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  1. Re:Lets try the other way around, eh on 2008, The Year of Solid State Storage · · Score: 1

    No CD/DVD, usb drives for everything and download music/movies? Open air case left outside in the freezing winter?

    Am I the only one still chugging along with a 20GB harddrive that cost me a lot of money?

  2. Re:Occam's Razor my friend.. Occam's razor... on $500,000 Prize for Faster Airport Security Checks · · Score: 1

    Spray everyone with deoderant on their way through security.

    Alternatly 5 minutes after take off fake an accident that needs the plastic bag masks and instead of pumping oxygen, pump nock out gas. Everyone asleep? Good no hijackers to take over the plane. Flight attendents tazer anyone who is too slow to get their own masks on. Who cares about little kids who can't reach the masks?

  3. Re:It seems rather cut and dried against the cop on Surveillance Rights for the Public? · · Score: 1

    We agree on your first point.

    On the second point you do have the right to video tape in the parking lot (still the store's privite property) You don't get thrown out for havign a camera in a parking lot. But the store is privite property, you have a right to set cameras up in your house and through out other people's (paparazi can be thrown of privite property), the store can have cameras in their building.

    By the way, most stores I have been to have their video survalence signs posted at the entrance to the parking lots (my friend who works part time at walmart says that this cuts down on parking lot vadalism from the idiots who don't realize they have cameras to catch your face.)

  4. Re:It seems rather cut and dried against the cop on Surveillance Rights for the Public? · · Score: 1

    The bus driver fits in because they are in a position of power over the kid. Police are in positions of power over civilians, teachers/bus drivers over students, and so on. When you are forced by law to take the bus or be policed by police then you have the right to watch over those people. In the case of stores, you aren't being forced to shop there, therefore you have don't have the right to record what happens (private property and all).

  5. Re:Of course it's not invading your privacy on Beamed Sonic Advertising Is Coming · · Score: 1

    There are already noise laws. And how the hell can advertisements be compared to living people? No one suffers if you don't allow ads. What I hate is that these aren't visible. This kid knows to avoid crowds and large speakers. These things are basically invisible from street view.

  6. Re:I hope the food is at least dirt cheap on Eat, Drink, and be Monitored · · Score: 1

    For those of us bound to in state schools due to lack monitary resources, my state has only one university good for engineering, they have a required meal plan for all freshmen for the first year. The school that is only good for medical fields has a similar plan but only for the first semester. The other schools are only good for teaching and arts majors which I am not in. Even then most of them have similar programs according to my friends that attend them. Not all states are the same. And I'm sure schools like MIT that have such high tuition fees don't have get more money like nearby universities. If you opt of the meal plans at any of these schools you can't stay on campus and have to find an apartment in the middle of a large city where the cost of the apartment is usually skyhigh (my friends looked into getting an apartment before giving up).

  7. Re:Of course it's not invading your privacy on Beamed Sonic Advertising Is Coming · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You're right these are easy to avoid, let me just walk off the sidewalk onto the busy street full of stupid drivers that don't pay attention to avoid an advertisement.

    If these become popular the entire sidewalk will be filled. Heck I bet that if these work through cars then they will cover the road too. This is like littering, only harder to clean up. I suggest that people make a device like the noise canceling headphones that will beam an opposite sound wave onto the same spot.

    Imagine walking down the road and going from one ad to another. "...buy...zybex...ask...drunk...best...recomended...k...eel...all...hue...man's...with...a...edbull...it..." Try holding a conversation when walking down any big street with these. Currently you can direct your conversation away from other people so your not as loud to them as their conversation. These are like the annoying political advocates who barge up with loudspeakers. Heck even loudspeakers aren't allowed to be used like this.

    At my church I help with a 4-5 year old class. In this class there is one kid who has a mental problem that makes him react badly to loud noises. I would hate to have him experiance these things. He would sadly end up on the ground trying to cover his ears. (noise causes extreme pain for him).

  8. Re:I hope the food is at least dirt cheap on Eat, Drink, and be Monitored · · Score: 1

    It might be worse. In the US most universities require freshmen to buy over 15 meals a week from them. They say it is to make sure they eat (freshmen sometimes forget). But the food is more expensive and of lesser quality than restaurants. Think of overpriced highschool food.

  9. Re:It's Been Fun on SCO Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I need a box big enough to mail it to Linus.

  10. Arcades on MS Seeks Patent On Virtual Fuzzy Dice · · Score: 1

    I once played an arcade racing game where you race trucks and one of them had purple dice that showed up on screen and bounced around in your view.

  11. Re:Outrageous on Going to Yosemite? Get Your Passport Ready! · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Congress for passing it, Bush for not vetoing it.

  12. Personally... on ODF Vs. OOXML File Counts On the Web · · Score: 1

    Personally I release all documents in .odt, .doc, and .pdf. If there was a OOXML-compatible program that can run on Linux I would also release in that.

  13. Re:The reason I'd say it is worse on Microsoft Security Makes "Worst Jobs" List · · Score: 1

    This is why you should change your password to blank! Because according to Hollywood, hackers just slap away randomly at their keyboards to "hack into" a system. Leave it blank and it's sure to keep hackers out.
    What if the hackers type "blank"? Or what if they double hit the enter key, trying two passwords: the random one and the nonexistant one.
  14. Re:Anecdotal evidence on Are Keyboards Dishwasher Safe? · · Score: 1

    Take the battery out, no worries.

    Or you could just unscrew the top plate with the keys and wash that without the electronics. Be sure to throw the membrane in with it.

  15. Re:The evils of soap on Are Keyboards Dishwasher Safe? · · Score: 1

    Could I put it in the food dehydrator I have? I have a very humid climate so I doubt it could dry fast. The Dehydrator would cut the time down to just over 5 hours.

    Or would this have the same problems as the dry cycle?

  16. Re:Government on Net Neutrality Comment Period Ends Friday · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Except in monopolies when you have no choice to vote with your wallet.

  17. Re:Ask a long-haul Trucker about NC taxes! on NC Man Fined For Using Vegetable Oil As Fuel · · Score: 1

    What's worse is when they fix roads that aren't broken. Then 'fixed' my neighborhood's road, it was better with the craters.

    Or the fact that two schools buses have to drive in the grass (shoulder) to pass going in opposite directions. Or that fact it took 20 crashes for them to put a stop sign in front ofa highschool. Over a hundred at another school (I think the fact that the 20 school was mostly white made them do it faster).

    One company asked them years ago to build a highway to allow trucks to drive (the city needed the extra business). It took 20 years to build the highway, all the businesses that could use it where bankrupt and now there is a dieing town and an abandon highway.

    I've seen one road be repaired many times in the last year because the repairers are incompetant.

    My bet on why they stopped is that ssomeone up road of you requested it and they don't feel like paying for anyone but that person (and those up road of them). Start writting letters, it'll be fixed in a few years, either by them or you'll wear it down.

  18. Re:Regardless on NC Man Fined For Using Vegetable Oil As Fuel · · Score: 1

    I don't think you can just put that many pennies in the machine hopper. You have to feed them in.

  19. Re:bad press for the state itself. on NC Man Fined For Using Vegetable Oil As Fuel · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I live in NC, most people won't even find out about this. The biggest paper "The Charlotte Observer" doesn't carry this type of news. The TV news won't carry this. No one will know and those who do are apathetic. The ones that aren't apathetic hate anything remotly tree-huggerish. I have been insulted because of my eco-councious actions even when they weren't affecting anyone.

    Few people are going to hear or do anything. To bad this happened right when I was starting to think better of my state.

  20. Re:States should refuse the federal income tax. on More States Rebel Against Real ID Act · · Score: 1

    "Put in a "succession clause" if the fed tries to subvert the state constitution and see what happens."

    Ever hear of the American Civil War? Imagine it only being one state with small arms vs. 49 states with tanks/bombers/fighter-jets/machine-guns/other-weap ons-of-war.

    I wish they could do that. My state could handel everything better than the feds (my state has botched a few things).

  21. Re:or is it urban sprawl on World Population Becomes More Urban Than Rural · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Same where I live. I moved into a place where my neighbors property measures in the hundreds of acres of woods. Now developers are clear cutting them and building ugly cookie cutter homes which are bringing city problems. You can see it clearly with the public utilities: sewer lines use to be nonexistant (all wells), now sewer lines are everywhere. Power lines have doubled in the amount (which confuses me). Roads have been widened. Three new schools in 5 years (better than over crowding)

    It is 12 I don't give a damn about my spelling.

  22. Re:Forgive my ignorance... on RIAA Can't Have Defendant's Son's Desktop · · Score: 1
    IANAL but, http://www.answers.com/topic/amendment-v-to-the-u- s-constitution

    Self-Incrimination Clause The Fifth Amendment's right against self-incrimination permits an individual to refuse to disclose information that could be used against her or him in a criminal prosecution. The purpose of this right is to inhibit the government from compelling a confession through force, coercion, or deception. The Self-Incrimination Clause applies to any state or federal legal proceeding, whether it is civil, criminal, administrative, or judicial in nature. This privilege is frequently invoked during the trial phase of legal proceedings, where individuals are placed under oath and asked questions on the witness stand. The privilege is also asserted with some frequency during the pretrial phase of legal proceedings. In the pretrial phase of criminal cases, it is usually asserted in response to pointed questions asked by law enforcement agents, prosecutors, and other government officials who are seeking to determine the persons responsible for a particular crime. During the pretrial phase of civil cases, parties may assert the right against self-incrimination when potentially damaging questions are posed in depositions and interrogatories.
  23. Re:I am in CA on Couple Who Catch Cop Speeding Could Face Charges · · Score: 1
    That exception was for Montana only not Californa, sorry.

    I gave my reference http://www.rcfp.org/taping/ (go to the state by state guide at the left.) The site design prevents a direct link.

    Cal. Penal Code 631, 632: It is a crime in California to intercept or eavesdrop upon any confidential communication, including a telephone call or wire communication, without the consent of all parties.

    It is also a crime to disclose information obtained from such an interception. A first offense is punishable by a fine of up to $2,500 and imprisonment for no more than one year. Subsequent offenses carry a maximum fine of $10,000 and jail sentence of up to one year.

    Eavesdropping upon or recording a conversation, whether by telephone (including cordless or cellular telephone) or in person, that a person would reasonably expect to be confined to the parties present, carries the same penalty as intercepting telephone or wire communications.

    Conversations occurring at any public gathering that one should expect to be overheard, including any legislative, judicial or executive proceeding open to the public, are not covered by the law.

    An appellate court has ruled that using a hidden video camera violates the statute. California v. Gibbons, 215 Cal. App. 3d 1204 (1989). However, a television network that used a hidden camera to videotape a conversation that took place at a business lunch meeting on a crowded outdoor patio of a public restaurant that did not include "secret" information did not violate the Penal Code's prohibition against eavesdropping because it was not a "confidential communication." Wilkins v. NBC, Inc., 71 Cal. App. 4th 1066 (1999).

    Anyone injured by a violation of the wiretapping laws can recover civil damages of $5,000 or three times actual damages, whichever is greater. Cal. Penal Code 637.2(a). A civil action for invasion of privacy also may be brought against the person who committed the violation. Cal. Penal Code 637.2.
  24. Re:The police are not there to protect the citizen on Couple Who Catch Cop Speeding Could Face Charges · · Score: 4, Informative

    Note to self: hit preview to perserve lists. Here it slightly easier to read. Sorry about that.

    The following states require only ONE person to be aware of it being taped. That can be the person recieving the call. Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolinas, North Dakota, Ohio ,Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

    The follow require all parties to consent. California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts,
    Michigan Montana ("the law does not apply to public officials or employees speaking in the course of their duties, to anyone speaking at a public meeting, or to anyone who has been warned of the recording." I think cops are public officals.)
    New Hampshire (A misdemeanor if you have only one, felony if you have none) Pennsylvania ("consent is not required for the taping of a non-electronic communication uttered by a person who does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in that communication.")
    Washington

    Other Vermont "There is no legislation specifically addressing interception of communications in Vermont, but the state's highest court has held that surreptitious electronic monitoring of communications in a person's home is an unlawful invasion of privacy. Vermont v. Geraw, 795 A.2d 1219 (Vt. 2002); Vermont v. Blow, 602 A.2d 552 (Vt. 1991). The state's highest court, however, also has refused to find the overhearing of a conversation in a parking lot unlawful because that conversation was "subject to the eyes and ears of passersby." Vermont v. Brooks, 601 A.2d 963 (Vt. 1991)."

    from http://www.rcfp.org/taping/

  25. Re:The police are not there to protect the citizen on Couple Who Catch Cop Speeding Could Face Charges · · Score: 4, Informative

    Chances are it is legal where you are. Only a few states require all parties to consent. Most only require one party (the reciever) The following states require only ONE person to be aware of it being taped. That can be the person recieving the call. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Colorado Delaware District of Columbia Georgia Hawaii Idaho Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolinas North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming The follow require all parties to consent. California Connecticut Florida Illinois Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Montana ("the law does not apply to public officials or employees speaking in the course of their duties, to anyone speaking at a public meeting, or to anyone who has been warned of the recording." I think cops are public officals.) New Hampshire (A misdemeanor if you have only one, felony if you have none) Pennsylvania ("consent is not required for the taping of a non-electronic communication uttered by a person who does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in that communication.") Washington Other Vermont "There is no legislation specifically addressing interception of communications in Vermont, but the state's highest court has held that surreptitious electronic monitoring of communications in a person's home is an unlawful invasion of privacy. Vermont v. Geraw, 795 A.2d 1219 (Vt. 2002); Vermont v. Blow, 602 A.2d 552 (Vt. 1991). The state's highest court, however, also has refused to find the overhearing of a conversation in a parking lot unlawful because that conversation was "subject to the eyes and ears of passersby." Vermont v. Brooks, 601 A.2d 963 (Vt. 1991)." from http://www.rcfp.org/taping/