Personally I think that the sheriff there is one of the most evil people in America.
If you take his power into consideration then he is more evil than everyone else by far, even putting Bush into the lot.
I feel sorry for you for being in the area of the hating, bigoted person and especially for begin unusally punished by him.
To be honest, I'll give the man credit where credit is due. He is at least consistent. Some of his practices are debatable, some are just silly, and others cater to his extreme right wing constituents (thinking of some of the "raids" he does, targeting minorities and violating latino rights), but at the end of the day he says what he's going to do, and does what he says. That's difficult to come by when the pockets are greased by the political system... and unfortunately with Joe Arpaio the situation for most Arizona residents is that the devil we know is better than the one we don't.
Having been a guest of the Arizona State and Maricopa County, I have some input here.
Consider the following:
- I was locked up on non-aggressive felony charges, so I was classified to do my time in the Graham unit @ Safford which is classed as a level 2 yard.
- There are level 1 yards which are even less intimidating than the one I was locked up at
- I was classified at Alhambra which is considered a 1-5 (Due to the fact all convicts get sorted through that facility, non- & aggressive inmates are all housed together, with the exception of chomo's and rapists who get private handling for obvious reasons)
- I am a thin, tall and relatively quiet individual with a good intellect and gentle demeanor
The Graham yard was a breeze. It's laid out like a military base, with barracks for inmate bunks, a gym, a music room, a library, two soccer fields and a baseball diamond. The bathrooms/showers are private and not open to the world, you had a modicum of privacy while you were washing your ass, and no, inmates don't follow you in expecting you to drop the soap.
When I first arrived, just like county, you're introduced to your race "Head" and "Second Head" which are the political heads who you handle grievances if ever there's a problem between you and another inmate. Individual races' are held accountable for their own group if the beef is internal or inter-racial. For instance, if a wood (caucasian) stole from another wood, the heads would deal out the punishment. If a wood stole from a paisa (Mexican national), the two race heads would convene and each race would deal out the punishment to their own based on what was agreed upon. This 'political' system exists in all jails, even if the race separation is different among regions of the US, but exists to handle the cases I mentioned above. During my intake and introduction to my race, it was obvious this system helps defend a new inmate from another inmate from taking advantage of them at first glance. However over time, the shitty individual who wants to steal and lie to their own heads, cause trouble and in general be a dick, will be blackballed and at that point you're on your own.
Alhambra was a different story while I was being classified. I stayed there for 12 days, and it was a 23h/1h lock down with 11 other inmates in the cell. The racial system exists, but as there are no inmates that stay permanently at that facility (unless you're a rehabilitated 20+ year sentence inmate, then you call Alhambra home), there are no heads or groups. Everyone is rogue and keeps to themselves unless you're being an asshole.
So for those out there that think all prisons are equal, or that by going to prison, you by default are the target of rape just because you showed up, could not be more incorrect. The things I talked about above hold true for most non-violent classified yards, levels 1-2, and even into 3 yards where some first time violent inmates end up. I know people that have done time in a higher security system, and all the same politics and protections from your race still exist. I guess the point that I'm trying to make is that if you're truly a shitty person, you don't learn from your mistakes, and you want to continue trying to play criminal in a criminal population, you get what you deserve.
Now back to the article. I do think there are too many people being locked up for things that people should no longer be locked up for. For example, weed and paraphernalia charges shouldn't put a person in the system. Dangerous drugs, yes, absolutely for repeat offenders. Hacktivists, and non-violent offenders, it's a stickier subject. There has to be recourse, and people have to be deterred from doing it, but if restitution is ruled against me for a million dollars, and I don't receive any prison time what good does that do? I'm never going to be able to pay off a restitution order like that in any reasonable amount of time, so I'll say f*ck it and just keep on doing what I did to get there in the first place
'This is a major step toward building proteins for use as biosensors or molecular sponges, or in synthetic biology — giving organisms new tools to perform a task'
I picture little protein workers entering the equivalent of the Industrial Age. Armed with their new fangled drills, excavators and assembly lines!
I was a webOS dev for 2 years, and truly excited for the HP hardware refresh to the webOS line, but when Rubinstein presented the tablet it was already antiquated by then current standards of mobile computing. Apple had just released the retina iPad which was more powerful and of better quality for virtually the same price. This was also the point where Android started picking up serious steam on the tablet front as well... It was a dead duck before it started, and it was a bloody shame, but I digress.
The current Surface offerings from MSoft are actually quite nice (albeit a lil pricey) and are used heavily in small to medium sized medical practices for EMR/EHR implementation. I'm just not sure where MSoft went wrong with this brand, it should have found a comfy niche, but seems to have had less of an impact than even netbooks.
For at least the last 5 years that I've been flying in and out of PHX, and as you drive through the airport thru fare, there's a posted sign every quarter mile that clearly states "Your vehicle is subject to search."
So if I decided to valet my vehicle and I have handed over my keys and property, I would fully expect them to take advantage of the sign. If they don't have my keys, they're not going to break into my vehicle unless it has triggered some sort of detection device. Valet vehicles are parked in high traffic areas if they're only around for a short time or if the valets are busy, think about the damage that could be done with an explosive.
It's seriously as simple as that... Last thing I want to do is advocate for the TSA, but c'mon, these signs have been posted for years.
Not to mention, the larger pieces of tech from the obsolete "dirty" power equipment all ends up in countries that don't give a fuck about their pollution index. *coughcough China cough*
I'm all for regulating that we try and reduce polluting emissions and develop renewable sources, but seriously? A plan to deal with storms like hurricane Sandy? Are you serious? Does the government have some classified tech to help target and redirect hurricanes or something? Of course not, they'll just mandate more "dirty" fuel restrictions...
It's interesting that he cares about the planet for generations to come, but only if we can put our children's children in un-needed debt. Let's discuss something a little more pressing, shall we Mr. President?
I've never understood this, especially now a days with all the free sites.
I had a friend who I recently did a system rebuild for, and considering all the data, the ONLY thing he was concerned about was the 150GB worth of pr0n... I guess people just get attached
...but seriously, those of you who don't acknowledge how strong their presence is in the console industry are delusional.
I remember seeing MechAssault and MotoGP online with Xbox Live on the original Xbox and was seriously impressed with how well the online setup was. This was back in the day of PS2s horrendous per-title networking functionality which was a disaster. Xbox 360 continued the trend, while Sony/Nintendo have only in recent years achieved what MSoft did back in 2002 with Live...
Whether or not the Xbox One is successful is obviously in up for grabs, but I'm beyond excited about the prospect. The Xbox franchise has been the only MSoft division to get my hard earned money, and for good reasons... It's a great platform.
Are you on crack? Prison is far worse than county.
Sorry, but not always accurate.
When I was in county they served some of the nastiest food I've ever seen. Everyone kept saying how much better the food was in state...
I'll take prison over county any day, It's honestly the difference between molding bread/fruit and freshly baked pizza. The inmates likened it to the US Army v. US Navy when it comes to rations. The longer you're away from civility, the better the meals have to be. Even the inmates that worked in the kitchen were retentive about how food was prepared and served.
I'm just going to point out the flaws in your talking points...
I never claimed it would be 100% effective, I was pointing out that saying we shouldn't have it because it wouldn't be 100% effective is not logical.
So we should try it even if the law is only 0.0001% effective. Got it.
If you think you need an AR to fight against the tyranny of the government, one possibility is you expect to fight the military, in which case you are hopelessly outgunned anyway, not to mention that possibility depends on the military (made up of people like you and I) being alright with attacking their friends and families.
So even if we would only be 0.0001% successful in thwarting a tyrannical government, we shouldn't try? Especially if its our right...?
Why even bother standing up for ourselves...
Gun control advocates will always fail to heed the fact that all they're doing is removing the guns from the law abiding citizens. You know... the ones who aren't out holding up banks or knocking over convenience stores.
Don't feel too cocky yet, my American friend. The difference between America and China is that China doesn't make the headlines with such a military/scientific/technical achievement. When time will come, they'll show up..
Okay, fair enough... but seriously. This is the tech the United States Government is letting the public sector show off. We haven't had a public breakthrough weapons technology as good as megaton nukes, since the 60's. Not that China hasn't done its share of economic catch up, but I'm sure there's a lot of powerful tech available to our governments and they've not been needed lately.
Don't care who shows it off... travelling over 1km/s in our atmosphere at that efficiency is bloody outstanding. These guys deserve all the pats on the back they get...
Let's see. No facts, no logic, no effort, no point? You're just making it obvious you have a blatant lack of anything to add to the discussion, and added it anyway. I did that as a child, and my Uncle pointed this out to me: that just because you can speak doesn't mean you have anything to say. You might do well to learn that. I assume you're older than I was (pre Kindergarten).
Let's play a game where you throw all Android devices in one bucket, and all iOS devices in another. Let's take devices from the year the iPhone 4 was released onwards.
Then you reach in to each of those buckets and grab a device for each hand. Then you power them on and use them in exactly the same manor, until the battery dies... The Apple device in a vast majority of cases will always live on passed whatever Android device you've managed to pull from the bin.
Am I wrong?
That's a logical statement, and for most circumstances, very factual. Maybe our current Android device vendors can get their head out of their ass and make a device that lasts past lunch with moderate usage.
This is/. though, and I will conceed I didn't place a lot of effort into the original post... My fscking bad:P
While I agree... and I know people will down-mod me as trolling, but Apple will actually come to the rescue with iHUD or something similar and will put Google to shame.
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Personally I think that the sheriff there is one of the most evil people in America. If you take his power into consideration then he is more evil than everyone else by far, even putting Bush into the lot. I feel sorry for you for being in the area of the hating, bigoted person and especially for begin unusally punished by him.
To be honest, I'll give the man credit where credit is due. He is at least consistent. Some of his practices are debatable, some are just silly, and others cater to his extreme right wing constituents (thinking of some of the "raids" he does, targeting minorities and violating latino rights), but at the end of the day he says what he's going to do, and does what he says. That's difficult to come by when the pockets are greased by the political system... and unfortunately with Joe Arpaio the situation for most Arizona residents is that the devil we know is better than the one we don't.
Having been a guest of the Arizona State and Maricopa County, I have some input here.
Consider the following:
- I was locked up on non-aggressive felony charges, so I was classified to do my time in the Graham unit @ Safford which is classed as a level 2 yard.
- There are level 1 yards which are even less intimidating than the one I was locked up at
- I was classified at Alhambra which is considered a 1-5 (Due to the fact all convicts get sorted through that facility, non- & aggressive inmates are all housed together, with the exception of chomo's and rapists who get private handling for obvious reasons)
- I am a thin, tall and relatively quiet individual with a good intellect and gentle demeanor
The Graham yard was a breeze. It's laid out like a military base, with barracks for inmate bunks, a gym, a music room, a library, two soccer fields and a baseball diamond. The bathrooms/showers are private and not open to the world, you had a modicum of privacy while you were washing your ass, and no, inmates don't follow you in expecting you to drop the soap.
When I first arrived, just like county, you're introduced to your race "Head" and "Second Head" which are the political heads who you handle grievances if ever there's a problem between you and another inmate. Individual races' are held accountable for their own group if the beef is internal or inter-racial. For instance, if a wood (caucasian) stole from another wood, the heads would deal out the punishment. If a wood stole from a paisa (Mexican national), the two race heads would convene and each race would deal out the punishment to their own based on what was agreed upon. This 'political' system exists in all jails, even if the race separation is different among regions of the US, but exists to handle the cases I mentioned above. During my intake and introduction to my race, it was obvious this system helps defend a new inmate from another inmate from taking advantage of them at first glance. However over time, the shitty individual who wants to steal and lie to their own heads, cause trouble and in general be a dick, will be blackballed and at that point you're on your own.
Alhambra was a different story while I was being classified. I stayed there for 12 days, and it was a 23h/1h lock down with 11 other inmates in the cell. The racial system exists, but as there are no inmates that stay permanently at that facility (unless you're a rehabilitated 20+ year sentence inmate, then you call Alhambra home), there are no heads or groups. Everyone is rogue and keeps to themselves unless you're being an asshole.
So for those out there that think all prisons are equal, or that by going to prison, you by default are the target of rape just because you showed up, could not be more incorrect. The things I talked about above hold true for most non-violent classified yards, levels 1-2, and even into 3 yards where some first time violent inmates end up. I know people that have done time in a higher security system, and all the same politics and protections from your race still exist. I guess the point that I'm trying to make is that if you're truly a shitty person, you don't learn from your mistakes, and you want to continue trying to play criminal in a criminal population, you get what you deserve.
Now back to the article. I do think there are too many people being locked up for things that people should no longer be locked up for. For example, weed and paraphernalia charges shouldn't put a person in the system. Dangerous drugs, yes, absolutely for repeat offenders. Hacktivists, and non-violent offenders, it's a stickier subject. There has to be recourse, and people have to be deterred from doing it, but if restitution is ruled against me for a million dollars, and I don't receive any prison time what good does that do? I'm never going to be able to pay off a restitution order like that in any reasonable amount of time, so I'll say f*ck it and just keep on doing what I did to get there in the first place
...are biting their nails, trying to figure out how to chop off their loved ones finger without them knowing.
'This is a major step toward building proteins for use as biosensors or molecular sponges, or in synthetic biology — giving organisms new tools to perform a task'
I picture little protein workers entering the equivalent of the Industrial Age. Armed with their new fangled drills, excavators and assembly lines!
There's also a dubbed version where they put the Leeroy Jenkins version over it.
Difference being the TouchPad is awesome.
Not really.
I was a webOS dev for 2 years, and truly excited for the HP hardware refresh to the webOS line, but when Rubinstein presented the tablet it was already antiquated by then current standards of mobile computing. Apple had just released the retina iPad which was more powerful and of better quality for virtually the same price. This was also the point where Android started picking up serious steam on the tablet front as well... It was a dead duck before it started, and it was a bloody shame, but I digress.
The current Surface offerings from MSoft are actually quite nice (albeit a lil pricey) and are used heavily in small to medium sized medical practices for EMR/EHR implementation. I'm just not sure where MSoft went wrong with this brand, it should have found a comfy niche, but seems to have had less of an impact than even netbooks.
Fire sale! Fire sale! Fire sale!
For at least the last 5 years that I've been flying in and out of PHX, and as you drive through the airport thru fare, there's a posted sign every quarter mile that clearly states "Your vehicle is subject to search."
So if I decided to valet my vehicle and I have handed over my keys and property, I would fully expect them to take advantage of the sign. If they don't have my keys, they're not going to break into my vehicle unless it has triggered some sort of detection device. Valet vehicles are parked in high traffic areas if they're only around for a short time or if the valets are busy, think about the damage that could be done with an explosive.
It's seriously as simple as that... Last thing I want to do is advocate for the TSA, but c'mon, these signs have been posted for years.
Yup... an apostrophe.
Does a bear shit in the woods?
Bet any of these guys are worried?
Not to mention, the larger pieces of tech from the obsolete "dirty" power equipment all ends up in countries that don't give a fuck about their pollution index. *coughcough China cough*
I'm all for regulating that we try and reduce polluting emissions and develop renewable sources, but seriously? A plan to deal with storms like hurricane Sandy? Are you serious? Does the government have some classified tech to help target and redirect hurricanes or something? Of course not, they'll just mandate more "dirty" fuel restrictions...
It's interesting that he cares about the planet for generations to come, but only if we can put our children's children in un-needed debt. Let's discuss something a little more pressing, shall we Mr. President?
I've never understood this, especially now a days with all the free sites.
I had a friend who I recently did a system rebuild for, and considering all the data, the ONLY thing he was concerned about was the 150GB worth of pr0n... I guess people just get attached
What happens?
...but seriously, those of you who don't acknowledge how strong their presence is in the console industry are delusional.
I remember seeing MechAssault and MotoGP online with Xbox Live on the original Xbox and was seriously impressed with how well the online setup was. This was back in the day of PS2s horrendous per-title networking functionality which was a disaster. Xbox 360 continued the trend, while Sony/Nintendo have only in recent years achieved what MSoft did back in 2002 with Live...
Whether or not the Xbox One is successful is obviously in up for grabs, but I'm beyond excited about the prospect. The Xbox franchise has been the only MSoft division to get my hard earned money, and for good reasons... It's a great platform.
Yes, yes it is.
Are you on crack? Prison is far worse than county.
Sorry, but not always accurate.
When I was in county they served some of the nastiest food I've ever seen. Everyone kept saying how much better the food was in state...
I'll take prison over county any day, It's honestly the difference between molding bread/fruit and freshly baked pizza. The inmates likened it to the US Army v. US Navy when it comes to rations. The longer you're away from civility, the better the meals have to be. Even the inmates that worked in the kitchen were retentive about how food was prepared and served.
I never claimed it would be 100% effective, I was pointing out that saying we shouldn't have it because it wouldn't be 100% effective is not logical.
So we should try it even if the law is only 0.0001% effective. Got it.
If you think you need an AR to fight against the tyranny of the government, one possibility is you expect to fight the military, in which case you are hopelessly outgunned anyway, not to mention that possibility depends on the military (made up of people like you and I) being alright with attacking their friends and families.
So even if we would only be 0.0001% successful in thwarting a tyrannical government, we shouldn't try? Especially if its our right...?
Why even bother standing up for ourselves...
Gun control advocates will always fail to heed the fact that all they're doing is removing the guns from the law abiding citizens. You know... the ones who aren't out holding up banks or knocking over convenience stores.
Don't feel too cocky yet, my American friend. The difference between America and China is that China doesn't make the headlines with such a military/scientific/technical achievement. When time will come, they'll show up..
Okay, fair enough... but seriously. This is the tech the United States Government is letting the public sector show off. We haven't had a public breakthrough weapons technology as good as megaton nukes, since the 60's. Not that China hasn't done its share of economic catch up, but I'm sure there's a lot of powerful tech available to our governments and they've not been needed lately.
Don't care who shows it off... travelling over 1km/s in our atmosphere at that efficiency is bloody outstanding. These guys deserve all the pats on the back they get...
Thanks for the worst pangs ever...
It is /. .. Otherwise I wouldn't have been such a rude bastid in my comment. Cheers mang. enjoy the day.
I laffed! Cheers mate.
Let's see. No facts, no logic, no effort, no point? You're just making it obvious you have a blatant lack of anything to add to the discussion, and added it anyway. I did that as a child, and my Uncle pointed this out to me: that just because you can speak doesn't mean you have anything to say. You might do well to learn that. I assume you're older than I was (pre Kindergarten).
Let's play a game where you throw all Android devices in one bucket, and all iOS devices in another. Let's take devices from the year the iPhone 4 was released onwards.
Then you reach in to each of those buckets and grab a device for each hand. Then you power them on and use them in exactly the same manor, until the battery dies... The Apple device in a vast majority of cases will always live on passed whatever Android device you've managed to pull from the bin.
Am I wrong?
That's a logical statement, and for most circumstances, very factual. Maybe our current Android device vendors can get their head out of their ass and make a device that lasts past lunch with moderate usage.
This is /. though, and I will conceed I didn't place a lot of effort into the original post... My fscking bad :P
While I agree... and I know people will down-mod me as trolling, but Apple will actually come to the rescue with iHUD or something similar and will put Google to shame.
No way... By then, we'll have Time Crystals!
I actually went to my beginning gaming days with "A Boy & His Blob"... Same difference I suppose.