I was driving my car around the neighborhood, right after working on it. It started acting up so i parked it at a near by Apartment complex, the car wouldn't have made it home. I walked back home to get some radiator fluid. The radiator was leaking so i parked the car so it wouldn't over heat. I showed up back to the apartment complex to check out my car about 20 min later, and noticed that there was a guy saying he was the manager and was going to have me arrested for trespassing. I was told by him to wait hear for the police so i could be arrested.
I know that wasn't going to happen so i willfully waited for the police as the 'manager' asked. Mean time the manager was going off on my how i was some stupid kid dealing drugs in his 'clean' apartments.
Once the cops got there they asked the manager what was going on and he told the police that i was the worst kid in the neighborhood an that i need to be arrested!! along with trespassing of course. I ended up not being wanted by anything and after the cops rummaged through my car without my permission. They "determand" that i was not a threat and that i should just get a ticket insted.
Trespassing in the second degree. $190 fine.
I got a letter from the DA asking if i wanted to just pay the fine or if i wanted to take it to court. If i wanted to just pay the fine i needed to do so by this date or i would have to go to court about it on this date. I took the thing to court and not before i looked up the laws on the matter at the library.
In the state i live in, the law states that "In order to be trespassing on private property i need to first be on the property then asked to leave, then refuse to leave."
Well since i was "asked" to stay and wait for the police to show up i did just that, and look at where it got me, i had to go to court. If i had of left when i was asked to then this wouldn't of happened. But since the cycle of the term 'trespassing wasn't understood by the manager or the cops i got the ass end of the deal and had to go to court.
When i went to court the judge asked for the side of the story from one of the three police officers who was there. The cop didn't really say much other than that i was there and there was an angry manager.
Then the judge asked my side of the story. All i did was tell him that i was never asked to leave so therefore i didn't trespass. I had the legal document stating this that i got earlier at the library. The judge didn't even know what trespassing was. So he said dismissed and that i will me mailed a verdict... Not guilty.
The point of all this is--
No matter what the law states about open wireless in this country, if the right people don't know whats going on this whole thing legally or not it will go to court. Like the pissed off neighbor. There was dust kicked around in the matter so the police stepped in, and since know one really knows the laws on the matter its going to court. Just like my issue.
What i think that needs to be done is for the kids lawyer, or if he even gets one, needs to figure out where it states in the law about this issue. And if there isn't any Rock solid laws about this. Come up with something that is close to the matter. Like trespassing. the AP never told the kid to leave (im guessing), it asked if there was anyone that wanted to connect and the kid replied yes i want to connect. I know the laws are different from my country and his, but If you compare this to my experience i think his best bet is to let the system work. Its designed to work, so let it. And if he doesn't get the answer he wants, appeal. If thats an option...
When the xbox 360 came out well about a week before i realized that is was going to take more than just walking into a walmart day of the launch and picking one up with no prob. It soon dawned on me that i would have to take extream measures (not THAT extream) to get my 360 on launch day. Me and a friend ended up driving out of town about 60 miles and came across a fredmyers (northwest department store)and we where 3rd and 4th in line. We had to spend the night in almost freezing weather but it got done and i made twice my money back when i listed it on ebay the day after... To me that was worth it, financhaly...
But for me the logic doesnt work. I cant justify spending a week and a half out side of best buy for the "chance" to get a PS3. The only whay i would do it is if i was Garenteed to get one and ablr to sell it for more money than the lost days working. And at my salary good luck even at the vey bloated Pre PS3 sales happening on ebay right now. There going for at least $1500...
I fail to see why anyone sane would stand around outside for 10+ days waiting for a PS3 that they may or may not get unless that are hoping to make alot of money reselling it to someone else just as desprate to get one...
Thank you for your welcoming me to/. Don't feel like your being rude, this is a discussion right? Im not a bloke. Though i do not claim to be a so called "professional" in this field this subject has been a huge curiosity for a long time. I am a Computer science major, so im sure i dont have the knowledge as a 'pro' at the matter. Im pretty much agreeing with the fact that their agreement that humans are a huge contributor to the increase CO2 in the air. Has anyone looked at this picture from the other side? (or at least a different prospective?) Is it really that big of a deal that we have increased the CO2 levels in the atmosphere? Im all about not harming the planet. I dont own a car because i think its a bigger problem than people realize... All im saying is that maybe we shouldn't jump the gun on fixing a problem (the idea in this article)that might not be a huge issue, for now at least.
The history of the planet has shown that there is a history of global temperature change. How is this any different? I can see how people could think that we are polluting the planet (we are dont get me wrong) but do you guys really think that 'man' is actually doing enough harm to this planet?? Im not saying that this article is nuts or something all im saying is that i think there should be more research into our contribution to raising the earths temperature before we start making it colder without knowing what will really happen.
ps. this is my first slashdot post!
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I had to deal with this a few months back...
I was driving my car around the neighborhood, right after working on it. It started acting up so i parked it at a near by Apartment complex, the car wouldn't have made it home. I walked back home to get some radiator fluid. The radiator was leaking so i parked the car so it wouldn't over heat. I showed up back to the apartment complex to check out my car about 20 min later, and noticed that there was a guy saying he was the manager and was going to have me arrested for trespassing. I was told by him to wait hear for the police so i could be arrested.
I know that wasn't going to happen so i willfully waited for the police as the 'manager' asked. Mean time the manager was going off on my how i was some stupid kid dealing drugs in his 'clean' apartments.
Once the cops got there they asked the manager what was going on and he told the police that i was the worst kid in the neighborhood an that i need to be arrested!! along with trespassing of course. I ended up not being wanted by anything and after the cops rummaged through my car without my permission. They "determand" that i was not a threat and that i should just get a ticket insted.
Trespassing in the second degree. $190 fine.
I got a letter from the DA asking if i wanted to just pay the fine or if i wanted to take it to court. If i wanted to just pay the fine i needed to do so by this date or i would have to go to court about it on this date. I took the thing to court and not before i looked up the laws on the matter at the library.
In the state i live in, the law states that "In order to be trespassing on private property i need to first be on the property then asked to leave, then refuse to leave."
Well since i was "asked" to stay and wait for the police to show up i did just that, and look at where it got me, i had to go to court. If i had of left when i was asked to then this wouldn't of happened. But since the cycle of the term 'trespassing wasn't understood by the manager or the cops i got the ass end of the deal and had to go to court.
When i went to court the judge asked for the side of the story from one of the three police officers who was there. The cop didn't really say much other than that i was there and there was an angry manager.
Then the judge asked my side of the story. All i did was tell him that i was never asked to leave so therefore i didn't trespass. I had the legal document stating this that i got earlier at the library. The judge didn't even know what trespassing was. So he said dismissed and that i will me mailed a verdict... Not guilty.
The point of all this is--
No matter what the law states about open wireless in this country, if the right people don't know whats going on this whole thing legally or not it will go to court. Like the pissed off neighbor. There was dust kicked around in the matter so the police stepped in, and since know one really knows the laws on the matter its going to court. Just like my issue.
What i think that needs to be done is for the kids lawyer, or if he even gets one, needs to figure out where it states in the law about this issue. And if there isn't any Rock solid laws about this. Come up with something that is close to the matter. Like trespassing. the AP never told the kid to leave (im guessing), it asked if there was anyone that wanted to connect and the kid replied yes i want to connect. I know the laws are different from my country and his, but If you compare this to my experience i think his best bet is to let the system work. Its designed to work, so let it. And if he doesn't get the answer he wants, appeal. If thats an option...
When the xbox 360 came out well about a week before i realized that is was going to take more than just walking into a walmart day of the launch and picking one up with no prob. It soon dawned on me that i would have to take extream measures (not THAT extream) to get my 360 on launch day. Me and a friend ended up driving out of town about 60 miles and came across a fredmyers (northwest department store)and we where 3rd and 4th in line. We had to spend the night in almost freezing weather but it got done and i made twice my money back when i listed it on ebay the day after... To me that was worth it, financhaly...
But for me the logic doesnt work. I cant justify spending a week and a half out side of best buy for the "chance" to get a PS3. The only whay i would do it is if i was Garenteed to get one and ablr to sell it for more money than the lost days working. And at my salary good luck even at the vey bloated Pre PS3 sales happening on ebay right now. There going for at least $1500...
I fail to see why anyone sane would stand around outside for 10+ days waiting for a PS3 that they may or may not get unless that are hoping to make alot of money reselling it to someone else just as desprate to get one...
I know nvidia has already had HDMI supported video cards with the full rez decryption/audio stuff on board...
I'v been googleing for at least an hour and haven't been able to find anything about the geforce 8 series cards with full HDMI support...
Maybe im not looking in the right places but from what i have found i don't think HDMI geforce 8 cards are going to come anytime soon.
Thank you for your welcoming me to /. Don't feel like your being rude, this is a discussion right? Im not a bloke. Though i do not claim to be a so called "professional" in this field this subject has been a huge curiosity for a long time. I am a Computer science major, so im sure i dont have the knowledge as a 'pro' at the matter. Im pretty much agreeing with the fact that their agreement that humans are a huge contributor to the increase CO2 in the air. Has anyone looked at this picture from the other side? (or at least a different prospective?) Is it really that big of a deal that we have increased the CO2 levels in the atmosphere? Im all about not harming the planet. I dont own a car because i think its a bigger problem than people realize... All im saying is that maybe we shouldn't jump the gun on fixing a problem (the idea in this article)that might not be a huge issue, for now at least.
The history of the planet has shown that there is a history of global temperature change. How is this any different? I can see how people could think that we are polluting the planet (we are dont get me wrong) but do you guys really think that 'man' is actually doing enough harm to this planet?? Im not saying that this article is nuts or something all im saying is that i think there should be more research into our contribution to raising the earths temperature before we start making it colder without knowing what will really happen. ps. this is my first slashdot post!