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Comment Re:Yes, the ban on police using it is a good thing (Score 1) 70

The ban on private individuals is a bad idea...

Private individuals, PI's, Skip Tracers and reporters SHOULD be able to use such software freely. Police, and the Government NEED to provide reasonable suspicion to a court and get a writ.
This kind of tool can be incredibly useful, or incredibly invasive. The real question is who(m?) do you trust as the gate keeper. I'd nominate the EU data protection people but there is no agency or entity in
the US I'd trust not to monetize the data regardless of law.

Comment My childhood (Score 4, Interesting) 21

I can remember seeing those in the theatre, after standing in line for hours. Star wars made a huge impact on my childhood. One of my best childhood memories is with my now deceased uncle seeing Empire Strikes Back. Like many I was terribly disappointed by the later Star Wars episodes. I've not even seen any of the "new" stuff. Actually Revenge of the Sith is the last movie I saw. She will be missed.

Comment Re:What is it with surveillance? (Score 3, Interesting) 95

THANK-YOU. The police have the means to get any info they want and can prove they have a legitimate need for. They just need to go through the proper procedures. I was a DSO long ago, and there are plenty of friendly judges that will listen to your arguments, but lazy a$$ cops don't want to do the paper work, or have shown they weren't trustworthy before. Show a judge you are a dirtbag and you'll never get anything.

Comment Delta Queen (Score 1) 51

I've got a Delta Queen 2 plays for .25 on the patio. Wouldn't it be easier to take an existing machine and redo the playing field to match ? Getting parts for my old machine is not fun. I've made rubber bumpers and swapped light bulbs to low power led's. I had an artistic friend recreate some of the decals and made a whole new playing field base to replace the sagging boards that were there.

Comment Re: No. (Score 0, Troll) 141

I live in AZ. There ARE some issues with not having DST. It gets F'n dark early and the sun rises late in the morning. I walk dogs and for some time I start and finish in the dark. Kids ride the school busses in the dark. The winter Ag workers start in the VERY dark, but it IS cooler. Over all I like not having to change the time.

Setting the time backwards used to be a huge deal in the mainframe world, with duplicate transaction times logged and such, but as I read it now they are using Universal time and incrementing daily.

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