Being a moderator who disagrees, the problem isn't being anti-abortion. The problem is in the way some people push their anti-abortion views. Instead of working to make abortions unnecessary through things like education they post offensive pictures. These same people usually don't believe in the sanctuary of life as they are often war-mongers, pro death penalty and have no empathy for people. My mom was anti-abortion. She'd make sure we knew about condoms and would also insist on any girl my brother or I brought home to go on the pill. I really don't like the idea of abortions either yet I wouldn't dream of interfering with a women's choice if they accidently got pregnant and I believe in education and making birth control readily available as I remember being young.
Even without the Moon, the Sun would give us measurable tides. Even now there is quite a difference between tides when the Moon is half full or 90 degrees from a line from the Sun and tides when the Moon is new or Full or inline with the Sun. One thing is I understand the tides were very extreme early in the Earths history, perhaps measured in miles. This may have really pushed evolution.
There is some truth to it, but not very much. Mission has a bylaw that allows safety inspections for excessive power usage. It is possible that a bitcoin farm would trigger this off. If they refused the inspection then perhaps it would be cause for a warrant. If they had electrical violations or other violations like a loose stair banister then they may have been charged for the inspection, $5000. Living in Mission I've heard a lot of bullshit about these inspections, but none have involved a server farm. Mission is currently getting sued for these run arounds our rights and are probably going to have to pay.
The whole summary is bullshit (I didn't read TFA but do live in Mission). In Mission they have a bylaw that allows them to send in an inspection team (with notice) and charge you $5000 for the inspection. If the inspectors find anything then they can get a warrant. If they find a loose wire or loose banister they can charge you the $5000. I guess if you refuse the inspectors access they can get a warrant and when the inspectors show up they do bring the cops who sit outside the property unless you do something stupid like attack the inspectors. Currently Mission is getting sued for this blatant run around our civil rights and the inspections are suspended.
From what I understand, you have to rinse and repeat once or twice before you can accuse the cops of harassment so they back off.. But yeah, that's the idea.
I've heard a good move is to set up a tomato grow-op, phone crime busters on your self a couple of times, get searched, then switch to pot. If the cops show up to many times without finding anything, then you can argue harassment so the cops become reluctant to show up.
Not only what you said, which I agree with, but the way it works in Mission is they have a bylaw allowing them to do an inspection, electrical etc, which they give notice for. If they find enough evidence then they could get a warrant though by that time the evidence is gone or it turns out the person is federally licensed as a medical grower. (feds don't share info with the municipality). The RCMP do show up but stay off of the property unless you do something stupid like attack the inspectors. The punishment is the $5000 inspection fee and if your house is legal, no bad wiring, loose banisters etc then you don't pay. This guy probably had all his hardware unsafely hooked up to the mains and that is what they got him for. Living in Mission and reading lots about these inspections in the local paper, I never heard about this. Just people with lots of yard lights, screwed up hot tubs, heater lamps for their chickens, and growers. Our equivalent of the ACLU is suing the town over this as well and inspections are currently stopped.
Millions of dollars spent trying to find something harmful about marijuana with nothing besides "shouldn't operate heavy machinery under the influence" published in a peer reviewed journal. Compare with aspirin, 3000 deaths a year just in the States or acetaminophen which is always in the top 10 killers of children. Horrible death as well as it destroys your liver. Even water (not counting drowning) kills more people, remember the WII contest where the woman drank enough to die. With Marijuana you have to have enough to suffocate or a large amount dropped on you to kill.
The same argument can be made about so many things. Since this is Slashdot, lets talk about gaming. Some people get addicted and can't hold a job as they spend all their time in front of the computer/console. Should we illegalize gaming? There are also many drugs that are legal with the caveat that it is illegal to operate heavy machinery including cars. I'd expect the same with pot.
There has been studies done that show smoking tobacco and marijuana is safer then smoking only tobacco. I'm not aware of any studies that show smoking marijuana by itself is very harmful. Also we have perhaps 3 million years of evolution of breathing smoke.
Not searched, a home inspection for you know, bad wiring, loose banisters (neighbor got caught with that as they used too much power running a heat lamp 24 hrs for their chickens) and signs of a grow op without a license. Just to make it interesting, the federal government does not share with the municipality who can legally grow medical marijuana. . They do give you notice and if you refuse the inspection then they get the warrant. I live in Mission.
I live in Mission. There is a bylaw that allows them to inspect your home for safety (at least that's what they say) if you are using too much power. Generally the police show up as well but stay off the property. I guess if you refuse to let them in, then they have grounds to get a warrant though I haven't heard of it happening. They also give you notice that they are coming (day notice I believe) so all they ever find at the worst is signs that the house was used as a grow up. They also charge about $5000 for the 20 minute inspection usually. The inspections are currently suspended due to the civil rights issues and the town is being sued about it.
Canada has the equivalent of the 4th amendment which, at least in some ways is stronger then the American one or at least in the way our Supreme court has interpreted it is. In this case they are not showing up with a search warrant. There is a municipal by-law that allows them to do a home inspection if you have high power consumption and if they find anything, like one neighbor who had a loose stair railing, they charge you about $5000 ispection fee. The RCMP do show up as well but stay off the property. The by-law is currently not being enforced as so much shit has been raised about this and the town is being sued. And yes, I live in Mission BC.
One of my neighbours, here in Mission, BC, has twice had the pot inspection team show up due to them using a heat lamp to keep their chickens and goats warm. At $5000 a shot it is very irritating and one of the main examples being used to sue the town.
The first amendment is very simple, no law shall be passed by congress. So it would only be constitutional for state legislatures to criminalize things like libel and threats.
Patents were broken long ago. The innovations related to the steam engine were delayed by decades due to patents. A more recent example is the airplane. Once again due to patents innovation was stifled until the patents expired or were taken away by immanent domain due to the First World War.
Still shouldn't the first amendment override the copyright clause? It is pretty simple, something like "Congress will make no laws abridging speech" (I'm not American so forgive the paraphrasing). Other amendments have changed the constitution, eg the date of elections and when the government gets sworn in, even how often someone can be President. Congress has passed laws that make it illegal to do something simple like sing Happy Birthday in public which seems to be in direct contradiction of the first amendment and should be unconstitutional.
It goes much further then the American constitution (some of us are in different countries). The original copyright law, the one that was written for other reasons then censorship, was titled An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned And that is the real reason for copyright, to promote learning of the common person, which includes advancing the sciences and arts.
and publishers and similar should be encouraged to find new authors instead on relying on collecting the benefits of works created a century ago.
This is one of the most important arguments to make. Too many people (especially politicians) believe in intellectual property being equal to real property and we need an argument about incentive as most of the other arguments about IP come across to these people as us just wanting free stuff.
It was never really about the creator. Rather it has always been about the publisher. Way back in 1695 when the Licensing of the Press Act (1662) expired, the publishers (then known as stationers) first pushed for renewal for censorship purposes. When that failed they brought up the inherent right of ownership of the authours. They did this well knowing that the only option for an authour was to sell all rights to the stationers. When copyright was first being introduced the stationers argued for infinite ownership so they could always profit, not the creator. This continues to this day. We have movies such as Forest Gump, The Titanic, The Lord of the Rings trilogy that even though wildly successful, never made a cent according to the Hollywood accountants. We'll never see the sequel to Forest Gump made into a movie because the creator didn't make any money from the movie. Read up on Hollywood accounting, and the record labels use similar accounting methods that see the actual creator just going into debt for their work even when it is somewhat successful. The "Its for the Artists" has always been misdirection due to it really being about the publishers and if you look into it, it has mostly been the publishers who have pushed the endless copyright extensions, the laws against fair use and most of the other extensions to copyright law. The exceptions have usually been relatives of the artist who think they are entitled to never work due to accident of birth.
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Being a moderator who disagrees, the problem isn't being anti-abortion. The problem is in the way some people push their anti-abortion views. Instead of working to make abortions unnecessary through things like education they post offensive pictures. These same people usually don't believe in the sanctuary of life as they are often war-mongers, pro death penalty and have no empathy for people.
My mom was anti-abortion. She'd make sure we knew about condoms and would also insist on any girl my brother or I brought home to go on the pill.
I really don't like the idea of abortions either yet I wouldn't dream of interfering with a women's choice if they accidently got pregnant and I believe in education and making birth control readily available as I remember being young.
Even without the Moon, the Sun would give us measurable tides. Even now there is quite a difference between tides when the Moon is half full or 90 degrees from a line from the Sun and tides when the Moon is new or Full or inline with the Sun.
One thing is I understand the tides were very extreme early in the Earths history, perhaps measured in miles. This may have really pushed evolution.
Just because the Canadian dollar has gone from 0.70 US$ to 1.03 US$ does not change the fact that we pay 30% more for American goods (before taxes).
There is some truth to it, but not very much.
Mission has a bylaw that allows safety inspections for excessive power usage. It is possible that a bitcoin farm would trigger this off. If they refused the inspection then perhaps it would be cause for a warrant. If they had electrical violations or other violations like a loose stair banister then they may have been charged for the inspection, $5000.
Living in Mission I've heard a lot of bullshit about these inspections, but none have involved a server farm. Mission is currently getting sued for these run arounds our rights and are probably going to have to pay.
The whole summary is bullshit (I didn't read TFA but do live in Mission). In Mission they have a bylaw that allows them to send in an inspection team (with notice) and charge you $5000 for the inspection. If the inspectors find anything then they can get a warrant. If they find a loose wire or loose banister they can charge you the $5000. I guess if you refuse the inspectors access they can get a warrant and when the inspectors show up they do bring the cops who sit outside the property unless you do something stupid like attack the inspectors.
Currently Mission is getting sued for this blatant run around our civil rights and the inspections are suspended.
From what I understand here in Canada, 3 raids without finding anything is enough to accuse the cops of harassment and perhaps win.
From what I understand, you have to rinse and repeat once or twice before you can accuse the cops of harassment so they back off.. But yeah, that's the idea.
there is ongoing debate just for this reason due to digital power meters being installed in California
They've decided to spend a lot of money in BC to install digital power meters as well, probably for basically the same reason.
I've heard a good move is to set up a tomato grow-op, phone crime busters on your self a couple of times, get searched, then switch to pot. If the cops show up to many times without finding anything, then you can argue harassment so the cops become reluctant to show up.
Not only what you said, which I agree with, but the way it works in Mission is they have a bylaw allowing them to do an inspection, electrical etc, which they give notice for. If they find enough evidence then they could get a warrant though by that time the evidence is gone or it turns out the person is federally licensed as a medical grower. (feds don't share info with the municipality). The RCMP do show up but stay off of the property unless you do something stupid like attack the inspectors.
The punishment is the $5000 inspection fee and if your house is legal, no bad wiring, loose banisters etc then you don't pay. This guy probably had all his hardware unsafely hooked up to the mains and that is what they got him for.
Living in Mission and reading lots about these inspections in the local paper, I never heard about this. Just people with lots of yard lights, screwed up hot tubs, heater lamps for their chickens, and growers. Our equivalent of the ACLU is suing the town over this as well and inspections are currently stopped.
Millions of dollars spent trying to find something harmful about marijuana with nothing besides "shouldn't operate heavy machinery under the influence" published in a peer reviewed journal.
Compare with aspirin, 3000 deaths a year just in the States or acetaminophen which is always in the top 10 killers of children. Horrible death as well as it destroys your liver.
Even water (not counting drowning) kills more people, remember the WII contest where the woman drank enough to die. With Marijuana you have to have enough to suffocate or a large amount dropped on you to kill.
The same argument can be made about so many things. Since this is Slashdot, lets talk about gaming. Some people get addicted and can't hold a job as they spend all their time in front of the computer/console. Should we illegalize gaming?
There are also many drugs that are legal with the caveat that it is illegal to operate heavy machinery including cars. I'd expect the same with pot.
There has been studies done that show smoking tobacco and marijuana is safer then smoking only tobacco. I'm not aware of any studies that show smoking marijuana by itself is very harmful.
Also we have perhaps 3 million years of evolution of breathing smoke.
Not searched, a home inspection for you know, bad wiring, loose banisters (neighbor got caught with that as they used too much power running a heat lamp 24 hrs for their chickens) and signs of a grow op without a license. Just to make it interesting, the federal government does not share with the municipality who can legally grow medical marijuana. .
They do give you notice and if you refuse the inspection then they get the warrant. I live in Mission.
I live in Mission. There is a bylaw that allows them to inspect your home for safety (at least that's what they say) if you are using too much power. Generally the police show up as well but stay off the property. I guess if you refuse to let them in, then they have grounds to get a warrant though I haven't heard of it happening. They also give you notice that they are coming (day notice I believe) so all they ever find at the worst is signs that the house was used as a grow up.
They also charge about $5000 for the 20 minute inspection usually.
The inspections are currently suspended due to the civil rights issues and the town is being sued about it.
Canada has the equivalent of the 4th amendment which, at least in some ways is stronger then the American one or at least in the way our Supreme court has interpreted it is.
In this case they are not showing up with a search warrant. There is a municipal by-law that allows them to do a home inspection if you have high power consumption and if they find anything, like one neighbor who had a loose stair railing, they charge you about $5000 ispection fee. The RCMP do show up as well but stay off the property.
The by-law is currently not being enforced as so much shit has been raised about this and the town is being sued.
And yes, I live in Mission BC.
One of my neighbours, here in Mission, BC, has twice had the pot inspection team show up due to them using a heat lamp to keep their chickens and goats warm. At $5000 a shot it is very irritating and one of the main examples being used to sue the town.
The first amendment is very simple, no law shall be passed by congress. So it would only be constitutional for state legislatures to criminalize things like libel and threats.
More like Bill Gates. Seems most of his inventions were actually someone elses and he took credit.
Patents were broken long ago. The innovations related to the steam engine were delayed by decades due to patents.
A more recent example is the airplane. Once again due to patents innovation was stifled until the patents expired or were taken away by immanent domain due to the First World War.
I'm sure some lobbyists are working to fix that. If copyright is good for eternity minus a day, why shouldn't patents be the same. They're both IP.
Still shouldn't the first amendment override the copyright clause? It is pretty simple, something like "Congress will make no laws abridging speech" (I'm not American so forgive the paraphrasing). Other amendments have changed the constitution, eg the date of elections and when the government gets sworn in, even how often someone can be President.
Congress has passed laws that make it illegal to do something simple like sing Happy Birthday in public which seems to be in direct contradiction of the first amendment and should be unconstitutional.
It goes much further then the American constitution (some of us are in different countries). The original copyright law, the one that was written for other reasons then censorship, was titled
An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned
And that is the real reason for copyright, to promote learning of the common person, which includes advancing the sciences and arts.
and publishers and similar should be encouraged to find new authors instead on relying on collecting the benefits of works created a century ago.
This is one of the most important arguments to make. Too many people (especially politicians) believe in intellectual property being equal to real property and we need an argument about incentive as most of the other arguments about IP come across to these people as us just wanting free stuff.
It was never really about the creator. Rather it has always been about the publisher. Way back in 1695 when the Licensing of the Press Act (1662) expired, the publishers (then known as stationers) first pushed for renewal for censorship purposes. When that failed they brought up the inherent right of ownership of the authours. They did this well knowing that the only option for an authour was to sell all rights to the stationers.
When copyright was first being introduced the stationers argued for infinite ownership so they could always profit, not the creator.
This continues to this day. We have movies such as Forest Gump, The Titanic, The Lord of the Rings trilogy that even though wildly successful, never made a cent according to the Hollywood accountants.
We'll never see the sequel to Forest Gump made into a movie because the creator didn't make any money from the movie.
Read up on Hollywood accounting, and the record labels use similar accounting methods that see the actual creator just going into debt for their work even when it is somewhat successful.
The "Its for the Artists" has always been misdirection due to it really being about the publishers and if you look into it, it has mostly been the publishers who have pushed the endless copyright extensions, the laws against fair use and most of the other extensions to copyright law. The exceptions have usually been relatives of the artist who think they are entitled to never work due to accident of birth.