I do not see why the Federal Government should get the last word. If anything Obama's handling of this disaster is itself a disaster. Garnering political favor (shipper unions) in refusing to accept aid from foreign nations who have the ability to help (Netherlands in particular) by refusing to lift the Jone's Act which prevents non American crewed ships from operating in our waters. Bush immediately lifted the act in face of Katrina, where Bush ran into problems is that the some states, in particular Louisiana, refused Federal assistance except in very tightly controlled situations. Hell we even had a city practically thumb its nose at the Federal government and I dare say it was totally motivated by politics.
Now we have a Federal Government actively standing in the way of states trying to prevent an ecological disaster while at the same time using the same disaster as a means to eventually forever block drilling. We drill deep because its about the only place we can after being driven offshore. Other nations will drill what we won't so it would be best to do so with our people and our rules. Applying blame with reckless abandon over an entire industry is childish. You can damn well bet the other drillers are working hard to prevent a repeat; it just is too costly to good business to be wrong. No, we now have a Federal government with a commission of drilling haters who will "decide" what can and cannot be done yet the people chosen speak of the rules before anything is discussed.
If anything, just like Katrina, this has proven there are disasters and their are opportunities beyond the power of the government. The government is not the end all solution that some want it to be, so what do they do? Prevent people from proving it.
and you find yourself not able to get updates of any sort. Since the "i" devices are so intertwined with iTunes it pretty much guarantees you will have to keep current eventually. Having an opt out on what is nearly mandatory software isn't much an opt out is it.
because they found a new customer, publishers. We are just the frill too line the publisher's pockets. Amazon was doing great with their pricing model yet people still yelped over the "high costs". Well for the time being we will have to look back on their model as the good old days.
I am disappointed that the larger Kindle is still held at its price. That is the one I am most interested in. Can't stand the iPad, totally useless in the sun; as in I like to read outdoors, I don't need another device to make a basement dweller. I compared both, the benefit of having geeks for coworkers and while the iPad has more function in the realm of books the Kindle just is it. One e-ink comes out in color that will remove one of the last complaints people have with it. Well that and the ability to easily annotate entries.
One thing to also consider is how we interact with our PCs is pretty entrenched so new methods are slow to enter the market and gain acceptance. With mobiles the field is wide open and the means of their use still has plenty of openings. Consider that mobiles are much more "personal" in their interaction that PCs ever were. We hold them in our hands, that and their size requires new ways of thinking. I expect some of the usability available through mobiles to move to PCs but be interpreted in slightly different ways during that migration.
The state and federal taxes are not related. It does not matter how much the people of California pay to the federal government, only how much they pay to their own state. Now if your saying that the forty billion dollar difference is not making up for unfunded mandates at the federal level, well boo hoo, that still does not help California's problem.
California's problem is based in part on too many entitlements, too much pay and benefits to the government workers, and far too many people off the tax rolls. The amounts going to pay government employee pay, pensions, and benefits, is staggering and only getting worse as politicians pay that group to keep themselves in power.
No, having that forty billion extra won't save California, they need to have reasonable expenditures before any amount of income matters. The sad part is, many states in the Northeast US are in worse shape but you never hear of it
I keep my house at 78 in the summer, I have ceiling fans in all the rooms I frequently use in the day. Throw in nine foot ceilings and it is very comfortable; especially when compared to the 90+ high humidity days we have in Georgia. Last year my highest bill in the summer was $140. This is four thousand square feet of home. Granted the other electrical costs are pretty low because of CFLs everywhere, a LED based projection tv - we only have one tv, and Macs/Pcs that sleep often.
That compares to some friends of mine who burn through $300 or more per month in the summer to keep the same or smaller homes; sometimes half the size; at ridiculously low temperatures, like 72. Throw in lights on everywhere it seems if not a TV or two both running and it becomes easy to see that insulation alone won't help. Most laws in recent years require much higher R value for homes but behavioral changes must also take place. People need to want to conserve. Children especially need to learn conservation in schools in ways that does not lead to being combative at home.
Encourage good behavior by allowing people to opt into reduced rates for sensible living. This means power meters than not only record usage but can record how its used, as in knowing what temperatures you set and such. Some regions already offer reduced power costs if you elect to lose power during certain periods to reduce the load on the whole system but it doesn't help when the behavior of those who use power inefficiently.
it is simply because they are paying a large amount on a smaller number of people. The ratio of administrative (records, tracking and such) makes up a larger percentage of the cost of managing a healthy patient than an unhealthy one. Think of it this way, if I go to the doctor four times a year for a check up and at most one real event the costs to track me will take a higher percentage of my overall health care dollars compared to Joe, the 70 year old who ends up in the hospital for a twelve thousand dollar visit.
So if my health care costs for four visits were $600 I am quite sure the admin of tracking that is amazing higher in percentage than tracking Joe who racks up twelve thousand in one shot.
Sure Medicare will work, if you force young healthy people who don't need such coverage to pay for it. I am sure they are going to love it. They will get what they deserve in the end, electing people to give them stuff sounds good because they themselves never expect to pay for it. Any workable Medicare system will require ALL people pay where opt out penalties are higher than staying in.
The "Health Care bill" was designed to drive privates out by forcing them to insure those who wanted it and letting people who didn't want to chip in to pay a penalty to the government. As in, put all the onus on one side. Funny how the solutions when offered by the government as sole provider don't follow the same rules.
who are actually going to go to the moon will be pleased. I guess we can still look down on others in smug superiority after we convinced ourselves going back wasn't the best investment of our money. Too bad it was Bush who proposed us going there again
and we can an offenders database or such, tracking down pervs and all sorts of fun can be had. I figure if they can filter it they can go further and you know that some government agency or misnamed trust will snap the idea of this and run with it.
Never browse chrome kitchen appliances on ebay.... sometimes you don't want to know what the reflection is
but the big box stores and consumer hardware creators seem to not notice. Outside of Apple and Netflix I know of very little in this direct delivery market other than what the consumer is exposed too, namely cable. Yet for all the years of Cable and Satellite a good amount of DVD sales occur because many still want something the can put their hands on.
The problem I see the new mini having other than lack of blu-ray is the fact it cost even more overseas, the prices are scary high for what you get.
No blu-ray means its just a toy to me, something that does not replace another device but instead requires to find accommodation for it.
people will spend spend spend on selfish desires but are against spending the same on their own welfare all the while complaining the rich have too much money. I know people spend themselves into a ditch paying for new gadgets and monthly fees and then turn around and bitch about how much money other people have.
Consumerism at its worst, they "deserve" to have what they want regardless of ability.
Sorry, just because your arbitrary deadline has passed does not give you right to aid others in harming others computers.
Even the summary needs help here, I really get the impression of a bunch of immature know it all of which that developer who is one. Damn, if I didn't have to put up with this during with five year olds running around...
I warned you!!!! I warned you I was going to do it!!!! See its all your fault.
because if it can determine what needs to be done it can record the event. What can be recorded can be reported. While the idea of this underwear leads to some mirth it should be acknowledged than any article of clothing can be modified to help the individual as well as monitor and report. While in the context of the infirm and elderly this can provide a boon to hospitals and homes we will need to look at how the information is distributed and kept safe from prying eyes.
Throw in concerns about proper disposal, liability, and reclamation of said clothing as well. While the innovation is a great idea the related issues will need to be addressed.
The first car I tracked was a 2007 Civic Coupe EX, manual transmission. The second was a 2008 Mazda Miata SE. Without bouncing to the site to check the Miata was rated at 21c and 28h. In my two years of recorded mileage I never fell below 27 in a mix of city and highway travel; I have a 26 mile commute mixed between 35 and 55 with no interstate. I peaked at 33 during summer months and fell into the 27 range during winter where besides the cold requiring the engine to run rich I needed the compressor to run the defroster.
My newest addition, a 2010 VW Golf TDI with manual transmission shows that others have never been as low as the EPA predicted mileage which is 30c and 41/42h. I have yet to finish my first tank and the car's computer shows 38 miles per gallon.
Why all the fuss? Well the facility is there and it gives me a nice reference to see how my car reacts to seasons and how it reacts to age to include over all miles traveled. It provides a nice little log so I can also see fluctuations in fuel prices without having to rely just on my memory; like what was the price of gas in June 2008.
While many cars are not represented it does appear those with cars known to get good mileage do post their numbers more often. I have been surprised while browsing some vehicles to see just how low the mileage ratings are for many popular sedans, in many cases not better than many SUV/CUV types that people love to vilify.
Sorry, but 22 can be a child as can 28, well dependent or child take your choice.
Like any law we have here, it opens doors for new expansion to other laws basing some of their rules on previous. Recently health care laws were changed to designate that adults up to 28 are dependents to their parents if so chosen. How is this different than the story in China? Someone is paying to put these children/adults/dependents into these camps to get them back on the road to a productive life. Reading the article the government seems to support their usage but I cannot tell if they pay the costs.
Your really reading far too much into the story. China already locks up who it wants so your scenario exists in the standard method - government oppression. This story is about parents or guardians voluntarily placing dependents into the care of a business whose job is to correct behavior. We have those in the US too. No need to tin foil hat this.
Well many businesses locate such stuff at the lowest levels to protect it from severe weather.
Yet I have met many people in IT from small government IT setups who never had backups, some even had charged water sprinkler systems in their data centers. Many vendors sell systems without backups because if the cost of the backup systems were included they would be too expensive. Plus never overestimate the ability of people to put off to the next group to follow to finish their job or suffer from the incomplete state. Standard fare from politicians at local and upper levels.
End of story. Yeah what happens sucks, but guess what, wars suck. Introducing yourself to a war zone is an the same as introducing yourself to death.
Why some reporters think they are immune to events is beyond me, enough to them die across the world while photographing fights. In some places they are willing accomplices to local banditry in staging photo shoots (see Lebanon for a great number of these). In Iraq I would bet they are valuable while they are making sure the American side looks bad, because out in the streets would be a bad place to have been walking a pro liberation line.
Good to see the leak source arrested, who knows that idiot would have released next and put hundreds if not thousands at risk. I am quite sure he isn't always aware of the impact of his releases. Yeah, I know, some have it in for "the man" but damn, between him and wikileaks they damaged the impact of the documents by purposely editing the video to paint the picture they wanted.
I prefer to think of the political system being broken as being that the curtain is not there and we can now see all the tawdry crap and back room deals. What is wrong with that? Well other than the public having to face the fact that it really is a realm of crap not much. What it will do going forward is increase accountability and that is what many people actually don't want. See, with the curtain there we can all shake our heads and just say "its dirty but it works" but with the curtain gone we lose the excuse of tolerating it. We become bound by the fact we know whats wrong and still many won't do anything. Its like seeing someone do something unsavory and turning the other cheek except now there are lots of unsavory things and the people around you see it too, can we collectively shrug off the event when the knowledge is so wide spread?
Obama came to Washington promising that politics of the usual would not occur, but that wasn't his to give, we gave it to ourselves and we must make it mean something
old horror novel; basically a series that started with "The Keep"; where the bad guy opened all these bottomless holes around the world that were merely portals from another far nastier place.
When I first saw pictures of this hole it came to mind very fast.
Barberton v. Jenney, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-2420.
"Santimarino also testified that in addition to his training and experience in visually estimating vehicle speed, he was trained and certified to use the Python brand Doppler radar unit that he was using on July 3, 2008. Santimarino testified on direct examination that after he visually estimated the speed of Jenney's vehicle, he observed that the radar unit indicated that Jenney's vehicle was traveling at 82 miles per hour. Santimarino could not produce a copy of his radar-training certification when defense counsel requested he do so on the day of trial."
In order to be certified by OPOTA, Santimarino was required to show that he could visually estimate a vehicle's speed to within three to four miles per hour of the vehicle's actual speed, which he did
While I don't like ruling there is a certification process and they follow it. When I was in the military and got pulled over by the locals are AG told us in no uncertain terms, do not question the accuracy or honesty of a police officer in from the of the magistrate. You will show up in your Sunday best, use ma'am and sir where appropriate, and be a perfect gentleman. You may plead for leniency or such but never suggest any lacking on the arresting officer.
its the news industry going through a transformation of which certain elements refuse to do so or cannot. Yet while I agree that I would not want to get all my information from blogs it mainly comes down to the fact there are so many and not all agree which are good, which are great, and which are just tripe. Yet there is valid comparison to newspapers in their earliest days to what blogs are now. It takes time for the new medium to sort itself out. With intelligent aggregation we very much have reliable new sources. Think of an extension of/. moderation, people rank the sources. Of course this requires some verifiable ranking system, one that cannot be easily gamed.
The reason this is getting traction is because the press is very friendly to many long term politicians whereas blogs tend to go after one or another. In other words, the majority of the press is beholden to the people the cover whether directly or indirectly. They also are bastions of unions as well and that has weight with many politicians. We got a great taste of what blogs can do when they brought down the CBS fake document story in 2004 which was timed to do the most damage. Should we help network news because of their past glory days? No. As we should not help newspapers.
If they cannot transform into something that can thrive in the internet age then someone will step in to fill the gap they leave behind.
You obviously don't think like a politician. See, their is nothing arbitrary with their action nor is it interference to monitor your use of search engines. Searches are not correspondence, nor do they affect your honor or reputation as only honest government employees will ever see the contents of said searches and only honest government employees will properly review it. Trust the government, they are here to help. After so many are willing to hand over their responsibility for their health care which has far more invasive information about you that your use of a search engine. I have seen people demand free wi fi access in cities and then turn around and scream bloody murder about the idea that someone may restrict how its used. Either do for yourself or quit asking the government to step in all the time, this is what you get, they will protect you because you have already proven to be incapable of so many other things.
Really, people seem to assign importance to things of little import while other times assigning little to those of great importance.
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I do not see why the Federal Government should get the last word. If anything Obama's handling of this disaster is itself a disaster. Garnering political favor (shipper unions) in refusing to accept aid from foreign nations who have the ability to help (Netherlands in particular) by refusing to lift the Jone's Act which prevents non American crewed ships from operating in our waters. Bush immediately lifted the act in face of Katrina, where Bush ran into problems is that the some states, in particular Louisiana, refused Federal assistance except in very tightly controlled situations. Hell we even had a city practically thumb its nose at the Federal government and I dare say it was totally motivated by politics.
Now we have a Federal Government actively standing in the way of states trying to prevent an ecological disaster while at the same time using the same disaster as a means to eventually forever block drilling. We drill deep because its about the only place we can after being driven offshore. Other nations will drill what we won't so it would be best to do so with our people and our rules. Applying blame with reckless abandon over an entire industry is childish. You can damn well bet the other drillers are working hard to prevent a repeat; it just is too costly to good business to be wrong. No, we now have a Federal government with a commission of drilling haters who will "decide" what can and cannot be done yet the people chosen speak of the rules before anything is discussed.
If anything, just like Katrina, this has proven there are disasters and their are opportunities beyond the power of the government. The government is not the end all solution that some want it to be, so what do they do? Prevent people from proving it.
and you find yourself not able to get updates of any sort. Since the "i" devices are so intertwined with iTunes it pretty much guarantees you will have to keep current eventually. Having an opt out on what is nearly mandatory software isn't much an opt out is it.
because they found a new customer, publishers. We are just the frill too line the publisher's pockets. Amazon was doing great with their pricing model yet people still yelped over the "high costs". Well for the time being we will have to look back on their model as the good old days.
I am disappointed that the larger Kindle is still held at its price. That is the one I am most interested in. Can't stand the iPad, totally useless in the sun; as in I like to read outdoors, I don't need another device to make a basement dweller. I compared both, the benefit of having geeks for coworkers and while the iPad has more function in the realm of books the Kindle just is it. One e-ink comes out in color that will remove one of the last complaints people have with it. Well that and the ability to easily annotate entries.
One thing to also consider is how we interact with our PCs is pretty entrenched so new methods are slow to enter the market and gain acceptance. With mobiles the field is wide open and the means of their use still has plenty of openings. Consider that mobiles are much more "personal" in their interaction that PCs ever were. We hold them in our hands, that and their size requires new ways of thinking. I expect some of the usability available through mobiles to move to PCs but be interpreted in slightly different ways during that migration.
The state and federal taxes are not related. It does not matter how much the people of California pay to the federal government, only how much they pay to their own state. Now if your saying that the forty billion dollar difference is not making up for unfunded mandates at the federal level, well boo hoo, that still does not help California's problem.
California's problem is based in part on too many entitlements, too much pay and benefits to the government workers, and far too many people off the tax rolls. The amounts going to pay government employee pay, pensions, and benefits, is staggering and only getting worse as politicians pay that group to keep themselves in power.
No, having that forty billion extra won't save California, they need to have reasonable expenditures before any amount of income matters. The sad part is, many states in the Northeast US are in worse shape but you never hear of it
I keep my house at 78 in the summer, I have ceiling fans in all the rooms I frequently use in the day. Throw in nine foot ceilings and it is very comfortable; especially when compared to the 90+ high humidity days we have in Georgia. Last year my highest bill in the summer was $140. This is four thousand square feet of home. Granted the other electrical costs are pretty low because of CFLs everywhere, a LED based projection tv - we only have one tv, and Macs/Pcs that sleep often.
That compares to some friends of mine who burn through $300 or more per month in the summer to keep the same or smaller homes; sometimes half the size; at ridiculously low temperatures, like 72. Throw in lights on everywhere it seems if not a TV or two both running and it becomes easy to see that insulation alone won't help. Most laws in recent years require much higher R value for homes but behavioral changes must also take place. People need to want to conserve. Children especially need to learn conservation in schools in ways that does not lead to being combative at home.
Encourage good behavior by allowing people to opt into reduced rates for sensible living. This means power meters than not only record usage but can record how its used, as in knowing what temperatures you set and such. Some regions already offer reduced power costs if you elect to lose power during certain periods to reduce the load on the whole system but it doesn't help when the behavior of those who use power inefficiently.
it is simply because they are paying a large amount on a smaller number of people. The ratio of administrative (records, tracking and such) makes up a larger percentage of the cost of managing a healthy patient than an unhealthy one. Think of it this way, if I go to the doctor four times a year for a check up and at most one real event the costs to track me will take a higher percentage of my overall health care dollars compared to Joe, the 70 year old who ends up in the hospital for a twelve thousand dollar visit.
So if my health care costs for four visits were $600 I am quite sure the admin of tracking that is amazing higher in percentage than tracking Joe who racks up twelve thousand in one shot.
Sure Medicare will work, if you force young healthy people who don't need such coverage to pay for it. I am sure they are going to love it. They will get what they deserve in the end, electing people to give them stuff sounds good because they themselves never expect to pay for it. Any workable Medicare system will require ALL people pay where opt out penalties are higher than staying in.
The "Health Care bill" was designed to drive privates out by forcing them to insure those who wanted it and letting people who didn't want to chip in to pay a penalty to the government. As in, put all the onus on one side. Funny how the solutions when offered by the government as sole provider don't follow the same rules.
who are actually going to go to the moon will be pleased. I guess we can still look down on others in smug superiority after we convinced ourselves going back wasn't the best investment of our money. Too bad it was Bush who proposed us going there again
and we can an offenders database or such, tracking down pervs and all sorts of fun can be had. I figure if they can filter it they can go further and you know that some government agency or misnamed trust will snap the idea of this and run with it.
Never browse chrome kitchen appliances on ebay.... sometimes you don't want to know what the reflection is
but the big box stores and consumer hardware creators seem to not notice. Outside of Apple and Netflix I know of very little in this direct delivery market other than what the consumer is exposed too, namely cable. Yet for all the years of Cable and Satellite a good amount of DVD sales occur because many still want something the can put their hands on.
The problem I see the new mini having other than lack of blu-ray is the fact it cost even more overseas, the prices are scary high for what you get.
No blu-ray means its just a toy to me, something that does not replace another device but instead requires to find accommodation for it.
people will spend spend spend on selfish desires but are against spending the same on their own welfare all the while complaining the rich have too much money. I know people spend themselves into a ditch paying for new gadgets and monthly fees and then turn around and bitch about how much money other people have.
Consumerism at its worst, they "deserve" to have what they want regardless of ability.
so what would they have to gain by doing this?
Sorry, just because your arbitrary deadline has passed does not give you right to aid others in harming others computers.
Even the summary needs help here, I really get the impression of a bunch of immature know it all of which that developer who is one. Damn, if I didn't have to put up with this during with five year olds running around...
I warned you!!!! I warned you I was going to do it!!!! See its all your fault.
because if it can determine what needs to be done it can record the event. What can be recorded can be reported. While the idea of this underwear leads to some mirth it should be acknowledged than any article of clothing can be modified to help the individual as well as monitor and report. While in the context of the infirm and elderly this can provide a boon to hospitals and homes we will need to look at how the information is distributed and kept safe from prying eyes.
Throw in concerns about proper disposal, liability, and reclamation of said clothing as well. While the innovation is a great idea the related issues will need to be addressed.
and will be using it to track my latest.
The first car I tracked was a 2007 Civic Coupe EX, manual transmission. The second was a 2008 Mazda Miata SE. Without bouncing to the site to check the Miata was rated at 21c and 28h. In my two years of recorded mileage I never fell below 27 in a mix of city and highway travel; I have a 26 mile commute mixed between 35 and 55 with no interstate. I peaked at 33 during summer months and fell into the 27 range during winter where besides the cold requiring the engine to run rich I needed the compressor to run the defroster.
My newest addition, a 2010 VW Golf TDI with manual transmission shows that others have never been as low as the EPA predicted mileage which is 30c and 41/42h. I have yet to finish my first tank and the car's computer shows 38 miles per gallon.
Why all the fuss? Well the facility is there and it gives me a nice reference to see how my car reacts to seasons and how it reacts to age to include over all miles traveled. It provides a nice little log so I can also see fluctuations in fuel prices without having to rely just on my memory; like what was the price of gas in June 2008.
While many cars are not represented it does appear those with cars known to get good mileage do post their numbers more often. I have been surprised while browsing some vehicles to see just how low the mileage ratings are for many popular sedans, in many cases not better than many SUV/CUV types that people love to vilify.
Sorry, but 22 can be a child as can 28, well dependent or child take your choice.
Like any law we have here, it opens doors for new expansion to other laws basing some of their rules on previous. Recently health care laws were changed to designate that adults up to 28 are dependents to their parents if so chosen. How is this different than the story in China? Someone is paying to put these children/adults/dependents into these camps to get them back on the road to a productive life. Reading the article the government seems to support their usage but I cannot tell if they pay the costs.
Your really reading far too much into the story. China already locks up who it wants so your scenario exists in the standard method - government oppression. This story is about parents or guardians voluntarily placing dependents into the care of a business whose job is to correct behavior. We have those in the US too. No need to tin foil hat this.
Well many businesses locate such stuff at the lowest levels to protect it from severe weather.
Yet I have met many people in IT from small government IT setups who never had backups, some even had charged water sprinkler systems in their data centers. Many vendors sell systems without backups because if the cost of the backup systems were included they would be too expensive. Plus never overestimate the ability of people to put off to the next group to follow to finish their job or suffer from the incomplete state. Standard fare from politicians at local and upper levels.
as they are. Yet we think that because we live in a more modern society that they are the idiots.
I guess it is easier to look down on another country than admit to the problems in your own
End of story. Yeah what happens sucks, but guess what, wars suck. Introducing yourself to a war zone is an the same as introducing yourself to death.
Why some reporters think they are immune to events is beyond me, enough to them die across the world while photographing fights. In some places they are willing accomplices to local banditry in staging photo shoots (see Lebanon for a great number of these). In Iraq I would bet they are valuable while they are making sure the American side looks bad, because out in the streets would be a bad place to have been walking a pro liberation line.
Good to see the leak source arrested, who knows that idiot would have released next and put hundreds if not thousands at risk. I am quite sure he isn't always aware of the impact of his releases. Yeah, I know, some have it in for "the man" but damn, between him and wikileaks they damaged the impact of the documents by purposely editing the video to paint the picture they wanted.
I prefer to think of the political system being broken as being that the curtain is not there and we can now see all the tawdry crap and back room deals. What is wrong with that? Well other than the public having to face the fact that it really is a realm of crap not much. What it will do going forward is increase accountability and that is what many people actually don't want. See, with the curtain there we can all shake our heads and just say "its dirty but it works" but with the curtain gone we lose the excuse of tolerating it. We become bound by the fact we know whats wrong and still many won't do anything. Its like seeing someone do something unsavory and turning the other cheek except now there are lots of unsavory things and the people around you see it too, can we collectively shrug off the event when the knowledge is so wide spread?
Obama came to Washington promising that politics of the usual would not occur, but that wasn't his to give, we gave it to ourselves and we must make it mean something
old horror novel; basically a series that started with "The Keep"; where the bad guy opened all these bottomless holes around the world that were merely portals from another far nastier place.
When I first saw pictures of this hole it came to mind very fast.
http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/ROD/docs/
Barberton v. Jenney, Slip Opinion No. 2010-Ohio-2420.
"Santimarino also testified that in addition to his training and experience in visually estimating vehicle speed, he was trained and certified to use the Python brand Doppler radar unit that he was using on July 3, 2008. Santimarino testified on direct examination that after he visually estimated the speed of Jenney's vehicle, he observed that the radar unit indicated that Jenney's vehicle was traveling at 82 miles per hour. Santimarino could not produce a copy of his radar-training certification when defense counsel requested he do so on the day of trial."
In order to be certified by OPOTA, Santimarino was required to show that he could visually estimate a vehicle's speed to within three to four miles per hour of the vehicle's actual speed, which he did
While I don't like ruling there is a certification process and they follow it. When I was in the military and got pulled over by the locals are AG told us in no uncertain terms, do not question the accuracy or honesty of a police officer in from the of the magistrate. You will show up in your Sunday best, use ma'am and sir where appropriate, and be a perfect gentleman. You may plead for leniency or such but never suggest any lacking on the arresting officer.
its the news industry going through a transformation of which certain elements refuse to do so or cannot. Yet while I agree that I would not want to get all my information from blogs it mainly comes down to the fact there are so many and not all agree which are good, which are great, and which are just tripe. Yet there is valid comparison to newspapers in their earliest days to what blogs are now. It takes time for the new medium to sort itself out. With intelligent aggregation we very much have reliable new sources. Think of an extension of /. moderation, people rank the sources. Of course this requires some verifiable ranking system, one that cannot be easily gamed.
The reason this is getting traction is because the press is very friendly to many long term politicians whereas blogs tend to go after one or another. In other words, the majority of the press is beholden to the people the cover whether directly or indirectly. They also are bastions of unions as well and that has weight with many politicians. We got a great taste of what blogs can do when they brought down the CBS fake document story in 2004 which was timed to do the most damage. Should we help network news because of their past glory days? No. As we should not help newspapers.
If they cannot transform into something that can thrive in the internet age then someone will step in to fill the gap they leave behind.
think "that is what school is for" and sign off on their obligation as if that statement alleviates them of any responsibility.
You obviously don't think like a politician. See, their is nothing arbitrary with their action nor is it interference to monitor your use of search engines. Searches are not correspondence, nor do they affect your honor or reputation as only honest government employees will ever see the contents of said searches and only honest government employees will properly review it. Trust the government, they are here to help. After so many are willing to hand over their responsibility for their health care which has far more invasive information about you that your use of a search engine. I have seen people demand free wi fi access in cities and then turn around and scream bloody murder about the idea that someone may restrict how its used. Either do for yourself or quit asking the government to step in all the time, this is what you get, they will protect you because you have already proven to be incapable of so many other things.
Really, people seem to assign importance to things of little import while other times assigning little to those of great importance.