I don't see a problem with taking these down. The ordinance may have been written poorly, but that is another issue. The signage at issue, certainly lacks political value. You don't just show your dislike for a politician in this way and leave it at that. That will convince no one. You need the "why". Use a few brain cells and actually make an argument.
This is going to get a lot of pushback for the "free" part
They should have just set a prevailing rate, periodically subject to review. A loophole for abuse, but likely to be seen as "more fair", not the usual "I don't get my phone for free, and I'm not in jail".
I always thought using math to legally restrict broadband's marketing would be a great solution.
"Your advertised download speeds can be no higher than the total data allowed by your data cap."
By my rough calculations for example, (not 1024 math, it's my day off LOL): Using 50Mb/s 24/7 for an entire 30 day billing cycle would be 16.2 TB per month. Using a 1.2 TB cap, the maximum allowed advertised download speed would fall to approximately 3.85 Mb/s. Ouch! (Feel free to recheck my math and correct me.)
If the broadband industry were forced to limit themselves in this way, those caps would disappear virtually overnight. If you screw with their marketing, they would be motivated to fall in line. Forcing them to advertise pricing using the average TOTAL monthly billing of their customers, would also go a long way.
I've been following this case on the YouTube channel, Lawful Masses with Leonard French. Here's the link for his examination of the counter lawsuit by YouTube.
Th is may make a good RICO case, but I doubt it would happen. The system is slanted way too much in favor of those like Pirate Monitor, for the Fed to punish anyone for violating the DMCA and CFAA.
Our high court is reduced to quibbling over whisky and dog poop. {Insert comment about the use of musical instruments and uncontrolled combustion here.}
I disagree. The proper response to burning a police car is to apprehend and detain you, in which a gun may or may not be necessary. It depends.
To a properly trained officer, a match is no threat. (Unless they happen to have an accelerant on their uniform, at the time. Not likely, but OK.) Facing a flamethrower...? By all means, shoot away! A good officer can assess, a bad one cannot.
A sidearm as a first resort instead of last is pitiful policing at best, Gross Negligence (by the legal definition) at worst. Policing as a profession, may have become professionally "lazy" because of their over reliance on firearms. Cops are just like any one of us. "I just want to hurry up and get this job done, so I can get home." Expedience is easy. Not a good habit to develop, in ANY difficult job.
It was not my intent to advocate for or against, any position. My comment isn't about that. I'm merely pointing out that it's not law enforcement who will pay the financial cost, and reminding everyone that "their burning stuff" only applies to private property, not public assets.
The author does make a very good point. Sometimes violence must be met with active defense. (1776, anybody???) I do however take issue with one thing...
"If the problem is law enforcement, it should be law enforcement's stuff that burns."
A very important point here is being missed or ignored. The police own NOTHING. We the taxpayers do. If a police station burns, no officers that are housed there, nor any government agency, suffer any personal financial loss. We do. If we need to destroy our own stuff to make a point, then so be it. Just make an informed decision, knowing who will ultimately foot the bill.
Linus Tech Tips' WAN show had an interesting discussion as cars as a service because of this, regarding features being attached to a user, not the car. Interesting discussion. Unfortunately, I can't find which episode to link here.
But it seems to me that until that happens, the feature set should be locked at the time of original purchase. Even then, I can see giving endless software support troublesome. It's one thing to stop giving updates to a navigation center, no one may die from that. It's quite another to stop updating self driving features, I would think. An interesting first-world dilemma. With corporate fleets jumping onto this bandwagon, someone in charge (private or gov.) is going to have to regulate the do and don'ts very soon.
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I don't see this as unreasonable
First off, I'm an independent.
I don't see a problem with taking these down. The ordinance may have been written poorly, but that is another issue. The signage at issue, certainly lacks political value. You don't just show your dislike for a politician in this way and leave it at that. That will convince no one. You need the "why". Use a few brain cells and actually make an argument.
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The push for "One World Government" is as strong as ever
Gee, when we colonize the Moon or Mars the powers that be will have to do this all over again, to "unscrew" themselves.
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Needs stamp dispensers on the toe...
Nuff said...
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Not coincidence.
I think this and the prior post ("Canadian Government Wants To Regulate Social Media Like Broadcast...") are related...big time.
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All due to lack of penalty
This is what happens when you don't enforce a penalty for sending out bad notices.
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This is going to get a lot of pushback for the "free" part
They should have just set a prevailing rate, periodically subject to review. A loophole for abuse, but likely to be seen as "more fair", not the usual "I don't get my phone for free, and I'm not in jail".
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If they really wanted someone's attention.
If India really wanted someone's attention in this, they'd ask for extradition of Twitter's CEO, instead of scapegoating the rank and file employees.
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Can vs. should
You can apply technology to almost anything. If you should, is a bigger question.
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I always thought math would be the best solution
I always thought using math to legally restrict broadband's marketing would be a great solution.
"Your advertised download speeds can be no higher than the total data allowed by your data cap."
By my rough calculations for example, (not 1024 math, it's my day off LOL): Using 50Mb/s 24/7 for an entire 30 day billing cycle would be 16.2 TB per month. Using a 1.2 TB cap, the maximum allowed advertised download speed would fall to approximately 3.85 Mb/s. Ouch! (Feel free to recheck my math and correct me.)
If the broadband industry were forced to limit themselves in this way, those caps would disappear virtually overnight. If you screw with their marketing, they would be motivated to fall in line. Forcing them to advertise pricing using the average TOTAL monthly billing of their customers, would also go a long way.
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RICO (I wish...)
I've been following this case on the YouTube channel, Lawful Masses with Leonard French. Here's the link for his examination of the counter lawsuit by YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W2ZyplS8zQ&ab_channel=LawfulMasseswithLeonardFrench
Th is may make a good RICO case, but I doubt it would happen. The system is slanted way too much in favor of those like Pirate Monitor, for the Fed to punish anyone for violating the DMCA and CFAA.
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Didn't this play out before, somewhere?
Our high court is reduced to quibbling over whisky and dog poop. {Insert comment about the use of musical instruments and uncontrolled combustion here.}
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Re:
Still figuring out the 3 sea shells, BTW.
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Re:
I disagree. The proper response to burning a police car is to apprehend and detain you, in which a gun may or may not be necessary. It depends.
To a properly trained officer, a match is no threat. (Unless they happen to have an accelerant on their uniform, at the time. Not likely, but OK.) Facing a flamethrower...? By all means, shoot away! A good officer can assess, a bad one cannot.
A sidearm as a first resort instead of last is pitiful policing at best, Gross Negligence (by the legal definition) at worst. Policing as a profession, may have become professionally "lazy" because of their over reliance on firearms. Cops are just like any one of us. "I just want to hurry up and get this job done, so I can get home." Expedience is easy. Not a good habit to develop, in ANY difficult job.
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Re: Re: Violence as an answer to violence
It was not my intent to advocate for or against, any position. My comment isn't about that. I'm merely pointing out that it's not law enforcement who will pay the financial cost, and reminding everyone that "their burning stuff" only applies to private property, not public assets.
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Re: Re: Peaceful is not the end of the story
The fallicy here is that the law and morality sleep in the same bed. Often, they don't.
On the post: Peaceful Protests Around The Nation Are Being Greeted By Police Violence. Remind Me Again How Peaceful Protests Are Better?
Violence as an answer to violence
The author does make a very good point. Sometimes violence must be met with active defense. (1776, anybody???) I do however take issue with one thing...
"If the problem is law enforcement, it should be law enforcement's stuff that burns."
A very important point here is being missed or ignored. The police own NOTHING. We the taxpayers do. If a police station burns, no officers that are housed there, nor any government agency, suffer any personal financial loss. We do. If we need to destroy our own stuff to make a point, then so be it. Just make an informed decision, knowing who will ultimately foot the bill.
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Irony...
I find this particularly ironic since those patient scambags tried to halt the production of virus tests.
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We staff for this
Here in America we have plenty of scapegoats on staff, for just such situations.
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Journalism?
I'd love to see the Reddit user put a journalism spin on this and claim protection of his source.
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Cars as a service
Linus Tech Tips' WAN show had an interesting discussion as cars as a service because of this, regarding features being attached to a user, not the car. Interesting discussion. Unfortunately, I can't find which episode to link here.
But it seems to me that until that happens, the feature set should be locked at the time of original purchase. Even then, I can see giving endless software support troublesome. It's one thing to stop giving updates to a navigation center, no one may die from that. It's quite another to stop updating self driving features, I would think. An interesting first-world dilemma. With corporate fleets jumping onto this bandwagon, someone in charge (private or gov.) is going to have to regulate the do and don'ts very soon.
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