Comment Re:Just wrong (Score 1) 433
To video record in Illinois you do not need to inform anybody, only audio requires consent.
Illinois's wiretapping law is a "two-party consent" law. Illinois makes it a crime to use an "eavesdropping device" to overhear or record a phone call or conversation without the consent of all parties to the conversation. The law defines an "eavesdropping device" as "any device capable of being used to hear or record oral conversation or intercept, retain, or transcribe electronic communication whether such conversation or electronic communication is conducted in person, by telephone, or by any other means." 720 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/14-1, -2. If you are operating in Illinois, you should always get the consent of all parties before recording an in-person conversation or telephone call. In addition to subjecting you to criminal prosecution, violating the Illinois wiretapping statute can expose you to a civil lawsuit for damages by an injured party. While you generally are permitted to photograph or record video of people without permission in most public places, it is illegal in Illinois to "videotape, photograph, or film" people without their consent in "a restroom, tanning bed, or tanning salon, locker room, changing room or hotel bedroom." 720 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/26-4(a) (scroll down).
http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/illinois-recording-law
Astronaut Sues Dido For Album Cover 264
An anonymous reader writes "Astronaut Bruce McCandless is suing Dido for her album cover that uses a famous NASA photograph of a tiny, tiny, tiny McCandless floating in space. McCandless doesn't own the copyright on the photo, so he's claiming it's a violation of his publicity rights ... except that he's so tiny in the photo, it's not like anyone's going to recognize him."
Nuclear Power Could See a Revival 415
shmG writes "As the US moves to reduce dependence on oil, the nuclear industry is looking to expand, with new designs making their way through the regulatory process. No less than three new configurations for nuclear power are being considered for licensing by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The first of them could be generating power in Georgia by 2016."
Comment Re:And now thanks to /. and microsoft (Score 5, Funny) 275
The results are so haphazard, it feels like their parody of google is what actually drives Bing.
I don't know how this late in the game a search engine can be so bad.
answer:
Because
It's
Not
Google
It's all in the name
Comment Re:(Un)Surprising (Score 1) 297
here are answers to all your doubts. This video states it better then I could.
Comment Re:(Un)Surprising (Score 1) 297
Comment Re:Hmmm. (Score 1) 389
That is fine, but you missed the point of my original post.
That point was: I do not agree with your stand point, but you were not being flamebait.
You only focused on the fact I said you were being dumb IMO (in my opinion).
Comment Re:Hmmm. (Score 1) 389
Are you done? Because I am going to go over there now, you can continue arguing with your self if you want.
some people.....
Barack Obama Wins the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize 1721
Barack Obama has just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The BBC opines: "In awarding President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian committee is honoring his intentions more than his achievements. After all he has been in office only just over eight months and he will presumably hope to serve eight years, so it is very early in his term to get this award. ... The committee does not make any secret of its approach. It states that he is being given the prize 'for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples.' This is of course an implied criticism of former US president George W Bush and the neo-conservatives, who were often accused of trying to change the world in their image." The Washington Post collects more reactions from around the world.
Comment Re:Hmmm. (Score 1) 389
I apologize profusely for defending your ability to say something I personally do not agree with. Trust me it will never happen again.
Comment Re:Hmmm. (Score 1, Insightful) 389
I got to say that you need to be modded up out of flamebait. not because you are right, but because you are not flamebait. you may be dumb IMO but not flamebait.
please remember people, there is no mod for "you don't agree with me", and not everybody who disagrees with you is a troll or flamebait.
Cyber-criminal Left In Charge of Prison Computer Network 389
samzenpus writes "A 27-year-old man serving six years for stealing £6.5million using forged credit cards over the internet was recruited to help write code needed for the installation of an internal prison TV station. He was left unguarded with unfettered access to the system and produced results that anyone but prison officials could have guessed. He installed a series of passwords on all the machines, shutting down the entire prison computer system. A prison source said, 'It's unbelievable that a criminal convicted of cyber-crime was allowed uncontrolled access to the hard drive. He set up such an elaborate array of passwords it took a specialist company to get it working.'"
Comment Re:These LRADs are pathetic (Score 1) 630
"rapidly" is not exactly a precise amount. What if they mean 10 dB every 10 meters? Also, this device is made for crowd control. Sooner or later it will get used at close range, either by accident or because some idiot tought it was a good idea.
you chopped off the important part again.
the rest of the statement gave details, "The sound level will drop off rapidly according to the inverse square law as you get farther away"
A simple google search will show you that the inverse square law says
Acoustics The inverse-square law is used in acoustics in measuring the sound intensity at a given distance from the source. Example In acoustics, the sound pressure of a spherical wavefront radiating from a point source decreases by 50% as the distance r is doubled, or measured in dB it decreases by 6.02 dB.
meaning that every time the distance is doubled the power is halved.
so precise amount was given, you just ignored it or did not know what it was.
Comment Re:These LRADs are pathetic (Score 0, Flamebait) 630
only 150 dB? that's plenty to cause irreversable damage.
That was a good attempt at spinning mrcaseyj's statement, but you fell short.
You know what he was saying is that the only place the device reaches the level of 150 dB is in a one meter range.
Not that 150 dB is a low amount.
The evidence is in the next statement of "The sound level will drop off rapidly according to the inverse square law as you get farther away"
But I have a suspicion that you are the type to not care about what the truth is, only how it can be twisted to fit whatever cause of the moment you are fighting for.
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