I love how they're 'not telling' what they found... except this heroine we found... and things like ceramic knives and drugs...
Of course there is zero chance of anybody bringing down a plane with ceramic knives and drugs. That and the 127 bottles of contact solution that make up the rest of the 'dangerous, illegal, or prohibited items'.
You couldn't even reliably test velocity. If I turn on my phone while driving it has no idea I'm traveling at 60mph. Might figure it out eventually from the GPS. Does that mean if I turn my phone on in my car and then stop it will think I'm traveling and won't work?
I agree with the sentiment, but not the execution. The issue shouldn't be specifically about the yellow pages. Either it should be okay to drop something off, unrequested, on somebody's property or not (I would think not).
I personally think laws like this that single out specific groups/organizations should be illegal, but I don't think it's a first amendment issue. This seems more like a fair dealing under the law issue (assuming it's okay for anybody to drop crap off on your doorstep).
I am also tired of the court system "deciding whether or not search engines are responsible for the content to which they link". You would think by now any lawsuit that asserts this ridiculous claim would be quickly laughed out of court. Sadly this is not yet the case.
Yep, I sure hope a bunch of people die so I can have a couple free mp3's. Of course it's worth pointing out that ACTA will have pretty much no impact to the availability of free mp3's.
This has nothing to do with freedom of speech or expression. Nothing to do with what is best for society vs what is best for a small number of private corporations. There is of course no possible argument against, or downside of, permanent pervasive 'intellectual property' of all kinds.
I'll be honest. There are shows that I regularly download via torrents to watch later. Usually because at the time they are on I'm not at the TV, or they conflict with something my wife wants to watch.
I use Boxee and if I miss downloading an episode it will fill it in from one of the available online network sites. The last time this happened (I think it was a show from the CW) the experience was so bad I stopped watching it, found the torrent, and waited to watch it later. Between all the commercials (must be more than the original TV showing) and the inability to skip ahead (at one point I paused it and accidentally stopped it instead of playing it again) I hated the experience so much that I will never even try to use another network site again.
It might even be that the child knows just what and who mama is, but also knows that mama's voice and face sometimes come through that little rectangle thing. Thus wanting mama, and not seeing mama, asks for mama to come through that little rectangle thing.
Small children don't have the vocab to indicate between naming something and asking for something.
But he also offers the server for free download (I run one for myself and a few friends). The username verficiation can be turned off. Backing up a level is really basic stuff. That knocks out most of that list.
It's certainly more convenient to buy and sign up, but it's fairly easy to get around (I did buy).
Most importantly the DRM that it lacks are the types of things that root my machine, require an always on internet connection, install additional non-game software, require some random magic token to get started, etc...
Their paid by different big businesses. The Democrats tend to be funded in large part by Hollywood, Unions, Lawyers, and Investments groups to name a few. Republicans get much of their funding from large privately held corporations. But even those differences aren't that much. Most large businesses in the US donate heavily to both parties to buy^H^H^H hedge their bets.
I think I mis-stated here. When I said probable cause has no bearing, I meant probable cause should not be sufficient. A warrant should be required for this kind of search (which is mostly based on probable cause with judicial oversight).
Sorry, but probably cause really has no bearing here. Probable cause allows the police to enter a home if they hear screaming or detain/search a person near the scene of a crime. It is for situations where the time has to be now.
Around the clock surveillance in any form doesn't fit the bill. That is what warrants are for.
Not to derail this any more, but that is fairly misleading. While Gun violence is certainly lower, overall crime rates are higher than in the US. The US leads in homicide, but Britain takes just about everything else.
It's also worth mentioning that while there were only 39 fatalities as you said, firearms only accounts for about 6% of homicides in Britain with the leading weapon of choice being sharp objects.
In short I think it's fair to say that the British gun control reduces death at the expense of allowing greater criminal activity.
The public announcement is good, but if I were Backpages C*O I'd be at his next press conference asking why he wants to protect these human traffickers by making it harder for police to find them.
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Not telling what we found
Of course there is zero chance of anybody bringing down a plane with ceramic knives and drugs. That and the 127 bottles of contact solution that make up the rest of the 'dangerous, illegal, or prohibited items'.
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The TSA has never caught a terrorist.
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Bad execution
I personally think laws like this that single out specific groups/organizations should be illegal, but I don't think it's a first amendment issue. This seems more like a fair dealing under the law issue (assuming it's okay for anybody to drop crap off on your doorstep).
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Can you just imagine the shock and hysteria that would follow the bombing of a security line?
The mental damage it would do to a massive number of people really outweighs the economic damage another plane explosion would have (t least IMO).
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Tired
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This has nothing to do with freedom of speech or expression. Nothing to do with what is best for society vs what is best for a small number of private corporations. There is of course no possible argument against, or downside of, permanent pervasive 'intellectual property' of all kinds.
/sarc
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Can't help myself
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I use Boxee and if I miss downloading an episode it will fill it in from one of the available online network sites. The last time this happened (I think it was a show from the CW) the experience was so bad I stopped watching it, found the torrent, and waited to watch it later. Between all the commercials (must be more than the original TV showing) and the inability to skip ahead (at one point I paused it and accidentally stopped it instead of playing it again) I hated the experience so much that I will never even try to use another network site again.
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Maybe even simpler
Small children don't have the vocab to indicate between naming something and asking for something.
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freq = max( min( (60/(abs(V)+1)), 20),2);
There, that should do it.
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It's certainly more convenient to buy and sign up, but it's fairly easy to get around (I did buy).
Most importantly the DRM that it lacks are the types of things that root my machine, require an always on internet connection, install additional non-game software, require some random magic token to get started, etc...
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Around the clock surveillance in any form doesn't fit the bill. That is what warrants are for.
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It's also worth mentioning that while there were only 39 fatalities as you said, firearms only accounts for about 6% of homicides in Britain with the leading weapon of choice being sharp objects.
In short I think it's fair to say that the British gun control reduces death at the expense of allowing greater criminal activity.
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Meet him face to face.
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