Pornography leads to a demand?

I would say that the demand is/was already there, long before technology brought us the pornography we know today.

"It shall not be unlawful under this chapter for a person to intercept geolocation information pertaining to another person if such other person has given prior consent to such interception unless such information is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortuous act in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States or of any State."

That is listed under exemptions (along with intercepting for foreign intel, emergency, and device theft). Wouldn't the easy way around this be to force us to consent to tracking via the TOS with the cell phone carrier? (If we haven't already done so). Kinda the same way I consent to a preliminary breath test implicitely by having a drivers license, or forfeit my license upon refusal. I feel like this bill, if passed, will just immediately be loop-holed by a "In order to use a cell phone, you agree to be tracked" clause.

The prize awarded to the confirmed Winner (“Prize”) shall be, at the Winner’s option:

(a) a non-transferable ticket for a sub-orbital space flight which is to take off from and land in a spaceport in the USA and will last for approximately 15 minutes during which the space flight will reach a minimum altitude of 100 kilometres above the earth’s surface (“Space Flight”), or

(b) a cash prize equivalent to the price of the Space Flight of US$102,000 (one hundred and two thousand US Dollars) (“Cash Prize”).

So tax on 102k is going to suck unless you just take the payout. Plus directly following those terms... is my favorite one.

"It is hereby acknowledged that it is not possible to guarantee the Space Flight, as described in these Terms and Conditions, will take place in the near future or at all... ...if the date for the Space Flight is not confirmed by 31 December 2016, then the Promoter reserves the right, upon written notice to the Winner, to substitute the Cash Prize for the Space Flight"

Just take the cash upfront.

When you're fixing prices

Awww... No street view?

You're right, and much of the old laws of bible are rooted in real life observations. Religion's purpose has always been to bridge the gap between what is apparent, and what we actually know about something (the "why" so to speak). Take the law of not eating shellfish, or the restrictions on "clean" meats, or handling dead bodies. These were religious laws that the faithful trusted and obeyed because they thought God commanded it, not because they, or even the people who wrote the law understood the cause and effects. Consequently they probably helped keep a lot of people from getting deathly ill because they didn't know about trichinella.

We know better now.

I remember this same episode, and I believe his experience was also testament to the actual fear of driving a real 3,000lb vehicle to the absolute brink; it not that he was physically unable to brake late in real life... he wasn't mentally able to so the way he had in the game. The most crucial thing a game like gran turismo omits is the g-forces exerted on the driver. This whole experience also goes to show the amount of skill, patience, and fearlessness a professional race driver has to push a car to the limits that even an above average driver (at least in terms of experiencing overpowered vehicles) like Jeremy Clarkston is unable to.

I'm pretty sure he/she means with the window/windsheild defrosters, where I live (Michigan, US) its fairly common practice to start your car (outdoors) and let it run until the heat is blowing warm and defrosting all your windows. Even -25 deicer windshield cleaner will freeze some mornings. It's better for the vehicle too, because you're letting all the engine components come up to their optimal operating temperatures.

I agree with you there, my girlfriend's younger brother is still in high school and it amazes me that his friends and him have so little interaction, even when they are sitting in the same room; phones always in hand.

My disgust isn't entirely the volume of text messages... it's more that an almost 40 year old man who should be busy being Mayor (albeit one of the worst, and in the worst city in the US) doesn't need to be averaging over 50 text messages a day to one person. I don't even want to know how many he was sending a day to the rest of his phone book.

After someone like Kwame Kilpatrick (former mayor of Detroit) exchanged 14,000 text messages with his chief of staff (both married to other people), most of which were related to their sexual affair with one another and others which were about illegally firing another government employee and I believe a bribery scandal (this has been local news here for a while), I'm not surprised they are finally doing this.

What I'd really like to know, is how the hell someone could send 14k text messages between September/October 2002 and April/May 2003. All the illegal and corrupt stuff aside... If that time period is accurate that means they were exchanging over 50 text messages a day... what the fuck.

More like. If you forgot to close your blinds your neighbors can see how your furniture is arranged (maybe even photograph it). But, they can't sit in it, rearrange it, or take it from your house.

Not that our government should be allowed to... but all we'd have to do is label them potential (eco?) terrorists and we'd be able to lock them up for years without trial or substantial evidence.

Then price it like electricity. Does anyone pre-pay for electricity?

Fortunately my power company doesn't rape my wallet if I use a few extra watts. At 25 dollars per 2gb then they should only charge you .0122 dollars per mb you go over right? Hell they should just charge you that rate regardless of what plan you buy.