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Comment Re:Looks ok to me (Score 2) 229

Actually there is proof the system wasn't perfect..

An example was provided where someone challenged two of her tickets. The judge reviewed the video and determined that the person had indeed come to a stop in both scenarios.The judge ruled in favor of the person, and dismissed the ticket.

Additionally, numerous tickets were thrown out at a significantly higher rate during traffic ticket spikes.

Most people are conditioned to not challenge automated tickets. The articled said 95% automatically paid. The remainder that challenged, 90% of them lost, until the traffic ticket spikes started occurring. In one instance, one location was challenged at a rate of 1 in 7 tickets for 242 challenges. 109 were thrown out.

At some point the courts will have reviewed enough footage at one location, that they just auto accepted.

And here-in lies the rub. Make the process tedious enough to challenge, and make the fine small and convenient to pay, and very few will question the accuracy of the system. "The incident was last week, and I was in a rush, did I come to a full stop? Forget it, pay the fine."

The problem is they changed something in the system, it triggered a volume where people realized the system can't be right.

As to the point of enforcement.

There are laws on the books that are meant for true good: Hey don't go killing people. Don't be stealing other people's stuff. Don't drink and drive.

There are laws on the books that are meant to guide people in safe conduct. Don't be speeding. Don't run red lights.

And there are byzantine laws on the books that when researched are for some obscure reason. No hanky panky on Tuesdays in the kitchen. Da heck?

Enforcement's job is to make sure the law is enforced, but to also exercise a level of reasonability in the enforcement of the law. So and so is speeding. Hey they are having a baby. We should help them. VS Hey, a-hole is doing 50 in a school zone. Bust 'em.

The reasonability measurement should have been occurring when the vendor and IBM were evaluating the infraction before sending it out. Somewhere along the lines, that fail safe wasn't being done.

Comment Don't go for lawyer (Score 1) 509

One has to be super passionate to want to be in this cut throat education program.

One of the biggest lies from law schools is placement after graduation. Sure School A boasts 90% employed, they just don't tell you that most of them aren't in the legal profession.

If you want future proof, there is accounting and mortuary. There is always death and taxes. No machines will take those away.

But the main thing one should have is good analytical, problem solving, and written and oral communication skills. Everything else is OJT.

Comment Re:Why is this news? (Score 1) 443

In most cases it boils down to risk versus reward. The negative reinforcement, it worked the last time, leads to taking bigger risks.

And some just don't care cause they think they will sue the pants off of you later. Won't do a lick of good paralyzed from the waist down, but hey, they can sue!

And then there are those who are just a-holes, who don't give a crap about what their actions may cause to anyone else. They are right, everyone else is wrong, regardless of physics.

Comment Re:No, they're replacing. (Score 1) 341

Seems a bit of an overgeneralization

Depends on the final product, resource (labor and raw material) availability, target market location, and all the costs associated with each category.

If labor costs are high in one location, the decision might be to make it elsewhere. Or to get offsetting cost factors to reduce labor costs elsewhere.

Also if transportation of resources and product are prohibitive, then that becomes a factor in location selection.

If you can locate your production location to a central location that is easy to distribute to more market locations (central hub - spoke model), that is factor as well.

Then there are regulations, import export issues, etc.

Comment If they are a private corporation then: (Score 1) 534

1. Firearms purchases and acquisitions need to be evaluated.

2. If they are funded by tax payer money, aren't there certain records that have to be available?

3. If they are a non-profit, there needs to be an auditing of their books to account for the dollars spent vs taken in.

Comment For some reason this reminds me of old Windows (Score 1) 126

What do you mean I have a conflict on an IRQ????

I plugs in this video card and it works. I plugs in this video card and it doesn't.

I think the concept is cool and as the pathways between modules gets faster, it will be great. But I'll wait for a few more releases before I try it. Unless someone gives me one for super cheap.

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