This is the business model shows how to beat priacy.
Really for $20 why bother to pirate it.

Apple has already sued an major Australian grocery store/supermarket using an 'apple' in it's name - which looked nothing like the apple bite logo.
http://www.woolworths.com.au/

It is actually 2 different groups one group 'the scientists' do the science and another group 'society/politics' has to come up with the solution. It is not a valid argument to ignore the first group because you don't think you like what the second group may think (BTW: we are all in the second group).

Good suggestion, fellow member of society, not a complete horror was it? This is pretty much what plan A is/should be. Once we accept the science we can then start to plan for solutions that are not 'complete horrors'.

Probably a better idea to put the 'beta-stage' tech into cars that are:
1. less models sold - more effort and inspection can go into each model to make sure its done correctly, less cost if there are any issues for recall, some of the newer components may not be easily sourced in higher quantities as yet as production is being ramped up/perfected.
2. luxury car has higher cost and margin so the additional costs of the new tech can be offset.

Another attack on music piracy. This is an attempt to put the fear of a ruined life into peoples minds when they are downloading music. Designed to increase the perceived risks involved, they have tried mass and high profile litigation to make people fear being fined. This approach seems a lot cheaper a few made up stories with some publicity would have a similar or greater effect. And the beauty of the link to child porn is that everyone is guilty no questions asked, and the associated stigma is much worse than a fine.
If this is not the case I hope I haven't given them any new ideas...

1st ban or enforce disclaimers where images of the models bodies have been modified to shrink waist lines and exaggerate breasts etc. At least prevent from girls striving for the impossible.

The other day I found a message from google in my gmail spam box. However it was the notice that privacy policy was changing for my apps domain, I put this down to fair algorithm rather than intent since the privacy change was otherwise pretty well advertised. I guess I could have gone the other way depending on my temperament at the time.

Wouldn't be even better to have similar buttons on the back of the phone, you know where you hold the thing, with the added benefit of not blocking the screen. I guess phones would follow if this did eventually take off though.

Samsung icons pre-iphone are black and white after iphone they are color, apple invented color now? Most are pretty generic representations of the task they perform. Yep, the green phone icon is the closest however, pretty much every phone has a green icon of a phone as a physical button performing the same function.
Q1 box 'the Q1 is behind the paperwork' otherwise pretty similar. Is that worth injunction?

Oh yes the beauty of Linux (et al), giving you full control. I was aware of priorities but being in the Windows world the last few years and not heard of configurable frequency governor.

With modern CPU's generally slowing down to save power and reduce heat output, are spare CPU cycles really spare?

I defiantly know - fans speed up when CPU is busy, does this grid type of software take this into account and use only really idle cycles or does it keep the CPU powered up when there is no user doing anything 'important'?

Not well enough to quote it unfortunately, just memory that the description was good. Human brain is not a HDD its a bit more fuzzy.

Maybe it's from 2001 "All the monoliths are black, extremely flat, non-reflective rectangular solids."
I remember Arthur C. Clarke's description of the blackness quite well, I'm thinking it was written slightly better than the summaries description of black.
Unfortunately I don't have the book with me.

My point was not that LPG/Petrol unsafe, with proper design these parts of the car have been made safe. I don't think its ironic that the LPG tank is one of the most solid parts of the car this is a necessary design to make this particular energy source safe. If this was not the case we would be seeing more exploding cars.

Surely there will be ways to limit the amount of instantaneous discharge while still providing enough discharge to be useful.

With rescue if this technology becomes standard procedures will be changed, big rubber gloves. (Maybe the drivers will have to be wearing skin-tight rubber suits too - maybe thats the reason for those strange uniforms as seen in sci-fi.)

What could possibly go wrong driving around at speed with a tank of highly flammable liquid strapped to the undercarriage of the car.
What insanity!!!
The same can be said for LPG a high pressure canister of highly flammable GAS just behind your seat - imagine that in a crash.

Any dense energy source put into a car has a potential for that energy to be released in a way that is not intended especially in a crash. It is the details of the design that can make the energy storage (relatively) safe.