Federal law enforcement operates under fewer privacy restrictions than state and local. So local LE calls the FBI in for 'assistance' and the the FBI makes requests that the locals might not be able to due to state laws.
Where were the Santa Clara County assessors while this was going on? It's one thing for Apple to be overly aggressive in their tax avoidance. But the fact that they even tried this means that they knew the county officials were asleep at the switch. Time for some housecleaning at the local gov't.
Park the car. Take the bus. I might not sell my car. But I'm going to cut back on driving and maybe switch to a pay-per-mile insurance program. One effect will be to make tracking me by license plate scanning practically useless.
That's not how recessions/depressions work. The government always gets theirs first. Then, if there's enough left over, the people can have bread. If not, let them eat cake.
Government programs will be spun as economic stimulus. Until China steps out of line and we can get rolling on the next World War.
The heating units default to "online" when they lose their signal.
But that's the same as an old school thermostatically controlled heater. If people aren't using hot water, that works out to the heaters coming on occasionally to maintain temperature.
If you could shut them all down for eight hours, allow them to cool and then command them all back online, bad things might ensue. But only if your system has become so weak that it can't take the black start load. My (crappy) utility frequently drops entire cities for days at a time during the winter. They think nothing of putting the wires back up and closing breakers on many square miles of residential loads. Lights are dim for a while but that's about it.
Seriously, ground crews work too close to water drop zones for this to be safe with explosives. The procedures needed to clear the area and verify that personnel were at a safe distance would take too long. People can't move quickly through dense forests. So this would really only be useful for inaccessible terrain.
What people *think* the results are can lead to riots.
Pretty sad. With a 51 to 49% result (whichever way you think it went), the losing side should just shrug and say "That's the way it goes." It's not like a despot with a few percent of the population backing him (her) got into office.
This country is built on the principle of individual liberty. Someone got elected you don't like? Big deal. Just carry on and things will be OK. If you really are so dependent on a mommy state to care for you, there's always the Soviet Union..... or maybe not.
Probably not. They scrambled F-15s out of Portland (don't know if they have anything closer at JBLM or Whidbey). Optimistically, they got on scene in 5 minutes. Some pilots are saying more like 10. People along I-5 would probably have heard sonic booms. But Seattle is closer than 5 minutes flying time from SeaTac for a commuter plane.
Hanford is much further. But this guy was having low fuel issues, so he probably would never have made Hanford regardless.
Not in Tesla. They entered into no contractual or ownership position with Tesla/Musk and therefore have no recourse. They did enter into contracts with third parties willing to loan their Tesla shares. But unless these third parties had any influence on or inside knowledge of Musk's buy-back plans, they did nothing wrong either.
I suppose Facebook had better start searching every uploaded image and every linked image for possible steganographic information. And then reject everything that looks like it might contain 3D printing instructions for guns. 3D instructions for chess pieces (for example) are OK, so these must be allowed to pass.
Slashdot Mirror
Nuclear instead of coal.
Federal law enforcement operates under fewer privacy restrictions than state and local. So local LE calls the FBI in for 'assistance' and the the FBI makes requests that the locals might not be able to due to state laws.
Perhaps it's an iPhone. Using Apple Maps.
Some poor guy in Wichita is getting his door kicked in.
and put it in your carry on bag
No. We're putting it in your carry-on bag.
They'll use the WASD keys. And the space bar for a hyperspace jump.
We can mine it from the mid Pacific garbage gyre.
Where were the Santa Clara County assessors while this was going on? It's one thing for Apple to be overly aggressive in their tax avoidance. But the fact that they even tried this means that they knew the county officials were asleep at the switch. Time for some housecleaning at the local gov't.
Park the car. Take the bus. I might not sell my car. But I'm going to cut back on driving and maybe switch to a pay-per-mile insurance program. One effect will be to make tracking me by license plate scanning practically useless.
That's not how recessions/depressions work. The government always gets theirs first. Then, if there's enough left over, the people can have bread. If not, let them eat cake.
Government programs will be spun as economic stimulus. Until China steps out of line and we can get rolling on the next World War.
who came up with that name?
Someone who wanted to earn another service patch
How will I know when I've waited long enough?
May I suggest .....
And Windows, XBox, ....
Canada
The grid is that pattern on waffles that holds extra maple syrup.
The heating units default to "online" when they lose their signal.
But that's the same as an old school thermostatically controlled heater. If people aren't using hot water, that works out to the heaters coming on occasionally to maintain temperature.
If you could shut them all down for eight hours, allow them to cool and then command them all back online, bad things might ensue. But only if your system has become so weak that it can't take the black start load. My (crappy) utility frequently drops entire cities for days at a time during the winter. They think nothing of putting the wires back up and closing breakers on many square miles of residential loads. Lights are dim for a while but that's about it.
Firefighters with TBI. Do not want.
Seriously, ground crews work too close to water drop zones for this to be safe with explosives. The procedures needed to clear the area and verify that personnel were at a safe distance would take too long. People can't move quickly through dense forests. So this would really only be useful for inaccessible terrain.
What people *think* the results are can lead to riots.
Pretty sad. With a 51 to 49% result (whichever way you think it went), the losing side should just shrug and say "That's the way it goes." It's not like a despot with a few percent of the population backing him (her) got into office.
This country is built on the principle of individual liberty. Someone got elected you don't like? Big deal. Just carry on and things will be OK. If you really are so dependent on a mommy state to care for you, there's always the Soviet Union ..... or maybe not.
In Scotland. Yeah, right.
They'll just start smoking their own.
Probably not. They scrambled F-15s out of Portland (don't know if they have anything closer at JBLM or Whidbey). Optimistically, they got on scene in 5 minutes. Some pilots are saying more like 10. People along I-5 would probably have heard sonic booms. But Seattle is closer than 5 minutes flying time from SeaTac for a commuter plane.
Hanford is much further. But this guy was having low fuel issues, so he probably would never have made Hanford regardless.
Not in Tesla. They entered into no contractual or ownership position with Tesla/Musk and therefore have no recourse. They did enter into contracts with third parties willing to loan their Tesla shares. But unless these third parties had any influence on or inside knowledge of Musk's buy-back plans, they did nothing wrong either.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
I suppose Facebook had better start searching every uploaded image and every linked image for possible steganographic information. And then reject everything that looks like it might contain 3D printing instructions for guns. 3D instructions for chess pieces (for example) are OK, so these must be allowed to pass.
You do know that these are being distributed* embedded in plain old graphics files? Better block all those cute kitten pics right now!
*Just to prove a point. The gun plans have been out there for years.