Non-police don't have the training and experience required to allow them to perform the duties of a real police officer - there's substantial risk of donut overdose.

So you should get paid overtime for that. Why would you work for free? Don't you want to live?

I think the idea is that one must prostrate oneself before the employer or anyone who might communicate with him to show that their will is sacrosanct and that one will gladly do anything for pay (even accept no pay.)

"I'm not in it for the momey, I do it for the challenge / fun / exposure to new technologies / blah" is an effective large glowing finger hovering in the air, pointing at the perpetrator. Seriously, does anyone think that the employer believes this BS? All it does is serve to hilight that the potential employee is desperate and therefore will take absolutely anything thrown at them as a result of the employer being unable to successfully distinguish between his every personal desire and job-related requirements.

For me, I'm in it for the money - if I want a challenge, I have many ways to generate them for myself; if I want access to the latest technologies, I can download them and setup an environment myself. MONEY! - one of the best modern ways to buy food.

Preemptive update: I suspect such honesty wouldn't work out though; employers really do seem to want zealots who will live revel in their mundane business domain and believe that such people really do exist. N'est-ce pas?

"You want..........
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PIZZA!"

I know the lawyers have a legal term for this kind of bad faith

"Business As Usual."

What do you suppose they think would be "enough" to punish copyright violaters? (Maybe they could start by using proper terminology?)

I'm going to go with "force them to listen to the 'music' produced by this generation's music industry."

That should be punishment enough for most crimes (even imaginary ones.)

It's a great source of business.

You can't just say "you're doing it wrong" without providing a better alternative.

Who else are they gonna rob? There are lots of US citizens.

It's just an alternate way to ask if he wants a donut with his coffee.

Alexa, what's the best way to be tax-efficient?

Alexa, what were Mummy and Daddy whispering about on Christmas Eve?

Bears have been granted perpetual licenses to take a dump in the woods.

Via the backdoors?

Did it take three hours to load? That site is slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.

Widespread != high

Then perhaps, the general population would benefit from a more reasonable price for donuts.

But... it is The Law !

Gary McKinnon?