I’m thinking exempt based on the FCC language of “designed to be installed by the consumer”. ISP provided routers are usually hooked up by the installer tech. Which makes me wonder which ISP chortled orange man’s balls to get this passed.
Based on the language, it would seem to exclude ISP provided routers as those are not “designed to be installed by the consumer”. It also excludes anything not SoHo.
I’m thinking exempt based on the FCC language of “designed to be installed by the consumer”. ISP provided routers are usually hooked up by the installer tech. Which makes me wonder which ISP chortled orange man’s balls to get this passed.
i'm not normally in support of taking control away from owners, but automating headlights seems like a big one. make radar and/or lidar, along with LED headlights, a requirement on new vehicles and have them automatically reduce brightness when a vehicle approaches. my old mazda would at least automatically turn the high beams off if a vehicle was a certain distance away from me.
it was their ancient ancestors that built the city. entire planet lava. they were looking for alternatives but couldn't find any. you... understand that this is fiction, right?
Which feels more like moral abdication than a real ethical dilemma.
this is like the core of federation society haha. they wouldn't be able to live with themselves if they couldn't handwave things away with the prime directive.
Data - because Q has a thing for him.
Guinan - because she has unspecified plot powers.
Quark - to "acquire" goods and services for the party.
Odo - to keep Quark from getting bored and selling our possessions while we sleep.
Miles - so I have someone who won't be traumatized by being constantly thrown to the wolves, both figuratively and literally.