One cop involved, sounds like the one who was hitting him with a flashlight, was fired. The other two had disciplinary action taken against them, suspension without pay. They would be extraordinarily dumb, even for cops, to try it again.
Needless to say, that doesn't make up for it, it's still an injustice, and shouldn't have happened in the first place, they need to stop hiring the scum of the earth to uphold the law, but don't let rampant cynicism get the best of you.
Well, not with that attitude. Unjust laws usually look like they'll never change up until they do. Acting like we're stuck with them forever is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
To be fair, alcoholics are often better at finding alcohol than us normal people. I could definitely see some alcoholics I knew in college taking an "investment" of one can of keystone and parlaying it into a handle of vodka before too long.
It's too bad they don't use those skills in other areas. My friend Paul might be able to pay down the national debt. Hmm.... Maybe if we could consolidate all of our debt with Russia...
Ah, answering a question with mocking. I see I have fallen victim to a troll. Well, good job I suppose. Add one notch to your keyboard. You have gained a point in your bizarre, annoying game, may you find lasting happiness as a direct result of me foolishly taking you seriously.
On the other hand, this is still light years ahead of the Taliban and insurgents we're going to be fighting. If we get into a war with China, the stealthiness of our helicopters is not what I'm going to be concerned about to be honest.
For that matter, who is going to pay for said war on China? Chinese creditors? Someone else with money that would not learn from history? "Loan money to the US for a war on China? Sure, they've only declared war on one of the people who loaned them massive amounts of money before, at least as long as I can remember."
I kid, but seriously, lets not go to war with China even if we have completely invisible helicopters they don't know about.
Though to your point, the US just withheld $800M of that yearly aid last month after the latest concerns about Pakistan's military allegiances. Looks like that might backfire if they just get money from China instead.
I don't know about that. We keep the $800 million and STILL get the level of service we've come to expect from our Pakistani allies in the war on terror.
asking undefined amount of people to meet in public is illegal in increasing number of countries.
I'm declaring this now: any meeting of any type I call for, in public or in private, the maximum number of participants I'm asking for shall forthwith be defined as "seven billion." If there is no obvious defined number in my call to meet, know that number is not undefined, and thus not illegal, the number is seven billion.
Anyone know if there's some way one could automate cloud storage via such a system? I take a picture with my DSLR, it automatically sends it to the phone, and the phone automatically uploads it to flickr? Seems like there could be some interesting uses there, real-time photostreaming, making sure your documentation of police brutality or other crime couldn't be taken easily, etc.
I'd be lying to myself if I said I would probably ever be in an interesting situation where that would be useful though...
Price of the SD card reader: $30
Price of a 32 gb ipad: ~$600
Carrying around ipad: er... bulky and potential for damage/theft.
Price of another 32gb sd card to use when you've filled up the first one that you can then manipulate on your home computer with a mouse: ~$30.
Not having to carry an ipad with you when you're taking pictures: priceless
All companies face similar issues with user reviews, albeit for different reasons. On the itunes app store, you see tons of stupid reviews "one star: MAED MY PHONE BREKA!! DON'T BUY IT!!" Developers can't respond to each with "Yes, well you tried to install it on a jailbroken version with several viruses on it, and was clearly fine after you did a system restore. This is not our fault, you are a moron."
This has not doomed people making apps for itunes. It's not a special problem for pharmecuticals and their facebook walls, even if they are legally barred from discussing specific cases. That's nonsense.
It depends on how you define "real" and if things like software patents or corporations fall into that. I think of them as mostly imaginary, just part of a massive but silly game we made up.
Thank you for summing up the already crystal clear argument there, but it's still confusing the media's sensationalism with science, and it's still fundamentally anti-science crap.
Independent, truly progressive thinkers, can now see this 'crisis' for what it truly is (a wealth redistribution plan, and a power grab)
I'll bite. Who exactly is going to profit here? The uber-powerful renewable energy industry? I've never gotten a straight answer as to who is buying off all these climatologists to get fossil fuels banned and profit from it, it's always "The government" or some crack about Al Gore.
By the way, my problem with those two answers: 1. The government is doing just fine with it's "Terrorist / child porn" power grab, making up a whole other one is complicated even for the government. 2. I have no interest in talking to people who are convinced that a former vice president is the evil genius behind global warming.
So some people try to change other people's lives and livelihoods.
How is that happening? I have just as much freedom if my electricity comes from nuclear or solar power as I do if my electricity comes from coal. It will cost more, but look up external costs
Everything is made into a crisis to get more funding.
Therefore it's absolutely safe to conclude that there can be no possible crises ever.
[/s] SARS, the bird flu, and the swine flu were made into crises by the media, not scientists. If you equate what you hear in the news with science, you've got big problems. As far as MERSA goes, it does seem to be fairly bad. I don't know if some scientist told you that everyone was going to die in 3 years if they didn't get funded or what, but this anti-science thing you've got going on is stupid.
I was his colleague. He did refuse to play the political game. Also there was a strict policy against snorting whiteout that he was always running into, but it was probably more the political thing.
I may not care for apple, but they're not the same league of evil as oil companies in my book. I don't see ipods causing wars or climate change yet. Oil companies no longer being at number one spot means very little, but it's still somewhat encouraging.
If corps paid more taxes, more would move overseas taking jobs away.
That's debatable. At any rate, I'd rather err on the side of not allowing them to parasite off us any longer, even if we lose some jobs in the process. GP did a fine job explaining how it's not doing us any favors.
Any solid proposal needs to have a lot of thought and a lot of real economic brain power behind it. Not just some random dude's posting on a web site (mine included as I am certainly no economic giant).
Considering most of the decisions that we make in this country are based off of "what do my cable news network/friends/pastor say I should vote for," or "Which side of the argument has the most effective PR campaign," I'd say that's an impossibly tall order. Plus, this is all academic here. Slashdot is, for a few good reasons, not the deciding factor, though I think we could do a better job than the public at large. "Raise taxes on corporations Y/N" is never going to go before a public vote anyway. Again, probably a good thing, since that's essentially flipping a coin.
Sure, but it seems like it would be better for both "west" and "non-west" citizens if they created companies and jobs for themselves, and kept that wealth within their borders.
US corporations sending jobs overseas but keeping the profits here seems wrong on two levels, and I suspect it only benefits corporations (or rather a small number of individual people who call themselves a corporation). Given that the US likes to not tax corporations either, it -really- only benefits those few people, and screws the rest of us over. At least until we come to our senses and murder them.
They took the wise (if slightly evil) route of just giving out as "free" and not mentioning that other companies have patents that affects anyone using Android.
Yes, brilliantly evil plan:
1. Make something, give it out for free
2. Other companies use it, then get hit with costs
3. ???
4. PROFIT!
Google is surely laughing all the way to the unbank with all of that not-money they've made from not selling android.
The reason given for intending to taser was that the cop thought the victim was reaching for a gun. Rewatching the video, the guy is still struggling. The wiki page mentions he had not been searched for weapons. What makes me think that it was a mistake was the cops's reaction. They all seem surprised, especially the shooter.
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One cop involved, sounds like the one who was hitting him with a flashlight, was fired. The other two had disciplinary action taken against them, suspension without pay. They would be extraordinarily dumb, even for cops, to try it again.
Needless to say, that doesn't make up for it, it's still an injustice, and shouldn't have happened in the first place, they need to stop hiring the scum of the earth to uphold the law, but don't let rampant cynicism get the best of you.
Ridiculous? You bet. Going to change? Hah!
Well, not with that attitude. Unjust laws usually look like they'll never change up until they do. Acting like we're stuck with them forever is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
To be fair, alcoholics are often better at finding alcohol than us normal people. I could definitely see some alcoholics I knew in college taking an "investment" of one can of keystone and parlaying it into a handle of vodka before too long.
It's too bad they don't use those skills in other areas. My friend Paul might be able to pay down the national debt. Hmm.... Maybe if we could consolidate all of our debt with Russia...
Ah, answering a question with mocking. I see I have fallen victim to a troll. Well, good job I suppose. Add one notch to your keyboard. You have gained a point in your bizarre, annoying game, may you find lasting happiness as a direct result of me foolishly taking you seriously.
On the other hand, this is still light years ahead of the Taliban and insurgents we're going to be fighting. If we get into a war with China, the stealthiness of our helicopters is not what I'm going to be concerned about to be honest.
For that matter, who is going to pay for said war on China? Chinese creditors? Someone else with money that would not learn from history? "Loan money to the US for a war on China? Sure, they've only declared war on one of the people who loaned them massive amounts of money before, at least as long as I can remember."
I kid, but seriously, lets not go to war with China even if we have completely invisible helicopters they don't know about.
Though to your point, the US just withheld $800M of that yearly aid last month after the latest concerns about Pakistan's military allegiances. Looks like that might backfire if they just get money from China instead.
I don't know about that. We keep the $800 million and STILL get the level of service we've come to expect from our Pakistani allies in the war on terror.
The "copter" was such a setup. Look at the photos. A prop.
What am I looking for? A stamp that says "Movie prop helicopter: DO NOT USE ON A REAL HELICOPTER!"
asking undefined amount of people to meet in public is illegal in increasing number of countries.
I'm declaring this now: any meeting of any type I call for, in public or in private, the maximum number of participants I'm asking for shall forthwith be defined as "seven billion." If there is no obvious defined number in my call to meet, know that number is not undefined, and thus not illegal, the number is seven billion.
That is all.
On the off chance that the laptop is only there to move the pictures, I thought I'd mention the eye fi cards. I haven't bought one yet, but I'm thinking they might be interesting to use with a smartphone, send pictures from the camera to the phone to an online storage site.
Anyone know if there's some way one could automate cloud storage via such a system? I take a picture with my DSLR, it automatically sends it to the phone, and the phone automatically uploads it to flickr? Seems like there could be some interesting uses there, real-time photostreaming, making sure your documentation of police brutality or other crime couldn't be taken easily, etc.
I'd be lying to myself if I said I would probably ever be in an interesting situation where that would be useful though...
Price of the SD card reader: $30
Price of a 32 gb ipad: ~$600
Carrying around ipad: er... bulky and potential for damage/theft.
Price of another 32gb sd card to use when you've filled up the first one that you can then manipulate on your home computer with a mouse: ~$30.
Not having to carry an ipad with you when you're taking pictures: priceless
Hair products count as heavy items? If they're using that much product, they might have other health issues...
Relevant penny arcade strip.
All companies face similar issues with user reviews, albeit for different reasons. On the itunes app store, you see tons of stupid reviews "one star: MAED MY PHONE BREKA!! DON'T BUY IT!!" Developers can't respond to each with "Yes, well you tried to install it on a jailbroken version with several viruses on it, and was clearly fine after you did a system restore. This is not our fault, you are a moron."
This has not doomed people making apps for itunes. It's not a special problem for pharmecuticals and their facebook walls, even if they are legally barred from discussing specific cases. That's nonsense.
Wait, what's wrong with samsung? I thought they were one of the less evil ones. Or is there another reason for the shudder that I'm not getting?
The two are mutually exclusive? Well then no wonder my DIY synthesizer isn't working...
It depends on how you define "real" and if things like software patents or corporations fall into that. I think of them as mostly imaginary, just part of a massive but silly game we made up.
Independent, truly progressive thinkers, can now see this 'crisis' for what it truly is (a wealth redistribution plan, and a power grab)
I'll bite. Who exactly is going to profit here? The uber-powerful renewable energy industry? I've never gotten a straight answer as to who is buying off all these climatologists to get fossil fuels banned and profit from it, it's always "The government" or some crack about Al Gore.
By the way, my problem with those two answers: 1. The government is doing just fine with it's "Terrorist / child porn" power grab, making up a whole other one is complicated even for the government. 2. I have no interest in talking to people who are convinced that a former vice president is the evil genius behind global warming.
So some people try to change other people's lives and livelihoods.
How is that happening? I have just as much freedom if my electricity comes from nuclear or solar power as I do if my electricity comes from coal. It will cost more, but look up external costs
Everything is made into a crisis to get more funding.
Therefore it's absolutely safe to conclude that there can be no possible crises ever.
[/s] SARS, the bird flu, and the swine flu were made into crises by the media, not scientists. If you equate what you hear in the news with science, you've got big problems. As far as MERSA goes, it does seem to be fairly bad. I don't know if some scientist told you that everyone was going to die in 3 years if they didn't get funded or what, but this anti-science thing you've got going on is stupid.
I was his colleague. He did refuse to play the political game. Also there was a strict policy against snorting whiteout that he was always running into, but it was probably more the political thing.
I may not care for apple, but they're not the same league of evil as oil companies in my book. I don't see ipods causing wars or climate change yet. Oil companies no longer being at number one spot means very little, but it's still somewhat encouraging.
If corps paid more taxes, more would move overseas taking jobs away.
That's debatable. At any rate, I'd rather err on the side of not allowing them to parasite off us any longer, even if we lose some jobs in the process. GP did a fine job explaining how it's not doing us any favors.
Any solid proposal needs to have a lot of thought and a lot of real economic brain power behind it. Not just some random dude's posting on a web site (mine included as I am certainly no economic giant).
Considering most of the decisions that we make in this country are based off of "what do my cable news network/friends/pastor say I should vote for," or "Which side of the argument has the most effective PR campaign," I'd say that's an impossibly tall order. Plus, this is all academic here. Slashdot is, for a few good reasons, not the deciding factor, though I think we could do a better job than the public at large. "Raise taxes on corporations Y/N" is never going to go before a public vote anyway. Again, probably a good thing, since that's essentially flipping a coin.
Sure, but it seems like it would be better for both "west" and "non-west" citizens if they created companies and jobs for themselves, and kept that wealth within their borders.
US corporations sending jobs overseas but keeping the profits here seems wrong on two levels, and I suspect it only benefits corporations (or rather a small number of individual people who call themselves a corporation). Given that the US likes to not tax corporations either, it -really- only benefits those few people, and screws the rest of us over. At least until we come to our senses and murder them.
No, that's a simplistic take on it. I'd say this was a legitimate grievance co-opted by greedy people.
They took the wise (if slightly evil) route of just giving out as "free" and not mentioning that other companies have patents that affects anyone using Android.
Yes, brilliantly evil plan:
1. Make something, give it out for free
2. Other companies use it, then get hit with costs
3. ???
4. PROFIT!
Google is surely laughing all the way to the unbank with all of that not-money they've made from not selling android.
The reason given for intending to taser was that the cop thought the victim was reaching for a gun. Rewatching the video, the guy is still struggling. The wiki page mentions he had not been searched for weapons. What makes me think that it was a mistake was the cops's reaction. They all seem surprised, especially the shooter.