. If a person was texting? How then? Subpoena everybody’s phone on the off chance that there might have been texting? (Not sure if that would clear probably cause.). If not, then would the “no texting” law have any real teeth?
The absence of skid marks, or a very short skid mark before impact, is compelling evidence of impairment. I have been rear-ended, while waiting in the traffic lane for a pedestrian to clear a driveway, by an idiot who hit me like he never even saw me. Never hit the brakes. He was not drunk. He most certainly was "distracted" and I am totally OK with a LEO "asking" for his phone in that case. I am also OK with his report documenting the circumstances and those being used as probably cause for subpoena.
Agreed. Couple that condition response ("Oh. To fight teh terrorist? Well, sure...") with the fact that the mainstream media has not called out the government's lame "but we're not actually listening to your calls" excuse, and you have a populace which is blithely letting precious Constitutional protections slip away.
Never mind. If you can't be bothered to, you know, actually educate yourself you are definitely not someone we'd want participating in a truly representative government. The link is right there in TFS, BTW.
In cases of works made for hire, the employer or commissioning party is considered to be the author
Absolutely right. Still, depending on the terms upon which the OP parted with his client, it might be well to contact them and let them know that their property has been mis-appropriated by the new developer.
The supermarkets are one of the most active propaganda experts on the planet - the next generation of infowar is being fought there.
Forget the CIA ; their intelligence collection is old school.
The supermarkets want to skew their customers towards raising that margin of about 4% ; even a tiny skew is worth it to them.
So they profile your buying habits, they work out what you buy. They work out what everyone buys.
Quite right, and when you use your "rewards card", you give them detailed information about your individual buying habits, which is why I delight in the expressions I get when I decline their incessant offers to give me one - "No, thank you. My privacy is worth more to me than the few bucks I would have saved." I mean, slack-jawed, glassy-eyed, totally-don't-get-what-you-mean type stares. It's... "priceless".
Unfortunately, the antiquated world-view that virtually obliges the Amish to ignore environmental impact is quite at odds with what even they would agree is their responsibility to their neighbors.
This is part of the legal obligations of a publicly traded corporation. It is interesting to note that it's also pretty much the definition of the "antisocial personality disorder". So let's stop wringing our hands over corporations acting according to their nature. It is what it is. And if the Amish want to foolishly enter into agreements that will allow the energy companies to foul the water supplies of the Amish, one is tempted to say, "Too damn bad, dumbass", but the fouling will almost certainly extend beyond old Eli Lapp's place, so then it becomes a problem for the community. Governments exist, in part, as caretakers of "the commons", and a groundwater supply is certainly that. Therefore it is entirely appropriate that those dirty government regulators step in and see to the welfare of the community that the Amish have chosen to disregard.
They managed because the kids weren't confined to child seats until they're 13yo (or whatever the new ridiculous age is). On long trips, we'd climb over seats, make faces from the rear-facing trundle seat, read books, play with toys, and sleep laying fully down with only a lap belt (the rear seats had only lap belts).
...and on occasion, die needlessly in what would have otherwise been a completely survivable crash. As is often the case, the good old days weren't that good.
Verizon already collects all this data. Is that unconstitutional? Verizon is probably only upset about this because they normally SELL this data and the gov't is forcing them to hand it over for free. That's the real outrage here. The NSA should pay for it just like everyone else.
You don't think that there weren't some lucrative, no-bid contracts offered up as compensation for playing ball? Come on. "Our" government does what it's told to do by those holding the reigns of power. The whole "hunting teh terrorists" thing is just part of the bread and circuses for the masses.
The beef most people want you to have with Monsanto is that they're out to monopolize crop planting and eliminate organic food, or something like that, or that GM crops are somehow unhealthy. It's not so much beef as BS.
[citation needed]
Profit, not to mention a regulatory environment that might generously be called ineffective, has driven a headlong rush down a path with a staggering array of potential problems; environmental, nutritional, etc. No, nobody has died from eating GM corn, yet, but the hubris required to ignore the potentially disastrous consequences is well beyond the "what the fuck were you thinking" mark, IMO.
Because of the unknown effects of fiddling with genetics in a wholesale fashion. You go from normal strain (Roundup kills it) to GMO strain (which laughs at roundup) in a single generation. Maybe you introduce an unanticipated new vulnerability to something else through the genetic fiddling, maybe not, but you have now cleared all the fields of every other strain, including those that might have had the ability quickly adapt to some new pest or blight.
Because different crops are different. They require different care, different equipment, and have different market demands... blah, blah, blah
That giant whooshing sound is GP's subtle humor flying right over your head. Ironically, you and he are saying the same thing - "profit". I think his version was ever so much more artful.
Why should a "news organization" be treated any differently than anyone else? Last time I read the Constitution, it appeared to apply to everyone equally, not just a select list of government approved organizations.
Oh, you charming little babe-in-the-woods, you. Still laboring under the illusion that what they taught you in your high-school civics class actually applies in the real world. Neither you nor a "news organization" have anywhere near the clout necessary to get an agency like The Department of Labor to actually act like branch of a government that represents the citizens. You need some serious corporate clout for that. Yes, the media still swings some weight, but they know that if they want to keep that seat in the Briefing Room, they'd better not push too hard.
Jeezuz..., can we puh-leez stop with the breathless announcements about the "decline of Windows on personal computers" as if tablets and phones were the same things as a desktop or laptop PC? Yes, yes. Lots and lots of people who don't do anything requiring an efficient user interface (i.e. a keyboard and mouse) have switched to tablets. And yes, Android and iOS own the tablet and phone OS landscape. But if we use a reasonable definition of "personal computer" those two OS's fade to insignificance. Of course I'd still be spooked as hell if my business model was based on a sharply changing trend line when it comes to desktop and laptop PC's, but that's not the same thing now, is it.
With respect, a lot of us are not scared of the bullshit bogeymen flogged by Fox News every day and night. We are rather bothered by the seemingly inexorable descent into fascism we've seen in over the last 2-3 decades. So please spare us the generalizations.
The government, as bought and paid for by an ever-increasing stream of corporate money, is a big success. Huge, even. That it no longer serves the populace that it was created to serve is indicative of the failure of that populace to recognize this state of affairs and to care enough to do something about that. Instead, we have spent the better part of the last three decades dithering about things like gay marriage, gun control, and abortion.
That, or require a license, granted on demonstration of suitable proficiency, before being allowed to run _any_ server that is connected to the Internet. Yeah, that'll happen.
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I've seen the Missouri State Police show up at a livestock auction and check every pickup as they leave. They were writing tickets by the bushel.
They were looking for pickups running cheaper (and more polluting) higher sulphur, off-road diesel, something found in abundance on most farms.
meanwhile, in USA, I have 4 channels that are showing the Kardashians at this very moment.
Panem et circenses...
The title is very much misleading, as per usual.
And here I thought I was finally going to be able to utter the phrase, "Whoa! I know Kung-Fu."
. If a person was texting? How then? Subpoena everybody’s phone on the off chance that there might have been texting? (Not sure if that would clear probably cause.). If not, then would the “no texting” law have any real teeth?
The absence of skid marks, or a very short skid mark before impact, is compelling evidence of impairment. I have been rear-ended, while waiting in the traffic lane for a pedestrian to clear a driveway, by an idiot who hit me like he never even saw me. Never hit the brakes. He was not drunk. He most certainly was "distracted" and I am totally OK with a LEO "asking" for his phone in that case. I am also OK with his report documenting the circumstances and those being used as probably cause for subpoena.
Agreed. Couple that condition response ("Oh. To fight teh terrorist? Well, sure...") with the fact that the mainstream media has not called out the government's lame "but we're not actually listening to your calls" excuse, and you have a populace which is blithely letting precious Constitutional protections slip away.
The better question is how many people did not buy a new PC precisely because Windows 8?
They must be really pro-big government.
Couldn't be bothered to RTFA, eh?
Never mind. If you can't be bothered to, you know, actually educate yourself you are definitely not someone we'd want participating in a truly representative government. The link is right there in TFS, BTW.
In the U.S.
In cases of works made for hire, the employer or commissioning party is considered to be the author
Absolutely right. Still, depending on the terms upon which the OP parted with his client, it might be well to contact them and let them know that their property has been mis-appropriated by the new developer.
The supermarkets are one of the most active propaganda experts on the planet - the next generation of infowar is being fought there.
Forget the CIA ; their intelligence collection is old school.
The supermarkets want to skew their customers towards raising that margin of about 4% ; even a tiny skew is worth it to them.
So they profile your buying habits, they work out what you buy. They work out what everyone buys.
Quite right, and when you use your "rewards card", you give them detailed information about your individual buying habits, which is why I delight in the expressions I get when I decline their incessant offers to give me one - "No, thank you. My privacy is worth more to me than the few bucks I would have saved." I mean, slack-jawed, glassy-eyed, totally-don't-get-what-you-mean type stares. It's... "priceless".
You think Verizon is the only Telco that has been drafted into this by the NSA?
Uh..., no. Whatever gave you that idea?
Unfortunately, the antiquated world-view that virtually obliges the Amish to ignore environmental impact is quite at odds with what even they would agree is their responsibility to their neighbors.
Except they have no ethics or morality. Or shame.
This is part of the legal obligations of a publicly traded corporation. It is interesting to note that it's also pretty much the definition of the "antisocial personality disorder". So let's stop wringing our hands over corporations acting according to their nature. It is what it is. And if the Amish want to foolishly enter into agreements that will allow the energy companies to foul the water supplies of the Amish, one is tempted to say, "Too damn bad, dumbass", but the fouling will almost certainly extend beyond old Eli Lapp's place, so then it becomes a problem for the community. Governments exist, in part, as caretakers of "the commons", and a groundwater supply is certainly that. Therefore it is entirely appropriate that those dirty government regulators step in and see to the welfare of the community that the Amish have chosen to disregard.
They managed because the kids weren't confined to child seats until they're 13yo (or whatever the new ridiculous age is). On long trips, we'd climb over seats, make faces from the rear-facing trundle seat, read books, play with toys, and sleep laying fully down with only a lap belt (the rear seats had only lap belts).
...and on occasion, die needlessly in what would have otherwise been a completely survivable crash. As is often the case, the good old days weren't that good.
Verizon already collects all this data. Is that unconstitutional? Verizon is probably only upset about this because they normally SELL this data and the gov't is forcing them to hand it over for free. That's the real outrage here. The NSA should pay for it just like everyone else.
You don't think that there weren't some lucrative, no-bid contracts offered up as compensation for playing ball? Come on. "Our" government does what it's told to do by those holding the reigns of power. The whole "hunting teh terrorists" thing is just part of the bread and circuses for the masses.
The beef most people want you to have with Monsanto is that they're out to monopolize crop planting and eliminate organic food, or something like that, or that GM crops are somehow unhealthy. It's not so much beef as BS.
[citation needed]
Profit, not to mention a regulatory environment that might generously be called ineffective, has driven a headlong rush down a path with a staggering array of potential problems; environmental, nutritional, etc. No, nobody has died from eating GM corn, yet, but the hubris required to ignore the potentially disastrous consequences is well beyond the "what the fuck were you thinking" mark, IMO.
Because of the unknown effects of fiddling with genetics in a wholesale fashion. You go from normal strain (Roundup kills it) to GMO strain (which laughs at roundup) in a single generation. Maybe you introduce an unanticipated new vulnerability to something else through the genetic fiddling, maybe not, but you have now cleared all the fields of every other strain, including those that might have had the ability quickly adapt to some new pest or blight.
Because different crops are different. They require different care, different equipment, and have different market demands... blah, blah, blah
That giant whooshing sound is GP's subtle humor flying right over your head. Ironically, you and he are saying the same thing - "profit". I think his version was ever so much more artful.
Why should a "news organization" be treated any differently than anyone else? Last time I read the Constitution, it appeared to apply to everyone equally, not just a select list of government approved organizations.
Oh, you charming little babe-in-the-woods, you. Still laboring under the illusion that what they taught you in your high-school civics class actually applies in the real world. Neither you nor a "news organization" have anywhere near the clout necessary to get an agency like The Department of Labor to actually act like branch of a government that represents the citizens. You need some serious corporate clout for that. Yes, the media still swings some weight, but they know that if they want to keep that seat in the Briefing Room, they'd better not push too hard.
Jeezuz..., can we puh-leez stop with the breathless announcements about the "decline of Windows on personal computers" as if tablets and phones were the same things as a desktop or laptop PC? Yes, yes. Lots and lots of people who don't do anything requiring an efficient user interface (i.e. a keyboard and mouse) have switched to tablets. And yes, Android and iOS own the tablet and phone OS landscape. But if we use a reasonable definition of "personal computer" those two OS's fade to insignificance. Of course I'd still be spooked as hell if my business model was based on a sharply changing trend line when it comes to desktop and laptop PC's, but that's not the same thing now, is it.
With respect, a lot of us are not scared of the bullshit bogeymen flogged by Fox News every day and night. We are rather bothered by the seemingly inexorable descent into fascism we've seen in over the last 2-3 decades. So please spare us the generalizations.
This simply isn't newsworthy.
Yeah, we should be saving room for more stories about Bitcoin. [/sarcasm]
Don't say that too loudly. A certain degree of illusion is necessary to maintain complacency.
TFTFY. Though I will (sadly) grant you that the two terms are, effectively, the same thing.
The government, as bought and paid for by an ever-increasing stream of corporate money, is a big success. Huge, even. That it no longer serves the populace that it was created to serve is indicative of the failure of that populace to recognize this state of affairs and to care enough to do something about that. Instead, we have spent the better part of the last three decades dithering about things like gay marriage, gun control, and abortion.
That, or require a license, granted on demonstration of suitable proficiency, before being allowed to run _any_ server that is connected to the Internet. Yeah, that'll happen.