Depends on the business, and what's being regulated. I would argue that certain regulations are, in fact, bad. Including ones restricting something like dancing.
Also, assuming that dancing is free speech, free speech doesn't become null and void just because it's done by a business.
They are not regulating dancing. Non-hookers are not being restricted. And hookers are free to dance as free expression in a non-commercial venue. However, government DOES have the ability to regulate business.
They are trying to stop known prostitutes from furthering their prostitution business under the cover of nekkid dancing.
You're saying, "You can't keep someone from getting a job as a bank teller just because they have multiple priors for embezzling cash."
...and dancing is free speech. The government should tread very lightly.
Absolutely! If the girls want to dance around, as free expression, in a free venue; they are welcome to do so.
However, once you have a cover charge, and take money for food and drinks, and are paying employees; then you are running a 'business' and government has the right to regulate business.
...Any such devices like this would be removed from any car I buy...
Agreed! But the key work here is 'buy' - the implication being you buy it outright, and are the owner.
On the other hand, if you are financing through the dealer, the RO (registered owner) is the dealer, not you.
If you look at the Spireon tracking company's site, it states the purpose of the tracker:
"Like auto dealers, vehicle finance companies are turning to GPS vehicle tracking in order to offer loans to subprime buyers while minimizing their risk."
...The cure is to lock and unlock your car with a physical key to prevent reading of the code. The other step is to add a switch to simply turn off the RF trancievers in the car when parking...
Great point.
Once hackers started popping passenger doors remotely, I found out you could disable remote door unlock just by pulling the fuse on the receiver.
Now you need a physical smart key turn to open the door and disable the alarm.
Just picking the lock won't work either, because it's the smart key that disables the alarm.
It gets better , when you realize most rooms only need one jack or none at all.
I would argue false economy on this. Cable is cheap and labour is expensive (even if it is your own time) if you are pulling a single cable to a room, pull at least 2.
No need to pull two cables. Every time you run a line, tie in a double-long length of braided poly rope. If you ever need to run another cable in the future (who knows what it will be; fiber, CAT 9, 10?) attach it to the poly rope and pull it through.
Because it's double-long, you can pull it back in to the 'starting position' when you're done and it will be ready for the next pull.
Er, if you have a wireless LAN, you might as well have router to an always-on internet connection, and say a Beaglebone Black for smarts to collect the data and forward it. That way you don't need any of these modules at all.
Excellent point!
Perhaps this would still be useful where no always-on internet connection is available - like an RV, or on a fleet of shipping trucks where you want to monitor a constellation of activities= speed, gas level, lights, engine status, reefer temps, etc.
Or, where you don't want to spend money for an always-on internet connection, like a vacation cabin (when empty).
So I have 10 devices I want to hook up. The AC, the lights, refrigerator, washing machine, toaster, whatever. Does that mean I need 10 phone and data contracts with AT&T...
Perhaps you could have a little wireless LAN in the house that each device could talk to, with all the data coming into this module for remote monitoring and control. That way you only need one module.
I guess the Netropolitan folks didn't actually know any rich people, so the image of rich folks on their site is a stock photo called: "Businessman showing project on digital tablet with colleagues in private jet"
Slashdot Mirror
"Little people swamp loggers taking a big shit in a pawn shop.
This is the working title for the new Kardashian show.
Depends on the business, and what's being regulated. I would argue that certain regulations are, in fact, bad. Including ones restricting something like dancing.
Also, assuming that dancing is free speech, free speech doesn't become null and void just because it's done by a business.
They are not regulating dancing.
Non-hookers are not being restricted.
And hookers are free to dance as free expression in a non-commercial venue.
However, government DOES have the ability to regulate business.
They are trying to stop known prostitutes from furthering their prostitution business under the cover of nekkid dancing.
You're saying, "You can't keep someone from getting a job as a bank teller just because they have multiple priors for embezzling cash."
Well, yes you can.
...and dancing is free speech. The government should tread very lightly.
Absolutely! If the girls want to dance around, as free expression, in a free venue; they are welcome to do so.
However, once you have a cover charge, and take money for food and drinks, and are paying employees; then you are running a 'business' and government has the right to regulate business.
Many strippers engage in prostitution...
Correct. Left unchecked, professional prostitutes often use strip clubs as a 'screening room' to select, and pick up their clients.
The reason for the registration is to keep the 'pros' out of the clubs.
It's no different than screening potential bank employees for money issues, or screening potential police officers for a criminal background.
Eh, this depends on whether your state subscribes to Title Theory or Lien Theory.
Correct! But either way the financing dealer could:
A. Attach the GPS to protect his/her property (Title)
B. Attach the GPS to secure his/her loan collateral (Lien)
(Here, I admit I haven't read through a car finance contract, but...) I imagine they could stipulate the GPS as part of the loan terms.
I'm sure it makes repo'ing easier.
...Any such devices like this would be removed from any car I buy...
Agreed! But the key work here is 'buy' - the implication being you buy it outright, and are the owner.
On the other hand, if you are financing through the dealer, the RO (registered owner) is the dealer, not you.
If you look at the Spireon tracking company's site, it states the purpose of the tracker:
"Like auto dealers, vehicle finance companies are turning to GPS vehicle tracking in order to offer loans to subprime buyers while minimizing their risk."
The right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed.
Darn skippy.
And I'm only going to use my homemade tactical nukes for duck hunting.
Nuke bonus: ducks come out cooked, and ready to serve!
Name any chemical and I'll find a way to make a bomb out of that crap.
Argon.
Challenge accepted:
Highly compressed argon used to air dissipate a very large quantity of Lycopodium powder.
Delay ignition to allow oxygen to mix in.
Boom.
Locks keep honest people honest. They barely slow down a professional.
Damn straight.
Another thing people don't take into consideration is that about 40% of vehicle thefts are tow-aways.
That way they can work on the locks and security in the safety of their chop shops.
...The cure is to lock and unlock your car with a physical key to prevent reading of the code. The other step is to add a switch to simply turn off the RF trancievers in the car when parking...
Great point.
Once hackers started popping passenger doors remotely, I found out you could disable remote door unlock just by pulling the fuse on the receiver.
Now you need a physical smart key turn to open the door and disable the alarm.
Just picking the lock won't work either, because it's the smart key that disables the alarm.
Simple:
1. Put your conventional, fan-cooled PC inside a completely sealed all-metal case. (With water-tight ports for CAT-5, USB, whatever.)
2. Line the inside of the case with Peltier junctions wired to power, through a thermostat.
3. On the outside of the case, aligned with each Peltier junction, you place a heat sink. Heat to be transferred through the metal case.
4. If the thermostat detects high temp inside the case, it energizes the Peltier junctions to be cold on the inside, hot on the case side.
5. If the thermostat detects low temps inside the case, it energizes the Peltier junctions to be hot on the inside, cold on the case side.
I think I see an animal in there...
You're right. It's a (now nearly extinct) Babirusa or ‘pig-deer’:
http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-6...
...and it's actually a very accurate representation:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GScX...
They do a good job of cleaning it up in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
It gets better , when you realize most rooms only need one jack or none at all.
I would argue false economy on this. Cable is cheap and labour is expensive (even if it is your own time) if you are pulling a single cable to a room, pull at least 2.
No need to pull two cables. Every time you run a line, tie in a double-long length of braided poly rope. If you ever need to run another cable in the future (who knows what it will be; fiber, CAT 9, 10?) attach it to the poly rope and pull it through.
Because it's double-long, you can pull it back in to the 'starting position' when you're done and it will be ready for the next pull.
If it's not produced, then technically it isn't "coming".
OK. It's not "coming" ...but it's breathing really fast.
they should have just changed the whole name from "windows" to "Balmers gone, and its safe to us windows again, please come back".
Have you tried it?
It's neither safe nor pleasant.
Win 7 was out under Balmer, and it was quite good.
Er, if you have a wireless LAN, you might as well have router to an always-on internet connection, and say a Beaglebone Black for smarts to collect the data and forward it. That way you don't need any of these modules at all.
Excellent point!
Perhaps this would still be useful where no always-on internet connection is available - like an RV, or on a fleet of shipping trucks where you want to monitor a constellation of activities= speed, gas level, lights, engine status, reefer temps, etc.
Or, where you don't want to spend money for an always-on internet connection, like a vacation cabin (when empty).
So I have 10 devices I want to hook up. The AC, the lights, refrigerator, washing machine, toaster, whatever. Does that mean I need 10 phone and data contracts with AT&T...
Perhaps you could have a little wireless LAN in the house that each device could talk to, with all the data coming into this module for remote monitoring and control. That way you only need one module.
There has been 'repo' tech in place for a while now.
While offering a buyer the factory "theft prevention GPS tracker" the dealership retains the right to share the tracking data.
While passive, (it doesn't do the engine cut-off described above) if someone starts to miss payments, the repo boys know just where to find the car.
This has been in place for at least 5 years.
It is possible one has evidence of something. It is possible that one does not have evidence of something.
Still waiting to hear your evidence...
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I am a bit tired of Dawkins and I never did get around to reading him...
I typically read an author first, and then see if I get tired of him/her.
Perhaps I've been doing it wrong.
Try "Selfish Gene", write back and let me know what you think.
...a behavior is "right" if it's beneficial to the species' survival and prosperity, and "wrong" if harmful to the species...
Great insight, very close. There is no need to cut along species lines.
A behavior is "right" if it helps carry the greatest amount of your genes (or the genes most similar to yours) into the next generation.
Like giving up your life for your kids, but maybe not for your grandparents.
Not risking your life to try to save a mouse.
Feeling free to eat vegetables but maybe not other mammals.
It's funny how people who want to "save the baby seals" are perfectly fine taking antibiotics and anti-virals.
They are both just as 'alive'.
We have more empathy for people and animals who's DNA is more similar to our own.
(Disclaimer: I gleaned all these insights from reading Dawkins. I wasn't smart enough to come up with them on my own.)
I guess the Netropolitan folks didn't actually know any rich people, so the image of rich folks on their site is a stock photo called:
"Businessman showing project on digital tablet with colleagues in private jet"
http://www.shutterstock.com/pi...
$6,000 to join $3,000 pa and they only have a .info domain? Nothing says "exclusive" and "accomplished" like a .info domain...
they have a .club: https://netropolitan.club/
(and it runs on wordpress...)
In all fairness - although Netropolitan runs on Wordpress, users do have their choice of a vanilla, chocolate, or strawberry color theme.
According to their website:
"The entire service is inaccessible from the public Internet, including search engines. "
You have to call their number on your 14.4k dial-up modem.
Try the .WEB TLD sometime.