People blame everyone but themselves.
I also see this as a big scheme to make the parents rich at the expense of the rest of us.
Kids get caught, claim the game made them do it and are now emotional distraught at being prosecuted for something that really wasn't their fault. The lawsuit is dropped, but replaced by ones from the parents who sue the makers of the GTA for millions of dollars. The suit is settled out of court because of the millions that will be spent just trying to defend it because some lame judge won't immediately throw the case out.
Don't trial lawyers rock?
Totally agree. I think the monitors, like many of the things we do/buy in the name of our children, are mainly for the parents!
I often wonder how any of us made it out of childhood, given we didn't have all these fancy gadgets growing up.
The real reason the law gets so complex is because politicians feel the same pressure that university professors feel, "Publish or perish"
They have to continually justify to the public that they're doing their job and deserving their ever increasing take of the people's money.
"Hi, I'm Joe Politician, I voted on 50 bills this year, you passed my 100,000 and some change"
I just think it is an indication that we've traded one addiction for another. We want to read, but it's much easier to devour through a medium where we also play our games and communicate with friends/family.
When I read a book, that's all I want to do until it is finished. I love to read, but do not, because I'll find myself fetching just a couple hours of sleep a night at most and not getting much else done.
How true. I remember a place I used to work for where the interviewers were afraid to say "yes" to anyone that seemed brighter than they were because they were afraid that this person might take their job or advance faster than themselves.
I personally don't believe in this philosophy, but corporate culture definitely drives weird behaviors.
I'm going to have to make sure that my son sends his son/daughter to law school with a note to remember this stuff, along with the words Class Action Lawsuit. That way, I can spend my kids inheritance without worrying.
Now there will be now more arguing about whether or not it's "splatter" or a direct hit, although it looks like the golfball size bruise the generally is created will now be the size of a baseball.
I'm not saying I think those are good or bad reasons, what I'm saying is that those could be valid defenses that a company could raise for retaining your information.
I have to admit I know little about the DPA, but I would think that anything regulation would have to account for these cases, otherwise companies can not only throw up these reasons, but come up with all sorts of excuses for data retention.
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It also probably helps them maintain compliance with all the new laws about number of hours driven per driver, mandatory rest stops, etc.
Lasers don't kill people, people kill people! Who else wants to help me start some local chapters of the NLA (National Laser Association)?
People blame everyone but themselves. I also see this as a big scheme to make the parents rich at the expense of the rest of us. Kids get caught, claim the game made them do it and are now emotional distraught at being prosecuted for something that really wasn't their fault. The lawsuit is dropped, but replaced by ones from the parents who sue the makers of the GTA for millions of dollars. The suit is settled out of court because of the millions that will be spent just trying to defend it because some lame judge won't immediately throw the case out. Don't trial lawyers rock?
Exactly. What we should really worry about is the building of a Galactic Highway.
Exactly. I have first hand knowledge the devastation that common school room supplies (a rubber band, pencil eraser and pin) can cause.
Totally agree. I think the monitors, like many of the things we do/buy in the name of our children, are mainly for the parents! I often wonder how any of us made it out of childhood, given we didn't have all these fancy gadgets growing up.
The trick would be to make it wonderful enough to attract, but not so wonderful that she wants it during the divorce proceedings years later.
"Would that it were. Would that it were..."
They probably figured that would be theives wouldn't know how to write anyway. I'm sure it was found ver secure against a crayon.
1. Reward your best team members with pay raises 2. Get rid of any that can't cut it
Open up a new ward at the Betty Ford clinic.
No worries, comes with a patch kit. Why do you think in the "Right Stuff" they practice keeping that ball floating by blowing.
and anyone else similarly situated must think this is a god send!
The real reason the law gets so complex is because politicians feel the same pressure that university professors feel, "Publish or perish" They have to continually justify to the public that they're doing their job and deserving their ever increasing take of the people's money. "Hi, I'm Joe Politician, I voted on 50 bills this year, you passed my 100,000 and some change"
Create little homemade darts using just office supplies and see how many I can get to stick in the ceiling.
Oh leave him alone, he's on a roll!
I just think it is an indication that we've traded one addiction for another. We want to read, but it's much easier to devour through a medium where we also play our games and communicate with friends/family. When I read a book, that's all I want to do until it is finished. I love to read, but do not, because I'll find myself fetching just a couple hours of sleep a night at most and not getting much else done.
Yeah, but pick the wrong combo of books and you have the feds breakin' down your door. Go Patriot Act!
How true. I remember a place I used to work for where the interviewers were afraid to say "yes" to anyone that seemed brighter than they were because they were afraid that this person might take their job or advance faster than themselves. I personally don't believe in this philosophy, but corporate culture definitely drives weird behaviors.
More like the Mythical Outsourced Man Month!
I'm going to have to make sure that my son sends his son/daughter to law school with a note to remember this stuff, along with the words Class Action Lawsuit. That way, I can spend my kids inheritance without worrying.
that means one more 1st year engineering student hazing ritual down the tubes. First the slide rule and now RPN calculators. What's next?!?
Now there will be now more arguing about whether or not it's "splatter" or a direct hit, although it looks like the golfball size bruise the generally is created will now be the size of a baseball.
I'm not saying I think those are good or bad reasons, what I'm saying is that those could be valid defenses that a company could raise for retaining your information. I have to admit I know little about the DPA, but I would think that anything regulation would have to account for these cases, otherwise companies can not only throw up these reasons, but come up with all sorts of excuses for data retention.
ticket to my Mother-in-law's house... In retrospect, I guess that was a punishment for fixing her computer.