I didn't give them permission. Unless they moved the important, but unusual parts of the EULA upfront and showed them in bold, they don't become part of the contract. Monitoring every step is unusual enough that one doesn't think it's a normal part of any EULA, so they need to point it out explicitely. Well, that is the law at least in my juristdiction...
Greenpeace estimates that the Chernobyl death toll throughout the past 25 years sums up to 300.000 casualties. During the last 25 years there were about 300.000 victims of traffic accidents in Belarus and Ukraine.
A breached hydo power dam in China caused 30.000 immediate deaths and 120.000 deaths through plagues and famine.
The highest estimate given in a study of total Chernobyl victims is 900.000 worldwide. There are 1.2 million deaths due to traffic accidents worldwide each year.
Ash from coal plants is investigated as a source for uranium, as the concentration of uranium in the coal ash is higher than in several uranium ore deposits.
The background radiation in the town of Chernobyl is now twice as high as the background radiation in Kiev.
The Chernobyl exclusion zone has become a wildlife reservate for wolfes, which were nearly extinct before the desaster.
Damage to the Ukrainian economy due to Chernobyl is estimated at 6% of its BIP. A new sarcophagus will cost more than 500 M€.
Risk coverage in Germany and Switzerland for nuclear accidents: 1%.
Only the whole truth can make you free...
Let's hope the robot is hardened against ionizing radiation. Otherwise instead of "Hasta la vista, baby" it's more like "Dave, my mind is going..."
It is OK to keep a log of the devices whereabouts... on the device. It is not OK to transfer that data to another entity without explicit permission of the devices owner... and better ask one time too often for that permission...
I second that. Twitter is in principle spam-proof... if people would stop using auto-re-follow- and auto-retweet-apps. To get followers on twitter you have to provide some kind of interesting content, even if it is only retweets of news messages. Advertisers really have to invest some time and keep the spam-to-content ratio low or people just cut the link and unfollow them.
... especially Swype on a non-qwerty key layout. Come on, we already know that it is better to spread out those often-used chars...
And maybe someone can figure out a way to make my fingers transparent so I can finally see where that next key is I want to swype to...
I wonder if you have heard about sudo and similar concepts...
ugh, and what if I only paid about 16$ for a year of simple hosting?
ok, so that's why inhaling with salvia tea works...
luckily herbs is something that parma industry will have a hard time getting complete control of... though they might if they manage to get patents on common plants, like monsanto already does...
If the satellite is attached to a 5000km sail, which is spread so as to catch the solar wind, what's to stop it from blowing away?
That's simple. Gravity. You just put the satellite deeper into the gravity well, so it will pull down the sail.
But everyone knows about True Crypt by now, so the judge will ask you for both passwords. Back to square 1.
No, because you now have plausable deniability. Which you don't have if you have a system with only one passowrd. There is a disk or file with just random-looking data on it and encryption software installed on your computer. That is overwhelming evidence that there are encrypted files around. So the defense "I forgot the password" is weak.
But if you have two encrypted partitions like TrueCrypt, you can just give them the key to the harmless one. And if they ask now for a second password you just can say "but I set it up only with one partition" and they have NO evidence to indicate that this is not the truth. And if they hold you in contempt or something you have a very strong case of "inquisitional practices". You already confessed the password but now they are not satisfied with that confession and want ANOTHER confession, putting thumb-screws on you? WITHOUT EVIDENCE? I can already see the headlines about "dark ages"...
Mod parent up!!
And add this citation to the article text!!! *eyeroll*
Though wouldn't a few accelerometers inside the conductor's electronic wand be a more proven method of control?
You still need prediction because the musicians physical actions need to predate the conductors wand by several tenths of seconds.
Think of the wonders the conductor of an orchestra can accomplish
Well, think about the magic that an orchestra really performs! Musicians are not reacting to the gestures of the conductor, they predict them so they can stay ahead... and in sync. This prediction capability won't come to computing devices for quite some time, I'll predict...
Hmm, whatever that means. I for my part remain in an unimpressed state. While the idea is good, the obvious lag renders the handling rather clumsy. Combine that with no haptic feedback and the idea isn't so good anymore.
If all else fails, lower your standards.
