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George "geohot" Hotz Arrested In Texas For Posession of Marijuana
n1ywb writes "Goerge 'geohot' Hotz, famous for being the first to jailbreak an iPhone and for his spat with Sony over PS3 jailbreaking, was busted for possession of a small amount of marijuana at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Texas on his way to SXSW. The shakedown goes like this: drug dogs are run around vehicles; when they signal, DHS searches the car and finds the contraband; DHS then turns evidence and suspects over to the local sheriff. Willie Nelson, actor Armie Hammer (who played the Winklevoss twins in The Social Network), and Snoop Dogg have all gotten in trouble at the same checkpoint under similar circumstances."
"Willie Nelson, actor Armie Hammer (who played the Winklevoss twins in The Social Network), and Snoop Dogg have all gotten in trouble at the same checkpoint under similar circumstances."
And people say that pot doesn't make you stupid.
Don't share a car with Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg.
Is he going to post bail to get out of jail legally, or just jailbreak?
Slashdot: come for the pedantry, stay for the condescension.
You must not be an American. In this corner of the world, we setup "border checkpoints" up to 100 miles away from the nearest border.
Taking marijuana away George Hotz is only one of many important steps our government makes every day in order to keep us free.
I went to eat some animal crackers and the box said, "Do not eat if seal is broken." I opened the box and sure enough..
Someone documented an attempt of this a few years ago, but she ran out of steam in Dallas...
If you know what I mean.
If you can make it to Austin you'll be okay. Think of it as a sane oasis, surrounded by a wasteland of angry mutants circling around it in dune buggies.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
I go one better, I avoid Texas like the plague, and much of the rest of the South (yes, I'm from the South). If I have to travel there, I always try to look like "landed Gentry" (kind of like Thurston Howell III crossed with Colonel Sanders).
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is usually crucified.
The cop then asked me for ID, so I handed him my business card. I'm a lawyer. The cop walked back to his car, came back a minute later, and said that we were free to go.
Moral of the story ... print up fake business cards that make you look like a lawyer.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
Last week, I saw a car marked "Border Patrol" in the I-75 median half way between Tampa and Ocala. I could not for the life of me figure out what border the officer could possibly be patrolling. Obviously it was the border of insanity and he was on the other side.
"The ferrets, they're every where I tell you!"
Pretty obscure group, you probably haven't heard of them. *flips scarf*
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
Me either I have my personal assistant hold it, I'm glad someone else had the same idea.
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