Forcing the door if your supporting evidence is strong enough for a warrant is OK, but demanding that he give up the key is not.
IANAL, but I think that if there's a warrant to search and he refuses to provide access, he's guilty of obstruction of justice (in the US, anyhow). Now they may subsequently break down the door and find nothing illegal there, but he's still guilty (if they had a warrant to search). Hopefully a real/. lawyer will correct me if I'm wrong here.
Just a small correction, from the wikipedia article you provided:
He was not sentenced to any jail time, but spent four days in jail between the dates of the verdict and the sentencing.
and
Diana moved to New York, where he was granted permission to serve out his sentence, and fulfill his community service obligation through volunteer work for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
I have no idea whether the guy was guilty or not, but I know that forcing him to decrypt his HD in order to find evidence to convict him with is mocking the intent of the fifth amendment.
I have no idea whether there really were decomposing corpses in the basement, but forcing him to unlock the door in order to check is mocking the intent of the fifth amendment.
Some cyclists do that on purpose because they believe it's safer to occupy / "own" a lane and be visible to the drivers than to risk getting squeezed by riding on the edge of the lane. Either way I find the experience very scary and have stopped riding (NYC).
Amnesty International themselves via spokeswoman Susanna Flood confirmed there was no authorized statement on WikiLeaks as Wall St Journal/Rupert Murdoch (picked up by The huffingpost and other properganda spin machines) claimed.
Um, you might want to reread the post you commented on. The statement was attributed to "The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission", not to "Amnesty International".
to wit,"Nader Nadery, of the commission, said.."
The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, Amnesty International and three other groups have sent a series of e-mails to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange calling for the names of Afghan civilians to be removed from the 77,000 classified military documents published by the online whistle-blower last month.
Nader Nadery, of the commission, said the groups want the names removed from files already released, and from any documents disclosed in the future.
"There was no consideration about civilian lives," Nadery said, noting a rise in assassinations of Afghan civilians seen as government collaborators.
They get to practice on a wide variety of desktop systems so that they can figure out what they are doing that is destroying some of those systems before they hit a paying customer with a similar configuration. And I swore off cynicism yesterday.
"This realization is made worse when you consider that 57% of the security professionals we surveyed classified themselves as a black or grey hat hacker, and 68% of respondents admitted hacking just for fun," said Reuven Harrison, CTO at Tufin.
Wow. 57% of the security professionals at DEFCON consider themselves a.. hacker!
The warranty states for as long as the original purchaser (residing in the United States or Canada) owns the product, when given normal wear and proper usage.
Oddly enough, they still advertise their "Lifetime Warranty" right on their own website:
The text formatting was lost in the quote below, so read it directly from BFG's website if you can, but here it is for those who prefer to find the info inline:
BFG LIMITED LIFETIME CONSUMER WARRANTY and RMA POLICY
APPLIES TO ALL GRAPHICS CARDS INTRODUCED BY BFG ON OR AFTER 2/21/08
BFG Technologies warrants to the original purchaser of the graphics card included in this package ("Product") that the Product will be free from defects in material or workmanship for as long as the original purchaser (residing in the United States or Canada) owns the product, when given normal wear and proper usage. For original purchasers residing in areas outside the USA or Canada, the limited warranty for graphic cards shall be for a period of ten (10) years from the date of purchase.
In connection with such Limited Lifetime or Ten Year Warranty, all BFG graphics cards introduced on or after February 21, 2008 must be registered on www.bfgtech.com within thirty (30) calendar days of the original purchase date to activate the limited lifetime warranty or limited ten (10) year warranty. Products not properly registered will be covered from the date of purchase by a two (2) year warranty in Europe, and a one (1) year limited warranty in the U.S. and other countries. Proper registration includes submitting proof of purchase to BFG.
This warranty is VOID if the product:
* Has evidence of the serial number sticker being altered, removed, replaced, or defaced.
* Was damaged while being installed.
* Was damaged by software or hardware from a company or individual other than BFG Technologies or by motherboard incompatibility.
* Was not operated in accordance with BFG Technologies specifications, instructions and any technical support directions.
* Was modified or damaged by overclocking, tampering, user error, accident, disaster, abuse, misuse, power supply, power application, alteration, repair, modification, a fix or replacement by someone other than BFG Technologies.
Third party products, such as motherboards and other system components using or interacting with this Product are not covered by this warranty.
All products sent in for Return Merchandise Authorization ("RMA") in connection with warranty claim must include a copy of the original invoice or receipt.
BFG Technologies' liability under this warranty, or in connection with any other claim relating to the Product, is limited to the repair or at BFG Technologies option, the replacement of the portion of the Product which was defective in material or workmanship. This warranty does not apply to any software component.
Customer pays for shipping RMA product to BFG. Customer assumes the risk of loss (insurance from loss or damage) in transit and the returned Products shall become the sole property of BFG Technologies. BFG Technologies warrants that the repaired or replaced Products will be free from defects in material or workmanship.
BFG Technologies reserves the right to inspect and verify the defectiveness of any product returned. Please allow 48 hrs processing time once item has been received by BFG, and 3-5 days for shipping of the repaired or replacement product (shipped ground to the U.S.).
BFG will cover the cost of return shipping back to the customer for RMA replacements via ground shipping through UPS in the United States and Canada.
BFG is not responsible for any fees charged by the Canadian Government or brokers due to brokerage fees.
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED ABOVE, BFG TECNOLOGIES MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHETHER OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE, OR OTHERWISE ON THE PRODUC
Their position on nuclear power is similar. Instead of focusing on the biggest problems---coal, diesel, gasoline---they focus on something that will get them the most attention---nuclear power.
horse shit. I trust wikileaks to make the judgement on those sorts of things far better than the government.
When Khatchadourian asked Assange if "he would refrain from releasing information that might get someone killed," Assange responded that there might be instances when the members of WikiLeaks got "blood on our hands."
the american society is in serious breakdown. Unfortunately, it will drag down most of western society.
The Americans are so self centred and introverted, they will commit patricide for purely save face.
Well the Dutch put prostitutes behind glass doors first, so I guess you could say that they have chosen now to do both hot and cold aisle containment. Why choose one or the other when you can have both!
I can think of lots more fun things to do even at home in NYC, but if nobody asks for enforcement, then the abuses stay unchecked. Besides, if I'm interested in "Roman Life Today", exploring their legal system (from the outside, not from inside their jails:-)) might be just the ticket instead of the usual "tourist crap".
They'll tell you, and then proceed to bill you for table services or other fees made up on the spot
Well, in New York City that's illegal, and from the grandparent's (or is it great-grandparent's) comment, probably illegal in Rome also. Of course, most people won't actually follow through with a complaint to the Consumer Affairs agency, but it's there if you want to.
Obviously the concept of haggling is not illegal per se, but there are certain services that require having the price fixed first. How can you answer to the waiter asking for a stellar price after you consumed your coffee?
Maybe by asking the waiter the price of a cappuccino before you order it? If enough people started doing that with all of the items they order from a menu that doesn't list prices, probably they'd start listing prices on the menu.
Yup. That's how taxi works here in Kiev (Ukraine).
When I order a taxi over the phone, I'm immediately told what the price is going to be, so you pay exactly this sum to the driver (+tips).
And now it's the driver's problem to chose the shortest and fastest route. If we get stuck in a jam - I'm not paying more.
That's how it works also in NYC. There are two classes of "hired cars" here. The one being discussed in this article are "taxis", which are permitted to roam the streets looking for passengers to pick up and then charge them based on the taxi meter. They are not allowed to respond to phone or radio calls, they can only roam the streets.
The other class is usually called "limosine" but don't let the name fool you - it doesn't reek of luxury; these are the cars that are permitted to obtain their passengers via radio calls (there is usually a dispatch office that takes phone calls and then radios the car driver the location of the passenger to be picked up and the location to which he is to be delivered). They quote a rate in advance, there is no meter and they are not allowed to pick up passengers on the street if they have not been previously radioed that pickup.
So, "taxis" pick up passengers that they see hailing them as they pass on the street; "limosines" pick up passengers who have previously phoned the dispatch office to request a pickup at a given location and provide a destination.
Relying on Google's German-to-English automatic translation, it appears that this thesis caused the company that manufactured the offending vacuum cleaners to change its design:-)
After Vorwerk has been closely inter alia, by the author's research for his dissertation on the risk of injury, the company changed in the late 1970s, the construction of the model from Kobold so that the violations described will occur with the devices produced since then no more. [1]
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IANAL, but I think that if there's a warrant to search and he refuses to provide access, he's guilty of obstruction of justice (in the US, anyhow). Now they may subsequently break down the door and find nothing illegal there, but he's still guilty (if they had a warrant to search). Hopefully a real /. lawyer will correct me if I'm wrong here.
and
Oh, man! I just Googled for "The tighter you squeeze your fingers the", and you wouldn't believe what I found.
I have no idea whether there really were decomposing corpses in the basement, but forcing him to unlock the door in order to check is mocking the intent of the fifth amendment.
Some cyclists do that on purpose because they believe it's safer to occupy / "own" a lane and be visible to the drivers than to risk getting squeezed by riding on the edge of the lane. Either way I find the experience very scary and have stopped riding (NYC).
Please, anybody who won't even read a three sentence summary certainly won't read a whole chapta.
Probably they were hoping to snag some would-be informants rather than Interpol staffers.
Um, you might want to reread the post you commented on. The statement was attributed to "The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission", not to "Amnesty International".
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to wit, "Nader Nadery, of the commission, said
They get to practice on a wide variety of desktop systems so that they can figure out what they are doing that is destroying some of those systems before they hit a paying customer with a similar configuration. And I swore off cynicism yesterday.
Wow. 57% of the security professionals at DEFCON consider themselves a .. hacker!
Wow.
Oddly enough, they still advertise their "Lifetime Warranty" right on their own website:
http://bfgtech.com/warranty.aspx
The text formatting was lost in the quote below, so read it directly from BFG's website if you can, but here it is for those who prefer to find the info inline:
Apparently Andrew Warren was the "CIA Station Chief", so I'm guessing that his identity as a member of the CIA was not a secret.
http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/news-and-events/media/releases/climate-change/apec-coal-protest
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=181495
http://www.steelguru.com/raw_material_news/Four_Greenpeace_activists_arrested_after_coal_mine_protest/121282.html
http://weblog.greenpeace.org/climate/2010/04/really_who_needs_a_climate_dep.html#more
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/10/28-2
http://www.newyorker.com/services/presscenter/2010/06/07/100607pr_press_releases
Son kills father who translated for US in Iraq http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100619/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq
Perfumes often contain glandular material from animals, even from endangered species, and the perfume manufacturers keep the ingredients secret.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civet
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2306/does-civet-come-from-tortured-cats
Well, at least there's no longer any need to ask him if he's still a virgin.
Well the Dutch put prostitutes behind glass doors first, so I guess you could say that they have chosen now to do both hot and cold aisle containment. Why choose one or the other when you can have both!
I can think of lots more fun things to do even at home in NYC, but if nobody asks for enforcement, then the abuses stay unchecked. Besides, if I'm interested in "Roman Life Today", exploring their legal system (from the outside, not from inside their jails :-)) might be just the ticket instead of the usual "tourist crap".
Well, in New York City that's illegal, and from the grandparent's (or is it great-grandparent's) comment, probably illegal in Rome also. Of course, most people won't actually follow through with a complaint to the Consumer Affairs agency, but it's there if you want to.
Maybe by asking the waiter the price of a cappuccino before you order it? If enough people started doing that with all of the items they order from a menu that doesn't list prices, probably they'd start listing prices on the menu.
Damn! I thought this was going to link to a funny article in The Onion.
Well, this will have to do then.
But then who would be left to prove that the problem was solved? Huh, smart guy?
That's how it works also in NYC. There are two classes of "hired cars" here. The one being discussed in this article are "taxis", which are permitted to roam the streets looking for passengers to pick up and then charge them based on the taxi meter. They are not allowed to respond to phone or radio calls, they can only roam the streets.
The other class is usually called "limosine" but don't let the name fool you - it doesn't reek of luxury; these are the cars that are permitted to obtain their passengers via radio calls (there is usually a dispatch office that takes phone calls and then radios the car driver the location of the passenger to be picked up and the location to which he is to be delivered). They quote a rate in advance, there is no meter and they are not allowed to pick up passengers on the street if they have not been previously radioed that pickup.
So, "taxis" pick up passengers that they see hailing them as they pass on the street; "limosines" pick up passengers who have previously phoned the dispatch office to request a pickup at a given location and provide a destination.