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  1. Re:Bystanders on Students Put UCLA Taser Video On YouTube · · Score: 1

    Um, maybe because they don't want to be tasered and arrested for assaulting a police officer, or interfering with police duty, or who knows what. All the more reason we need officers who won't abuse their power. Legally there isn't much more you can do beside filming the abuse and asking for the officers' badge numbers and names.

  2. Re:To really put things in perspective.. on Much Ado About Gas Prices · · Score: 1

    FYI, we can't get 95 or 98 octane gas from the pumps here in the US. Us folks on the East coast are lucky enough to get 93 octane, but out West they can only get 91 octane.

    Plus our gas is 10% ethanol, which does not output as much energy as gasoline.

    You are paying a premium, but you're getting the good stuff!

  3. Re:She Lied Too !! on Teen Sues MySpace Over Sexual Assault · · Score: 1

    This may be taboo to reply to my own post, but I just realized something. In his profile, the youngest this guy could have claimed to be is 18, and he was really 19. Maybe he told her via instant messaging or even MySpace's e-mail type service that he was 16 or something?

    Even so you can't expect MySpace to check the validiity of every claim made on their site or every claim across the entire Internet by it's users.

    Plus his profile said he was at least 18!

  4. She Lied Too !! on Teen Sues MySpace Over Sexual Assault · · Score: 1

    To create a MySpace account you must specify an age that is 18 or above! Minors are not intended to use the service at all.

    I've seen many profiles where a young girl has selected 18-20 for her age in the profile section, then she explains that she is only 14-16 in the About Me section.

  5. Re:open source *is* the future on The Business of Software · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I work for a software company that services the health club industry and, though we don't use open source, we are in a similar situation where the value of the services we provide is greater than the value of the software we provide. The health club, gym, tennis club, or what have you receives modules for EFT Billing, Accounts Receivable, Point of Sale, Front Desk Check-In, Reports, Bookings and more, all for free. Then they use our billing and collections services, which is where we make money. Tech support is free and our level of customer service is how we differentiate ourselves.