a) Stupid enough to answer a call from "Gallup Polling" or "Unknown" b) Assuming no caller ID, stupid enough to answer the questions once they know it's a pollster
I believe it is that way for as a theft deterrent. The harder it is to open the harder it is to open in the aisle in the store and not get caught.
True, but I wasn't aware that theft of CFL bulbs was so rampant as to necessitate that type of packaging. I think people wouldn't mind it as much if it wasn't used unnecessarily for every friggin thing under the sun.
"There is no financial burden on the telcos and there is no labor burden because they have special offices that are paid specifically to deal with these requests."
Offices staffed by people who work for free?
No, this a cash cow for the telcos. Do you really think it costs them anywhere near what they are charging law enforcement to comply with these requests? The reason they oppose this is nothing so noble as "respecting the 4th amendment". It's respecting their bottom line. Requiring law enforcement to go through the trouble to get a warrant first is only going to reduce the number of requests they submit and pay for.
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the only appropriate response to time warner cable is FUCK YOU.
Hey Linus, here's another one.
Good luck selling your cars in a state where you don't comply with state law.
Do you think car manufacturers don't have to meet California's tougher emissions standards because Federal law trumps state law?
"Junior — remember, not a shipping product"
and yet it's already at version 8.
I don't think it was lies with Obama, I think it was something i consider worse: naivete
Reminds me of a line from the movie "The Rock".....
"Great. We're not gutless, we're incompetent"
Unfortunately, this *IS* what the UN are good at.
How do they remove the bias toward people:
a) Stupid enough to answer a call from "Gallup Polling" or "Unknown"
b) Assuming no caller ID, stupid enough to answer the questions once they know it's a pollster
I believe it is that way for as a theft deterrent. The harder it is to open the harder it is to open in the aisle in the store and not get caught.
True, but I wasn't aware that theft of CFL bulbs was so rampant as to necessitate that type of packaging.
I think people wouldn't mind it as much if it wasn't used unnecessarily for every friggin thing under the sun.
"give classrooms Raspberry Pis"
Uhm.. no thanks.
They already do this. It's called Switched Video
Hope they shut down Watson too, before he becomes self-aware
I call it "cup of dirt"
You're expecting scientific details from Fox News?
That's amazing! The CFO of Pfizer has time to post on slashdot!
Rolling around naked in a pile of money gets boring after a while (so I hear)
Looking forward to his latest agenda
What's the big deal. Pop a giant tinfoil hat onto England, problem solved.
Knowing HP, they'll sell at $450.
Just wait a few months til they drop to $99
FFS mods, how is that trolling.
Someone self identifies as an idiot, and then proceeds to prove it.
Pointing out the obvious does not a troll make.
Now finally I can visit 4chan without getting nervous about knocks on the door.
There are far lesser reasons to avoid 4chan
Did you even read the summary?
Did you even read his Slashdot userid?
It all comes down to ...
IGNORANT PEOPLE
I say ignorant rather than stupid because of something a colleague told me years ago:
IGNORANT PEOPLE with internet access.
100 years ago, ignorance spread rather slowly. Today, you can convince 1000 people of some bullshit in a matter of seconds.
As if they would care that they were "caught" returning a server the had a legal right to seize in the first place.
They dun goofed big time. Hope they don't get backtraced.
Or maybe Facebook becomes the new Myspace before this gains any traction, and we can avoid this altoghether.
Add a warning:
Caution: Use remaining eye to avoid being eaten by shark.
I was with you right until you used "reasonable" and "Then, while the grandmother was waiting to get a patdown" in the same paragraph.
"There is no financial burden on the telcos and there is no labor burden because they have special offices that are paid specifically to deal with these requests."
Offices staffed by people who work for free?
No, this a cash cow for the telcos. Do you really think it costs them anywhere near what they are charging law enforcement to comply with these requests?
The reason they oppose this is nothing so noble as "respecting the 4th amendment". It's respecting their bottom line.
Requiring law enforcement to go through the trouble to get a warrant first is only going to reduce the number of requests they submit and pay for.