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NTSB Recommends Black Boxes For All Cars
linuxwrangler writes "Officials at the National Transportation Safety Board are recommending the government require data recorders in all passenger vehicles. David Sobel of EPIC says his group has privacy concerns - especially when drivers are unaware of the presence of the devices. Auto black-boxes have been covered here before."
GNAA Launches successful attack on AIMGIRL.COM Community
Reuters August 2, 2004
During the night, specials ops forces from GNAA (Gay Nigger Association of America) launched a full frontal trolling attack on AIMGirl, a known AOL recruitment site.
"Their (AIMGirl) corruption of our youth with their anti Gaynigger and pro-Zionist propaganda had gone on for far too long," said an obviously impassioned rolloffle as he started up another round of flooding with Goatse images while furiously masturbating.
This attack was another enormous success for the GNAA, which had been plagued by rumors (attributed to Slashdot creators and Linux fanboys Rob Malda and CowboyNeal) of *BSD like demise after a brief period of inactivity on their shitty, OpenSores propaganda spewing site.
"omg leik we wer just trying to spred r luv 4 aol/aim and thes nigaz came to teh site and troled uz untill r 12 yr old pusys culdn't handle it no more," said a tearful AIMGirl spokespreteen whose anus was ruined by GNAA soldier incog.
Now, however, all agree that GNAA is at the top of its game. It has reported increasing profits and was able to utterly destroy the child raping, tea bagging cocksmokers of 4CHAN. This raid showcased the devastating effectiveness of it's new, Enterprise Edition e-business final solutions FloodMT (released in Beta as phpbbflood) and AGrapist (named for its first customer), which were coded by a crack (smoking) team composed of x_over_ln_x and Popeye. There is incredible demand for these products and GNAA has recently raised advisories for its third quarter earnings based on the success of these products. Keep your eye open for more great products from this fine trolling powerhouse.
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I don't see why not? I mean if you never break the law then why be bothered with it? Ok they will always know where you are going, but they can also just follow you by car and get the same results. This way criminals and terrorists can be caught and I think this is more important than being against something that will probably never influence you live.
These devices are nothing more than recorders after all, nobody could remotely get the information off them. I also doubt they would be used for convicting people for speeding offences, just look at the issues people already have with unreliable speed cameras! I say we go ahead with this technology, not just in cars but other vehicles. Imagine what use this could be in aeroplanes - the data gathered before crashes could be lifesaving in the future!
Making the moon less necessary since 1998.
cince when has any speeder cared about anyone but themselves?
show me ONE speeder that limit's hid dangerous behaivoir to the open roads.
they dont the do the same crap in construction and resedential areas.
I think soon there will be a day where there will be a Transceiver .
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in every vehicle, and some uses will be bad for privacy some will
save lives
They are notorious for breaking ground subtlely, with just a
recorder, then later it becomes a receiver and recorder, then
a transciever and recorder
I think we need to get the ACLU and EFF looking this over from
square one or they will abuse this like they have abused many
other freedoms
This is just one step away from the monitoring devices they are
tagging onto convicts these days
Peace,
Ex-MislTech
google "32 trillion offshore needs IRS attention"
Too easy!
stop bitching about wanting to be able to commit criminal acts unpunished. fuck you. hope you die in a car crash. t'would be very ironic.
There are so many humans nowadays that use potentially lethal machinery (automobiles) that they must be monitored in order to insure the public welfare (which they do already though police forces).
In fact, if it were not the case, the State would have neglected it's very basic duty, namely to insure the common good.
You can go on believing the US government even cares about you. Unless you contribute 6 figures to their party every year, you're nothing. Get used to it.
2. Not every time. Ever heard of hit and runs? That's when someone drives recklessly, has an accident, and escapes without getting a ticket. If that's possible, it's even more possible for someone to drive recklessly, and get away with it. That's just plain logic.
3. The information only gets sent to the cops (in fact, they're only even notified) when you have an accident. When you have an accident, you've broken the law. It's that simple. Because of that, you are now the business of the police and the government. It's called society, and by living in it you agree to obide by the rules.
4. Traffic accidents are never black and white. If two cars collide, there will be endless speculation from the people involved as to who caused the problem. Having a black box could show you in the clear, or it could condemn you. Either way, the guilty party (and ONLY the guilty party) gets punished. It's got nothing to do with benevolence. The black boxes are only examined after a crash, and not because you've necessarily done something wrong, but to clear up any doubts about an incident that could have affected anyone on the road in the area. It's society being responsible to those living in it. Hardly something to be scared off. I bet you have a problem with postmen - after all, they're government employees WHO HANDLE YOUR MAIL! They even know where you live! Innocent until proven guilty! so scary!
5. Of course everyone should have insurance. Otherwise, people are put in a position where someone can do something to them, and they are liable to the damages caused by someone else. That's hardly fair. If you crash your car and drive off, there will be evidence for it. That evidence is then compounded by the black box, which provides a complete picture of the accident from your car's perspective. Obviously it's not a legal universal bandaid, but it would clear up so much uncertainty in many road accidents.
6. You've side-stepped my point completely. My point isn't that the government won't do anything bad, but if they are likely to, they need to be changed. If you actually read what I was saying, you would realise that. Bashing on about my supposed trust for everyone and anything is ridiculous. I'm saying that the technology can work flawlessly. Any problem with it would be due to the powers that be, which ultimately we decide who they are. Therefor, any shortcomings are our fault, and should be addressed. Blaming bad people for why good technology fails is just stupid. Do something about the bad people.
And, btw, mod scores on slashdot mean nothing. Bias is everything on here. If it cheers you up or makes you feel loved, then that's cool. I guess libertarians take what they can. ;)