The paper missed the mark by miles, in their breathless attempt to score page views off the tragedy of another. But isn't this what news media does nowadays?

Sex offenders, unlike registered firearm owners, are typically 1. convicted felons (who are barred from firearm ownership anyway) and 2. Statistically likely to commit repeat offenses.

REGISTERED firearms owners are, in the overwhelming majority, legally permitted in their jurisdiction to possess such things, legally acquiring the firearms, and law abiding citizens. They have not broken any laws in the acquisition, ownership, or use of such items. In addition, at least in my area, this list would contain a very large percentage of the local law enforcement officers, who typically become quite irate at having their home addresses listed.

I won't show up on this kind of list, as the interesting things in my house are exempt from permit requirements in my locale. Besides, I'd so much rather pin an armed home invader to the wall with a broadhead arrow...much more in keeping with my barbarian ancestry. The stain will go away with the carpet.

This is one area where the Blackberry OS has very soundly beaten every other mobile OS I'm aware of. Any OS even remotely considering corporate/enterprise usage really ought to have this sort of ACL for apps.

But, they don't.

The opposite would also be amusing. Bring a bunch of spare tags in, all programmed with your cloned tags info. Might be curious to report double the number of students, and difficult to dedup identical tag hits.

This is an organisation whose time came and went, but doesn't realise it and is futilely thrashing at anything that'll generate a headline containing their name. People are more aware of the issues they once touted, but are filtering out their sensationalist over the top antics that often obscure their message.

Has beens, right up there with the *AA.

On the other hand, since when has it been a human right to go through life free of offense? The world does not, and should not, tiptoe around random individuals and their own personal sense of propriety.

Toughen up, Brits. You're making me damn well ashamed of my ancestry with limp wristed nonsensical horse shit like this.

....like my personal favorite, the 2002. Sure, it can still be stolen using much less sophisticated equipment, but its arguably cooler than many of the modern iterations and a lot easier on your checkbook.

Or, next door to one? And kudos on the literary reference, btw.

You wind up registering with enough different entities that it would almost be a relief to single source it. Change address with DMV, with employer (who in turn shares it with fed/state/local tax agencies), with public utilities, and the list goes on.

Most of these are required, either by federal, state or local law. At least in the northeast corner of the US, that is.

I don't know the laws in France, but I doubt that a Canadian citizen is subject to them, if not in France.

He should unmask the people on his blog who he's labeled Perpetrators 1-3. Why would you give them the courtesy of anonymity?

Also, seeing as McDonalds originated in the US, I'd be filing any complaints with corporate HQ in Oak Brook, IL. I'm pretty sure corporate HQ can exert pressure on affiliates/franchisees outside the US.

I honestly never thought I'd see the day someone had to explain BOFH on slashdot. What is the world coming to?

Regulatory pressure with significant fines for noncompliance have a way of working like that. This coupled with customer demands to know where their freight is, and the vast majority of the trucks on the road being owned by large corporations is why you see such good behavior compared with previous years.

My company owned truck is governed at 62 MPH. We don't use the increasingly prevalent GPS tracking or electronic logs, but we toe the line anyway. A few fines for log or equipment violations can bankrupt a small company, render it uninsurable, and generally make life difficult.

Sure, there are still the loose cannons out there, but it is vastly cheaper and easier to comply.

Of all the things this DirecTV suit could say, he goes for the USER INTERFACE? What has been Apple's hands down strong point from day one, or very near to it? I've been a DirecTV subscriber before, and their user interface is ancient, clumsy, non-intuitive, and SLOW. Of all the obstacles facing Apple in combating the entrenched TV industry giants, that is quite possibly the absolute last item in their punchlist. Trust me, Apple isn't sitting up at night wondering "Oh geez, how are we ever going to upstage their UI?".

Now, I'm not a fanboy, don't have an iDevice, but have steadily been a Mac user since the Quadra 840 was king.

Hence, the much maligned hipster accessory, the messenger bag. Worn with the strap on the opposite shoulder, the bag is under your hand usually.

Depending on the neighborhood, that may or may not make a difference, though.

My family emigrated here a few hundred years ago. Perhaps we've overstayed and it is time to pull up roots and move along. Vote with our feet, like great granddad.

Cables can be fixed... Just repin the connector and tie half the data lines to 12v (preferably straight off the battery) and the others to ground. Admire the smoke plume emanating from the reading device, that was probably not expecting full battery amperage on its data input lines.

Cue subsequent detention for "tampering with a recording device" though...