http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c341 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:48:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c341 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c180 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:47:15 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c180
And I can't tell you how many times I've felt an uncontrollable urge to kill dragons and bandits after an overnight Skyrim marathon. All this time I thought it was just sleep deprivation and the half-dozen bottles of NOS.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130508/10233423003/bug-allows-same-sex-marriage-nintendo-game-nintendo-releases-patch-to-fix-it.shtml#c3834 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:46:33 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130508/10233423003/bug-allows-same-sex-marriage-nintendo-game-nintendo-releases-patch-to-fix-it.shtml#c3834
This is the part where you must be reading a completely different US constitution than the rest of us.
Just to be clear, you and I are talking about the separation of Church and State - as in, there is no state-sponsored religion, where adherents of that faith enjoy special privileges and those of other faiths don't. Public schools in the US, being run by the government, cannot promote one religion over another, so this means no morning prayers for example.
How is it a violation of that to teach kids about homosexuality, say in biology or social ethics classes (or whatever you call them over there)? The schools, being public, cannot have edited lessons for each religion: they can't have a lesson in Biology for students belonging to the Nation of Islam faith teaching that black people are superior to non-blacks. Just like here, they can't have classes where homosexuality is a pertinant topic and either not mention them or say that they're evil/anti-human/immoral/whatever, because such a determination is subjective and discriminatory.

As for the parade link - you originally mentioned being at/seeing a parade where men sodomized each other. I, in disbelief that this would happen in public without falling afoul of public indecency laws (you and I can agree on no sex in public, gotta protect the kids innocence for a while longer), asked for proof, to which you gave me a link to a gay pride parade where no actual sex occurred.
As for playing the victim? Can you answer me, with a straight face, that a group of people who share a common characteristic, who were victimized over that trait, shouldn't hold pride parades? Were homosexuals victimized for being what they are?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c3642 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:45:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/18345423136/doj-dept-education-to-colleges-start-restricting-free-speech-campus-kiss-your-federal-funding-goodbye.shtml#c3642 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c323 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:44:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c323
I think the appropriate response is to call the cops, report a peeping tom, let him do some research in the municipal court system.

For that matter, use of hobby R/C aircraft is also restricted to certain areas in some cities/towns/hamlets/etc. If there were such a law where the incident occurred, I see no reason it wouldn't cover a "drone", "drone" being just a particular kind of R/C aircraft. Again, the pilot could "research" this possibility in the municipal court setting as well.

But the "garden hose" solutions proposed in other posts also sound satisfying.

Administering an "ass whoopin'", "ass kickin'", "beat down" or other euphemism for assault and battery cannot be condoned for legal and safety reasons. A citizen would have to make their own judgement call if they could win the physical and legal fight if that were the approach used.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c878 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:44:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/11552823150/major-hollywood-studios-all-sent-bogus-dmca-takedowns-concerning-pirate-bay-documentary.shtml#c878 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c308 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:42:48 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c308
In the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has the sole authority to control all airspace, exclusively determining the rules and requirements for its use. Typically, in the "Uncontrolled" category of airspace, any pilot can fly any aircraft as low as he or she wants, subject to the requirement of maintaining a 500-foot (150 m) distance from people and man-made structures except for purposes of takeoff and landing, and not causing any hazard.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c176 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:41:57 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c176 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c284 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:40:53 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c284
And how far away is that given that satellites can take pictures so detail that you can read a newspaper from space.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c159 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:40:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c159
Even submerging your graphics card in distilled water would keep it at 100C. Above that, and it would start boiling off.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110311/01552013459/dailydirt-weapons-sky.shtml#c79 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:37:32 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110311/01552013459/dailydirt-weapons-sky.shtml#c79 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130521/12175523157/nyc-says-renting-out-your-place-via-airbnb-is-running-illegal-hotel.shtml#c511 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:37:17 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130521/12175523157/nyc-says-renting-out-your-place-via-airbnb-is-running-illegal-hotel.shtml#c511
That's the key thing: people renting out their living space is viewed by hotel services as dipping into their cookie jar, taking away potential business. They're a bunch of control freaks, abusing the law for selfish gain. Given the reputation of NY hotels, having bed bugs and other issues, who'd want to sleep in one of those?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/01450023148/makers-nutella-force-fan-who-created-world-nutella-day-to-shut-it-down-updated.shtml#c770 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:36:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/01450023148/makers-nutella-force-fan-who-created-world-nutella-day-to-shut-it-down-updated.shtml#c770
There's also another franchise group called Shakebar, which is damn near the same thing though, there's one in Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow, a small one in the Livingston outlet mall, and one next to the jewelry places across from the Thistle Centre in Stirling, right before the road leading up to the castle.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c147 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:36:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c147 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c125 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:34:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c125 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/00493523143/ridiculous-timing-obama-administration-responds-to-spying-ap-pushing-journalist-shield-law-that-wouldnt-matter.shtml#c349 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:32:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130520/00493523143/ridiculous-timing-obama-administration-responds-to-spying-ap-pushing-journalist-shield-law-that-wouldnt-matter.shtml#c349
There may have been some procedural differences, but the end result would have been EXACTLY the same.

FTFY]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c269 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:32:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130515/11032823096/how-low-can-drones-go.shtml#c269 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c120 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:31:38 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c120 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c115 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:31:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c115 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c114 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:30:34 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130521/06034223155/quack-professor-releases-dumbest-violent-video-game-theory-ever.shtml#c114
Thank

You have finally developed a theory that explains the loons in DC.]]>