No, it's because children aren't allowed to read a historically significant novel at the teacher's prompt for EXTRA CREDIT without the parent's approval.

What child is soulless enough to read slashdot?

Seriously, go outside and go to the park. You'll have your entire life to read Slashdot once you start to live in a cubicle.

To be honest, nobody takes such advertisements seriously.... or, rather, if they do, they need to get their brain examined.

If anyone gets in a huff about stuff like this, they need to reexamine their priorities, as I'm sure there are much more worthy injustices going on in the world, than people having their images displayed next to two-bit iq test advertisements, or ads for dating websites to their friends on an occasional, random, automated basis.

Wow.... everyone needs to calm the fuck down.

If anyone here RTFA and used facebook, they'd know that this is just referring to those stupid ads that grab random profile pictures and stick them next to generic text. There is no "theft of your honesty and integrity" because the ads carry about as much credibility as the "hot singles in [your city]" or the multitude of poorly spelled viagra ads that flood your inbox on a daily basis.

If this were something where the advertisement using my picture was global, or used outside facebook, or not automated, it might be an issue.... but that isn't the case. Everyone with an ounce of brains knows what these ads are, and nobody in their right minds would take them seriously. It's the price we pay for a free social networking site, and no amount of bitching changes the fact that Facebook does have to get money from somewhere.

why not just put a longer term limit on commercial uses?

For instance, 5 (or whatever) years before unrestricted access for personal/public uses, and 15 (or whatever) years before unrestricted commercial use?

Well, yes, but it's slightly more complex than that.

At the very least, they (supposedly) offer a service that works on a subscription basis, so if you're one of the poor shlups stuck at the bottom of the pyramid, you still get something out of your investment (that is, an unlimited voice/data mobile plan).

Still, $60 a month (once everything averages out) is nowhere near enough to pay for such a plan. Unlimited voice from TMobile is $99, same for att. No way in hell they'd manage to come out in the black with the plan they had laid out.

Irrelevant. Driving over 100 mph in the US (where this car is being built) is a felony, and thus, there really isn't a need to go any faster.

I'm pretty sure the point is to be as functional in real world use, which electric cars still haven't quite achieved.

Are you kidding? I would in a heart beat.

I mean, I suppose I'm a bit of a creeper by most standards, but at the same time, scouring a stolen hard drive seems like a nice way to try and squeeze more out of an already decent catch, money wise.

No, because you have passengers calling people, people on public transportation, etc etc.

Although, now that I think about it, I would love for the people talking loudly on their cellphones on the bus to shut up.

I find that kind of disturbing. Although I'm far from a good driver while talking on the phone, I have little problem focusing and processing what's on the road ahead of me as long as I'm aware that I'm in a situation where I need to focus more on the road than on the conversation

That, or the UK has amazingly awesome public transportation.

Over here in USA land, public transportation is a joke unless it's within a big city, and, as a result, everyone drives everywhere.

Well, that, and we have more jackasses.

/argument.

As a side note, I'm amazed that you haven't realized the flimsiness of this argument. Not only does a lack of direction after we discount god not really mean that he does exist, but there's a lot of philosophy directed toward how we should live and interact with others, with ideas ranging from "live to optimize the pleasure you experience" to "try to do what brings the most happiness to others" (hedonism and utilitarianism respectively).

That's not going to be the case, though, just as it isn't now, with Ubuntu-based netbooks costing ~ the same amount as an identical Windows netbook.

Dammit, it's the end of the republic.

That's the thing about IR though - you can see both.