Cars have "traditionally" had analog speedometers because digital gauges couldn't keep up with the changing rate at a reasonable speed. As technology has progressed, now you see cars with digital speedometers. Just because YOU'VE never owned one, doesn't mean they don't exist.
I would only be ok with this if:
1) I didn't have to pay ANY taxes when registering a car (in NY it gets a little out of hand)
2) The electronic device did *not* have gps
3) The readings were taken during my annual inspection, and they just read the mileage on the odometer (ie - no new hardware to install, no costs associated with it)
Vandalized booth = a sign that says "Anon...In it 4 The LuLz..."
http://yfrog.com/gzbvtllj
I was expecting the booth to have been burned to the ground or something.
If you are unaware of the investigation, at what point does it become destruction of evidence? Anytime I have a hard drive failure, it's SOP to physically destroy it before throwing it out. What's to say that one of my drives fails, and I do the usual, and then find out later of an investigation - how can I be held accountable for destruction of evidence?
I think as long as they have strict rules for the burden of evidence for a warrant to see these records, I wouldn't be opposed to it. I don't think that police should have free range over all of this data though. I think this data should be used to help convict people, not discover them in the first place.
I looked into that when it came out, but I need 2-way communication between me and someone else in the middle of nowhere. SPOT isn't designed for 2 way communication.
I've looked into buying a pair of sat phones and using them for communication when in the forest/mountains. I would be more than happy to make that initial investment for the phones if I could buy minutes that don't expire in 30 days. I would only need the phones 2-3 times a year. It's the cost to use them that really hurts. Think of the number of people that would buy one if the minutes either never expired, or you could pay as you go. I can think of a bunch of people that would love one in case of emergency, but don't want too have to pay a monthly fee for something they will never use.
If I don't download apps all willy-nilly, I should be able to avoid such problems. However, in the event that my phone gets so compromised that I can't just remove the offending app, I can always reflash it. That's why I like my windows phone.
And I swear to god - if the term "jailbreak" gets applied to unlocking windows phones, I will have to cut a bitch.
This one produced a win for privacy rights and the rights of children.
But hey, you can't get your knee jerkin' with that kind of rhetoric.
I'd rather view it as the lawyer pointed out the obvious, and got a huge payday for it. What's wrong with our legal system that a person can't represent themselves, go in front of a judge and say, "But, Your Honor, this is wrong" and win in this sort of case?
I worked at a university, in a department that required students to purchase a laptop and a DVD with their books on it. It was a medical school, so you know those books aren't cheap. There was a $3000 annual fee for the DVD license, and it was taken right from their tuition. Students could no longer purchase used books to save a few bucks.
On the other hand, it is very nice to be able to search a volume for a specific word or phrase...
Why can't everyone just pay the same amount, no matter how much they make? I got a raise this year, bumped into a new tax bracket, and take home less than before the raise. WTF? How is that fair to anyone?
Believe it or not, the answer to this is MORE technology. Once we have the ability to make (cheap, easy) phone calls from these remote places, the morons can talk to rescue personnel, whom can then tell them to just deal with the salty water - and not waste any time on the actual rescue.
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Cars have "traditionally" had analog speedometers because digital gauges couldn't keep up with the changing rate at a reasonable speed. As technology has progressed, now you see cars with digital speedometers. Just because YOU'VE never owned one, doesn't mean they don't exist.
But what happens when you try to sue a large company, and they win because of their superior, and extremely expensive lawyers?
Oh, forgot about tolls too - wouldn't want to be paying double tax!
I would only be ok with this if: 1) I didn't have to pay ANY taxes when registering a car (in NY it gets a little out of hand) 2) The electronic device did *not* have gps 3) The readings were taken during my annual inspection, and they just read the mileage on the odometer (ie - no new hardware to install, no costs associated with it)
Vandalized booth = a sign that says "Anon...In it 4 The LuLz..." http://yfrog.com/gzbvtllj I was expecting the booth to have been burned to the ground or something.
If you are unaware of the investigation, at what point does it become destruction of evidence? Anytime I have a hard drive failure, it's SOP to physically destroy it before throwing it out. What's to say that one of my drives fails, and I do the usual, and then find out later of an investigation - how can I be held accountable for destruction of evidence?
I think as long as they have strict rules for the burden of evidence for a warrant to see these records, I wouldn't be opposed to it. I don't think that police should have free range over all of this data though. I think this data should be used to help convict people, not discover them in the first place.
Or it could go the other way - ever see Idiocracy?
I looked into that when it came out, but I need 2-way communication between me and someone else in the middle of nowhere. SPOT isn't designed for 2 way communication.
I've looked into buying a pair of sat phones and using them for communication when in the forest/mountains. I would be more than happy to make that initial investment for the phones if I could buy minutes that don't expire in 30 days. I would only need the phones 2-3 times a year. It's the cost to use them that really hurts. Think of the number of people that would buy one if the minutes either never expired, or you could pay as you go. I can think of a bunch of people that would love one in case of emergency, but don't want too have to pay a monthly fee for something they will never use.
Hey may not be a "scientist", but let's face it, if he wanted to, he could solve every problem on the millennium list.
he was killed in a sword fight
That explains why he lost, since Galois died of a gunshot wound.
I think "genius" might be too strong of a word....
Kids that have friends party and have sex!
Kids with friends party and have sex!
I'd convict based on the song list alone.
If I don't download apps all willy-nilly, I should be able to avoid such problems. However, in the event that my phone gets so compromised that I can't just remove the offending app, I can always reflash it. That's why I like my windows phone. And I swear to god - if the term "jailbreak" gets applied to unlocking windows phones, I will have to cut a bitch.
Autism? So that's why they fly into the window repeatedly...
This one produced a win for privacy rights and the rights of children.
But hey, you can't get your knee jerkin' with that kind of rhetoric.
I'd rather view it as the lawyer pointed out the obvious, and got a huge payday for it. What's wrong with our legal system that a person can't represent themselves, go in front of a judge and say, "But, Your Honor, this is wrong" and win in this sort of case?
At 5 to 20%, they'd have to turn down most cases unless they were a slam dunk, or the client paid up front.
Maybe that might stop a bunch of the stupid lawsuits.
I'm glad to see they are wasting time regulating tv commercial volumes. That must mean that all of our other issues have been solved, right?
Now comes with Science Rock !
* Warning - Science Rock is not for use with actual science.
I worked at a university, in a department that required students to purchase a laptop and a DVD with their books on it. It was a medical school, so you know those books aren't cheap. There was a $3000 annual fee for the DVD license, and it was taken right from their tuition. Students could no longer purchase used books to save a few bucks. On the other hand, it is very nice to be able to search a volume for a specific word or phrase...
Why can't everyone just pay the same amount, no matter how much they make? I got a raise this year, bumped into a new tax bracket, and take home less than before the raise. WTF? How is that fair to anyone?
For one thing, it would need megagalactic cooling.
Super computers in space with a satellite uplink?
Believe it or not, the answer to this is MORE technology. Once we have the ability to make (cheap, easy) phone calls from these remote places, the morons can talk to rescue personnel, whom can then tell them to just deal with the salty water - and not waste any time on the actual rescue.