I believe that in my area you can write in your defense as well, but it goes to the court. I've never done it myself-- all my stops were fair an' square.
Could the (U.S.) legal department weigh in on this...
Where did this whole idea of "you have rights, except in civil cases" come from? Am I missing the part that says "These rights are only valid when defending against police or government accusation, dealing with over $5000 penalty or personal imprisonment."
While it may not be much to some people, my traffic fine is enough of a slice of my personal property to warrant playing by the rules writ in big letters.
I hate to break it to you... but police get paid for writing tickets. And Ford sells police cars, so they are also getting paid for writing tickets. The better their cars so the cops can catch more criminals, the more they get paid.
So... if we stop paying the cops, and they stop writing tickets...
I could get behind this plan. You should run for office.
Don't set aside the abuse-- that's the whole issue.
The city's stated goal is supposedly to increase safety, by using cameras to deter running reds. Properly timing lights, though, with adequate yellows and four-way reds, is more effective, but doesn't give drivers money to the gov't with tickets. Shaving time off yellows and adding traffic cameras, on the other hand, makes the intersection less safe, while snagging more drivers and making more money for the government. If the government wants to take your money, they need to ask for it through the proper channels, not just by setting up trip-wires than fining people for stumbling.
Y'know, they could do just that, with quite a bit less restrictive DRM. Just off the top of my head, Nero's website, for instance, has an online "key registry" and downloadable, unlockable copies of the software. It's meteor-safe.
You bring up a good point about this sort of always-authenticating DRM system. While the common question is "What if they close up shop", another question that's less-often asked is "What if they become difficult to work with?" "What if upgrades break or limit previous functionality?"
It has a port shaped like a USB mini, but gets its power from a non-standard pin.
Why? What possible reason would there be to do something like that?
Really. I want to know. Why, if you're using a standardized connection in all other respects, would you mess with something so basic to the implementation, and so obviously useful.
This adds a whole new dimension to the "schizophrenic or Bluetooth" game, watching people frantically waving their arms and ducking and peeking around nothing, mumbling "My files... where the %$#* are my FILES?"
Perhaps I'm wrong, but I don't think that's the kind of "overformatting" that the PPs were talking about. Using formats instead of ala carte formatting does help make things maintainable, processable, and exportable. (For instance, integrating a Word file into an InDesign document is worlds easier if character/paragraph formats are used instead of manual formatting.) Overformatting, though, would be formatting hacks like using tables, excessive spaces, or things of that nature to create a very fragile visual effect.
For that matter, they could surreptitiously chisel a "Virgin Mary" into the thing and sell it to that casino for a few mil.
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They might be separating out queries. AFAIK, there's a "source=..." or the like attached to Firefox-UI searches, and the language on the Zeitgeist page says "our search team studied the aggregation of billions of search queries people typed in to the Google search box".
Although I haven't done that for Maps, I've often Google-searched even Google's services. For things like "Webmaster tools", or the developer APIs, no immediate URL comes to mind. OTOH, I'll often get by guessing a sub-site (like for a product or service from a parent company) by using (nameofproduct).(company).com, which should-- if the world was right and just-- at least be a redirect to the proper place. It usually works.
Offsite or WORM-disc would still be smart, though. You could lose an external drive in the same power surge or lightning strike as you lost the original machine.
Y'know, I actually used to get (faint) cable via antenna through the walls of my old apartment. The leaky-as-a-sieve cable box for the whole building was right outside the wall.
The family-portrait photo, of the child riding a dog, on the imaginary software box, that's a clear indication of quality. I could see how someone could be taken in.
CSG was the first time I actually realized there was a use for geometry class, you know, short of "suppose you're landing a plane, and nobody taught you how to fly a plane, and all you have is math".
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Then you'd just get in trouble for trademark violation-- causing confusion and dilution by using Apple's label on a non-Apple product you're selling.
I believe that in my area you can write in your defense as well, but it goes to the court. I've never done it myself-- all my stops were fair an' square.
Could the (U.S.) legal department weigh in on this...
Where did this whole idea of "you have rights, except in civil cases" come from? Am I missing the part that says "These rights are only valid when defending against police or government accusation, dealing with over $5000 penalty or personal imprisonment."
While it may not be much to some people, my traffic fine is enough of a slice of my personal property to warrant playing by the rules writ in big letters.
I hate to break it to you ... but police get paid for writing tickets. And Ford sells police cars, so they are also getting paid for writing tickets. The better their cars so the cops can catch more criminals, the more they get paid.
So... if we stop paying the cops, and they stop writing tickets...
I could get behind this plan. You should run for office.
Don't set aside the abuse-- that's the whole issue.
The city's stated goal is supposedly to increase safety, by using cameras to deter running reds. Properly timing lights, though, with adequate yellows and four-way reds, is more effective, but doesn't give drivers money to the gov't with tickets. Shaving time off yellows and adding traffic cameras, on the other hand, makes the intersection less safe, while snagging more drivers and making more money for the government. If the government wants to take your money, they need to ask for it through the proper channels, not just by setting up trip-wires than fining people for stumbling.
Well, then, you'd question the validity of the source of the citation, not the need for one.
OTOH, you can most likely block that at the phone company, as well.
Why can't you do it legally? I'd be just as legal shuffling a CD-ROM over to someone's house, installing it, using it, and removing it when I'm done.
Y'know, they could do just that, with quite a bit less restrictive DRM. Just off the top of my head, Nero's website, for instance, has an online "key registry" and downloadable, unlockable copies of the software. It's meteor-safe.
You bring up a good point about this sort of always-authenticating DRM system. While the common question is "What if they close up shop", another question that's less-often asked is "What if they become difficult to work with?" "What if upgrades break or limit previous functionality?"
Why? What possible reason would there be to do something like that?
Really. I want to know. Why, if you're using a standardized connection in all other respects, would you mess with something so basic to the implementation, and so obviously useful.
This adds a whole new dimension to the "schizophrenic or Bluetooth" game, watching people frantically waving their arms and ducking and peeking around nothing, mumbling "My files... where the %$#* are my FILES?"
You said "XML", then you said "Slimmed down". I'm not following you.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but I don't think that's the kind of "overformatting" that the PPs were talking about. Using formats instead of ala carte formatting does help make things maintainable, processable, and exportable. (For instance, integrating a Word file into an InDesign document is worlds easier if character/paragraph formats are used instead of manual formatting.) Overformatting, though, would be formatting hacks like using tables, excessive spaces, or things of that nature to create a very fragile visual effect.
OTOH, this one is newsworthy.
For that matter, they could surreptitiously chisel a "Virgin Mary" into the thing and sell it to that casino for a few mil.
They might be separating out queries. AFAIK, there's a "source=..." or the like attached to Firefox-UI searches, and the language on the Zeitgeist page says "our search team studied the aggregation of billions of search queries people typed in to the Google search box".
he also googled google maps.
Although I haven't done that for Maps, I've often Google-searched even Google's services. For things like "Webmaster tools", or the developer APIs, no immediate URL comes to mind. OTOH, I'll often get by guessing a sub-site (like for a product or service from a parent company) by using (nameofproduct).(company).com, which should-- if the world was right and just-- at least be a redirect to the proper place. It usually works.
Nonono... Google gets the penny.
Offsite or WORM-disc would still be smart, though. You could lose an external drive in the same power surge or lightning strike as you lost the original machine.
Half value? You're a sucker at half. Ten-percent value. Twenty-percent, tops, if I really want it. Five bucks tops or I walk.
(Sorry. Garage-sale instincts kicking in.)
Y'know, I actually used to get (faint) cable via antenna through the walls of my old apartment. The leaky-as-a-sieve cable box for the whole building was right outside the wall.
The family-portrait photo, of the child riding a dog, on the imaginary software box, that's a clear indication of quality. I could see how someone could be taken in.
McAfee was installed; this software bypassed and disabled McAfee.
Probably a relief. It takes some sophisticated software to get McAfee to stop begging for money. Where could one obtain this miracle malware?
So, it's like Paypal meets Western Union. Fraudulicious!
CSG was the first time I actually realized there was a use for geometry class, you know, short of "suppose you're landing a plane, and nobody taught you how to fly a plane, and all you have is math".