From the Constitution: "...by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their..." The patents are from the Jurassic age, in software years.
You can make the "TEH GUBMINTZERS!!!!" argument all you want. In small towns, "the government" is made up of the townsfolk, and they tend to know each other. I'm not saying that everything in small towns is unicorns and glitter, but people are likely to heed the words of the officials that they actually know if those officials say "danger Will Robinson, danger!"
And I've gone to the employment page on a number of web sites that didn't play well with chrome and/or Firefox. I'll reject any potential employer who can't even find the talent to build a website that's compatible with most browsers.
You have whatever guarantee the law and/or lawful contract provides. If you keep your money in a bank account (not a deposit box) then you are trusting the bank's guarantee they will not tamper with your balance. In most countries, that's a perfectly reasonable thing to expect.
I'm wondering how this compares with snail mail. If I write a letter, hold on to it a few days at my home, mail it, the recipient reads it then holds on to it for some period of time. Except in cases where the sender or recipient voluntarily gives up the information, wouldn't a search warrant be required for any government official to get the info? They must get a warrant to search either house. They can't intercept mail without a warrant either, I believe.
For email, usually a user name and password is required for you to access your email client so that you can read or send emails. That implies, even if the email is transmitted in clear text, that some sort of privacy is expected. Just like wire taps on telephones, you should need a warrant to 'tap' into the net to capture emails as they are sent. Where I'm storing the email is irrelevant; username/password is something like a locked door, or even an unlocked door. Without probable cause, the government can't just walk in.
That's true, but in the case of health insurance benefits, the company subsidy covers a pretty large portion of it. I know a guy who has a wife and four kids and the total cost of the insurance, per person, was about $900/month. This was a couple of years ago. He pays something like $100-$150/month out of $5,400/month. And of course he pays any co-pays and deductibles. The amount that the company covers is pretty sizable, and he is hit with no tax on that amount. On life insurance, he'll pay tax on "excessive coverage" or whatever the hell the feds call it when the value exceeds a certain amount. I've never worked anywhere where health benefits caused extra withholding for taxes.
If your company provides health insurance benefits, you don't get taxed on that income either. People who don't have that benefit pay with after-tax dollars. I know people who get virtually all of their health insurance costs, other than deductibles and copays, for their entire families, paid for by their employer. For a family with 3 or 4 kids, that can add up to additional untaxed income that's close to what the average US household income is.
Well, I don't travel by air much, so I don't have a lot of personal data to go on. Awhile back, I forgot and left a cheap, small pocket knife in my shaving kit. The TSA agent politely told me that I could check my bag. My response was that they could toss the knife. End of issue. OTOH, I have a sibling who travels frequently, and got into a 'situation' with one agent. As the story goes, the other agents nearby seems to be on edge/nervous, as apparently this agent had anger management issues and had had run-ins with other travelers. I'll bet that as with any government agency, getting rid of bad apples could be difficult.
Based upon some of the other responses here, I get the impression that most passenger interactions with TSA agents are uneventful.
Yes, certainly, I want the pilot flying the plane I'm in flying half blind because they are wearing glasses that, be definition, MUST restrict visibility. NOT. If you've never seen the goggles that technicians wear when working on high power laser equipment, then you have no knowledge to make statements like you just did. Pilots need unrestricted visibility. Period. Protective gear that would work, especially against lasers of varying wavelengths, would greatly restrict visibility.
Yes, there are documented instances of pilots being blinded, at least temporarily, by lasers--Google is your friend. Usually, the first indication a pilot has that his aircraft is under attack, yes, attack, by a laser is when the beam enters the cockpit.
Do you really want to restrict the visibility that your pilots have by forcing them to constantly wear protective gear? Because that's what's going to happen.
Repair it yourself. I fixed an off brand HDTV's power supply awhile back. Repaired, not replaced. Took a few hours, including driving to get some replacement components. The cost of gas was more than the parts. If you repair it yourself, maybe you'll appreciate how long it takes to fix electronic equipment today. Even ignoring the cost of replacement assemblies, a few hours of labor charges and you will have paid for a brand new TV. This issue is not limited to Samsung either.
Yes, the technology is there to buffer video to a hard drive, and to capture several minutes before and after the lights/sirens are activated. And to download video daily to a secure server that would meet evidence standards and would be difficult to circumvent. It's also possible to set up the camera so that it can't be easily 'adjusted' or obstructed by an officer as he exits the vehicle during a stop. But police departments see the dash cams as useful tools only to a point--they don't want any unbiased evidence of potential wrongdoing by one of their own. So dash cams are easy to manipulate; a situation unlikely to change.
Maybe require that car manufactures seal the doors shut. This would also solve the "too old to drive" problem--once you get too old to be able to climb in/out of the window, you can't drive.
The Stirling RTG uses moving parts which are not required with a standard RTG. Seems like, for decades-long missions like Voyager, additional moving parts just add another potential failure point.
IIRC, ingesting even a small amount of pu-238 is dangerous. Alpha particles don't travel far, except in vacuum, so they decay and damage the cells in your body, including the DNA strands. You are actually safer with an equivalent amount of gamma radiation, because you only get damage from the particles that decay inside of your body and not from the ones that pass on through.
The one I learned, to the 20th decimal place: Sir, I send a rhyme excelling, in sacred truth and rigid spelling. Numerical sprites elucidate, for me the lexicon's dull weight.
Air flowing under the car is a big source of drag. Some sports cars; Mercedes and Porches come to mind, add panels underneath to improve the drag coefficient.
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From the Constitution: "...by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their..." The patents are from the Jurassic age, in software years.
Can a Pi even utilize a GigaE anywhere close to its limits? I'd think that even 100M would be idle a good percentage of the time.
You can make the "TEH GUBMINTZERS!!!!" argument all you want. In small towns, "the government" is made up of the townsfolk, and they tend to know each other. I'm not saying that everything in small towns is unicorns and glitter, but people are likely to heed the words of the officials that they actually know if those officials say "danger Will Robinson, danger!"
And I've gone to the employment page on a number of web sites that didn't play well with chrome and/or Firefox. I'll reject any potential employer who can't even find the talent to build a website that's compatible with most browsers.
Oops, Cyprus.
You have whatever guarantee the law and/or lawful contract provides. If you keep your money in a bank account (not a deposit box) then you are trusting the bank's guarantee they will not tamper with your balance. In most countries, that's a perfectly reasonable thing to expect.
Obligatory "except in Cypress" comment.
I'm wondering how this compares with snail mail. If I write a letter, hold on to it a few days at my home, mail it, the recipient reads it then holds on to it for some period of time. Except in cases where the sender or recipient voluntarily gives up the information, wouldn't a search warrant be required for any government official to get the info? They must get a warrant to search either house. They can't intercept mail without a warrant either, I believe.
For email, usually a user name and password is required for you to access your email client so that you can read or send emails. That implies, even if the email is transmitted in clear text, that some sort of privacy is expected. Just like wire taps on telephones, you should need a warrant to 'tap' into the net to capture emails as they are sent. Where I'm storing the email is irrelevant; username/password is something like a locked door, or even an unlocked door. Without probable cause, the government can't just walk in.
That's true, but in the case of health insurance benefits, the company subsidy covers a pretty large portion of it. I know a guy who has a wife and four kids and the total cost of the insurance, per person, was about $900/month. This was a couple of years ago. He pays something like $100-$150/month out of $5,400/month. And of course he pays any co-pays and deductibles. The amount that the company covers is pretty sizable, and he is hit with no tax on that amount. On life insurance, he'll pay tax on "excessive coverage" or whatever the hell the feds call it when the value exceeds a certain amount. I've never worked anywhere where health benefits caused extra withholding for taxes.
If your company provides health insurance benefits, you don't get taxed on that income either. People who don't have that benefit pay with after-tax dollars. I know people who get virtually all of their health insurance costs, other than deductibles and copays, for their entire families, paid for by their employer. For a family with 3 or 4 kids, that can add up to additional untaxed income that's close to what the average US household income is.
Well, I don't travel by air much, so I don't have a lot of personal data to go on. Awhile back, I forgot and left a cheap, small pocket knife in my shaving kit. The TSA agent politely told me that I could check my bag. My response was that they could toss the knife. End of issue. OTOH, I have a sibling who travels frequently, and got into a 'situation' with one agent. As the story goes, the other agents nearby seems to be on edge/nervous, as apparently this agent had anger management issues and had had run-ins with other travelers. I'll bet that as with any government agency, getting rid of bad apples could be difficult.
Based upon some of the other responses here, I get the impression that most passenger interactions with TSA agents are uneventful.
Keep making their lives hard and they'll leave.
Or the decent ones will leave, and we'll be left with the ones with a little Hitler complex and can't get/keep a job anywhere else. Enjoy.
Yes, certainly, I want the pilot flying the plane I'm in flying half blind because they are wearing glasses that, be definition, MUST restrict visibility. NOT. If you've never seen the goggles that technicians wear when working on high power laser equipment, then you have no knowledge to make statements like you just did. Pilots need unrestricted visibility. Period. Protective gear that would work, especially against lasers of varying wavelengths, would greatly restrict visibility.
Yes, there are documented instances of pilots being blinded, at least temporarily, by lasers--Google is your friend. Usually, the first indication a pilot has that his aircraft is under attack, yes, attack, by a laser is when the beam enters the cockpit.
Do you really want to restrict the visibility that your pilots have by forcing them to constantly wear protective gear? Because that's what's going to happen.
I'm sure they include their subcontractor's facilities, which tend to be energy intensive, in their count.~
Repair it yourself. I fixed an off brand HDTV's power supply awhile back. Repaired, not replaced. Took a few hours, including driving to get some replacement components. The cost of gas was more than the parts. If you repair it yourself, maybe you'll appreciate how long it takes to fix electronic equipment today. Even ignoring the cost of replacement assemblies, a few hours of labor charges and you will have paid for a brand new TV. This issue is not limited to Samsung either.
Yes, the technology is there to buffer video to a hard drive, and to capture several minutes before and after the lights/sirens are activated. And to download video daily to a secure server that would meet evidence standards and would be difficult to circumvent. It's also possible to set up the camera so that it can't be easily 'adjusted' or obstructed by an officer as he exits the vehicle during a stop. But police departments see the dash cams as useful tools only to a point--they don't want any unbiased evidence of potential wrongdoing by one of their own. So dash cams are easy to manipulate; a situation unlikely to change.
Doesn't really surprise me in this particular city. They'll probably use it for aerial views of the Cowboys losing. :(
Only if Jerry gets his cut.
Nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
No, sea salt is "natural" salt, not some artificially created salt that someone dug out of a hole in the ground!~
Maybe require that car manufactures seal the doors shut. This would also solve the "too old to drive" problem--once you get too old to be able to climb in/out of the window, you can't drive.
The Stirling RTG uses moving parts which are not required with a standard RTG. Seems like, for decades-long missions like Voyager, additional moving parts just add another potential failure point.
IIRC, ingesting even a small amount of pu-238 is dangerous. Alpha particles don't travel far, except in vacuum, so they decay and damage the cells in your body, including the DNA strands. You are actually safer with an equivalent amount of gamma radiation, because you only get damage from the particles that decay inside of your body and not from the ones that pass on through.
The one I learned, to the 20th decimal place: Sir, I send a rhyme excelling, in sacred truth and rigid spelling. Numerical sprites elucidate, for me the lexicon's dull weight.
Air flowing under the car is a big source of drag. Some sports cars; Mercedes and Porches come to mind, add panels underneath to improve the drag coefficient.