Two burgers and fries: 8$
Two large drinks: 3$
Tax and tip: 1.75$
Getting paid for something most people can just do with simple mental math: PRICELESS.
A single hair is easy to plant, granted, but exactly how easy is it to get your hands on body fluids or sufficient amounts of correctly identified skin cells? Anyone who would have sufficient access to your body fluids (a doctor or a lover) would also be sufficiently close to the case at hand to also be in the police's list of plausible suspects. It's not only about DNA either - finding your hair at a crime's location will not make you guilty if fifty people and surveillance cameras can positively locate you several miles away from the scene when the crime occured. And just as most people who watch CSI know about DNA planting, so does the police. They're not idiots, no matter what movies would have you believe.
This happens to be the case in the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The reporting which caused the public backlash against the war in Vietnam simply doesn't exist in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Perhaps the Righterous Inquisition Army of Autocrats has gone one step further in its lawyer battles and decided to ensure its success by using itself as evidence. Allow me to explain: The RIAA creates a differently named group whose essential goals are the same, attacking P2P software users under the guise of distributing computer software. Taking advantage of the legal system's lack of understanding of the concepts involved and the likeness of materials involved (games and Limewire are both software) they be bewitch, bemused, befuddle, bedazzle and bamboozle the judge into winning a landmark case against a Limewire user or a hundred, and then turn around and point to this specific case as evidence that they should be allowed to juggernaut their way through music traders (guilty or not) like a wood chipper eating through origami cranes.
If you can get it dirty, this may yet be the case of a cloth that is machine washable and comes out dry from the machine. Or better yet, washes out simply by brushing off the stain with the back of the hand.
A remotely accessible killswitch that could be fired even against the legitimate owner's consent... hey, isn't that exactly what Orrin Hatch has been requesting that the Righteous Inquisition Army of Autocrats be able to do to file sharers a few years back???
Steal the laptop, remove the WAN card before turning it on, and go to hack forum to find out how to remove or disable the process that makes this killswitch possible. Only slightly inconvenient.
Because there's a huge difference between authorized government agents looking for criminal activities and regular employees looking through clients' records as mere entertainment.
"Think of the CHILDREN! Won't somebody pleeeeease think of the CHILDREN?!?"
Australia itself is not at fault, neither is the majority of the population who would be quite content to continue being a bastion of open-minded free thinking (much like most of Canada, which I'm proud to live in). No, if there's any blame to assign here, it should be directed squarely at the two groups at fault: Greedy, amoral media executives who would be all too happy to set up a global dictature where their content, flawed and awful as it might get, would be rewarded with mountains of ill-gotten cash as well as power-hungry politicians who take advantage of the aforementionned corporate suits to create a FUD campaign directed at the latest target of "threats against The Children", the Interwebs.
It's not like they have many targets left, now that dancing, rock and roll and comic books have gained wide mainstream acceptance in not being tools of corruption forged in Lucifer's workshop.
Don't jail guards and prison official also use cell phones? They might enjoy being able to make a quick call for reinforcements when a riot starts or when someone breaks out.
It seems to me that one of the implications brought by the defense here is that somehow, using a Facebook assumed identity to try and talk someone into killing themselves has less criminal value than writing threatening anonymous letters or talking on the phone while masking your voice. Shouldn't this whole trial be hinged on whether she has used her prior knowledge of the girl's emotional distress to talk her into suicide, rather than whether or not she commited computer fraud?
Confirmed fake clip, indeed. Why would a bike not turn left and right when the handlebars are turned, for one? Also, if the guy on the bike is playing a guitar hero mod, then the section where he's turning his head right to look at his own reflection in a storefront is highly suspicious. It just screams of "hey look, I'm really really riding a bike and not just playing make-believe!"
Is anyone surprised that the Righteous Inquisition Army of Autocrats is resquesting more time? It takes a LOT of lawyers to succesfully bully and threaten an entire all-star team of intellectuals college professors well-reknowned in their fields as opposed as a single young student. You don't just steamroll a group like that with a single "cease and decist or we'll ruin you" email.
Sadly, you've become the land where it starts with one freedom removed (videogames, such as Silent Hill Origins) and it snowballs from there. I'm not looking forward to the time when other conservatives in Canada and America point to the "shining example" that australia has become in "keeping children safe".
This is the age old debate where possession of a tool is equalled to necessarily having the criminal intent to use it to commit acts you know are ilegal. Next up - watch hardware stores get sued for selling hammers that can be used by thugs and crooks to mug people by hitting them over the head. When will shoe stores get sued for selling boots and shoes that are painful to the person receiving kicks in the ass?
An entire 3D chat world is a pretty huge expense (even with Google ads revenue) just to have a bunch of immature users telling each other "a/s/l?" and "ur gey".
"If you were around this area in germany 4600 years ago and have information about this murder that could lead to th earrest of suspects, please the dial number at the bottom of your screen. I'm Robert Stacks, and this is Unsolved Mysteries."
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Is the day far when nerds and geeks will rule the high schools, bullying and terrorizing the jocks and athletes?
Two burgers and fries: 8$ Two large drinks: 3$ Tax and tip: 1.75$ Getting paid for something most people can just do with simple mental math: PRICELESS.
A single hair is easy to plant, granted, but exactly how easy is it to get your hands on body fluids or sufficient amounts of correctly identified skin cells? Anyone who would have sufficient access to your body fluids (a doctor or a lover) would also be sufficiently close to the case at hand to also be in the police's list of plausible suspects. It's not only about DNA either - finding your hair at a crime's location will not make you guilty if fifty people and surveillance cameras can positively locate you several miles away from the scene when the crime occured. And just as most people who watch CSI know about DNA planting, so does the police. They're not idiots, no matter what movies would have you believe.
Look around, can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?
This happens to be the case in the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The reporting which caused the public backlash against the war in Vietnam simply doesn't exist in Afghanistan and Iraq.
I guess somebody forgot to tell that to CNN.
Perhaps the Righterous Inquisition Army of Autocrats has gone one step further in its lawyer battles and decided to ensure its success by using itself as evidence. Allow me to explain: The RIAA creates a differently named group whose essential goals are the same, attacking P2P software users under the guise of distributing computer software. Taking advantage of the legal system's lack of understanding of the concepts involved and the likeness of materials involved (games and Limewire are both software) they be bewitch, bemused, befuddle, bedazzle and bamboozle the judge into winning a landmark case against a Limewire user or a hundred, and then turn around and point to this specific case as evidence that they should be allowed to juggernaut their way through music traders (guilty or not) like a wood chipper eating through origami cranes.
If you can get it dirty, this may yet be the case of a cloth that is machine washable and comes out dry from the machine. Or better yet, washes out simply by brushing off the stain with the back of the hand.
A remotely accessible killswitch that could be fired even against the legitimate owner's consent... hey, isn't that exactly what Orrin Hatch has been requesting that the Righteous Inquisition Army of Autocrats be able to do to file sharers a few years back???
Steal the laptop, remove the WAN card before turning it on, and go to hack forum to find out how to remove or disable the process that makes this killswitch possible. Only slightly inconvenient.
Why should we even bother cloning a caveman when we can just go to Encino California and thaw out Pauly Shore?
When file sharing your music and movies, use public wifi points to crush any lawsuit potential from the RIAA!
"We've secretly replaced Buzz's cup of coffee with a batch of fresh urine recyc, let's see if he notices the difference..."
Because there's a huge difference between authorized government agents looking for criminal activities and regular employees looking through clients' records as mere entertainment.
No, he meant criminals and criminals.
I think you meant "celebrities and criminals" here, but nonetheless your freudian slip further proves the point.
"Think of the CHILDREN! Won't somebody pleeeeease think of the CHILDREN?!?"
Australia itself is not at fault, neither is the majority of the population who would be quite content to continue being a bastion of open-minded free thinking (much like most of Canada, which I'm proud to live in). No, if there's any blame to assign here, it should be directed squarely at the two groups at fault: Greedy, amoral media executives who would be all too happy to set up a global dictature where their content, flawed and awful as it might get, would be rewarded with mountains of ill-gotten cash as well as power-hungry politicians who take advantage of the aforementionned corporate suits to create a FUD campaign directed at the latest target of "threats against The Children", the Interwebs.
It's not like they have many targets left, now that dancing, rock and roll and comic books have gained wide mainstream acceptance in not being tools of corruption forged in Lucifer's workshop.
Don't jail guards and prison official also use cell phones? They might enjoy being able to make a quick call for reinforcements when a riot starts or when someone breaks out.
I wonder how many times has this been pointed out that someone should roll up a RICO class action suit against RIAA?
The RIAA getting RICO-rolled... there's a youtube viral in there somewhere, I can sense it.
It seems to me that one of the implications brought by the defense here is that somehow, using a Facebook assumed identity to try and talk someone into killing themselves has less criminal value than writing threatening anonymous letters or talking on the phone while masking your voice. Shouldn't this whole trial be hinged on whether she has used her prior knowledge of the girl's emotional distress to talk her into suicide, rather than whether or not she commited computer fraud?
"You fools! You've altered the outcome by observing it!" - Professor Hubert Farnsworth
Confirmed fake clip, indeed. Why would a bike not turn left and right when the handlebars are turned, for one? Also, if the guy on the bike is playing a guitar hero mod, then the section where he's turning his head right to look at his own reflection in a storefront is highly suspicious. It just screams of "hey look, I'm really really riding a bike and not just playing make-believe!"
Is anyone surprised that the Righteous Inquisition Army of Autocrats is resquesting more time? It takes a LOT of lawyers to succesfully bully and threaten an entire all-star team of intellectuals college professors well-reknowned in their fields as opposed as a single young student. You don't just steamroll a group like that with a single "cease and decist or we'll ruin you" email.
Sadly, you've become the land where it starts with one freedom removed (videogames, such as Silent Hill Origins) and it snowballs from there. I'm not looking forward to the time when other conservatives in Canada and America point to the "shining example" that australia has become in "keeping children safe".
This is the age old debate where possession of a tool is equalled to necessarily having the criminal intent to use it to commit acts you know are ilegal. Next up - watch hardware stores get sued for selling hammers that can be used by thugs and crooks to mug people by hitting them over the head. When will shoe stores get sued for selling boots and shoes that are painful to the person receiving kicks in the ass?
An entire 3D chat world is a pretty huge expense (even with Google ads revenue) just to have a bunch of immature users telling each other "a/s/l?" and "ur gey".
"If you were around this area in germany 4600 years ago and have information about this murder that could lead to th earrest of suspects, please the dial number at the bottom of your screen. I'm Robert Stacks, and this is Unsolved Mysteries."