Sorry, your version is not supported by TFA. The fact that he was de-arrested for the "abstraction of electricity" says that the cops decided he never should have been arrested for that (that's what de-arresting is).
It could be argued that since even the police agree that he should never have been arrested, he was quite right to get bent out of shape about his initial arrest.
In that case, I would likely just explain that and then say you can't use that outlet (if you still wanted to after being told it would spike your phone).
If you did that, I MIGHT pull the plug and tell you you can't use it (only if it was a frequent problem), but I certainly wouldn't call the cops. That's even including that you wouldn't normally be entitled to consider my porch a public space.
Perhaps a better analogy would be if your guest plugged in without asking. Would you really call the cops on someone you invited to be on your porch if he plugged a phone in? Or for a perhaps even more apt comparison, if you had a business office and someone was there for a meeting with you, would you call the cops if he plugged his phone in?
More likely, a standard industrial plug could be used. For example, a twist lock. Standard enough to be available at a well stocked hardware store, but not likely something a passenger would have an adapter for.
It's not just the fast change, it's the repetitive pattern that does it. IIRC, 3Hz and 7Hz are particularly problematic, but other frequencies can be a problem.
So, square turns from red to green, no problem, square flashed between red and green at 3 Hz, problem.
That's my problem with this. I've read more fleshed out 'inventions' in sci-fi novels. Why don't we just go ahead and issue a patent for the Romulan micro black hole warp core? It might be slightly easier to get going than a laser powerful enough to induce fusion but small and light enough to use in an airplane.
It doesn't matter what legal theory you're following. The theory of making the plaintiff whole sets policy in a civil suit, it doesn't alter the facts.
It is a useful tool for finding relative risks and figuring out what we can afford to do, but it breaks down when we try to use it to valuate human death vs. economic losses. It is important to remember that there is a limit to how far the fiction of valuation of life can go.
A prominent example of that error is the rather infamous Ford Pinto case.
It becomes much more problematic when compounded with another thing (in this case liberty) that is hard to place a proper value on.
Personally, while I don't find it hypocritical to support regulating one and not the other, I am a supporter of 2nd amendment rights and the right to own and produce hacking tools. It's the uses of them and knowingly providing them for unacceptable uses I support regulating.
There's no question that Greece has a real problem. They may vertty well need to go back to their own currency so they can devalue it. They will likely need more changes and a stimulus program, one that injects the cash at the bottom of the economy, not the top.
All of that may not be enough, especialy after several years of making a bad situation worse.
None of that is in question. My point is that whatever the answer may be (if there is one), it is NOT austerity.
Only if you throw out the legal theory of making someone whole. The only reason a court assigns a value to a life is that it doesn't have the option of resurrection. But whatever that value is, you can't tell me honestly that the family of the deceased feels just fine about it if you pay $X for killing Dad.
Now, the FCC needs to get motivated and hunt down all of these annoying callers before they render the telephone completely useless.
How about making *something auto-report the last call. The caller ID may lie, but the phone company has the real call data and can log it for prosecution on request.
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Sorry, your version is not supported by TFA. The fact that he was de-arrested for the "abstraction of electricity" says that the cops decided he never should have been arrested for that (that's what de-arresting is).
Not so fast! The phone must actually shake hands with the tower to be able to receive a phone call, and that requires boosting the transmitter power.
So while you are technically correct, most people include successful handshake with the tower under reception.
Is that a new euphemism?
No wonder I hear so many jokes with a bitter undertone about "health and safety" from over there.
It could be argued that since even the police agree that he should never have been arrested, he was quite right to get bent out of shape about his initial arrest.
In that case, I would likely just explain that and then say you can't use that outlet (if you still wanted to after being told it would spike your phone).
If you did that, I MIGHT pull the plug and tell you you can't use it (only if it was a frequent problem), but I certainly wouldn't call the cops. That's even including that you wouldn't normally be entitled to consider my porch a public space.
Perhaps a better analogy would be if your guest plugged in without asking. Would you really call the cops on someone you invited to be on your porch if he plugged a phone in? Or for a perhaps even more apt comparison, if you had a business office and someone was there for a meeting with you, would you call the cops if he plugged his phone in?
More likely, a standard industrial plug could be used. For example, a twist lock. Standard enough to be available at a well stocked hardware store, but not likely something a passenger would have an adapter for.
And surrender another part of our culture to a soulless corporation.
It's not just the fast change, it's the repetitive pattern that does it. IIRC, 3Hz and 7Hz are particularly problematic, but other frequencies can be a problem.
So, square turns from red to green, no problem, square flashed between red and green at 3 Hz, problem.
I don't have to pretend. When you ally yourself with scum, it rubs off. Something about dogs and fleas.
That's my problem with this. I've read more fleshed out 'inventions' in sci-fi novels. Why don't we just go ahead and issue a patent for the Romulan micro black hole warp core? It might be slightly easier to get going than a laser powerful enough to induce fusion but small and light enough to use in an airplane.
It doesn't matter what legal theory you're following. The theory of making the plaintiff whole sets policy in a civil suit, it doesn't alter the facts.
In practice, they sometimes can't be repaid, but loss of life cannot be properly compensated even in theory.
The law treats willingly accepted risks differently from imposed risks.
Yes, but only because you can't be ordered to pay infinite money. We are forced by reality to make the plaintiff whole in the financial sense only.
However, that doesn't make the comparison of financial loss to loss of life correct or proper since the loss of life also carries an irreparable harm.
Yeah, that's a great idea 'cause every time I fart $100 dollar bills fly out!
It is a useful tool for finding relative risks and figuring out what we can afford to do, but it breaks down when we try to use it to valuate human death vs. economic losses. It is important to remember that there is a limit to how far the fiction of valuation of life can go.
A prominent example of that error is the rather infamous Ford Pinto case.
It becomes much more problematic when compounded with another thing (in this case liberty) that is hard to place a proper value on.
Personally, while I don't find it hypocritical to support regulating one and not the other, I am a supporter of 2nd amendment rights and the right to own and produce hacking tools. It's the uses of them and knowingly providing them for unacceptable uses I support regulating.
There's no question that Greece has a real problem. They may vertty well need to go back to their own currency so they can devalue it. They will likely need more changes and a stimulus program, one that injects the cash at the bottom of the economy, not the top.
All of that may not be enough, especialy after several years of making a bad situation worse.
None of that is in question. My point is that whatever the answer may be (if there is one), it is NOT austerity.
Either I don't understand what you're trying to say or it simply doesn't follow.
Only if you throw out the legal theory of making someone whole. The only reason a court assigns a value to a life is that it doesn't have the option of resurrection. But whatever that value is, you can't tell me honestly that the family of the deceased feels just fine about it if you pay $X for killing Dad.
They had austerity, but not as severe as what was imposed on Greece.
It's not just Krugman, BTW. He is certainly one of the most vocal about it, but he stands in a lot of good company.
Healthcare that you can't afford is for all practical purposes non-existent.
But in fact, even for those who can pay, we come in at 18th place.
Italy and Portugal didn't have extreme austerity thrust upon them, so their economy hasn't crashed like Greece.
Now, the FCC needs to get motivated and hunt down all of these annoying callers before they render the telephone completely useless.
How about making *something auto-report the last call. The caller ID may lie, but the phone company has the real call data and can log it for prosecution on request.