Protip: If you know your Constitutional rights, you don't have to obey a Lawyer or Judge who tries to violate them.
You are only partly correct. A judge does have authority over you and he can lock you up for contempt for the rest of your life without a trial even if you are in the right.
The justice system will be aware of this feature and demand that you provide both passwords. If you don't, the judge can lock you up indefinitely for contempt until you comply.
"I don't know who you are" is not cause for anything. They have to observe a crime in progress or about to occur before they can have probable cause.
That sounds great, but in the real world obscuring your plate is going to have the same effect as driving around without a plate. You will repeatedly get stopped by the police and pretty soon you're going to get a cop who isn't satisfied with your explanations and decides to escalate the matter.
Cops have a saying, "You can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride" - time spent on the ground on the side of the road or at the police station while things are getting sorted out is not going to pleasant.
The wise course of action is to minimize any interaction with the police, but obscuring your plate does the exact opposite.
Regardless of motive you should always back in when parking unless it's prohibited or impossible to do in that location. The reason is that it significantly decreases the likelihood of having an accident when pulling out.
But it more than makes up for it by increasing the likelihood of causing an accident while pulling in, especially due to the confusion caused to other drivers who aren't aware of your intent.
Someone finally explained to me that it is because in Florida, cars only have a real license plate, and by backing in, that plate ins't visible to passing police cars.
That explanation was just silly. Georgia only has rear license plates as well, but very few people back into parking places. You probably just moved into an area with a culture that prefers to back into parking spots.
There are some places where backing in does make sense, like concerts, sporting events or night clubs where the arriving traffic is spread out, but everyone departs at the same time.
On one side you have agents of the state with a legitimised right to commit violence, on the other side you have ordinary everyday citizens; obviously very different standards should apply to the two sides.
What relevance does the power to commit violence have? By those standards, professional boxers and NFL players should have these protections as well.
If the cops couldn't scan your license plate they would interpret that as suspicious behavior and would be immediately pulled over - it may even give them probable cause for a search of your car.
In theory a much better approach would be a system that fools the scanner into returning a different plate number. If the plate number doesn't raise a flag, then they would have no reason to verify that the number scanned is different than the actual number.
Unless a person was actually on the run from the police, I don't really see how it would be worth the effort and risk.
Cops don't usually investigate stolen cars (or any property crimes) unless it is part of a larger crime.
My car was stolen a few years ago and when I called the police to report it, they just took down my info and said they'd let me know if it run across it. When I asked why they weren't coming to the scene to investigate, the reply was "Why? The car's not there anymore".
I'm pretty sure that summary is incorrect, as the police cannot require a person's blood without a warrant or consent. "No Refusal" DUI checkpoints get around this by having judges on hand to issue the search warrant.
Actually, you don't have that any more. Not even close. You might be able to beat Russia in a conventional battle, but China no way.
You realize that modern armies don't find hand to hand any more, right? China doesn't even have a blue water navy.
The US military is unmatched in its ability to break stuff. China's military, unless it went into hiding, wouldn't last long at all. Peaceful occupation is another story, but that is true of any country.
The Russian military would be much tougher to destroy.
I don't think you quite understand. ATMs here in the United States can process transactions for other banks as well since they are linked via various financial networks (surcharges may apply). Some specific transactions types like deposits or transfers may not be available, but withdrawals are pretty universal.
Your solution (as you've described it) actually sounds much more restrictive and bureaucratic. Who pays for the ATMs and decides where they are installed? Also, who actually stocks the ATM with cash and pays for that service? Sounds like a committee does those things.
With the US system, each bank gets to make its own decision on where it wants to provide an ATM and what kind of ATM to use in each location. Banks also can decide not to provide any ATMs and provide customer access only through the financial networks.
That's just it, though. People buying things through Amazon affiliates are paying no tax on the items, so it's impossible to lose that tax revenue.
No, you're missing the fact that California will lose any revenue from brought in by the Amazon affiliates in the state. California was benefiting from the economic activity that those affiliates were bringing to the state - by trying to get greedy, CA lost all it all.
You do realize that the USAF would likely enter into contract with Sony for the PS3s right? It isnt like they're going to go down to the local tech store and say "gimmie all your PS3s heres a couple thousand dollars".
Are you sure they aren't checking out ebay? Probably using an obscure username like NavySuxBallz or USAF_KicksAzz69 to keep anyone from getting suspicious.
Is the cost a fixed number though or is it affected by production volume. Typically the vast majority of the cost associated with fighter jets and pharmaceutical drugs are sunk R&D costs that actually make selling additional units less expensive. Also, are PS3 affected by simple economy of scale on the production side or are the production numbers just too small for that?
To be clear, I'm asking because I honestly don't know the cost dynamics of the PS3 or gaming consoles in general.
By that logic, businesses should be able to make more revenue simply by raising prices - the RIAA could make up for the money they claim to be losing to piracy by just raising the prices of CDs.
One massive electrical problem in Japan is that Kansai (West region) and Kanto (East region) use different voltage and frequencies, with limited transformation capacity between the two.
That's really interesting - could you elaborate any on how this came to be?
Google has already addressed the whole security issue
Have they addressed how they will deal with law enforcement data mining? This is a big problem with data that is stored in the "cloud" - creative attorneys can easily find ways for your data to be residing in jurisdiction where your rights to protect confidential information are weaker or non-existent.
In any event, entrusting confidential data with a 3rd party is a risk - a person doesn't have to be a criminal for confidentiality to be critical.
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Protip: If you know your Constitutional rights, you don't have to obey a Lawyer or Judge who tries to violate them.
You are only partly correct. A judge does have authority over you and he can lock you up for contempt for the rest of your life without a trial even if you are in the right.
The justice system will be aware of this feature and demand that you provide both passwords. If you don't, the judge can lock you up indefinitely for contempt until you comply.
One other statement that you can safely utter to the police without a lawyer is "am I free to go".
That may be, but it would it probably lead to less jail time than contempt of court.
States like Florida are able to collect enough sales tax from out-of-state tourists that they are able to avoid an income tax.
Sales tax is probably the most "fair" of all the various tax schemes as it is for the most part, an optional tax.
"I don't know who you are" is not cause for anything. They have to observe a crime in progress or about to occur before they can have probable cause.
That sounds great, but in the real world obscuring your plate is going to have the same effect as driving around without a plate. You will repeatedly get stopped by the police and pretty soon you're going to get a cop who isn't satisfied with your explanations and decides to escalate the matter.
Cops have a saying, "You can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride" - time spent on the ground on the side of the road or at the police station while things are getting sorted out is not going to pleasant.
The wise course of action is to minimize any interaction with the police, but obscuring your plate does the exact opposite.
Regardless of motive you should always back in when parking unless it's prohibited or impossible to do in that location. The reason is that it significantly decreases the likelihood of having an accident when pulling out.
But it more than makes up for it by increasing the likelihood of causing an accident while pulling in, especially due to the confusion caused to other drivers who aren't aware of your intent.
Someone finally explained to me that it is because in Florida, cars only have a real license plate, and by backing in, that plate ins't visible to passing police cars.
That explanation was just silly. Georgia only has rear license plates as well, but very few people back into parking places. You probably just moved into an area with a culture that prefers to back into parking spots.
There are some places where backing in does make sense, like concerts, sporting events or night clubs where the arriving traffic is spread out, but everyone departs at the same time.
But you are in public, and you don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy when you are in public.
Cops also drive through parking lots and subdivisions and scan the plates of cars on private property to see if any generates a red flag.
On one side you have agents of the state with a legitimised right to commit violence, on the other side you have ordinary everyday citizens; obviously very different standards should apply to the two sides.
What relevance does the power to commit violence have? By those standards, professional boxers and NFL players should have these protections as well.
Yes, they're trained to fight.
No they're not. They are mostly taught restraining techniques (e.g. joint locks) to use on a person already on the ground.
Even the hand-to-hand fighting training that special forces receive is on a far lower level than most people think.
If the cops couldn't scan your license plate they would interpret that as suspicious behavior and would be immediately pulled over - it may even give them probable cause for a search of your car.
In theory a much better approach would be a system that fools the scanner into returning a different plate number. If the plate number doesn't raise a flag, then they would have no reason to verify that the number scanned is different than the actual number.
Unless a person was actually on the run from the police, I don't really see how it would be worth the effort and risk.
Cops don't usually investigate stolen cars (or any property crimes) unless it is part of a larger crime.
My car was stolen a few years ago and when I called the police to report it, they just took down my info and said they'd let me know if it run across it. When I asked why they weren't coming to the scene to investigate, the reply was "Why? The car's not there anymore".
I'm pretty sure that summary is incorrect, as the police cannot require a person's blood without a warrant or consent. "No Refusal" DUI checkpoints get around this by having judges on hand to issue the search warrant.
You realize that modern armies don't find hand to hand any more, right? China doesn't even have a blue water navy.
The US military is unmatched in its ability to break stuff. China's military, unless it went into hiding, wouldn't last long at all. Peaceful occupation is another story, but that is true of any country.
The Russian military would be much tougher to destroy.
I don't think you quite understand. ATMs here in the United States can process transactions for other banks as well since they are linked via various financial networks (surcharges may apply). Some specific transactions types like deposits or transfers may not be available, but withdrawals are pretty universal.
Your solution (as you've described it) actually sounds much more restrictive and bureaucratic. Who pays for the ATMs and decides where they are installed? Also, who actually stocks the ATM with cash and pays for that service? Sounds like a committee does those things.
With the US system, each bank gets to make its own decision on where it wants to provide an ATM and what kind of ATM to use in each location. Banks also can decide not to provide any ATMs and provide customer access only through the financial networks.
Aren't womprats pretty big though?
Depends on whether Congress is in session. If it's not then it becomes "pocket vetoed".
That's just it, though. People buying things through Amazon affiliates are paying no tax on the items, so it's impossible to lose that tax revenue.
No, you're missing the fact that California will lose any revenue from brought in by the Amazon affiliates in the state. California was benefiting from the economic activity that those affiliates were bringing to the state - by trying to get greedy, CA lost all it all.
You do realize that the USAF would likely enter into contract with Sony for the PS3s right? It isnt like they're going to go down to the local tech store and say "gimmie all your PS3s heres a couple thousand dollars".
Are you sure they aren't checking out ebay? Probably using an obscure username like NavySuxBallz or USAF_KicksAzz69 to keep anyone from getting suspicious.
Is the cost a fixed number though or is it affected by production volume. Typically the vast majority of the cost associated with fighter jets and pharmaceutical drugs are sunk R&D costs that actually make selling additional units less expensive. Also, are PS3 affected by simple economy of scale on the production side or are the production numbers just too small for that?
To be clear, I'm asking because I honestly don't know the cost dynamics of the PS3 or gaming consoles in general.
By that logic, businesses should be able to make more revenue simply by raising prices - the RIAA could make up for the money they claim to be losing to piracy by just raising the prices of CDs.
One massive electrical problem in Japan is that Kansai (West region) and Kanto (East region) use different voltage and frequencies, with limited transformation capacity between the two.
That's really interesting - could you elaborate any on how this came to be?
Why wasn't the BP leak in the Gulf plugged in 3 days?
Google has already addressed the whole security issue
Have they addressed how they will deal with law enforcement data mining? This is a big problem with data that is stored in the "cloud" - creative attorneys can easily find ways for your data to be residing in jurisdiction where your rights to protect confidential information are weaker or non-existent.
In any event, entrusting confidential data with a 3rd party is a risk - a person doesn't have to be a criminal for confidentiality to be critical.