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N.C. Official Sics License Police On Computer Scientist For Too Good a Complaint

Posted by timothy on from the guilty-of-being-smarter-than-the-official dept.

snsh writes "When a computer scientist in North Carolina petitioned the state for a new traffic signal in his neighborhood, a transportation official replied with a complaint about what 'appears to be engineering-level work' done by someone who is not licensed as a professional engineer." Kevin Lacy, chief traffic engineer for the state DOT, and the one who filed a complaint with the N.C. Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors, protested that in trying to have Computer Scientist David Cox investigated for his detailed complaint about a traffic intersection while not licensed as a professional engineer, "I'm not trying to hush him up."

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  1. Sorry by mark72005 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorry Mr. Lacy, we require a license to complain about non-compliance to ignorant bureaucratic rules.

    1. Re:Sorry by pavera · · Score: 3, Funny

      Totally off topic, but can you actually download 14GB over a dialup modem in 1 month? I could do the math but I'm lazy... just curious.

    2. Re:Sorry by hvm2hvm · · Score: 3, Funny

      You're kidding, but I actually can't believe these people actually think like that. How can you be so goddamn narrow-minded? It's so infuriating I might actually leave a hateful comment somewhere on the Internet.

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    3. Re:Sorry by utoddl · · Score: 5, Funny

      WHAT? Are you practising network engineering, in public, on a network, without a license?

      You fell for the bait, citizen. Against the wall, you.
       
      /Live near Raleigh, getting a kick, etc.

    4. Re:Sorry by EdIII · · Score: 3, Funny

      This would require the connection to be active 24/7, obviously, and receiving data the whole time.

      In other words, somebody *truly* dedicated to porn.

    5. Re:Sorry by jbezorg · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, he needs a 27B/6.

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    6. Re:Sorry by icebike · · Score: 3, Funny

      Executive director of the engineers licensing board, (and engineer) seeks to protect own turf. Film at 11.

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  2. Re:WTF, seriously?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Annoyed Neighbor @ 3am: Could you please keep it down? Your party is awfully loud and I need to get some sleep

    Drunken college students: You can't tell me to keep it down! I'm calling the police on you for doing the duties of a police officer!

  3. Re:It's simple, really by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you do ANYTHING that embarrasses a public official, they will retaliate. That's the kind of jackasses they are.

    I hate people who make sweeping generalizations - they're all jackasses.

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  4. Mr Lacy is technically correct... by corbettw · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...which is, of course, the best kind of correct. He is now a Level 10 Bureaucrat.

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  5. Re:3-4 month investigations by camperdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not a bureaucrat nor an engineer, but even without seeing the document I can tell that it was not done by either. It's only eight pages long!

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  6. Ayn Rand by DarthVain · · Score: 4, Funny

    If someone mentions the fountainhead I will hunt you down...