Mod that shit up! I agree 100%. A blog (or Facebook, or Twitter, or whatever new-fangled social network is the flavor of the week) is for general ranting / jokes / reviews / etc. Nothing should get posted there that you're not willing to answer for.
My secret plans for world domination, on the other hand, reside safely in a marble composition book.
I say, "Okay, I've just complied with your order. Therefore, by definition, I cannot be in contempt of court. With all due respect, Your Honor, you're not making any logical sense. Are you feeling all right? I know it's a bit stuffy in here, maybe we ought to break for lunch and get some fresh air."
What's NASA's record for successful first tries? Does Mission Control have to buy the crew a beer when they get back if the shot goes up on the first attempt?
In order to figure out whether this is a good idea, I'm going to have to see pictures of a real woman, not just a mannequin, rocking one of these "tactical corsets".
Have him take the GED (from your description, he'll pass easily) and either apply to college or get a job. Clearly, school is torture for him, and totally unnecessary to his further development, so why are you, as a loving parent, forcing him to stay in school?
Do they let you take the GED to escape early? I thought you were stuck there until/unless you're 18 and emancipated. Shit, if I'd known I could have sprung myself from the hellhole that was high school, I would have dropped that shit in a heartbeat.
Is there a loophole with homeschooling? If so, I wholeheartedly suggest to the GP to exercise it. I'll bet a substantial sum of money that the kid is simply bored out of his skull. If he can knock out the SAT, ACT, and GED, scoring at the 97th percentile on each, AND is ostensibly "homeschooled", that'll look really good on a college application, if only for incoming class diversity.
My question: If you find the device on the car, are you allowed to remove it? Or would it be illegal somehow (tampering with investigation of some sort)?
Oh, undoubtedly. You think you're going to get away with acting against the will of the police? They'll charge you with something just to spite you. In New York, we have this convenient little crime called "Obstructing Governmental Administration"; basically, if you do anything the police don't like, they'll charge you with it:
A person is guilty of obstructing governmental administration when he intentionally obstructs, impairs or perverts the administration of law or other governmental function or prevents or attempts to prevent a public servant from performing an official function, by means of intimidation, physical force or interference, or by means of any independently unlawful act, or by means of interfering, whether or not physical force is involved, with radio, telephone, television or other telecommunications systems owned or operated by the state, or a county, city, town, village, fire district or emergency medical service or by means of releasing a dangerous animal under circumstances evincing the actors intent that the animal obstruct governmental administration.
Obstructing governmental administration is a class A misdemeanor.
A-Mis can get you up to a year in jail if you have the misfortune of having a really zealous DA.
(IANAL (just a student), even when IAAL, I won't be your lawyer, &c. &c.)
I don't know what it was due to, but for some reason, when I was running the previous version (Ibex?), various bits of text wouldn't render properly. They looked "fuzzy". Actually, Facebook (of all sites) had it the worst. Capital Rs were indistinguishable from capital Ps, for example.
Not so now. Cleaner and crisper text across the board. I was delighted to see that the upgrade cleared that particular issue up. So 9.04 is starting off on a good foot!
(One continuing gripe, though: the Mahjongg tiles still look like they're straight outta 1990.)
I don't disagree that there are other things which should be done. But I'm doing the only things that I'm equipped to do: (a) fight them in court, and (b) tell the world about what's going on in these cases.
And you're doing one hell of a job in both cases. Keep up the good work, Counselor! Slashdot's pulling for you!
I live in Boston and I am interested in visiting oral arguments in Sony v. Tenenbaum. Is there, like, a program for this show? Where can I get tickets?
You should be able to just go and sit in the gallery. Find out where the Federal Courthouse is, give them a call to find out when oral argument is scheduled for Sony v. Tenenbaum, and show up early to get a good seat.
Finally, what's this "other team" crap. We're all in this together and instances of police abuse diminish us all, particularly good cops just trying to do their job.
What, all four of them?
Seriously though, while I certainly agree with you that there are good cops out there (I know a couple myself,) they're definitely in the minority. The very nature of the job (exercise of power over others) tends to attract sociopaths.
Campus Police != Police. Anyone who's been on a college campus knows that.
Not true at state schools. In New York, not only are they real police, they're State Troopers, who can, and will, arrest you.
Also not always true at private schools. My alma mater (Ithaca) is patrolled by rent-a-cops, but that other private school on the next hill (Cornell) is patrolled by a special division of the Ithaca Police Department.
If the guy's done nothing wrong, the department either fabricated information in requesting the warrant, in which case heads should roll, or the judge is incompetent, in which case the judge should be fired.
I think you mean "disbarred". Signing off on something that is clearly a gross violation of a private citizen's civil rights goes beyond mere incompetency. Not only is it profoundly unethical, it's also a Federal crime. I don't know the particular statute off the top of my head, but there's definitely a section of the U.S. Code that deals with violation of civil rights, and somebody's liable under it.
(IANAL yet. Nothing I say is legal advice, yadda yadda yadda)
The RIAA (and probably the BSA as well) tend to conflate the two in the case of copyright infringement. They've been blowing that whole "infringement is theft" horn for so long, I'd be surprised if they didn't believe it themselves.
If China can handle a billion, then the United States could certainly do it too.
Uh... China can only "handle" a billion people because they have absolutely no environmental, health, or human rights standards, these having been sacrificed on the altar of Grorious Chinese Industriar Powerhouse.
The US would never be able to match that feat, if only because most Americans don't want to live like slaves in a polluted hellhole.
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That's some strong language if I ever saw it. It's forceful, effective, to the point. I like it.
It's strangely silent on both Microsoft and Iceland, though.
Slashdot Mirror
The cheese is a lie!
If the leaked data was so sensitive, shouldn't it have been encrypted, or at the very, very least, password-protected? That seems like a no-brainer.
That right there is also what happens when I post while listening to Busta Rhymes.
Mod that shit up! I agree 100%. A blog (or Facebook, or Twitter, or whatever new-fangled social network is the flavor of the week) is for general ranting / jokes / reviews / etc. Nothing should get posted there that you're not willing to answer for.
My secret plans for world domination, on the other hand, reside safely in a marble composition book.
I say, "Okay, I've just complied with your order. Therefore, by definition, I cannot be in contempt of court. With all due respect, Your Honor, you're not making any logical sense. Are you feeling all right? I know it's a bit stuffy in here, maybe we ought to break for lunch and get some fresh air."
No kidding! I guess I need to brush up on my knowledge of vile and deadly beasts.
Unless it's a baby basilisk or the box is a Box of Holding, I'm guessing not. Good analogy otherwise, though.
What's NASA's record for successful first tries? Does Mission Control have to buy the crew a beer when they get back if the shot goes up on the first attempt?
JESUS CHRIST! What if I'm really a toaster?
There are twelve Cylon models. If you don't look like any of them, then you're not a frakin' toaster.
In order to figure out whether this is a good idea, I'm going to have to see pictures of a real woman, not just a mannequin, rocking one of these "tactical corsets".
Do they let you take the GED to escape early? I thought you were stuck there until/unless you're 18 and emancipated. Shit, if I'd known I could have sprung myself from the hellhole that was high school, I would have dropped that shit in a heartbeat.
Is there a loophole with homeschooling? If so, I wholeheartedly suggest to the GP to exercise it. I'll bet a substantial sum of money that the kid is simply bored out of his skull. If he can knock out the SAT, ACT, and GED, scoring at the 97th percentile on each, AND is ostensibly "homeschooled", that'll look really good on a college application, if only for incoming class diversity.
You magnificent bastard. Well done, sir.
Oh, undoubtedly. You think you're going to get away with acting against the will of the police? They'll charge you with something just to spite you. In New York, we have this convenient little crime called "Obstructing Governmental Administration"; basically, if you do anything the police don't like, they'll charge you with it:
A-Mis can get you up to a year in jail if you have the misfortune of having a really zealous DA.
(IANAL (just a student), even when IAAL, I won't be your lawyer, &c. &c.)
So say we all.
I don't know what it was due to, but for some reason, when I was running the previous version (Ibex?), various bits of text wouldn't render properly. They looked "fuzzy". Actually, Facebook (of all sites) had it the worst. Capital Rs were indistinguishable from capital Ps, for example.
Not so now. Cleaner and crisper text across the board. I was delighted to see that the upgrade cleared that particular issue up. So 9.04 is starting off on a good foot!
(One continuing gripe, though: the Mahjongg tiles still look like they're straight outta 1990.)
And you're doing one hell of a job in both cases. Keep up the good work, Counselor! Slashdot's pulling for you!
You should be able to just go and sit in the gallery. Find out where the Federal Courthouse is, give them a call to find out when oral argument is scheduled for Sony v. Tenenbaum, and show up early to get a good seat.
What, all four of them?
Seriously though, while I certainly agree with you that there are good cops out there (I know a couple myself,) they're definitely in the minority. The very nature of the job (exercise of power over others) tends to attract sociopaths.
Not true at state schools. In New York, not only are they real police, they're State Troopers, who can, and will, arrest you.
Also not always true at private schools. My alma mater (Ithaca) is patrolled by rent-a-cops, but that other private school on the next hill (Cornell) is patrolled by a special division of the Ithaca Police Department.
If the guy's done nothing wrong, the department either fabricated information in requesting the warrant, in which case heads should roll, or the judge is incompetent, in which case the judge should be fired.
I think you mean "disbarred". Signing off on something that is clearly a gross violation of a private citizen's civil rights goes beyond mere incompetency. Not only is it profoundly unethical, it's also a Federal crime. I don't know the particular statute off the top of my head, but there's definitely a section of the U.S. Code that deals with violation of civil rights, and somebody's liable under it.
(IANAL yet. Nothing I say is legal advice, yadda yadda yadda)
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
The RIAA (and probably the BSA as well) tend to conflate the two in the case of copyright infringement. They've been blowing that whole "infringement is theft" horn for so long, I'd be surprised if they didn't believe it themselves.
Uh... China can only "handle" a billion people because they have absolutely no environmental, health, or human rights standards, these having been sacrificed on the altar of Grorious Chinese Industriar Powerhouse.
The US would never be able to match that feat, if only because most Americans don't want to live like slaves in a polluted hellhole.
That's some strong language if I ever saw it. It's forceful, effective, to the point. I like it.
It's strangely silent on both Microsoft and Iceland, though.
"Those sound engineers at your studio will have to eat at Olive Garden tonight instead of Buca De Beppo."
Wait, what? You wouldn't happen to be referring to the Buca de Beppo in Albany, would you? I was unaware that Metallica's sound engineers lived here.
(Or is there more than one?)