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Comment Re:Citations? They need to be sued heavily (Score 1) 507

The reason the cameras were ruled illegal in Springfield was because of the way the tickets were handled- the City treated them as administrative, and not criminal, infractions. While this avoided "points" against your insurance / drivers license. At the same time, as an administrative hearing, there was no appeals process and the evidence for a "conviction" was below the thresholds of a criminal case. The State Supreme Court ruled that the infractions were in fact criminal, and as such the City had to change the way it handles cases. To my knowledge, the cameras are still not used.

Also, Springfield shortened their yellow lights in an effort to "standardize"- http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/17/1759.asp

Comment It depends (Score 2) 329

It depends- for example, my wife bought me a Nook Color a couple years ago from Staples, and bought the protection plan. About 3 months ago, it wouldn't start. I called Staples and within 2 hours my wife had an email from Staples with a electronic gift certificate for the original purchase price. I replaced my Nook Color running CM10 with a Google Nexus. I bought another protection plan for the Nexus based on that experience.

There are other products I don't purchase them for (such as video games or toys for my kids), because the failure rate is very low, and I'm not into throwing away money.

Comment Re:A rigged demo? (Score 1) 29

My thoughts on your (potential) need for a 3D printer is to chose what technology you want your enclosures built with (from the sound of it, using FDM to extrude ABS). From there, find someone / somewhere in your local area that has a printer on par with your budget, and see if they will print you some enclosures or what it would cost. Quality of printers varies widely, and it is good to evaluate the technology within your usage and price point. You also need to consider the product's end-use - if you use milled aluminum today, is 3D printed ABS a viable substitute?

Comment Re:Yes (Score 1) 271

The W530 is "mandatory" with the tech side of our business, but has a good reputation with them- they like it. I just ordered more T530s to deploy to our Sales, replacing aging T61ps. We'll see what they say. We have one ThinkPad Edge, and that's the only one we'll ever buy. For my use, I've liked the W530, but I don't use a laptop every day.

Comment Re:Yes (Score 4, Informative) 271

We started with the T61p, then W500, W510, W520, and now W530 at work, and that line has done well for us. The switchable graphics in the W500 sucked- we ended up giving that to an office worker, and used the T61ps for engineers. We also deployed a T530 recently, and it was still built in the "traditional" style. We purposely avoid the "consumer" style ThinkPads, and the clit mouse is a must.

Comment Re:in this matter (Score 1) 1435

the Newspaper owners demonstrate why they should not own Newspapers. They lose their cool and react in hate and threats. People who are that uncontrolled can't be trusted to operate a Newspaper under stress or for the right reason. They should have their Newspapers taken away until the grow up. The Gun Owners published what was on public record, so the Newspaper owners try to intimidate the Gun Owners - threaten death and violence- for publishing something they didn't like. but is readily available. W T F Fixed that for you... it works both ways here.

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