Comment Re:How'd have thought... (Score 1) 301
Yeah, I only noticed my typo after hitting submit. It's that sort of thing that makes me long for a slashdot "edit" button.
First, because I don't think that subpoenaing a defendant's identity from a service provider constitutes an abuse of the legal system in and of itself.
The abuse does not come from the request itself, but usually what follows said request. The plaintiff usually knows that he has thin legal ground over his lawsuit and will pull back his suit before a judgement likely to favor the defendants (and set a landmark) can happen. He will then turn around and DIRECTLY contact each of those defendants that got outed in the discovery process and personally extort thousands of dollars from them under threat of ruining them through endless litigation that will cost them far more to defend themselves from a million dollar lawsuit.
Now THAT is textbook abuse.
He documents how one woman narrowly missed being hit by a train after she followed sat-nav directions over a railway track. While she got out of her car to open the level-crossing gate, a speeding train drove straight through her vehicle. While this may be an extreme case, Vamosi argues that we are developing a culture of dependence on technology to the detriment of our common sense.
Are we really sure Skynet didn't become self-aware and declare war on humanity a few weeks ago?
The University gave no word on the possibility of tentacles in future models.
Seriously. Japan will provide, it's inevitable.
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. -- Plato
