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Comment Re:Well yeah (Score 1) 123

France is a leader in aviation (#2 exporter) and european aerospace,, medicine, nuclear fuel reprocessing, genetics, second largest defense tech maker, France is ranked #4 in research after U.S, Japan, Germany.

France is also the number one destroyer of their own economy, with everyone going on strike as soon as someone farts and doesn't say "excusez moi".

Seriously, fuck the French with all their strikes. I'm avoiding France like the plague, and never ever will I travel through CDG again if I can avoid it. Half of the time the flight is cancelled, or someone is on strike. Whether that is ATC, pilots, cabin crew or ground personnel.

Comment Re:Cheaper option (Score 1) 142

And as you could read in the source I spoke about, flight crew other than the aircraft commander have no special arrest authority. That means flight attendants don't have the power to arrest someone just because they are flight attendants. And I don't recall the statement about them being able to arrest someone was specific to felonies. But that's moot.

No you did not. I said "they do have the power to arrest", to which you replied "No, they don't".

I then listed multiple sources pointing out that your statement is wrong. I never said the FAs rights are derived from their employment. I merely said: they do have the right to arrest". As a citizen, and as flight crew based on the delegated authority of their captain.

Comment Re:Cheaper option (Score 1) 142

You should have read the link from google that you provided concerning the "Tokyo Convention". It says the aircraft commander has the power of arrest but then continues to say that his power is to turn someone over to the ground authorities. It makes no special provisions for flight attendants, and does not say that they can arrest anyone.

Yes, you are right, but this is also true for any other non-law enforcement arrest. In this case, the captain's ultimate authority ends the moment the plane hits the gate and the flight has ended so he has to hand them over. Furthermore, a captain can delegate his ultimate authority to other flight crew, or even passengers should he deem that necessary. But as you could read in the other sources, a citizen's arrest is legally recognized in most of the world in cases of a felony. Interference with the flight crew also happens to be a felony in most countries as well. And remember, on a plane, the law of the country it is registered in applies as well.

Comment Re:Cheaper option (Score 1) 142

That's only cheaper if you think flight attendants work for free (and that they have the power to arrest anyone).

They don't work for free but they do have the power to arrest. Not following the directions of the captain of an air vessel is a felony. Once the plane is moving by itself (even taxiing on the ground), the flight has started and the captain is the ultimate authority.

So yes, the can, and if needed they will, arrest and restrain you if you interfere with the safety of the flight or fail to follow any legal directions. That includes telling you to turn off your phone.

Comment Re:Big Goverment no backup (Score 1) 223

Reroute the data to a cloud service have the PCs remote into virtual workstations and have the radio fed through the same system.

Imagine making the call to your HOA: "do you mind if I install a primary and secondary radar system on the rooftop of the apartment building? Yeah, I need that for work. Ok, thanks, bye"

Comment Re:I can't quite decide (Score 1) 83

Licensing technology developed on the public dime seems like a rather responsible thing to do, just like negotiating for maximum compensation for oil on public land is the smart thing to do.

You're conveniently omitting the fact that oil on the public land has not already been paid by the taxpayer.

In your world, the taxpayer pays twice for procuring the technology. First for the development, then for the licensing.

Comment Re:I can't quite decide (Score 5, Insightful) 83

The NSA has done a lot of things over the years, most of them

Funded by the taxpayer already.

Now if companies are paying the NSA to get access to their research, they're paying twice: once as a taxpayer, and now as a "customer".

If the technology can be declassified, the information should be public property, as its research was funded by the taxpayer.

Comment Re:Broadcast rights (Score 4, Insightful) 109

Dithering about whether or not streaming is a form of broadcasting for the purposes of canadian content rules is just splitting hairs

No it is not. When looking a a law, you also have to look at the historic reasoning behind it. Until very recently, broadcasting meant that once you put it on a radiowave or a cable TV system, the broadcaster had very little control on who would receive it. A radio or TV system could receive any content that was broadcast by the sender (hence the term broad-cast).

The laws that were setup under that system, are meant for that system as well. It provides a clear definition on what a broadcaster is, so that the law would not be used for other purposes.

Technological advances have changed the landscape, and if the CRTC (an executive branch of government), wants to broaden its authority to 1-on-1 content rather than 1-on-255.255.255.255 content, it should consult with the people first, in the form of the democratically elected lawmakers.

This is not nitpicking, this is respecting the law as it was written.

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