Most likely you'd get a ticket for having damaged the license plates. There are rules in most if not all states that govern how a license plate is to be displayed. Things like making sure it isn't covered in mud, that there's a plate on the front and back of the vehicle and in many states that there isn't any covering on the license plate.
In Massachusetts you can be ticketed if your plate is too faded to be read by fast lane / red light cameras.
If the cable companies get their wish the last thing we'll see is micropayments. I would love to only pay for what I watched of my cable tv channels, but thanks to their tiered billing system I'm paying for 8 home shopping networks. What we'll see is the same system for internet access, and then have to pay on top for "extras" that don't fit into their model of what internet access should be (ie usenet).
For example, I was a real ass to my younger brother when we were growing up. I know that affected him and at the time I didn't care. How much did it influence him? I don't know, and frankly it's sad to think about. He never committed any crimes, but he had some spells of anger where he went crazy though. Now, I don't take full responsibility for his actions, but I should take some responsibility for raising him even if I was only his brother.
Where were your parents while this was happening? You were both minors, and ultimately they were responsible for controlling your actions towards your brother.
I work for a newspaper distributor. If some of my drivers don't come in, I can be delivering as many as 500 papers. Too many to fit in a car. We had 3 feet of snow here in New England on Sunday. 4 wheel drive was an absolute must. Even today some streets are almost impassable. That rules out vans and minivans (even 4 wheel drive ones don't have enough ground clearance for deep snow). Pickup is not an option as the papers are exposed to the elements. Thus, my SUV is perfect.
"The cable would be attached to a platform on the equator, off the Pacific coast of South America where winds are calm, weather is good and commercial airplane flights are few. The platform would be mobile so the cable could be moved to get out of the path of orbiting satellites."
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Most likely you'd get a ticket for having damaged the license plates. There are rules in most if not all states that govern how a license plate is to be displayed. Things like making sure it isn't covered in mud, that there's a plate on the front and back of the vehicle and in many states that there isn't any covering on the license plate.
In Massachusetts you can be ticketed if your plate is too faded to be read by fast lane / red light cameras.
If the cable companies get their wish the last thing we'll see is micropayments. I would love to only pay for what I watched of my cable tv channels, but thanks to their tiered billing system I'm paying for 8 home shopping networks. What we'll see is the same system for internet access, and then have to pay on top for "extras" that don't fit into their model of what internet access should be (ie usenet).
I work for a newspaper distributor. If some of my drivers don't come in, I can be delivering as many as 500 papers. Too many to fit in a car. We had 3 feet of snow here in New England on Sunday. 4 wheel drive was an absolute must. Even today some streets are almost impassable. That rules out vans and minivans (even 4 wheel drive ones don't have enough ground clearance for deep snow). Pickup is not an option as the papers are exposed to the elements. Thus, my SUV is perfect.
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Sounds like the earth end would be floating.
"The cable would be attached to a platform on the equator, off the Pacific coast of South America where winds are calm, weather is good and commercial airplane flights are few. The platform would be mobile so the cable could be moved to get out of the path of orbiting satellites."