The point of the "vans" isn't to catch people but to intimidate people into getting a license.
This is the right answer.
The Beeb has had "TV detector vans" for generations, now, and they haven't had a single conviction of license evading solely through detector van evidence.
Now, if the EU had any balls, it should pull the licences from those operators and give it to those who would not blackmail them.
Or, better yet, promise anti-neutrality rules for AFTER the 5G network is up, then tell them to fuck-off.
That. I'm in Canada, Quebec at that (yeah yeah queue the jokes on that;)) and here the two weeks are mandatory both ways
Québec here, too.
This is bullshit. The two weeks are not mandatory, unless you worked there for more than a year.
And you can quit with zero seconds notice.
Obesity kills far more humans than "rifles" ever will, and yet you see no artists blocking food emojis, and no companies worrying about what do to when someone posts a cake emoji.
Gotta love the logic surrounding this bullshit argument.
That’s because, quite unlike guns, food is NOT designed to kill people.
I have a great deal of admiration for the US Constitution. It's one of the finest documents ever penned by man.
It’s grossly obsolete. More and more countries who had a constitution inspired by it have updated it since.
France’s constitution is not even 60 years old. I was 20 years old when Canada’s current constitution was adopted. More and more countries update their constitutions to face changing times; it’s time for the US to do the same, and ditch those cumbersome amendments, and instead adopt a more comprehensive, better adapted text. And yes, it should not allow individual firearms, just like any civilized country.
The US Constitution was penned in frontier times. Those times are over, you should not be able to use your freedom to run roughshod over other, less fortunate or wealthy people than you.
I suspect it'll start with one driver leading a train of autonomous trucks, at which point being able to troubleshoot any computery issues on the road would be really handy.
Nope.
I'll bet your ass against Trump’s that once robot trucks come out, they’re going to be so over-regulated to the hilt that the very act of thinking of having a driver service them on the road will earn you several years in Club Fed
Libertarians believe in a strong central government, but a SMALL strong central government that only does it's job of protecting the rich against the poor they screw.
Because it’s been done before.
The Virginian railroad used to haul coal down the hills of Virginia; it was electrified, and the engines used regenerative braking. When they slowed down, the electric motors turned into generators and sent back power through the wire.
When one fully-loaded train was going downhill, it provided enough power to get two unloaded trains up the hill; the net energy consumption was pretty negligible
It’s a scam by the oil companies who want you to be still dependent on them.
Everyone has an electric socket at home.
But hydrogen can only come from fueling stations and who but oil companies have the least expense to make an extensive hydrogen distribution network, thanks to their existing gas stations?
Bangladesh is an example of a country where the army has routinely stepped in to restore order and, quite unusually hand back power to civilian control rather rapidly.
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This is handy if you have multiple girlfriends (not that I even have one yet, but I am speaking hypothetically,
This goes without saying...
I prefer the Brooklyn Supreme Court. Sounds much classier
The point of the "vans" isn't to catch people but to intimidate people into getting a license.
This is the right answer.
The Beeb has had "TV detector vans" for generations, now, and they haven't had a single conviction of license evading solely through detector van evidence.
And bean counters are amongst the people with the least vision there is.
Hence the fuckup.
Now, if the EU had any balls, it should pull the licences from those operators and give it to those who would not blackmail them. Or, better yet, promise anti-neutrality rules for AFTER the 5G network is up, then tell them to fuck-off.
That. I'm in Canada, Quebec at that (yeah yeah queue the jokes on that ;)) and here the two weeks are mandatory both ways
Québec here, too. This is bullshit. The two weeks are not mandatory, unless you worked there for more than a year. And you can quit with zero seconds notice.
From your UID, you've been on /. for probably 16 years or so
16 years. LOL!
They cut me a check as part of employment (end of it), and you think they can get it back because I didn't actually sign something?
Well yes. It's a corporation, and in America, corporations absolutely rule over the peons (you and me).
Obesity kills far more humans than "rifles" ever will, and yet you see no artists blocking food emojis, and no companies worrying about what do to when someone posts a cake emoji.
Gotta love the logic surrounding this bullshit argument.
That’s because, quite unlike guns, food is NOT designed to kill people.
Food does not kill people, gluttony does.
Real men wire a telegraph key into their current loop interface and CW their code!
Once you give the government control over who gets a firearm, eventually only government agents get them.
Which is the case in other civilized countries.
Besides, government agents are better trained on WHEN to use them.
I have a great deal of admiration for the US Constitution. It's one of the finest documents ever penned by man.
It’s grossly obsolete. More and more countries who had a constitution inspired by it have updated it since.
France’s constitution is not even 60 years old. I was 20 years old when Canada’s current constitution was adopted. More and more countries update their constitutions to face changing times; it’s time for the US to do the same, and ditch those cumbersome amendments, and instead adopt a more comprehensive, better adapted text. And yes, it should not allow individual firearms, just like any civilized country.
The US Constitution was penned in frontier times. Those times are over, you should not be able to use your freedom to run roughshod over other, less fortunate or wealthy people than you.
Morality does not need religion.
I suppose that ISIS could be deemed a terrorism franchise?
I can't even find whatever the handful of Dominionist or whatever a Christian extremist attack would even be called.
How about abortion clinic shootings/bombings?
I suspect it'll start with one driver leading a train of autonomous trucks, at which point being able to troubleshoot any computery issues on the road would be really handy.
Nope.
I'll bet your ass against Trump’s that once robot trucks come out, they’re going to be so over-regulated to the hilt that the very act of thinking of having a driver service them on the road will earn you several years in Club Fed
It’s just unfortunate that executives will not be affected, though.
Libertarians believe in a strong central government, but a SMALL strong central government that only does it's job of protecting the rich against the poor they screw.
There, I fixed it for you.
Wow, what makes this apartment building so special that both the landlords AND the tenants are posting on slashdot?
I've always thought slashdotters don't live in apartments but in mom's basement.
Slashdotter here. First, look at my 5 digit ID #, young squirt.
I haven't been living at my parents' for more than 30 years now.
Please don't. An unauthorized person did this and we have rectified the situation with the tenants.
It is too late. It will not end well for you.
We will see that you will face the full wrath of internet denizens!
why didn't I think of this????
Because it’s been done before. The Virginian railroad used to haul coal down the hills of Virginia; it was electrified, and the engines used regenerative braking. When they slowed down, the electric motors turned into generators and sent back power through the wire. When one fully-loaded train was going downhill, it provided enough power to get two unloaded trains up the hill; the net energy consumption was pretty negligible
It’s a scam by the oil companies who want you to be still dependent on them. Everyone has an electric socket at home. But hydrogen can only come from fueling stations and who but oil companies have the least expense to make an extensive hydrogen distribution network, thanks to their existing gas stations?
But the current generation of children seems so totally used to permanent surveillance and control of their whereabouts, they don't care.
I would rather say that this would piss-them off mightily about constant surveillance
Bomb the churches. Or sniper-out the pastors
Bangladesh is an example of a country where the army has routinely stepped in to restore order and, quite unusually hand back power to civilian control rather rapidly.
Turkey and Egypt, too.