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  1. Electric Bikes are Illegal in NYC. Kickstopped. on Invention Makes Citibikes Electric · · Score: 2

    It's a stupid law, but a law none-the-less.

        19-176.2. Motorized scooters. a. For purposes of this section, the
        term "motorized scooter" shall mean any wheeled device that has
        handlebars that is designed to be stood or sat upon by the operator, is
        powered by an electric motor or by a gasoline motor that is capable of
        propelling the device without human power and is not capable of being
        registered with the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. For the
        purposes of this section, the term motorized scooter shall not include
        wheelchairs or other mobility aids designed for use by disabled persons.
            b. No person shall operate a motorized scooter in the city of New
        York.
            c. Any person who violates subdivision b of this section shall be
        liable for a civil penalty in the amount of five hundred dollars.
        Authorized employees of the police department and department of parks
        and recreation shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of
        this section. Such penalties shall be recovered in a civil action or in
        a proceeding commenced by the service of a notice of violation that
        shall be returnable before the environmental control board. In addition,
        such violation shall be a traffic infraction and shall be punishable in
        accordance with section eighteen hundred of the New York state vehicle
        and traffic law.
            d. Any motorized scooter that has been used or is being used in
        violation of the provisions of this section may be impounded and shall
        not be released until any and all removal charges and storage fees and
        the applicable fines and civil penalties have been paid or a bond has
        been posted in an amount satisfactory to the commissioner of the agency
        that impounded such vehicle.

    http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/LAWSSEAF.cgi?QUERYTYPE=LAWS+&QUERYDATA=$$ADC19-176.2$$@TXADC019-176.2+&LIST=SEA2+&BROWSER=BROWSER+&TOKEN=35384350+&TARGET=VIEW

  2. Re: Gun control however... on California Lawmaker Wants 3-D Printers To Be Regulated · · Score: 1

    Read more than one source.

    You asked essentially how many violent crimes were presented by gun owners. Kleck did the best study to date on it and published in a peer review journal. The media doesn't bring these statistics into the conversation, which is why you wouldn't have heard about it.

    Kleck conducted a national survey in 1994 (the National Self-Defense Survey) and, extrapolating from the 5,000 households surveyed, estimated that in 1993 there were approximately 2.5 million incidents in which victims used guns for self-protection, compared to about 0.5 million gun crimes as estimated by the National Crime Victimization Survey.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=kleck+gun+control&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#itp=open0

  3. Re: Gun control however... on California Lawmaker Wants 3-D Printers To Be Regulated · · Score: 1

    Google National Self Defense Survey. 2.5 million preventions a year

  4. Re: Gun control however... on California Lawmaker Wants 3-D Printers To Be Regulated · · Score: 1

    The biggest thing that pro gun control people do is misunderstand stats. Democide (death by governmeny) killed over 250 million people in the 20th century - all on populations that were unarmed. Ill take my increased chance of accidental discharge, etc to prevent my government from deciding to cleanse my entire town on a whim.

  5. Earth First! on Intraterrestrials: Mars Life May Hide Deep Below · · Score: 1

    We'll strip mine the other planets later.

  6. Re:currently on a 2010 build on Health Care Providers Failing To Adopt e-Records, Says RAND · · Score: 1

    This. So much this.

  7. Re:Upgrades aren't cheap on Health Care Providers Failing To Adopt e-Records, Says RAND · · Score: 1

    Epic is a steaming pile with inconsistent interfaces.

    And it's listed as one of the best out there.

    I use it daily and it is not intuitive, not user friendly, has a horribad UI, and not user modifiable.

    The biggest problem is that Epic doesn't sell simplicity. They sell parts and each site gets to decide what parts to use. It would be like buying a Ford Explorer but only getting a parts bin and asking a local mechanic to put it together.

    There are tons of user screens, small buttons, buttons that use similar names, case studies in pop-up fatigue, poor work-flow, poor UI design overall. My inbox has multiple different categories and each category screen has similar buttons that do different things. Sometimes I can route a quicknote, sometimes I can't. It's a cobbled-together piece of UI crap. Think of the first linux GUI you used and add a layer of microsoft cruft on it.

  8. Re:Ready... set... Troll! on What If There Was a Microsoft Appreciation Day? · · Score: 2

    Exactly. The turnout wasn't because the owner said he was for the Biblical View of Marriage.

    Everyone knows Chick-Fil-A is a Christian company. They're closed on Sundays. Was it really news that the CEO stated that he supported the Biblical version of marriage? No, it wasn't.

    The reason there was such a response was the media putting words in his mouth combined with the threatened tyranny of mayors trying to bully Chick FIl-A.

    And good for the ACLU.

  9. Re:"Presumption of innocence"? on Tennessee Town Releases Red Light Camera Stats · · Score: 1

    It appears that government is stronger than the individual in this case.

  10. Re:so? on Giant Plumes of Oil Forming Below the Gulf's Surface · · Score: 1

    And it isn't even Ixtoc I * 0.01 at this point.

  11. Re:Help me understand oil dispersants on Giant Plumes of Oil Forming Below the Gulf's Surface · · Score: 1

    That would put it on par with Ixtoc I, which went on for 9 months and didn't kill the gulf.

  12. Re:Nuke the F-ING thing. on Giant Plumes of Oil Forming Below the Gulf's Surface · · Score: 4, Informative

    It isn't as bad as the Ixtoc I spill that went on for 9 months and didn't kill the gulf. That was 30,000 barrels per day for 9 months.

  13. Steve Jobs is obviously on Steve Jobs Recommends Android For Fans of Porn · · Score: 1

    a right winged pigeon from outer space.

  14. Technological solution is likely better. on "Phone In One Hand, Ticket In the Other" · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't an easier to implement solution be to kill calls where the cell towers determine that the phone is doing xx mph?

    Still would be annoying - because passengers can use cell phones - but it would be much more effective at stopping cell phone use while driving.

  15. Seriously, on Time To Take the Internet Seriously · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where are we going to take it?

    And did Al Gore give us a curfew?

  16. Re:Where's your beloved filter now? on Malicious Spam Jumps To 3B Messages Per Day · · Score: 1

    It's not an economic problem because there is little profit in spam from a legitimate business. If there were, they wouldn't require the use of botnets to steal other peoples resources. The spammer can only profit because their overhead is being spread to unsuspecting users on a global scale.

  17. Re:Tax and Jurisdiction on Microsoft Tax Dodge At Issue In Washington State · · Score: 1

    How's Michigan's economy and social programs doing with such taxes?

    In the crapper? Thought so.

  18. Re:Genetic on How To Prove Someone Is Female? · · Score: 1

    Gender is a phenotype, not a genotype.

    If the genes don't get activated, then the phenotype is not seen.

  19. Re:Wait, really? on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 0

    People who make 16.5k in the US before taxes do not pay federal taxes, and in fact get a welfare check from the government in the form of the "Unearned Income Tax Credit".

    In Mobile, Alabama, there are 15 insurance plans for a 35 year old that cost under $125/month, far short of $2200 a year.

  20. Re:Silence on No Social Media In These College Stadiums · · Score: 1

    And the obligatory link

  21. Re:Silence on No Social Media In These College Stadiums · · Score: 1

    I believe what you describe is a Notre Dame home game.

  22. Re:I see the future on No Social Media In These College Stadiums · · Score: 1

    If you've ever been in an SEC stadium with 90,000 other people trying to use their cell phones, you'll understand that live streaming Just Ain't Happenin'â. Text messages are about all you can reliably send/receive during a game.

  23. The SEC doesn't get Viral Advertising on No Social Media In These College Stadiums · · Score: 2, Interesting

    War Eagle to all, and I can't believe but totally understand the short-sightedness of this.

    The SEC became the best conference in college football because fans are rabid. They live, eat, breath this stuff year round. They talk about it year round. Trying to control pics/video/texts from a SEC game is impossible from a practical standpoint and stupid from a marketing standpoint. You want more people talking about your sport, openly, and while there. That increases your brand penetration and desirablity.

  24. Finally on Facebook Faces the Canadian Privacy Commissioner · · Score: 2, Funny

    This will force the Canadians to Bomb the Baldwin family.

  25. Wow on "Cash For Clunkers" Program Runs Out of Gas · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When you give people their own money back, they spend it.

    Who'da thunk it?

    Why, I think they could learn from this and practice some more evidence based policy by giving everyone their own money back, and then they could stimulate more than just Government Motors.