Alright. First off, go take a course in modern physics. Then you'll understand the concept of time-space better. As velocity of an object, let's say a spacecraft, increases time slows down for occupants of the object. This phenomenon has been tested and proven with the retired Blackbird spy plane. So, if you could travel at 10x the speed of light it wouldn't take 10,000 years to cross 100,000 LY of space, and I have doubts anything like that is possible, in this lifetime. I'm aware of the theories, and how it's quite possible Einstein was wr-wr-wr-wrong.
Now for observers of the craft it *might* indeed take 10,000 years, assuming observers had a way to detect something moving faster than light.
However, since we have no technology at present to push us to such speeds, it's all a wash. While we haven't built anything yet, we could technically build crafts to travel to nearby star systems at speeds of say
So anyway there you have it a time-space travel intro, aka the fountain of youth. Lastly, theoretically, at light speed, time stops, So traveling 100,000 LY @ lightspeed would appear to the traveler to be an instantaneous trip. At anything greater than lightspeed, I haven't contemplated, nor read any others theories. Now of course, it is likely still a one way ticket @ LS. Again, not sure of the result of >LS.
Anything you say can and will be used against you. Nothing you say, to the police or other second parties [unless under oath], can or will be used to help you.
So, yes it's evidence because you said it, and anything you say directly can be used as evidence for or against you.
Now, this case is a bit worrying. Sure she's a DUI driver and she should be punished and have her right to drive taken away.
The article doesn't state clearly whether deleting her facebook account was part of some plea bargain deal or not. In either case, it's disturbing. No judge or prosecutor should be making deals or orders to take away free speech rights, free association rights, freedom of press rights.
Let's face it, FB and Google+ and other social networking sites are the personal blogs of many "ordinary" people. Some people have real blogs. Blogs are the new priinting press. Let's face lots of us get news from bloggers and friends on FB or
This sets a very disturbing precedent. As much as I hate FB and would not shed a tear at it's closure.
DeBeers had an office in the US. They used to own the diamond mine down in Arkansas. But due to the Apartheid thing, and the price fixing, they were forced out, and on the way out they dynamited the diamond mine rather than leave an operation working mine. Almost all the diamonds coming out of Diamond Crater are gem quality. The Star of Arkansas came from there. A beautiful colored diamond.
The simplest answer is Blue Toad is doing outsourced work for the FBI or another agency. Or it's as the article says, they have those ids because the've sold stuff to 11 million unique iPxd devices. Or both. What better cover than start a legitimate company selling to Peter and Paul at the same time. It's possible the DOS/DOD/FBI has outsourced this for multiple reasons. Not the least of which *might* be deniability. UDID? Us? No way. Never. That would be our sub-contractor's job. The gov't routinely outsources work to properly screened clearance approved private companies. Considering Blue Toad had the data.
The next question should be, "Why did Blue Toad have 11 miilion UDIDs from Apple and where did they get it from?"
Not, "Oh well that's not the FBI, why did Anonymous lie?"
Perhaps Anon knows that the FBI contacted Blue toad to get these ids, but can't say so, without risking exposing themselves?
Nope, the whole thing stinks. I'm more inclined to believe Blue Toad is shovelling something, and it's not chocolate shavings from Willy Wonka's Chocolate Mountain.Their whole business model seems bizarre. But then, I'm not an iPad user, and never heard of Blue Toad before today.
One thing: While they may refuse to let you on a flight, you have a legally binding contract with them (you should really read those plane tickets and the laws related to them sometime), and they are legally required to complete their contract. Either with them or on another carrier. There are situations in which they can break that, but none of those apply here. And in those cases they are required to cover the costs (including any reasonable hotel, restaurant and incidental costs) to make you whole and get you to your destination. So it's not analogous to a Starbucks. They can't just "kick you out". Also, if Star Buck had already taken your money, but not yet delivered your drinks and whatever else you purchased, thay can't just kick you out. They would have to:
a) refund your money, or
b) fulfill the contractual sale.
But airlines can't just refund your money and leave you potentially stranded far from your home, or your destination. Unless you are on a no fly list, or for other legal reasons. They can refuse to allow you to board if not properly attired. But since he consented to change his shirt, they didn't have that for a reason. Too bad he didn't know his full rights, and make them put him on a competitors flight at their cost.
One point that should be made.
The FDA has charged him with:
"sale of foreign and counterfeit medicines".
Which would be true. The legal drugs you can buy in Canada are made in the US, and sold much cheaper in Canada than in the US. This is why so many people in border states would drive across the border and fill prescriptions there. The US passed a law [or tried to, I don't recall and too lazy to look it up] against that I think, or forced Canada to do so. Hence the origin of the Canadian Internet pharmacies. Which then attracted all the counterfeits.
Now had he been selling counterfeit drugs, they wouldn't have needed to add the "foreign and". Since they have linked them together, they only need to prove one to get a conviction.
Personally, if I could know for certain that I could order "Canadian" drugs from an online Canadian pharmacy, and that the US Customs wouldn't divert them, I'd buy from them. But the Pharma Companies have the US Gov't in their pocket and with both hands in our pockets in the form of ridiculously high prices in one hand and a big chunk of our taxpayers dollars in the other. It's list a fistful of dollars, except with both hands.
As long as we're going to reinvent the wheel again, we might as well try making it round this time. - Mike Dennison