I've got anther one. In my area, The traffic gets extremely heavy during certain times of the day. It's not uncommon for traffic to stop suddenly and with no warning and leave several people stranded in the middle of an intersection for half a light cycle or so, well into the red light.

There are traffic lights in my area that have yellow lights so short that even if you are right AT THE LIGHT when the light turns yellow, you cannot get completely through the intersection before the light turns red. Traffic light cameras are a money grab, pure and simple. Lengthen yellow lights, have a short delay between red light and green light for the opposite traffic. Any other solution is just playing games.

Something worth noting. If the video is watched to the end, when he turns his helmet you can see a marked patrol car behind the motorcycle.

It's a pretty important training issue. This training issue puts the officer and civilians lives in danger. If the guy on the motorcycle had been legally armed (I'm not sure what the laws are in Maryland where the stop was made, but in some states that's absolutely possible), this story could have been even more tragic.

They must do things different where that boy's from. One of the things that was drilled into my head in Journalism school was that you can take pictures of anything you can see from a public street. The Maryland law is unconstitutional, and citizens of Maryland have the right and responsibility to violate that unconstitutional law. But you know, that's not the thing that bothers me the most. The thing that bothers me the most is the 'Traffic Stop'. Here in Florida and in many other states, we have a right to carry concealed weapons with a permit. The man in the video did not identify himself as an officer. There was no reason to think he was anything other than some freak with a case of road rage. I could easily see someone drawing their weapon on that officer and killing him. Someone needs to review basic traffic stop techniques up there.

Ages and Ages Ago, I physically took the cover off a seagate drive so that I could start the platter spinning with my finger in order to salvage data off it. And I got the data, too. I haven't purchased another seagate drive since.

*sound of light clicking on* Hey! I'll make it in to a case for my guns! Thanks! *sound of jigsaw running*

I really mean G5. Big, shiny, indestructible case and all.

I've actually got one of the new iMacs. I also have an unbuntu box and a couple of lap tops. Just in the interest of full disclosure. :) Getting rid of it actually had crossed my mind, but for what little I'd get for it, it'd suit me better to keep it around.

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Not necessarily. I can have a box that can't receive operating system upgrades or can't install the latest version of such-n-such, or for no additional money I can have one that does. I'm not seeing the downside of switching.

Very true. However, given the choice between running a box with an operating system and software that still gets supported, and an equally capable box that doesn't - I'm going to pick the box that is still supported. It's not like it's costing me more. Why not?

I for one welcome our Chinese Android Overlords.

Now I'm even more suspicious. If I think I hear an intruder and I'm concerned enough that I take my weapon and check it out, I'm not just then going to put the gun on a table and walk off. It's staying on me.