Anti-cop website Techdirt flies same flag, as usual.
1) What you call a bad cop is likely a good cop with a bad set of circumstances. 2) Unless you have done the job or supported the job, your actual knowledge of how it works is insufficient to judge them. 3) Newark PD, to take a specific instance, should always be allowed to punch their non-compliant suspects. I live near Newark, worked in Newark, went to school in Newark. Newark PD is, if anything, too restrained with some of the walking crap that lives there. 4) If police don't deserve a union, that's fine. See who you can get to work that kind of job without protection from political interference and tell me how the crime rates are then.
It's nice that your world-view has sheltered many of you from what real urban life is. I'm happy that you have that. Please, though, don't apply your model to places like Newark, or NYC, or other large urban centers where you would be scared to live.
The bomb-sniffers will catch your explosive-laden devices. Having your cellphone on means the TSA can browse your phone's data. Turned off, they can't without powering it up and presumably bypassing your passcode.
AT&T had a choice: keep the local companies or keep long-distance. AT&T chose long-distance, because it was a revenue generating machine with no serious competition. I mean, who else is going to run caling from NYC to SF?
In retrospect AT&T chose poorly. The termination points are worth more than any transcontinental cabling or scheme, because you can ship all the bits you want between data centers, but it's the end users that pay the bills.
So, AT&T embarked on Project Angel, bought a cable provider (guess which one?), and did everythign they could to get back the last-mile. They failed miserably and ironically, were subsumed by one of their mutant offspring.
The last mile is critical infrastructure, I would argue, that should never be under the control of a company. We don't tolerate multiple electrical, gas, water, or sewer connections in our infrastructure, because it's rather silly. Why is data any different? I'll stop you right there -- it's not.
Municipal networks are the answer to this dilemma, and could work if you merely own the last mile, and allow *ANYONE* to offer transport or services to your citizens.
But... look at what the incumbents do to prevent it, and then relate that activity to Comcast.
It's always about the last mile. Keep that out of a company's hands, and let them compete on actual value.
Oh, you have press credentials? Great. You're still under arrest and oh, if you don't like how you've been arrested, we'd love your suggestions on how to improve. The job is stressful and we'll take humor where we can get it.
This is a highly hostile site for police. The lack of any insight into how police work actually happens often colors the articles. I can't really blame the authors if they don't know what police work really is, but in general, if you report the news, you should investigate all sides first.
If you're just writing editorials to make yourself look insightful, well, mission accomplished. Again.
99% of the cases filed are bullshit, so I'm not surprised they clear them that way. I just don't understand the desire to hamstring and cripple police work here. Officers aren't responding to filesharing emergencies, but real physical harm. The unreasonable expectation that they gently separate two combatants is ridiculous, but it seems that's the desire. When we get zero-point energy and force-fields, great, you can have that. Until then, arm officers with compliance-through-force and set the expectation that once an officer arrives on scene, compliance is not optional.
Nice comparison of apples, oranges, and random rocks.
Danger from humans > danger from inanimate objects.
Builders and bus drivers don't deserve to be in the same sentence as first-responders. As for first-responders, only police go to every single call. Every. Single. One.
You won't find any other profession -- even military -- that puts you in harm's way more often and with less predictability.
No. Your app doesn't get carte blanche on my device just because you said so. I also seriously doubt you gracefully handle awkward cases, since you clearly can't handle this one.
You know why the officer was "exhausted" trying to arrest this woman? Because he wasn't allowed to wrench those arms back, and cuff her behind her back properly. Asshole amateur cop watchers took away batons and PR-24s, the best tools for compliance and non-lethal adjustments.
Resist arrest, get a punch in the face. Don't like it? Don't resist. He was acting for the camera just like the asshole he was arresting. Make no mistake, police are there to ensure societal compliance. Your active resistance earns a greater response, so YOU calm the fuck down and you won't get a smack.
... once they take away stop-and-frisk and crime rises, you'll have your test. Harassing shitbirds is a good tool. If you wanna act like one, you get what you deserve.
Re: Alright everyone, lets practice the correct answer
The banks never seem to pull this on someone who would a) actually respond "It's for fuck you and go fuck yourself." and b) report it to Techdirt with full disclosure.
Someday the law of averages will catch up with them I guess.
Contract for hire is whatever the hiring agent says it is.
"First of all, while things created by government employees is automatically public domain, works created by contractors is not.".
If I contract you to work for me, and all rights are assigned to me as "work for hire", you don't have copyright. I do. And if I release that source, then tough cookies. Sure, it's not automatic, but "works for hire" exists.
Zetia was tested in combination with Lipitor several years ago and it was the most efficacious combination possible then, as it likely is now. We at SP knew it was only a matter of time before we swapped out Zocor for Lipitor and combined them for a single-dose solution. Merck just took an SP play and ran with it -- not surprising since Merck's last good idea was buying SP.
This is not an ineffective drug. It might not be *novel* and I wouldn't dispute it, but if you read up on Zetia testing you'll find, publicly, that the Lipitor+Zetia combo was identified very early as the best pairing, and going off-patent was clearly going to result in this.
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Amusement parks
On the post: The Revolutionary Document That Is The UK's 184-Year-Old Idea Of 'Policing By Consent'
Another clown article from a clown.
-C
On the post: The Revolutionary Document That Is The UK's 184-Year-Old Idea Of 'Policing By Consent'
Re: Re: Civilians in a different uniform
On the post: NYPD Officer Chokes Man To Death; Cops Blame Cellphone Recordings And People 'Feeling They Have More Rights'
Yea, cop haters united again!
I'm glad to see Fairyland is still alive and well.
-C
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Anti-cop website Techdirt flies same flag, as usual.
2) Unless you have done the job or supported the job, your actual knowledge of how it works is insufficient to judge them.
3) Newark PD, to take a specific instance, should always be allowed to punch their non-compliant suspects. I live near Newark, worked in Newark, went to school in Newark. Newark PD is, if anything, too restrained with some of the walking crap that lives there.
4) If police don't deserve a union, that's fine. See who you can get to work that kind of job without protection from political interference and tell me how the crime rates are then.
It's nice that your world-view has sheltered many of you from what real urban life is. I'm happy that you have that. Please, though, don't apply your model to places like Newark, or NYC, or other large urban centers where you would be scared to live.
-C
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it's to look into your phone
Keep your phones encrypted.
On the post: How Comcast Is Trying To Turn The Internet Into The Old, Broken Phone System
The last mile is always the point
In retrospect AT&T chose poorly. The termination points are worth more than any transcontinental cabling or scheme, because you can ship all the bits you want between data centers, but it's the end users that pay the bills.
So, AT&T embarked on Project Angel, bought a cable provider (guess which one?), and did everythign they could to get back the last-mile. They failed miserably and ironically, were subsumed by one of their mutant offspring.
The last mile is critical infrastructure, I would argue, that should never be under the control of a company. We don't tolerate multiple electrical, gas, water, or sewer connections in our infrastructure, because it's rather silly. Why is data any different? I'll stop you right there -- it's not.
Municipal networks are the answer to this dilemma, and could work if you merely own the last mile, and allow *ANYONE* to offer transport or services to your citizens.
But... look at what the incumbents do to prevent it, and then relate that activity to Comcast.
It's always about the last mile. Keep that out of a company's hands, and let them compete on actual value.
-C
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Stop trespassing.
On the post: The NYPD Sent Two Officers To The Kenyan Mall Shooting And Their Findings Are Directly Contradicted By The FBI's Report
Re: directly contradicts ?
If you're just writing editorials to make yourself look insightful, well, mission accomplished. Again.
I really wish Techdirt would just knock it off.
-C
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Pretty happy with that number.
-C
On the post: Number Of Officers Killed In The Line Of Duty Drops To 50-Year Low While Number Of Citizens Killed By Cops Remains Unchanged
Re: Now is a good time to educate cops and the public.
-C
On the post: Number Of Officers Killed In The Line Of Duty Drops To 50-Year Low While Number Of Citizens Killed By Cops Remains Unchanged
Nice comparison of apples, oranges, and random rocks.
Builders and bus drivers don't deserve to be in the same sentence as first-responders. As for first-responders, only police go to every single call. Every. Single. One.
You won't find any other profession -- even military -- that puts you in harm's way more often and with less predictability.
-C
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Reelights.
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Re: For developers...
On the post: Canadian Cop Puts On An Impromptu Clinic On How To Deal With Critics And Cameras
I hate this video.
Resist arrest, get a punch in the face. Don't like it? Don't resist. He was acting for the camera just like the asshole he was arresting. Make no mistake, police are there to ensure societal compliance. Your active resistance earns a greater response, so YOU calm the fuck down and you won't get a smack.
Ridiculous.
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Re: Enough!
On the post: Appeals Court Refuses To Overturn Ruling That Ends Stop And Frisk In NYC [Updated]
Don't worry, people...
-C
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Re: Alright everyone, lets practice the correct answer
Someday the law of averages will catch up with them I guess.
-C
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Contract for hire is whatever the hiring agent says it is.
If I contract you to work for me, and all rights are assigned to me as "work for hire", you don't have copyright. I do. And if I release that source, then tough cookies. Sure, it's not automatic, but "works for hire" exists.
-C
On the post: Merck 'Evergreens' Off-Patent Lipitor By Creating Combination Drug With No Additional Benefit
This was obviously in 2009.
This is not an ineffective drug. It might not be *novel* and I wouldn't dispute it, but if you read up on Zetia testing you'll find, publicly, that the Lipitor+Zetia combo was identified very early as the best pairing, and going off-patent was clearly going to result in this.
-C
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