Browsing Archive: January, 2011

Google Maps Adds A Fuel Cost Calculator

Posted by John Dalziel on Sunday, January 23, 2011, In : Travel

Google Maps has added a fuel cost calculator to driving directions on Google Maps in Europe.

Currently the estimated fuel costs only appears in driving directions in Europe and not in the USA, Canada nor Australia.

The fuel cost estimation appears at the bottom of the driving directions in the map sidebar. If you click on the displayed estimation, a calculator opens like this...

...it allows users to adjust...

the type of vehicle you drive;

between petrol a...

Copyright Law and Fair Use

Posted by John Dalziel on Saturday, January 15, 2011, In : Legal

Disney Parody explanation of Copyright Law and Fair Use Synopsis:

Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University provides this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank for nearly endless copyright terms.

Video Found at http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/documentary-film-program/film/a-fair-y-use-tale.

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