You are saying if I authorize you to obtain a copy of my credit report, and give you my SSN, data of birth, name and address, you can obtain a copy, and this means it is public record. You and I have very different definition of public record.

Because the high cost of living is high in the US.

It would have taken him forever to type that on a 'dumb' phone (I remember the T9 keyboards). Smart phones still win despite their 'problems'.

He did have his day in court and he lost. Did even read a line of TFA. And the court impossed a $5,000/day per day fine, for non-compliance. No big deal right, you would have just paid it out of your pocked (do remember his is a small business, that doing okay, but no where to close to pay those fines). If he had still refused, he would been hit with a contempt of court.

YouTube != Yahoo

Yup, idiots blasting through red lights is a big no. Thankfully that is not what the article or anyone is proposing. In Idaho, red lights can be treated as stop and go for bicyclist. Running red lights is still illegal, and fines are much higher than other states/cities and are enforced. Bicylist are also allowed to make rolling stops at stop signs. Which means slow down, to make sure the intersection is safe, and yield to other vehicles, and if there is no one, just proceed. Blasting through a stop sign is a big no, too.

They dont. You can get your own private plane and use the airspace if you want to. The pilot has to be licensed to fly and the plane certified, apart from that nothing is preventing you from sharing the air space. Pilot-less RC planes on the other hand are a different topic.

Where has the discussion played out? I would love to see the discussion happening elsewhere. Slashdot is mainly for comments. If I could see the comments elsewhere, that has been moderated well, I would agree this story is not needed in slashdot.

Are you talking about Uber/Lyft or completely unregistered/unorganized ones? I have been using uber in SF bay area. You missing one key point, there is an abundant number of drivers for Uber to choose from, and if the drivers/cars are even slightly unsatisfactory, Uber will drop them in a heartbeat and recruit someone else.
1) Their rating gets affected. Uber lays off anyone with less than a 4.5/5 rating. Uber also has a complaint service, you can use to report drivers. The local Yellow cab on the other hand always does this. I have never had an Uber driver take me the long route.
2) This a valid point. It is possible for Uber for take of care of this on the server side. I am not certain they do, but I hope they do.
3) Again, a valid point. I do agree, public transport vehicles should be held to higher standard than other vehicles. I am happy that the car are the cheapest cars, but I do hope Uber mandates regular maintenance. I also doubt they can be any worse than the yellow cabs we have here
4) This only works if the drivers are anonymous. It is absurd to think vetted drivers can get away with this.
5) Uber doesnt allow drivers to refuse rides. If they do, they are fired.

A lot of things need cleaning up. Perspective helps decides which one needs more attention. Doing the right thing is right, selecting which of the right things you need to do first, is the problem.

I did. I said the market can range from legal to illegal, depending on the jurisdiction. Weed is in mine, for example. Everything is illegal somewhere.

Exactly, it requires the delivery person to know that what he does is shady, and can be illegal. This is not possible in a market where both legal (weed is pretty common in these markets and pretty much legal) and illegal stuff can happen.

If a UPS delivery guy delivers a gun (without knowing it is a gun, and it looks like ordinary package), and the gun is used to kill someone. Is the UPS delivery guy an accessory to murder?

Or remove all the mines from the minesweeper games. Imagine the horror of mine free minesweepers games.

Nope, they can go for 400 pounds or the cheaper version for 270 pounds. http://www.ablogtowatch.com/aa...