If they want people to do that, they should just force people to sign a contract when they buy the product. Otherwise, they're just abusing the legal system to make a business practice more profitable.
It shouldn't the government's responsibility to gurantee profits to a corporation.
Even with a captcha defeating library, a fairly skilled person would have to write a script or something to parse the webform (optionally over SSL which is a little more difficult) and programatically decode the captcha and then fill in the form and submit it.
Decoding the captcha is the hard part, everything else you listed above takes less than 10 minutes by any programmer with half a clue. If code is available to easily decode them, then the whole process is fairly easy.
Are they lower because the unhelmeted rider is more likely to die immediately? In that case, we all still have to pay for the family to raise their kids when they've lost a parent.
Our energy use already surpasses its availability in peak times (recall rolling blackouts in California, the heat induced blackouts in NE US). Now they want to add DOORS to the grid? I wouldn't think there would be a lot of consumption per door, but still...
While we do have production issues, the California blackouts were caused by Enron executives shutting down power plants at peak times. There are already lots of automatic doors on the grid, most of which are arranged in an "air-lock" fashion but I'm assuming the current ones use a lot less energy than this model.
You're free to do whatever you like on private property. Keep in mind that public roads are based on socialist ideals, so any restrictions are done for the good of the majority. If you want freedom, then lobby your government to stop spending tax money on roads and highways.
I personally be fine with allowing motorcycle drivers to not wear helmets if they were willing to waive their rights to public healthcare and their family's right to welfare.
The vast majority of accidents are caused because human beings are either incapable or unwilling to drive a vehicle safely. Because of this, we have lost many civil liberties. Due to safety concerns, the police can pull you over and search your vehicle at almost any time without real justification.
Ever have a deer run in front of your car? I wouldn't want to hit one at 85mph. Over 70% of vehicle deaths are caused from unimpaired drivers. The problem is that human beings are generally incapable of driving automobiles. Neither 55 or 85 is safe, but you're going to get a lot less in a slower collision.
They'd have to be wearing quite a bit of lead shielding. Thousands of pounds, in fact. A fair chunk of cosmic radiation consists of ionizing, high-energy radiation.
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If they want people to do that, they should just force people to sign a contract when they buy the product. Otherwise, they're just abusing the legal system to make a business practice more profitable.
It shouldn't the government's responsibility to gurantee profits to a corporation.
Now, if they passed these benefits along to the public, either through paying their employees more or hiring more people, that would be a good thing.
Why would they do that? One of the basic rules of economics is that product cost is determined only by supply and demand.
Even with a captcha defeating library, a fairly skilled person would have to write a script or something to parse the webform (optionally over SSL which is a little more difficult) and programatically decode the captcha and then fill in the form and submit it.
Decoding the captcha is the hard part, everything else you listed above takes less than 10 minutes by any programmer with half a clue. If code is available to easily decode them, then the whole process is fairly easy.
Google on the other hand releases specs and APIs to work with the system and they don't care which platform you happen to be running on.
The following google apps do not work in anything other than Windows:
Picasa
Google Desktop
Google Earth
Google Toolbar
Google Hello
It will be very easy without any prior art requirement.
Are they lower because the unhelmeted rider is more likely to die immediately? In that case, we all still have to pay for the family to raise their kids when they've lost a parent.
Our energy use already surpasses its availability in peak times (recall rolling blackouts in California, the heat induced blackouts in NE US). Now they want to add DOORS to the grid? I wouldn't think there would be a lot of consumption per door, but still...
While we do have production issues, the California blackouts were caused by Enron executives shutting down power plants at peak times. There are already lots of automatic doors on the grid, most of which are arranged in an "air-lock" fashion but I'm assuming the current ones use a lot less energy than this model.
You're free to do whatever you like on private property. Keep in mind that public roads are based on socialist ideals, so any restrictions are done for the good of the majority. If you want freedom, then lobby your government to stop spending tax money on roads and highways.
I personally be fine with allowing motorcycle drivers to not wear helmets if they were willing to waive their rights to public healthcare and their family's right to welfare.
The vast majority of accidents are caused because human beings are either incapable or unwilling to drive a vehicle safely. Because of this, we have lost many civil liberties. Due to safety concerns, the police can pull you over and search your vehicle at almost any time without real justification.
I'd rather have robots drive.
Ever have a deer run in front of your car? I wouldn't want to hit one at 85mph. Over 70% of vehicle deaths are caused from unimpaired drivers. The problem is that human beings are generally incapable of driving automobiles. Neither 55 or 85 is safe, but you're going to get a lot less in a slower collision.
You've never owned an Apple built computer have you.
Why does it require a visit? Cisco makes it pretty easy to set up remote consoles and dial-ins.
They'd have to be wearing quite a bit of lead shielding. Thousands of pounds, in fact. A fair chunk of cosmic radiation consists of ionizing, high-energy radiation.
Thousands of earth pounds or mars pounds?