The reaction of most people would be "Fuck em". I believe that is why there should be a difference between the police and the law. The police are there to uphold the law. They should NEVER be allowed to so anything else. People who drive drunk will already get a punishment. It is not up to the police to add anything on top of that.
One of the reasons there is a juridical system is to prevent these kinds of things.
And no, arrests should not be public record. Many people who are arrested are later proven innocent. At least as long as there is no conviction by a judge (pr jury) it should NOT be public. That means no public records for tickets, wrong parking or similar things.
I would even be unwilling to make criminal records public. Once I did my time, I did my time and as I am released, I should be able to start over. That said, there can be limitations. e.g. in Belgium where I wiork, you need a clean slate. You ask a proof at the police and they will give it to you to give to your employer. They can NOT ask it directly. And even that only gives a general indication if you are convicted. It will also be cleaned after a while, depending on the conviction.
So where do I set the line? At the beginning of individual priivacy, regardsless.
The same goes for ANY receipe. Take a look at a real cookingshow (where they actiualy cook) and sometimes they must make something where they get a recipe. They all get the same, yet it all tastes (and looks) different.
Furthermore it is cooking, not chemistry. If you need to add two tamatoes, how big are they? If they say 200gram tomatoes, what kind? If they say 200gram cherry tomatoes, how ripe are they? What is the quality?
There is a reason breweries have a brewmaster. He tastes all during the process to see if anything needs changing and adjusts things when needed. And a propriarty yeast train will help it a bit, but if they give it to you, you will not be able to make the same beer.
It is as having identical computers would make you identical coders or gamers and that is just not true. (I know, I am a lousy coder/gamer)
The best is not to focus on only one solution. I could see both as a great addition to what is already there at a different price. Also different depending on where it is. Rome, Italy will have different requirements compared to Bettles, Alaska so I do not see how only one solution will fit all.
I understand the need for regulations. e.g. to be sure that the meters are checked and legit and that the cars are safe and the driver has a legitimate drivers licence.
However that is not what the medailions are about anymore. What should have been done is get rid of the medailions and give out licences with a specific set of rules that is not limited by numbers.
Safe car, medical test for the driver (e.g. eye sight), check on the meter, technical test of the car every X months,...
If you really want to put a stop to companies (snip) never preorder(snip)(snip) Anything worth buying on launch day is still worth buying two weeks later, and you'll save yourself quite a lot of money by avoiding duds
This also goes for things people sit in tents for outside the sore. Also goes for movies and a LOT of other things. I even used to be the first one downloading a new distro. Now I wait for that as well. (I can run the Beta anyway if I want to help testing)
Perhaps only if there is a fixed limit on what will be sold, it is worth it and even then (e.g. life concert tickets).
Most things are not that limited and just an extra warning: companies do not tell "what a collecters item will be, history will.
One of the reasons I have an alias is so it will beclear that I NEVER speak in name of the company I work for. The other upside is that I can't use Facebook. Furthermore I know the company will be able to see everyting I type, SO I almost never use my company PC for work related things, except to see if there are delays with the trains.
For private mails (or anything else), we have dedicated PCs who also have access to sites I can not get to on my work PC (webmail and such). They are on a completely seperated network. So if you urgently need to send an email or visit a site to order something, you are able to do so. A third option is now available: your phone.
Perception is a powerfull thing. When I was around 12, a person with Alzheinmers left his wheelchair in a hotel outside a concert hall to enjoy the music.
I was driving in the chair (not stealing it) when he came out. He told me he did not mind as he could walk a little bit. I must however bring his chair to the bar without leaving the chair or help.
The bar was one story lower. However with the chair within 10 seconds I realized I needed to plan my route. It was not possible to just take the elevator one floor down. It was: 1 floor up, go to the other elevator, 2 floors down, go to the first elevator 1 floor up due to the uneveness of the floors.
That left a life long impression on me not to take things for granted and all it took was 15 minutes of my life and a smart man who understood how to bring across information.
I used to do the same and thinking about doing it again, now my job is where I can reach it with public transport. What is holding me back is the time it takes to get the rental and bring it back. Also there is not enough competition to make it attractive and the prices are pretty high. 50 EUR for a day for the smallest one.
For a weekend that would be 100EUR. Still cheaper than owning a car. When I want to go cheaper, I would need to travel one hour to and one hour back, loosing 2 hours in the process.
Also opening hours mean that I would have to take half a day off to get the car.
So having a car that drives to me, gets me where I want to go and back would be great.
Looking at the successfull software companies, I would say that marketing is the most important part. No matter how good or shitty your product is, if your marketing is good, it will sell.
It hasn't been called SuSE since a LONG time. It is SUSE or openSUSE. If you want to go oldscjool, just name it S.u.S.E.
Naming it the wrong name is like calling somebody Bobby, because his mother called him that 20 years ago, instead of Roberst.. (And his mom calls him Robert as well)
Some kids played with model airplanes and found it fun, grew up to be pilots or aerospace engineers.
Some grew up to be hairdressers or politicians or whatever. Causation is not correlation.
This kid, assuming he enjoys computers, more power to him.
This. If he likes doing it, let him be, regardsless if he still likes it when he is 10, 15 or 20 and rather hangs out in the garage playing lousy music with his friends and becomes a plumber or a banker.
They would rather the government does stuff because it tends to be cheaper and better run than when private companies get involved.
Only in the long run and not for everything.
What it is much more is letting corporations do things, but within very strict rules. Most of the time to encourage competition in the way it was intended : lower prices for the consumer.
What they do is often change the demands for companies e.g. longer service periods or one single cell phone charger connection.
I believe this is becvause there is also more competition in politics (multi party system). This makes it much harder for the companies to buy parties, because there will be some that won't be baught and will start making things difficult for those who would like that money.
More than one has a smal party with a single goal changed course of politics. This only works if the idea is big enough with the general polulation. So no highjacking of the big parties by the little ones.
In Belgium there are BY LAW 3 cellphone operators. To have a minimum of companies to be able to choose from would be a great start. (Start, not the final solution) Otherwise Comcast A and Comcast B will just be serving half of the polulation. e.g. people on even numbers get A uneven numbers get B. This because not competing makes more money than competing as that will lower the profits.
This. This so much. Especially google. I live in Belgium where three languages are spoken. In Brussels is the EU and thus a LOT of other people who speak different languages.
My PC is installed in English. So why the fuck do I get a Dutch version of whatever site I go to from Google.
The search engine is the easists to change. Try changing the language on play.google.com when you are not logged in.
Hey! The companies are the ones who bought the politicians, so they should be the ones to come up with a solution that does not cost the companies anything. If you were serious about politics, put YOUR money where your mouth is. /Sarcasm
If you think about changing: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Unless you have serious issues with ETX4, I would not change it. Even if everybody would have problems and you don't, using something else might be the other way around and you being the only one with problems.
The only reason these shows* exist (be they news or a soap opera) is to sell advertisement.
As always : We are the product.
* Obviously this is valid mainly for commercial tv channels, although now even 'non-commerical' tv channels tend to look for advertisement and product placement. (Looking at you, Belgian VRT)
No, its really not. I'm living without it just fine. No one in my household has an account. The kids think its stupid, and don't even want accounts.
I up you one. I have a Facebook added to my killfilter in my DNS server.
That way I can not even click on it by accident.
People often say that they are able to find old school friends, but I noticed that there is a reason why you don't have any contact anymore.
The people I wanted to find, I have been able to find without facebook and after three emails it was clear that we had nothing in common anymore.
People who would be looking for me can find me, if they put a little effort into it. If they are not willing to do that, then they must not be interested in finding me.
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The reaction of most people would be "Fuck em". I believe that is why there should be a difference between the police and the law.
The police are there to uphold the law. They should NEVER be allowed to so anything else. People who drive drunk will already get a punishment. It is not up to the police to add anything on top of that.
One of the reasons there is a juridical system is to prevent these kinds of things.
And no, arrests should not be public record. Many people who are arrested are later proven innocent. At least as long as there is no conviction by a judge (pr jury) it should NOT be public. That means no public records for tickets, wrong parking or similar things.
I would even be unwilling to make criminal records public. Once I did my time, I did my time and as I am released, I should be able to start over. That said, there can be limitations. e.g. in Belgium where I wiork, you need a clean slate. You ask a proof at the police and they will give it to you to give to your employer. They can NOT ask it directly. And even that only gives a general indication if you are convicted.
It will also be cleaned after a while, depending on the conviction.
So where do I set the line? At the beginning of individual priivacy, regardsless.
The same goes for ANY receipe. Take a look at a real cookingshow (where they actiualy cook) and sometimes they must make something where they get a recipe. They all get the same, yet it all tastes (and looks) different.
Furthermore it is cooking, not chemistry. If you need to add two tamatoes, how big are they? If they say 200gram tomatoes, what kind? If they say 200gram cherry tomatoes, how ripe are they? What is the quality?
There is a reason breweries have a brewmaster. He tastes all during the process to see if anything needs changing and adjusts things when needed. And a propriarty yeast train will help it a bit, but if they give it to you, you will not be able to make the same beer.
It is as having identical computers would make you identical coders or gamers and that is just not true. (I know, I am a lousy coder/gamer)
The best is not to focus on only one solution.
I could see both as a great addition to what is already there at a different price. Also different depending on where it is. Rome, Italy will have different requirements compared to Bettles, Alaska so I do not see how only one solution will fit all.
I understand the need for regulations. e.g. to be sure that the meters are checked and legit and that the cars are safe and the driver has a legitimate drivers licence.
However that is not what the medailions are about anymore. What should have been done is get rid of the medailions and give out licences with a specific set of rules that is not limited by numbers.
Safe car, medical test for the driver (e.g. eye sight), check on the meter, technical test of the car every X months, ...
News at 11.
This also goes for things people sit in tents for outside the sore. Also goes for movies and a LOT of other things.
I even used to be the first one downloading a new distro. Now I wait for that as well. (I can run the Beta anyway if I want to help testing)
Perhaps only if there is a fixed limit on what will be sold, it is worth it and even then (e.g. life concert tickets).
Most things are not that limited and just an extra warning: companies do not tell "what a collecters item will be, history will.
Over a long enough period, the death-rate is 100%, no matter what you do. It can't be more and it won't be less.
(Disclaimer: I just read the subject.)
One of the reasons I have an alias is so it will beclear that I NEVER speak in name of the company I work for. The other upside is that I can't use Facebook. Furthermore I know the company will be able to see everyting I type, SO I almost never use my company PC for work related things, except to see if there are delays with the trains.
For private mails (or anything else), we have dedicated PCs who also have access to sites I can not get to on my work PC (webmail and such). They are on a completely seperated network. So if you urgently need to send an email or visit a site to order something, you are able to do so. A third option is now available: your phone.
Perception is a powerfull thing. When I was around 12, a person with Alzheinmers left his wheelchair in a hotel outside a concert hall to enjoy the music.
I was driving in the chair (not stealing it) when he came out. He told me he did not mind as he could walk a little bit. I must however bring his chair to the bar without leaving the chair or help.
The bar was one story lower. However with the chair within 10 seconds I realized I needed to plan my route. It was not possible to just take the elevator one floor down. It was:
1 floor up, go to the other elevator, 2 floors down, go to the first elevator 1 floor up due to the uneveness of the floors.
That left a life long impression on me not to take things for granted and all it took was 15 minutes of my life and a smart man who understood how to bring across information.
I used to do the same and thinking about doing it again, now my job is where I can reach it with public transport.
What is holding me back is the time it takes to get the rental and bring it back. Also there is not enough competition to make it attractive and the prices are pretty high. 50 EUR for a day for the smallest one.
For a weekend that would be 100EUR. Still cheaper than owning a car. When I want to go cheaper, I would need to travel one hour to and one hour back, loosing 2 hours in the process.
Also opening hours mean that I would have to take half a day off to get the car.
So having a car that drives to me, gets me where I want to go and back would be great.
Looking at the successfull software companies, I would say that marketing is the most important part. No matter how good or shitty your product is, if your marketing is good, it will sell.
It hasn't been called SuSE since a LONG time. It is SUSE or openSUSE. If you want to go oldscjool, just name it S.u.S.E.
Naming it the wrong name is like calling somebody Bobby, because his mother called him that 20 years ago, instead of Roberst.. (And his mom calls him Robert as well)
This is not to give data to Netflix. This is to give data to advertising companies. That way they have a way of comparing.
Also not if some other law overrides what you signed. Even if BOTH parties agree, it might still not be legal.
Some grew up to be hairdressers or politicians or whatever.
Causation is not correlation.
This. If he likes doing it, let him be, regardsless if he still likes it when he is 10, 15 or 20 and rather hangs out in the garage playing lousy music with his friends and becomes a plumber or a banker.
Only in the long run and not for everything.
What it is much more is letting corporations do things, but within very strict rules. Most of the time to encourage competition in the way it was intended : lower prices for the consumer.
What they do is often change the demands for companies e.g. longer service periods or one single cell phone charger connection.
I believe this is becvause there is also more competition in politics (multi party system). This makes it much harder for the companies to buy parties, because there will be some that won't be baught and will start making things difficult for those who would like that money.
More than one has a smal party with a single goal changed course of politics. This only works if the idea is big enough with the general polulation. So no highjacking of the big parties by the little ones.
In Belgium there are BY LAW 3 cellphone operators. To have a minimum of companies to be able to choose from would be a great start. (Start, not the final solution)
Otherwise Comcast A and Comcast B will just be serving half of the polulation. e.g. people on even numbers get A uneven numbers get B. This because not competing makes more money than competing as that will lower the profits.
So all this CSI stuff is real?
This. This so much. Especially google. I live in Belgium where three languages are spoken. In Brussels is the EU and thus a LOT of other people who speak different languages.
My PC is installed in English. So why the fuck do I get a Dutch version of whatever site I go to from Google.
The search engine is the easists to change. Try changing the language on play.google.com when you are not logged in.
I think Neil, Buzz and Michael had the fastest La-Z-Boy.
Hey! The companies are the ones who bought the politicians, so they should be the ones to come up with a solution that does not cost the companies anything.
/Sarcasm
If you were serious about politics, put YOUR money where your mouth is.
A hand in 5 years? That is a step back. I often wave at my computer with one finger.
If you think about changing: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Unless you have serious issues with ETX4, I would not change it. Even if everybody would have problems and you don't, using something else might be the other way around and you being the only one with problems.
These days? Ever heard of the Camel News Caravan. That was 1949.
The only reason these shows* exist (be they news or a soap opera) is to sell advertisement.
As always : We are the product.
* Obviously this is valid mainly for commercial tv channels, although now even 'non-commerical' tv channels tend to look for advertisement and product placement. (Looking at you, Belgian VRT)
I up you one. I have a Facebook added to my killfilter in my DNS server.
That way I can not even click on it by accident.
People often say that they are able to find old school friends, but I noticed that there is a reason why you don't have any contact anymore.
The people I wanted to find, I have been able to find without facebook and after three emails it was clear that we had nothing in common anymore.
People who would be looking for me can find me, if they put a little effort into it. If they are not willing to do that, then they must not be interested in finding me.