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Comment Re:SLO Sheriff's Department is An Interesting Enti (Score 1) 324

Don't forget the new unruly gathering violation. If you are caught with over 20 people in the same property the cops issue a $700 fine on the spot and notify the landlords. The landlords then have the option to evict you ASAP or they get fined $500.
Also we're not allowed to feed the ducks any more at Laguna :[

Comment Really? (Score 2, Insightful) 776

UAVs allow operators to make intelligent decisions because they are not in the heat of battle, change shifts every hour, have someone behind them helping them make decisions, and have advanced payloads identifying actual threats versus civilians. There is no comparison to other methods in regards to reducing civilian casualties.

Comment Able to use a phone post earthquake (Score 1) 95

Tweeting about earthquakes is hardly new — at least in twitter years. People turned to twitter during an earthquake in Southern California in July, 2008, after they finding they were unable to make or receive any cell phone calls, they could still use twitter via SMS or another mobile twitter app.

I find this solution to be really silly. After the Northridge Earthquake in Southern California in 1994, no one in the area could even use the phones. There was too many people trying to make calls for anything to work. The earthquake they're referring to was tiny in comparison. People should be looking to a battery based radio or working with their neighbors to figure out what is going on.

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