"Michigan is the only state in the country to make it illegal for young adults and minors who are not driving to refuse a Breathalyzer test when the police do not have a search warrant." (http://www.duiblog.com/2005/08/10)
-In this case, none were found guilty, so I'm not sure of what the charge would be, but it appears to be an actual crime as opposed to grounds for recovation of your licence.
In my research, I also discovered that the Canadian province of Manitoba will automatically impound your car for at least 60 days if you refuse a breathylizer test. Even acceeding to the government's arguement that driving is a privledge and they can take your liscence away without you having commited a crime, confiscation of personal property is in a whole other ballfield.
That really was the last barrier keeping me on the fence. As much as I hate to love a system with such a goddamned goofy name, they've really got all the advantages now.
However, Canada's political system can require to vote along party lines or receive retribution (i.e. be kicked out of the party, effectivly ending the political career.)
I beleive the excuse "I was only following my orders" went out of fashion at Nuremburg. These are elected officials. They have a duty to righteousness.
Don't several HD-wiping programs do exactly that? Fill your disk with random data, then delete it? (so if the police manage to recover the original state of each bit, it will still be useless)
The fifth isn't as ironclad as you think. Try refusing to take a breathaylizer/blood test. This is already a crime in and of itself in some places, regardless of the outcome of the original charge of DWI.
Most major companies have offices all around the world, presumably. So now they'll have to have a separate (pretty much disposable) encryption method just for the UK?
What about communication between offices on the internet? A japanese analyst creates some research, but due to technical problems the only Compliance office up is in Europe. So every program or service that can comminicate with Britain has to check if a request is going to/through the UK before applying the "approved" encryption.
I was the biggest critic of the system when I first heard it's name was going to be a synonym for penis. But Nintendo just seems to be capitalizing on every single issue that MS and Sony have had problems with.
Better price, more commitment to customer service. Heck, if they only decide to make a regular controller in addition to the vibro-stick...
even though several members of the House questioned whether the bill would be in violation of the First Amendment, none felt they should vote against the measure
In summation:
-they know a law already prohibits this
-they decided to approve it anyway
Therefore, every member of the legislature that voted for this bill has committed a crime. I assume the courts will be as swift in getting the wheels of justice spinning as they are for the local meth dealer or pot farmer.
(Further evidence of their cowardice was proven when they plunged the plane into the ground after the passengers fought back).
It's pretty much standard procedure to try and inflict as much "revenge" damage to your enemy if the mission fails, regardless of who "you" and "enemy" are.
I immediately thought "emperor has no clothes" myself. We are not at the level of technological sophistication where this is feasible.
This will actually create morework because the "terra sentinels" will quickly realize the system is useless, but will be compelled by their boss to investigate every blip in addition to their current duties.
the government was involved if only by accident by not shooting down planes that failed to transmit transponder codes or follow orders.
That's probably really hard to do. I work with a team monitoring a database of corporate documents. We don't even try to catch every problem before something fucks up, and I'm guess it's just as busy as an air traffic station.
(and before you point out that their job is fantastically more important than mine, ask yourself who's most likely better funded?)
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How is this any different than the 1940's bugs bunny cartoons with: "take that, slant eyes!"
Hmm, I guess that rules out Bittorrent and Snood...
This is a startlingly absent point from most windows discussions.
Oh, I think you brits are well past that. You're well in despotism territory now.
Indeed, pedophiles are the debug mode for the Constitution
"Michigan is the only state in the country to make it illegal for young adults and minors who are not driving to refuse a Breathalyzer test when the police do not have a search warrant." (http://www.duiblog.com/2005/08/10)
-In this case, none were found guilty, so I'm not sure of what the charge would be, but it appears to be an actual crime as opposed to grounds for recovation of your licence.
In my research, I also discovered that the Canadian province of Manitoba will automatically impound your car for at least 60 days if you refuse a breathylizer test. Even acceeding to the government's arguement that driving is a privledge and they can take your liscence away without you having commited a crime, confiscation of personal property is in a whole other ballfield.
That really was the last barrier keeping me on the fence. As much as I hate to love a system with such a goddamned goofy name, they've really got all the advantages now.
in the UK we don't have rights, enshrined in a goddamned piece of paper, as do the people in the US.
Fixed.
However, Canada's political system can require to vote along party lines or receive retribution (i.e. be kicked out of the party, effectivly ending the political career.)
I beleive the excuse "I was only following my orders" went out of fashion at Nuremburg. These are elected officials. They have a duty to righteousness.
Stephen King's Rose Madder has a great line midway through: (I'm very loosely paraphrasing)
To a cop, there are only two kinds of people in the world. Criminals, and criminals who just haven't been caught yet.
Don't several HD-wiping programs do exactly that? Fill your disk with random data, then delete it? (so if the police manage to recover the original state of each bit, it will still be useless)
The fifth isn't as ironclad as you think. Try refusing to take a breathaylizer/blood test. This is already a crime in and of itself in some places, regardless of the outcome of the original charge of DWI.
Most major companies have offices all around the world, presumably. So now they'll have to have a separate (pretty much disposable) encryption method just for the UK?
What about communication between offices on the internet? A japanese analyst creates some research, but due to technical problems the only Compliance office up is in Europe. So every program or service that can comminicate with Britain has to check if a request is going to/through the UK before applying the "approved" encryption.
To quote, "this is madness"
I believe we are in need of a new Slashdot section: Horrifying
It's made of Win and More Win.
I was the biggest critic of the system when I first heard it's name was going to be a synonym for penis. But Nintendo just seems to be capitalizing on every single issue that MS and Sony have had problems with.
Better price, more commitment to customer service. Heck, if they only decide to make a regular controller in addition to the vibro-stick...
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." --Edmund Burke
even though several members of the House questioned whether the bill would be in violation of the First Amendment, none felt they should vote against the measure
In summation:
-they know a law already prohibits this
-they decided to approve it anyway
Therefore, every member of the legislature that voted for this bill has committed a crime. I assume the courts will be as swift in getting the wheels of justice spinning as they are for the local meth dealer or pot farmer.
everyone will start researching Net Neutrality
Not if they throttle the news sites...
(Further evidence of their cowardice was proven when they plunged the plane into the ground after the passengers fought back).
It's pretty much standard procedure to try and inflict as much "revenge" damage to your enemy if the mission fails, regardless of who "you" and "enemy" are.
If they see some alarming pattern... they could get a court order to expose who those encrypted phone numbers belong to.
I lol'd
I immediately thought "emperor has no clothes" myself. We are not at the level of technological sophistication where this is feasible.
This will actually create morework because the "terra sentinels" will quickly realize the system is useless, but will be compelled by their boss to investigate every blip in addition to their current duties.
the government was involved if only by accident by not shooting down planes that failed to transmit transponder codes or follow orders.
That's probably really hard to do. I work with a team monitoring a database of corporate documents. We don't even try to catch every problem before something fucks up, and I'm guess it's just as busy as an air traffic station.
(and before you point out that their job is fantastically more important than mine, ask yourself who's most likely better funded?)
If more Americans kill Americans, than terrorists, why don't we torture Americans to extract 'Intelligence' on their next targets?
That's a very good question!
Should the game be banned? No.
Unfortunately, my magic sky diety demands I throw myself into righteous outrage each time His invulnerable being is besmirched by sin.
That and he's got the $500 PS3 on there, comparing with the highend 360. He should really have the $600 PS3 on there.
Come on, everyone knows you have to buy two copies of every system. One to open and play, the other to keep in the sealed box as a collectible.