By "they" I mean the federal government. Ranger or remote surveillance, $5,000 fine + 7 days in jail mandatory sentence, no exceptions--then watch parents suddenly develop an interest in controlling their spawn. There is simply no excuse for this behavior, and no reason to tolerate it.
Why yes, I am pretty sure that when the evening news runs a story about ~12 being raided by the DEA, complete with pictures, that in fact those dispensaries were raided by the DEA. I also actually tend to trust that when they raid ~12, and leave hundreds of others alone, that in fact those ~12 were engaging in black market trafficking. Raiding that few does absolutely nothing to disrupt the trade that is in compliance with CO regulations, it does absolutely nothing to intimidate shops that operating illegally. In short, the only reasonable explanation for the DEA's action in this particular instance was the one they gave.
Yep, everything you said is correct. But I think it's not even the whole problem. In general, Yahoo's online applications are horrible. (Take their suck-ass piece of crap email as example #1.) Under Meyer, there have been many new major versions rolled out which have her much-touted design sensibility, but where the basic functionality got even worse. It appears that her "engineering" expertise does not include the functionality/UX stuff. I sure wanted it to be different, but it appears that her technical expertise is rather like what was depicted in that Barbie book that recently caused such an uproar.
Oh, and I'd point that what you described about taking inventory and cutting out everything from the "island of misfit projects", was exactly what Jobs did first. Let's not forget that before releasing the iMac, he shit-canned a whole bunch of ancillary money burners.
I don't think you can factor in any kind of organized criminal enterprises into these complaints -- that was a "problem" *before* it was legalized.
FYI, a couple of years ago the pot boom here reached the point where there was an oversupply, leading to a dip in prices, leading to some operations having financial problems. A handful of them engaged in bulk sales on the black market to drug dealers who were smuggling it to other states. Care to guess how I know this as a fact? Simple, it was all over the evening news when the DEA made the raids and shut them down.
The state of CO and the federal government only have this weird detente for in-state sales which follow all the CO regulations (and there are a lot of them). The feds are still actively investigating for and prosecuting any attempt to divert marijuana to bulk sales or export out of state.
So yeah, these fucking morons in our neighboring states are complaining about exactly what you suspect, the occasional dummy who crosses state lines with an ounce. And, yes, they have been very aggressive about stopping cars with CO license plates and harassing drivers from CO. Fuck these cave dwellers!
Actually, pot has more harmful chemicals in the smoke you inhale than cigarettes do. And since the goal of smoking pot is to hold the smoke in for longer, it makes it worse.
Show me anybody in the world who smokes 40-60 marijuana cigarettes per day.
It's not that Cuba is a failed state; it's that the U.S. policy was intended to push Cuba to fail. But after 50+ years, we are finally acknowledging that it is the policy itself which failed, not Cuba;-)
That was about the most useless set of HDD statistics I've ever seen. You don't need more than one drive each to compare power consumption and performance.
So you think there's 0 variance?
NOTHING was said about reliability and who cares how much data was stored on them vs how long it was in service. Those two numbers are completely arbitrary.
45 drives each, no initial failures, no failures in the first 3 months. Right there that tells me the WD Red 6TB drives are hugely better than the 4TB drives I used.
From a front door pointing camera they saw him shoot a gun at bottles??? I'm not from the US but is that considered ok and safe to shoot stuff in front of your house with neighbors around?
Depends on the location. It's perfectly legal for me, because "in front of my house" is still way far away from my neighbors.
But for the same reason you couldn't perform video surveillance on my front yard from any publicly accessible location.
So in this particular case, it does seem highly likely that it would be dangerous and illegal.
Or maybe it's a one-story house and a high utility pole and they also got footage of his back yard. It would be nice to know a bit more than what the very thin article says.
Don't they know about the backups on the planes in-flight? Shouldn't they just have one do a fly-by and drop an ethernet cable to a car pacing it on the runway below? Stupid Brits, don't know how to get things done in a crunch;-)
They won't change their minds - not until it's too late (which, for many of them, it already is). It's already been tried elsewhere, with negative results:
I think google should move to comply with this IMMEDIATELY, as in they should have stopped aggregating these publishers within minutes of the law becoming effective. And then when publishers do relent, I think they should take a few weeks, at least, to start making that content available. Just my opinion;-)
Is it worth it to be sitting on pins and needles waiting for them to check up on you and fire you?
You know what the worst part is? Many of those companies who didn't check that dude's certs probably also have a policy of carefully checking employee's resumes above a certain level in the company. Which means that if he does well, and gets promoted, boom he's fired because then they check all his qualifications. (I knew someone to whom exactly that happened.)
I think the fitbit issue is a bit different, though, since it's not clear that it constitutes a 'medical record' that you'd expect your insurance company to have access to.
It is different. But consider that an insurance company can hire a private detective to follow you and record your activities, check on your Facebook page, subpoena your health club records or your ski lift tracking data...
Besides, I would hope there'd be a legal challenge against using it as evidence, unless they can verify that the patient was actually wearing it, that the results are relevant to the case, and that the data collected is reliable.
Yes, your attorney can raise every one of those issues.
So, if an insurance company thinks you are lying about your disability claim, they could ask law enforcement to grab up the X-ray of that broken ankle you suffered playing in the beer softball league.
Absolutely. Although they probably would NOT go for criminal charges, they would just sue for damages in civil court, in which case they could absolutely subpoena your medical records. Actually, it probably wouldn't even get that far, because they'd want the medical records BEFORE paying the claim, and if you didn't provide them, you wouldn't collect.
So, as suspect and hit at, Lucas123 seems to be completely confused about how HIPAA applies when there's a legal dispute over an insurance claim. Seriously, what numbskull thinks you can file an insurance claim and then claim medical privacy in order to avoid handing over data necessary to evaluate your claim???
This is good news for the treasury coffers, but government auctions threaten the ability of the FCC and similar agencies to manage the spectrum, impose net neutrality rules, and allow new businesses to compete.
Right. Because as soon as the FCC deposits the checks, they automatically waive their ability to enforce regulations on the use of the spectrum. Or, on the other hand, you know, maybe not.
Carriers and internet companies who won the auction might believe the spectrum is theirs to do as they please...
Right. Because their lawyers are illiterate buffoons who have no idea what the regulations are governing the use of the spectrum on which they are bidding billions of dollars. Or, on the other hand, you know, maybe not.
Seriously, are dkatana and soulskill really this fucking retarded??? (Not to mention the author of the actual article...)
I take it the one medical provider who had the major screwup of providing such personal and private data has had their license revoked and is now out of business?
Why? If someone comes to your doctor with a release approved by you for your medical information, do you really expect your doctor to give them the third degree over exactly how they obtained that release from you?
Personally, I think it's remarkable that so many providers were apparently paying enough attention to notice some irregularity and question the requests.
It's hate posts like TFS that reassure me that Wikipedia is being well-managed. The best he can come up with is "look at this evil financial prudence!"
There is nothing "circular" about higher expenses leading to a need for higher reserves. It would only be circular if in turn the higher reserves led to higher expenses, which is not a point that you have made at all.
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helm is not a verb
It most certainly is. Look it up. (Best to do that and check before being pedantic, instead of after embarrassing yourself...)
By "they" I mean the federal government. Ranger or remote surveillance, $5,000 fine + 7 days in jail mandatory sentence, no exceptions--then watch parents suddenly develop an interest in controlling their spawn. There is simply no excuse for this behavior, and no reason to tolerate it.
...it does absolutely nothing to intimidate shops that operating illegally
Ugh. Me need caffeine. Should have been "it does absolutely nothing to intimidate shops that are operating legally".
oh! so it must be true, then.
Why yes, I am pretty sure that when the evening news runs a story about ~12 being raided by the DEA, complete with pictures, that in fact those dispensaries were raided by the DEA. I also actually tend to trust that when they raid ~12, and leave hundreds of others alone, that in fact those ~12 were engaging in black market trafficking. Raiding that few does absolutely nothing to disrupt the trade that is in compliance with CO regulations, it does absolutely nothing to intimidate shops that operating illegally. In short, the only reasonable explanation for the DEA's action in this particular instance was the one they gave.
Yep, everything you said is correct. But I think it's not even the whole problem. In general, Yahoo's online applications are horrible. (Take their suck-ass piece of crap email as example #1.) Under Meyer, there have been many new major versions rolled out which have her much-touted design sensibility, but where the basic functionality got even worse. It appears that her "engineering" expertise does not include the functionality/UX stuff. I sure wanted it to be different, but it appears that her technical expertise is rather like what was depicted in that Barbie book that recently caused such an uproar.
Oh, and I'd point that what you described about taking inventory and cutting out everything from the "island of misfit projects", was exactly what Jobs did first. Let's not forget that before releasing the iMac, he shit-canned a whole bunch of ancillary money burners.
From 1 to 4 would be a 300% increase. You suck at math.
Nope, his math is fine. It is you who does not understand political math. In politics, 1 to 4 is a 400% increase ;-)
I don't think you can factor in any kind of organized criminal enterprises into these complaints -- that was a "problem" *before* it was legalized.
FYI, a couple of years ago the pot boom here reached the point where there was an oversupply, leading to a dip in prices, leading to some operations having financial problems. A handful of them engaged in bulk sales on the black market to drug dealers who were smuggling it to other states. Care to guess how I know this as a fact? Simple, it was all over the evening news when the DEA made the raids and shut them down.
The state of CO and the federal government only have this weird detente for in-state sales which follow all the CO regulations (and there are a lot of them). The feds are still actively investigating for and prosecuting any attempt to divert marijuana to bulk sales or export out of state.
So yeah, these fucking morons in our neighboring states are complaining about exactly what you suspect, the occasional dummy who crosses state lines with an ounce. And, yes, they have been very aggressive about stopping cars with CO license plates and harassing drivers from CO. Fuck these cave dwellers!
Actually, pot has more harmful chemicals in the smoke you inhale than cigarettes do. And since the goal of smoking pot is to hold the smoke in for longer, it makes it worse.
Show me anybody in the world who smokes 40-60 marijuana cigarettes per day.
A definite failure if I ever heard of one.
It's not that Cuba is a failed state; it's that the U.S. policy was intended to push Cuba to fail. But after 50+ years, we are finally acknowledging that it is the policy itself which failed, not Cuba ;-)
That was about the most useless set of HDD statistics I've ever seen. You don't need more than one drive each to compare power consumption and performance.
So you think there's 0 variance?
NOTHING was said about reliability and who cares how much data was stored on them vs how long it was in service. Those two numbers are completely arbitrary.
45 drives each, no initial failures, no failures in the first 3 months. Right there that tells me the WD Red 6TB drives are hugely better than the 4TB drives I used.
From a front door pointing camera they saw him shoot a gun at bottles??? I'm not from the US but is that considered ok and safe to shoot stuff in front of your house with neighbors around?
Depends on the location. It's perfectly legal for me, because "in front of my house" is still way far away from my neighbors.
But for the same reason you couldn't perform video surveillance on my front yard from any publicly accessible location.
So in this particular case, it does seem highly likely that it would be dangerous and illegal.
Or maybe it's a one-story house and a high utility pole and they also got footage of his back yard. It would be nice to know a bit more than what the very thin article says.
If he's an undocumented immigrant, why don't they just deport him instead of going through all of this?
Because it's impossible to secure 3,000 miles of border, and he would just sneak back in if that's all we did.
Don't they know about the backups on the planes in-flight? Shouldn't they just have one do a fly-by and drop an ethernet cable to a car pacing it on the runway below? Stupid Brits, don't know how to get things done in a crunch ;-)
5.5" phone screens are at 2560x1440
Or 1280x1440 if you don't believe that an RGBG quad should be counted as 2 pixels just because it's twice as wide as it is tall ;-)
Publishers cannot relent.
Of course they can. They can go back to the same politicians they bamboozled the first time, and say "oops!" and get the law repealed.
They won't change their minds - not until it's too late (which, for many of them, it already is). It's already been tried elsewhere, with negative results:
I think google should move to comply with this IMMEDIATELY, as in they should have stopped aggregating these publishers within minutes of the law becoming effective. And then when publishers do relent, I think they should take a few weeks, at least, to start making that content available. Just my opinion ;-)
Is it worth it to be sitting on pins and needles waiting for them to check up on you and fire you?
You know what the worst part is? Many of those companies who didn't check that dude's certs probably also have a policy of carefully checking employee's resumes above a certain level in the company. Which means that if he does well, and gets promoted, boom he's fired because then they check all his qualifications. (I knew someone to whom exactly that happened.)
I think the fitbit issue is a bit different, though, since it's not clear that it constitutes a 'medical record' that you'd expect your insurance company to have access to.
It is different. But consider that an insurance company can hire a private detective to follow you and record your activities, check on your Facebook page, subpoena your health club records or your ski lift tracking data...
Besides, I would hope there'd be a legal challenge against using it as evidence, unless they can verify that the patient was actually wearing it, that the results are relevant to the case, and that the data collected is reliable.
Yes, your attorney can raise every one of those issues.
So, if an insurance company thinks you are lying about your disability claim, they could ask law enforcement to grab up the X-ray of that broken ankle you suffered playing in the beer softball league.
Absolutely. Although they probably would NOT go for criminal charges, they would just sue for damages in civil court, in which case they could absolutely subpoena your medical records. Actually, it probably wouldn't even get that far, because they'd want the medical records BEFORE paying the claim, and if you didn't provide them, you wouldn't collect.
So, as suspect and hit at, Lucas123 seems to be completely confused about how HIPAA applies when there's a legal dispute over an insurance claim. Seriously, what numbskull thinks you can file an insurance claim and then claim medical privacy in order to avoid handing over data necessary to evaluate your claim???
This is good news for the treasury coffers, but government auctions threaten the ability of the FCC and similar agencies to manage the spectrum, impose net neutrality rules, and allow new businesses to compete.
Right. Because as soon as the FCC deposits the checks, they automatically waive their ability to enforce regulations on the use of the spectrum. Or, on the other hand, you know, maybe not.
Carriers and internet companies who won the auction might believe the spectrum is theirs to do as they please...
Right. Because their lawyers are illiterate buffoons who have no idea what the regulations are governing the use of the spectrum on which they are bidding billions of dollars. Or, on the other hand, you know, maybe not.
Seriously, are dkatana and soulskill really this fucking retarded??? (Not to mention the author of the actual article...)
I take it the one medical provider who had the major screwup of providing such personal and private data has had their license revoked and is now out of business?
Why? If someone comes to your doctor with a release approved by you for your medical information, do you really expect your doctor to give them the third degree over exactly how they obtained that release from you?
Personally, I think it's remarkable that so many providers were apparently paying enough attention to notice some irregularity and question the requests.
A system that moves the panels shouldn't add that much to the cost...
When you just whip something straight out of your ass like that, you risk being very, very wrong ;-)
...they just all look like they were designed by web developers.
AUUUUUUUGGUUUHHHH!!! MY EYES ARE BLEEDING!!!
It's hate posts like TFS that reassure me that Wikipedia is being well-managed. The best he can come up with is "look at this evil financial prudence!"
Hadn't thought of that--good point.
There is nothing "circular" about higher expenses leading to a need for higher reserves. It would only be circular if in turn the higher reserves led to higher expenses, which is not a point that you have made at all.