Thunderman - Slashdot User

Comment Re:No more working for the man (Score 3, Interesting) 453

by Thunderman on Thursday January 07, 2010 @10:53AM (#30682358) Attached to: IT Job Satisfaction Plummets To All-Time Low

Your Father was very, very wise. I thought about what your Father told you, and at age 32, I wish I would have learned this years ago, because I have been the cheat, and I see how that decision to cheat here and there adds up.

Chicago Court Throwing Out LIDAR Speeding Tickets 245

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 10, 2009 @02:18PM from the should-happen-more-often dept.

bridgeco writes "Chicago Traffic Court Judges have been throwing out speeding cases in which the driver's speed was measured with a LIDAR. Judges are asking for a special 'Frye Hearing' to determine the accuracy of these devices. Many motorists nabbed for speeding by a laser gun, instead of radar, are seeing their tickets thrown out at Chicago's traffic court because of a legal issue that the city's law department has been unable to overcome. Within the past year judges in Cook County Traffic Court in Chicago determined that speeds captured by lidar were not admissible because the devices had not been proven scientifically reliable in an Illinois court, said Jennifer Hoyle, spokeswoman for the law department, which prosecutes most speeding tickets in the city." (Here's some background on LIDAR from Wikipedia.)

Comment Re:american labor is too expensive (Score 1) 401

by Thunderman on Thursday October 29, 2009 @03:28PM (#29914811) Attached to: John Hodgman On the Coming Geek Culture

Very,very interesting post. I agree. The Europeans and their generous social safety nets are actually a good idea.

Comment Re:The other push (Score 1) 545

by Thunderman on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @12:03AM (#29893131) Attached to: Film Studios May Block DVD Rentals For One Month

Haven't you ever heard of Peerguardian? Protowall? This software goes some ways towards helping block IP's from known MPAA/RIAA nodes,etc..
Better yet, try Binary newsgroups.

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