Imagine a system of toll roads where you paid differently according to what make of car you were driving - and/or had speed limtis that varied for the same reason.
he is still in a "secured" area and could potentially get on another plane without having been searched Whenever I've been on a connecting flight I've had to go thorough security again - so maybe not.
I thought it was funny that the TSA guy was confused that Nygard didn't have a boarding pass after the flight. Shows how much of a robot he is.
Except that if he HAD had a boarding pass for another (connecting) flight then I suppose that the logic of the comment that you responded to would come in to play - not much of an excuse though.
The sheer mass of people in the US with a law degree almost guarantees that the average lawyer will be below the competence median for Lawyers,
By definition the average lawyer will be exactly on the competance median.
However the point that the majority of lawyers working in such a court would be below average is probably correct.
Having said that, in the UK small claims courts lawyers fees are not recoverable by either side and hence most people will do without them, given that the maximum settlement is lower than what most lawyers would charge.
The iPhone is obviously sold (and designed) by an entirely US company,
Err no - the design is also sourced from across the world. The processors and graphics system are based on designs from two British companies ARM and Imagination Technologies.
If anything be thank full you still have a 2nd amendment, even if people disagree with it they should go read up on what happens when a tyrannical government disarms their populace
This is a myth perpetrated by the gun lobby. The reality is that the authorities use the fact that ordinary people have guns to justify having bigger and better guns themselves.
If the populace was not armed then the police would have no excuse for their guns.
From the earliest days at Apple, I realised that we thrived when we created intellectual property. If people copied or stole our software we’d be out of business.
Actually they would just have to change their business model - not the same thing at all.
Look at is as if two business conglomerates were approaching society (represented by the politicians) and one said:
"We can deliver culture and entertainment and we will make no demands on you other than that you pay when we perform a direct service to you" - and the other said "We can deliver culture and entertainment but we will require repeat payment every time you make a copy of one of our prodeucts and your technology will have to be crippled to ensure that this rule is not circumvented".
Now if the politicians chose option two they you would have to assume that they were bribed - there is not other explanation.
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Cars
This is what is proposed.
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Re: Three guesses
Ah Constable Savage again...
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Whenever I've been on a connecting flight I've had to go thorough security again - so maybe not.
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Except that if he HAD had a boarding pass for another (connecting) flight then I suppose that the logic of the comment that you responded to would come in to play - not much of an excuse though.
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Re: Re: Re: What have they done? Other than wasting tax dollars, nothing.
Especially when (as here) combined with extreme stupidity.
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Football?
Actually it's a Rugby-like sport - played by motorcyclists.
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Inspector
If he was a real inspector then he would have put the fear of God up them and they would never have responded like this.
A real inspector would have the power to sack their senoir management - bring in an outside consultant to run them - or even just shut them down.
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Re: Re: How about a trade?
By definition the average lawyer will be exactly on the competance median.
However the point that the majority of lawyers working in such a court would be below average is probably correct.
Having said that, in the UK small claims courts lawyers fees are not recoverable by either side and hence most people will do without them, given that the maximum settlement is lower than what most lawyers would charge.
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But I still laughed....
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and therefore the security guy should not have wasted time over it.
Every minute spent dealing with a clear non-threat is a minute that could have been spent looking for real ones.
What if a real bomb got through because the security people allowed themselves to be distracted with this?
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Re: That item is dangerous
Or fell out of the overhead locker at the end of the flight?
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No, I would be up in arms if, while they were wasting their time with this guy, somebody else attacked a school which is substantially more probable.
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In the modern world you have to be pretty much brain dead not to think of doing that.
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Duck
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Re: Soy Sauce
True Kikkoman has a factory there - to serve the US market - but I severely doubt that 90% of the worlds production is there.
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iPhone
Err no - the design is also sourced from across the world. The processors and graphics system are based on designs from two British companies ARM and Imagination Technologies.
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This is a myth perpetrated by the gun lobby. The reality is that the authorities use the fact that ordinary people have guns to justify having bigger and better guns themselves.
If the populace was not armed then the police would have no excuse for their guns.
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Actually they would just have to change their business model - not the same thing at all.
Look at is as if two business conglomerates were approaching society (represented by the politicians) and one said:
"We can deliver culture and entertainment and we will make no demands on you other than that you pay when we perform a direct service to you" - and the other said "We can deliver culture and entertainment but we will require repeat payment every time you make a copy of one of our prodeucts and your technology will have to be crippled to ensure that this rule is not circumvented".
Now if the politicians chose option two they you would have to assume that they were bribed - there is not other explanation.
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All that would really be needed would be to publish this information in the form of a league table. Google could easily do it.
Of course such a table would quickly become a target itself....
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