Widespread rioting broke out today as the broadcast industry united in a lawsuit against "the people" charging that, according to a member of the legal team, "the remote control blatantly facilitates the circumvention of our clients' bullshit by the mooks in this country."
Conpensatory damages are being sought in the amount randomly generated during a late night dart game to represent as accurately as possible, the revenue losses that have accumulated over the past thirty or so years. This came out to just over $4.587219*10^16.
This is actually a good question since CHiP is a misleading acronym.
A recent example of what they do in times of need is the not-too-distant rioting that occured in Cincinnati. The governor sent in about 60+/- units to set things back in order. They also served as a signal that the nation was taking notice of Cincinnati's problems between local police and populace.
Their legal powers are also somewhat broader than those of local police (this may be different now with the USA Patriot act...). So if the governor orders them to stop the tampering of evidence they can do it as long as it is within the state and they are following an executive order.
They are police somewhat analogous to the relationship of the Army to the State National Guard.
Sorry, pulled an obligatory all-nighter and wasn't thinking quite like myself at the time. Now with even less sleep I'm thinking much clearer... honest! I am!
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Apple strikes head.
Way to express yourself mother nature, but it didn't piss him off nearly as far as you hypothesized.
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Widespread rioting broke out today as the broadcast industry united in a lawsuit against "the people" charging that, according to a member of the legal team, "the remote control blatantly facilitates the circumvention of our clients' bullshit by the mooks in this country."
Conpensatory damages are being sought in the amount randomly generated during a late night dart game to represent as accurately as possible, the revenue losses that have accumulated over the past thirty or so years. This came out to just over $4.587219*10^16.
This is actually a good question since CHiP is a misleading acronym.
A recent example of what they do in times of need is the not-too-distant rioting that occured in Cincinnati. The governor sent in about 60+/- units to set things back in order. They also served as a signal that the nation was taking notice of Cincinnati's problems between local police and populace.
Their legal powers are also somewhat broader than those of local police (this may be different now with the USA Patriot act...). So if the governor orders them to stop the tampering of evidence they can do it as long as it is within the state and they are following an executive order.
They are police somewhat analogous to the relationship of the Army to the State National Guard.
If Oracle was GPL it just might cause a mass-exodus to open source.
Truly this would be a reason to convert. Far fetched maybe, but who knows? The gesture on the part of Oracle would be remarkable indeed.
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Sorry, pulled an obligatory all-nighter and wasn't thinking quite like myself at the time.
Now with even less sleep I'm thinking much clearer... honest! I am!