Hey, I'm all for putting lots and lots of tax dollars to good use, but lots of our fellow citizens are cheapskates, and many want to draw the line somewhere. These have to be pretty good resolution cameras (expensive?) so once we cover all the major intersections and shopping districts, the outer suburbs and rural areas will probably have to make do with small aerial robot drones to cut costs. We'll probably still want a few of those armed predator drones standing by overhead for quick response enforcement action. Of course each step of deployment wants a corresponding crisis for inspiration, otherwise it might risk a loss of public support. Maybe if some Al Qaeda Tree-sitter would rape a little kid out in the hills, we could get full saturation. Or if the price goes down just a bit more.
Disregarding the carbon footprint/relative mileage issue, I've often thought that spraying unburnt kerosene into the upper atmosphere was a dodgy experiment.
Enforcement varies as well. In the People's Republic of California, front plates are mandatory, but I noticed in Los Angeles, if you're in the right kind of car no plates or tags of any kind are needed. The LAPD LIKE TOTALLY UNDERSTANDS how the scratches you'd get in the bumper from screwing on a license plate would mess up the value of your Maserati Limo.
I think they don't want to talk about it weilawei, because it was probably the suspect's cell phone. I don't have the reference at hand, but I read of a case where the suspect's phone was remotely activated by the police and the recorded conversation was introduced in court to secure a conviction. I feel safer all the time.
When We The People speak, and Uncle Adolph answers, we will (with our customary alacrity) retrofit all of our paved roads with the necessary sensors for Total Car Awareness. This is merely redundant, like the placard recognition, as most people have already opted in with their GPS enabled remotely activated personal microphone/cameras. (I have an old phone without camera or GPS, but I don't take the battery out as I am not hiding anything.)
How long will it be before the whole system is integrated, or if it already is when can we elect a strong leader who will put it all to its proper (domestic) use? I'm referring of course to: 1. Those big NSA Hubble prototypes. 2. TIA wiretaps with voice recognition software. 3. Cell phones. (With GPS and remote mic/camera activation, We The People just need to make them mandatory for all, with criminal penalties for taking out the battery.) After you've been jailed three times for forgetting to carry your "phone", you get mandatory RFID implants, (for your own protection) if those aren't already universally adopted as well. 4. Saturate our urban areas with CCTV cameras, and shotgun mics with robot tracking.
Soon after the development of effective fly-by tags, some "crises" will coincidentally lead to a call for action from our fearless leaders. I know this is my humor-impaired, off-topic inner redundant troll speaking, but I must re-iterate: Won't someone please think of the children?
This is another instance of a complex issue which is resistant to rational resolution, and why people who disagree with me are yet allowed to live. I used the term "evil" rather loosely here, and I intentionally qualified it with "seems" and "some people". In conversation I generally would use the term "incorrect", as like a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. I'm glad we are engaging in this discussion, I waste a lot of brain-waves regarding issues like the dichotomy of legal and lawful, &c. (If I go back to school I'm majoring in rhetoric.) My own personal "ethical code", which I don't really recommend for any one else, (too hard) is to honor my side of an agreement to a fault, but if circumstances change or something unforeseen comes up, re-evaluate the situation, and if it seems to me that the other party is getting a raw deal, I will adjust what I do to make it fair. My dad used to say stuff like "Buy high and sell low, it keeps you humble." so I've gotten to be quite a contrarian. Occasionally, sharp practice people take advantage of me. As a matter of fact, I boycott many businesses and am nearly unemployable because of my attitude. OTOH, many people seem to appreciate the consideration, and a long and mutually beneficial relationship can develop. An example of this style of reason would be "The only way to make a man honest is to trust him." The first day I meet someone, I am quite prone to lending them money, or my car, or some such. I have yet to lose my car, (one guy did kind of whack the alignment and wouldn't cop to it once) but probably one in five takes the money and disappears forever. Sad for them, but I consider it money well spent, as I save myself all the time and personal investment that would be lost if I tried to be friends but got backstabbed later.
I deal with this affliction regularly. I try to do a little amateur research, but not being a member of the academic guild, I am locked out of the access. nice if I could afford $40 a pop or so to read some 3-page article in a journal on JSTOR, but I can't. TANSTAAFL I guess.
Thank you for getting my point. I don't believe business is inherently evil, OTOH, it should not NECESSARILY be evil. I am thinking, in this cited instance, perhaps some of the former employees of the former aluminum smelter may have experienced some difficulties paying their raised electric bills with their reduced incomes. Perhaps some of the consumers buying aluminum would have liked to purchase their aluminum at a lower price since as we all know the "savings are passed along to the consumer". Who knows, perhaps one of the shareholders bought stock in an aluminum smelter because he liked to manufacture aluminum? Not everyone wants to trade energy futures. I'm sure that the majority of people would cash out and "laugh to the bank". Me first FTW!
I was very impressed to discover, when I lived in Toluca Lake, that we actually had 120 volts. Voltage never varied there, either. I'd sure be crying if they started varying my frequency. That's beyond the Pale. I never measured, but the water pressure was pretty damn high as well.
I'm guessing that the fraction of a percent which is the profits on our investment will have many zeros between the decimal point and the significant digits.
I have voted in every election since 1978, and always say to everyone "vote as if it mattered". I work the polls so I can see what the voters look like. I am beginning to understand why a lot of folks refuse to vote. The vast majority of U.S. voters simply don't know anything.
This is probably just my misanthropy talking, but I always figured Microsoft's egregious level of "security" was prima facie evidence of their collusion in some sort of conspiracy to provoke us to demand that our fearless leaders take action to protect us from internet freedom.
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Hey, I'm all for putting lots and lots of tax dollars to good use, but lots of our fellow citizens are cheapskates, and many want to draw the line somewhere. These have to be pretty good resolution cameras (expensive?) so once we cover all the major intersections and shopping districts, the outer suburbs and rural areas will probably have to make do with small aerial robot drones to cut costs. We'll probably still want a few of those armed predator drones standing by overhead for quick response enforcement action. Of course each step of deployment wants a corresponding crisis for inspiration, otherwise it might risk a loss of public support.
Maybe if some Al Qaeda Tree-sitter would rape a little kid out in the hills, we could get full saturation. Or if the price goes down just a bit more.
I always wanted one of those Lear Turbofans. Better passenger/mileage than any car I've owned.
Disregarding the carbon footprint/relative mileage issue, I've often thought that spraying unburnt kerosene into the upper atmosphere was a dodgy experiment.
Enforcement varies as well. In the People's Republic of California, front plates are mandatory, but I noticed in Los Angeles, if you're in the right kind of car no plates or tags of any kind are needed. The LAPD LIKE TOTALLY UNDERSTANDS how the scratches you'd get in the bumper from screwing on a license plate would mess up the value of your Maserati Limo.
I think they don't want to talk about it weilawei, because it was probably the suspect's cell phone. I don't have the reference at hand, but I read of a case where the suspect's phone was remotely activated by the police and the recorded conversation was introduced in court to secure a conviction.
I feel safer all the time.
This is SO OLD I'm surprised we even think about it any more.
When We The People speak, and Uncle Adolph answers, we will (with our customary alacrity) retrofit all of our paved roads with the necessary sensors for Total Car Awareness. This is merely redundant, like the placard recognition, as most people have already opted in with their GPS enabled remotely activated personal microphone/cameras. (I have an old phone without camera or GPS, but I don't take the battery out as I am not hiding anything.)
You'll need a set of wheels as well once we all have the new mandatory "MAC address" things built in.
How long will it be before the whole system is integrated, or if it already is when can we elect a strong leader who will put it all to its proper (domestic) use? I'm referring of course to:
1. Those big NSA Hubble prototypes.
2. TIA wiretaps with voice recognition software.
3. Cell phones. (With GPS and remote mic/camera activation, We The People just need to make them mandatory for all, with criminal penalties for taking out the battery.) After you've been jailed three times for forgetting to carry your "phone", you get mandatory RFID implants, (for your own protection) if those aren't already universally adopted as well.
4. Saturate our urban areas with CCTV cameras, and shotgun mics with robot tracking.
Soon after the development of effective fly-by tags, some "crises" will coincidentally lead to a call for action from our fearless leaders.
I know this is my humor-impaired, off-topic inner redundant troll speaking, but I must re-iterate:
Won't someone please think of the children?
"You knew this would happen, didn't you?"
This is another instance of a complex issue which is resistant to rational resolution, and why people who disagree with me are yet allowed to live. I used the term "evil" rather loosely here, and I intentionally qualified it with "seems" and "some people". In conversation I generally would use the term "incorrect", as like a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. I'm glad we are engaging in this discussion, I waste a lot of brain-waves regarding issues like the dichotomy of legal and lawful, &c. (If I go back to school I'm majoring in rhetoric.)
My own personal "ethical code", which I don't really recommend for any one else, (too hard) is to honor my side of an agreement to a fault, but if circumstances change or something unforeseen comes up, re-evaluate the situation, and if it seems to me that the other party is getting a raw deal, I will adjust what I do to make it fair. My dad used to say stuff like "Buy high and sell low, it keeps you humble." so I've gotten to be quite a contrarian. Occasionally, sharp practice people take advantage of me. As a matter of fact, I boycott many businesses and am nearly unemployable because of my attitude. OTOH, many people seem to appreciate the consideration, and a long and mutually beneficial relationship can develop.
An example of this style of reason would be "The only way to make a man honest is to trust him." The first day I meet someone, I am quite prone to lending them money, or my car, or some such. I have yet to lose my car, (one guy did kind of whack the alignment and wouldn't cop to it once) but probably one in five takes the money and disappears forever. Sad for them, but I consider it money well spent, as I save myself all the time and personal investment that would be lost if I tried to be friends but got backstabbed later.
I deal with this affliction regularly. I try to do a little amateur research, but not being a member of the academic guild, I am locked out of the access. nice if I could afford $40 a pop or so to read some 3-page article in a journal on JSTOR, but I can't. TANSTAAFL I guess.
Thank you for getting my point. I don't believe business is inherently evil, OTOH, it should not NECESSARILY be evil. I am thinking, in this cited instance, perhaps some of the former employees of the former aluminum smelter may have experienced some difficulties paying their raised electric bills with their reduced incomes. Perhaps some of the consumers buying aluminum would have liked to purchase their aluminum at a lower price since as we all know the "savings are passed along to the consumer". Who knows, perhaps one of the shareholders bought stock in an aluminum smelter because he liked to manufacture aluminum? Not everyone wants to trade energy futures. I'm sure that the majority of people would cash out and "laugh to the bank". Me first FTW!
It will be interesting to see how the multinational drug rights management folks can kibosh this. U.N. sanctions?
I was very impressed to discover, when I lived in Toluca Lake, that we actually had 120 volts. Voltage never varied there, either. I'd sure be crying if they started varying my frequency. That's beyond the Pale.
I never measured, but the water pressure was pretty damn high as well.
This is an example of one of the many ways that "business" seems evil, to some of us.
Just hold'em down for a second, I've got the dykes.
I'm guessing that the fraction of a percent which is the profits on our investment will have many zeros between the decimal point and the significant digits.
What a righteous and beautiful thought, man. Took me back to the olden days of my youth. Thank-you.
What, you think "The People" should benefit or something?
I want more.
I have voted in every election since 1978, and always say to everyone "vote as if it mattered". I work the polls so I can see what the voters look like. I am beginning to understand why a lot of folks refuse to vote. The vast majority of U.S. voters simply don't know anything.
This is probably just my misanthropy talking, but I always figured Microsoft's egregious level of "security" was prima facie evidence of their collusion in some sort of conspiracy to provoke us to demand that our fearless leaders take action to protect us from internet freedom.
please think of the children.