Perhaps there could be a court wiki admin to go along with the court reporter? An agent of the court, not tied to either side but sworn to record the proceedings completely and without bias?
Given how important a functioning judiciary is to society, jury service really ought to be better rewarded, so competent people don't have such a strong incentive to get out of it.
Perhaps the less intelligent jurors are desired by prosecutors, who have a direct relationship with the institutions involved in creating policies regarding jury compensation. I know if I was a prosecutor, I would rather have a jury that couldn't understand that circumstantial evidence alone doesn't destroy reasonable doubt.
It's not just specific case information. Judges and prosecutors often withhold vital information from jurors about how the laws themselves work. Jury nullification comes to mind. I'd rather a jury know all the information possible, but then again I also believe police shouldn't be doing perp walks and "press releases" about evidence they won't otherwise be able to present in court. A balance needs to be struck somewhere.
It's usually not the act itself that's in dispute. Accepting as fact that the speech occurred, such as if it was posted in a newspaper, leaves little to be disputed except the validity of the speech's content.
Horrible, hole-filled analogy: that would be like someone accusing you of rape when there is videotape of you having sex with that person. The burden of proof shifts slightly depending on which facts are in dispute.
I find it fascinating, actually. Why have direct neural connections when one's body makes all the necessary interpretations based upon available stimuli?
Exactly. Even with the current IRS etc procedures, while being varyingly complicated, individual taxpayers are rarely scrutinized without a good reason.
I personally don't have a problem with a proposed tax. Yeah, it sucks. I know that they'll get the money somehow, though. Increased income tax, increased sales tax, and increased property tax are all quite simple for them to implement. The problem I have is the way they're going about it. Merging a tax increase with a mandated surveillance program rubs me the wrong way.
Law enforcement is not necessarily a subset of "in general... the government." Hence why "law enforcement" was applied after the generalized statement as a qualifier for a specific subset.
HIPAA isn't an entity, and doesn't have "its own web site". You appear to be referring the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights web site about HIPAA.
Don't be a pedantic ass.
disturbing number whose jobs are touched by HIPAA, think that the acronym pronounced 'Hi-pah'
Can you cite an authoritative source regarding the correct pronunciation? Only use official DHHS or Congress websites, please. Otherwise, again, quit with the pedantry.
The bigger problem than believing that HIPAA is focussed on "privacy" (which HIPAA rules actually do to a considerable extent) is mistaking the scope of their applicability; It's not that people get the "P" part wrong that misleads them as to the impact of HIPAA, but that they don't appreciate the significance of the "HI" part -- that HIPAA is focussed on health insurance industry, and has little impact outside health care and health insurance industry, even where it concerns health information.
Good point. Unfortunately, though, the scope is far too narrow with too many holes.
Some disks contain information that is worth far more than the billion dollar lab or the one-in-a-billion scientist. Why do you immediately spout off with a trollish "Durhh, FUD?" Just because your scat porn collection and LiveJournal rants are useless to any intelligent being doesn't mean that everyone else's data is just as pitiful.
Some places still require both. When it comes to extremely sensitive (classified, etc) data, "absolutely unreadable" must be absolute. Even if only one technician in the entire world, with a billion-dollar lab, is capable of recovering the data from a zero'd drive, it's too much of a risk. What if that one technician is Chinese?
That must be exactly why Microsoft has the astoundingly successful "You find it, you keep it" ad campaign going, with Dell and HP laptops prominently featured.
You obviously didn't read the part about how there are too many college graduates for the number of professional positions available. Baby boomers be damned, there are simply too many self-adulating douchenuggets with a sub-3.0 GPA to justify wasting time on them. The positions are still filled, so why overhire and fill the company's labor force with crap now?
I see that you go and try and justify your whine about lack of training by saying entry-level work is needed. I'm not sure if that's intentional, or if you just have no idea what you're trying to argue anymore. Entry-level work requires almost no training. The minimum-wage data entry can easily be done by the Trina Thompsons and Totenglockes of tomorrow. The real opportunities will be had by the people who took college seriously, and the rest can easily be filled in by the people who prove themselves on the front line with menial jobs, degree or not.
There are enough new graduates being generated every semester that even if only the top 10% were "given a chance," then there would be more than enough bodies to fill the frictional unemployment pool of qualified professional candidates.
They don't need to dip into the unskilled labor pool that universities churn out right now. Maybe someday, that will change. Until then, why settle for dry jerky when they could have a juicy New York Strip?
Quit with the "Wahhhh, you're offtopic!" bullshit. This is a discussion about backup solutions, so factory-pressed CDs and DVDs don't exactly belong, either.
Someone who makes a decent middle-class salary may not have the means to add legal counsel to the list of bills. Just because someone makes a decent amount of money does not mean that they have discretionary income to throw around.
Completely relevant to the article, because it's showing where the "recession-proof" gaming money is actually going. Instead of the money drying, it's simply shifting towards an another product. The thing is, many game-industry decision makers consider used games inferior products, when they're usually just as functional and enjoyable as the original. A substitute product, perhaps, but not inferior.
Your comment, by the way, was completely irrelevant and douchey for no good reason.
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Perhaps there could be a court wiki admin to go along with the court reporter? An agent of the court, not tied to either side but sworn to record the proceedings completely and without bias?
Given how important a functioning judiciary is to society, jury service really ought to be better rewarded, so competent people don't have such a strong incentive to get out of it.
Perhaps the less intelligent jurors are desired by prosecutors, who have a direct relationship with the institutions involved in creating policies regarding jury compensation. I know if I was a prosecutor, I would rather have a jury that couldn't understand that circumstantial evidence alone doesn't destroy reasonable doubt.
It's not just specific case information. Judges and prosecutors often withhold vital information from jurors about how the laws themselves work. Jury nullification comes to mind. I'd rather a jury know all the information possible, but then again I also believe police shouldn't be doing perp walks and "press releases" about evidence they won't otherwise be able to present in court. A balance needs to be struck somewhere.
Horrible, hole-filled analogy: that would be like someone accusing you of rape when there is videotape of you having sex with that person. The burden of proof shifts slightly depending on which facts are in dispute.
I find it fascinating, actually. Why have direct neural connections when one's body makes all the necessary interpretations based upon available stimuli?
Exactly. Even with the current IRS etc procedures, while being varyingly complicated, individual taxpayers are rarely scrutinized without a good reason. I personally don't have a problem with a proposed tax. Yeah, it sucks. I know that they'll get the money somehow, though. Increased income tax, increased sales tax, and increased property tax are all quite simple for them to implement. The problem I have is the way they're going about it. Merging a tax increase with a mandated surveillance program rubs me the wrong way.
Law enforcement is not necessarily a subset of "in general ... the government." Hence why "law enforcement" was applied after the generalized statement as a qualifier for a specific subset.
HIPAA isn't an entity, and doesn't have "its own web site". You appear to be referring the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights web site about HIPAA.
Don't be a pedantic ass.
disturbing number whose jobs are touched by HIPAA, think that the acronym pronounced 'Hi-pah'
Can you cite an authoritative source regarding the correct pronunciation? Only use official DHHS or Congress websites, please. Otherwise, again, quit with the pedantry.
The bigger problem than believing that HIPAA is focussed on "privacy" (which HIPAA rules actually do to a considerable extent) is mistaking the scope of their applicability; It's not that people get the "P" part wrong that misleads them as to the impact of HIPAA, but that they don't appreciate the significance of the "HI" part -- that HIPAA is focussed on health insurance industry, and has little impact outside health care and health insurance industry, even where it concerns health information.
Good point. Unfortunately, though, the scope is far too narrow with too many holes.
Brilliant analogy. Instead of cars or some other odd-ass comparison, paper records are perfect for explaining database-related concepts like these.
Then they use terms like "proprietary Word formats" when all Word formats - both OOXML and DOC - are fully documented, as mandated by federal court.
ha. ha ha.
hahahahaha
BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
That was good. I needed a good laugh today.
Some disks contain information that is worth far more than the billion dollar lab or the one-in-a-billion scientist. Why do you immediately spout off with a trollish "Durhh, FUD?" Just because your scat porn collection and LiveJournal rants are useless to any intelligent being doesn't mean that everyone else's data is just as pitiful.
If they're reusable afterwards, you didn't use a proper degausser.
250C would destroy the PCBs, but I'm not sure whether or not just swapping them out would yield a readable drive.
Some places still require both. When it comes to extremely sensitive (classified, etc) data, "absolutely unreadable" must be absolute. Even if only one technician in the entire world, with a billion-dollar lab, is capable of recovering the data from a zero'd drive, it's too much of a risk. What if that one technician is Chinese?
Uh... I run an Exchange server, and every WinMo phone in the office is happily accessing it. Calendar, contacts, and everything.
That must be exactly why Microsoft has the astoundingly successful "You find it, you keep it" ad campaign going, with Dell and HP laptops prominently featured.
You're full of crap. As you posted further down the chain, you don't even have the password to get into your BIOS, because it belongs to your COMPANY.
No, there isn't any evidence that doesn't rely on unprovable claims.
"The sky daddy works in mysterious ways" is not evidence.
You obviously didn't read the part about how there are too many college graduates for the number of professional positions available. Baby boomers be damned, there are simply too many self-adulating douchenuggets with a sub-3.0 GPA to justify wasting time on them. The positions are still filled, so why overhire and fill the company's labor force with crap now?
I see that you go and try and justify your whine about lack of training by saying entry-level work is needed. I'm not sure if that's intentional, or if you just have no idea what you're trying to argue anymore. Entry-level work requires almost no training. The minimum-wage data entry can easily be done by the Trina Thompsons and Totenglockes of tomorrow. The real opportunities will be had by the people who took college seriously, and the rest can easily be filled in by the people who prove themselves on the front line with menial jobs, degree or not.
There are enough new graduates being generated every semester that even if only the top 10% were "given a chance," then there would be more than enough bodies to fill the frictional unemployment pool of qualified professional candidates.
They don't need to dip into the unskilled labor pool that universities churn out right now. Maybe someday, that will change. Until then, why settle for dry jerky when they could have a juicy New York Strip?
"working SElinux"
Mythical situations do not belong.
I didn't think I'd ever say this, but... Mod parent up.
Quit with the "Wahhhh, you're offtopic!" bullshit. This is a discussion about backup solutions, so factory-pressed CDs and DVDs don't exactly belong, either.
Someone who makes a decent middle-class salary may not have the means to add legal counsel to the list of bills.
Just because someone makes a decent amount of money does not mean that they have discretionary income to throw around.
Completely relevant to the article, because it's showing where the "recession-proof" gaming money is actually going. Instead of the money drying, it's simply shifting towards an another product. The thing is, many game-industry decision makers consider used games inferior products, when they're usually just as functional and enjoyable as the original. A substitute product, perhaps, but not inferior.
Your comment, by the way, was completely irrelevant and douchey for no good reason.