Please note that I acknowledged the lack of communication being the catalyst for this situation. Had the marketing department notified the Amtrak police of the contest we would likely not be talking about this right now. But, since the law enforcement was seeing things in light of the state of affairs they are working under, they did what they felt was the right course of action.

Now, had the marketing department informed the necessary parties and they still behaved this way after the facts presented themselves, I would have no love for them.

And it doesn't always work that way does it? There are times when people with the authority make the decision that civil liberties are less important than the safety of the masses and rightly so.

Granted, this is often overdone(domestic wiretapping, for example) but if a law enforcement official asked someone to stop taking pictures, detained the person or asked them to delete the photos of public transportation I'd be happier than if they just sat idly by out of fear of stepping all over their precious dignity.

I'll use it because it is a legitimate concern jackass.

The law might not exist but one of the tenets of law enforcement agencies is "to protect and serve". If they did nothing while someone was taking pictures and that person ended up being part of some kind of terrorist scheme people would be up in arms that nothing was done.

I always find it interesting when people have this Utopian view of things when in reality risks have to be taken to ensure the world runs smoothly. Get your head out of your ass. Your civil liberties don't always trump the good intentions of the well meaning.

As much as I hate to use it as a excuse for them, since the Trade Center attacks photographing public transit has become a point of concern. A similar reaction could be expected of someone standing at the end of a runway taking pictures of the undersides of planes as they took off.

I agree that the lack of communication between the marketing and law enforcement departments is where things went wrong. However, it isn't the law enforcements responsibility to call every other department after an arrest to find out if something legitimate was being done. They were merely doing their jobs based on what they knew of current affairs.

Schools are allowed to make all kinds of money licensing their sports images to videogame makers while students are the players making the name for the teams. But heaven forbid the players get any of that money. All this is doing is continuing the trend. Let's take advantage of the talent we've got but not give them the benefits derived from their work. In fact, let's charge them for the work they did.

AC didn't even mention Linux. Perhaps AC was referring to FreeBSD. Or perhaps you are one of those that thinks because you did it long before so many others that you are better than the next geek.

Isn't Rose the one with the chainsaw teeth?

At the rate things are going, I may tell the organization which has purchased it for me to hold out for that instead.

I'm still waiting for my Nokia N810 WiMax. It's been on back order almost since they released it.

I keep looking for iPhone rumors indicating when they'll be available on other carriers. I don't see the point in switching networks just to buy a phone no matter how innovative it is. Likewise with the G1. I have no interest in switching to T-Mobile just for an Android-based phone. Though, I have no interest in switching to T-Mobile period.

PCWorld.com has a brief write-up detailing methods to ensure the unlock works. Additionally, they link to a chart on the yellowsn0w website which lists "supported" carriers. This answers my previous question/post.

I read the Dev Team blog entry about this and didn't see any mention about which carrier was supported. I assumed it would only work on other carriers which used SIMs (ie T-Mobile). If it will work with non-SIM based carriers this needs to be clarified.

Why fool around with bogus copies? Just get a copy from work and use the key for that.

Movies that depict rape as part of the plot will soon be outlawed in Virginia (I'm thinking Boys Don't Cry, not porn).