We hold law enforcement, among other professions, to a higher standard.
The detective in question did over-react, and had a multitude of better options available to him.
The crowd was wrong as well, in egging him on, but he's the professional in this instance. He should have been the bigger man. Drawing his gun, even keeping it "safer" (I will not say he kept it safe. I own several firearms. He was not being safe with that weapon)
He should have come out and identified himself, loudly, and asked people to disperse, phoned in for backup if he felt it was needed.
The way that the PD came to know about this situation is that one of the snowballers actually called 911 saying "There's a guy with a gun."
Sorry, inexcusable. A snowball fight is not a threatening situation to a grown man, they were not posing a risk to public safety. Once he got out the gun, the situation got tense. He did nothing to ease that tension at all.
Your comment about nuclear launch codes does not fly primarily because it takes significantly more than just codes to launch a nuke. The nuclear control network is still running token ring, because the launch commander can sit and hold the token.
Wikileaks is a tool, nothing more, nothing less. The tool can be used for good or bad, but that's not the fault of the tool, its the fault of the person using it. I could just as easily argue that knives should be banned because every stabbing death has involved knives.
I must disagree.
Your statement that FOIA requests are a good method of getting information out of the US Government falls down in multiple ways.
1) Duration. I've seen FOIA requests take years to fulfill.
2) Redaction. The FOIA answers often have sections blacked out in them. Sometimes large sections. What you're left with is a document that is essentially unreadable.
3) Scope. FOIA only works where we're interfacing with the US Government agencies. It does not work with private corporations nor does it work with other nations.
Much like free speech, Wikileaks should be covered under "freedom of press."
There needs to be some place where this information can be distributed and the person doing the leak is not put at risk. There are too many groups/agencies around the world who solve problems by burning the bodies.
1. Go to the spreadsheet application in the OpenOffice suite
2. Go to any cell
3. Type in: =game()
The response will be "say what?"
4. Type in: =GAME("StarWars")
5. Press the enter key -- the opening screen shows up
6. Pick your icon -- a message will appear in German
7. Pick your level (again, in German)
8. Click 'start'
I just called T-Mobile. Tethering is allowed depending on the plan you've got. If you use too much bandwidth (operator did not know what the # was, and has promised to follow back up with me) then they throttle down your bandwidth. You must have a 'smartphone plan' with unlimited everything (internet, minutes, messages) to qualify, which is a non-issue for me.
The guy I spoke to was named Marish (Spelling could be off.)
Additionally, I've had smart phones with them ever since I had a Treo 600.
Not only did they support tethering then, they gave me a walk-through of how to configure my Treo650 as a Bluetooth modem, complete with APN info, and dialing strings.
Again, I pay for the premium package, but it saves me from having to carry around an extra data card.
and yes, I've got G1.
Couldn't agree more.
Google is a business, and is acting the way many businesses these days are.
it's controlling cost to make sure it remains profitable.
That's not evil.
Now, is this a PR stunt? Possibly. Does it matter much? Not really. It's still the right thing to do.
Mod parent up please.
I think that this is an ideal solution.
Everyone is treated equally, and the religious aspect of joining two people in one is removed from the equation.
the court is recognizing the legal union of two people, and that is what has all the rights, etc.
the religious ceremony has no bearing on the legal aspect of things.
It would take a while for peoples perception to catch up with reality, but it would work.
I would be very interested in knowing how you did this. I currently use Tetherbot for my G1, but loathe having to hook up the cable, etc. Got any pointers for me?
Agreed. Our political leanings aside, this is just wrong. If I don't want someone looking at my email. (And I don't. Thank you GPG) then I shouldn't be going out of my way to look at someone elses.
Yes, I know she's a public figure. Yes, I know she broke the law. I get all that, I really do. However, it's also wrong for anonymous to violate her privacy like that.
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Oh for mod points. Cracked me up
We hold law enforcement, among other professions, to a higher standard. The detective in question did over-react, and had a multitude of better options available to him. The crowd was wrong as well, in egging him on, but he's the professional in this instance. He should have been the bigger man. Drawing his gun, even keeping it "safer" (I will not say he kept it safe. I own several firearms. He was not being safe with that weapon) He should have come out and identified himself, loudly, and asked people to disperse, phoned in for backup if he felt it was needed. The way that the PD came to know about this situation is that one of the snowballers actually called 911 saying "There's a guy with a gun." Sorry, inexcusable. A snowball fight is not a threatening situation to a grown man, they were not posing a risk to public safety. Once he got out the gun, the situation got tense. He did nothing to ease that tension at all.
Your comment about nuclear launch codes does not fly primarily because it takes significantly more than just codes to launch a nuke. The nuclear control network is still running token ring, because the launch commander can sit and hold the token. Wikileaks is a tool, nothing more, nothing less. The tool can be used for good or bad, but that's not the fault of the tool, its the fault of the person using it. I could just as easily argue that knives should be banned because every stabbing death has involved knives.
I must disagree. Your statement that FOIA requests are a good method of getting information out of the US Government falls down in multiple ways.
1) Duration. I've seen FOIA requests take years to fulfill.
2) Redaction. The FOIA answers often have sections blacked out in them. Sometimes large sections. What you're left with is a document that is essentially unreadable.
3) Scope. FOIA only works where we're interfacing with the US Government agencies. It does not work with private corporations nor does it work with other nations.
Much like free speech, Wikileaks should be covered under "freedom of press." There needs to be some place where this information can be distributed and the person doing the leak is not put at risk. There are too many groups/agencies around the world who solve problems by burning the bodies.
1. Go to the spreadsheet application in the OpenOffice suite
2. Go to any cell
3. Type in: =game()
The response will be "say what?"
4. Type in: =GAME("StarWars")
5. Press the enter key -- the opening screen shows up
6. Pick your icon -- a message will appear in German
7. Pick your level (again, in German)
8. Click 'start'
I just called T-Mobile. Tethering is allowed depending on the plan you've got. If you use too much bandwidth (operator did not know what the # was, and has promised to follow back up with me) then they throttle down your bandwidth. You must have a 'smartphone plan' with unlimited everything (internet, minutes, messages) to qualify, which is a non-issue for me. The guy I spoke to was named Marish (Spelling could be off.) Additionally, I've had smart phones with them ever since I had a Treo 600. Not only did they support tethering then, they gave me a walk-through of how to configure my Treo650 as a Bluetooth modem, complete with APN info, and dialing strings. Again, I pay for the premium package, but it saves me from having to carry around an extra data card. and yes, I've got G1.
At least I'm not the only one trying to find this, and failing. My google-fu is weak this morning, apparently.
Crap, accidentally clicked the wrong mod option. Replying to remove that.
Couldn't agree more. Google is a business, and is acting the way many businesses these days are. it's controlling cost to make sure it remains profitable. That's not evil. Now, is this a PR stunt? Possibly. Does it matter much? Not really. It's still the right thing to do.
Mod parent up please. I think that this is an ideal solution. Everyone is treated equally, and the religious aspect of joining two people in one is removed from the equation. the court is recognizing the legal union of two people, and that is what has all the rights, etc. the religious ceremony has no bearing on the legal aspect of things. It would take a while for peoples perception to catch up with reality, but it would work.
I would be very interested in knowing how you did this. I currently use Tetherbot for my G1, but loathe having to hook up the cable, etc. Got any pointers for me?
Agreed. Our political leanings aside, this is just wrong. If I don't want someone looking at my email. (And I don't. Thank you GPG) then I shouldn't be going out of my way to look at someone elses. Yes, I know she's a public figure. Yes, I know she broke the law. I get all that, I really do. However, it's also wrong for anonymous to violate her privacy like that.