I believe the laws are in place to change this, but we have the wrong people at the controls. I'm pretty sure unless and until we have the right people at the FCC and at the state level looking at punishing bad behavior, this continues.
No solutions are going to bear fruit without penalties, because they only thing they understand is fucking with their money.
--#
My children have phones because I bought them and maintain them. Therefore, those are my phones, and even though my children might be using them, I'm the owner. Where are my consent rights in this?
"...and the argument that harassment, by itself, would constitute a reason for blocking seems iffy, at best."
Harassment is, from what I recall, criminal activity. I'm finding this "iffy" BS in direct conflict with that, and confused about how the 1st Amendment protects harassing behavior.
-C
"2. Harassment is not a viewpoint. Some accounts, like the Daily Caller, posted fake nude photos of me & abused my comments to spread it. No one is entitled to abuse. https://t.co/0QWKqJFzRe"
Figure it out. Harassment is a real problem, and shouldn't be tolerated. Throwing the "slippery slope" flag on it is a punt, a weak counter to the real point here.
Weak.
-C
NJ is the corporate home to Verizon, and has the population and density to make them an excellent testbed for pressuring the FCC, in addition to California.
Moreover, the state is not your usual coastal liberal state, with some particularly dense (dense) Republican strongholds and a history of conservative positions held by Democrats in state. Pass a California-like bill here, and Verizon would lose their minds and snap that leash on Pai.
"To ensure someone gets tossed in jail for breaking the chain of planned obsolescence, Microsoft (and prosecutors) want the court to believe the existence of recovery disks that do nothing unless a person already has a licensed copy of Windows has somehow made the company $700,000 poorer."
Was the planned obsolescence proved? No. You can't state it as fact.
... he decided to allow police officers to carry PR-24s again.
Despite what you might think, having a non-lethal baton gives a police officer an immediate non-lethal option to something less than a knife or gun in the fight. Well-trained and experience police officers with a PR-24 are easily a match for a knife as well, but that's besides the point. Point: once departments ditched batons, PR-24s, and other kinetic options, the move went to sprays -- which really don't work in all situations and comically get misued -- and technology like tasers and stun guns.
Training is important. Having trained officers makes a huge difference in how they police. Training them to engage without killing is kinda obvious, but the move to point-and-click policing is making it easier to simply harm people who don't comply fast enough, and that removes a bit of humanity from the encounter.
"...t the city did not have jurisdiction over utility poles -- and that the policy change violates contract law. "
This is how Robert Moses, and his authorities, were able to ensconce themselves in the state of New York and build, without any regard for what legislators or executive branches wanted.
I think, however, the city still has eminent domain in its back pocket for extreme cases. Now's a good time to use it.
... this dumb line: " Amadou Diallo, the man assassinated by the NYPD in 1999"
Assassinated? Really? This ceiling on your credibility keeps getting bumped by these cheap shots. Hey, have a good day, hope you don't get pulled over!
Mona Lisa Overdrive, 1988
Finn.
Congratulations on your unregulated private infrastructure.
Punch in the face?
Metaphoric, I hope.
Whose phone is it, really?
My children have phones because I bought them and maintain them. Therefore, those are my phones, and even though my children might be using them, I'm the owner. Where are my consent rights in this?
Okay, so fire some of the GOP commissioners
I mean, let's do this. Let's fire them all. And let's start putting GOP people in prison.
Expand the FCC bench
Make it seven instead of five, install actual people, then get to work.
And stop trying to legislate the GOP away. Start imprisoning them.
Lawyers stink.
So what if it's a slippery slope..?
It's a one-off
They still elect Blackburn, and she still makes sure you can't run muni fiber or compete with her biggest donors.
How is this not bribery?
Lost me at undocumented.
-C
Onething
Re: Re: Was a good cop, now a silent cop.
It's not that simple, but I know it must feel really good to think so.
-C
He needs to go.
Yes, I am damning all lawyers without prejudice.
-C
And now I'm reading about blood plants
A state where it would really matter: NJ
Moreover, the state is not your usual coastal liberal state, with some particularly dense (dense) Republican strongholds and a history of conservative positions held by Democrats in state. Pass a California-like bill here, and Verizon would lose their minds and snap that leash on Pai.
-C
Right up until you assert,,,
Was the planned obsolescence proved? No. You can't state it as fact.
-C
This DA might be onto something, if...
Despite what you might think, having a non-lethal baton gives a police officer an immediate non-lethal option to something less than a knife or gun in the fight. Well-trained and experience police officers with a PR-24 are easily a match for a knife as well, but that's besides the point. Point: once departments ditched batons, PR-24s, and other kinetic options, the move went to sprays -- which really don't work in all situations and comically get misued -- and technology like tasers and stun guns.
Training is important. Having trained officers makes a huge difference in how they police. Training them to engage without killing is kinda obvious, but the move to point-and-click policing is making it easier to simply harm people who don't comply fast enough, and that removes a bit of humanity from the encounter.
Good luck.
-C
Contract law is the interesting move here.
This is how Robert Moses, and his authorities, were able to ensconce themselves in the state of New York and build, without any regard for what legislators or executive branches wanted.
I think, however, the city still has eminent domain in its back pocket for extreme cases. Now's a good time to use it.
-C
I was with you right up until..
Assassinated? Really? This ceiling on your credibility keeps getting bumped by these cheap shots. Hey, have a good day, hope you don't get pulled over!
-C
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