Yes, I just sniffed one's butt in the elevator at the courthouse yesterday, and I have her name on the police report. I'll get it for you once my bail is paid.
I work with hermaphroditic slugs, for instance...)
That's not a nice thing to call your coworkers. I'm sure they are very hard working people. And it's very rude nowadays to call their sexuality into question. Sure, the guys may be a little fem, and the women may be butch, but they still have feelings, you insensitive clod.
And what's with the Picasso smiley, with both eyes on the same side of the face?
I store my Spaghettios upside down. It makes all the rings settle to the top, so when I turn it right-side-up and open it, I can pour them into the pan much easier. There are very few, if any, stuck to the crease/dent around the inside bottom of the can.
With those cool commercials showing people spinning these around, and snapping keyboards onto them with such gusto. Certainly the choreography should have guaranteed these things get snapped up in masses.
It can't be that people are finally paying attention, and ignoring fluff. So what gives?
Nothing bars private companies putting plate scanners out there to keep track of where you go.
Except for the fact the scanners have to be somewhere, and being on public property would require a permit and approval from the government. Scanners placed on private property would be legal with the landowners permission, but you would need landowners that don't care about privacy. Scanners on commercial premises, other than those operated by the business itself for its own safety, would probably drive away a high enough ratio of customers that the business would not allow the private company put any scanners there either.
On top of all that, how long would any scanner be in place before it is stolen or destroyed?
So, while there are not laws about private companies doing this, it wouldn't be a simple process for them.
Also, if it did come to pass that a private company did this, there would be dozens following on their heels. Then the people would demand laws against just this situation. Not guaranteed they would get them, but any city or state legislature could outlaw the practice right after millions of dollars are spent installing the devices.
Of course there's no assumption of privacy when you are in public. But would you want a cop to stand outside every store and bar, taking pictures of every person entering and leaving, and noting what they are carrying at the time? Would you want a cop to follow you everywhere you go, talking to a radio show that is broadcasting it live to the entire city?
This isn't a case of "privacy while in public", this is a case of "being tracked everywhere you go", and generally the reason given is "for the public good", with "saving the taxpayers money" and "think of the children" thrown in as needed.
So if you are "not wild about being tracked", why are you downplaying this attempt at tracking every driver anywhere they go?
I never have gotten the appeal of that show. I catch it every so often when I'm driving to or from a late install job. Every time it's some caller talking about being visited by aliens, or a guest proclaiming he has proof of the loch ness monster. Or worse yet, healing powers of crystals/pyramids/the mind. After a few minutes I have to turn it back to something rational.
And it's not that I don't believe in aliens and some of the other stuff on CtC, but these people are like 3rd graders in their proof and arguments.
" I know people in the US like to go all hero worship on these people, but lets face facts: For most of them, it's their only ticket to anything that even closely resembles a middle class lifestyle."
As a former active duty military and on-base contractor, I know what you mean. I wouldn't even be that nice about it. There are heroes in the military, but there are also idiots. Some soldiers are dedicated, others are lazy wastes of space. Even one of the 'hard chargers' I served with was useless in our actual field; he just didn't do any work, yet got promoted by the system.
I save me hero worship for the ones that actually deserve it.
If you'd just waited a bit longer, you could have been the 3 millionth registered user. Then you would really have a bargaining chip. Really, who cares if #2982969 leaves after posting only one item. But #3,000,000?? Just look at all those zeros. That would be something worthy of attention by the site leaders. Too bad you had to pop off too soon. Bye-bye number two-nine-whatever.
While your statement may be accurate, it still doesn't negate Zimmerman's right to defend himself when someone in sitting on his chest pounding his head to pulp on concrete.
How did he persist? He lost sight of Martin, and did not go near where Martin went. Martin actually had to come back to where Zimmerman was at for the altercation to happen.
Also, you are wrong on the 911 operator, but that fallacy has been pointed out numerous times, and some people like you just don't care for the facts of it.
You're right. I forgot they don't hear the news stories we do. Although I wonder if they heard of the threats to George Zimmerman that happened before the trial process started.
Pretty much. I don't particularly think Zimmerman's innocent, but I do think there is a pretty good case that there's reasonable doubt as to whether he's guilty. I mean, come on. Does anyone seriously think O. J. Simpson didn't kill those people? Nah. But the prosecution failed to prove their case, so he was "not guilty".
That's a big part of my reasoning on these cases. It's not just that there isn't enough evidence to convict. The prosecution actually so botched their own case, they couldn't win. In the OJ case, the police and investigators assisted in that acquittal quite a bit through their own stupidity and cluelessness. This time, the police did their job, and the prosecution helped the evidence prove the case for the defense.
When I was a kid, I got my Frisbee stuck on the roof. That doesn't mean that I got onto the roof.
In my house it did.
I remember climbing up on the roof by time I was 6 or 7, and probably sooner. After all, I was the youngest, therefor the smallest and lightest to lift up.
By time I was 7 or 8, we actually had an upper porch that had direct access to the roof, so we were up there whenever we wanted.
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Great reference material. I shall have to find my local copy later. My preserved copy is in my no-room, of course.
Yes, I just sniffed one's butt in the elevator at the courthouse yesterday, and I have her name on the police report. I'll get it for you once my bail is paid.
Does anyone know a good bailbondsman?
I work with hermaphroditic slugs, for instance. ..)
That's not a nice thing to call your coworkers. I'm sure they are very hard working people. And it's very rude nowadays to call their sexuality into question. Sure, the guys may be a little fem, and the women may be butch, but they still have feelings, you insensitive clod.
And what's with the Picasso smiley, with both eyes on the same side of the face?
I store my Spaghettios upside down. It makes all the rings settle to the top, so when I turn it right-side-up and open it, I can pour them into the pan much easier. There are very few, if any, stuck to the crease/dent around the inside bottom of the can.
With those cool commercials showing people spinning these around, and snapping keyboards onto them with such gusto. Certainly the choreography should have guaranteed these things get snapped up in masses.
It can't be that people are finally paying attention, and ignoring fluff. So what gives?
I have a question for you.
Do you type your postings in a foreign (non-western European at that) language in Google Translate, then paste the results here?
Nothing bars private companies putting plate scanners out there to keep track of where you go.
Except for the fact the scanners have to be somewhere, and being on public property would require a permit and approval from the government. Scanners placed on private property would be legal with the landowners permission, but you would need landowners that don't care about privacy. Scanners on commercial premises, other than those operated by the business itself for its own safety, would probably drive away a high enough ratio of customers that the business would not allow the private company put any scanners there either.
On top of all that, how long would any scanner be in place before it is stolen or destroyed?
So, while there are not laws about private companies doing this, it wouldn't be a simple process for them.
Also, if it did come to pass that a private company did this, there would be dozens following on their heels. Then the people would demand laws against just this situation. Not guaranteed they would get them, but any city or state legislature could outlaw the practice right after millions of dollars are spent installing the devices.
Of course there's no assumption of privacy when you are in public. But would you want a cop to stand outside every store and bar, taking pictures of every person entering and leaving, and noting what they are carrying at the time? Would you want a cop to follow you everywhere you go, talking to a radio show that is broadcasting it live to the entire city?
This isn't a case of "privacy while in public", this is a case of "being tracked everywhere you go", and generally the reason given is "for the public good", with "saving the taxpayers money" and "think of the children" thrown in as needed.
So if you are "not wild about being tracked", why are you downplaying this attempt at tracking every driver anywhere they go?
Or smash your girlfriend's 7 evil ex'es, and pickup the gold coins that they become.
But isn't that just over 2 earth masses? Still seems small coming from an object the size of a star, let alone two of them.
I never have gotten the appeal of that show. I catch it every so often when I'm driving to or from a late install job. Every time it's some caller talking about being visited by aliens, or a guest proclaiming he has proof of the loch ness monster. Or worse yet, healing powers of crystals/pyramids/the mind. After a few minutes I have to turn it back to something rational.
And it's not that I don't believe in aliens and some of the other stuff on CtC, but these people are like 3rd graders in their proof and arguments.
" I know people in the US like to go all hero worship on these people, but lets face facts: For most of them, it's their only ticket to anything that even closely resembles a middle class lifestyle."
As a former active duty military and on-base contractor, I know what you mean. I wouldn't even be that nice about it. There are heroes in the military, but there are also idiots. Some soldiers are dedicated, others are lazy wastes of space. Even one of the 'hard chargers' I served with was useless in our actual field; he just didn't do any work, yet got promoted by the system.
I save me hero worship for the ones that actually deserve it.
That's pretty much a given, that your described situation is in NO WAY possible.
Even when there was only 4 people on the planet there was still murder.
I'm pretty sure you were joking but there never has been only 4 people on the planet.
So, we went from a point of having 0 people, to having 1000 people, with no intermediate stage? Please explain the science of that.
If you'd just waited a bit longer, you could have been the 3 millionth registered user. Then you would really have a bargaining chip. Really, who cares if #2982969 leaves after posting only one item. But #3,000,000?? Just look at all those zeros. That would be something worthy of attention by the site leaders. Too bad you had to pop off too soon. Bye-bye number two-nine-whatever.
Wow, I just realized how important someone's race is in your world view.
It seems facts don't matter, if there is a difference in skin color.
While your statement may be accurate, it still doesn't negate Zimmerman's right to defend himself when someone in sitting on his chest pounding his head to pulp on concrete.
You stop referencing orders to stop following Martin, since you obviously have no idea what was said.
How did he persist? He lost sight of Martin, and did not go near where Martin went. Martin actually had to come back to where Zimmerman was at for the altercation to happen.
Also, you are wrong on the 911 operator, but that fallacy has been pointed out numerous times, and some people like you just don't care for the facts of it.
(As I look over to my fridge, with the Achmed magnet staring at me)
Silence! I KEEL YOU!
You're right. I forgot they don't hear the news stories we do. Although I wonder if they heard of the threats to George Zimmerman that happened before the trial process started.
Pretty much. I don't particularly think Zimmerman's innocent, but I do think there is a pretty good case that there's reasonable doubt as to whether he's guilty. I mean, come on. Does anyone seriously think O. J. Simpson didn't kill those people? Nah. But the prosecution failed to prove their case, so he was "not guilty".
That's a big part of my reasoning on these cases. It's not just that there isn't enough evidence to convict. The prosecution actually so botched their own case, they couldn't win. In the OJ case, the police and investigators assisted in that acquittal quite a bit through their own stupidity and cluelessness. This time, the police did their job, and the prosecution helped the evidence prove the case for the defense.
I'm not surprised that the final verdict is not guilty on any count, since the state didn't show proof of guilt.
I am surprised the jury members didn't cave in to the threats of violence and find him guilty of the manslaughter that was thrown in at the end.
Good for them for doing their jobs.
That one was actually humorous.
No mention before 1950?? lol
Good job.
When I was a kid, I got my Frisbee stuck on the roof. That doesn't mean that I got onto the roof.
In my house it did.
I remember climbing up on the roof by time I was 6 or 7, and probably sooner. After all, I was the youngest, therefor the smallest and lightest to lift up.
By time I was 7 or 8, we actually had an upper porch that had direct access to the roof, so we were up there whenever we wanted.