All I want is to make it easy and FREE for the government to start enforcing the traffic laws. They just do not have the money for these equipments. What I wants it a self-replicating system of such traffic radars, with a revenue sharing system where the government pays nothing, earns part of the generated fines, and our share goes toward installing new radars.
Okay, and everyone has a valid mailing address too, so they can receive the ticket. Oh, and there's plenty of judges to hear those who wish to dispute the ticket. Oh, and everyone has a current license plate which connects the vehicle to the household and then the driver. Oh, and I'm sure there's a system in place to catch those who do not pay their tickets, like not being able to renew their drivers' licenses because all the drivers have current licenses too.
Oh, and why speeding? Why not 'failure to yield' or 'do not pass on the right' (assuming driver sits on the left side of the car) or 'failure to signal turn' or 'pedestrians have right-of-way' or 'driving the wrong direction on a one-way street'?
Its not like they randomly selected this guy off the street, swabbed his johnson, and said "This might be the rapist!"
They must have already had pretty substantial evidence to be able to get him,
Oh, really?
TRURO, Mass., Jan. 7 - In an unusual last-ditch move to find clues to the three-year-old killing of a freelance fashion writer, police investigators are trying to get DNA samples from every man in this Cape Cod hamlet, all 790 or so, or as many as will agree.
Sgt. David Perry of the Truro Police Department and other law enforcement authorities here say that the program is voluntary but that they will pay close attention to those who refuse to provide DNA.
"We're trying to find that person who has something to hide," Sergeant Perry said.
Again I ask, why would you say that? I doubt you're an attorney (neither am I, for that matter) but if you were to sneak into someone's home and hide a remote video camera in their children's bedroom, just what do you think would happen when the cam is discovered?
Better analogy would be if you hire a private security firm (such as ADT) and give them permission to install video cameras in your home with the company promising to you that they'd only be activated in the event that a burglary was in progress and later finding out they turned them on anyway in your kids' bedroom.
"They would die-off like the bootleggers died-off after Alcohol was legalized."
Plenty of runners still doing business. We do have dry counties all across the USA.
Exactly. The places where alcohol is illegal are where the drug-runners are.
The fact that the Wii outsold them is a testament to the fact that gameplay does indeed matter.
No, the fact that the Wii outsold them is a testament to the sheer numbers of desperate parents who would buy practically anything to prevent their kids from developing into Oompa-loompas.
There is absolutely nothing the American population would ever rally and take up arms against. We could be invaded by a foreign power tomorrow morning, Red Dawn style, and as long as they weren't killing and raping civilians, we'd roll over and go back to watching cable television (though if they disconnected our cable television, we might get out and fight them).
I'm not even talking about that, though. I'm talking about even just the angry outcry and dissent in media outlets and every day citizens across the nation? They don't have to grab a rifle and head for DC, but we're not even mustering up half the energy and anger we exhibit when we feel there's something shady going on with the American Idol phone voting.
It's even worse, for when a group of angry citizens does peacefully gather together in protest, the protesters are belittled and mocked which rather quickly allows people to dismiss their ideas. I'm not involved with this group, but "tea baggers" is a prime example, even though it seems that the Tea Party is comprised of intelligent men and women from all age groups and other affiliations and not just a bunch of idiotic rednecks with guns.
Also, buying into the lie of the two-party system has done tremendous damage to our political structure in this country.
One does not violate "intellectual property" [gnu.org]. One infringes a copyright, infringes a patent, or infringes a trademark. Which of the three would apply?
One migt think that pleasuring oneself to computer porn was a violation of intellectual property.
One does not pleasure oneself to "computer porn". One pleasures oneself to hot teens, sexy MILF's, or the serious freaky-deaky. Which of the three would apply?
So what are the laws concerning data resident on vessels under a foreign flag ?
Seems like a nice way to get pirate-bay like content really close to the US backbone.
International waters (14 miles out, IIRC) would be safe enough I suppose. Any closer and the US Coast Guard can and do board ships flying foreign flags and the same excuse for US Customs to search laptops and flashdrives would also cover data searches for shipboard servers. I don't think it flies as far as ethics are concerned, but I'm sure it'd be considered legal.
I look like I'm easy to push around. People are more likely to do "evil" things to other persons, if they think the victim won't defend him or herself. The Motel 6 guy thought he could kick me out simply because he didn't want to honor the 10% sale price (and he was right). The Boss figured I wouldn't fight an unjustified termination (and she was right too).
So what you're really trying to say is, "revenge is a dish best served passive-aggressively."
I do see your point. In my limited experience, potential employers couldn't care less what my grades have been, only what my previous employment has been. IMHO, that's the whole point of "entry level position".
They are not letting anyone who gets 69% and lower to pass. Hence, they now have two redundant grades, so they are eliminating one of them. Given that everyone associates F with Fail, it makes sense to get rid of D.
Actually, only an 'F' was a failing grade; 'D' and above were redundant passing grades, so I'm not sure why it's important to suddenly say that if a 'D' grade is failing, then it must be eliminated.
In fact, I think that a binary pass/fail isn't a useful measure at all at those grades/age groups. If people want a 'D' grade to be a failing grade, fine; just change the definition of what a 'D' grade means. It's still useful information for students and parents to know; instead of "oh, you got a 'D', you're barely passing, try harder" it's now "oh, you got a 'D', you're barely failing, try harder."
I think that a pass/fail is far more useful for the college/university level where the degree of passing a subject isn't that relevant.
Completely agree. When I was a kid, I had the worst setup possible: a mono AM/FM radio with no line out, and a tape recorder (the flat kind, with the buttons on the front, like 9" x 4" x 2"). I used to start Dr. Demento just before I went to bed, telling everyone "be quiet in this room!", and taping "over the air". I would listen to it until the tape wore out. I didn't care about the sound quality; I just loved "Shaving Cream", "Dead Puppies", "Little Nash Rambler", much by Tom Lehrer, "Pencil Neck Geek", and many more. Too bad the tapes are all gone now.
Ha! I did the exact same thing! Complete with buttons on the front tape cassette recorder and cheapo hand held mike that I held up to the speaker grille, though I was in my bedroom at night so I didn't have to tell anyone to be quiet -- Dr. D came on during Sunday nights.
The cool thing is, I still own half a dozen tape cassettes that I made when I was a kid and do you know what? When I was older, I *bought* Dr. Demento CD's and several CD's of Tom Lehrer's music even though I could have easily torrented them.
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As a matter of fact, I've created a device that would do just that! Just gotta file my patent, and I'm good to go!
All I want is to make it easy and FREE for the government to start enforcing the traffic laws. They just do not have the money for these equipments. What I wants it a self-replicating system of such traffic radars, with a revenue sharing system where the government pays nothing, earns part of the generated fines, and our share goes toward installing new radars.
Okay, and everyone has a valid mailing address too, so they can receive the ticket. Oh, and there's plenty of judges to hear those who wish to dispute the ticket. Oh, and everyone has a current license plate which connects the vehicle to the household and then the driver. Oh, and I'm sure there's a system in place to catch those who do not pay their tickets, like not being able to renew their drivers' licenses because all the drivers have current licenses too.
Oh, and why speeding? Why not 'failure to yield' or 'do not pass on the right' (assuming driver sits on the left side of the car) or 'failure to signal turn' or 'pedestrians have right-of-way' or 'driving the wrong direction on a one-way street'?
Child porn, the new Godwin's Law.
Maybe we can call it "Uncle Goddy's Law"? Or maybe "Pedo's Law".
Its not like they randomly selected this guy off the street, swabbed his johnson, and said "This might be the rapist!" They must have already had pretty substantial evidence to be able to get him,
Oh, really?
Again I ask, why would you say that? I doubt you're an attorney (neither am I, for that matter) but if you were to sneak into someone's home and hide a remote video camera in their children's bedroom, just what do you think would happen when the cam is discovered?
Better analogy would be if you hire a private security firm (such as ADT) and give them permission to install video cameras in your home with the company promising to you that they'd only be activated in the event that a burglary was in progress and later finding out they turned them on anyway in your kids' bedroom.
Yeah, I want to see Gabe's grampa modded too.
I'm thinking a cyber-exoskeleton with built-in minigun and a few RPG's slung over his shoulder.
Gabe's grampa could really bring a spark back into world war II action!
I'm now claiming Trademark of the term "cl-IMAX".
That is all.
'Herr Watson--hergekommen--Ich möchte Sie sehen.'
"They would die-off like the bootleggers died-off after Alcohol was legalized."
Plenty of runners still doing business. We do have dry counties all across the USA.
Exactly. The places where alcohol is illegal are where the drug-runners are.
The fact that the Wii outsold them is a testament to the fact that gameplay does indeed matter.
No, the fact that the Wii outsold them is a testament to the sheer numbers of desperate parents who would buy practically anything to prevent their kids from developing into Oompa-loompas.
Considering the possibility that the wife could be nagging at all times while NOT engaged in coitus, your conclusion is fallacious.
My ex-wife used to be really good at giving me fallacious. I used to get fallacious all. Night. Long.
I think the trick here is they file a pre-emptive suit in order to acquire the use of law-enforcement officials and the legal abilities they have.
Abuse of process.
There is absolutely nothing the American population would ever rally and take up arms against. We could be invaded by a foreign power tomorrow morning, Red Dawn style, and as long as they weren't killing and raping civilians, we'd roll over and go back to watching cable television (though if they disconnected our cable television, we might get out and fight them). I'm not even talking about that, though. I'm talking about even just the angry outcry and dissent in media outlets and every day citizens across the nation? They don't have to grab a rifle and head for DC, but we're not even mustering up half the energy and anger we exhibit when we feel there's something shady going on with the American Idol phone voting.
It's even worse, for when a group of angry citizens does peacefully gather together in protest, the protesters are belittled and mocked which rather quickly allows people to dismiss their ideas. I'm not involved with this group, but "tea baggers" is a prime example, even though it seems that the Tea Party is comprised of intelligent men and women from all age groups and other affiliations and not just a bunch of idiotic rednecks with guns.
Also, buying into the lie of the two-party system has done tremendous damage to our political structure in this country.
if enough people actually learn and vote and get the right people into office.
I think I'm on the verge of spotting the flaw in your plan...
One does not violate "intellectual property" [gnu.org]. One infringes a copyright, infringes a patent, or infringes a trademark. Which of the three would apply?
One migt think that pleasuring oneself to computer porn was a violation of intellectual property.
One does not pleasure oneself to "computer porn". One pleasures oneself to hot teens, sexy MILF's, or the serious freaky-deaky. Which of the three would apply?
So what are the laws concerning data resident on vessels under a foreign flag ? Seems like a nice way to get pirate-bay like content really close to the US backbone.
International waters (14 miles out, IIRC) would be safe enough I suppose. Any closer and the US Coast Guard can and do board ships flying foreign flags and the same excuse for US Customs to search laptops and flashdrives would also cover data searches for shipboard servers. I don't think it flies as far as ethics are concerned, but I'm sure it'd be considered legal.
You either appeal, or you don't. The appeal is either successful, or it isn't. There is no try.
"Appeal or appeal not. There is no try."
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I look like I'm easy to push around. People are more likely to do "evil" things to other persons, if they think the victim won't defend him or herself. The Motel 6 guy thought he could kick me out simply because he didn't want to honor the 10% sale price (and he was right). The Boss figured I wouldn't fight an unjustified termination (and she was right too).
So what you're really trying to say is, "revenge is a dish best served passive-aggressively."
All the women I know say size really does matter.
So how is your mom, anyway?
There's a nickel-iron meteorite that lasted over 100 million years after falling on the earth surface.
A hundred million years? Sweet! Just a few more years and it'll be in the public domain!
I do see your point. In my limited experience, potential employers couldn't care less what my grades have been, only what my previous employment has been. IMHO, that's the whole point of "entry level position".
They are not letting anyone who gets 69% and lower to pass. Hence, they now have two redundant grades, so they are eliminating one of them. Given that everyone associates F with Fail, it makes sense to get rid of D.
Actually, only an 'F' was a failing grade; 'D' and above were redundant passing grades, so I'm not sure why it's important to suddenly say that if a 'D' grade is failing, then it must be eliminated.
In fact, I think that a binary pass/fail isn't a useful measure at all at those grades/age groups. If people want a 'D' grade to be a failing grade, fine; just change the definition of what a 'D' grade means. It's still useful information for students and parents to know; instead of "oh, you got a 'D', you're barely passing, try harder" it's now "oh, you got a 'D', you're barely failing, try harder."
I think that a pass/fail is far more useful for the college/university level where the degree of passing a subject isn't that relevant.
Completely agree. When I was a kid, I had the worst setup possible: a mono AM/FM radio with no line out, and a tape recorder (the flat kind, with the buttons on the front, like 9" x 4" x 2"). I used to start Dr. Demento just before I went to bed, telling everyone "be quiet in this room!", and taping "over the air". I would listen to it until the tape wore out. I didn't care about the sound quality; I just loved "Shaving Cream", "Dead Puppies", "Little Nash Rambler", much by Tom Lehrer, "Pencil Neck Geek", and many more. Too bad the tapes are all gone now.
Ha! I did the exact same thing! Complete with buttons on the front tape cassette recorder and cheapo hand held mike that I held up to the speaker grille, though I was in my bedroom at night so I didn't have to tell anyone to be quiet -- Dr. D came on during Sunday nights.
/anecdote
The cool thing is, I still own half a dozen tape cassettes that I made when I was a kid and do you know what? When I was older, I *bought* Dr. Demento CD's and several CD's of Tom Lehrer's music even though I could have easily torrented them.
And yes, it's mostly guys showing their pee-ers.
So you're saying it's a Pee-er to Pee-er network?
Hell, they don't give a shit about stolen cars either and those are worth quite a bit more than a laptop.
Speak for yourself.
What exactly do you mean here? Are you a cop or do you drive a car worth less than your laptop?