âoeIf youâ(TM)re not doing anything wrong, youâ(TM)re not driving a stolen car, youâ(TM)re not committing a crime,â Alessi said, âoethen you donâ(TM)t have anything to worry about.â
Then officer, you're OK with my recording your making a traffic stop? Or how you choose to break up peaceful protestors? I mean, if you're following your agency's official rules, there should be no problem, right?
No. Marking them as a thing of the past would be if I was so uncouth as to tell you to go F-off, you xenophobic turd. Or to point out the sheer volume of places I've been on many continents with people who either made overly broad statements about how Americans no longer have manners or the populace seemed to have rudeness and/or a lack of tact embedded in their culture. Either of those would indicate good manners and politeness were a thing of the past. I'm just glad my parents raised me better than that.
It took literally less than 2 minutes to exercise my right to tell them they don't have the default right to invade my privacy. Made one call (1-866-211-0874), typed in one of the cell numbers on our account and our billing pass code and it let me opt-out for all of the lines (hit "2"). Considering how easy it was, I'm assuming they outsources the system design. Verizon never makes things that simple.
Thanks wwphx. Here we were, having a nice discussion about global famine, ever-increasing prison populations, forced sterilization, war and death and you had make things depressing.;)
(I am, of course, kidding and sincerely hope those medical advances do occur soon enough to improve things for you.)
No, you didn't fix that for him. Instead you created an overly broad tinfoil-hate statement. As a culture, we do not do that. As some extremist components of the government, they might.
It'll be something Google comes up with. They've bought wind-power technology, some sort of public transportation program (bikes? buses? I forget), YouTube, which presents the opportunity for expansion into a cable TV-alternative, Google voice. I'm sure a grocery delivery program will be coming. I'm 100 percent convinced GTown isn't far down the line. Based on how Google rolls out products, it would be a beta city, of course.;)
What about informing them that you are recording the conversation and that if they fail to follow the laws you reference (Although, I'm guessing telling them, "Listen jackhat, according to mark-t...":)) you have them on record of having been informed of the fact. (a) is that legal (the recording them after telling them you're doing so and (b) any chance that would push the authorities to actually do something?
Let's see: Two weeks after the largest terrorist attack in the US, targeting the same general area as the protests, with the city already on a heightened level of alert and a lot of officers who have probably been working a LOT of shifts in a row. In _no way_ am I condoning their behavior. Not at all. Zero. Zip. I'm just guessing that the protesters are either consciously or subconsciously escape valves for the NYPD. I find the response repugnant and I'm not trying to justify it. Just giving one possible reason for their behavior. And I'm guessing it's not every, single member of the NYPD. I'd be very interested in seeing the time sheets for the past two weeks of the officers who are involved.
I have to admit, I'm not TSA's biggest fan, but my wife and I were flying on vacation a couple of months ago and traveling with infants. We had _a lot_ of stuff (all within the carrying limit, but still. It included a double stroller). The TSA folks helped us get the stroller through the metal detector, the seats through the X-ray machine, shunted people around us so we could make sure we had the kids OK and in our arms, etc. Once we were through they made sure we had space to get everything back together, etc. etc. I walked up to the agent in charge and said, "I've got to say, you guys catch a lot of crap. Most of it you deserve. But this time I have to give you credit for really helping out." He looked shocked and said, "Sir, in all the time I've been doing this, no one, for any reason, has ever said, 'thank you.'" Yes, I know that could (most likely is?) because they haven't done much that warranted thanks. But in this case (and truth-to-tell, at the next airport we had a good experience with the TSA folks there, too) they were professional and helpful. We made a point of sending an email in to someone we know at TSA and gave the agent's name, letting them know they were exceptionally helpful. Like one of the parent posts said, there are a lot of TSA folks who signed on not expecting to be told they have to grope people. Then again, there are probably a number who signed up hoping they'd get to do just that. All I know is that in those two cases, they surprised me.
This ambulance chaser was standing in the security line when she heard the commotion and handed her business card to the TSA agent, just in case she should ever need representation.
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> It seems comprehensive in its description of what types of IT work qualify
Wonder which lobbyist firm helped them write it. Certainly wasn't done by "on-site experts".
Sounds like Crimson Orgy - a novel about a low-budget movie with all kinds of similar events.
thank YOU for SHARING your thoughts on THE issue*. ;)
That said, I agree (and the bone-through-the-nose comment is great and one I plan on stealing.)
âoeIf youâ(TM)re not doing anything wrong, youâ(TM)re not driving a stolen car, youâ(TM)re not committing a crime,â Alessi said, âoethen you donâ(TM)t have anything to worry about.â
Then officer, you're OK with my recording your making a traffic stop? Or how you choose to break up peaceful protestors? I mean, if you're following your agency's official rules, there should be no problem, right?
No. Marking them as a thing of the past would be if I was so uncouth as to tell you to go F-off, you xenophobic turd. Or to point out the sheer volume of places I've been on many continents with people who either made overly broad statements about how Americans no longer have manners or the populace seemed to have rudeness and/or a lack of tact embedded in their culture. Either of those would indicate good manners and politeness were a thing of the past. I'm just glad my parents raised me better than that.
I didn't know that. Thanks for the clarification (timely, too. Someone actually asked me a google image related question so this helps me respond.)
How are they the biggest distributor? Isn't most of their stuff images other people are hosting (image search) or upload themselves (picasa)?
> You are the hipsters of video gaming and you are annoying
;)
You should see the Mac users playing it
They've been quite vocal lately. (And yes, for the Anonymous Cowards that reply to this post, you're very witty by half.)
That's because /. posts must be written in a language that compiles to verifiably type-safe Sar.Casm and must not use System.Humor.Emit.
Or the FBI goes to FB and gets whatever records it has about the profile with which you were never involved and have no idea exists.
It took literally less than 2 minutes to exercise my right to tell them they don't have the default right to invade my privacy. Made one call (1-866-211-0874), typed in one of the cell numbers on our account and our billing pass code and it let me opt-out for all of the lines (hit "2"). Considering how easy it was, I'm assuming they outsources the system design. Verizon never makes things that simple.
Thanks wwphx. Here we were, having a nice discussion about global famine, ever-increasing prison populations, forced sterilization, war and death and you had make things depressing. ;)
(I am, of course, kidding and sincerely hope those medical advances do occur soon enough to improve things for you.)
No, you didn't fix that for him. Instead you created an overly broad tinfoil-hate statement. As a culture, we do not do that. As some extremist components of the government, they might.
It'll be something Google comes up with. They've bought wind-power technology, some sort of public transportation program (bikes? buses? I forget), YouTube, which presents the opportunity for expansion into a cable TV-alternative, Google voice. I'm sure a grocery delivery program will be coming. I'm 100 percent convinced GTown isn't far down the line. Based on how Google rolls out products, it would be a beta city, of course. ;)
mark-t, you just made my day :)
What about informing them that you are recording the conversation and that if they fail to follow the laws you reference (Although, I'm guessing telling them, "Listen jackhat, according to mark-t ..." :)) you have them on record of having been informed of the fact. (a) is that legal (the recording them after telling them you're doing so and (b) any chance that would push the authorities to actually do something?
Dear [insert elected official's name] - This call is to inform you that we intend to collect on the following:
* On promises you made to fool us into voting for you;
* Our faith in Congress;
* And, our trust, which you obviously no longer deserve.
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Yes, nice catch. Anniversary.
Let's see: Two weeks after the largest terrorist attack in the US, targeting the same general area as the protests, with the city already on a heightened level of alert and a lot of officers who have probably been working a LOT of shifts in a row. In _no way_ am I condoning their behavior. Not at all. Zero. Zip. I'm just guessing that the protesters are either consciously or subconsciously escape valves for the NYPD. I find the response repugnant and I'm not trying to justify it. Just giving one possible reason for their behavior. And I'm guessing it's not every, single member of the NYPD. I'd be very interested in seeing the time sheets for the past two weeks of the officers who are involved.
I know that was sophomoric humor, but damn it was funny :)
I have to admit, I'm not TSA's biggest fan, but my wife and I were flying on vacation a couple of months ago and traveling with infants. We had _a lot_ of stuff (all within the carrying limit, but still. It included a double stroller). The TSA folks helped us get the stroller through the metal detector, the seats through the X-ray machine, shunted people around us so we could make sure we had the kids OK and in our arms, etc. Once we were through they made sure we had space to get everything back together, etc. etc. I walked up to the agent in charge and said, "I've got to say, you guys catch a lot of crap. Most of it you deserve. But this time I have to give you credit for really helping out." He looked shocked and said, "Sir, in all the time I've been doing this, no one, for any reason, has ever said, 'thank you.'" Yes, I know that could (most likely is?) because they haven't done much that warranted thanks. But in this case (and truth-to-tell, at the next airport we had a good experience with the TSA folks there, too) they were professional and helpful. We made a point of sending an email in to someone we know at TSA and gave the agent's name, letting them know they were exceptionally helpful. Like one of the parent posts said, there are a lot of TSA folks who signed on not expecting to be told they have to grope people. Then again, there are probably a number who signed up hoping they'd get to do just that. All I know is that in those two cases, they surprised me.
This ambulance chaser was standing in the security line when she heard the commotion and handed her business card to the TSA agent, just in case she should ever need representation.
Which will be the first Tuesday after people stop using, "FTFY" and "citation needed."
There's something ironically funny about using "body cavities" and "IANAL" in the same sentence.