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schleprock63 writes:
The Ohio state supreme court has decided that a cell phone found on a suspect cannot be searched without a warrant, http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/15/us/AP-US-Cell-Phone-Searches.html. The majority has based this decision on a federal case which deemed that a cell phone is not a "closed container" and cannot be searched. The argument contended that a cell phone does not contain physical objects and therefore is not a container.
So, what about those C++ containers, like vectors, lists ... that I'm sure are part of the code base for the phone. One dissenting judge argued that a cell phone is a container that simply contains data. He argued that the other judges were ''needlessly theorizing" about the contents of a cell phone. He compared the data contained within an address book that would be search-able.
So, what do slash dotters think? Is a cell phone simply an address book? Is it merely a container? Or is it something more, like a laptop, which does require a warrant to search?
schleprock
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schleprock63 writes:
Nasa has delayed the launch of Endeavour due to inclement weather, mostly lightning. According to NASA "Officials at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida have called off today's liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour due to inclement weather. Cumulus clouds and lightning violated rules for launching Endeavour because of weather near the Shuttle Landing Facility. The runway would be needed in the unlikely event that Endeavour would have to make an emergency landing back at Kennedy. Endeavour's next launch attempt is 6:51 p.m. EDT Monday. NASA TV coverage will begin at 1:30 p.m."
