Absolutely. Back when, usually you'd get out of the car, perhaps walk over to the police and discuss whatever the issue was. Or, more commonly, be rooting around for lic and reg. No big deal. Watch any TV show pre-80's and those were the routines (White mode only; other modes vary).
Then there were huge spikes in cops being shot, and the populace was at war with them, so the police had to fight back. SWAT was created. Military tactics against the civilian insurgent population were needed to save the police. (fyi, I sort of made this up, but, hey, got to have "reasons", so...).
Come the 80's, and I get stopped for a minor infraction. Ended up with a 45 aimed at me, then a ticket.
That's when I realized that the object of "To protect and serve" was no longer the public.
Have you ever watched someone play Minecraft (for other reasons than to learn how to do something new in Minecraft)? That's even more boring than watching someone fish.
For the same reasons I don't get "e-sports" by the way. Playing a shooter is fun. But why the fuck would I want to watch someone do it?
Just because you aren't the target demographic doesn't mean the demographic doesn't exist. The popularity of Youtube videos of people playing Minecraft shows the demographic exists and isn't small. I suspect the people who will really enjoy this movie are probably the kids who grew up with Minecraft that are still teenagers or younger.
My favorite is the clip of kids watching a youtube video of people playing Minecraft while they were texting their friends and had the TV on with the sound off.
If only I hadn't spent those first few months lurking without an account...
Me too!
Ha! Off on a tangent, here, but I'm reminded back when AOL added Usenet to their offerings. Some n00b would get on alt.foreign.boobies or whatever and ask someone to "send a picture". Before long, there'd be hundreds of aolers replying to the message..."me too"!
"Since the current counting of votes doesn't handle a tie, I think it's a terrible system all-around."
So if a system doesn't handle all edge cases, it's no good?
It's all well and good to sit around and think of every single possible thing that can go wrong with a system, eventually you have to do a risk/cost benefit and say, well, we did our best.
The really amazing thing is watching the Korean war generation when it is legalized. Many take to it like ducks to water. Starts out a little toke for the pain, next thing you know, they've replaced a few of the tomatoes and have weed in their pancakes. Really good weed.
I'll second that. Seen it. Edibles, cooking oils & tinctures, anyways.
"They assume this because their worldview is small. Their worldview is small because they don't own their own car and will only ever travel to where the mass-transport takes them."
This appears to be exactly what "urban planners" have been aiming for. I wouldn't want to do it, my son wouldn't, my wife. Interestingly enough, my other son lives in the NY urban area and tends to like it. It takes all kinds, I guess.
He had an $UV there and liked having it; able to take his band gear around,etc.; but, when it broke down, he gave it up and said "no more".
He makes do, he saves money, he lives within the constraints.
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Thought crime? Interesting.
At the very least, I would expect conspiracy.
Look, a new member of the no-nothing party.
It's how we erected the internet.
Good answer.
"Lowering the windows is especially important if your state allows you to tint all of the side windows."
This is a good suggestion, and I will incorporate it into my submission routine.
Too bad there's no way to remove the tint from our skins during a traffic stop.
Wow. So you ran a red light and now you deserve to die because you reached for your glovebox out of habit. Land of the free indeed.
Yeah. I remember all the propaganda about the nazi and commie secret police, and how we were the land of the free.
Well, they say that one becomes what one hates, so, here we are.
The largest prison population in the world.
Land of the free indeed.
...I've implemented "Do Not Answer".
Yep. If I don't know it, it goes to vmail. If they don't leave a vmail, it wasn't important.
Absolutely. Back when, usually you'd get out of the car, perhaps walk over to the police and discuss whatever the issue was. Or, more commonly, be rooting around for lic and reg. No big deal. Watch any TV show pre-80's and those were the routines (White mode only; other modes vary).
Then there were huge spikes in cops being shot, and the populace was at war with them, so the police had to fight back. SWAT was created. Military tactics against the civilian insurgent population were needed to save the police. (fyi, I sort of made this up, but, hey, got to have "reasons", so...).
Come the 80's, and I get stopped for a minor infraction. Ended up with a 45 aimed at me, then a ticket.
That's when I realized that the object of "To protect and serve" was no longer the public.
This is your tipping point? You don't have much perspective, do you?
Have you ever watched someone play Minecraft (for other reasons than to learn how to do something new in Minecraft)? That's even more boring than watching someone fish.
For the same reasons I don't get "e-sports" by the way. Playing a shooter is fun. But why the fuck would I want to watch someone do it?
Just because you aren't the target demographic doesn't mean the demographic doesn't exist. The popularity of Youtube videos of people playing Minecraft shows the demographic exists and isn't small. I suspect the people who will really enjoy this movie are probably the kids who grew up with Minecraft that are still teenagers or younger.
My favorite is the clip of kids watching a youtube video of people playing Minecraft while they were texting their friends and had the TV on with the sound off.
Prove that I am not.
That does not compute.
If only I hadn't spent those first few months lurking without an account...
Me too!
Ha! Off on a tangent, here, but I'm reminded back when AOL added Usenet to their offerings. Some n00b would get on alt.foreign.boobies or whatever and ask someone to "send a picture". Before long, there'd be hundreds of aolers replying to the message..."me too"!
I'm pretty sure Apple won't be releasing a 17" MacBook Pro.
Of course they will. The rains come early this time of year.
Of course, we wore onions on our belt back then.
Mocha at morning, wailers take warming
Pizza at night, trailers delight
Good explanation. Not all geeks are up on their science...decent replies like this should help them out.
If peragrin forces an apostrophe on a possessive pronoun, then why doesn't he know that it's means it is?
Depends on what the definition of is is.
Why not use it until it's completely broken?
Term limits. We've elected a new telescope.
So, that means we have primary telescopes? Great. One sees stuff that isn't there, and the other can't see stuff that is.
The Moon Landing. Great pictures.
Pioneer 10. Great pictures.
The Spirit and Opportunity Rovers. Great pictures.
Hubble. Great pictures.
But you forgot Vger. Great picture.
With a Z? that's craxy talk!
Ok, every day for 12 hours and 5 minutes, we'll let the majority run things. Then for 11 hours and 55 minutes, the minority.
Sounds fair.
"Since the current counting of votes doesn't handle a tie, I think it's a terrible system all-around."
So if a system doesn't handle all edge cases, it's no good?
It's all well and good to sit around and think of every single possible thing that can go wrong with a system, eventually you have to do a risk/cost benefit and say, well, we did our best.
Oh, you're such a pard.
5. Embrace-Extend-Extinguish
5a. Inhale-Expand-Exhale
The really amazing thing is watching the Korean war generation when it is legalized. Many take to it like ducks to water. Starts out a little toke for the pain, next thing you know, they've replaced a few of the tomatoes and have weed in their pancakes. Really good weed.
I'll second that. Seen it. Edibles, cooking oils & tinctures, anyways.
"They assume this because their worldview is small. Their worldview is small because they don't own their own car and will only ever travel to where the mass-transport takes them."
This appears to be exactly what "urban planners" have been aiming for. I wouldn't want to do it, my son wouldn't, my wife. Interestingly enough, my other son lives in the NY urban area and tends to like it. It takes all kinds, I guess.
He had an $UV there and liked having it; able to take his band gear around,etc.; but, when it broke down, he gave it up and said "no more".
He makes do, he saves money, he lives within the constraints.