Yep... like my sister's old HOA, their war chest was supposed to provide for stuff like reroofing all the townhouses. When the time came that reroofing had to be done, the money wasn't there; instead everyone had to cough up $15k to the HOA to pay for the contractor who was retained by the board. Nope, you could not retain your own contractor; and speaking from when I had to reroof my own house a couple years later, $15k was about double the going rate. Where did the rest of the money go, hmmm??
Yep, you're right. At the very least, the type of data they seek. What else?
Must not be not all that hard if we can hash out a basic standard in five minutes... I think the truth is most LEOs don't =want= a standard for digital warrants, cuz it's easier to get forgiveness than permission. Worst thing that happens is the case gets thrown out, which is no skin off their ass.
"The data present on this hard disk, dated between mmddyy and m2d2y2" or "the data transmitted between these two IP addresses on thus-and-such a date." It's not really any harder than "garage at 123 Main Street". Anything beyond a specified location (and with data, a date) is fishing beyond the scope of a warrant.
Anyway, that's how I'd do it; your prosecutors may vary.
So, here's a serious question: How hard would it be to have a warrant describe the data to be seized, as being present in thus-and-such a quanity in a specified place and timeframe? or something like that, whatever would confine the warrant to a specific lot of data, rather than vaguely all over the place.
Also, the only real factor in winning elections in California seems to be name recognition.
I reached this conclusion a couple elections ago, when the average approval rating of Calif politicians was a pathetic 13%, yet 100% of those who ran were re-elected. (I checked, on the SOS site.)
I dunno how relevant it is, but the guy I used to get fixed wireless from told me the broadcast part of the radio was $900, and the receiver on my house cost $130. (both Motorola)
The HOA agreements I've read all allow placing a lien on your property for a variety of faults.
I have yet to hear of a HOA that wasn't in some way either run by little tin gods, or corrupt. When my sister got on the board of her HOA, she discovered the previous board president had embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars, but there was squat-all anyone could prove about it. Where I'm at now, the HOA fell apart, but on the way out the final president co-opted about $35k worth of assets (road grader and other maintenance equipment). I looked at property years ago that had covenants dictating down to fine details like the color of your mailbox (mind you it was right next to the oil lease; the beauty of the property would never be an asset). Etc, etc, etc.
Or sometimes you just get a moron. Talked to a fellow the other day who relayed such a tale... guy at his work comes up to the boss and wants a saws-all. Why? To cut that pipe that's in the way of his trencher.
On closer inspection, the pipe proved to be a gas main.
Well, that was one guy's last day on the job, one way or another!
In California, part of the resistance comes from the fact that buried cable is subject to property tax, while overhead line is not. (Or so I was told by an engineer at the power company, when I was investigating costs to bring in utilities.)
Heh, 12mpg lets me go past one or two:) From Los Angeles to Boise I can scrape by on two fills (both tanks), or three if I'm towing, tho I may be fartin' into the tank on the home stretch. I don't know what its real limit is (vs. what it says on the door), but I had around 12,000 lbs. behind me on the most loaded trip. Admittedly that 7% grade south of Boise gets a trifle slow.:D
Friend has a 1980 F350 with a Caterpillar diesel (ordered it that way new) -- it'll do 75mph towing 27,000 lbs., doesn't slow down on the upgrades, and gets 13mpg doing it (he ran that trailer all over the country for years, on the job). Tho it takes half an hour to get up to speed!
Heh, if I want spirited all I have to do is tromp the throttle on the F350, it'll put you through the seat. And it's a 4-door dually. Responds like a sports car. Until you go to park... it's no joke that "I need 40 acres to turn this rig around!"
Yeah, that 7.3 is an efficient engine, its average seems to be around 20mpg. I looked for one but couldn't find a diesel that hadn't been rode hard and put away wet (wasn't looking newer than '97 cuz I hate the design changes). Finally after a year of rejecting duds I tripped over this F350 and man, it thinks it's a race car, and it pulls anything I hook to it. Good shape all around. By then it was clear that hunting down a used diesel was a bust, and the price was right ($3000, and it's been rebuilt end to end) so the 460 and I went off down the road together. It's a damn good truck. But I do envy that 20mpg.:)
...and make sure that Dodge has already had its transmission rebuilt, because it WILL need it. Tranny is underbuilt for the engine.
Here in farm-and-ranch country, where trucks work for a living, most of the older ones still in good shape are Fords. Some older Chevys still running but they're usually a lot more beat up. And hardly any older Dodges, other than those sitting on the corner with a For Sale sign in the window.
You are exactly correct. Disney can do whatever they want with Disney's property, and tracking people who use their property. Fair enough. I can see the benefits, to both Disney and patrons.
So long as Disney only uses that data for Disney's purposes within the confines of Disney's property, it's all well and good.
The problem is we've been taught by other companies (eg. online advertisers) that our data is not private, and WILL be sold to third parties with absolutely no consent on our part. Can we trust Disney not to do this? We can't really know.
Some areas are starting to require 'smart' thermostats that have a remote shutdown function. Occurs to me that this is right up the same alley, and if Google can get in on that ground floor as it goes into the next generation of new construction... well, when your home heating is in use is marketing data like any other.
Point being, tho I agree with you, eventually you may not have that choice.
I buy fresh meat in reasonable multi-meal quantities (such as a dozen chops or a pair of roasts), and preserve it using another handy invention, the freezer.
(If you freeze it at -20F or below, it doesn't get that "been frozen" taste.... I say, being extremely picky about my meat.)
Stuff like this convinces me anew that I am indeed right to keep the old trucks running ('78 F100 and '91 F350). At least there's enough metal in 'em that you can tell it's a truck, and you can find the engine without doing major surgery first.
That's nothing. My sister had a 1979 Honda Civic hatchback. To change the front shocks, you first had to take the engine out, I shit you not. Which is why it was still bounding along on its original well-worn shocks when she finally sold it a few years ago.
I'm wondering what that will do to accident rates (and insurance costs) in a few years when those under-experienced teens become age 20-24 everyday drivers.
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Yep... like my sister's old HOA, their war chest was supposed to provide for stuff like reroofing all the townhouses. When the time came that reroofing had to be done, the money wasn't there; instead everyone had to cough up $15k to the HOA to pay for the contractor who was retained by the board. Nope, you could not retain your own contractor; and speaking from when I had to reroof my own house a couple years later, $15k was about double the going rate. Where did the rest of the money go, hmmm??
Or one might say they subsequently evolve to better fit the niche environment that domestication provides.
True enough... trouble with "people we want to invasively probe" is that tomorrow that may be you and me, for doing what's perfectly legal today.
Hey, go upstream a bit and see if you've got something to add to the little Digital Warrant Standard that CanHasDIY and I have put forth.
Yep, you're right. At the very least, the type of data they seek. What else?
Must not be not all that hard if we can hash out a basic standard in five minutes... I think the truth is most LEOs don't =want= a standard for digital warrants, cuz it's easier to get forgiveness than permission. Worst thing that happens is the case gets thrown out, which is no skin off their ass.
"The data present on this hard disk, dated between mmddyy and m2d2y2" or "the data transmitted between these two IP addresses on thus-and-such a date." It's not really any harder than "garage at 123 Main Street". Anything beyond a specified location (and with data, a date) is fishing beyond the scope of a warrant.
Anyway, that's how I'd do it; your prosecutors may vary.
So, here's a serious question: How hard would it be to have a warrant describe the data to be seized, as being present in thus-and-such a quanity in a specified place and timeframe? or something like that, whatever would confine the warrant to a specific lot of data, rather than vaguely all over the place.
Also, the only real factor in winning elections in California seems to be name recognition.
I reached this conclusion a couple elections ago, when the average approval rating of Calif politicians was a pathetic 13%, yet 100% of those who ran were re-elected. (I checked, on the SOS site.)
I dunno how relevant it is, but the guy I used to get fixed wireless from told me the broadcast part of the radio was $900, and the receiver on my house cost $130. (both Motorola)
The HOA agreements I've read all allow placing a lien on your property for a variety of faults.
I have yet to hear of a HOA that wasn't in some way either run by little tin gods, or corrupt. When my sister got on the board of her HOA, she discovered the previous board president had embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars, but there was squat-all anyone could prove about it. Where I'm at now, the HOA fell apart, but on the way out the final president co-opted about $35k worth of assets (road grader and other maintenance equipment). I looked at property years ago that had covenants dictating down to fine details like the color of your mailbox (mind you it was right next to the oil lease; the beauty of the property would never be an asset). Etc, etc, etc.
How much do the materials cost? Do you need anything beyond the basic trencher that you can rent for a couple hundred bucks a day?
Or sometimes you just get a moron. Talked to a fellow the other day who relayed such a tale... guy at his work comes up to the boss and wants a saws-all. Why? To cut that pipe that's in the way of his trencher.
On closer inspection, the pipe proved to be a gas main.
Well, that was one guy's last day on the job, one way or another!
In California, part of the resistance comes from the fact that buried cable is subject to property tax, while overhead line is not. (Or so I was told by an engineer at the power company, when I was investigating costs to bring in utilities.)
Heh, 12mpg lets me go past one or two :) From Los Angeles to Boise I can scrape by on two fills (both tanks), or three if I'm towing, tho I may be fartin' into the tank on the home stretch. I don't know what its real limit is (vs. what it says on the door), but I had around 12,000 lbs. behind me on the most loaded trip. Admittedly that 7% grade south of Boise gets a trifle slow. :D
Friend has a 1980 F350 with a Caterpillar diesel (ordered it that way new) -- it'll do 75mph towing 27,000 lbs., doesn't slow down on the upgrades, and gets 13mpg doing it (he ran that trailer all over the country for years, on the job). Tho it takes half an hour to get up to speed!
Heh, if I want spirited all I have to do is tromp the throttle on the F350, it'll put you through the seat. And it's a 4-door dually. Responds like a sports car. Until you go to park... it's no joke that "I need 40 acres to turn this rig around!"
Yeah, that 7.3 is an efficient engine, its average seems to be around 20mpg. I looked for one but couldn't find a diesel that hadn't been rode hard and put away wet (wasn't looking newer than '97 cuz I hate the design changes). Finally after a year of rejecting duds I tripped over this F350 and man, it thinks it's a race car, and it pulls anything I hook to it. Good shape all around. By then it was clear that hunting down a used diesel was a bust, and the price was right ($3000, and it's been rebuilt end to end) so the 460 and I went off down the road together. It's a damn good truck. But I do envy that 20mpg. :)
...and make sure that Dodge has already had its transmission rebuilt, because it WILL need it. Tranny is underbuilt for the engine.
Here in farm-and-ranch country, where trucks work for a living, most of the older ones still in good shape are Fords. Some older Chevys still running but they're usually a lot more beat up. And hardly any older Dodges, other than those sitting on the corner with a For Sale sign in the window.
You are exactly correct. Disney can do whatever they want with Disney's property, and tracking people who use their property. Fair enough. I can see the benefits, to both Disney and patrons.
So long as Disney only uses that data for Disney's purposes within the confines of Disney's property, it's all well and good.
The problem is we've been taught by other companies (eg. online advertisers) that our data is not private, and WILL be sold to third parties with absolutely no consent on our part. Can we trust Disney not to do this? We can't really know.
Or do it the other way around: everyone pays the same premium, but base the deductable on risk factors.
Some areas are starting to require 'smart' thermostats that have a remote shutdown function. Occurs to me that this is right up the same alley, and if Google can get in on that ground floor as it goes into the next generation of new construction... well, when your home heating is in use is marketing data like any other.
Point being, tho I agree with you, eventually you may not have that choice.
Probably not coincidentally, both are in far more business-friendly states than California (last in the nation).
Compared to the 405 near LAX at 3am, Austin looks downright deserted.
I buy fresh meat in reasonable multi-meal quantities (such as a dozen chops or a pair of roasts), and preserve it using another handy invention, the freezer.
(If you freeze it at -20F or below, it doesn't get that "been frozen" taste.... I say, being extremely picky about my meat.)
Stuff like this convinces me anew that I am indeed right to keep the old trucks running ('78 F100 and '91 F350). At least there's enough metal in 'em that you can tell it's a truck, and you can find the engine without doing major surgery first.
That's nothing. My sister had a 1979 Honda Civic hatchback. To change the front shocks, you first had to take the engine out, I shit you not. Which is why it was still bounding along on its original well-worn shocks when she finally sold it a few years ago.
I'm wondering what that will do to accident rates (and insurance costs) in a few years when those under-experienced teens become age 20-24 everyday drivers.