This extends the police's right to examine a crime scene, only. They have to be looking for someone, for a particular case and anything they find is bound to the rules surrounding that action.
If you're doing something wrong, and they happen to catch you because they were looking for someone else -- then you shouldn't have been doing whatever it was you were doing.
That's fair. I agree that the summary is misleading, sensationalized even, but I don't agree that it is fair. I think a fair, if fictional, analogy in this case would be if police had a warrant to search a house in my neighbourhood looking for evidence of a crime, but since they only knew what block the house was on, they were permitted to search all the houses on my block. In that case, only evidence which actually applied to the crime being investigated should be usable. Suppose that I am a criminal, unrelated to the criminal activity that the police are investigating. They search my house and find some evidence that they weren't looking for. It doesn't seem fair for that evidence to be admissible in court, and I think they should require a new warrant to search for that evidence in a separate investigation. In that case, the investigators actually lose because I would have a chance to destroy the evidence before the second warrant is produced. In the Internet case, people don't even know when their traffic is being watched.
The rules don't change just because someone in your neighbourhood or netblock may have committed a crime that is being investigated by the FBI, and that is the danger here. Just because I'm not a criminal doesn't mean that I want authorities snooping through my garbage. I know we're already far down the slippery slope, but we need to hold on to whatever freedoms we have left.
The reason a lot of people bid their maximum is to avoid being beat by snipers in the last seconds of bidding. Shill bidding is fraud. Just because I would be willing to pay $100 for something doesn't give the seller the right to take my $100 if no one else thinks it is worth that much.
It's interesting to note that in places where temperature compensation is not employed, people complain that they are getting less energy when temperatures are higher, but when it is employed, people complain that they aren't getting as much volume when temperatures are lower. Here is an old article I found while searching for information about temperature compensation.
I don't generally side with the oil companies, but it must leave gasoline retailers scratching their heads.
I'd really like to get rid of the 9/10's penny trick all the gas stations use first. Why can't gas be on whole pennies? In the end you get screwed every time. Only if you buy something like 1 unit of gas (presumably a gallon in this case) at that price. If you buy ten gallons, then it's nine cents, not nine tenths of a cent. How do you get screwed that way? The total is rounded, not each gallon.
No, it's just another Piquepaille. I didn't actually realize it until I clicked on the article link. Unfortunately, by that point, the damage had been done.
Sorry, but Santa Claus does exist. Sure, there isn't really a fat man in a red suit with flying reindeer. That icon is just a personification of the Christmas spirit. What he symbolizes most certainly does exist. At least it does for me. As far as I'm concerned, Santa Claus is inside of everyone. Except maybe cynical folks like yourself.
O.T. Hey Slashdot! Why do my < and > get swallowed up when I choose Plain Old Text? Hello! It's plain old text. < and > have no meaning in plain old text. (and while we're on the topic, why does < show up as < instead of < ?) More OT: Read the FAQ. What you are looking for is called "Extrans". Plain Old Text is "Same as 'HTML Formatted', except that <BR> is automatically inserted for newlines, and other whitespace is converted to non-breaking spaces in a more-or-less intelligent way."
I'm pretty sure the cable company would be fine with just turning off the analog and going completely digital at extra cost. Most people will pay the extra if they have no other choice (other than no TV at all), and they know it. Now, if a competitor comes along with better service at a cheaper price (where are you, IPTV?), then they will consider doing away with the premium.
I keep wondering if it might be possible to hack my own razor blades: stainless steel isn't terribly easy to sharpen, but I bet it would hold an edge forever. I'd prefer some sort of "saftey" arrangement, rather than the old fashioned straight-edged razor. Has anyone out there looked into this?
You are aware that safety razors that are basically what you are talking about have been around for over a century, right? The blades don't last forever, but they last as long as the cartridge razors for as little as $.15 per blade (possibly cheaper).
Since the US government just signed off on a 700-mile-long fence along the Mexican border with a down payment of $1.2 billion [1], I think it's worth spending that much for a few more years of Hubble. But that's just me.
Around 20 high-ranking executives at corporations such as Subaru of America, DHL, Citigroup and Northwest Airlines will get a surprise when Fortune magazine arrives on their desks this week. Each will find his or her own face gracing the cover.
Actually, I doubt they will be surprised since it has already been reported in the Wall Street Journal.
Of course, I wish that I could get the Mac system clock voice to announce the time in a language other than the one the GUI is set for, but I'm not going to get that either.
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Great. Thanks for that mental image.
I use apt, you insensitive clod!
If you're doing something wrong, and they happen to catch you because they were looking for someone else -- then you shouldn't have been doing whatever it was you were doing.
That's fair. I agree that the summary is misleading, sensationalized even, but I don't agree that it is fair. I think a fair, if fictional, analogy in this case would be if police had a warrant to search a house in my neighbourhood looking for evidence of a crime, but since they only knew what block the house was on, they were permitted to search all the houses on my block. In that case, only evidence which actually applied to the crime being investigated should be usable. Suppose that I am a criminal, unrelated to the criminal activity that the police are investigating. They search my house and find some evidence that they weren't looking for. It doesn't seem fair for that evidence to be admissible in court, and I think they should require a new warrant to search for that evidence in a separate investigation. In that case, the investigators actually lose because I would have a chance to destroy the evidence before the second warrant is produced. In the Internet case, people don't even know when their traffic is being watched.
The rules don't change just because someone in your neighbourhood or netblock may have committed a crime that is being investigated by the FBI, and that is the danger here. Just because I'm not a criminal doesn't mean that I want authorities snooping through my garbage. I know we're already far down the slippery slope, but we need to hold on to whatever freedoms we have left.
The reason a lot of people bid their maximum is to avoid being beat by snipers in the last seconds of bidding. Shill bidding is fraud. Just because I would be willing to pay $100 for something doesn't give the seller the right to take my $100 if no one else thinks it is worth that much.
-If a seller looks like they are cheating, DON'T BID.
How do you know if the seller looks like they are cheating if you can't see who is bidding?
It's interesting to note that in places where temperature compensation is not employed, people complain that they are getting less energy when temperatures are higher, but when it is employed, people complain that they aren't getting as much volume when temperatures are lower. Here is an old article I found while searching for information about temperature compensation.
I don't generally side with the oil companies, but it must leave gasoline retailers scratching their heads.
You mean "different countries, same state", right?
Kind of like deep lake water cooling?
No, it's just another Piquepaille. I didn't actually realize it until I clicked on the article link. Unfortunately, by that point, the damage had been done.
Because oil prices aren't constant, and 1998 was a low point in oil prices? See this chart, for instance.
Sorry, but Santa Claus does exist. Sure, there isn't really a fat man in a red suit with flying reindeer. That icon is just a personification of the Christmas spirit. What he symbolizes most certainly does exist. At least it does for me. As far as I'm concerned, Santa Claus is inside of everyone. Except maybe cynical folks like yourself.
I'm pretty sure the cable company would be fine with just turning off the analog and going completely digital at extra cost. Most people will pay the extra if they have no other choice (other than no TV at all), and they know it. Now, if a competitor comes along with better service at a cheaper price (where are you, IPTV?), then they will consider doing away with the premium.
I live in the city, you insensitive clod!
Didn't you already receive it?
For those who don't know, OLPC is an abbreviation for One Laptop per Child (and not One Love Peace Concert).
... Karma whoring since 1998.
I keep wondering if it might be possible to hack my own razor blades: stainless steel isn't terribly easy to sharpen, but I bet it would hold an edge forever. I'd prefer some sort of "saftey" arrangement, rather than the old fashioned straight-edged razor. Has anyone out there looked into this?
You are aware that safety razors that are basically what you are talking about have been around for over a century, right? The blades don't last forever, but they last as long as the cartridge razors for as little as $.15 per blade (possibly cheaper).
See, for example, ClassicShaving.com, specifically here.
Since the US government just signed off on a 700-mile-long fence along the Mexican border with a down payment of $1.2 billion [1], I think it's worth spending that much for a few more years of Hubble. But that's just me.
Around 20 high-ranking executives at corporations such as Subaru of America, DHL, Citigroup and Northwest Airlines will get a surprise when Fortune magazine arrives on their desks this week. Each will find his or her own face gracing the cover.
Actually, I doubt they will be surprised since it has already been reported in the Wall Street Journal.
Right. Except for businesses that build software to run on Windows. D'oh!
What are you talking about? English has no future tense.
Of course, I wish that I could get the Mac system clock voice to announce the time in a language other than the one the GUI is set for, but I'm not going to get that either.
Of course... Wait. Why do you want that again?
Sony doesn't need a 'Major Nelson'. What they need is a 'Full Nelson'.
They don't work for free. They pay to be their own operator.