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Comment Re:The important part... (Score 2) 106

Please provide a source for this.... given that I know there isn't and many others have provided sources to the contrary I'm guessing that you are one of the 0.5% previously referenced and are sore about what amount to baseless complaints, so you make up stories to suit your view of reality.

And before you retort with "fanboy" comments, let me save you the time
I am a Blizzard fanboy, after 20 years of awesome I believe they deserve it.

Comment Re:How many Americans are thinking... (Score 5, Funny) 282

+1
This is truly sad reality. I can remember standing in a McDonald's for morning breakfast back in ~2008, this store had a TV with CNN running and the news anchor made a comment that Russia had moved tanks into Georgia. The person taking my order quite literally asked how it was possible that Russia could get tanks into the USA

Comment Re:Whats next? (Score 1) 1219

"Whats next?" is about as good an argument as "What if we didn't?"
There validity is relative to the observer.

I say, "What if we didn't" do this, and some buzzed driver who refused a breathalyzer but not otherwise detain-able causes an accident that kills your spouse/kid/sibling/parent/someone you don't or otherwise wouldn't have ever know... than what?

I look at "What next?" and think your crazy to dismiss something due to chance of misuse or escalation.
I'm sure you, or others, look at "What if we didn't?" and think "Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither"

Are either points inherently wrong... I say no, others will disagree and stick to their side but those arguments are whats going to/is tearing us apart.

Comment Just because you can do something.... (Score 2) 99

.... doesn't mean you should.

Best story I've got this year is attempting to help a customer repair a corrupted Exchange information store.
What we found while helping this customer run the repair tools was that they had put their Exchange databases on a software RAID1 between an internal SATA drive and an external USB drive...
All the while, the server in question already had an internal hardware RAID controller with a RAID5 with roughly 3 times available space as the size of their Exchange databases.
On top of that, their backup was a backup to disk folder, on the same software RAID1.
It appeared that the internal SATA drive, which was not properly mounted in the first place due to the fact that the server chassis was designed for hot-plug SAS on a backplane, had failed some time prior, and now the USB drive was starting to experience excessive bad blocks.

We were able to repair their database after moving it to the hardware RAID.

Comment Re:New Paparazzi (Score 1) 515

Thank you for your sarcasm and rhetoric, you contributed greatly to this discussion.

But maybe I'm wrong, I mean its not like there are any examples of what some idiot with a camera won't do to get a shot they can sell to TMZ for 15 minutes of fame.
There's just no possible way that someone who is more interested in catching something "juicy", could possibly get in harms way.

Onlookers is always a possible concern, but I think you failed to catch my comparison to paparazzi, who are anything but casual/passive onlookers.

Your position on this topic seems obvious from your sarcastic remarks, but I merely stated my opinions and do not expect anyone to believe what I believe. I am merely trying to consider ALL of the ramifications of specifically making it legal for anyone to do so.
Regarding my suggestion, is it a perfect solution? No not by farm I'm certain, but I believe that something along those lines is a far better solution than inviting the public to become involved, because they will be getting involved for the wrong reasons.

Comment New Paparazzi (Score 1) 515

Irregardless of whether police should or should not be recorded...
Making it legal to do so will result in creating a new form of paparazzi that chase down any and all police action. Anyone with an imagination should be able to think of a reason that will not be a good thing.
Can you imagine unnecessary people involving themselves in;
A high-speed police chase?
A hostage scenario?
A drug bust that turns violent?

Not only will these people trying to get that that video footage be putting themselves in harm way, they will be splitting the attention of the officers to ensure their safety.

On another point, when these officers are being recorded, so are the suspected criminals, and possibly even victims. What about their privacy rights? What about justice not being served when a criminal gets his case thrown out for video evidence going viral on the internet before his trial, turning the jury pool against him?
What about someone recording a simple traffic stop? Do you want your face all over the internet for speeding?

I am all for law enforcement accountability, my suggestion is that they be recorded by devices on their person, for review by a 3rd party created for that purpose for review of actions.

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