealer will either find it (if it's been built and exists in the area) or will order it from the factory. Of course, you will have to wait.
That said, the dealer will push you to "settle" for one of the cars at the dealership. "You don't really want a stick shift, right? Tell you what, we'll offer you the automatic for the same price!" So if you want to drive a brand new car off the dealership that day, you have to settle for what they have. If you absolutely, positively, have to have those options, then it shouldn't be a big deal to wait a few weeks, right?
This is also a good point.
My roommate used to drive a big-rig truck locally--pick up stuff at the port in Long Beach and take it to local distributors. All those trips were under 200 miles. She also used to pick up at the port and take loads to Arizona, where other truckers would take them to their final destination--a distance of about 350 miles, so a little over.
I'll agree that the range seems a bit low, but it's definitely interesting stuff.
If they limit themselves to 8hr/day of driving [...]
Keep in mind that the government limits drivers to 11 hours a day of driving. Which is why long-haul drivers usually work in teams of two.
But you're right that 200-300 miles certainly doesn't seem like enough. About the only use is for doing things like going from a distribution center to a store (say, a grocery store).
Trump whined to Putin after McCain blocked the health bill
"You saw what happened to that ship named 'McCain'? Be a shame if the same thing happened to you..."
This ones for all you rock 'n' rollas...
You take things too literally. It was a metaphor.
True. But those people don't necessarily do their shopping around "the holiday season."
About the only "consumers" I can see being interested in this would be gamers.
My demands will increase until you hire me. So you're better off not bothering with the interviews or things like that--for every day I'm not working, I'm coming up with new demands. So hire me now!
I have to admit, I was somewhat curious (and didn't RTFA): Does it reverse memory loss, in that things you couldn't remember you will now be able to? Or will it prevent memory loss--things you didn't remember before, you still won't remember but you won't forget new things.
Once their range is close enough to gas no one will want to buy a new fossil fuel car.
Well, that all depends.
Right now, I get a bit over 300 miles with my car. Very expensive electric cars can come pretty close.
So, in a couple of years, my choice is between a $35,000 electric car that gets 300 miles on a charge or a $35,000 Mazda which gets 50 MPG and, therefore, gets over 500 miles on a tank of gasoline.
No problem. Your english is very good. But you're missing a cultural reference/stereotype.
Here in the US, so the stereotype goes, men don't ask for directions. Asking for directions is a sign of weakness. You figure it out for yourself. There are various jokes about men refusing to ask for directions (which is why they bring women along, so they can ask for directions).
You mean...ask for directions?
Actually, I kind of chuckled at this line:
I aim to make it to Knoxville by dinner without having any real idea of whether that's possible.
I mean, you drive along. You see a sign that says "Knoxville 67 miles." You do the math, "If I average 60 MPH, it should take me an hour and seven minutes."
If nothing else, doing math problems in your head is a wonderful way to pass the time.
Also, keep in mind that they don't have to pay to get it fixed.
It's like driving a rental car with full coverage every day!
1. Blue Angels
2. Blue Angels fly F-18s. Thunderbirds fly F-16s.
So I guess we shouldn't have believed Watergate, either. After all, that all came from "unnamed sources."
The science behind it is iffy, at best right now.
Actually, the science is pretty well understood. Even the engineering is pretty well understood. The biggest issues with hyperloop are the scale and the cargo.
There've been pretty impressive systems of "pneumatic tubes" that have been built for sending things around. Of course, those tubes were fairly small and they carried inanimate objects. Now we want to make them travel much further and be much bigger and carry people at high speeds, so there's bunches of issues there that need to be figured out.
"Nearly all Boomer high-school students had their driver’s license by the spring of their senior year; more than one in four teens today still lack one at the end of high school."... "In conversation after conversation, teens described getting their license as something to be nagged into by their parents—a notion that would have been unthinkable to previous generations."
Agreed. But why?
When I was a kid, I got my driver's license so that I could go places more conveniently than on my bike. I could go hang out with my friends, etc., and somewhat keep my own schedule rather than syncing it around when Mom or Dad could come pick me up. I still had to be home by certain hours, based upon my parents' requirements (11:30PM, usually).
Now? Heck, California won't let a 16 year-old with a driver's license drive a car with anyone else unless there is an adult also in the car. If there's an adult already in the car, why should I be the one driving? A 16 year-old can't drive after 11:00PM. If the movie I want to watch ends at 11:00PM? TFB. Mom has to come get me and the car.
Besides, Mom & Dad seem more than willing to drive me around. Why, they keep telling me how I could get kidnapped--plugged off the street by a pervert in a white van, and they are responsible for making sure that doesn't happen. So why should I bother getting a driver's license if I don't need to drive anywhere?
When people are walking into stationary objects because they've got their eyes glued to their smartphones, then something is wrong and the matter needs to be investigated.
And when people are walking into stationary objects because they've got their eyes glued to a paperback book? Or a comic book?
Nope, sorry. Nice try.
Which company has more cache?
caché.
So this height-challenged Czechoslovakian resistance fighter is trying to escape the Gestapo, who are chasing him. He sees a small farm house, runs to the door, and knocks rapidly. The farmer opens the door and the resistance fighter immediately asks him:
"Excuse me, but could you cache a small czech?"
I'll be here all week.
The commercials suck but that's what the mute button is for.
No, no, no! That's when you surf to another channel.
At least until they come up with Blipverts...