She was unsinkable - right up until she sank. So when this platform gets floated off its mooring by a tsunami or whatever, how will we be sure it doesn't sustain damage sufficient to cause it to sink?
Of course, it might save a couple hundred square miles of land from being contaminated - but contaminating thousands of square miles of ocean doesn't seem preferable to me.
It's the 'encouraging everyone we know' part that makes the whole thing work. I may not have been a customer of Admiral Grain-grinders, but I'll bet I have friends that are.
Wasn't there a whole raft of decisions about the validity of 'click-wrap' licenses and EULA's? My memory's pretty rotten, but it seems to me that there were quite a few companies that were obliged to rethink their EULA's not that long ago for many of the same reasons that are present here.
At least, in this narrow instance. Elected (and appointed) government personnel are ostensibly held to a higher standard of accountability and transparency than other citizens. I am somewhat less certain about applying this to government employees (those hired for government jobs through civil hiring procedures), although there too I believe some higher standard should be held to apply, with said employees being notified in writing of the nature of that higher standard.
The only viable alternative would be to explicitly require that government personnel use only government supplied mechanisms during performance of their appointed duties. If a government official is discussing government business, We The People have a right to know everything (unclassified) which is said by our government officials regarding the conduct of our government's business. Either use government supplied resources (neatly avoiding privacy issues) or get used to the fact that any public inquiry can reasonably be expected to expose more than public information to public scrutiny.
Your post is little more than a call for mob justice. I don't care what APK has done (or what you perceive he has done), your post encouraging vigilante justice is hateful. In my opinion, it is as heinous as the crimes of which you have accused APK.
Sure, simplify it - just send a really ugly dude with a cart around to collect the taxes from the serfs, preferably one a year or more. Any who can't pay (or who try to hide their crops and livestock) should be taken to the dungeon, their homes burned and their families turned out in the street. While we're at it, maybe we can get a crusade going in the holy land?
They caught me in 1983 for failing to file taxes in 1979. Long story short - I told the IRS auditor that I hadn't filed because my income was less than five thousand dollars and I believed with such a small income that year I didn't have to. Dopey me!
Turns out I was due a two hundred dollar refund that year. The IRS had a check in my hand within a month for over three hundred dollars - even though the error was entirely mine, my money earned interest while in the government's coffers. Upon detecting my error, the IRS promptly corrected the situation in accordance with their rules.
A tiny, anecdotal example: but I have to say that the IRS is, on the whole, honest. What they do may (IMHO) be offensive, but the agency itself is merely an aspect of the current US Government. It is not inherently good or evil by itself. Closing caveat - this is a personal anecdote, your mileage may vary, past performance should not be taken as an indicator for future performance, etc.
(Personal opinion follows) Neither do cellular service providers. Both of those entities can disable connectivity on existing technology with any desired level of granularity.
I believe this is merely a show piece for consumer consumption. There may be some beneficial side-effects (such as forcing cellular providers to be more responsive to consumer complaints about stolen devices), but beyond that I just don't see anything changing here - except the addition of some amount of government oversight (I hope).
Replace current refrigeration/cooling technology (essentially heat pumping or heat moving) with this - I get paid to provide cooling or refrigeration, not in cash but in Watts. Put in calories (which I wanted to get rid of anyhow), pull out watts.
And - no, I don't want to hear about perpetual motion. The only perpetual motion machine in the Universe is the Universe, and the jury's still out on that one.
Somebody mod this guy up "Hilarious". I'm relatively sure that's what he was going for . . . and I have to admit to having to reread that (perfectly reasonable and appropriate) question twice before forcing my brain to parse it out correctly.
Pi = 22/7. For me and my post-apocalyptic associates, that's probably sufficient precision.
When we rebuild industrialized society, I'll invent a precise means of measuring (something like a ruler?), some kind of calculating device (something like an abacus), and end up with an approximation sufficient to exceed the abilities of my tools to measure. Now, about fire and the wheel...
Yes, I know -somebody just wanted to talk about various interesting ways to approximate the value of pi. Ever consider dropping matchsticks on a leftover US flag?
Courts often rule laws unconstitutional, striking them down; hence, your observation (while technically correct) is meaningless. The courts have not ruled on the FAA's ability to make such rules, merely on the legality of them. I therefore reiterate - if it looks like a duck...
No, you were downmodded for being apk. I believe you brought it on yourself. No, I have no interest in debating or justifying my belief in this matter - and you'll note I'm not hiding behind the A/C mechanism.
oh, wait - that's just FOD. Sorry 'bout downing your aircraft - which needn't be a jet aircraft. What happens when a prop driven aircraft hits a much smaller, possibly hard to see drone? Hint - no aircraft in the history of mankind has gotten stuck up there.
They can't arrest you, and they won't have you arrested by the police (at least, I don't think they will) - but they will certainly see to it you never get a pilot's certificate as well as fining you out of existence. Good luck with getting around that - you can't even discharge the debt in bankruptcy. Welcome to economic serfdom!
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Of course, it might save a couple hundred square miles of land from being contaminated - but contaminating thousands of square miles of ocean doesn't seem preferable to me.
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It's the 'encouraging everyone we know' part that makes the whole thing work. I may not have been a customer of Admiral Grain-grinders, but I'll bet I have friends that are.
IANAL, so yes, I could very well be mistaken.
Wasn't there a whole raft of decisions about the validity of 'click-wrap' licenses and EULA's? My memory's pretty rotten, but it seems to me that there were quite a few companies that were obliged to rethink their EULA's not that long ago for many of the same reasons that are present here.
The only viable alternative would be to explicitly require that government personnel use only government supplied mechanisms during performance of their appointed duties. If a government official is discussing government business, We The People have a right to know everything (unclassified) which is said by our government officials regarding the conduct of our government's business. Either use government supplied resources (neatly avoiding privacy issues) or get used to the fact that any public inquiry can reasonably be expected to expose more than public information to public scrutiny.
Your post is little more than a call for mob justice. I don't care what APK has done (or what you perceive he has done), your post encouraging vigilante justice is hateful. In my opinion, it is as heinous as the crimes of which you have accused APK.
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This is news?
Oh, wait . . .
(laughter)
Turns out I was due a two hundred dollar refund that year. The IRS had a check in my hand within a month for over three hundred dollars - even though the error was entirely mine, my money earned interest while in the government's coffers. Upon detecting my error, the IRS promptly corrected the situation in accordance with their rules.
A tiny, anecdotal example: but I have to say that the IRS is, on the whole, honest. What they do may (IMHO) be offensive, but the agency itself is merely an aspect of the current US Government. It is not inherently good or evil by itself. Closing caveat - this is a personal anecdote, your mileage may vary, past performance should not be taken as an indicator for future performance, etc.
I believe this is merely a show piece for consumer consumption. There may be some beneficial side-effects (such as forcing cellular providers to be more responsive to consumer complaints about stolen devices), but beyond that I just don't see anything changing here - except the addition of some amount of government oversight (I hope).
And - no, I don't want to hear about perpetual motion. The only perpetual motion machine in the Universe is the Universe, and the jury's still out on that one.
Somebody remind me - why did we stop funding shuttle missions before getting a replacement technology in place?
"I'm not a fig plucker . . . "
No, they should've named it "Anonymous Coward".
The inefficiency actually comes in when you realize that most lawns are not circular. Something about square pegs and round holes, I think?
When we rebuild industrialized society, I'll invent a precise means of measuring (something like a ruler?), some kind of calculating device (something like an abacus), and end up with an approximation sufficient to exceed the abilities of my tools to measure. Now, about fire and the wheel...
Yes, I know -somebody just wanted to talk about various interesting ways to approximate the value of pi. Ever consider dropping matchsticks on a leftover US flag?
Courts often rule laws unconstitutional, striking them down; hence, your observation (while technically correct) is meaningless. The courts have not ruled on the FAA's ability to make such rules, merely on the legality of them. I therefore reiterate - if it looks like a duck...
That is all.
No, you were downmodded for being apk. I believe you brought it on yourself. No, I have no interest in debating or justifying my belief in this matter - and you'll note I'm not hiding behind the A/C mechanism.
oh, wait - that's just FOD. Sorry 'bout downing your aircraft - which needn't be a jet aircraft. What happens when a prop driven aircraft hits a much smaller, possibly hard to see drone? Hint - no aircraft in the history of mankind has gotten stuck up there.
They can't arrest you, and they won't have you arrested by the police (at least, I don't think they will) - but they will certainly see to it you never get a pilot's certificate as well as fining you out of existence. Good luck with getting around that - you can't even discharge the debt in bankruptcy. Welcome to economic serfdom!
Good thing the FCC doesn't use the FAA's logic, huh?