I agree. You do anything you can to talk your way out of getting arrested by a cop. The street cop on the beat is just trying to do his job (one can argue whether the cop is doing a good or bad job). His mistake was giving the cop grief. I admire his principles, but unless one likes going to jail, and all the hassles involved, you do your best to avoid it. He should have resisted showing some ID (or driver's license in this specific case) exactly once, then if threatened with arrest, a street smart citizen should have complied to avoid arrest. He could have then lodged a complaint after the fact with the police/city.
Lessons learned: don't expect corporate retail outlets to treat you any different than any other customer. If the majority of the customers allow themselves this type of treatment, you will get it as well. Don't like the way they treat you? Then shop somewhere else.
Don't make things difficult for the cops. I don't like them either, I try my best to stand up to them, but I don't like getting jailed over some bullshit. The guy with the badge and the gun on his hip is in charge at the scene. If you piss them off, they will find some way to arrest you, whether the charges stick or not.
He certainly didn't "win" in any real sense here. 7500 dollars in the hole and no way to sue to recoup his money spent defending himself by waiving his right to sue. He did get the record expunged, which is good, but he spent a lot of time and money when he could have just shown the cop some ID.
and speed the collapse of our society. The quicker we piss off everyone, the quicker we can purge the system. In market terms, we are long overdue for a "correction" in our political system.
One could argue that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were correct from the get go, just that the powers that be didn't recognize that slaves were human (I suppose, I can't fathom how slavery was legal under the original Constitution and Bill of rights), but I recognize that in the real world back then, slavery was a De facto practice/trade. Women were also De facto property, not by law, but by tradition. Old practices are sometimes hard to change, hence the additional amendments guaranteeing rights to those who were previously (in practice) without.
I particularly enjoy the 19th amendment:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
So if I'm a convicted felony sex offender, can I still vote? Or were they referring to gender? Isn't English great?
AFAIK, Moller has never actually had anything for sale.
Well, he did start SuperTrapp Industries. They are still in business, Moller sold off that subsidiary in 1988. He has an impressive resume, but I agree, I've been watching him try to develop the flying car for at least a couple of decades now.
Missed the part about payouts. But how do you separate legit dollars submitted to imaginary dollars? So if I put $10 in the machine (assuming you can put more than one dollar at a time in the machine), and it pays out on the tenth pull, one could argue that it is legit, since I did pay my money. What if it was the 11th pull? Do the machines keep precise records?
That some patrons payed back money seems to put the casino in a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario. If they prosecute the winners who don't pay it back, and lose, then those who returned money should get theirs back. If they let them go, then those who returned money should get it back. Of course, most of those who returned money probably didn't win enough to fight over.
Caesars lost $487,000 on the machine during that time, state police said.
Did they really "lose" money or did they just not make as much as they normally would have? Did the machine pay out during this time, or is it that players got to play 10x more per dollar, and therefore Caesars "lost" money?
To be fair not every attorney does the whole "billable time" thing. I've hired an attorney, and while in the fine print, he could conceivably had charged me for phone calls and stuff, I hired him for the job. He gave me a figure, I met it, and things are going well. Not all attorneys bill time. Some do pricing by the job. It all depends on how deep you are in it. However, my troubles with the law fell into the category of standard operating procedure. I'm not alone in my law breaking, and they've pretty much got some of the common things figured out, and can give a flat fee. It is all a bunch of theater, formality, procedure and money paying in my case.
Jail is just the stick to make sure The State gets paid. Unless he is a total loser (with no friends or family with any money), he should make bail in no time. I agree that prison is excessive for the violation, but more that likely, he won't see any prison, just some fines. Don't pay the fines? Then the big stick of jail is still there to ensure that the State gets paid. This is the big purpose for imprisonment for non-violent offenders.
Is there a plug-in for firefox that allows me to blacklist certain domains? I feel dirty now for wasting my time on yet another roughlydrafted BS "article".
They [the Palo Alto strategy group] used the opportunity before the release of [Netscape] Navigator's source code to clarify a potential confusion caused by the ambiguity of the word "free" in English.
And in doing so, introduced ambiguity and confusion of the word "open". They replaced one problem with another.
It seems to me that there is Open Source, and there is open source. If the source code is available, it should be called open source. If it falls under the umbrella of OSI's requirements, then call it Open Source. Frankly, I feel they are fighting a battle of semantics, and maybe should trademark a name that can be less confusing.
Because the courthouse will not accept checks or credit cards. When the State absolutely positively needs to get paid, they do demand cash. Sure, they will accept checks on stuff like tags and licenses, but if you ever get arrested, it is cash or money order, and that is about it.
Yeah, right, a perfect sphere. Ok, I'm sure it could be an improvement, but can you ever really get a perfect anything? (I'm talking about physical objects here)
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I agree. You do anything you can to talk your way out of getting arrested by a cop. The street cop on the beat is just trying to do his job (one can argue whether the cop is doing a good or bad job). His mistake was giving the cop grief. I admire his principles, but unless one likes going to jail, and all the hassles involved, you do your best to avoid it. He should have resisted showing some ID (or driver's license in this specific case) exactly once, then if threatened with arrest, a street smart citizen should have complied to avoid arrest. He could have then lodged a complaint after the fact with the police/city.
Lessons learned: don't expect corporate retail outlets to treat you any different than any other customer. If the majority of the customers allow themselves this type of treatment, you will get it as well. Don't like the way they treat you? Then shop somewhere else.
Don't make things difficult for the cops. I don't like them either, I try my best to stand up to them, but I don't like getting jailed over some bullshit. The guy with the badge and the gun on his hip is in charge at the scene. If you piss them off, they will find some way to arrest you, whether the charges stick or not.
He certainly didn't "win" in any real sense here. 7500 dollars in the hole and no way to sue to recoup his money spent defending himself by waiving his right to sue. He did get the record expunged, which is good, but he spent a lot of time and money when he could have just shown the cop some ID.
and speed the collapse of our society. The quicker we piss off everyone, the quicker we can purge the system. In market terms, we are long overdue for a "correction" in our political system.
One could argue that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were correct from the get go, just that the powers that be didn't recognize that slaves were human (I suppose, I can't fathom how slavery was legal under the original Constitution and Bill of rights), but I recognize that in the real world back then, slavery was a De facto practice/trade. Women were also De facto property, not by law, but by tradition. Old practices are sometimes hard to change, hence the additional amendments guaranteeing rights to those who were previously (in practice) without.
I particularly enjoy the 19th amendment:
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
So if I'm a convicted felony sex offender, can I still vote? Or were they referring to gender? Isn't English great?
2G iPod forever. It even has a "real" (full size) firewire port.
Plenty of us realize that by pirating our entertainment, we essentially have cut out the ability for them to make more.
You say that like it is a bad thing. Burn Hollywood Burn!
AFAIK, Moller has never actually had anything for sale.
Well, he did start SuperTrapp Industries. They are still in business, Moller sold off that subsidiary in 1988. He has an impressive resume, but I agree, I've been watching him try to develop the flying car for at least a couple of decades now.
Well at least The Uranus Experiment: Part 2 got the physics in space right. The physics of an astronaut/alien orgy in zero g!
You really need a psych prof to teach you that?
You are so correct. I learned this from my girlfriend. Cherry dribbling indeed!
However, demand still up. Classic economics would argue it is not too much.
Exactly. If all these other assholes weren't demanding gasoline, I could buy it for less. Criminal indeed.
Missed the part about payouts. But how do you separate legit dollars submitted to imaginary dollars? So if I put $10 in the machine (assuming you can put more than one dollar at a time in the machine), and it pays out on the tenth pull, one could argue that it is legit, since I did pay my money. What if it was the 11th pull? Do the machines keep precise records?
That some patrons payed back money seems to put the casino in a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario. If they prosecute the winners who don't pay it back, and lose, then those who returned money should get theirs back. If they let them go, then those who returned money should get it back. Of course, most of those who returned money probably didn't win enough to fight over.
Caesars lost $487,000 on the machine during that time, state police said.
Did they really "lose" money or did they just not make as much as they normally would have? Did the machine pay out during this time, or is it that players got to play 10x more per dollar, and therefore Caesars "lost" money?
To be fair not every attorney does the whole "billable time" thing. I've hired an attorney, and while in the fine print, he could conceivably had charged me for phone calls and stuff, I hired him for the job. He gave me a figure, I met it, and things are going well. Not all attorneys bill time. Some do pricing by the job. It all depends on how deep you are in it. However, my troubles with the law fell into the category of standard operating procedure. I'm not alone in my law breaking, and they've pretty much got some of the common things figured out, and can give a flat fee. It is all a bunch of theater, formality, procedure and money paying in my case.
Yeah, but the loss of motor skills kinda spoils the whole thing, eh?
Depends on what you consider punishment.
So rich people can just skip jail but poor people have to take their punishment?
You must be new here.
Seriously, this is the case already, unless you consider taking from one's wallet as punishment. Yes, the system is retarded. And broken.
Bail goes to the State if you don't show up for court. So if they don't do the community service, do you threaten them with jail?
Jail is just the stick to make sure The State gets paid. Unless he is a total loser (with no friends or family with any money), he should make bail in no time. I agree that prison is excessive for the violation, but more that likely, he won't see any prison, just some fines. Don't pay the fines? Then the big stick of jail is still there to ensure that the State gets paid. This is the big purpose for imprisonment for non-violent offenders.
Are two different publications.
Is there a plug-in for firefox that allows me to blacklist certain domains? I feel dirty now for wasting my time on yet another roughlydrafted BS "article".
I thought it would be legal to make mp3 copies of your purchased Beatles CD for the purpose of putting it on one's ipod. Am I wrong?
They [the Palo Alto strategy group] used the opportunity before the release of [Netscape] Navigator's source code to clarify a potential confusion caused by the ambiguity of the word "free" in English.
And in doing so, introduced ambiguity and confusion of the word "open". They replaced one problem with another.
It seems to me that there is Open Source, and there is open source. If the source code is available, it should be called open source. If it falls under the umbrella of OSI's requirements, then call it Open Source. Frankly, I feel they are fighting a battle of semantics, and maybe should trademark a name that can be less confusing.
"It's complicated and very complex," noted the researchers
What an understatement.
Because the courthouse will not accept checks or credit cards. When the State absolutely positively needs to get paid, they do demand cash. Sure, they will accept checks on stuff like tags and licenses, but if you ever get arrested, it is cash or money order, and that is about it.
Plus there wasn't a lot of unnecessary dialog coming from Dolph Lundgren. What about "vigilante crime fighter" needs a plot?
Yeah, right, a perfect sphere. Ok, I'm sure it could be an improvement, but can you ever really get a perfect anything? (I'm talking about physical objects here)