You mean the manufacturers will be able to make the charger an accessory.
Well, isn't that a good thing? What would be the logic of this agreement if the companies just continued supplying chargers with each phone?
Video Camera's aren't the barrier of entry, owning a computer/mobile device that has internet access is.
What? Don't they have computers in cafés or libraries in the US?
Just stick a human brain in a bucket. It's small, quiet, cool and just feed it a Cheeto every once in a while to keep it running.
And since the human brain has a computational power of 100 petaflops at 20 watts, it'd well exceed DARPA's requirements.
Farming is a noble occupation, but if you have to spend time tending a biological system when a chemical system will work flawlessly without any monitoring, well, that's why we make chemical systems instead of just using biological ones.
Don't all systems require monitoring? Besides, biology is just applied chemistry. There are applications where chemical processes are just too complex for us to manage, so we have cells managing it for us, like in composting.
Obama socialist?
People who claim that Obama or the American Democratic party for that matter is socialist needs to take a trip around the globe. In many European countries the Democrats would be considered a right wing party.
Will burp-free cows be as tasty? Produce as much milk?
Yeah, I was thinking about this... If they select only the burp-less cows to be bred, what if that means they select the ones that also produce less meat or milk? Then they'd have to raise more cows to meet the demands and the advantage of having cows that burp less is lost.
1 foot = 0.3048 meters
There you go, NASA. That one's for free.
Optimally they'd let anyone see the camera feeds, but at least it's not the government
Why is it okay for "normal" people to impose surveillance on others, but not for the government? The government is people, too, isn't it? If you think about it (and I'm playing the devil's advocate here), it would be worse if some militant, over-zealous neighbourhood watch type sat in front of a monitor array eighteen hours a day hoping for someone to commit a petty crime, than if trained government employees with a clear and lax code of reporting did it.
Of course, ideally no-one would surveil no-one, but that doesn't really seem to be the case in this world.
I also firmly believe that whenever a politician advocates the installation of monitoring cameras, the first camera installed should be aimed at their bedroom window and the video made freely available to everyone. If they don't have a problem with being treated that way themselves, then nobody else should either.
I dunno. I know some people like having people watching them with cameras in their bedrooms. That doesn't mean I would, though.
If all else fails, lower your standards.