Most laptops, the mic-in doubles as the line-in. Give the person asking the question a "-1 didn't RTFM" and a "-1 didn't try the obvious."
Just because it isn't an RCA jack doesn't mean it doesn't do the same job. What next "OMG - none of the 4 laptops I own have an CGA/EGA port so I can't plug an external monitor into it"? "How come I can't plug my old Nintendo cartridge games into my Wii?" "Where's the cassette tape interface to load my BASIC game?"
2. Watts initially got out of the car and requested an explanation. At that point, one of the border patrol officers told him to get back in the car. He did so
Nope. He was told to get back in his car, refused, was told a second time, again didn't comply, and it was only when the officer went to arrest him that Watts went back into his car - too late.
I suspect that a large part of it is that the police in the US, unlike here in Canada or in the UK, are far more likely to be facing someone with a gun at hand and the willingness to use it. That sort of day-in, day-out stress has to have a long-term effect.
Then there's also the failed "war on drugs" effort. Dealing with the crimes that result from drugs, rather than treating the underlying causes of drug abuse, so you end up with the revolving prison door, and the highest incarceration rates in the world. That's a second morale-buster.
Add to that the whole "we're at war" security theatre stuff that everyone is subjected to... it's no wonder that cops in the US are more likely to be one mis-step away from an altercation.
First, everyone who's been near a TV for the last 20 years knows about jury nullification.
Second, if Watts hadn't been such a passive-aggresive ass-hole when he was first stopped, none of this would have happened. He was behaving like a jerk, and he ran into someone who was an even bigger jerk. Karma is a bitch.
If they hadn't been cops, just armed thugs pointing guns at him, he would have shit his pants, shut his mouth, and complied with their original request to get back in the car while they searched his trunk.
There is no way I'm defending the police's subsequent actions - what I am saying is that if Watts hadn't been such an ass-hole when he was first stopped, none of this would have happened. He was behaving like a jerk, and he ran into someone who was an even bigger jerk.
If they hadn't been cops, just armed thugs pointing guns at him, he would have shit his pants, shut his mouth, and complied with their original request to get back in the car while they searched his trunk. It's specifically because they were cops that he felt he could ignore their original order to get back in the car while they did their search.
His behavior was at the very least the same sort of passive-aggressive crap that spoilled brats pull every day.
If he hadn't been such an ass-hole when he was first stopped, none of this would have happened. He was behaving like a jerk, and he ran into someone who was an even bigger jerk.
If they hadn't been cops, just armed thugs, he would have complied with their original request to get back in the car. It's specifically because they were cops that he felt he could ignore their original order to get back in the car while they searched his trunk.
I'm not defending the police's subsequent actions - what I am saying is that if he hadn't been such an ass-hole when he was first stopped, none of this would have happened. He was behaving like a jerk, and he ran into someone who was an even bigger jerk.
If they hadn't been cops, just armed thugs, he would have complied with their original request to get back in the car. It's specifically because they were cops that he felt he could ignore their original order to get back in the car while they searched his trunk.
... so 10 million characters , at 100 cps, is only 100,000 seconds, or just over a day @ 1200 baud, or 14 hours@ 2400 baud. Of course, if you zipped it first, you could probably transfer it in an hour or two, since text files are VERY compressible, and you only want the data, not the system files. Heck, the zipped file might fit on one high-density 5-1/4" floppy.
Forget about transplanting the hard drive into a more modern machine - it won't work.
Since many modern machines don't have a serial port, you may have to buy a serial-to-usb converter, as well as a null modem cable.
Why should I not watch them search my trunk? How do I know that they aren't stealing and/or planting stuff there? If I can see it happen then I can testify to who did what and when; if I just find out after the fact that something has been planted or is missing, I can't testify to who did it, how he did it, etc.
How about "You have no legal right to. It's a bridge, they're doing a search, for your own safety and that of everyone else, just stay in your car, and the whole thing is being recorded on camera"
The jurors convicted after watching the video. That should tell you something.
The jury saw a video of the complete thing. They convicted him after seeing the video. How is that hysterical, except maybe "hysterical-funny" that he thought he could argue his way out of it with it all caught on camera?
You've got several cops and two other people, all giving contradictory evidence. Then you have a video. The video makes it clear to the jury that Watts was guilty, so they convict, even though they don't like the way the police handled it after they see Watts initial refusal to get into his car, which is what started it all.
They have a job that requires them to look through some cars. They don't want him out of his car while they do this. Apparently there is an argument. Eventually he gets back in his car. That should have been the end of it
Not quite what happened - it was only after they went to arrest him, after he had been told, twice, to get back into his car, that he went back into his car. Too late by then. At that point, the decision to arrest has already been made, and it's "get out of the car and get the cuffs on him" time.
Mom: "Peter, clean up your room now or you can't go out."
Peter: "No!"
Mom: "Peter, last chance, clean up your room now or you can't go out."
Peter: "No!"
Mom: "Okay, you're grounded. And you still have to clean up your room!"
Peter: "Okay, I'll clean up my room. Then can I go out?"
Mom: "No."
Peter: "That's not fair! You're a big meanie!"
He could have avoided it by getting back in his car as he was required to do by law, and as is also the practice in his own home city. Instead, he behaved like a snot-nosed little brat.
Also, Watts was the one who started it by refusing, twice, to get back into his car while they were initially attempting to search his trunk. If he had done as he was told, none of this would have happened. This is the same procedure in Watt's home province of Ontario at a traffic stop by the cops. You stay in your car while they do what they have to do, whether it's searching the trunk or running your ID.
There may be some truth in that, but when you get a drivers license, you're supposed to know how to behave behind the wheel of a car. The rules for when you're stopped by the police are the same in Watt's home province (Ontario), so there's no "I didn't know" excuse.
Similarly, when you enter a country, you're a guest, and you should behave like one. Don't go into their home and piss on the carpets. (That's a famous quote: recognize the reference?)
When the cops pull you over and tell you to get back in your car (twice) while they (lawfully) search your trunk, they've already told you one time more than they have to. Some people are ass-holes: they mistake being given a second chance as a sign of weakness, rather than the warning growl that precedes the bite.
He admitted that he didn't obey the ORIGINAL order to get back into his car. Twice. The guy was acting like a jerk, and he made the mistake of running into an even bigger jerk who happened to have bot the law and video proof on his side.
It's not a question of who said what... the jurors saw the video. They convicted. End of story.
Jones said that the officers ordered Watts back into the vehicle, and when he refused, they tried to handcuff him. He said a scuffle ensued in which Watts choked one of the officers, and an officer used pepper spray to subdue him.
The ONLY person who is saying it's about the second order is Watts - and he contradicts his own statements made just after the incident. He admits he didn't get back into the car when ordered to. He's trying to use the ensuing problems as a smoke-screen, because he can't admit that he brought this on himself.
Jones said that the officers ordered Watts back into the vehicle, and when he refused, they tried to handcuff him. He said a scuffle ensued in which Watts choked one of the officers, and an officer used pepper spray to subdue him.
Watts is an asshole, pure and simple. Stop the astro-turfing. Watts current account contradicts his original story on this point, but sux to be him. Or you, for that matter.
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Besides, it's expected that the portin size would grow - look at what happened to those loaves and fishes.
That's the origination for the expression "something's fishy".
Most laptops, the mic-in doubles as the line-in. Give the person asking the question a "-1 didn't RTFM" and a "-1 didn't try the obvious."
Just because it isn't an RCA jack doesn't mean it doesn't do the same job. What next "OMG - none of the 4 laptops I own have an CGA/EGA port so I can't plug an external monitor into it"? "How come I can't plug my old Nintendo cartridge games into my Wii?" "Where's the cassette tape interface to load my BASIC game?"
Nope. He was told to get back in his car, refused, was told a second time, again didn't comply, and it was only when the officer went to arrest him that Watts went back into his car - too late.
The idea of a total ban has more holes than a lump of Swiss cheese.
I suspect that a large part of it is that the police in the US, unlike here in Canada or in the UK, are far more likely to be facing someone with a gun at hand and the willingness to use it. That sort of day-in, day-out stress has to have a long-term effect.
Then there's also the failed "war on drugs" effort. Dealing with the crimes that result from drugs, rather than treating the underlying causes of drug abuse, so you end up with the revolving prison door, and the highest incarceration rates in the world. That's a second morale-buster.
Add to that the whole "we're at war" security theatre stuff that everyone is subjected to ... it's no wonder that cops in the US are more likely to be one mis-step away from an altercation.
First, everyone who's been near a TV for the last 20 years knows about jury nullification.
Second, if Watts hadn't been such a passive-aggresive ass-hole when he was first stopped, none of this would have happened. He was behaving like a jerk, and he ran into someone who was an even bigger jerk. Karma is a bitch.
If they hadn't been cops, just armed thugs pointing guns at him, he would have shit his pants, shut his mouth, and complied with their original request to get back in the car while they searched his trunk.
There is no way I'm defending the police's subsequent actions - what I am saying is that if Watts hadn't been such an ass-hole when he was first stopped, none of this would have happened. He was behaving like a jerk, and he ran into someone who was an even bigger jerk.
If they hadn't been cops, just armed thugs pointing guns at him, he would have shit his pants, shut his mouth, and complied with their original request to get back in the car while they searched his trunk. It's specifically because they were cops that he felt he could ignore their original order to get back in the car while they did their search.
His behavior was at the very least the same sort of passive-aggressive crap that spoilled brats pull every day.
If he hadn't been such an ass-hole when he was first stopped, none of this would have happened. He was behaving like a jerk, and he ran into someone who was an even bigger jerk.
If they hadn't been cops, just armed thugs, he would have complied with their original request to get back in the car. It's specifically because they were cops that he felt he could ignore their original order to get back in the car while they searched his trunk.
I'm not defending the police's subsequent actions - what I am saying is that if he hadn't been such an ass-hole when he was first stopped, none of this would have happened. He was behaving like a jerk, and he ran into someone who was an even bigger jerk.
If they hadn't been cops, just armed thugs, he would have complied with their original request to get back in the car. It's specifically because they were cops that he felt he could ignore their original order to get back in the car while they searched his trunk.
Not any more ...
How many people still have their Windows recovery CD (needed to work around the problem) or know where to find it under all the other obsolete CDs?
... so 10 million characters , at 100 cps, is only 100,000 seconds, or just over a day @ 1200 baud, or 14 hours@ 2400 baud. Of course, if you zipped it first, you could probably transfer it in an hour or two, since text files are VERY compressible, and you only want the data, not the system files. Heck, the zipped file might fit on one high-density 5-1/4" floppy.
Forget about transplanting the hard drive into a more modern machine - it won't work.
Since many modern machines don't have a serial port, you may have to buy a serial-to-usb converter, as well as a null modem cable.
... since it can hit you with up to a couple of thousand requests a second as it tries all sorts of tricks to see where you're vulnerable ...
How about "You have no legal right to. It's a bridge, they're doing a search, for your own safety and that of everyone else, just stay in your car, and the whole thing is being recorded on camera"
The jurors convicted after watching the video. That should tell you something.
The jury saw a video of the complete thing. They convicted him after seeing the video. How is that hysterical, except maybe "hysterical-funny" that he thought he could argue his way out of it with it all caught on camera?
You've got several cops and two other people, all giving contradictory evidence. Then you have a video. The video makes it clear to the jury that Watts was guilty, so they convict, even though they don't like the way the police handled it after they see Watts initial refusal to get into his car, which is what started it all.
Not quite what happened - it was only after they went to arrest him, after he had been told, twice, to get back into his car, that he went back into his car. Too late by then. At that point, the decision to arrest has already been made, and it's "get out of the car and get the cuffs on him" time.
Mom: "Peter, clean up your room now or you can't go out."
Peter: "No!"
Mom: "Peter, last chance, clean up your room now or you can't go out."
Peter: "No!"
Mom: "Okay, you're grounded. And you still have to clean up your room!"
Peter: "Okay, I'll clean up my room. Then can I go out?"
Mom: "No."
Peter: "That's not fair! You're a big meanie!"
He could have avoided it by getting back in his car as he was required to do by law, and as is also the practice in his own home city. Instead, he behaved like a snot-nosed little brat.
Assault has nothing to do with physical contact. That's battery. Also, he was convicted of failing to obey a lawful order, not assault.
He's lucky it was in the US and not Canada.
Also, Watts was the one who started it by refusing, twice, to get back into his car while they were initially attempting to search his trunk. If he had done as he was told, none of this would have happened. This is the same procedure in Watt's home province of Ontario at a traffic stop by the cops. You stay in your car while they do what they have to do, whether it's searching the trunk or running your ID.
There may be some truth in that, but when you get a drivers license, you're supposed to know how to behave behind the wheel of a car. The rules for when you're stopped by the police are the same in Watt's home province (Ontario), so there's no "I didn't know" excuse.
Similarly, when you enter a country, you're a guest, and you should behave like one. Don't go into their home and piss on the carpets. (That's a famous quote: recognize the reference?)
When the cops pull you over and tell you to get back in your car (twice) while they (lawfully) search your trunk, they've already told you one time more than they have to. Some people are ass-holes: they mistake being given a second chance as a sign of weakness, rather than the warning growl that precedes the bite.
It's not a question of who said what ... the jurors saw the video. They convicted. End of story.
The ONLY person who is saying it's about the second order is Watts - and he contradicts his own statements made just after the incident. He admits he didn't get back into the car when ordered to. He's trying to use the ensuing problems as a smoke-screen, because he can't admit that he brought this on himself.
Nothing like a lying anonymus couward, eh?
FTFA:
Watts is an asshole, pure and simple. Stop the astro-turfing. Watts current account contradicts his original story on this point, but sux to be him. Or you, for that matter.
That's right. Sentencing is April 26th.
He could get anything from an absolute discharge to 2 years.
No, he was convicted on the original order to get INTO his car. BTW, contrary to the article, he was not convicted of assault.