It's almost like both sides benefit from there being a camera on them.
It's almost like you don't know that Cops has been on the air for 25 years. Whether the person is innocent and being hassled by power tripping cops, or an actual "bad guy" worrying about going to jail for the meth stashed in his trunk, the very last thing on their minds is whether or not they're on video.
As best as I can tell from watching Cops these last 25 years, most of the people on cops are either (a) drunk, or (b) drunk.
A lot of the good (from the police perspective) is that people don't act like jerks when they're clearly being filmed.
Everyone knows that cops have had video cameras mounted in their cars, for decades. Neat how you skipped the parts of the summary talking about how police violence and complaints have dropped dramatically where these cameras have been used.
Almost like it's the cops who are the real jerks here. Interesting.
It's almost like both sides benefit from there being a camera on them.
Cameras help.
Which side of the confrontation is the problem is a matter for (people like you) to debate.
Cops, like everyone else, work in a world that's neither black nor white.
Like racism or the acceptance of gays, I think changes behind the blue line are largely generational, and mostly vanishing -- but even so, they present complicated decisions for the people involved. I agree that looking the other way is a problem, but I also think it's something that certainly isn't like it was in my father's generation, and I'm sure it'll be better when my children are grown.
The accused should be informed that they are being recorded or it can't be used against them in a criminal proceeding (rights against self-incrimination)
IANAL, but it'll be like any other police recording. Spontaneous admissions will likely still be admissible, but questioning would likely be subject to Miranda rules.
A lot of the good (from the police perspective) is that people don't act like jerks when they're clearly being filmed. Amazingly you're less likely to be a dick to cops when the camera is on you. In-car cameras turn on and off automatically when they have the lights and sirens on. Pull a guy over, and video gets shot - period. Wearables don't have that yet, but we'll get there.
I know that even mentioning this on/. gets you modded to oblivion, but the overwhelming majority of police are good people with a genuine desire to do good in the world -- and they're not out there looking to bust heads and turn off their cameras...especially in a world where every last person on a planet has their own camera and might catch it. There's obviously a good number of well documented "bad cop" cases, but there's a lot of cops, and bad cop stories make news, because it's a big violation of our trust.
The ACLU and others will fight for transparency with those videos - and the videos will keep cops and people safer.
Within Agritopia are approximately 12 acres of permanent urban farming. Farming first began here in 1927 when barren desert was cleared. The availability of irrigation water made farming in the desert possible. Initially, alfalfa hay was the principal crop (Gilbert was known as the hay capitol of the world).
When the Johnston family bought the farm in 1960, cotton was the most important crop. Cotton was grown in rotation with wheat, sorghum, corn, and barley. For a time, sugar beets were grown to supply the Spreckles Sugar plant in Chandler. In the 90’s, cotton became less profitable and the family grew mainly feed crops for dairy cattle, such as corn and alfalfa.
With the creation of Agritopia, preservation of agriculture was an underlying principle. In 2000, we began to carve out and convert the parcels that would be the permanent urban farming plots. Some of the earliest plots planted were the Medjool date and olive groves as well as the New Orchard (citrus, apples, peaches, plums, apricots, and blackberries).
The plots closest to the restaurant are for field crops. Seasonally, these plots produce a broad range of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. We are particularly proud of our leaf crops (lettuce, endive, asian greens, etc.) and our tomato crop (heirlooms, yellow, red, plum, etc.). The production of the farm is utilized by Joe’s Farm Grill, The Coffee Shop, and is available for purchase at the Agritopia Produce Stand.
Also, as should be obvious, nobody actually uses this land except Joe's Farm Grill.
To the best of my knowledge, the only useful thing to come out of Agritopia in Phoenix (Chandler/Gilbert) is Joe's Farm Grill which is a nice place to grab a fresh burger or some BBQ and eat on the patio with the other Mormon families.
If you look at the map, you'll see that there's basically a little bit of citrus, a field growing something alfalfa-esque, and a greenhouse where someone's got some tomatoes.
I'm aware that there are competing backup solutions, and other options for storing your media, but they still require doubling my drive capacity, and implementing one of those solutions.
If my data is dynamic, I've also got the added burden of fetching that second drive and syncing it regularly, something presumably I don't have to do with this service.
There are no doubt advantages to local storage, and local backup.
My point remains that, at this price, it's starting to become viable, and that if it drops low enough, it'll be good enough for a lot of people -- and better in a number of categories, especially around availability in a multi-device, multi-platform world.
Certainly not ease of access across multiple devices in and out of your own network or away from your own storage. Certainly not for backup, without investing in your own off-site recovery method. Certainly not in terms of time spent caring for that solution.
Having a large virtual drive in the cloud would make my life easier, but certainly not cheaper.
I don't think it's cost effective for me yet, but there's certainly a lot of green checkmarks on the chart for their solution.
There is no warning given to the card holder, you know, the one fronting the bill.
How would you like them to be warned, since they're not holding the device? You can add all the warnings you'd like, a hundred "are you sure" messages, but if they don't have the device, they won't get them.
You do get an email immediately, of course, with each purchase. You may or may not receive that.
...but the system wasn't designed specifically to not warn you. That's a lie. You're flat out making things up to tell a false narrative.
b) Google implemented it specifically to be subtle and easy to miss that money is in fact changing hands.
No. Just no.
No matter how many times you want to buy a golden egg for your sparkle pony, each time the game pauses, you get taken to the Google interface, and you just at least acknowledge that you're exchanging money for golden eggs.
It is not designed specifically to be subtle and easy to miss.
First of all, the in-app purchasing is specifically designed to not warn you when a purchase is made, and to make the purchases as subtle as possible
First of all, you're wrong.
In-app purchases require you to interact with the Google system. You can't just press the "golden egg" button and have them appear without the game pausing and giving you a pop-up for -- even if just to hit "OK" -- with the real-world price and ask you to confirm it. It even takes 2-3 seconds (a long time between button presses, actually) to allow the purchase to ready, and another 2-3 seconds for the purchase to complete.
If you want 10 more "golden eggs" two minutes later, you have to repeat the process. It does not happen without a warning. It's designed specifically to warn you -- you know, the complete opposite of what you said.
...or it takes days, if it's necessary for the story.
...much in the same way that one week anyone on the planet can be tracked to inches of their location by their cellphone instantly, by anyone with a computer when the story wants it to be and other people who use perfectly normal non-CIA cellphones (because CIA cellphones are magic) can't be located, ever, under any circumstances, until the story wants them to be located.
None of these are "real" businesses, and it's still about 11 doge to the penny.
Sure, I get that BitCoin started that way, but I'll eat my hat if doge (the worst meme ever) ever grows beyond a circle-jerk of \b\tards.
I imagine there's some sort of 3rd party coin to cash payment processor out there that takes Doge, so, again, I recognize it's "real" in that regard, but, doge is a joke by design.
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It's almost like you don't know that Cops has been on the air for 25 years. Whether the person is innocent and being hassled by power tripping cops, or an actual "bad guy" worrying about going to jail for the meth stashed in his trunk, the very last thing on their minds is whether or not they're on video.
As best as I can tell from watching Cops these last 25 years, most of the people on cops are either (a) drunk, or (b) drunk.
Any support for police on /. is you being part of the corrupt system, maaaan.
It's like arguing with creationists who shout Piltdown Man! Piltdown Man! to explain why all science is bullshit, and the earth is 6,000 years old.
You reported your friend too, right ?
I'll ignore your "all cops are perjurers" tirade.
As to the rest:
Everyone knows that cops have had video cameras mounted in their cars, for decades. Neat how you skipped the parts of the summary talking about how police violence and complaints have dropped dramatically where these cameras have been used.
Almost like it's the cops who are the real jerks here. Interesting.
It's almost like both sides benefit from there being a camera on them.
Cameras help.
Which side of the confrontation is the problem is a matter for (people like you) to debate.
Texas stealing from motorists along I-10, and NYC's stop-and-violate are, undeniably, bullshit - and that comes from a guy living in Arizona :)
Heck, it might even shed light on how bullshit your other scenarios are.
Cops, like everyone else, work in a world that's neither black nor white.
Like racism or the acceptance of gays, I think changes behind the blue line are largely generational, and mostly vanishing -- but even so, they present complicated decisions for the people involved. I agree that looking the other way is a problem, but I also think it's something that certainly isn't like it was in my father's generation, and I'm sure it'll be better when my children are grown.
My opinion, anyway.
The accused should be informed that they are being recorded or it can't be used against them in a criminal proceeding (rights against self-incrimination)
IANAL, but it'll be like any other police recording. Spontaneous admissions will likely still be admissible, but questioning would likely be subject to Miranda rules.
*shrug*
A lot of the good (from the police perspective) is that people don't act like jerks when they're clearly being filmed. Amazingly you're less likely to be a dick to cops when the camera is on you. In-car cameras turn on and off automatically when they have the lights and sirens on. Pull a guy over, and video gets shot - period. Wearables don't have that yet, but we'll get there.
I know that even mentioning this on /. gets you modded to oblivion, but the overwhelming majority of police are good people with a genuine desire to do good in the world -- and they're not out there looking to bust heads and turn off their cameras...especially in a world where every last person on a planet has their own camera and might catch it. There's obviously a good number of well documented "bad cop" cases, but there's a lot of cops, and bad cop stories make news, because it's a big violation of our trust.
The ACLU and others will fight for transparency with those videos - and the videos will keep cops and people safer.
"About 16" is "About 12."
Within Agritopia are approximately 12 acres of permanent urban farming. Farming first began here in 1927 when barren desert was cleared. The availability of irrigation water made farming in the desert possible. Initially, alfalfa hay was the principal crop (Gilbert was known as the hay capitol of the world).
When the Johnston family bought the farm in 1960, cotton was the most important crop. Cotton was grown in rotation with wheat, sorghum, corn, and barley. For a time, sugar beets were grown to supply the Spreckles Sugar plant in Chandler. In the 90’s, cotton became less profitable and the family grew mainly feed crops for dairy cattle, such as corn and alfalfa.
With the creation of Agritopia, preservation of agriculture was an underlying principle. In 2000, we began to carve out and convert the parcels that would be the permanent urban farming plots. Some of the earliest plots planted were the Medjool date and olive groves as well as the New Orchard (citrus, apples, peaches, plums, apricots, and blackberries).
The plots closest to the restaurant are for field crops. Seasonally, these plots produce a broad range of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. We are particularly proud of our leaf crops (lettuce, endive, asian greens, etc.) and our tomato crop (heirlooms, yellow, red, plum, etc.). The production of the farm is utilized by Joe’s Farm Grill, The Coffee Shop, and is available for purchase at the Agritopia Produce Stand.
Also, as should be obvious, nobody actually uses this land except Joe's Farm Grill.
At least they're a tasty place to eat.
Those 454 homes are no different from any other suburban home in Gilbert AZ.
There's just a pair of plots where a strip mall full of dentists and swimming pool supply stores could have been full of fruit and grass.
Every person in there just goes to the grocery store like everyone else, minus a bag of oranges once in a while that they probably let rot.
To the best of my knowledge, the only useful thing to come out of Agritopia in Phoenix (Chandler/Gilbert) is Joe's Farm Grill which is a nice place to grab a fresh burger or some BBQ and eat on the patio with the other Mormon families.
If you look at the map, you'll see that there's basically a little bit of citrus, a field growing something alfalfa-esque, and a greenhouse where someone's got some tomatoes.
It's not Pauly Shore Biodome.
It's just a place with fresh tomatoes.
Much like most backup services, you just sort of start the agent in January, and somewhere in April you're up to date.
Since you don't have to churn butter or anything in the meantime, you mostly forget about it.
I'm aware that there are competing backup solutions, and other options for storing your media, but they still require doubling my drive capacity, and implementing one of those solutions.
If my data is dynamic, I've also got the added burden of fetching that second drive and syncing it regularly, something presumably I don't have to do with this service.
There are no doubt advantages to local storage, and local backup.
My point remains that, at this price, it's starting to become viable, and that if it drops low enough, it'll be good enough for a lot of people -- and better in a number of categories, especially around availability in a multi-device, multi-platform world.
Still better for what?
Certainly not ease of access across multiple devices in and out of your own network or away from your own storage. Certainly not for backup, without investing in your own off-site recovery method. Certainly not in terms of time spent caring for that solution.
Having a large virtual drive in the cloud would make my life easier, but certainly not cheaper.
I don't think it's cost effective for me yet, but there's certainly a lot of green checkmarks on the chart for their solution.
There is no warning given to the card holder, you know, the one fronting the bill.
How would you like them to be warned, since they're not holding the device? You can add all the warnings you'd like, a hundred "are you sure" messages, but if they don't have the device, they won't get them.
You do get an email immediately, of course, with each purchase. You may or may not receive that.
...and yet, it still wasn't implemented specifically to be subtle and easy to miss.
...or maybe an email saying something like "thank you for the purchase moron, boyah".
There IS an email. It's sent as close to realtime as possible by email.
It's obvious you're just making this up.
And get another one to back it up, and perform your own backups regularly, which of course has an opportunity cost of zero. :/
I've got 4-5TB of movies, music, and photos. I'm not ready to pay $50/mo for universal access and backups.
b) Google implemented it specifically to be subtle and easy to miss that money is in fact changing hands.
No. Just no.
No matter how many times you want to buy a golden egg for your sparkle pony, each time the game pauses, you get taken to the Google interface, and you just at least acknowledge that you're exchanging money for golden eggs.
It is not designed specifically to be subtle and easy to miss.
First of all, the in-app purchasing is specifically designed to not warn you when a purchase is made, and to make the purchases as subtle as possible
First of all, you're wrong.
In-app purchases require you to interact with the Google system. You can't just press the "golden egg" button and have them appear without the game pausing and giving you a pop-up for -- even if just to hit "OK" -- with the real-world price and ask you to confirm it. It even takes 2-3 seconds (a long time between button presses, actually) to allow the purchase to ready, and another 2-3 seconds for the purchase to complete.
If you want 10 more "golden eggs" two minutes later, you have to repeat the process. It does not happen without a warning. It's designed specifically to warn you -- you know, the complete opposite of what you said.
a child, under no supervision whatsoever
...and therein lies the problem.
Yup.
The Loudness Wars rendered most of this moot. :(
I've got about 2TB of movies - mostly from a vast physical collection - and that's at a tiny ~1GB per movie.
At 4-5GB/movie, I'd have the same backup problem the GP has.
It was a vulnerability. Now it's a back door.
...or it takes days, if it's necessary for the story.
I didn't believe dogecoin was real at first.
It's hardly real now.
http://dogedir.com/
None of these are "real" businesses, and it's still about 11 doge to the penny.
Sure, I get that BitCoin started that way, but I'll eat my hat if doge (the worst meme ever) ever grows beyond a circle-jerk of \b\tards.
I imagine there's some sort of 3rd party coin to cash payment processor out there that takes Doge, so, again, I recognize it's "real" in that regard, but, doge is a joke by design.