Actually, it was put in place for economic reasons. These bracelets are a lot cheaper than keeping these people in jail, where dangerous people SHOULD be kept. If someone really, really wants to rape and kill kids, will knowing he was in the vicinity after the fact really bring back the victims? This outcry was triggered by a monitored parolee committing murder. One has to ask, if they had followed up on every alarm, would that really have prevented the murders? The only way to make sure these people don't re-offend is to keep their asses in jail. A bracelet is just like a restraining order; if someone is willing to break the law, it does nothing to stop them. It only alerts people slightly earlier that they are doing something wrong.
The bracelets are there as a deterrent. As long as the parolee's believe every little alarm will be followed up with serious consequences, then the system works fine. Once they figure out that they can set the alarms off with no consequences (e.g. by reading articles like this one) then the system becomes an exercise in futility. Then you have to actually follow up on every notification, despite the fact that 99% of them are false positives.
Did they acquire these companies for $1.2 billion of real dollars, or for $1.2 billion in AOL stock, which has little more value than monopoly money? If it was the latter, then they are actually making money on these sales -- it provides an indirect way of turning AOL stock into real money.
It's easy to feel good about Apple's policies, when they work out in your favor. In much the same way as it is easy to feel good about lynchings when you are white, yes.
This burglar is breaking into a house in the middle of the night that he thinks is empty. Suddenly, he hears a voice repeating "Jesus is watching you!" Terrified, he shines his flashlight around the room, only to find the voice coming from a parrot in a cage. He sighs in relief. Just then, a huge rottweiler bounds into the room, and the voice yells, "Sick 'em, Jesus!"
And yet the Oregonian can't understand why I so strongly object to them tossing "free" newspapers onto my driveway twice a week when I don't subscribe. There are documented instances of people stopping newspaper delivery while on vacation, only to have the newspaper delivery person sell that information to burglars. I also assume anyone littering my yard with flyers is really trying to test whether or not I am home.
My spouse spends half her waking hours on the phone, has gone through a half dozen of them, and has never bothered to even touch the manuals that come with them. What makes you think she even knows how to turn off the location services of the new phone I buy her in order to keep track of her?
That's a two-edged sword. I just tell my friend to twitter that he's hanging out with me (with full location info) while I'm really at a motel with my mistress. Voila! Instant alibi!
Hernandez was arrested for breach of contract a short time later - a fine secured his release. Wait... you can be arrested and fined in Mexico for violating a contract? And we think the US is dominated by corporations! Shouldn't breach of contract be a civil matter, not a criminal one?
I have no problem with them suing downloaders for the $19.95 they would have spent if they had bought the movie, perhaps even $59.85 with treble damages. Anything more than that is extortion, not actual damages. Uploading, that is a different story.
Wrong approach. Get a big crescent wrench, remove the access plate at the bottom of the light pole, and cut the wires. Then superglue the bolts back in.
WonderBread is net even remotely interesting, let alone wondrous.
The AXE body spray depictions of its effect on women are misleading
TurboPascal did not contain an actual turbocharger.
However, the Hogg Brothers Cafe slogan, "We cheat the other guy, and pass the savings on to you!" was actually true -- I know, because I am that other guy!
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Uh, they are on PAROLE. It doesn't require a judge to violate someone's parole and issue an arrest warrant. Any parole officer can do that.
Actually, it was put in place for economic reasons. These bracelets are a lot cheaper than keeping these people in jail, where dangerous people SHOULD be kept. If someone really, really wants to rape and kill kids, will knowing he was in the vicinity after the fact really bring back the victims? This outcry was triggered by a monitored parolee committing murder. One has to ask, if they had followed up on every alarm, would that really have prevented the murders? The only way to make sure these people don't re-offend is to keep their asses in jail. A bracelet is just like a restraining order; if someone is willing to break the law, it does nothing to stop them. It only alerts people slightly earlier that they are doing something wrong.
The bracelets are there as a deterrent. As long as the parolee's believe every little alarm will be followed up with serious consequences, then the system works fine. Once they figure out that they can set the alarms off with no consequences (e.g. by reading articles like this one) then the system becomes an exercise in futility. Then you have to actually follow up on every notification, despite the fact that 99% of them are false positives.
Did they acquire these companies for $1.2 billion of real dollars, or for $1.2 billion in AOL stock, which has little more value than monopoly money? If it was the latter, then they are actually making money on these sales -- it provides an indirect way of turning AOL stock into real money.
Pretty soon the only safe place to be will be /. No chance of seeing any naked women on /., but there ARE a lot of dicks!
Does this count as a "porn site"?
"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more porn will slip through your fingers!"
It's easy to feel good about Apple's policies, when they work out in your favor. In much the same way as it is easy to feel good about lynchings when you are white, yes.
I doubt very much that Apple will restrict what books it sells on the iBooks store based on their content. Right. It's not as if Apple would block an eBook app just because someone might download the Kama Sutra using it!
Grocer's keep the objectionable content behind the counter in plain brown wrappers. Why can't Apple do the same?
This burglar is breaking into a house in the middle of the night that he thinks is empty. Suddenly, he hears a voice repeating "Jesus is watching you!" Terrified, he shines his flashlight around the room, only to find the voice coming from a parrot in a cage. He sighs in relief. Just then, a huge rottweiler bounds into the room, and the voice yells, "Sick 'em, Jesus!"
And yet the Oregonian can't understand why I so strongly object to them tossing "free" newspapers onto my driveway twice a week when I don't subscribe. There are documented instances of people stopping newspaper delivery while on vacation, only to have the newspaper delivery person sell that information to burglars. I also assume anyone littering my yard with flyers is really trying to test whether or not I am home.
My spouse spends half her waking hours on the phone, has gone through a half dozen of them, and has never bothered to even touch the manuals that come with them. What makes you think she even knows how to turn off the location services of the new phone I buy her in order to keep track of her?
That's a two-edged sword. I just tell my friend to twitter that he's hanging out with me (with full location info) while I'm really at a motel with my mistress. Voila! Instant alibi!
And there you have it folks... Scotsmen invented kilts so they could drink for free!
Hernandez was arrested for breach of contract a short time later - a fine secured his release. Wait... you can be arrested and fined in Mexico for violating a contract? And we think the US is dominated by corporations! Shouldn't breach of contract be a civil matter, not a criminal one?
Pity you've never met any software developers that weren't straight males...
I have no problem with them suing downloaders for the $19.95 they would have spent if they had bought the movie, perhaps even $59.85 with treble damages. Anything more than that is extortion, not actual damages. Uploading, that is a different story.
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Wait... is this correct?
Wrong approach. Get a big crescent wrench, remove the access plate at the bottom of the light pole, and cut the wires. Then superglue the bolts back in.
Open source all course materials and stop fucking around with for-profit publishers.
Don't most bars already get around this by admitting anyone in a miniskirt for free?
Google says it's Millard Fillmore. Damn, I certainly have become reliant on 'net access...
WonderBread is net even remotely interesting, let alone wondrous.
The AXE body spray depictions of its effect on women are misleading
TurboPascal did not contain an actual turbocharger.
However, the Hogg Brothers Cafe slogan, "We cheat the other guy, and pass the savings on to you!" was actually true -- I know, because I am that other guy!
The "vibrate mode" on all of these phones was also a severe disappointment!