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  1. Re:If I were to find one... on 'Honey Stick' Project Tracks Fate of Lost Smartphones · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The reason for anonymity is to air your views while avoiding persecution by those who disagree, be they legislators or moderators.

  2. Re:Injustice on How To Crash the US Justice System: Demand a Trial · · Score: 1

    Yes, they are published, in huge books that I can read down at the library. I have to start with the Criminal Code Act 1899, then apply all the amendments that have been voted in over the last 100+ years. And then I have to look at verdicts of court cases in my state that establish presidents about how that law is interpreted. After all that I am not sure if I will have enough time for my day job!

    That is the excuse that lazy losers use.

    You will have enough time for your day job. You will not, however, have time to watch television or otherwise waste your day.

    If you need to get educated on the quick for a court case:

    First, get a good thick book on Constitutional Law. I recommend:

    Constitutional Law, ISBN 1-58360-538-X

    This is useful for the major issues of your defense. It has indexes both of keywords and relevant cases as well as a glossary of big words in case your English isn't quite up to speed.

    Amazon will literally ship you a used copy for $4.00

    Your next stop will be Google, to research your state's Rules of Criminal Procedure or Rules of Civil Procedure, according to the nature of the charges against you.

    For my home state, Alabama, the relevant links are:

    http://judicial.alabama.gov/library/rules_crim_procedure.cfm
    http://judicial.alabama.gov/library/rules_civ_procedure.cfm

    You want to pay special attention to the "Depositions and Discovery" part of your state's procedural rules.

    Bear in mind that your magistrate may well not know the rules governing criminal procedure.

    Relevant anecdote: I got a ticket last year for running a stop sign. I decided to fight it. When I went to the magistrate's office to inquire about the procedure for discovery, the magistrate did not know what form to use. She eventually gave me a form. The form was a civil form and the charge was criminal, but I gleaned enough from the verbiage on the form that she gave, to track down the right form online.

    The lesson: Always double check the forms you receive.

    If the charge is handled by your municipal court, have a look at http://www.municode.com/ . It is a library of municipal codes for various towns.

    Relevant anecdote: I have successfully used the Municode site to avoid a civil charge for putting commercial advertising flyers into newspaper boxes in a neighboring town, by pointing out that the town's "no door-to-door" law made no mention of newspaper boxes or curbside flyers, and pointing out that several local advertising papers are loaded into the same newspaper boxes every morning.

    The mouth-breather on the other end of the phone sounded arrogant and was going to charge me, right up until I cited the relevant Chapter and Section of the city municipal codes.

    After that he couldn't get me off the phone fast enough, and I never heard anything about it again.

    The lesson: If you have all your ducks in a row, the "authorities" will go look for easier prey.

    I will tell you this: when dealing with "city hall", leave your ebonics, hillbilly-bonics, cowboy hats, doo-rags, metallica shirts, little wayne shirts, and fake fingernails at the house. If you have neck tattoos or tattoos below the elbows, wear a long-sleeved turtleneck.

    For people who are very poor, take $10 to your local thrift store and buy a suit. If you can't afford that, go to a local shelter or church and explain your situation. They might help you out, and it never hurts to ask.

    If you look like a trashy loser, you will be treated like a trashy loser.

    If you talk like a trashy loser, you will be treated like a trashy loser.

    Relevant anecdote: I once went to court for a traffic ticket. I had on polished boots, khakis, a blazer and a nice white button-up shirt and c

  3. Re:jury trials cost more money on How To Crash the US Justice System: Demand a Trial · · Score: 1

    And "thou shalt not kill" only applies to murder, not state-sanctioned war?

  4. Re:Always love the "some people" bullshit. on Open Source Advocates' Attitudes Toward Profit · · Score: 1

    Do them a favor and install Linux Mint or Ubuntu.

  5. Re:Absolutely ridiculous on George Takei Helps Facebook Troubleshoot MySQL · · Score: 0

    Maybe if the "S" stood for Sucking.

    And the "Q" stood for Queer.

    But I'm not sure what the "L" would stand for.

    Lads, maybe!?

  6. Re:Before the trolling begins... on Linux From Scratch 7.1 Published · · Score: 1

    hairyfeet makes some good contributions to this website.

  7. Re:The closest I've heard of this is on Ask Slashdot: Who Has Been Sued By the RIAA? · · Score: 1, Informative

    Got my cable cut off once over dling a movie still in the theaters.

    Stupid public tracker.

    One time I heard a fictional story about someone using a VPS in a foreign country, and transmission-daemon.

  8. Re:Well, duh... on Ask Slashdot: Do Kids Still Take Interest In Programming For Its Own Sake? · · Score: 1

    I used to give guitar lessons.

    It was apparent who would stick with the course and who wouldn't be back for the second session, by looking at the verbage they used.

    "I wish I could play the guitar." - Fail

    "I want to learn to play the guitar." - Win

  9. Re:The article writer is a deaf idiot on Why Distributing Music As 24-bit/192kHz Downloads Is Pointless · · Score: 1

    If you want to see illusory sup[eriority, read any large homebrewer forum.

  10. Re:The article writer is a deaf idiot on Why Distributing Music As 24-bit/192kHz Downloads Is Pointless · · Score: 3, Funny

    $24 earphones?! You lucky devil.

    When I was a wee lad, we had to listen to music through paper cones pressed to our ears. And they weren't real paper, mind you, but a great bloody lot of wasps nests glued together with our own spit.

    Youngsters just have no idea.

  11. Re:Remove it, why? on The Fallout From a Flickr DMCA Takedown · · Score: 1

    Well put, my friend.

    If I had mod points, I would spend them all modding you up.

  12. Re:To give away or not to give away our privacy on Have We Lost Our Privacy To the Internet? · · Score: 1

    You can find a VPS with enough resources to handle email for $2 or less per month.

    It might not have enough memory for clamspam, but Thunderbird's junk mail feature suffices.

  13. Re:Fucking fusspot nerds on Ask Slashdot: Life After Firefox 3.6.x? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh come off it mate.

    We all know what you REALLY want to do with that buttery screwdriver.

    You nasty bastard.

  14. Re:It's easy to lie on linkedin on LinkedIn Profiles Contain Fewer Lies Than Resumes · · Score: 1

    Best tool on the Interwebs:

    http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html

  15. Re:It's easy to lie on linkedin on LinkedIn Profiles Contain Fewer Lies Than Resumes · · Score: 1

    If anybody wants static websites to generate buzz and help you target robust e-tailers while you matrix vertical relationships in order to synthesize mission-critical partnerships on linkedin, email me:

    larryish@gmail.com

    I will create the domains/subdomains, create the sites, and host them, turnkey, for $1 per website per year.

    This offer is for static sites only and does not include any sort of scripting or updates.

  16. Re:tip of the ice berg - not even the real story! on Linode Exploit Caused Theft of Thousands of Bitcoins · · Score: 5, Funny

    secret back-door master password

    Was the HACKER in question getting a BLOWJOB at the time while having a GUN pointed at his head?

  17. Re:10.10 updates will expire on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Beta 1 Released · · Score: 1

    I want 8.04.4 interface but with current version numbers.

    Anybody?

    Buehler?

    Buehler?

    Buehler?

  18. Re:the bad 95% on Photographing Police: Deletion Is Not Forever · · Score: 1

    Whooooosh!!!11

  19. Re:the bad 95% on Photographing Police: Deletion Is Not Forever · · Score: 1

    When the 5% cover for or otherwise overlook the actions of the 95%, they become the 100%.

  20. Re:Welcome to our world on The Specter of Gasoline At $5 a Gallon · · Score: 1

    I was at market a few weeks back and an older couple on a road trip mentioned that they used a fuel stabilizer in their gasoline to counteract the ethanol.

    Their focus wasn't so much on saving money as it was on making fewer stops to gas up.

  21. Re:Welcome to our world on The Specter of Gasoline At $5 a Gallon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There is a difference of scale.

    How far do you in the U.K. drive in an average work day?

    Here in the states, some days I drive 400+ (~640km) miles, especially when prospecting for new clients. Even when not prospecting the distance is around 100 miles per day (~160km) because I live in a rural suburb.

    Any differences in price of gasoline (petrol :) might be partially accounted for by sales volume.

    The United States is a big frikkin' place.

  22. Re:oh great idea on Wikileaks and Anonymous Join Forces Against US Intelligence Community · · Score: 1

    $5 for a wrench?

    What sort of car boot sale charges $5 for a bloody spanner?!

  23. Re:so you think they should free bradley manning? on Wikileaks and Anonymous Join Forces Against US Intelligence Community · · Score: 1

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  24. Re:Body language is an effective tool on How To Sneak In To a Security Conference · · Score: 1

    SO then it is not de fault of de password?

  25. Re:evil and EVIL on Users Spend More Time On Myspace Than Google+ · · Score: 1

    Adblock Plus filter:

    *google*anal*