Yeah, uhm... that pretty much explicitly says, "CIVIL actions for depredation of rights." (Emphasis mine.) It's not a criminal offense, it's a civil offense. Just because it's in the USC doesn't mean it's automatically criminal law.
Yeah, and?
The point you seem to be missing is that once an officer's qualified immunity is pierced or nullified, they are automatically open to exactly the same criminal charges as the rest of us -- kidnapping, assault, theft, coercion... whatever the case may be.
I quoted one federal law that helps to nullify that qualified immunity. The prosecution following up with criminal charges, however, is another story. Nonetheless, the tools are there.
Absolutely! Unless there is a specific law which has been passed by a legislative body to enforce civil rights and to exact penalties in the form of criminal charges, it isn't against the law. Sucks, doesn't it? If you think there ought to be penalties for violating civil rights, contact your elected representatives and get them to put such penalties into law. You might be able to file civil charges against a government agency who violates your civil rights, but then again there is sovereign immunity that can get in the way of even trying that approach (aka the government won't "permit" you to sue them). At best your only recourse is the ballot box or worse yet the ammo box. I wouldn't try the ammo box unless you were convinced you had support of your fellow citizens and you've tried other approaches first.
I'll take "what is 42 USC 1983?" for three thousand, Alex!
Why is it too much to ask that people (I hate the term consumers) plan ahead, and think before they share personal information?
It isn't too much to ask. The problem really lies in that one can agree to a TOS agreement, then have the company holding the personal information unilaterally change the TOS with no promise whatsoever that they'll then delete -- as in, legally, completely delete -- the personal info that they've already been given when the person who voluntarily gave them the information decides to no longer interact with the service due to the unilateral change in the TOS.
For the easiest example, Facebook changes their TOS multiple times per year, many times with no prior notification that they've even changed.
You obviously haven't read the fine-print in their new agreement. One of the updates is that GoogleCalendar is changing. Months always start on Thursdays from now on. And there will be 14 months per year. Google's moon-base is still working on speeding up the moon's revolution, but it should be ready [out of Beta] by the end of 2012.
At the UofMN people walk out with entire desktops; while the people are still in their office. We had one person who was at her desk talking on the phone, with her back to the door, looking behind her out the window. Someone walked in, unplugged her iMac, and walked out with it.
Similar thing happened at a uni I had attended. Someone walked in while the prof was in the office, unplugged the laptop and walked out.
When the thief found out he had just stolen an Acer though, he just quietly returned to the office and plugged it back in.
In the US, the banks make you put the coins in those paper rolls before they'll take 'em.
Huh, interesting. My local credit union has one of those machines in the lobby, but they provide it as a service to customers -- customers don't have to roll their coins before entering, and the bank doesn't take a percentage for the convenience of using the machine.
Really? Have you forgotten what a nuisance telemarketing used to be before "Do Not Call"? From what I can tell it was very effective.
I'm in disagreement here. I think it all started with fax machines. Due to the fact that advertisers cost me real money in time and materials in printing out unsolicited ads, the various governing bodies fairly quickly responded by enacting laws against the process. Then, when cell phones started becoming a reality, similar laws were enacted due to the fact that it cost me real time and money for every minute that an unsolicited ad monkey called me.
My experience is that "Do Not Call" lists are woefully inadequate for regular land-lines, but thankfully due to the vast proliferation of cell phones, it's something that the vast majority of the population doesn't have to worry about.
If the internet model switches over (in the US) to a per-gigabyte charge system -- rather than the current overselling of "unlimited" ul/dl, I'd foresee more people clamoring for similar laws to be put in place such as were enacted for faxes and cell phones.
What's the matter - you failed spelling in school, and you can't spell 'Christian'? Or, are you from some other planet, where the Xians are the official clerics? You certainly sound strange, here on Earth, talking about Xians.
That's it, don't be shy -- revel in your ignorance!
The first two letters in the Greek word that speaks of 'Christ' are Chi ('X') and Rho ('P'). Back in the Third Century, the church often used these letters together, or sometimes simply the letter 'X' all by itself, as a way to represent 'Christ.' In religious art of the Renaissance and Medieval periods it was also quite common to see the intertwined letters 'X' and 'P' in paintings of Jesus. The common usage of 'XP' and 'X' in Christian art, banners and communications as a representation of 'Christ' is believed to be the origin of the use of the letter 'X' in 'Xmas.'
Online encyclopedia articles explain more:
The word 'Christ' and its compounds, including 'Christmas,' have been abbreviated in English for at least the past 1,000 years. 'Christ' was often written as 'XP' or 'Xt.' This X and P arose as the uppercase forms of the Greek letters... used in ancient abbreviations... and are still widely seen in many Eastern Orthodox icons depicting Jesus Christ. The labarum, an amalgamation of the two Greek letters... is a symbol often used to represent Christ in Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christian Churches.
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and the OED Supplement have cited usages of 'X' or 'XP' for 'Christ' as early as 1485. The terms 'Xpian' and 'Xtian' have also been used for 'Christian.' The dictionary further cites usage of 'Xtianity' for 'Christianity' from 1634. According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, most of the evidence for these words comes from 'educated Englishmen who knew their Greek.'
Heh. I guess that's why it was a nearly automatic thought in my head (that he'd be quickly dumped), seeing as how I live in the US and my presumption was that the OP is also in the US.
Makes me really want to move to a more civilized country; the benefits of living in the US are really slowly starting to be outweighed by the negatives.
Personally, if my employer switched to something I didn't have experience with I'd take it as an excuse to gain experience with something new while getting paid for it, rather than going "wha wha wha, must find a new job and limit my skill set even more".
You know, I'd do exactly as you described, if I were in that position.
The only issue I can see that often times, a company would say, "oh, you don't know as much with MS as you do with [previous system]? We can get MS-cert'ed flunkies all day long for half what we're paying to train you. You're fired."
And then he's even more behind the 8-ball, scrambling to find work.
Sure, I can agree with your statement as it stands; however, I did specifically say a measure of self-acceptance which I was trying to differentiate it from self-confidence precisely to address a person's motivations for change. In think that in this instance, the confidence is a by-product of the acceptance of the self.
Man up, it's not the girl's fault she's not attracted to you. She's not being picky, she's getting what she wants in her life. If you'd stop being such a wuss, you'd realize that and go improve yourself instead of trying to look like a victim.
Or you can gain a strong measure of self-acceptance. This means that you can improve yourself, or not; in the end it wouldn't matter because if you accept yourself, others will tend to accept you for who you are as well.
Though I do agree on the "stop being a wuss" part, it's to your conclusion I disagree.
I agree and never noticed the tracking which is done until I installed and used Ghostery. I have it set up where it has the popup which shows all the sites which silently track my web usage and many sites have over a dozen different trackers, the vast majority of them are Google and FB.
We don't need more accessibility. We need more transparency. Or, more specifically, companies can make all the cool electronic voting machines/procedures/whatever that they want to, as long as we the people have unfettered access to it to ensure that the system remains accurate.
Just to clarify then: do you or do you not have experience with SQL Ledger? The only reason I mention it was to counter your over generalization that there is no FOSS equivalent to QB. There seems to be. It seems to be far more comprehensive and flexible, in fact.
As with everything, however, there is also a price which must be paid in one form or anther. I value having an open-format way of storing my data, truly cross-platform software, and a free price tag. The cost is that there is an initially steep learning curve. This price I gladly pay because I love to learn stuff. The vast majority of people do not share my enthusiasm and that's fine.
Anyway, not to be defensive, but I wasn't thinking LaTeX is a selling point for the masses, per se. The reason I mentioned it is because if I want to change something, I'm able to do so.
Besides, there are templates that anyone can click and print and the SQL Ledger UI is a web interface. There is an effort to set it up, but once done, it's just as user friendly as QB can be, plus has the added benefits of being able to have multiple users accessing it simultaneously. At least, that's my understanding, though I could be wrong.
Slashdot Mirror
they really couldn't understand that I could easily a number from 100, and thought there must be some secret trick.
I see you perform the same secret trick with English too!
Yeah, uhm... that pretty much explicitly says, "CIVIL actions for depredation of rights." (Emphasis mine.) It's not a criminal offense, it's a civil offense. Just because it's in the USC doesn't mean it's automatically criminal law.
Yeah, and?
The point you seem to be missing is that once an officer's qualified immunity is pierced or nullified, they are automatically open to exactly the same criminal charges as the rest of us -- kidnapping, assault, theft, coercion... whatever the case may be.
I quoted one federal law that helps to nullify that qualified immunity. The prosecution following up with criminal charges, however, is another story. Nonetheless, the tools are there.
He told his partner "This guy's got an altitude problem."
So how high were you?
Absolutely! Unless there is a specific law which has been passed by a legislative body to enforce civil rights and to exact penalties in the form of criminal charges, it isn't against the law. Sucks, doesn't it? If you think there ought to be penalties for violating civil rights, contact your elected representatives and get them to put such penalties into law. You might be able to file civil charges against a government agency who violates your civil rights, but then again there is sovereign immunity that can get in the way of even trying that approach (aka the government won't "permit" you to sue them). At best your only recourse is the ballot box or worse yet the ammo box. I wouldn't try the ammo box unless you were convinced you had support of your fellow citizens and you've tried other approaches first.
I'll take "what is 42 USC 1983?" for three thousand, Alex!
Don't forget the anti-protons.... That shit fixes everything!
So, it's kinda like duct tape of the 24th century?
I wonder if they use a patented method of starting the fire in the stove. I bet they'd call it an iMatch.
Oh, wait. Never mind. It'd just be cheaper for them to use a Dell.
Why is it too much to ask that people (I hate the term consumers) plan ahead, and think before they share personal information?
It isn't too much to ask. The problem really lies in that one can agree to a TOS agreement, then have the company holding the personal information unilaterally change the TOS with no promise whatsoever that they'll then delete -- as in, legally, completely delete -- the personal info that they've already been given when the person who voluntarily gave them the information decides to no longer interact with the service due to the unilateral change in the TOS.
For the easiest example, Facebook changes their TOS multiple times per year, many times with no prior notification that they've even changed.
Not very honest of them, is it?
You obviously haven't read the fine-print in their new agreement. One of the updates is that GoogleCalendar is changing. Months always start on Thursdays from now on. And there will be 14 months per year. Google's moon-base is still working on speeding up the moon's revolution, but it should be ready [out of Beta] by the end of 2012.
Oh crap! That was yesterday!
This just begs a "reanonymize" browser plugin to alter one's writing style...
All one gots'ta do be to run some sample uh speech drough de Dialectizer, conveniently located at http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/dialectt.cgi, so cut me some slack, Jack.
One wouldn't realize dis, but ah' have some university educashun and am highly fluent in de Enlgish language.
Now ah' can sound likes I'm de average slashdot eyeballer. Ah be baaad...
At the UofMN people walk out with entire desktops; while the people are still in their office. We had one person who was at her desk talking on the phone, with her back to the door, looking behind her out the window. Someone walked in, unplugged her iMac, and walked out with it.
Similar thing happened at a uni I had attended. Someone walked in while the prof was in the office, unplugged the laptop and walked out.
When the thief found out he had just stolen an Acer though, he just quietly returned to the office and plugged it back in.
In the US, the banks make you put the coins in those paper rolls before they'll take 'em.
Huh, interesting. My local credit union has one of those machines in the lobby, but they provide it as a service to customers -- customers don't have to roll their coins before entering, and the bank doesn't take a percentage for the convenience of using the machine.
Really? Have you forgotten what a nuisance telemarketing used to be before "Do Not Call"? From what I can tell it was very effective.
I'm in disagreement here. I think it all started with fax machines. Due to the fact that advertisers cost me real money in time and materials in printing out unsolicited ads, the various governing bodies fairly quickly responded by enacting laws against the process. Then, when cell phones started becoming a reality, similar laws were enacted due to the fact that it cost me real time and money for every minute that an unsolicited ad monkey called me.
My experience is that "Do Not Call" lists are woefully inadequate for regular land-lines, but thankfully due to the vast proliferation of cell phones, it's something that the vast majority of the population doesn't have to worry about.
If the internet model switches over (in the US) to a per-gigabyte charge system -- rather than the current overselling of "unlimited" ul/dl, I'd foresee more people clamoring for similar laws to be put in place such as were enacted for faxes and cell phones.
What's the matter - you failed spelling in school, and you can't spell 'Christian'? Or, are you from some other planet, where the Xians are the official clerics? You certainly sound strange, here on Earth, talking about Xians.
That's it, don't be shy -- revel in your ignorance!
The first two letters in the Greek word that speaks of 'Christ' are Chi ('X') and Rho ('P'). Back in the Third Century, the church often used these letters together, or sometimes simply the letter 'X' all by itself, as a way to represent 'Christ.' In religious art of the Renaissance and Medieval periods it was also quite common to see the intertwined letters 'X' and 'P' in paintings of Jesus. The common usage of 'XP' and 'X' in Christian art, banners and communications as a representation of 'Christ' is believed to be the origin of the use of the letter 'X' in 'Xmas.'
Online encyclopedia articles explain more:
The word 'Christ' and its compounds, including 'Christmas,' have been abbreviated in English for at least the past 1,000 years. 'Christ' was often written as 'XP' or 'Xt.' This X and P arose as the uppercase forms of the Greek letters... used in ancient abbreviations... and are still widely seen in many Eastern Orthodox icons depicting Jesus Christ. The labarum, an amalgamation of the two Greek letters... is a symbol often used to represent Christ in Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christian Churches.
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and the OED Supplement have cited usages of 'X' or 'XP' for 'Christ' as early as 1485. The terms 'Xpian' and 'Xtian' have also been used for 'Christian.' The dictionary further cites usage of 'Xtianity' for 'Christianity' from 1634. According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, most of the evidence for these words comes from 'educated Englishmen who knew their Greek.'
http://www.xpministries.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=23&id=575
Things sold by a guy named "Dr Gadget" strike me as highly likely to be a gimmick or scam.
It's okay, he's been promoted to Inspector now.
At least in my country, that's not legal.
Heh. I guess that's why it was a nearly automatic thought in my head (that he'd be quickly dumped), seeing as how I live in the US and my presumption was that the OP is also in the US.
Makes me really want to move to a more civilized country; the benefits of living in the US are really slowly starting to be outweighed by the negatives.
Therapy over Internet Protocol?
THoIP?
I hope to God that this term doesn't take off.
Thoip, thoip, thoip, thoip. Gah! It sounds so ridiculous right now I can't stop saying it!
"Hey Nancy, hold all my calls. I've got a two o'clock thoip coming up."
"Yes, our standard fee is one hundred thirty dollars an hour and we do have the ability to thoip."
Personally, if my employer switched to something I didn't have experience with I'd take it as an excuse to gain experience with something new while getting paid for it, rather than going "wha wha wha, must find a new job and limit my skill set even more".
You know, I'd do exactly as you described, if I were in that position.
The only issue I can see that often times, a company would say, "oh, you don't know as much with MS as you do with [previous system]? We can get MS-cert'ed flunkies all day long for half what we're paying to train you. You're fired."
And then he's even more behind the 8-ball, scrambling to find work.
Sure, I can agree with your statement as it stands; however, I did specifically say a measure of self-acceptance which I was trying to differentiate it from self-confidence precisely to address a person's motivations for change. In think that in this instance, the confidence is a by-product of the acceptance of the self.
Do you know there is an infallible test for psychopathy that can not be cheated on regardless of training or preparedness by psychopaths.
We call it 'Voight Kampff' for short.
Man up, it's not the girl's fault she's not attracted to you. She's not being picky, she's getting what she wants in her life. If you'd stop being such a wuss, you'd realize that and go improve yourself instead of trying to look like a victim.
Or you can gain a strong measure of self-acceptance. This means that you can improve yourself, or not; in the end it wouldn't matter because if you accept yourself, others will tend to accept you for who you are as well.
Though I do agree on the "stop being a wuss" part, it's to your conclusion I disagree.
I just moved in with a girl I met on Craigslist
From a guy with the screen name of 'SleazyRidr', that doesn't really inspire confidence...
Or are we just talking 200K years since its DNA was last involved in sexual reproduction?
Oh, that reminds me! My wedding anniversary is coming up soon...
I agree and never noticed the tracking which is done until I installed and used Ghostery. I have it set up where it has the popup which shows all the sites which silently track my web usage and many sites have over a dozen different trackers, the vast majority of them are Google and FB.
We don't need more accessibility. We need more transparency. Or, more specifically, companies can make all the cool electronic voting machines/procedures/whatever that they want to, as long as we the people have unfettered access to it to ensure that the system remains accurate.
Just to clarify then: do you or do you not have experience with SQL Ledger? The only reason I mention it was to counter your over generalization that there is no FOSS equivalent to QB. There seems to be. It seems to be far more comprehensive and flexible, in fact.
As with everything, however, there is also a price which must be paid in one form or anther. I value having an open-format way of storing my data, truly cross-platform software, and a free price tag. The cost is that there is an initially steep learning curve. This price I gladly pay because I love to learn stuff. The vast majority of people do not share my enthusiasm and that's fine.
Anyway, not to be defensive, but I wasn't thinking LaTeX is a selling point for the masses, per se. The reason I mentioned it is because if I want to change something, I'm able to do so.
Besides, there are templates that anyone can click and print and the SQL Ledger UI is a web interface. There is an effort to set it up, but once done, it's just as user friendly as QB can be, plus has the added benefits of being able to have multiple users accessing it simultaneously. At least, that's my understanding, though I could be wrong.