You think that a control panel for Air Force One, a mock watch, a pen and a couple of t-shirts are our National Treasures?
As opposed to things, like say, the Declaration of Independence. The Constitution. Bill of Rights...
But then, somehow, am not surprised given the common attitutes which have become prevelant in our country.
Yep, Costco actually understands the value of the customer. As for the computers, I believe they changed the policy to complete systems as opposed to individual components.
Out of curiosity, and somewhat related to this, I won't take stuff back, even to Costco, if I feel that it has lasted a solid life for such a component when it dies... So, what is a good lifespan for a CRT or LCD display these days?
Well, actually there's starting to be precedent against high-tech surveillance technologies being employed in an invasive manner. A few months back, there was a case brought where a guy who was growing certain types of plants in his attic via the use of sun lamps was caught when a local LEO decided to scan the residence at night with a thermal imaging device. After the arrest of the grower, said grower brought suit, claiming it was a warrantless search, therefore inadmissible. The case went up the legal ladder to the Supreme Court, who decided that indeed, the use of the thermal imaging device violated the 4th Amendment Right's (Protection from Unlawful Search and Seizure) of the grower.
Then, they turned around and said that aerial surveillance didn't need any such warrant. I'm not going to try and figure out the following, "In his discussion of the effect of the evolution of technology on privacy rights, Justice Scalia stated that technology enabling human flight has uncovered portions of the house and its curtilage that once were private. But, he held, the Kyllo case had to confront the limits on the power of technology to shrink the realm of guaranteed privacy."
So, somehow, the technology of a thermal imaging device breaks some line of technology which would allow for unauthorized observation into a person's home, and therefore requires a warrant, while a radio control helicopter with a wireless camera onboard, as it would constitute aerial surveillence, doesn't.
Sometimes, I think that George, Tom and the rest of the gang must be spinning in their graves.
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You think that a control panel for Air Force One, a mock watch, a pen and a couple of t-shirts are our National Treasures? As opposed to things, like say, the Declaration of Independence. The Constitution. Bill of Rights... But then, somehow, am not surprised given the common attitutes which have become prevelant in our country.
Yep, Costco actually understands the value of the customer. As for the computers, I believe they changed the policy to complete systems as opposed to individual components.
Out of curiosity, and somewhat related to this, I won't take stuff back, even to Costco, if I feel that it has lasted a solid life for such a component when it dies... So, what is a good lifespan for a CRT or LCD display these days?
Well, actually there's starting to be precedent against high-tech surveillance technologies being employed in an invasive manner. A few months back, there was a case brought where a guy who was growing certain types of plants in his attic via the use of sun lamps was caught when a local LEO decided to scan the residence at night with a thermal imaging device. After the arrest of the grower, said grower brought suit, claiming it was a warrantless search, therefore inadmissible. The case went up the legal ladder to the Supreme Court, who decided that indeed, the use of the thermal imaging device violated the 4th Amendment Right's (Protection from Unlawful Search and Seizure) of the grower. Then, they turned around and said that aerial surveillance didn't need any such warrant. I'm not going to try and figure out the following, "In his discussion of the effect of the evolution of technology on privacy rights, Justice Scalia stated that technology enabling human flight has uncovered portions of the house and its curtilage that once were private. But, he held, the Kyllo case had to confront the limits on the power of technology to shrink the realm of guaranteed privacy." So, somehow, the technology of a thermal imaging device breaks some line of technology which would allow for unauthorized observation into a person's home, and therefore requires a warrant, while a radio control helicopter with a wireless camera onboard, as it would constitute aerial surveillence, doesn't. Sometimes, I think that George, Tom and the rest of the gang must be spinning in their graves.