However, legalization of drugs in Mexico wouldn't work. The USA would have to legalize at the same time.
If Mexico legalized - not just decriminalized - at least Marijuana, the United States would have to follow suite. With cannabis available **legally** in every shop in every town within 200 miles of the border, the influx of regular normally law abiding Americans getting popped at the border for weed would overwhelm the "justice" system on the American side.
I never realized how many Tea Bagging asshats hung out at Slashdot...
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Remember the recent Tanker fiasco... Boeing and Airbus fighting over pork with gravy while the KC-135 fleet gets older and older. And the new tanker is still YEARS away.
This sort of thing combined with Chinaâ(TM)s very questionable use of banned pesticides and other sketchy farming chemicals is why I do not by food products marked as being from China. I know that many of the other âoeready madeâ food that I eat probably has ingredients from China, but at least I can reduce the amount of poisons I intake. I try to buy local produce, organic when I can, but this tends to be a little spendy. And of course avoiding processed foods and actually making real food in the kitchen goes a long way to avoid the poisonous crap that China exports.
Of course, there are some of the same issues here, but far far fewer.
Without the kind of government regulation that the Republicans and Tea Baggers want to do away with, this is how the United States would be as well.
No one has said the Apple Thugs didn't accompany the real cops and no one has said they didn't ask for and receive permission to search the apartment (which is certainly NOT something I would have ever allowed). Nothing you have said comes within 10 miles of supporting the contention that these Apple Thugs misrepresented themselves, we have only the word of someone who's honesty is already suspect.
...and from a legal standpoint pushing the head of security out the door is going to look pretty bad for Apple.
Nonsense.
From a legal standpoint, it doesn't matter one way or the other if Apple fired the head security dude, and indeed what they fired him for is pure speculation. What matters are the facts . Not how the facts "look", but what the facts are.
The Court does not care how the facts "look". the Court cares what the facts are.
At this point we really don't know all the facts, but there is really no particular reason to believe a guy who "found" an expensive piece of electronics and declined to do the honorable thing and look for the owner.
If we are going to talk about how things "look", seriously, the guy that "found" the phone did not exactly behave in an honest and honorable way. What it "looks" like to me is that he "found" this phone, and rather than contacting the bar or the police, decided to see if he could profit from having "found" this phone, either by selling it to some less than honest Web site, on eBay, or down at the corner. But as the phone became "hotter" (being a stolen item, it was "hot" already), he decided to ditch it and lie lie lie.
Seriously, Apple didn't pick some random address and show up. I know there is a lot of Apple Hate here, but come on.
Disclosure: I do not work for Apple, and do not own any Apple hardware. In fact, I've never owned any Apple hardware. Can't afford that shiny stuff.
We only have the word of the guy who "found" the phone (and then denied any knowledge of it when that was obviously not the truth) that these guys claimed to be cops.
Certainly the Apple Recovery Team was aggressive and intimidating, but there is really no trustworthy evidence they broke the law.
On the other hand we have a guy who "found" an expensive iPhone at a bar, took it home, failed to do anything to find the owner, and then disposed of it when it looked like the authorities were closing in. Not really the actions of someone who's words I would take at face value.
You'll note that this guy did NOT "lawyer up" and sue Apple for whatever it is the Apple Thugs did. Why do you suppose that is?
Funny, my credit union's Visa debit card worked just fine with minimal fees when I spent three weeks in Italy last year. Maybe it was that Visa thing and all...
In fact, we would be legally liable for failing our fiduciary duty to our shareholders
This is not strictly true, though it is often quoted from someplace, usually someoneâ(TM)s ass.
A company has the responsibility to do what is best for the stockholders. There is NO law requiring publically traded companies to pursue profit above all other considerations.
Thanks for your input, your views are valued. But not very much. In fact very little indeed. Although, that's relative. But the point is it's a really really small number. Unless you're a flea, in which case you don't care even less.
Would you mind if I fucked your sister? Is that a topic you care a little more about? No? Good. Can I use your couch? Thanks, bro...
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Comcast is a "common carrier"? Random XYZ ISP os a "common carrier"? Really?
Before you parrot something, get a clue about the subject.
There is a difference between *Officially Legal* and openly available.
However, legalization of drugs in Mexico wouldn't work. The USA would have to legalize at the same time.
If Mexico legalized - not just decriminalized - at least Marijuana, the United States would have to follow suite. With cannabis available **legally** in every shop in every town within 200 miles of the border, the influx of regular normally law abiding Americans getting popped at the border for weed would overwhelm the "justice" system on the American side.
Legalization would happen within two years.
No Jail For Pot
Every day I have a bowl of beans at lunch and make some "Pristine Big Bang Gas".
If they want to do business only in America, then they can ignore the laws of the rest of the world.
Are they doing business in Germany?
You, sir, are full of shit.
Destruction of government property is an offense in itself, so i would skip the smash it with a hammer idea.
According to the article, the device did not have any ownership markings on it.
If you don't get that the point of this was to intimidate the reporter and discourage him from pursuing the story...
Seems to me that it's exactly the kind of activity that would *encurage* any real reporter to pursue the story even more...
I never realized how many Tea Bagging asshats hung out at Slashdot...
Remember the recent Tanker fiasco... Boeing and Airbus fighting over pork with gravy while the KC-135 fleet gets older and older. And the new tanker is still YEARS away.
This sort of thing combined with Chinaâ(TM)s very questionable use of banned pesticides and other sketchy farming chemicals is why I do not by food products marked as being from China. I know that many of the other âoeready madeâ food that I eat probably has ingredients from China, but at least I can reduce the amount of poisons I intake. I try to buy local produce, organic when I can, but this tends to be a little spendy. And of course avoiding processed foods and actually making real food in the kitchen goes a long way to avoid the poisonous crap that China exports.
Of course, there are some of the same issues here, but far far fewer.
Without the kind of government regulation that the Republicans and Tea Baggers want to do away with, this is how the United States would be as well.
No one has said the Apple Thugs didn't accompany the real cops and no one has said they didn't ask for and receive permission to search the apartment (which is certainly NOT something I would have ever allowed). Nothing you have said comes within 10 miles of supporting the contention that these Apple Thugs misrepresented themselves, we have only the word of someone who's honesty is already suspect.
...building low-cost robots that represent remote participants in meeting rooms.
My employer already buys these from India.
...and from a legal standpoint pushing the head of security out the door is going to look pretty bad for Apple.
Nonsense.
From a legal standpoint, it doesn't matter one way or the other if Apple fired the head security dude, and indeed what they fired him for is pure speculation. What matters are the facts . Not how the facts "look", but what the facts are.
The Court does not care how the facts "look". the Court cares what the facts are .
At this point we really don't know all the facts, but there is really no particular reason to believe a guy who "found" an expensive piece of electronics and declined to do the honorable thing and look for the owner.
If we are going to talk about how things "look", seriously, the guy that "found" the phone did not exactly behave in an honest and honorable way. What it "looks" like to me is that he "found" this phone, and rather than contacting the bar or the police, decided to see if he could profit from having "found" this phone, either by selling it to some less than honest Web site, on eBay, or down at the corner. But as the phone became "hotter" (being a stolen item, it was "hot" already), he decided to ditch it and lie lie lie.
Seriously, Apple didn't pick some random address and show up. I know there is a lot of Apple Hate here, but come on.
Disclosure: I do not work for Apple, and do not own any Apple hardware. In fact, I've never owned any Apple hardware. Can't afford that shiny stuff.
We only have the word of the guy who "found" the phone (and then denied any knowledge of it when that was obviously not the truth) that these guys claimed to be cops.
Certainly the Apple Recovery Team was aggressive and intimidating, but there is really no trustworthy evidence they broke the law.
On the other hand we have a guy who "found" an expensive iPhone at a bar, took it home, failed to do anything to find the owner, and then disposed of it when it looked like the authorities were closing in. Not really the actions of someone who's words I would take at face value.
You'll note that this guy did NOT "lawyer up" and sue Apple for whatever it is the Apple Thugs did. Why do you suppose that is?
And, by the way, where is the phone NOW?
Four different credit unions, eh? Don't want the various wives and GF's finding out about each other?
Funny, my credit union's Visa debit card worked just fine with minimal fees when I spent three weeks in Italy last year. Maybe it was that Visa thing and all...
And what's best for the stockholders is, almost always, increased profits.
Short term or long term?
In fact, we would be legally liable for failing our fiduciary duty to our shareholders
This is not strictly true, though it is often quoted from someplace, usually someoneâ(TM)s ass.
A company has the responsibility to do what is best for the stockholders. There is NO law requiring publically traded companies to pursue profit above all other considerations.
My unique 1-in-10000 setup didn't need XYZ, therefore no one needs XYZ.
Yes of course, I am so stupid.
Otherwise, it's just a compilation of others software, just like CentOS is.
No, that's not so. Red Hat does much more than simply repackage other people's software.
Have a look at Fedora.
Give Red Hat a call. Seriously, if their sales department can't justify it for you, it's not justified.
Seriously:
http://www.unmanned.co.uk/autonomous-unmanned-vehicles/uav-data-specifications-fact-sheets/shadowhawk-unmanned-aerial-vehicle-uav-specifications/
It's a $300,000 RC toy helo.
Thanks for your input, your views are valued. But not very much. In fact very little indeed. Although, that's relative. But the point is it's a really really small number. Unless you're a flea, in which case you don't care even less.
Would you mind if I fucked your sister? Is that a topic you care a little more about? No? Good. Can I use your couch? Thanks, bro...
...or 650,000 frosties per second.
I assure you, there is only one Frosty.