I've witnessed police brutality first hand before. An officer handcuffed a college kid when he tried to walk away from a speeding ticket, then the officer pushed him agaisnt the hood of the cop car (burning the kids cheek) and then pepper sprayed the kid right to the eyes (after handcuffing him and inflicting 2nd degree burns to the kids face). That was the third incident in a year for that officer and he didn't even get suspended. I was a witness in the civil case against the station, the kid's family won $150,000. I thought that was an exorbinant amount for a pinched nerve, burnt cheek, and stinging eyes but whatever.
Anyway, the video on youtube is a little brutal but I don't think either officer should be fired. Maybe a short suspension for the guy punching the perp in the face, because that is not a move that helps get the suspect into custody. We also have no idea what that guy did before the video starts. He might have just shot a little girl, spit in the cop's face, or jay walked. We have no idea what the context was, so it's hard to pass judgement. Either way, that wasn't all that brutal, at least he wasn't hitting the dude with his mag-light.
I have had a few bad experiences with the police (like the one mentioned above) and believe that it is always better not to get them involved. However, I have also had police save me from a machete weilding maniac that had me pinned in my bedroom (adn believe me, I wanted them to kick the crap outta him). They are necessary, and I think we should all try to keep open minds. Besides, I'm a rarity, a nerd who parties and gets involved with shady people. THeir probably aren't very many people on/. who have ever dealt with the police for more than a speeding ticket. I think most people who don't deal with the police very much have a negative view towards them (as brutal or power tripping or whatever) and that is messed up because you are the people the police are protecting. Sooo, support the boys in blue!
One day, about 4+ years ago, when I was working at a porn shop, this Russian computer scientist came in. He seemed pretty smart and was yakkin about optical computers and some project he had worked on in the 90's in Russia or something. Anyway, he said this would happen, the return of the paralell mainframe. He said that we were reaching the limits of current silicon and copper materials. With optical still a long way out, he said we would probably build mainframes for a while again. He also said CPUs made out of diamonds with optical high speed interfaces were the future but nobody was putting money into it (for various reasons...), and that was why he didn't have a job. He said he figured companies would be clamoring for peopel like him once the materials, like manufactured diamonds, were more readily available. I still believe him, but nobody ever listens to me when I talk about that guy. I met quite a few kewl people at the 'ole porn ship actually.
Oh sweet, more stat games. THere nothing I like more than misleading people with statements like your professor's. Soo, how does he know thay are dying from fast food? Is he using all heart attack deaths? Do they actually die inside Mcdonalds? Wtf is "fast food" anyway? Do places in teh food court, like SBarro count? How many people die from rabies anyways???
BTW, who the fuck cares. All I'm saying is that I would remember the day that two planes were struck by lightning at nearly the same time, then crashed into the Twin towers, killing thousands of people. In fact, I think quite a few people would remember that date.
I love it when you can get inside company phone systems like this. I left messages for like 10 people, just in the hope that they will waste some time tomorrow listening to my dumb ass.
But the fact is, you've got researchers on one side, and believe me, there's absolutely no upside to telling Americans that dumping tons of pollutants into the atmosphere is going to have a bad effect
You might want to re-think that. It would definitely be in a researchers best interest to find a problem.
Why would the government or anyone else fund research in a field that is trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist?
The/. crowd will probably gain some employment opportunities from the ventures raised on these tax dollars. Does anyone think this will influence the way you view the situation?
I'm going to vote for it just because it will mean more jobs in my sector. It will probably increase demand for high tech workers and could help wages across the board for high demand electrical engineering posistions in California.
Americans especially, and some other westerners are WAY too much indulged in their own well being that, EVERYTHING is taken as a disaster when the unbelievably minimal, almost non-existent threat to life occurs. (as if a flushed ipod by a kid can EVER be, and as terrorists DO tell that they flushed a bomb disguised as an ipod)
Once again I feel pigeon holed and stereotyped by someone who thinks that all (or most, which is nearly as bad) Americans are like this or that... Everyone is different damn it! In fact I would say that goes expecially in the states. If Americans are anything, we are individuals. Out primary education system focuses on the strength of the individual and stresses independent thought. Soo, international community, please stop acting like you know what we are thinking and who we are. Hell, less than half of us vote! So chill out!
And I don't think this was a kid. If I had to guess I would say he is an overweight twenty something who used to be an IT administrator before he got fired for shooting his mouth off or being too anti-social at work. But then again I'm just guessing based on stereotypes propagated on the net and among buddies about WOW players whom I haven't met and I have never played a mmporg anyways. So I guess I really have no idea what I'm talking about. Sound familiar????
Right now with the medications, I'm working, but with the knowledge that I'm slowly destroying my hands.
You keep working on coomputers with a mouse (GUI dependent???) despite the fact that it may destroy the afformentioned appendage?
If it's lightweight and Optical (I hate mechanical mice so very very much), I'll buy several.
So, you;d rather loose complete function of your hand than use a mechanical mouse? And why several? Don't you wanna try one first before throwing hundreds of dollars at it?
Talk about having your priorities straight... How the hell did this get modded up?
With no simple way to tell whether fruit that looks good on the outside will taste good on the inside, consumers often buy peaches, pears and melons they can't eat because they're under-ripe or overripe.
You could taste it! Every store I worked at encouraged sampling fruit for customers.
SO I;m probably one of the only people that visists this site that actually was a "journeyman" produce guy and have dealt with ordering and throwing out massive quatities of produce for various stores (Vons, Henrys, and Bristol Farms).
Any good produce manager already knows what he's got in his cooler and how ripe it is, without some sticker to mislead him. Sometimes different fruit give off different amounts of gas at the same ripeness level depending on where it was grown, how long in it was in cold storage, etc... Since produce is in the USA is constantly coming in from all over the world, I don't think these stickers would be very reliable.
Also I don't think the stickers would help much with waste because buyers over order on purpose when they can get a good deal. Buyers and district managers will push the dept managers to order more as well to get it outta the warehouse before it goes bad too. A lot of the time, (unlike other grocery items) produce sales (5 grapefruit for a dollar etc...) are based on availability of particular crops at good prices. THe buyer will order a crapload, the chain puts 'em on sale and hope that the product sells before they go bad. Cold storage can make some produce items last surprisingly long (several months sometimes) but a LOT of the time stores end up throwing out tons of the stuff, totally wasteful, but hey thats capitalism!
I think the only thing these stickers would be good for would be to inform customers that don't know when their fruit is ripe. However, the afformentioned problems would still arise and it is doubtful that they would be very reliable. I think this was mentioned in the article, but don't know for sure cause I don't have time to read it - typical/. style;-)
Do you really think Jessica Alba's musical talent merits the money she makes? Please name a pop star that you think deserves the money they get. I can't think of a single one.
I just think the industry is super corrupt and CDs are way too expensive. Most of the money goes to executives, and the vast majority of musicians in this coutry languish in poverty. If they were paid based on how much money venues could charge for a performance, then their ability to attract an audience would be the limiting factor on their incomes. They could still become millionaires, but they would have to play large sold out venues a lot.
I am a computer technician, I can probably make between 20k-100k depending where I work, but there is no chance I will be a milionaire doing this. I do it becuase I can live on it, and I enjoy what I do. Computer techs shouldn't be making millions and neither should a few lucky musicians who happen to know the right people.
If you are not against gay marriage, if you don't think pre-emptive war is a good idea, and you are pro life; why do you have to be republican?
Dude, why does the republican party have to mean those things?
None of them (besides maybe pre-emptive war) have a place in gov't at all. THe only reason they are part of the party is because dumb ass hippies in the 1960s onward made uber-religious christians the foundation for the republican party.
I don't get it. I am for gay marriage, against pre-emptive war, and pro-choice(!) but I'm a libertarian that usually votes republican. Why?
I want less government! It is inefficient! The problem with republicans is a problem of all government. They always want more power. Because republicans can't spen money on crap like the war on poverty (welfare) due to their political ideology (which I happen to agree with); they waste tax dollars on military and border control to appease their power base (thanks to those god-damn dirty hippies!). If they don't spend money on their political interests they will lose out.
Afterall, who put Bush in office in 2004?
The churches.
Why did they do it?
Bush is pro-life and he is fighting the infedels to avenge 9/11. Kerry might have taken a weaker stance.
Most Americans aren't ready to abandon their faith for reason.
The common perception of a democrat in the United States is not conducive to fundamentalist religious beliefs. This is the fault of the image created by f*cking hippies who I hate because they always have to be be so god-damn politcal when they should just shut the f*ck up.
Musicians should make 80% of the profit from their live shows, and their albums should be free (or whatever the cost of the media is) to promote the concerts. The copyright should protect their music from being covered by others (for money of course) without permission.
The few musicians that make it shouldn't be millionaires!!!! A true musician doesn't play for the money, he/she plays for the love of the art! While a very small percentage get picked up by the "industry;" a ton of talent never get heard because of the recording industry.
Their was no such thing as an "industry" as we know it at the beginning of the 20th century.
Umm so, this nerd was in contact with the one lawfirm for an extended period of time. He didn't just tell them to shove it from the get go. That tells me he really was considering the lawsuit.
He probably thought, holy crap, maybe, just maybe I'll get rich off of this...
Instead of just blogging the problem and leaving it at that ( no doubt effecting IPOD sales) he had to consider litigation. I hate people who sue, and I think this little Apple douche probably had it coming.
They aren't much better than the oil companies. Sucking us dry and holding us back, their short term greed will be our demise. It won't long before we fall to the wayside wondering what the fuck happened.
The digital revolution is upon us, adapt or be destroyed!
When I see "Game design" on a slashdot headline, I think oh, they must be talking about enforcing less violence, or push for earlier release dates resulting in sloppier code etc... But package design? Who gives a crap? I think it would be natural for Walmart to give feedback about what marketing techniques work well in their stores...
My friend tried withdraw $100 from a Wamu ATM (in Santa Monica) about 5 years ago, and it only gave him $60. $104 (fees too) came out of his checking account. He went inside the branch to get his $40 and they asked him top fill out a form and they would count the money in the ATM and compare to the transactions of the day etc... He filled out the form and they never called him back. He went back to complain and they told him to take it up with Wells Fargo (his bank). Wells Fargo told him it was a WAMU issue because it was their ATM machine. At that point he gave up and decided never to use a Wamu ATM again.
The lesson of the story:
Bank ATMs are not perfect.
They use asians now. White guys in suits (the target audience) think Asian means good at math and computers. Just check out intel or AMD or Dell's business websites. At least 50% of the people in there marketing photos are asian now. Funny thing is, all the hype will just imprint it even more into suit's brain that Asians are good at computers.
And I'm patenting the thought of that dumbass word. So, all you Nor-Cal chumps have to pay me royalties everytime you even think of saying "hella" again.
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I've witnessed police brutality first hand before. An officer handcuffed a college kid when he tried to walk away from a speeding ticket, then the officer pushed him agaisnt the hood of the cop car (burning the kids cheek) and then pepper sprayed the kid right to the eyes (after handcuffing him and inflicting 2nd degree burns to the kids face). That was the third incident in a year for that officer and he didn't even get suspended. I was a witness in the civil case against the station, the kid's family won $150,000. I thought that was an exorbinant amount for a pinched nerve, burnt cheek, and stinging eyes but whatever.
/. who have ever dealt with the police for more than a speeding ticket. I think most people who don't deal with the police very much have a negative view towards them (as brutal or power tripping or whatever) and that is messed up because you are the people the police are protecting. Sooo, support the boys in blue!
Anyway, the video on youtube is a little brutal but I don't think either officer should be fired. Maybe a short suspension for the guy punching the perp in the face, because that is not a move that helps get the suspect into custody. We also have no idea what that guy did before the video starts. He might have just shot a little girl, spit in the cop's face, or jay walked. We have no idea what the context was, so it's hard to pass judgement. Either way, that wasn't all that brutal, at least he wasn't hitting the dude with his mag-light.
I have had a few bad experiences with the police (like the one mentioned above) and believe that it is always better not to get them involved. However, I have also had police save me from a machete weilding maniac that had me pinned in my bedroom (adn believe me, I wanted them to kick the crap outta him). They are necessary, and I think we should all try to keep open minds. Besides, I'm a rarity, a nerd who parties and gets involved with shady people. THeir probably aren't very many people on
One day, about 4+ years ago, when I was working at a porn shop, this Russian computer scientist came in. He seemed pretty smart and was yakkin about optical computers and some project he had worked on in the 90's in Russia or something. Anyway, he said this would happen, the return of the paralell mainframe. He said that we were reaching the limits of current silicon and copper materials. With optical still a long way out, he said we would probably build mainframes for a while again. He also said CPUs made out of diamonds with optical high speed interfaces were the future but nobody was putting money into it (for various reasons...), and that was why he didn't have a job. He said he figured companies would be clamoring for peopel like him once the materials, like manufactured diamonds, were more readily available. I still believe him, but nobody ever listens to me when I talk about that guy. I met quite a few kewl people at the 'ole porn ship actually.
Oh sweet, more stat games. THere nothing I like more than misleading people with statements like your professor's. Soo, how does he know thay are dying from fast food? Is he using all heart attack deaths? Do they actually die inside Mcdonalds? Wtf is "fast food" anyway? Do places in teh food court, like SBarro count? How many people die from rabies anyways???
BTW, who the fuck cares. All I'm saying is that I would remember the day that two planes were struck by lightning at nearly the same time, then crashed into the Twin towers, killing thousands of people. In fact, I think quite a few people would remember that date.
Phreakin awesome.
I love it when you can get inside company phone systems like this. I left messages for like 10 people, just in the hope that they will waste some time tomorrow listening to my dumb ass.
But the fact is, you've got researchers on one side, and believe me, there's absolutely no upside to telling Americans that dumping tons of pollutants into the atmosphere is going to have a bad effect
You might want to re-think that. It would definitely be in a researchers best interest to find a problem.
Why would the government or anyone else fund research in a field that is trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist?
I would remember it, especially if they took out both towers of the WOrld Trade Center...
The /. crowd will probably gain some employment opportunities from the ventures raised on these tax dollars. Does anyone think this will influence the way you view the situation?
I'm going to vote for it just because it will mean more jobs in my sector. It will probably increase demand for high tech workers and could help wages across the board for high demand electrical engineering posistions in California.
Americans especially, and some other westerners are WAY too much indulged in their own well being that, EVERYTHING is taken as a disaster when the unbelievably minimal, almost non-existent threat to life occurs. (as if a flushed ipod by a kid can EVER be, and as terrorists DO tell that they flushed a bomb disguised as an ipod)
Once again I feel pigeon holed and stereotyped by someone who thinks that all (or most, which is nearly as bad) Americans are like this or that... Everyone is different damn it! In fact I would say that goes expecially in the states. If Americans are anything, we are individuals. Out primary education system focuses on the strength of the individual and stresses independent thought. Soo, international community, please stop acting like you know what we are thinking and who we are. Hell, less than half of us vote! So chill out!
And I don't think this was a kid. If I had to guess I would say he is an overweight twenty something who used to be an IT administrator before he got fired for shooting his mouth off or being too anti-social at work. But then again I'm just guessing based on stereotypes propagated on the net and among buddies about WOW players whom I haven't met and I have never played a mmporg anyways. So I guess I really have no idea what I'm talking about. Sound familiar????
Right now with the medications, I'm working, but with the knowledge that I'm slowly destroying my hands.
You keep working on coomputers with a mouse (GUI dependent???) despite the fact that it may destroy the afformentioned appendage?
If it's lightweight and Optical (I hate mechanical mice so very very much), I'll buy several.
So, you;d rather loose complete function of your hand than use a mechanical mouse? And why several? Don't you wanna try one first before throwing hundreds of dollars at it?
Talk about having your priorities straight... How the hell did this get modded up?
Step 1: Buy a bunch of pot!
Step 2:
Step 3: Profit!
With no simple way to tell whether fruit that looks good on the outside will taste good on the inside, consumers often buy peaches, pears and melons they can't eat because they're under-ripe or overripe.
You could taste it! Every store I worked at encouraged sampling fruit for customers.
Please don't wreck me for the formatting, I forgot how anal /. is... God, it's like a bunch of linux nerds run this place!
SO I;m probably one of the only people that visists this site that actually was a "journeyman" produce guy and have dealt with ordering and throwing out massive quatities of produce for various stores (Vons, Henrys, and Bristol Farms). Any good produce manager already knows what he's got in his cooler and how ripe it is, without some sticker to mislead him. Sometimes different fruit give off different amounts of gas at the same ripeness level depending on where it was grown, how long in it was in cold storage, etc... Since produce is in the USA is constantly coming in from all over the world, I don't think these stickers would be very reliable. Also I don't think the stickers would help much with waste because buyers over order on purpose when they can get a good deal. Buyers and district managers will push the dept managers to order more as well to get it outta the warehouse before it goes bad too. A lot of the time, (unlike other grocery items) produce sales (5 grapefruit for a dollar etc...) are based on availability of particular crops at good prices. THe buyer will order a crapload, the chain puts 'em on sale and hope that the product sells before they go bad. Cold storage can make some produce items last surprisingly long (several months sometimes) but a LOT of the time stores end up throwing out tons of the stuff, totally wasteful, but hey thats capitalism! I think the only thing these stickers would be good for would be to inform customers that don't know when their fruit is ripe. However, the afformentioned problems would still arise and it is doubtful that they would be very reliable. I think this was mentioned in the article, but don't know for sure cause I don't have time to read it - typical /. style ;-)
Sooo, how much does Costco pay you?
Do you really think Jessica Alba's musical talent merits the money she makes? Please name a pop star that you think deserves the money they get. I can't think of a single one.
I just think the industry is super corrupt and CDs are way too expensive. Most of the money goes to executives, and the vast majority of musicians in this coutry languish in poverty. If they were paid based on how much money venues could charge for a performance, then their ability to attract an audience would be the limiting factor on their incomes. They could still become millionaires, but they would have to play large sold out venues a lot.
I am a computer technician, I can probably make between 20k-100k depending where I work, but there is no chance I will be a milionaire doing this. I do it becuase I can live on it, and I enjoy what I do. Computer techs shouldn't be making millions and neither should a few lucky musicians who happen to know the right people.
If you are not against gay marriage, if you don't think pre-emptive war is a good idea, and you are pro life; why do you have to be republican?
Dude, why does the republican party have to mean those things?
None of them (besides maybe pre-emptive war) have a place in gov't at all. THe only reason they are part of the party is because dumb ass hippies in the 1960s onward made uber-religious christians the foundation for the republican party.
I don't get it. I am for gay marriage, against pre-emptive war, and pro-choice(!) but I'm a libertarian that usually votes republican. Why?
I want less government! It is inefficient! The problem with republicans is a problem of all government. They always want more power. Because republicans can't spen money on crap like the war on poverty (welfare) due to their political ideology (which I happen to agree with); they waste tax dollars on military and border control to appease their power base (thanks to those god-damn dirty hippies!). If they don't spend money on their political interests they will lose out.
Afterall, who put Bush in office in 2004?
The churches.
Why did they do it?
Bush is pro-life and he is fighting the infedels to avenge 9/11. Kerry might have taken a weaker stance.
Most Americans aren't ready to abandon their faith for reason.
The common perception of a democrat in the United States is not conducive to fundamentalist religious beliefs. This is the fault of the image created by f*cking hippies who I hate because they always have to be be so god-damn politcal when they should just shut the f*ck up.
again.
Musicians should make 80% of the profit from their live shows, and their albums should be free (or whatever the cost of the media is) to promote the concerts. The copyright should protect their music from being covered by others (for money of course) without permission.
The few musicians that make it shouldn't be millionaires!!!! A true musician doesn't play for the money, he/she plays for the love of the art! While a very small percentage get picked up by the "industry;" a ton of talent never get heard because of the recording industry.
Their was no such thing as an "industry" as we know it at the beginning of the 20th century.
So, what changed that model?
GREED!
Dinasors will die. -NOFX
Umm so, this nerd was in contact with the one lawfirm for an extended period of time. He didn't just tell them to shove it from the get go. That tells me he really was considering the lawsuit.
He probably thought, holy crap, maybe, just maybe I'll get rich off of this...
Instead of just blogging the problem and leaving it at that ( no doubt effecting IPOD sales) he had to consider litigation. I hate people who sue, and I think this little Apple douche probably had it coming.
So, these little creatures crap out fibers in all the different colors of the rainbow? She should make a scarf out of them.
/.?
Man, these people are freakin nuts! What a waste of time. How did this ever get on
All the hits generated will only help confirm that lady's crazy ass halucinations to herself...
They aren't much better than the oil companies. Sucking us dry and holding us back, their short term greed will be our demise. It won't long before we fall to the wayside wondering what the fuck happened.
The digital revolution is upon us, adapt or be destroyed!
"Dinasours must die."
-NOFX
When I see "Game design" on a slashdot headline, I think oh, they must be talking about enforcing less violence, or push for earlier release dates resulting in sloppier code etc... But package design? Who gives a crap? I think it would be natural for Walmart to give feedback about what marketing techniques work well in their stores...
My friend tried withdraw $100 from a Wamu ATM (in Santa Monica) about 5 years ago, and it only gave him $60. $104 (fees too) came out of his checking account. He went inside the branch to get his $40 and they asked him top fill out a form and they would count the money in the ATM and compare to the transactions of the day etc... He filled out the form and they never called him back. He went back to complain and they told him to take it up with Wells Fargo (his bank). Wells Fargo told him it was a WAMU issue because it was their ATM machine. At that point he gave up and decided never to use a Wamu ATM again.
The lesson of the story:
Bank ATMs are not perfect.
"white guys"
They use asians now. White guys in suits (the target audience) think Asian means good at math and computers. Just check out intel or AMD or Dell's business websites. At least 50% of the people in there marketing photos are asian now. Funny thing is, all the hype will just imprint it even more into suit's brain that Asians are good at computers.
The Bush administration has made so many unsettling power consolidating moves since 2000 that a claim like this really isn't very suprising.
I highly recommend a documentary called "Why we fight"...
And I'm patenting the thought of that dumbass word. So, all you Nor-Cal chumps have to pay me royalties everytime you even think of saying "hella" again.