Google and others assert that images are only included in the digital copies when permission has been obtained from the copyright holder.

When a photographer sells a license for an image to be used for publication, they don't typically transfer copyright of the image. The photographer is the copyright holder of the images being used, by and large. If Google is obtaining permission from the book publisher, the book publisher often will not have the right to grant second use license of the photographs to third parties like Google.

A person who doesn't own something in the first place can't give you permission to use it.

An amateur radio license is a license to make use of large swaths of radio spectrum set aside just for hams. There are many things that you can do within that spectrum, including experimentation of new ways of using spectrum that others haven't tried yet.

Most obviously, you can talk to people using your voice and a microphone.

Or you can talk to them with a number of digital modes, with morse code being one of the most widely known examples, but other computer-based digital modes also enjoying much popularity.

You can study theory on RF propagation on different parts of the radio spectrum using beacons.

You can transmit a TV signal from a model rocket.

You can install an APRS beacon in your car and use it like a LoJack if your car is ever stolen.

You can fly a radio controlled airplane really really far because your transmitter can legally greatly exceed the range of the stuff most non-licensed people get to play with.

You can fly a weather balloon and transmit photographs and telemetry back to you.

You can work on improving Search And Rescue communications capabilities.

You can provide direct vital assistance in the aftermath of a natural disaster by coordinating radio communication between government agencies and NGO's in ways that none of them have the internal capabilities to handle.

You can play some really cool uber geeky games like "fox hunting" where you put your radio direction finding skills to the test. If you like geocaching, you'll get a real kick out of this.

You can send data over vast distances wirelessly using more powerful transmitters than the unlicensed public on spectrum that is reserved for your use as a licensed amateur radio operator.

This can just keep going. You can push the envelope, developing new technologies, or you can master antiquated skills on vintage equipment. Or you can just jabberjaw on the drive to work with other hams. Whatever floats your boat.

There have been a few mentions that something like this would not work on cloudy days.

Without seeing further evidence to the contrary, I'd be more inclined to believe that it wouldn't work as well as it would on sunny days, but would still work better than conventional indoor lighting.

As gray & dreary as it may be outdoors when the sun is hiding behind a cover of clouds, it's all really more of a mental illusion. Measure the light with a light meter (as a photographer would use) and you'll find it's still remarkably brighter outside than it is inside with all the lights on.

"5". That's what I put on my census form before mailing it back. The other questions were left unanswered.

The US Constitution calls for a census every 10 years to take a count of the people which is crucial for getting the right number of congressmen allocated. The US Constitution further reserves everything to the states or to the people that is not enumerated in the constitution for the federal government.

There are 5 people in my house. That's all I'm volunteering. They don't need to know my name, how old I am, what color I am, what religion I practice, my sexual orientation, etc. The rest is none of the census department's business.