And the coward is still wrong...
Guess you still haven't thoroughly read my comments. And, if you're spending six figures plus on a CUSTOM airplane job you might very well have many more than that in a day. On a job like this I'd expect at least a weekly construction meeting and then tons of emails back and forth after meetings, all week long, addressing issues raised at the construction meetings.
Troll away sucka!
Hey coward... "doesn't necessarily mean" and "could be argued" is what I said. That's a lot of email to reading and writing ain't it? Maybe he should get out from behind his computer and see just what the hell is going on with the project on a PERSONAL level. Just maybe, the owners wanted someone "sufficiently involved" enough to be doing more than email. Of course, by saying "doesn't necessarily mean", "could be argued", and "maybe", I'm just pointing out POSSIBILITIES, not my personal opinion on a article that is more than a little light on details. Lighten up and MAYBE next time YOU should read a little more closely.
"Mr. Jennings says allegations that he wasn't sufficiently involved in the project or accessible to the plane's owners are false, and has over 1,200 emails related to the project to disprove them."
Just because you have 1200+ emails relating to a project doesn't necessarily mean you are doing your job. With a project this size it could be argued that fewer emails mean you are doing your job better. This is the kind of project that requires a fair amount of oversight on a local level.
Most newer freighters and tankers can pretty much dock themselves. The have bow and stern thrusters that make them very maneuverable at low speed. These days tugs are more of a backup system for docking ships. They'll tie on and sit at the ready but the pilot on the ship is doing the docking using the bow and stern thrusters.
It's not to hard to avoid this. Don't give them any information, hang up, got to the dern intarnet or your phone book and look up their customer service number and call that number back. If they say, "we don't know what you are talking about" then it is a scam. I recently spent 20 minutes on a phone call from a recruiter who was looking to fill a contract position for a major bank. That means they want background and credit checks. He wanted a SS number. I recognized his firm's name and I told him send me an email and I'd call him back. He sent me an email and I checked the headers and then I looked up the number for their local office. I called that number and asked for him by name. Once I got him I knew that everything was legit or a VERY complex scam.
It won't serve as a wakeup call to anyone. Anyone who isn't already backing up their work won't start until the same thing happens to them. He wrote the stuff, if he can't recreate three screenplays from memory then he's screwed. It's not like it was three huge, thoroughly researched sci-fi or historical fiction novels.
This would make a great screenplay as a legal thriller. Maybe instead of the local DSL install guy it's another jealous writer who broke in and deleted his work. That would spice it up. Nah...still sucks so I guess he's screwed.
Actually, I cited them both to illustrate the deep pocket aspect, although one was more successful than the other. IBM is not a monopoly but they are still surviving despite a ten year or so defense, way back in the day. They had deep enough pockets to survive and even thrive. Monopoly suits are often to defend a specific business against a major competitor. If your pockets are deep enough, you can survive the suit as a business and still continue even if you are actually in violation. Microsoft is a good example of that result. The IBM suit is long enough ago that I don't know the facts of the case as well.
"But, I wonder if they can get around the monopolistic laws? Fair practice laws?"
It all depends on who spends the most on their lawyers, lobbyists, and elected representatives. IBM and Microsoft are both great examples of monopoly and fair practice laws being invoked. They're both still chugging away and making tons of money. IBM may have not done as well as Microsoft, their fight lasted longer, but both are doing very well and making money. They both spent/spend A LOT of money defending themselves. I'd bet on Google winning by eBay caving at some point to avoid the bad publicity this will cause, and continue to cause, until the issue is settled.
"What is the point of AOL?" That's easy. They USED to be the primary introducer of non-technical users to the internet. Now, there is no point and they have to try and make their living doing something different than selling services in addition to the actual connection. That is why they are starting to give away former income generating services for free. I think their attempt at reincarnation will be towards advertising and whatever content delivery they can from the TW side. I won't try and predict how their reincarnation will go because I'm completely out of touch with AOL. All of my friends and family were conviced to go elsewhere for internect access long ago (some at my my personal prodding) because they have so many more better choices. AOL used to be their obvious choice and now it's not.
In real life that's how it happens. I've seen suggestions for improvement in security shot down because of the impact it would have on the end users. I'm sure others have too. Physical and IT security are the same in some ways. If everyone in the office has to suddenly unlock three deadbolt locks on their office door, plus unlock the doorknob, when they used to keep it unlocked, then they will freak. Same thing with security for IT. Try to force the end users, especially those that are the "powers that be", to allow more steps to do what they need to do. Hell, what do you do about the ones who intentionally violate security related policies that already exist? They WILL NOT fire that senior partner who is bringing in the big bucks because he did something stupid on the computer that (may have) compromised the system security. That's life...
We've had this discussion before. For those folks where security is paramount there will be trade offs in usability. If you want more security then you have to jump through more hoops. The end users often (unfortunately) have the final say in usuability and therefore the extent of security. Where users value security more than the annoyance of jumping through hoops, security is better implemented. Where you don't want to be is caught between usability issues versus "how secure I thought I was". The VA is a great example. The "powers that be" thought security was in place but now the IT folks are partially catching hell because some end user took data home. The end user placed data in jeopardy because they didn't absolutely secure it. "Yeah, well my house got broken into and my computer got stolen" somehow places the blame back on IT.
They might let you do it. "Sure, you five neighborhoods here can run all of your own cables, build your own infrastructure, but before you connect to *Bell, Verizon, Comcast...whatever, we're going to require site inspections by our people to make sure everything is done correctly and poses no danger to our equipment/network." Of course, those site inspections will be very, very expensive.
So pay your rent on time.
Sounds kinda like flamebait but I don't mean it that way. You have done a great service in supplying this information...I didn't know. It's absolutely a big scam all the way the around. The jurisdiction gets their fine, the lawyers get paid, the landlord gets paid (plus late fees), and the renter gets to eat ketchup soup again. Plus, the information is available via Lexis/Nexis. Don't for minute think that information isn't likely to be seen. Every lawyer in the country has Lexis/Nexis access if they can afford it. Doing a background check on a tenant prospect? Call your lawyer and have him check Lexis, won't cost you much. "Oh, I see you have previous problems paying your rent/car/whatever...we'll need double the deposit or charge you a hundred dollars a month more." Got a civil suit against you? Don't think for a second that Lexis won't be checked. I think in this day and age you need to try and stay out of these databases. Pay your rent on time, don't get your car repossessed, pay your other bills on time, try your damndest to stay out of these databases. The databases are legal, the data is maintained legally, and the people who are paying to access it have a legal right to do so. I think it sucks but it's not going to change in the future exept to get worse.
It seems innocuous on the outside but the schools and law enforcement generally investigate things like this when they are noticed, or if someone brings it to the authorities. Some of it is post-Columbine caution. Too many kids have taken violence into the schools so either the cops or school or both will look at something like this very carefully. The Secret Service applies the same kind of greater scrutiny in the case of possible threats to the president or others they are assigned to protect. If the icon had referred in the same manner towards the President and an adult was displaying the icon, they would have at the minimum had a very unpleasant interview with the Secret Service. Potential jail time is possible if you can't convince them you arent' a threat. This kid did something he probably should have known would be frowned upon at the very least. The only thing they punished him for was the disruption he created at school...and that was probably A LOT of disruption. Did he intend for it to cause that extreme disruption? Probably not but he did something stupid and his punishment is probably appropriate.
It was only two words and one was pretty mild. The use of the f bomb was to indicate my complete and utter disdain for the idea that someone could take a piece of my property and make it non-functionable without any due process. I could have perhaps said "complete and utter disdain" but, what the hell. Maybe next time.
I agree with you and the judge. If I had done something like this you can bet my parents would have made me VERY unhappy for a long time. If I had a legitimate gripe with someone and filed a complaint following whatever established procedures they would have backed me all the way. Civilized people don't suggest that a teacher they dislike should be killed.
If the text of the icon said something about the president instead of "Kill Mr. VanderMolen", I think the Secret Service would consider it a threat until it was investigated. Without investigation there is no way to tell if it is a threat. Public schools have policies that restrict the constitutional rights of students and they can therefore punish students where an adult citizen might only be investigated.
I can blame them. Who the fuck are they to touch any of my property in any way? If they think I have a pirated copy then they have tried and true methods of attempting to identify me and recoup whatever damages they think they have incurred. They can subpoena the ISP and file a civil suit. I can roll over and pay them or defend myself as I see fit. Just because they THINK I don't have a genuine version DOES NOT mean it isn't actually a genuine version. Taking such drastic action without having actual verification is bullshit.
This is the token he willingly disclosed. If you assume that he fully disclosed what he received then it is a small amount. A certain Louisianna representative with the last name Jefferson, who had $90,000 of cash in his freezer, strikes me as a great example that not all elected officials disclose everything.
I believe it's generally not considered as bad to carry on a conversation with passengers but it does have an effect. Personally, when my cell phone rings while I'm driving it most often goes to voicemail. The exeptions I grant are the wife and work and if it looks like it needs to be a conversation that will take more than a minute, I tell them I'll call back after I pull over. Hell, when I'm driving and it starts to get more challenging due to road or traffic conditions, I ask passengers to "hold on a minute". Conversation resumes when the condition improves. I turn my radio down some when I'm in a parking lot or traffic gets hairy. Jamming along on the highway with light traffic is no problem for me but even just the radio can be distracting when driving becomes more challenging. Judging from the kind of driving I see every day it is obvious that most drivers do not take their responsibility seriously. If you think you can eat cereal, pluck your eyebrows, read the newspaper, and talk on the cell phone while driving, please do so in your driveway only. I've been driving for 25 years and have only been in one accident where I was driving. A brand new driver hit me from behind at a red light...no harm, no foul for me...learning experience and an insurance blemish for him.
It's just big business doing big business. All companies look for loopholes to exploit in order to lower their salaries (stock options granted in a given way in exchange for a lower CEO salary) and this is just one example. The feds are looking more closely at it and all the companies know they need to stop now. With compensation issues you're dealing with state and federal withholding taxes, 401k regulations, and who knows what all else. Better to stop now, figure out how bad it is, correct the plethora of accounting problems associated, and then make sure it doesn't happen again. On the whole it's probably not a big issue.
But if he broke the law getting the tapes then there is no law enforcement and no use. Time and time again the courts won't allow illegally gained evidence be used in court. It's all going to come down to whether the tape is determined to be legally obtained. I think the the guy had the right but the New Hampshire wiretapping statues are not specific enough. The lawyers will have a field day arguing either position.
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And the coward is still wrong... Guess you still haven't thoroughly read my comments. And, if you're spending six figures plus on a CUSTOM airplane job you might very well have many more than that in a day. On a job like this I'd expect at least a weekly construction meeting and then tons of emails back and forth after meetings, all week long, addressing issues raised at the construction meetings. Troll away sucka!
Hey coward... "doesn't necessarily mean" and "could be argued" is what I said. That's a lot of email to reading and writing ain't it? Maybe he should get out from behind his computer and see just what the hell is going on with the project on a PERSONAL level. Just maybe, the owners wanted someone "sufficiently involved" enough to be doing more than email. Of course, by saying "doesn't necessarily mean", "could be argued", and "maybe", I'm just pointing out POSSIBILITIES, not my personal opinion on a article that is more than a little light on details. Lighten up and MAYBE next time YOU should read a little more closely.
You're not missing anything. Must be a slow news day.
"Mr. Jennings says allegations that he wasn't sufficiently involved in the project or accessible to the plane's owners are false, and has over 1,200 emails related to the project to disprove them."
Just because you have 1200+ emails relating to a project doesn't necessarily mean you are doing your job. With a project this size it could be argued that fewer emails mean you are doing your job better. This is the kind of project that requires a fair amount of oversight on a local level.
Most newer freighters and tankers can pretty much dock themselves. The have bow and stern thrusters that make them very maneuverable at low speed. These days tugs are more of a backup system for docking ships. They'll tie on and sit at the ready but the pilot on the ship is doing the docking using the bow and stern thrusters.
It's not to hard to avoid this. Don't give them any information, hang up, got to the dern intarnet or your phone book and look up their customer service number and call that number back. If they say, "we don't know what you are talking about" then it is a scam. I recently spent 20 minutes on a phone call from a recruiter who was looking to fill a contract position for a major bank. That means they want background and credit checks. He wanted a SS number. I recognized his firm's name and I told him send me an email and I'd call him back. He sent me an email and I checked the headers and then I looked up the number for their local office. I called that number and asked for him by name. Once I got him I knew that everything was legit or a VERY complex scam.
It won't serve as a wakeup call to anyone. Anyone who isn't already backing up their work won't start until the same thing happens to them. He wrote the stuff, if he can't recreate three screenplays from memory then he's screwed. It's not like it was three huge, thoroughly researched sci-fi or historical fiction novels.
This would make a great screenplay as a legal thriller. Maybe instead of the local DSL install guy it's another jealous writer who broke in and deleted his work. That would spice it up. Nah...still sucks so I guess he's screwed.
Actually, I cited them both to illustrate the deep pocket aspect, although one was more successful than the other. IBM is not a monopoly but they are still surviving despite a ten year or so defense, way back in the day. They had deep enough pockets to survive and even thrive. Monopoly suits are often to defend a specific business against a major competitor. If your pockets are deep enough, you can survive the suit as a business and still continue even if you are actually in violation. Microsoft is a good example of that result. The IBM suit is long enough ago that I don't know the facts of the case as well.
"But, I wonder if they can get around the monopolistic laws? Fair practice laws?" It all depends on who spends the most on their lawyers, lobbyists, and elected representatives. IBM and Microsoft are both great examples of monopoly and fair practice laws being invoked. They're both still chugging away and making tons of money. IBM may have not done as well as Microsoft, their fight lasted longer, but both are doing very well and making money. They both spent/spend A LOT of money defending themselves. I'd bet on Google winning by eBay caving at some point to avoid the bad publicity this will cause, and continue to cause, until the issue is settled.
"What is the point of AOL?" That's easy. They USED to be the primary introducer of non-technical users to the internet. Now, there is no point and they have to try and make their living doing something different than selling services in addition to the actual connection. That is why they are starting to give away former income generating services for free. I think their attempt at reincarnation will be towards advertising and whatever content delivery they can from the TW side. I won't try and predict how their reincarnation will go because I'm completely out of touch with AOL. All of my friends and family were conviced to go elsewhere for internect access long ago (some at my my personal prodding) because they have so many more better choices. AOL used to be their obvious choice and now it's not.
In real life that's how it happens. I've seen suggestions for improvement in security shot down because of the impact it would have on the end users. I'm sure others have too. Physical and IT security are the same in some ways. If everyone in the office has to suddenly unlock three deadbolt locks on their office door, plus unlock the doorknob, when they used to keep it unlocked, then they will freak. Same thing with security for IT. Try to force the end users, especially those that are the "powers that be", to allow more steps to do what they need to do. Hell, what do you do about the ones who intentionally violate security related policies that already exist? They WILL NOT fire that senior partner who is bringing in the big bucks because he did something stupid on the computer that (may have) compromised the system security. That's life...
We've had this discussion before. For those folks where security is paramount there will be trade offs in usability. If you want more security then you have to jump through more hoops. The end users often (unfortunately) have the final say in usuability and therefore the extent of security. Where users value security more than the annoyance of jumping through hoops, security is better implemented. Where you don't want to be is caught between usability issues versus "how secure I thought I was". The VA is a great example. The "powers that be" thought security was in place but now the IT folks are partially catching hell because some end user took data home. The end user placed data in jeopardy because they didn't absolutely secure it. "Yeah, well my house got broken into and my computer got stolen" somehow places the blame back on IT.
They might let you do it. "Sure, you five neighborhoods here can run all of your own cables, build your own infrastructure, but before you connect to *Bell, Verizon, Comcast...whatever, we're going to require site inspections by our people to make sure everything is done correctly and poses no danger to our equipment/network." Of course, those site inspections will be very, very expensive.
So pay your rent on time. Sounds kinda like flamebait but I don't mean it that way. You have done a great service in supplying this information...I didn't know. It's absolutely a big scam all the way the around. The jurisdiction gets their fine, the lawyers get paid, the landlord gets paid (plus late fees), and the renter gets to eat ketchup soup again. Plus, the information is available via Lexis/Nexis. Don't for minute think that information isn't likely to be seen. Every lawyer in the country has Lexis/Nexis access if they can afford it. Doing a background check on a tenant prospect? Call your lawyer and have him check Lexis, won't cost you much. "Oh, I see you have previous problems paying your rent/car/whatever...we'll need double the deposit or charge you a hundred dollars a month more." Got a civil suit against you? Don't think for a second that Lexis won't be checked. I think in this day and age you need to try and stay out of these databases. Pay your rent on time, don't get your car repossessed, pay your other bills on time, try your damndest to stay out of these databases. The databases are legal, the data is maintained legally, and the people who are paying to access it have a legal right to do so. I think it sucks but it's not going to change in the future exept to get worse.
It seems innocuous on the outside but the schools and law enforcement generally investigate things like this when they are noticed, or if someone brings it to the authorities. Some of it is post-Columbine caution. Too many kids have taken violence into the schools so either the cops or school or both will look at something like this very carefully. The Secret Service applies the same kind of greater scrutiny in the case of possible threats to the president or others they are assigned to protect. If the icon had referred in the same manner towards the President and an adult was displaying the icon, they would have at the minimum had a very unpleasant interview with the Secret Service. Potential jail time is possible if you can't convince them you arent' a threat. This kid did something he probably should have known would be frowned upon at the very least. The only thing they punished him for was the disruption he created at school...and that was probably A LOT of disruption. Did he intend for it to cause that extreme disruption? Probably not but he did something stupid and his punishment is probably appropriate.
It was only two words and one was pretty mild. The use of the f bomb was to indicate my complete and utter disdain for the idea that someone could take a piece of my property and make it non-functionable without any due process. I could have perhaps said "complete and utter disdain" but, what the hell. Maybe next time.
I agree with you and the judge. If I had done something like this you can bet my parents would have made me VERY unhappy for a long time. If I had a legitimate gripe with someone and filed a complaint following whatever established procedures they would have backed me all the way. Civilized people don't suggest that a teacher they dislike should be killed.
If the text of the icon said something about the president instead of "Kill Mr. VanderMolen", I think the Secret Service would consider it a threat until it was investigated. Without investigation there is no way to tell if it is a threat. Public schools have policies that restrict the constitutional rights of students and they can therefore punish students where an adult citizen might only be investigated.
I can blame them. Who the fuck are they to touch any of my property in any way? If they think I have a pirated copy then they have tried and true methods of attempting to identify me and recoup whatever damages they think they have incurred. They can subpoena the ISP and file a civil suit. I can roll over and pay them or defend myself as I see fit. Just because they THINK I don't have a genuine version DOES NOT mean it isn't actually a genuine version. Taking such drastic action without having actual verification is bullshit.
That makes for VERY few comments to read! :)
This is the token he willingly disclosed. If you assume that he fully disclosed what he received then it is a small amount. A certain Louisianna representative with the last name Jefferson, who had $90,000 of cash in his freezer, strikes me as a great example that not all elected officials disclose everything.
I believe it's generally not considered as bad to carry on a conversation with passengers but it does have an effect. Personally, when my cell phone rings while I'm driving it most often goes to voicemail. The exeptions I grant are the wife and work and if it looks like it needs to be a conversation that will take more than a minute, I tell them I'll call back after I pull over. Hell, when I'm driving and it starts to get more challenging due to road or traffic conditions, I ask passengers to "hold on a minute". Conversation resumes when the condition improves. I turn my radio down some when I'm in a parking lot or traffic gets hairy. Jamming along on the highway with light traffic is no problem for me but even just the radio can be distracting when driving becomes more challenging. Judging from the kind of driving I see every day it is obvious that most drivers do not take their responsibility seriously. If you think you can eat cereal, pluck your eyebrows, read the newspaper, and talk on the cell phone while driving, please do so in your driveway only. I've been driving for 25 years and have only been in one accident where I was driving. A brand new driver hit me from behind at a red light...no harm, no foul for me...learning experience and an insurance blemish for him.
It's just big business doing big business. All companies look for loopholes to exploit in order to lower their salaries (stock options granted in a given way in exchange for a lower CEO salary) and this is just one example. The feds are looking more closely at it and all the companies know they need to stop now. With compensation issues you're dealing with state and federal withholding taxes, 401k regulations, and who knows what all else. Better to stop now, figure out how bad it is, correct the plethora of accounting problems associated, and then make sure it doesn't happen again. On the whole it's probably not a big issue.
But if he broke the law getting the tapes then there is no law enforcement and no use. Time and time again the courts won't allow illegally gained evidence be used in court. It's all going to come down to whether the tape is determined to be legally obtained. I think the the guy had the right but the New Hampshire wiretapping statues are not specific enough. The lawyers will have a field day arguing either position.