Which, again, is exactly what I was saying. They ignore their oaths, and do whatever they want.
Be careful what you wish for. The current interpretation of the First Amendment is much more expansive than it used to be, and protection of free speech in America is likely far broader than the founding fathers intended. Most law enforcement in America is done at the state and local level, and until the Incorporation Doctorine was adopted in 1925, the Bill of Rights did not restrain state and local governments from censoring, jailing dissidents, etc. The Bill of Rights only applied to the Feds. The states were only constrained by their own constitutions.
God bless the Supreme Court of the United States.
Disclaimer: The case in TFA occurred in Italy, so we are seriously veering off topic here.
Not necessarily true. In many states small claims court doesn't allow attorneys
Except that Verizon is the plaintiff, so they select the venue. There is no way this is going to small claims. Also, her contract almost certainly says she is required to use binding arbitration. The arbitrator earns millions from Verizon's repeat business and will never see this woman again, so they have an obvious bias.
If I arrived at work unable to function, I'd get fired.
Maybe, but that is not typical. I have worked at many companies, and nearly everyone shows up, drinks a cup of coffee, checks their email, and unwinds from their commute before starting serious work. I rarely see anyone walk in, pop open their IDE, and start coding.
In reality what's being restored here (which is a good thing) is free time, not productivity.
Those are not two different things. More free time means more time to unwind and defrag your brain. That may not matter for an assembly line worker, but if you work with your mind, more time to relax makes your working hours more productive.
Another major reason is a lot of people don't want to live in high density housing and would like to have a yard and a garden.
Many people live in the suburbs because that is what they want. Many other people live in the suburbs because they can't afford to live closer. The reason they can't live closer is politically driven artificial scarcity. If America started building in cities again, it would not eliminate all urban sprawl, but it would eliminate a lot of it.
The politics are unlikely to change. The Republics benefit from sprawl because people tend to swing more conservative when they move out of the city. Democratic politicians oppose urban growth because the NIMBYs and BANANAs are their core supporters and donors.
the bullies insist, it was their First Amendment right to criticize and boycott Mr. Eich
... and they were right. They do indeed have the right to speak and boycott.
Resigning is no different from suicide in this case
Except the resignation was driven by constitutionally protected speech, and the suicide was not. Even if you want to argue that she had no privacy rights, she still owned the copyright on the video, and no one else had the right to copy or publish it without her explicit permission.
Reading (or for whatever reason keeping your eyes off the road) is a great way to get car sick.
If technology isn't solving your problems, you are not using enough: 1. Use a HUD to project the text you are reading onto the outside view. 2. Use a text-to-audio converter. These are getting better. 3. Use your cell phone to return phone calls rather than reading.
On top of which... who would work? I'd - assuming sickness issues can be resolved - read the news, eat breakfast, and just spend the time waking up.
That is still a productivity improvement, because if you got this stuff done during your commute, you would arrive at work ready to go, rather than doing this stuff at your desk.
Because the commute is less tedious more people might also move from the city center to the suburbs.
A major reason for urban sprawl is NIMBYs and BANANAs blocking the construction of high density housing in core cities and inner suburbs. That is driven by politics, not technology.
Why should your opinion matter more than that of an ABC who feels that cultural appropriation is distasteful?
My kids are ABCs, and they know far less about Chinese culture than I do. I am a white guy, but I actually lived in China and they haven't. Besides, the culture in Dongbei is about as different from the culture in Xizang as Norwegian culture is different from Greek culture.
It is your right to hold such an opinion, but it's my right to disagree with you.
... and it is my right to ignore your opinion.
Cultural tourists should leave my culture alone unless they can treat it with the same respect they would give to their own cultural institutions.
Nobody respects American culture... and that doesn't offend me at all.
So if we want all the kids to act nice, we just have to make all the adults act nice.
Politeness and niceness are two different things. Cold hearted people can be very polite. I have a rude and profane friend who drove 120 miles to help me when my car broke down, and ridiculed me all the way home. He is a great friend and a nice guy, but not polite at all.
being a parent is a license to be a huge hypocrite
There is no reason that a hypocrite cannot treat other people with dignity and respect.
So you think she should NOT have a right to have naked pictures of her taken offline?
Just because you have right to do something doesn't mean it is right to do it. Yes, she has the right to sue. But that may not be the best way to resolve this dispute.
Of course, I don't know her, or her parents, and I didn't even read the article, so I am not qualified to make a judgement either way.
This isn't even an issue of good parenting, it's an issue of common courtesy!
Those are mostly the same thing. Many people have asked me how I taught my kids to be so polite. I explain that I never taught them manners, I just treat them with courtesy and respect, and they have learned through example. If I ask them to do something, I say "please". When they do it, I say "thank you". I knock before entering their bedroom. If we are going out to eat, I ask them their preference. Etc.
You're disputing that tobacco smoking/chewing causes cancer? Really?
Of course not. "Disputing" is my facts against your facts, and I am not going to descend to your level. We are living in a post truth world. FACTS DON'T MATTER ANYMORE and it is about time that all you liberals accept that.
It only takes 97% of the 90K Tesla drivers doing the right thing for there to be thousands of Tesla drivers not doing the right thing.
Stupidity and ignorance are two different things. The idiots posting Youtube videos, filmed from the backseat, of driverless Teslas, are fully aware that their behavior is reckless. They were not "tricked" by the name of the software.
A mooncake is a pastry consisting of a crust and a filling. The filling can be sweetened red beans, lotus paste, nuts, etc. They are pretty good. They are eaten during the harvest moon festival, with is tonight.
They are not at all "hard to get". You can buy them on any corner bakery in China. Also they are easy to make using molds you can buy on eBay or Amazon, and they taste WAY better fresh from the oven instead of the sodium-benzoate laden crap you buy on-line.
Pro-tip: The hard part is getting them out of the mold, and they slide out of the plastic molds way easier than the wooden molds. I use this one.
Exactly. If you call something autopilot, then people expect it to be an... autopilot.
... unless they are actually a Tesla owner. I use Autopilot, and Tesla repeatedly and emphatically makes the capabilities of the system and the responsibility of the driver very clear.
Yeah damn those scientists and their pesky "facts".
This has nothing to do with facts. We are sick of your "facts". Why is it that the "scientific facts" always seem to be twisted toward your liberal agenda? Our beer is bad, but your red wine is healthy. Our cigarettes cause cancer and are being banned, but your marijuana cures cancer and is being legalized. Our hash browns cause diabetes, but all you arugula chomping vegans are expected to live to 110. Our SUVs are the spawn of Satan, while liberals get to drive their effeminate Priuses in the HOV lane. So don't give us any more of that crap about "facts". You really think we are too dumb to recognize an agenda when we see one?
Another fact: Big animals were disproportionately exterminated in all mass extinctions. The survivors tended to be generalists (rats, cockroaches, humans, etc.) and geographically dispersed.
or most of us prefer personal vehicles than paying per mile or whatever to rent a car anytime we need to go somewhere
Most people prefer to own because owning is cheaper than renting. Once it isn't, they will switch to renting. Even today, where renting is cheaper, such as in dense cities like NYC or SF, many people pay by the mile.
It's not smart at all. It's dumb. Activity leads to patents.
Too late. Most of the important patents are already locked down. Anyone building SDCs will be paying a lot of licensing fees to Google. Patents mean that there is a big advantage in starting early.
There was a bang right before the explosion. What are the chances the rocket was shot at?
A bullet from a sniper rifle typically travels in excess of 1000 m/s, or about 3 times the speed of sound. So the "bang" would have come after the explosion.
Amazon's streaming video selection for Prime members is somewhat lackluster
It is at least as good as Netflix, and I was paying extra for that. I am happy that I am now getting the same movies/shows from Amazon at no marginal cost.
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Which, again, is exactly what I was saying. They ignore their oaths, and do whatever they want.
Be careful what you wish for. The current interpretation of the First Amendment is much more expansive than it used to be, and protection of free speech in America is likely far broader than the founding fathers intended. Most law enforcement in America is done at the state and local level, and until the Incorporation Doctorine was adopted in 1925, the Bill of Rights did not restrain state and local governments from censoring, jailing dissidents, etc. The Bill of Rights only applied to the Feds. The states were only constrained by their own constitutions.
God bless the Supreme Court of the United States.
Disclaimer: The case in TFA occurred in Italy, so we are seriously veering off topic here.
Do you see any of that as exceptions to protected speech in the constitution?
No, but the Supreme Court sees exceptions, and their interpretation of the Constitution is the only one that matters.
It means what they say it means.
Not necessarily true. In many states small claims court doesn't allow attorneys
Except that Verizon is the plaintiff, so they select the venue. There is no way this is going to small claims. Also, her contract almost certainly says she is required to use binding arbitration. The arbitrator earns millions from Verizon's repeat business and will never see this woman again, so they have an obvious bias.
Just to elaborate a bit, all speech is constitutionally protected in the US
... except for libel, slander, perjury, credible threats, inciting violence, copyright violations, security clearance violations, illegal recordings, disclosing sealed court documents, public obscenity, etc.
If I arrived at work unable to function, I'd get fired.
Maybe, but that is not typical. I have worked at many companies, and nearly everyone shows up, drinks a cup of coffee, checks their email, and unwinds from their commute before starting serious work. I rarely see anyone walk in, pop open their IDE, and start coding.
In reality what's being restored here (which is a good thing) is free time, not productivity.
Those are not two different things. More free time means more time to unwind and defrag your brain. That may not matter for an assembly line worker, but if you work with your mind, more time to relax makes your working hours more productive.
Another major reason is a lot of people don't want to live in high density housing and would like to have a yard and a garden.
Many people live in the suburbs because that is what they want. Many other people live in the suburbs because they can't afford to live closer. The reason they can't live closer is politically driven artificial scarcity. If America started building in cities again, it would not eliminate all urban sprawl, but it would eliminate a lot of it.
The politics are unlikely to change. The Republics benefit from sprawl because people tend to swing more conservative when they move out of the city. Democratic politicians oppose urban growth because the NIMBYs and BANANAs are their core supporters and donors.
the bullies insist, it was their First Amendment right to criticize and boycott Mr. Eich
... and they were right. They do indeed have the right to speak and boycott.
Resigning is no different from suicide in this case
Except the resignation was driven by constitutionally protected speech, and the suicide was not. Even if you want to argue that she had no privacy rights, she still owned the copyright on the video, and no one else had the right to copy or publish it without her explicit permission.
Reading (or for whatever reason keeping your eyes off the road) is a great way to get car sick.
If technology isn't solving your problems, you are not using enough:
1. Use a HUD to project the text you are reading onto the outside view.
2. Use a text-to-audio converter. These are getting better.
3. Use your cell phone to return phone calls rather than reading.
On top of which... who would work? I'd - assuming sickness issues can be resolved - read the news, eat breakfast, and just spend the time waking up.
That is still a productivity improvement, because if you got this stuff done during your commute, you would arrive at work ready to go, rather than doing this stuff at your desk.
Because the commute is less tedious more people might also move from the city center to the suburbs.
A major reason for urban sprawl is NIMBYs and BANANAs blocking the construction of high density housing in core cities and inner suburbs. That is driven by politics, not technology.
... and also a correlation between being progressive and donating.
Yes, there is a correlation, and it is negative. Republicans donate more than Democrats.
Which combined would make me believe that atheists donate more than religious people.
Since your reasoning is based on a false premise, I doubt if this is true.
Why should your opinion matter more than that of an ABC who feels that cultural appropriation is distasteful?
My kids are ABCs, and they know far less about Chinese culture than I do. I am a white guy, but I actually lived in China and they haven't. Besides, the culture in Dongbei is about as different from the culture in Xizang as Norwegian culture is different from Greek culture.
It is your right to hold such an opinion, but it's my right to disagree with you.
... and it is my right to ignore your opinion.
Cultural tourists should leave my culture alone unless they can treat it with the same respect they would give to their own cultural institutions.
Nobody respects American culture ... and that doesn't offend me at all.
So if we want all the kids to act nice, we just have to make all the adults act nice.
Politeness and niceness are two different things. Cold hearted people can be very polite. I have a rude and profane friend who drove 120 miles to help me when my car broke down, and ridiculed me all the way home. He is a great friend and a nice guy, but not polite at all.
being a parent is a license to be a huge hypocrite
There is no reason that a hypocrite cannot treat other people with dignity and respect.
So you think she should NOT have a right to have naked pictures of her taken offline?
Just because you have right to do something doesn't mean it is right to do it. Yes, she has the right to sue. But that may not be the best way to resolve this dispute.
Of course, I don't know her, or her parents, and I didn't even read the article, so I am not qualified to make a judgement either way.
This isn't even an issue of good parenting, it's an issue of common courtesy!
Those are mostly the same thing. Many people have asked me how I taught my kids to be so polite. I explain that I never taught them manners, I just treat them with courtesy and respect, and they have learned through example. If I ask them to do something, I say "please". When they do it, I say "thank you". I knock before entering their bedroom. If we are going out to eat, I ask them their preference. Etc.
You're disputing that tobacco smoking/chewing causes cancer? Really?
Of course not. "Disputing" is my facts against your facts, and I am not going to descend to your level. We are living in a post truth world. FACTS DON'T MATTER ANYMORE and it is about time that all you liberals accept that.
It only takes 97% of the 90K Tesla drivers doing the right thing for there to be thousands of Tesla drivers not doing the right thing.
Stupidity and ignorance are two different things. The idiots posting Youtube videos, filmed from the backseat, of driverless Teslas, are fully aware that their behavior is reckless. They were not "tricked" by the name of the software.
A mooncake is a pastry consisting of a crust and a filling. The filling can be sweetened red beans, lotus paste, nuts, etc. They are pretty good. They are eaten during the harvest moon festival, with is tonight.
They are not at all "hard to get". You can buy them on any corner bakery in China. Also they are easy to make using molds you can buy on eBay or Amazon, and they taste WAY better fresh from the oven instead of the sodium-benzoate laden crap you buy on-line.
Pro-tip: The hard part is getting them out of the mold, and they slide out of the plastic molds way easier than the wooden molds. I use this one.
Disclaimer: My wife is Chinese.
Exactly. If you call something autopilot, then people expect it to be an... autopilot.
... unless they are actually a Tesla owner. I use Autopilot, and Tesla repeatedly and emphatically makes the capabilities of the system and the responsibility of the driver very clear.
Yeah damn those scientists and their pesky "facts".
This has nothing to do with facts. We are sick of your "facts". Why is it that the "scientific facts" always seem to be twisted toward your liberal agenda? Our beer is bad, but your red wine is healthy. Our cigarettes cause cancer and are being banned, but your marijuana cures cancer and is being legalized. Our hash browns cause diabetes, but all you arugula chomping vegans are expected to live to 110. Our SUVs are the spawn of Satan, while liberals get to drive their effeminate Priuses in the HOV lane. So don't give us any more of that crap about "facts". You really think we are too dumb to recognize an agenda when we see one?
Does a frog know it's being boiled?
Yes. The belief that a frog won't notice if the water is heated slowly is a myth.
Aren't frogs going extinct?
Some species are, but not all.
Another fact: Big animals were disproportionately exterminated in all mass extinctions. The survivors tended to be generalists (rats, cockroaches, humans, etc.) and geographically dispersed.
If you were going to create a matrix wouldn't you make it a lot more pleasant, with quite a bit less suffering?
We have created them. They are called "video games", and they are not pleasant. Most contain plenty of simulated suffering.
or most of us prefer personal vehicles than paying per mile or whatever to rent a car anytime we need to go somewhere
Most people prefer to own because owning is cheaper than renting. Once it isn't, they will switch to renting. Even today, where renting is cheaper, such as in dense cities like NYC or SF, many people pay by the mile.
It's not smart at all. It's dumb. Activity leads to patents.
Too late. Most of the important patents are already locked down. Anyone building SDCs will be paying a lot of licensing fees to Google. Patents mean that there is a big advantage in starting early.
There was a bang right before the explosion. What are the chances the rocket was shot at?
A bullet from a sniper rifle typically travels in excess of 1000 m/s, or about 3 times the speed of sound. So the "bang" would have come after the explosion.
Amazon's streaming video selection for Prime members is somewhat lackluster
It is at least as good as Netflix, and I was paying extra for that. I am happy that I am now getting the same movies/shows from Amazon at no marginal cost.