I saw a newspaper article about this a coupla weeks ago. It takes a picture of the driver when the car starts to go through a red light, and a picture of the license plate when the car is through the light. I know that in my state, Ohio, cops aren't even allowed to pull people over in unmarked cars. This is stupid--for any other crime (yes, I know this is a relatively minor crime) they could. In D.C. (and the surrounding area), half the cars parked along the side of the highway with their hoods up are cops, waiting to radio ahead with your license number.
I liked this complaint though:
Owen Johnson of Mountain Lakes, N.J., contends that the red-light cameras are too impersonal and nab drivers in situations where an officer might not. He received a ticket in February because his car, driven by his son, Chris, 22, of Chestertown, Md., was photographed running the light at New York and New Jersey avenues -- less than a second after the light turned red.
If you trust someone to drive your car, you can probably trust them to pay you for the ticket. Also, no points are assessed to your license because of a camera-captured ticket, so in the end you'd have no reason to complain.
[BTW, it's not only PDF, it's a newish PDF format that causes errors on older versions of Acrobat; worse, it's formatted for publication in a print rag, so is difficult to read on a computer screen, even tho I have a 19" monitor. What would have been wrong with ordinary HTML for online viewers?]
I've always wondered that too, but never realized why. I understand that.pdf files don't change format when I change text size, but you can always set text size to a constant, or use CSS and set it to a pixel size. Then you can still predict how it will look when printing (just print off one copy, that's exactly what everyone else will get).
Personally, I don't use Acrobat. I just wait for it to appear in Google's cache, and read it as HTML.
Just look at this quote from the Peruvian's reply:
Your letter continues: "4. The bill imposes the use of open source software without considering the dangers that this can bring from the point of view of security, guarantee, and possible violation of the intellectual property rights of third parties."
Alluding in an abstract way to "the dangers this can bring", without specifically mentioning a single one of these supposed dangers, shows at the least some lack of knowledge of the topic.
Our proposal brings further security, since the knowledge of the source code will eliminate the growing number of programs with *spy code*.
Read: Windows
I couldn't find MS's letter, but part of it was quoted in the Peruvian's reply:
The bill makes it compulsory for all public bodies to use only free software, that is to say open source software, which breaches the principles of equality before the law, that of non-discrimination and the right of free private enterprise, freedom of industry and of contract, protected by the constitution.
ROFLMAO
This bill actually does work for "equality before the law" because now anyone can make software for Peru to use. It does not say it will only accept programs from a certain ethnic background, so it's not discriminatory. It also does nothing to private interprise--if they want, they can keep paying for MS products and downloading the daily patches, or switch to open source themselves.
Well, it wouldn't have screwed up our moment of inertia because moment of inertia only depends on the shape of the object, the mass of the object, and the distance from the axis of rotation (pretty much 0 in this case) (or I=?*m*r^2). Since the distance from the axis of rotation wouldn't have changed, the moment of inertia wouldn't have changed.
Unless you mean in relation to the sun. We are at a 22.5 degree angle (or something like that), and that would mess up our moment of inertia just slightly--at some points penguins would be slightly closer to the sun and at some points farther away, with no counteractin penguins on the other pole to counteract them. Thank goodness we finally fixed this.
I would support any legislation that included the following conditions:
1 - The user may make personal copies of any software/media that s/he legally acquires for the purpose of later viewing, switching to another medium, or archiving.
2 - Users have the right to use legally acquired software/media the platform of their choice, and they can convert that software/media to their platform.
3 - Technology cannot prevent users from achieving the aforementioned rights
4 - Users may not waive these rights in End User License Agreements.
I don't know how to word 4 so that it will work, but the others are pretty straightforward. I remember a news article that listed some of these on/., but I can't find it now, and I'm in a hurry. I'm just paraphrasing what that particular news article said.
...but what I thought was interesting was his comments on Fox and how he's not interested in moving networks over the futurama thing.
That's the beauty of FOX. Groening's shows don't have a chance on other networks--too politically incorrect. For instance, when NBC came out with God, the Devil, and Bob, they gave it up after a few episodes because people complained about how it portrayed religion (though I believe it kept showing in the UK). The Simpsons and Futurama have both had episodes that portray religion differently than the norm, along with many other shows, but FOX keeps them.
It kinda makes me think of how Bob & Tom deal with complaints--if they get a complaint about one song they played, they play it again.
It'd be nice if Google ran through news articles at/. and cached the external links. But anyway, the/. editors should know better than to link to Angelfire or Geocities.
Okay, then take a guess at what the message will be (or decide what you want the recipient to hear), intercept the message, and send what you wanted to send.
[I]t is impossible for an eavesdropper to intercept the message without changing it. One can only wonder what the FBI will do.
They'll probably intercept a whole message (completely stop it) and send another message just like it on the same line a split second later. Of course, as I'm not an expert on quantum physics there might be some flaw in my plan.
Granted they're not a pay service, but now they stoop to using popups, so they should pay some attention to their tech support. Things have only gone downhill since Microsoft bought them out (years ago).
For instance, when a URL is used in a message sent to a Hotmail user, the URL is modified, and then, when clicked, it opens up that page inside of a Hotmail frameset. I've sent three separate emails to tech support asking how to fix this, but I always get the same response, which goes something like this: maybe you typed the address in wrong--try typing it in again.
"Chat away, i'll just amuse myself with these pornographic playing cards."
"You can't seriously want to make ban alcohol, it tastes great, makes woman appear more attractive, and makes a person virtually invulnerable to criticism."
"Check out the rack on the blonde in the forth row."
That's why I'm glad you guys did what you did with the subscription model. You (hopefully) will make a profit, and you won't restrict access of people who don't pay.
Can't they just go to the/. subscription model? Many of the sites I've used for years because they were free are now charging: BrainBench, Mind-It, and others. At least I know/. won't stoop that low.
[I]f they're writing for kids online, it makes no sense to have a 3,000-word policy written at a college-reading level.
Isn't that the point? If they're hiding something, they don't want the public to know about it. There was a recent article about how a company hid something in their EULA.
So, in short, Goldeneye & Perfect Dark bad, Super Mario Bros. 1-3 & Super Mario World 1-2 good. Well, Super Mario Bros. 3 is the best video game I have, so no complaints here.
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I liked this complaint though: If you trust someone to drive your car, you can probably trust them to pay you for the ticket. Also, no points are assessed to your license because of a camera-captured ticket, so in the end you'd have no reason to complain.
Personally, I don't use Acrobat. I just wait for it to appear in Google's cache, and read it as HTML.
With no fences or walls inside computers, who needs Gates or Windows?
http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:TvfSi6UFJpQC: www.gnu.org.pe/resmseng.html+&hl=en
I couldn't find MS's letter, but part of it was quoted in the Peruvian's reply:ROFLMAO
This bill actually does work for "equality before the law" because now anyone can make software for Peru to use. It does not say it will only accept programs from a certain ethnic background, so it's not discriminatory. It also does nothing to private interprise--if they want, they can keep paying for MS products and downloading the daily patches, or switch to open source themselves.
They've got a really long extension cord.
Well, it wouldn't have screwed up our moment of inertia because moment of inertia only depends on the shape of the object, the mass of the object, and the distance from the axis of rotation (pretty much 0 in this case) (or I=?*m*r^2). Since the distance from the axis of rotation wouldn't have changed, the moment of inertia wouldn't have changed.
Unless you mean in relation to the sun. We are at a 22.5 degree angle (or something like that), and that would mess up our moment of inertia just slightly--at some points penguins would be slightly closer to the sun and at some points farther away, with no counteractin penguins on the other pole to counteract them. Thank goodness we finally fixed this.
I would support any legislation that included the following conditions:
/., but I can't find it now, and I'm in a hurry. I'm just paraphrasing what that particular news article said.
1 - The user may make personal copies of any software/media that s/he legally acquires for the purpose of later viewing, switching to another medium, or archiving.
2 - Users have the right to use legally acquired software/media the platform of their choice, and they can convert that software/media to their platform.
3 - Technology cannot prevent users from achieving the aforementioned rights
4 - Users may not waive these rights in End User License Agreements.
I don't know how to word 4 so that it will work, but the others are pretty straightforward. I remember a news article that listed some of these on
It kinda makes me think of how Bob & Tom deal with complaints--if they get a complaint about one song they played, they play it again.
It'd be nice if Google ran through news articles at /. and cached the external links. But anyway, the /. editors should know better than to link to Angelfire or Geocities.
Okay, then take a guess at what the message will be (or decide what you want the recipient to hear), intercept the message, and send what you wanted to send.
...and to clear the memory, simply turn it upside down and shake.
Granted they're not a pay service, but now they stoop to using popups, so they should pay some attention to their tech support. Things have only gone downhill since Microsoft bought them out (years ago).
For instance, when a URL is used in a message sent to a Hotmail user, the URL is modified, and then, when clicked, it opens up that page inside of a Hotmail frameset. I've sent three separate emails to tech support asking how to fix this, but I always get the same response, which goes something like this: maybe you typed the address in wrong--try typing it in again.
Now I no longer use Hotmail for my email.
Still the only politician I respect:
"Chat away, i'll just amuse myself with these pornographic playing cards."
"You can't seriously want to make ban alcohol, it tastes great, makes woman appear more attractive, and makes a person virtually invulnerable to criticism."
"Check out the rack on the blonde in the forth row."
That's why I'm glad you guys did what you did with the subscription model. You (hopefully) will make a profit, and you won't restrict access of people who don't pay.
Can't they just go to the /. subscription model? Many of the sites I've used for years because they were free are now charging: BrainBench, Mind-It, and others. At least I know /. won't stoop that low.
But those don't have compasses or thermometers or altimeters or barometers--how dare they call themselves watches!
So, in short, Goldeneye & Perfect Dark bad, Super Mario Bros. 1-3 & Super Mario World 1-2 good. Well, Super Mario Bros. 3 is the best video game I have, so no complaints here.