Like when the RIAA claim every ilegal download is a lost sale?

I've owned several Nexus devices and I've never missed not having an SD card slot. You have to root the device and/or install a custom ROM (e.g Cyanogenmod) but that's pretty simple with the Nexus devices. After that you just plug in a USB thumb drive and it is mounted, ready to copy files on/off.

Let's hope they make it clear to their users then, even then though I'm sure there will always be a few stupid/lazy people who slip through the net.

What if the driver does 50hrs with their phone sliding around on the dashboard or in the glove box? That would look like they love cornering hard every time the phone reaches the extremes of its confines and suddenly stops.

Otherwise any 'death proof' car can become a killer with the simple addition of a piece of hose pipe...

I'm not sure the gun ownership laws in the US are the major issue, to me (as an outsider, European) it seems more a society thing, the whole 'right to bear arms' doesn't sound like a healthy mindset to me.

Not only that but the attitude of a large proportion of people in the US seems to be that "because I have the right to own a gun I should own one!" where as the vast majority of western Europeans, even though in many cases they *could* own a gun, would think "why would I want a gun?".

One thing they're trying out in the UK at the moment, to try and discourage smoking, is a complete ban on tobacco advertising, including in the shop. So anywhere that sells tobacco products has to keep them out of site, behind a screen with no branding visible. If you were a shop that only sold tobacco products I believe you would have to have a plain front to the shop with no products or branding visible.

Maybe something like that, over time, could help discourage the 'gun culture' that seems endemic in the USA..?

Blizzard were hardly original in using [classical] music in video games:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7khL9Ms4ow

I suppose they did compose their own though...

It still needs power for the GPS and to control the flaps, I guess a small, disposable battery would do for the expected life of the unit but getting a battery and servos to 'disappear'...? ...It'll be a bit trickier than VAPRising some micro electronics and a lot more hazardous too...

From TFA:

That would require a glide ratio of nearly 15:1 so a parachute (or even a paraglider) wouldn't quite do the job. I'm imagining it'll be something like a self steering mini hangglider or sailplain.

Of course being unpowered the aircraft's range will depend on wind direction (it won't get as far flying into a head-wind). The one thing I am curious about is how they are going to control the direction of the craft once launched if it truly is unpowered.

Cue if you're playing snooker or pool, queue if you'e standing in line.

You're right as well, shows how much bloody attention I was paying... must remember to check /. at work more often, rather than after the pub...

Netflix are also producing Clarkson, May and Hamond's new show. It won't be called Top Gear of course, the BBC still own the name, but it's being made by the original production crew and the same cast of course.

Personally I'm looking forward to the three way super-hybrid showdown (McLaren P1, Porsche 918 Spyder, and Ferrari La Ferrari) which I've been informed will be filmed next month...

Disclosure: I don't work for Netflix but am friends with one of the ex Top Gear staff.

Caterham 7?

Surely if we have the technology to turn a dead worl into a living one, we must have the technology to properly maintain an already living one.

I'm no saying we shouldn't explore other worlds,just that we should start our explorations from secure footings...

If you're hosting from home then your internet connection will more likely be the bottleneck. Having said that I'd recommend using an old laptop, they tend to be quieter than a desktop, draw less power and they also have a built in UPS. You can get a 3 year old laptop with 2GB RAM and a broken screen for next to nothing.