Newspapers didn't go the extra step and post a picture
Yes they do. Our local newspaper has pictures of people in handcuffs all the time. They have pictures of them being loaded into the police car, pictures of them walking into the court house, pictures of them doing work details, etc, etc.
Companies scour Facebook constantly looking for beer cups and people generally living their private life in FB albums
So? Perhaps one ought not to live ones private life in a public forum if one wants to maintain his or her privacy?
It's much easier to go "Hey, I know that guy!" when there's a picture associated with the name.
You mean the same contract that one party can modify the terms of at any time?
If you don't like that provision why did you sign the agreement?
If these companies can continue to take in an unlimited number of customers
So what's your great idea to address this "problem"? Quotas and ration books? I'm going to need to get permission from some bureaucrat before I can change wireless providers? Yeah, that will fly.
Your argument only holds water if you believe that they should promise limitless access to the network to each individual user. If you read the terms of service that go with their broadband plans they've actually been quite upfront about the whole thing.
You can pick amongst half a dozen wireless providers who all somehow have the exact same pricing scheme
You are lying or misinformed. Verizon offers you "friends and family". AT&T offers rollover. Sprint offers 7pm nights and weekends. T-Mobile offers the cheapest plans in town. Those are just the big four carriers and the unique features that I can remember off the top of my head. The regional carriers all have different price plans, depending on what kind of service you need.
MADD can kiss my fucking ass. They aren't even about drink driving anymore -- their Founder left the organization because they've turned into (in her words) a neo-prohibitionist organization.
The fact that I have to drive through a roadblock and explain why I'm using the roadway just because I had the nerve to buy groceries on a Saturday night is infuriating.
The notion that "driving is a privilege, not a right" has been twisted and abused so that if you are accused by the state of a DUI offense, you either have to incriminate yourself or suffer a punishment for not incriminating yourself.
The choice there isn't a hard one at all. One gives the state the evidence needed to secure a criminal conviction against you. The other is a civil citation that takes away your license for six months and raises your car insurance rates. I'll take option B Alex....
Agree with you that "implied consent" laws are bullshit. Thanks for nothing MADD.
Releasing an arrest record is not slander. Newspapers have been publishing police blotters for decades. Arrests are a matter of public record. Get over it.
I was arrested for a crime I didn't commit. Police blotter was on Page 2. Guess which page it was reported on when the Grand Jury kicked the charges against me? Oh, that's right, it wasn't reported at all. Such is life. I bet if you were in my shoes you'd sue, wouldn't you?
Well, since the AC that I was responding to said criminals not the accused it's a safe assumption he was bemoaning the fact that we ridicule criminals after they are convicted for their crimes.
You have the right to due process before the state takes away your life, liberty or property. You do not have the right to due process before the community can ridicule you. See, there's this thing called the 1st amendment. It means I can tell you and others what I think about you.
Just what kind of zealot do you think I am exactly? A right-wing one? I've never voted Republican for any office higher than County Sheriff. A left-wing one? Not likely I suppose.
It's implying that criminals are somehow less than human and fair game for ridicule
They are fair game for ridicule. You don't think idiots who crawl into a bottle and then behind the wheel of a car are fair game for ridicule? How many innocent do they place in harms way?
and may find itself with a lawsuit for millions which tax payers will have to pay up while the police department will suffer no ill effects.
That's silly. Have you ever worked with a small municipal Government? They aren't the Feds or State -- they can't print/borrow massive amounts of money. A large legal settlement would most definitely be felt by the police and all other municipal departments.
Of course, I'm not sure what grounds these people would have to sue. When I got arrested my name and street address were featured in the police blotter. Paper never bothered to do a story when the Grand Jury refused to indict me though. That's life -- I got over it. Not sure what my cause of action would have been if I didn't get over it. Arrests are a matter of public record. The paper/facebook/cousin-billy-who-works-for-the-PD are all free to talk about them.
Well people claim the batteries don't need conditioning, but that in many cases it takes a few charge/discharge cycles for the software to correctly display the charge level.
That's exactly right. The advice that I've received says to charge li-ion batteries as frequently as possible, but if you want your battery meter to remain honest you'll need to run them down occasionally. It's best to avoid doing this more often than necessary -- deep discharge cycles impose more wear and tear on the battery.
I plug my Droid into my work PC in "charge only" mode and allow it to charge off USB while I'm at my desk. It also charges overnight while I sleep. I rarely let the battery run past 50-60%, so I know I've always got some runtime in reserve when I need it.
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Remember that thanks to all the SUV's, the weight of the average car has increased since the 60's
And modern emission control systems. And modern sound reduction features. And modern safety features.
Why look at the whole picture though when you can just blame "those people" driving around in their SUVs?
Common sense 101: Repeating a factual event (stewbacca was arrested at 10pm last night by the state police for DWI) is not libel or slander.
nor can they make laws that are clearly enumerated as powers of the federal government
No, but they can arrest people for breaking Federal law.
Are you sure about that?
Newspapers didn't go the extra step and post a picture
Yes they do. Our local newspaper has pictures of people in handcuffs all the time. They have pictures of them being loaded into the police car, pictures of them walking into the court house, pictures of them doing work details, etc, etc.
Companies scour Facebook constantly looking for beer cups and people generally living their private life in FB albums
So? Perhaps one ought not to live ones private life in a public forum if one wants to maintain his or her privacy?
It's much easier to go "Hey, I know that guy!" when there's a picture associated with the name.
What's your point?
You mean the same contract that one party can modify the terms of at any time?
If you don't like that provision why did you sign the agreement?
If these companies can continue to take in an unlimited number of customers
So what's your great idea to address this "problem"? Quotas and ration books? I'm going to need to get permission from some bureaucrat before I can change wireless providers? Yeah, that will fly.
Airlines overbook all the time. You really have no idea what you are talking about, do you?
Your argument only holds water if you believe that they should promise limitless access to the network to each individual user. If you read the terms of service that go with their broadband plans they've actually been quite upfront about the whole thing.
You can pick amongst half a dozen wireless providers who all somehow have the exact same pricing scheme
You are lying or misinformed. Verizon offers you "friends and family". AT&T offers rollover. Sprint offers 7pm nights and weekends. T-Mobile offers the cheapest plans in town. Those are just the big four carriers and the unique features that I can remember off the top of my head. The regional carriers all have different price plans, depending on what kind of service you need.
Why is it evil to recognize the reality that wireless networks have different capacity constraints than wired ones?
MADD can kiss my fucking ass. They aren't even about drink driving anymore -- their Founder left the organization because they've turned into (in her words) a neo-prohibitionist organization.
The fact that I have to drive through a roadblock and explain why I'm using the roadway just because I had the nerve to buy groceries on a Saturday night is infuriating.
Can you even be found innocent on a charge of drunken driving?
No such thing. You are convicted or acquitted.
then why do you have to sit in a jail cell or post bail?
Because society has an interest in seeing that you show up for your trial?
The notion that "driving is a privilege, not a right" has been twisted and abused so that if you are accused by the state of a DUI offense, you either have to incriminate yourself or suffer a punishment for not incriminating yourself.
The choice there isn't a hard one at all. One gives the state the evidence needed to secure a criminal conviction against you. The other is a civil citation that takes away your license for six months and raises your car insurance rates. I'll take option B Alex....
Agree with you that "implied consent" laws are bullshit. Thanks for nothing MADD.
Releasing an arrest record is not slander. Newspapers have been publishing police blotters for decades. Arrests are a matter of public record. Get over it.
I was arrested for a crime I didn't commit. Police blotter was on Page 2. Guess which page it was reported on when the Grand Jury kicked the charges against me? Oh, that's right, it wasn't reported at all. Such is life. I bet if you were in my shoes you'd sue, wouldn't you?
Well, since the AC that I was responding to said criminals not the accused it's a safe assumption he was bemoaning the fact that we ridicule criminals after they are convicted for their crimes.
Jackass.
You have the right to due process before the state takes away your life, liberty or property. You do not have the right to due process before the community can ridicule you. See, there's this thing called the 1st amendment. It means I can tell you and others what I think about you.
Pot. Kettle. Black.
Just what kind of zealot do you think I am exactly? A right-wing one? I've never voted Republican for any office higher than County Sheriff. A left-wing one? Not likely I suppose.
It's implying that criminals are somehow less than human and fair game for ridicule
They are fair game for ridicule. You don't think idiots who crawl into a bottle and then behind the wheel of a car are fair game for ridicule? How many innocent do they place in harms way?
and may find itself with a lawsuit for millions which tax payers will have to pay up while the police department will suffer no ill effects.
That's silly. Have you ever worked with a small municipal Government? They aren't the Feds or State -- they can't print/borrow massive amounts of money. A large legal settlement would most definitely be felt by the police and all other municipal departments.
Of course, I'm not sure what grounds these people would have to sue. When I got arrested my name and street address were featured in the police blotter. Paper never bothered to do a story when the Grand Jury refused to indict me though. That's life -- I got over it. Not sure what my cause of action would have been if I didn't get over it. Arrests are a matter of public record. The paper/facebook/cousin-billy-who-works-for-the-PD are all free to talk about them.
he must have the most horrendous opinion of the average person!
At least the left has something in common with him after all ;)
take my land
take me where I cannot stand
I don't care
I'm still free
you can't take the sky from me
(Sorry, it's the first thing that came to mind.....)
Well people claim the batteries don't need conditioning, but that in many cases it takes a few charge/discharge cycles for the software to correctly display the charge level.
That's exactly right. The advice that I've received says to charge li-ion batteries as frequently as possible, but if you want your battery meter to remain honest you'll need to run them down occasionally. It's best to avoid doing this more often than necessary -- deep discharge cycles impose more wear and tear on the battery.
I plug my Droid into my work PC in "charge only" mode and allow it to charge off USB while I'm at my desk. It also charges overnight while I sleep. I rarely let the battery run past 50-60%, so I know I've always got some runtime in reserve when I need it.
How about a modern day citation? Citing United Fruit or the East India Company is not exactly relevant in 2010.....
Based on the fact that no civil suits have been filed in spite of this being the United States of America I'm going to have to go with zero.
Don't waste your time trying to change the mind of a zealot.