You are not being searched or seized, merely delayed.
Having a testing device inserted into a body cavity (mouth) and requiring you to submit a bodily fluid for analysis (air) is not considered a "search" according to your definition?
I realize that I'm a sample size of one, but I have never had a testing device inserted into a body cavity, requiring me to submit a bodily fluid analysis without probable cause. And yes, smelling alcohol in your vehicle is probable cause of a crime being comitted - DUI, to be percise.
Actually, and I'm am an adament 4th supporter, and agree that our rights are being smacked to shit right now...but I have to disagree with your statement.
Getting a drivers license is not a "right". And as part of the contract of the privlidge of having a drivers license is that you agree to submit to roadside inspections, whether for vehicle safety or sobriety or whatever else your state allows.
You are not being searched or seized, merely delayed. Anytime that the 4th comes into play in these cases, there is (or should be) probable cause.
But the TSA is a different beast...we are directly being searched and having items siezed without probable cause, and with no formal or even semi-formal "contract" in place ala Driving & sobriety checks.
I realize that they are both similar...but seriously, one is annoying while the other is downright illegal.
Actually, ALL flights from Canada to the USA you are pre-cleared by customs and screened by the TSA. The only exception I can think of would be with small privately-owned aircraft, and even then I recall that you are supposed to pre-clear.
Lets see...if I want to go home and visit my parents, I can either:
(a) Pay $600 round-trip. Have to take a cab to the airport ($40) or park my car there for a week ($35). Rent a vehicle at my destination ($150). I have to arrive at the airport an hour and a half in front of my flight (minimum), which requires me to leave home 30 minutes before that. I realistically have around a 50-50 of being put through "secondary screening" and either pictured semi-naked or groped (that has been my average over around 50 flights). I then can take my 2 1/2 hour flight, wait 30 minutes at my destination airport for my baggage to show up, take the shuttle to the rental car facility (20 minutes), go through the counter (20-30 minutes) and finally be on my way. Then the reverse of it all basically coming home, except the rental car location is only around 5 minutes.
Total: Minimum $785 and around 10 hours of my life.
(b) Pay $325 round-trip by car. Total travel time: 25 hours. I don't have to worry about what I pack, if I have a bottle of water or liquid medications, or any of the other bullshit. I'm travelling on comfort, with a 0% chance of being fondled without probable cause.
So I save 15 hours of my life flying, which costs me ~$460 more than driving, and with a likelyhood of getting fondled against my 4th Ammendment Rights at least one direction.
The article itself states that they knew that iBooks was in development.
Amazon released the Kindle App in June of 2010. iBooks was released January 2010.
The iFlow reader? December 2010
So while it may not have been their intention when they STARTED the company & development, by the time of release they WERE competing with both. More specifically, they were competing with entrenched competition.
Your argument is invalid. Please spend 2 minutes doing research instead of believing everything the media tells you to.
If you think Apple has "taken all their margin", you fail at reading comprehension.
Sorry, but there is still plenty of ways for them to be profitable (as shown above) - the fact that they're bitching and screaming that Apple shut them down, instead of fighting & working to keep their 30% as best they can, makes them "whiny bitches"
You are also forgetting that the 30% comission applies only to in-app purchases, and that while they are forced to offer an in-app store, there is nothing stopping anyone from having a webstore too, and AFAICT from the agreements, there is nothing stopping these companies from offering a rebate of some sort.
So, $10 ebook, they get for $7. They sell in-app for $10, Apple gets $3, they get nothing. $10 e-book, they get for $7. They sell on their webstore for $10, offer a 5% rebate as webstore-only credit. Dev gets $2.50, Apple gets fuck all.
These people are just whiny bitches, pissed off because their business model got fucked over by the WAL*MART that opened up shop. Nothing to see here.
Treat it as if it is a giant billboard hovering above the earth that every single human being on the planet can see and read.
I use FB to keep up with a large number of poeple scattered around the globe that I gave a shit about. It is a casual way to be a part of the life of people I care about that I can't be close to.
I don't post pictures, play games, use apps, say stupid shit about my boss/employer, etc. People that do deserve to have their personal shit posted around the globe.
I find this wrong (obviously), but at least in my personal case, I assume that everything I ever put on FB is there for the entire world to see, regardless of my own privacy settings.
I care about my privacy...I just don't see Facebook as even remotely "private"
Actually, the problem is (from the perspective of the music industry) that you could easily give your Google Locker Account info to your friend, who could pillage your account for all the music, download it, and then upload it into their own locker.
Granted, this isn't Google's fault or anything, they're just providing a service...but I can guarantee that this is the fear of the **AA's
It's not piracy in and of itself, but it is a "tool with which piracy can be enabled" - which if you look at the **AA's, they freak the fuck out about every technology ever invented which could possibly hurt their prescious revenue stream.
But fucking really people? You're ready to go storming the Redmond campus with pitchforks because Microsoft was caught 10 years ago doing stupid monopolistic shit.
Yes, we need to watch this deal, and pay attention to with Microsoft does with Skype. We need to watch closeley. And if they be monopolistic douchebags again, we need the DOJ to beat the living fuck out of Microsoft.
But until they do something wrong, this IS exactly like getting a speeding ticket because you got a speeding ticket a year ago, without speeding again.
The entire antitrust argument is based on one assumption:
That Microsoft will limit Skype to only run on Microsoft products.
While MS have been assholes in the past, the entire argument hinges on this. If the Linux/OSX/iOS/Android/etc versions all remain and are useable...seriously, who gives a fuck who is running the show.
Now, if they become assholes again & make Skype MS-only, then you have a case. But really...I doubt Microsoft is so fucking stupid to open themselves up to another piece of antitrust hell over Skype.
How about a merger between SciFi (I refuse to even recognize the SyFy bullshit) and G4/Tech TV.? Dump the non-geek bullshit, load up on some syndication of geek shows, and invest in some original SciFi programming. Keep the gamer/gaming stuff from G4, add in some cheapass coverage of major E-Sports from around the globe.
Between the two channels, and some vision, you would think we could pull off ONE channel that doesn't suck ass.
(Of course, here in Soviet Kanukistan, we have "Space", which is what the Sci-Fi channel should be)
Apple is evil, Dell is evil, Google is evil, Microsoft is evil....
They're all bastards really...not one of them care one lick outside of keeping their shareholders happy. And all that keeps the shareholders happy is profit & a rising stock price.
Nobody in the business world gives one shit about any of the pleebs...they're just resources to get the job done to make money to keep the shareholders happy.
I didn't say deregulation. I said get rid of the CRTC.
You are entirely correct in your assessment of the CRTC. If you didn't have the CRTC (but still a regulartory body protecting consumers) then we could ditch all the farked suck-off-Canadian-corporations rules and bring other global players into the TV/Cell/Phone/Internet/etc space.
Of course, if our politicians actually, you know, GAVE A FUCK, then they wouldn't have re-introduced the same tired shit. But hey, once at least the court of public opinion stopped a politician from being, well, a lying scumbag asshole politician
Well, if this is trolling, it wasn't my intention.
But it IS a beautiful sub-thread...shitware is a huge problem, both on smartphones and just in the PC world. And I, for one person, have chosen to take a stand against shitware.
Go Linux, Apple, Google & their own Google-branded Nexus phones, and every other PC maker that doesn't bloat our computing devices with shit.
Also, if I purchased the phone in 2010 it should work in 2010 with software they regularly provide
Is it Apple's fault that AT&T sold you a device that was effectively past its "Best Before" date? Is it AT&T's fault that you chose to buy a device that is past its "Best Before" date to save a few bucks?
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You are not being searched or seized, merely delayed.
Having a testing device inserted into a body cavity (mouth) and requiring you to submit a bodily fluid for analysis (air) is not considered a "search" according to your definition?
I realize that I'm a sample size of one, but I have never had a testing device inserted into a body cavity, requiring me to submit a bodily fluid analysis without probable cause. And yes, smelling alcohol in your vehicle is probable cause of a crime being comitted - DUI, to be percise.
Actually, and I'm am an adament 4th supporter, and agree that our rights are being smacked to shit right now...but I have to disagree with your statement.
Getting a drivers license is not a "right". And as part of the contract of the privlidge of having a drivers license is that you agree to submit to roadside inspections, whether for vehicle safety or sobriety or whatever else your state allows.
You are not being searched or seized, merely delayed. Anytime that the 4th comes into play in these cases, there is (or should be) probable cause.
But the TSA is a different beast...we are directly being searched and having items siezed without probable cause, and with no formal or even semi-formal "contract" in place ala Driving & sobriety checks.
I realize that they are both similar...but seriously, one is annoying while the other is downright illegal.
Actually, ALL flights from Canada to the USA you are pre-cleared by customs and screened by the TSA. The only exception I can think of would be with small privately-owned aircraft, and even then I recall that you are supposed to pre-clear.
I remember the answer for Toronto's Pearson International Airport...
36 to 48 hours, IIRC
"Convenience of flying"?
Are you fucking kidding me?!?
Lets see...if I want to go home and visit my parents, I can either:
(a) Pay $600 round-trip. Have to take a cab to the airport ($40) or park my car there for a week ($35). Rent a vehicle at my destination ($150). I have to arrive at the airport an hour and a half in front of my flight (minimum), which requires me to leave home 30 minutes before that. I realistically have around a 50-50 of being put through "secondary screening" and either pictured semi-naked or groped (that has been my average over around 50 flights). I then can take my 2 1/2 hour flight, wait 30 minutes at my destination airport for my baggage to show up, take the shuttle to the rental car facility (20 minutes), go through the counter (20-30 minutes) and finally be on my way. Then the reverse of it all basically coming home, except the rental car location is only around 5 minutes.
Total: Minimum $785 and around 10 hours of my life.
(b) Pay $325 round-trip by car. Total travel time: 25 hours. I don't have to worry about what I pack, if I have a bottle of water or liquid medications, or any of the other bullshit. I'm travelling on comfort, with a 0% chance of being fondled without probable cause.
So I save 15 hours of my life flying, which costs me ~$460 more than driving, and with a likelyhood of getting fondled against my 4th Ammendment Rights at least one direction.
Yeah...REAL fucking convenient.
The article itself states that they knew that iBooks was in development.
Amazon released the Kindle App in June of 2010. iBooks was released January 2010.
The iFlow reader? December 2010
So while it may not have been their intention when they STARTED the company & development, by the time of release they WERE competing with both. More specifically, they were competing with entrenched competition.
Your argument is invalid. Please spend 2 minutes doing research instead of believing everything the media tells you to.
If you think Apple has "taken all their margin", you fail at reading comprehension.
Sorry, but there is still plenty of ways for them to be profitable (as shown above) - the fact that they're bitching and screaming that Apple shut them down, instead of fighting & working to keep their 30% as best they can, makes them "whiny bitches"
Actually, the Kindle app is more than welcome to link to the Kindle store, and if you do it there Apple gets FUCK ALL.
They just have to have an in-app store too, where Apple does take their cut.
You are also forgetting that the 30% comission applies only to in-app purchases, and that while they are forced to offer an in-app store, there is nothing stopping anyone from having a webstore too, and AFAICT from the agreements, there is nothing stopping these companies from offering a rebate of some sort.
So, $10 ebook, they get for $7. They sell in-app for $10, Apple gets $3, they get nothing.
$10 e-book, they get for $7. They sell on their webstore for $10, offer a 5% rebate as webstore-only credit. Dev gets $2.50, Apple gets fuck all.
These people are just whiny bitches, pissed off because their business model got fucked over by the WAL*MART that opened up shop. Nothing to see here.
And what made a businessperson decide to compete against Apple AND Amazon in the same marketspace?
Sorry, but these developers were fucking retarded, and they got their ass handed to them by the big players.
Capitalism 101
Treat it as if it is a giant billboard hovering above the earth that every single human being on the planet can see and read.
I use FB to keep up with a large number of poeple scattered around the globe that I gave a shit about. It is a casual way to be a part of the life of people I care about that I can't be close to.
I don't post pictures, play games, use apps, say stupid shit about my boss/employer, etc. People that do deserve to have their personal shit posted around the globe.
I find this wrong (obviously), but at least in my personal case, I assume that everything I ever put on FB is there for the entire world to see, regardless of my own privacy settings.
I care about my privacy...I just don't see Facebook as even remotely "private"
Actually, the problem is (from the perspective of the music industry) that you could easily give your Google Locker Account info to your friend, who could pillage your account for all the music, download it, and then upload it into their own locker.
Granted, this isn't Google's fault or anything, they're just providing a service...but I can guarantee that this is the fear of the **AA's
It's not piracy in and of itself, but it is a "tool with which piracy can be enabled" - which if you look at the **AA's, they freak the fuck out about every technology ever invented which could possibly hurt their prescious revenue stream.
Scrutiny...without a doubt.
But fucking really people? You're ready to go storming the Redmond campus with pitchforks because Microsoft was caught 10 years ago doing stupid monopolistic shit.
Yes, we need to watch this deal, and pay attention to with Microsoft does with Skype. We need to watch closeley. And if they be monopolistic douchebags again, we need the DOJ to beat the living fuck out of Microsoft.
But until they do something wrong, this IS exactly like getting a speeding ticket because you got a speeding ticket a year ago, without speeding again.
The entire antitrust argument is based on one assumption:
That Microsoft will limit Skype to only run on Microsoft products.
While MS have been assholes in the past, the entire argument hinges on this. If the Linux/OSX/iOS/Android/etc versions all remain and are useable...seriously, who gives a fuck who is running the show.
Now, if they become assholes again & make Skype MS-only, then you have a case. But really...I doubt Microsoft is so fucking stupid to open themselves up to another piece of antitrust hell over Skype.
Your "The Geek Channel" got me thinking...
How about a merger between SciFi (I refuse to even recognize the SyFy bullshit) and G4/Tech TV.? Dump the non-geek bullshit, load up on some syndication of geek shows, and invest in some original SciFi programming. Keep the gamer/gaming stuff from G4, add in some cheapass coverage of major E-Sports from around the globe.
Between the two channels, and some vision, you would think we could pull off ONE channel that doesn't suck ass.
(Of course, here in Soviet Kanukistan, we have "Space", which is what the Sci-Fi channel should be)
Apple is evil, Dell is evil, Google is evil, Microsoft is evil....
They're all bastards really...not one of them care one lick outside of keeping their shareholders happy. And all that keeps the shareholders happy is profit & a rising stock price.
Nobody in the business world gives one shit about any of the pleebs...they're just resources to get the job done to make money to keep the shareholders happy.
I seriously thought I was the only guy in Canada that wants a binding "None of the Above" option :)
Good point
I didn't say deregulation. I said get rid of the CRTC.
You are entirely correct in your assessment of the CRTC. If you didn't have the CRTC (but still a regulartory body protecting consumers) then we could ditch all the farked suck-off-Canadian-corporations rules and bring other global players into the TV/Cell/Phone/Internet/etc space.
We are winning some victories. Now if we could just get rid of the CRTC entirely and let REAL competition in...
If that was Stephen Harper being responsive to the public during a minority, let God have mercy on our souls if he ever gets a majority.
Harper is one of the worst "We're doing it MY FUCKING WAY!" politicians we've had in YEARS, and that's WITH a minority.
At least they listened for once.
Of course, if our politicians actually, you know, GAVE A FUCK, then they wouldn't have re-introduced the same tired shit. But hey, once at least the court of public opinion stopped a politician from being, well, a lying scumbag asshole politician
Well, if this is trolling, it wasn't my intention.
But it IS a beautiful sub-thread...shitware is a huge problem, both on smartphones and just in the PC world. And I, for one person, have chosen to take a stand against shitware.
Go Linux, Apple, Google & their own Google-branded Nexus phones, and every other PC maker that doesn't bloat our computing devices with shit.
Also, if I purchased the phone in 2010 it should work in 2010 with software they regularly provide
Is it Apple's fault that AT&T sold you a device that was effectively past its "Best Before" date? Is it AT&T's fault that you chose to buy a device that is past its "Best Before" date to save a few bucks?