Technically correct, but you're disagreeing over the wrong point. The account holder IS the editor that decided to publish the video. A better analogy would be a book: The publisher (Google) isn't held responsible for someone printing a libelous book; the author (account holder) is. Why is it Google's responsibility to verify what's being published? It provides a platform, and in order to use it you are stating that you hold all the relevant permissions and copyrights. So based on the court's interpretation of this, it still should be on the account holder who LIED when he said he held the relevant permissions. Google doesn't choose what to "publish" like a newspaper does or a broadcast news network.

That's the joke.

Woooosh.

Normally I won't defend Gamestop (disclaimer I worked there over the holiday season), but with the edge card you're essentially close to 20% off the new price. A new $60 is $55 used...with the card, you're paying $50. They're more or less priced to help out the edge card subscribers. The fact it costs $15/year is ridiculous, and the magazine is terrible, but if you're buying/trading in used games regularly, it does pay for itself...the primary benefit of buying used is you get a 7-day trial during which you can return the game. Also, I can't stress this enough: ASK TO SEE THE DISC BEFORE HANDING OVER MONEY. If it's not satisfactory, ask for another copy of the disc. Everyone knows GS pushes the scratch protection and subscriptions and that used games are 200%+ profit, but if you play your cards right you can essentially rent your games for free and eliminate most of the risk of buying a brand new game you end up hating.

It simply isn't entrapment, though. The cops are dicks and this case should be thrown out anyway, since (to me) it makes perfect sense that he wanted the car gone. He did call the cops, and they should have simply moved it to a new location. While technically he did commit a felony, given the circumstances I don't think he'll be convicted of anything. I didn't know that leaving keys in the ignition is a felony in TX. Lots of people up here do that, but granted it's in people's driveways if they're running in and out. I see cops leave their cruisers with the keys on ALL THE TIME though, so go figure.

It's not entrapment if the opportunity exists; it's entrapment if the person commits a crime they would not have committed without interference from the cops. I said this on another thread the other day: a cop telling you to get into a car and drive off with it would be entrapment. A cop leaving a car unlocked in case any opportunist decides he wants an easy-to-steal car is that "honeypot". The person wasn't influenced by the cops to commit a crime.

Up until (I think) 2005, in Florida you couldn't use deadly force until you made a sincere effort to escape...So you had to try running away before you could shoot.

There is also in O in lazor.

Professors like that are the best. My professor said the same thing; I had him both for a C programming class and for an engineering lecture. We could collaborate or even copy one another's homework, as the tests would actually judge our knowledge. For programming, we could bring a one-page "cheat sheet" with anything we wanted, including full programs.

His point was that obviously we could have all the helpful tips we wanted, or even full programs...but if we didn't understand the appropriate concepts, sure we'd get the grades, but as posted above, we'd have a degree that we paid over $100k for and had no useful skills gleaned from it. On the other hand, I had a professor that said we could collaborate on DB design work as long as we noted that we worked on it with another group. We then were accused of cheating, and it took a few weeks to sort everything out.

I don't really think that would qualify as entrapment as much as identity fraud. You have to "trap" someone by enticing them to commit a crime they wouldn't have committed had you not invited them to. Example of entrapment = undercover walking up to some random person and asking if they want to buy drugs...whereas a person walking up to a cop who looks like they might be a drug dealer and asking them if they are selling drugs isn't entrapment.

They essentially can't provide basic service everywhere because they won't build towers everywhere. In my area, VZW actually added transceivers in the subway system so people could still get reception down there. For as long as I can remember, they've had awesome service *except* in my neighborhood. You'll hear people complaining about no ATT service in San Francisco, but out here they're great...they just nickel & dime you on plans. Tmo has great service, but spotty 3G...so it's kind of a compromise.

Internationally, companies are referred to in the plural because one consists of many people, rather than the fact that it is a singular group. Saying Are and Is are both correct.

While I second much of what you stated, the one point I will nitpick from you is that the xxAA are engaged in entrapment. They are a private entity, and specifically because they AREN'T police, they can't entrap. As irresponsible some of their tactics are, they aren't entrapment. It also comes up from time to time that police are entrapping filesharers and other people. It's only entrapment (in the US anyway) if they get you to commit a crime you would not have committed already...like asking you if you want a program so you can get a new album illegally, and then arresting you for it.

Well, it could be unique in that it's crap. I'm not sure how that abnormally stresses the engine, if at all.

ASAIF, Harley simply trademarked the design of the engine that produces that sound. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/harley3.htm Basically, the pistons don't fire evenly. I'm sure other slashdotters know much more about the design than I do, though.