The previous poster had said "if it were the government doing it, it'd be in violation of the 9th amendment." I pointed out that cities have cars towed and impounded all the time. I did not say this was a city towing the car in this case.
We have operations like that here - business or apartment building owners post signs saying that unauthorized cars will be towed, and you have two choices - pay for the tow plus the daily impound fee, or contest it in court (while the impound fees pile up and you eventually lose anyway).
And then there's the police ordering a towing. I remember one guy had bought a used Honda and figured that since the McDonalds was only a block or so away, it was safe to drive there without registering the car because he wouldn't get caught.
He got a ticket for driving an unregistered vehicle, towing. Then there was the towing charge, and the daily impound fee - the car was ordered to be impounded for 30 days. In the end, he ended up owing $1,200 on a car that he paid the previous owner $1,100 for (and still owed them $700).
Since he couldn't come up with the money, the car was sold, and since the city netted nothing at the auction after fees, he still owes $1,900 for a car he drove less than 2 blocks. And the interest keeps adding up at 6% per year. And until it's paid, his drivers license is suspended. That has to be the most expensive burger and fries in the history of McDonalds.
He can pick and choose who moves in there because he's not taking any government funding. It's targeted to people who provide services to the area - police, nurses, etc. Not crackheads.
He's said that he wants people who provide services to the community to be able to afford to live in the community - people such as police officers, teachers, and nurses. This is definitely not section 8 housing, and he doesn't care if it loses money - he's pledged to give at least half his money to charity before he dies.
More competition is better. We know google is working on their own car - but the Tesla is here today and doing better than anyone ever thought. No wonder the guy can do rocket science.
We've had devices that have prodded us to change for decades. From the evil bathroom scale to advertisements through movies, radio, tv, etc. trying to nudge us to change our buying habits..
You're right. There should be a law preventing people from having names that you can't tell the singular from the plural. Of course that will just open another can of worms... but look what happened to this dimbulb who named his kid "Adolph Hitler"
Heath Campbell wanted to make a good impression on the family court judge. “I’m going to tell the judge, I love my children. I wanna be a father, let me be it,” Campbell told NBC on Monday before heading into court. “Let me prove to the world that I am a good father.” In an arguably misguided effort to prove his case, Campbell showed up to court in full Nazi regalia.
and in a prelude to the great gay cake debates...
Campbell started wearing the uniform because he is the founder of “Hitler’s Order,” a pro-Nazi organization. He and his family drew national media attention back in 2008 when a store refused to inscribe a cake with “Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler.”
If you're going to be stuck with that monicker, you'd better be on LOTS of steroids.
Helium, for the giggles. Plus, if there's a leak, you'll know it because people will sound like Donald Duck, whereas the first sign of a nitrogen leak is people passing out.
Let's hope this spreads to Facebook, Twitter, and other antisocial networks. People would be forced to actually engage with real people in real life for a change.
Of course that won't happen - these companies are selling you, so they will do nothing that will reduce their user base, even if it makes it a higher quality.
Sadly, FM radio in cell phones is fairly uncommon in the US. Not because the chip sets in the phones don't have the capability (most do), but because the US carriers insist that the phone makers turn it off.
They probably want to make $$$ from streaming music data charges.
Montana is 48th in population density - there's hardly anyone there (less than 7 people per square mile). The 2013 Census estimates put the Billings population at 109,059, the only city in Montana to surpass 100,000 people. The State of Montana had total length of 69,567 miles of national and state highways, roads and streets in the year of 2006.
With a total population of only 1 million, if every single man, woman, and child had their own car and took to the road at the same time, there'd be an average of 360 feet between each car.
However, even with this ultra-low traffic density, Montana drivers suck
The fatality rate per 100,000 people ranged from a low of 3.1 in the District of Columbia to a high of 22.6 in Montana. The death rates per 100 million vehicle miles traveled ranged from 0.56 in the District of Columbia to 1.96 in Montana.
Low traffic density and they still manage to kill themselves more often per mile than anyone else. Maybe they just reached "peak crash deaths."
Geez - some people insist on not getting a joke, just for the sake of trying to provoke an argument.
It's a well-known internet meme - a google for after all, he did kill Hitler returns over 18,000,000 results, starting with "Hitler wasn't such a bad guy - after all, he did kill Hitler." as the first 10 results.
Wow, I normally try not to insult people, but you come across as possibly the most unpleasant person on earth.
You're a horrible person, you completely lack any for empathy which in my book makes you a sociopath. You're pathetic. Vengeance, not justice, that's what you want.
Come on, tell us all how you REALLY feel:-)
And yes, ripping you off. You parked illegally and they take your car. Then they feel they can charge you whatever they want to get it back. And this is legal. If it were the government doing it, it'd be blatantly in violation of the 9th amendment,
Cities tow and impound illegally parked cars all the time, as well as cars with invalid plates. So, by your logic, they're committing theft? Your logic sucks in the face of reality.
Also, sit down for this one, but insulting people isn't a crime at any level. The fact that you think it is, just wow. Just wow, you're pathetic.
Verbal assault IS a crime. That reporter was acting in an aggressive fashion. Why? Because she thought she could get away with it. You won't see her pull that crap on a cop when the cop orders her car towed and gives her a ticket. Why one and not the other? Because she thought she could get away with intimidation.
Also, do a search for "first amendment fighting words." Not all speech is constitutionally protected.
I also notice that even you can't justify her life being completely destroyed over it.
I didn't attempt to justify it because it was not in question until you brought it up. However, since you brought it up, if her life is destroyed, it's the result of her own stupid actions. If she thought she was being ripped off, the proper avenue for redress is the civil courts, not spewing insult after insult. She has shown herself to be very immature.
Given the childishness of your arguments, the two of you need to grow up. Seriously. Grow up.
who has very probably been treating you very poorly
Even the reporter didn't try that excuse when she apologized. Never happened.
and it ripping you off
How was she being ripped off? She parked where she shouldn't have and got towed. Call the whaaahhhmbulance.
There is no "benefit of the doubt" to be had. She was clearly a total asshole. She's lucky the employee didn't file a criminal complaint for (verbal) assault.
If you speed when you know what it's going to cost you, consider the costs like a lottery ticket - a tax on stupidity. Your argument about "most of the time" makes no sense - most of the time I can cross the street without looking both ways. And your excuse that "others are doing it" is an argument I would expect from a child, to which parents answer "If your friends jumped off a cliff, would you?"
Look how stupid what you siad sounds:
Since the ACTUAL DAMAGE done by a single incident of speeding is almost always zero, with a few fantastically bad results, the average is what is being targeted- but that average is still hella low. Since the proportion of enforcement to bad action is so bad.
Playing Russian Roulette with a loaded gun follows the same rules - most of the time when you pull the trigger, there's no damage whatsoever. Also, you have no right to potentially endanger others by speeding. It's not all about you. Don't want to pay the fines? Don't speed. It's not that hard.
Also, most rapes aren't reported. We saw proof of this with the #BeenRapedNeverReported tag.
1- Britt had no reason to suspect she was being recorded (beyond the general assumption that any building or person in America *could* be "taping" you now). She acted based on assumptions that weren't true.
Did you watch the video? She was TOLD there was a camera recording her!
3- Who controls the cameras is the big deal.
Moral of the story is - "Don't act like an asshole".
e same logic that the legal system uses to dole out large punishments for minor violations- that cameras (observing agents in general) were so rare that if someone got caught ranting on camera (or speeding on some empty highway) that it serves as a *representation of that person in general*
Not at all. Is serves as evidence that at a particular point someone was acting like an asshole or speeding. What next - would you argue that bank robbers shouldn't be punished because the video of the robbery isn't necessarily representative of their day-to-day behavior, or the rapist caught on camera because he probably doesn't go around raping people on a daily basis?
Outside your own home, there is scarcely any place in a city you can avoid surveillance.
Your camera-equipped smart tv is watching you. So is your kinect. Your cell phone is tracking you all the time. Your internet usage is monitored. Your smart meter keeps an eye on your electric consumption. You are not free of surveillance unless you do like the guy in John Varley's "PRESS ENTER . .."
That reporter clearly just lost her temper and was trying to say whatever seemed like it would be most hurtful.
In other words, she's an asshole.
It's not clear at all that she is any more elitist than most people in positions of prestige.
Being in a position of prestige is no excuse for acting like an asshole. To the contrary, if your "prestige" depends on your reputation, you'd better watch what comes out of your mouth. Look what happened to (now former) Clippers basketball team owner David Sterling after he went on a racist rant.
The vast majority don't give a crap whether the apps they use are open or not. Just that they work as expected. This has always been true, and it's not going to change any time soon.
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The previous poster had said "if it were the government doing it, it'd be in violation of the 9th amendment." I pointed out that cities have cars towed and impounded all the time. I did not say this was a city towing the car in this case.
We have operations like that here - business or apartment building owners post signs saying that unauthorized cars will be towed, and you have two choices - pay for the tow plus the daily impound fee, or contest it in court (while the impound fees pile up and you eventually lose anyway).
And then there's the police ordering a towing. I remember one guy had bought a used Honda and figured that since the McDonalds was only a block or so away, it was safe to drive there without registering the car because he wouldn't get caught.
He got a ticket for driving an unregistered vehicle, towing. Then there was the towing charge, and the daily impound fee - the car was ordered to be impounded for 30 days. In the end, he ended up owing $1,200 on a car that he paid the previous owner $1,100 for (and still owed them $700).
Since he couldn't come up with the money, the car was sold, and since the city netted nothing at the auction after fees, he still owes $1,900 for a car he drove less than 2 blocks. And the interest keeps adding up at 6% per year. And until it's paid, his drivers license is suspended. That has to be the most expensive burger and fries in the history of McDonalds.
He can pick and choose who moves in there because he's not taking any government funding. It's targeted to people who provide services to the area - police, nurses, etc. Not crackheads.
He's said that he wants people who provide services to the community to be able to afford to live in the community - people such as police officers, teachers, and nurses. This is definitely not section 8 housing, and he doesn't care if it loses money - he's pledged to give at least half his money to charity before he dies.
More competition is better. We know google is working on their own car - but the Tesla is here today and doing better than anyone ever thought. No wonder the guy can do rocket science.
Quackery abounds when you want to sell something - Freud's "neurosis" diagnosis doesn't exist.
And it sucks far more battery life than just the radio. And it doesn't work when you don't have a connection.
We've had devices that have prodded us to change for decades. From the evil bathroom scale to advertisements through movies, radio, tv, etc. trying to nudge us to change our buying habits..
Heath Campbell wanted to make a good impression on the family court judge. “I’m going to tell the judge, I love my children. I wanna be a father, let me be it,” Campbell told NBC on Monday before heading into court. “Let me prove to the world that I am a good father.” In an arguably misguided effort to prove his case, Campbell showed up to court in full Nazi regalia.
and in a prelude to the great gay cake debates ...
Campbell started wearing the uniform because he is the founder of “Hitler’s Order,” a pro-Nazi organization. He and his family drew national media attention back in 2008 when a store refused to inscribe a cake with “Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler.”
If you're going to be stuck with that monicker, you'd better be on LOTS of steroids.
Helium, for the giggles. Plus, if there's a leak, you'll know it because people will sound like Donald Duck, whereas the first sign of a nitrogen leak is people passing out.
Let's hope this spreads to Facebook, Twitter, and other antisocial networks. People would be forced to actually engage with real people in real life for a change.
Of course that won't happen - these companies are selling you, so they will do nothing that will reduce their user base, even if it makes it a higher quality.
Sadly, FM radio in cell phones is fairly uncommon in the US. Not because the chip sets in the phones don't have the capability (most do), but because the US carriers insist that the phone makers turn it off.
They probably want to make $$$ from streaming music data charges.
Yes I did, and that's why millions of cell phone users with built-in FM radios are going to hate this change. Duh!
Montana is 48th in population density - there's hardly anyone there (less than 7 people per square mile). The 2013 Census estimates put the Billings population at 109,059, the only city in Montana to surpass 100,000 people. The State of Montana had total length of 69,567 miles of national and state highways, roads and streets in the year of 2006.
With a total population of only 1 million, if every single man, woman, and child had their own car and took to the road at the same time, there'd be an average of 360 feet between each car.
However, even with this ultra-low traffic density, Montana drivers suck
The fatality rate per 100,000 people ranged from a low of 3.1 in the District of Columbia to a high of 22.6 in Montana. The death rates per 100 million vehicle miles traveled ranged from 0.56 in the District of Columbia to 1.96 in Montana.
Low traffic density and they still manage to kill themselves more often per mile than anyone else. Maybe they just reached "peak crash deaths."
Geez - some people insist on not getting a joke, just for the sake of trying to provoke an argument.
It's a well-known internet meme - a google for after all, he did kill Hitler returns over 18,000,000 results, starting with "Hitler wasn't such a bad guy - after all, he did kill Hitler." as the first 10 results.
Wow, I normally try not to insult people, but you come across as possibly the most unpleasant person on earth.
You're a horrible person, you completely lack any for empathy which in my book makes you a sociopath. You're pathetic. Vengeance, not justice, that's what you want.
Come on, tell us all how you REALLY feel :-)
And yes, ripping you off. You parked illegally and they take your car. Then they feel they can charge you whatever they want to get it back. And this is legal. If it were the government doing it, it'd be blatantly in violation of the 9th amendment,
Cities tow and impound illegally parked cars all the time, as well as cars with invalid plates. So, by your logic, they're committing theft? Your logic sucks in the face of reality.
Also, sit down for this one, but insulting people isn't a crime at any level. The fact that you think it is, just wow. Just wow, you're pathetic.
Verbal assault IS a crime. That reporter was acting in an aggressive fashion. Why? Because she thought she could get away with it. You won't see her pull that crap on a cop when the cop orders her car towed and gives her a ticket. Why one and not the other? Because she thought she could get away with intimidation.
Also, do a search for "first amendment fighting words." Not all speech is constitutionally protected.
I also notice that even you can't justify her life being completely destroyed over it.
I didn't attempt to justify it because it was not in question until you brought it up. However, since you brought it up, if her life is destroyed, it's the result of her own stupid actions. If she thought she was being ripped off, the proper avenue for redress is the civil courts, not spewing insult after insult. She has shown herself to be very immature.
Given the childishness of your arguments, the two of you need to grow up. Seriously. Grow up.
He has no direct descendants; he poisoned his 6 kids before he and his wife committed suicide.
So Goebbels wasn't all bad in the end - after all, he did kill Goebbels.
Son of Sam laws - which the courts have held to be unconstitutional.
who has very probably been treating you very poorly
Even the reporter didn't try that excuse when she apologized. Never happened.
and it ripping you off
How was she being ripped off? She parked where she shouldn't have and got towed. Call the whaaahhhmbulance.
There is no "benefit of the doubt" to be had. She was clearly a total asshole. She's lucky the employee didn't file a criminal complaint for (verbal) assault.
If you speed when you know what it's going to cost you, consider the costs like a lottery ticket - a tax on stupidity. Your argument about "most of the time" makes no sense - most of the time I can cross the street without looking both ways. And your excuse that "others are doing it" is an argument I would expect from a child, to which parents answer "If your friends jumped off a cliff, would you?"
Look how stupid what you siad sounds:
Since the ACTUAL DAMAGE done by a single incident of speeding is almost always zero, with a few fantastically bad results, the average is what is being targeted- but that average is still hella low. Since the proportion of enforcement to bad action is so bad.
Playing Russian Roulette with a loaded gun follows the same rules - most of the time when you pull the trigger, there's no damage whatsoever. Also, you have no right to potentially endanger others by speeding. It's not all about you. Don't want to pay the fines? Don't speed. It's not that hard.
Also, most rapes aren't reported. We saw proof of this with the #BeenRapedNeverReported tag.
Every cell phone I've owned has had a built-in FM radio tuner. Handy for news when both the power and internet are down.
1- Britt had no reason to suspect she was being recorded (beyond the general assumption that any building or person in America *could* be "taping" you now). She acted based on assumptions that weren't true.
Did you watch the video? She was TOLD there was a camera recording her!
3- Who controls the cameras is the big deal.
Moral of the story is - "Don't act like an asshole".
e same logic that the legal system uses to dole out large punishments for minor violations- that cameras (observing agents in general) were so rare that if someone got caught ranting on camera (or speeding on some empty highway) that it serves as a *representation of that person in general*
Not at all. Is serves as evidence that at a particular point someone was acting like an asshole or speeding. What next - would you argue that bank robbers shouldn't be punished because the video of the robbery isn't necessarily representative of their day-to-day behavior, or the rapist caught on camera because he probably doesn't go around raping people on a daily basis?
Outside your own home, there is scarcely any place in a city you can avoid surveillance.
Your camera-equipped smart tv is watching you. So is your kinect. Your cell phone is tracking you all the time. Your internet usage is monitored. Your smart meter keeps an eye on your electric consumption. You are not free of surveillance unless you do like the guy in John Varley's "PRESS ENTER . . ."
That reporter clearly just lost her temper and was trying to say whatever seemed like it would be most hurtful.
In other words, she's an asshole.
It's not clear at all that she is any more elitist than most people in positions of prestige.
Being in a position of prestige is no excuse for acting like an asshole. To the contrary, if your "prestige" depends on your reputation, you'd better watch what comes out of your mouth. Look what happened to (now former) Clippers basketball team owner David Sterling after he went on a racist rant.
Seems like a whole bunch of hand-waving to me.
Seems like a whole bunch of finger-pointing to me :-)
Try the fish.
The vast majority don't give a crap whether the apps they use are open or not. Just that they work as expected. This has always been true, and it's not going to change any time soon.