Sorry for the OT post, but others will probably find this interesting too.
> the sciatic nerve running down your leg is a single cell with an axon over 1 foot long
I thought this was usual Slashdot bull$h!#, as it sounded unlikely. I was right that the statement was incorrect, but "in the wrong direction." A foot-long nerve? Evidently it's more like a 2.5-3 ft. nerve cell. Crazy. Check out Paragraph 3 of this link.
> Fingerprints? Retinal scans? DNA sequences? There are exceptions to these (including, for example, missing the required organs.)
If you are missing most fingers and both eyes, you probably shouldn't be driving anyway. As for missing DNA, well, there's a much more serious problem going on.
AAARGH, NO IT HAS NOT. The world is just as dangerous as it was 100 years ago. In most cases it is less dangerous. The REAL difference is that Americans can now see how dangerous the REST of the world can be and we (well, not me, really) are getting paranoid about it and reacting unduly.
Almost any law passed since September 10th 2001 (namely, those concerned with "terrorism") is stupid and irrational.
> Police officer has to be one of the most thankless jobs around.
For good reason. The only time people interact with them is when the cop decides he feels they might have done something wrong. Everyone knows cops are disliked before they become one, so they should damn well know what to expect.
> These people take their lives in to their own hands with every traffic stop
Bullshit. 90% of the Police force have never been in a truly dangerous situation (ie risk of losing their life), but act like it is whenever they pull someone over. I got pulled over for expired license plate tags (the details are extremely questionable, but we'll assume for now that I was 100% guilty of it). It's 4:00PM on an interstate, bright sunshine -- TWO police officers creep up to my car, both with their hands on their guns. One walks (very slowly) to my drivers-side door, while the other is trying to sneek a peek through my back, passenger window, assuming I have drugs or something -- what I have in my car is none of his fucking business. He was a dick about everything, even though I explained, rationally, the situation to him. He did not speak with a decent tone, he spoke down to me, assuming I was a dirty fucking criminal. What's the fucking point of that, if not intimidation?
He was so rude & such an asshole, that had I not ripped up the ticket, I'd have found out who he was, where he lived, & egged his fucking pig house.:) (pig is meant to describe him personally, not cops -- most I have met are very nice people)
> I can look up your ID by your name and date of birth,
But not if I refuse that information to you as well as my ID.
> as it is when people tell me they hope I die
I would like to point out that I agree with the other person's sentiment, although not to police in general. I don't want YOU to die, as I've never met you. There are about 10 police officers (and about 1,000 citizens, so cops aren't an exclusive party) that I would love to see dead. There are probably 75 cops I HAVE met and have no problem with, even the ones who busted my friend & I for possession -- because they were nice about it & not flashing guns & acting like jerks. I think the other guy meant this too, but as you are the only one IDed as a cop, you're an easy target.
> If the individual had priors and had served time for a felony
Unfortunately, we are "presumed innocent," so prior convictions have absolutely no bearing on this. If he had been doing something illegal, that would be a different matter.
You DO know that you are full of crap, right? Simple explanation for a simple mind: Religion relies on faith of that which CANNOT be observed Science relies on observation and NOTHING else (well, forming theories based on observation, too)
Capiche? Regarding your "proof," Paradigms, Religions, Philosophy (which is not science at all, contrary to that post), etc are human concepts. In fact, that whole argument relies on you believing the argument to begin with. It says that Science is not concerned with metaphysical/sensory proof, which is supposed to be the point of a religion. If it does not have this simple characteristic of religion, it is not one.
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Sorry for the OT post, but others will probably find this interesting too.
> the sciatic nerve running down your leg is a single cell with an axon over 1 foot long
I thought this was usual Slashdot bull$h!#, as it sounded unlikely. I was right that the statement was incorrect, but "in the wrong direction." A foot-long nerve? Evidently it's more like a 2.5-3 ft. nerve cell. Crazy. Check out Paragraph 3 of this link.
> He wasn't driving - his daughter was.
But he was in public, so P.I. Try having a point before posting again.
> Fingerprints? Retinal scans? DNA sequences? There are exceptions to these (including, for example, missing the required organs.)
If you are missing most fingers and both eyes, you probably shouldn't be driving anyway. As for missing DNA, well, there's a much more serious problem going on.
> The world has become a more dangerous place
AAARGH, NO IT HAS NOT. The world is just as dangerous as it was 100 years ago. In most cases it is less dangerous. The REAL difference is that Americans can now see how dangerous the REST of the world can be and we (well, not me, really) are getting paranoid about it and reacting unduly.
Almost any law passed since September 10th 2001 (namely, those concerned with "terrorism") is stupid and irrational.
> she walked and I did time.
Not to downplay the horrible thing that was done to you, but being in jail a couple hours isn't exactly "doin' time."
> It's like having a big red target on your shirt while hunting.
Ummmm... When hunting, most people are looking for deer, not big red circles. Maybe if you had said "It's like wearing a deer suit while hunting."
> Why do you think they backed down?
Because they are pusses who won't stand up for themselves.
> Who wants to live in a company that sticks your rights down the crapper?
Company isn't the right word there... "Corporate Conglemerate" may be better. Oh, did you mean Country? Nah, probably not.
> high class snobhoods to make the taxpaying populace think it's safer. Safer from what, I don't know.
You know, criminals.... like poor people and <whisper>coloreds</whisper>. At least that's how rich people around me act.
> Governments that use ID to identify people generally force people to carry them
That is not the case in the U.S.
> And a simple I don't have one [...] would have laid that to rest very quickly.
Which is what he said... "I don't have it." Therefore, it should have been laid to rest.
> Police officer has to be one of the most thankless jobs around.
:) (pig is meant to describe him personally, not cops -- most I have met are very nice people)
For good reason. The only time people interact with them is when the cop decides he feels they might have done something wrong. Everyone knows cops are disliked before they become one, so they should damn well know what to expect.
> These people take their lives in to their own hands with every traffic stop
Bullshit. 90% of the Police force have never been in a truly dangerous situation (ie risk of losing their life), but act like it is whenever they pull someone over. I got pulled over for expired license plate tags (the details are extremely questionable, but we'll assume for now that I was 100% guilty of it). It's 4:00PM on an interstate, bright sunshine -- TWO police officers creep up to my car, both with their hands on their guns. One walks (very slowly) to my drivers-side door, while the other is trying to sneek a peek through my back, passenger window, assuming I have drugs or something -- what I have in my car is none of his fucking business. He was a dick about everything, even though I explained, rationally, the situation to him. He did not speak with a decent tone, he spoke down to me, assuming I was a dirty fucking criminal. What's the fucking point of that, if not intimidation?
He was so rude & such an asshole, that had I not ripped up the ticket, I'd have found out who he was, where he lived, & egged his fucking pig house.
> politicians who bath them in pork barrel spending (no pun intended)
It should have been intended... It was really funny after trying to figure out for about 30 seconds...
> I can look up your ID by your name and date of birth,
But not if I refuse that information to you as well as my ID.
> as it is when people tell me they hope I die
I would like to point out that I agree with the other person's sentiment, although not to police in general. I don't want YOU to die, as I've never met you. There are about 10 police officers (and about 1,000 citizens, so cops aren't an exclusive party) that I would love to see dead. There are probably 75 cops I HAVE met and have no problem with, even the ones who busted my friend & I for possession -- because they were nice about it & not flashing guns & acting like jerks. I think the other guy meant this too, but as you are the only one IDed as a cop, you're an easy target.
> you civil libertines are still well-protected from The Man.
Or MAYBE that's just what we're supposed to think as we are slowly becoming a POLICE STATE!!!
See? Any decent conspiracy theorist/nutcase can run around logic like it doesn't exist.
> DUI = DWI
Yeah, that definitely depends on location. Some places have both of them, where DUI has a lower BAC requirement than DWI, which is a greater offense.
> If the individual had priors and had served time for a felony
Unfortunately, we are "presumed innocent," so prior convictions have absolutely no bearing on this. If he had been doing something illegal, that would be a different matter.
> Did you even think about what you were actually laughing at, or are you too stupid/ill-informed to even know??
I agree, as my grandfather died at a concentration camp... He fell out of a tower.
> I'm at school and don't feel like sending my password cleartext through the networking lab
/. is such a sensitive, personal thing that all those evil hackers are looking for.
Yes, because logging into
> A Jar-Jar of Merlot-Merlot
Ew, how unsophisticated. The only beverage that should be consumed from a jar is Moonshine. I should know, I'm a moonshine connoisseur!
Although, given the sometimes hallucinogenic properties, it makes sense.
> Now I know what Lucas was drinking when he created Jar-Jar.
Must have been absynthe.
> How long before
:)
Oh man, that is the funniest thing I have read in weeks. Thanks
> Maybe they'll stumble across your missing spelling checker.
Maybe you'll shut up because no one cares that he accidentally hit 'c' twice.
> There are some things (both good and evil) are unexplainable even by science unless the context of God, and the spiritual dimension are considered.
Can you name a few of these?
> You DO know that Science is a Religion, right?
You DO know that you are full of crap, right? Simple explanation for a simple mind:
Religion relies on faith of that which CANNOT be observed
Science relies on observation and NOTHING else (well, forming theories based on observation, too)
Capiche?
Regarding your "proof," Paradigms, Religions, Philosophy (which is not science at all, contrary to that post), etc are human concepts. In fact, that whole argument relies on you believing the argument to begin with.
It says that Science is not concerned with metaphysical/sensory proof, which is supposed to be the point of a religion. If it does not have this simple characteristic of religion, it is not one.