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  1. Re:To require? on Government To Require Vehicle-to-vehicle Communication · · Score: 1

    Totally unnecessary, cars (like trains and planes) cross state lines and are inherently integrated into inter-state commerce - regulation of inter-state commerce is an enumerated power of the federal government. That's why the Feds can mandate that auto manufacturers must install seat belts and air bags. This is just the continuation of that. Damn that constitution and its specific grants of powers.

  2. Re:units please on Tesla's Having Issues Charging In the Cold · · Score: 1

    Unless the laws of physics have recently been warped by the polar vortex, 0c is NOT "well below freezing" 0F is.

  3. Re:Pardon on Ask Slashdot: What Does Edward Snowden Deserve? · · Score: 2

    Hard to accept that deal if you're Snowden. "I promise I'll let you go once I have you in jail." hmm.

  4. Re:About time on Judge: NSA Phone Program Likely Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    BHO has all but snubbed his nose at this and said it is unconstitutional.

    citation needed.

  5. Re:About time on Judge: NSA Phone Program Likely Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    The war in Korea used the same gimmick as was used in Vietnam.

    No it didn't. Korea was authorized (or not, you're welcome to your opinion on this untried argument) under the U.N. Treaty after a declaration by the U.N. Security Counsel authorizing intervention in Korea. Vietnam was authorized by the Gulf of Tonkin resolution (See Wikipedia) which was an act of congress authorizing the President to use military force. Check out this helpful article by the Atlantic for more information on the history of U.S. wars and interventions:

  6. Re:About time on Judge: NSA Phone Program Likely Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    If the poor were going to riot over losing their access to government programs, we would have been drenched in blood decades ago. If your fantasy race-war doesn't occur will you reconsider your position? (Do you even believe that or is it some kind of quasi-trolling live action role-play?) I trust we can call you a vote for the Democratic party in 2016 - since you feel the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (i.e. foodstamps) is so key to the stability of the nation?

  7. Re:supplementing the diet of well-nourished adults on Multivitamin Researchers Say 'Case Is Closed' As Studies Find No Health Benefits · · Score: 3, Informative

    Says the man who has never heard of beans and rice?

  8. Re:About time on Judge: NSA Phone Program Likely Unconstitutional · · Score: 5, Informative

    The constitution says that the Congress shall have the power: "To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;" which sounds a lot like "war powers" to me. I must have missed the part where the Article I grants the president the power to declare war (hint, it doesn't).

  9. Re: The *LAWS* still do not recognize Bitcoin !! on Bitcoin Token Maker Suspends Operation After Hearing From Federal Gov't · · Score: 1

    Most of our laws define of things, I.e. trade notes (look up the ucc) by the function they serve in the economy, rather than by name. Because the people that wrote our laws are not so stupid as to write every law as a one-off that can be evaded by changing the brand of your fraudulent instrument.

  10. Re:New Bill =/= Passing House Approved Bill on 3-D Printed Gun Ban Fails In Senate · · Score: 0

    You can make a limited quantity of pistols and rifles for personal consumption.

    I find generally that people that try to eat their own gun don't make it past the first one - at least not without major reconstructive surgery.

  11. Re:The workers are upset on Employee Morale Is Suffering At the NSA · · Score: 1

    Your statement is inconsistent with the NSA's own admissions to the FISA courts that have been released in the Snowden docs. They broke their own rules for using the documents. Many times. But the FISA court's rulings are secret, the judges cannot blow the whistle (legally) and none of the people negatively effected by the NSA's actions have notice or an opportunity to object. So.. yeah.. great justice system you've got there, shame if something should happen to it.

  12. Re:Data caps? on Get Ready For a Streaming Music Die-Off · · Score: 1

    Minimal if any. Even if you only have 2-3 gigs a month - if not music, what ARE you moving on that connection?

  13. Re:Following the Will of Their Voters on Healthcare.gov and the Gulf Between Planning and Reality · · Score: 1

    I think that most Americans can be found in the middle of the two extremes (far-left/far-right) but our political system is set up to reward those who pander to the extremes (Gerrymandering + closed primaries in most states), so we wind up with this system that swings back and forth between the two, rarely settling in the middle where most of the electorate lies.

    I hate that left/right division - the reason most people come down "in the middle" is that there's no way to really identify an individual on that spectrum that is consistent - most people have opinions on both sides - sometimes very extremely. So -- for example -- you may be for legalisation of all drugs always, and think you're a libertarian, but hate banks and want them strictly regulated. I know this person - he doesn't see a conflict. Or, you could be hard-line anti-abortion and also pro-union - where the fuck does that put you? (other than old-school Irish Catholic - i.e. deeply in the Democratic party).

  14. Re:guy at the top was in on the ruse too on Healthcare.gov and the Gulf Between Planning and Reality · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That would be against the law. Congress has regulated the procurement process for government software and IT projects to hell and back, that's why big incompetent companies like CGI win the contracts over and over, they know the system. It is designed to produce middling to poor results at modest cost - when it works we get competent tools, when it dosen't, costs balloon and the incompetent contractors make out like bandits taking extra pay to repair what they broke (again, can't withhold payment like any small business would do). SNAFU exists as a term because of the special kind of bureaucratic process that comes out of democratic government.

  15. Re: guy at the top was in on the ruse too on Healthcare.gov and the Gulf Between Planning and Reality · · Score: 1

    That is simply madness. It is divergent with reality to a degree incapable of repair. If this fails, there will be no further reform in our generation. The Republicans will gleefully roll back the ACA and do nothing. The Insurers will go back to denying coverage for pre-existing conditions and dropping coverage once you get sick. If this fails, the Democrats lose the next half dozen election cycles as well.

    There is no world where Obama willingly allows the ACA to fail.

  16. Re:Futility of certain laws on Sen. Chuck Schumer Seeks To Extend Ban On 'Undetectable' 3D-Printed Guns · · Score: 1

    Certainly not much harder than methamphetamine, which the black market has little problem supplying.

    Due to the amazing amount of demand. You're talking about a substance people sell their homes/bodies/children to purchase - you willing to give a dude a blowie for a few rounds of ammo?

  17. Re:Liberty is the only thing in danger here. on Sen. Chuck Schumer Seeks To Extend Ban On 'Undetectable' 3D-Printed Guns · · Score: 2, Informative

    Smoking is different, when used properly and as intended, your smoking harms the person next to you. The ban on sodas was ruled unconstitutional. Try to keep up.

  18. Re:Mod parent up for ridicule. on The Silk Road Is Back · · Score: 1

    I can't tell if you're replying to my post or someone else? The post I replied to got modded down to -1, so maybe it isn't visible in your filters? I have no idea what you are even trying to say.

  19. Mod parent up for ridicule. on The Silk Road Is Back · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Your point is so nuts that the only appropriate response is to hold it up to the light for people to observe exactly how deep the well of objectivism can go.

  20. Re: Fucking idiots on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 4, Informative

    You do not understand correctly, debt limit increase is next month. This is just funding to keep staff paid and lights on, Congress hasn't authorized the executive to spend money, and the executive can't spend money without authorization, hence, shutdown. Debt default is the end of the modern era.

  21. Re:DEA, meet HIPAA and HITECH. on DEA Argues Oregonians Have No Protected Privacy Interest In Prescription Records · · Score: 1

    Call an attorney - talk to your general counsel - don't ask me. Sorry, that's looking for specific advice, you need to find someone licensed to practice in your state and ask them.

  22. Re:DEA, meet HIPAA and HITECH. on DEA Argues Oregonians Have No Protected Privacy Interest In Prescription Records · · Score: 1

    Yes - that is referenced in my citation above - but the state isn't a "Business Associate" of the pharmacies.

  23. Re:DEA, meet HIPAA and HITECH. on DEA Argues Oregonians Have No Protected Privacy Interest In Prescription Records · · Score: 1

    That's a gross oversimplification. Only covered entities are governed by HIPPA. That's a definition with nuance. See, 45 CFR 160.103.

    The lawyers for the government have an argument . . . whether its a good argument or not is up to a judge and the lawyers involved. If you have a specific HIPPA question or issue, you should speak to an attorney - I'm not giving you any legal advice here. IAAL, but not your lawyer.

  24. Re:DEA, meet HIPAA and HITECH. on DEA Argues Oregonians Have No Protected Privacy Interest In Prescription Records · · Score: 1

    But there are exceptions. Like when a medical provider is forced to turn over records by act of law. 45 CFR 164.512. Sounds like an unintended consequence of a state law. Hope the judge comes down on the ACLU's side.

  25. Re:Start 'em young ... on The Post-Lecture Classroom · · Score: 1

    Professionals - Lawyers, Bankers, Teachers, Priests, etc - aren't there to tell you what to do, they're there to help you do what you *want* to do. They study their field and have deep knowledge, but, I don't ever tell my clients (lawyer) how to run their business. We talk about what they want to do, I run some issue spotting for them, tell them where the law may be an issue, advise them what terms belong in a contract - which terms do not belong in contracts for that matter, and help them accomplish their goals. I do NOT tell them what to buy, who to go into business with, etc. I'm not there to make a contract - I'm there to advise them as THEY make a contract. My name isn't on the document, theirs is. I don't get named in the lawsuits when the deal breaks down. I don't own it - my clients own it. My job is to help. Your teacher doesn't own your education - your teacher has no stake in your success - you do. You own your education. You can pretend the teacher is responsible for your education, if you want, but it isn't true. Succeed or fail - you own it.