Posted on 01/12/2005 11:23:57 AM PST by gubamyster
Stories like this can't help but to soften our resolve to protect privacy. Using the excuse of catching criminals, there is justification for a mandatory GPS device on every vehicle, purse, and wallet in the country. So much for being able to "get away from it all" ...
Nope - that would not have been sufficient to identify the perp. What would have been needed is a review of all GPS data from all snowplows at the approximate time of the incident to determine which truck(s) might have been in the area of the "exposure". It would not have involved a simple contemporaneous phone call - if that were all that was needed, then it would have been unnecesssary, because the snowplow would have been sitting right there when the gendarmes rolled up to the Dunkin Donuts, and they could have bagged the perp without resorting to technical means. Instead, they likely needed to do some searching through a database archive.
Yep. He's a real desperado. Glad he's all locked up now. I'll bet he's just the sort of guy the military had in mind when the proposed the system.
Yep, and when you object they will say "if you aren't doing anything wrong, you shouldn't have any worry who's watching you."
All I could think of was Johnny in the classroom rephrasing an earlier unacceptable comment in a biology class on household insects: "Uh I saw a roach running across the kitchen floor with his c**k out?"
Instead, they likely needed to do some searching through a database archive.It appears that the Highway Department has installed position location devices (this used to be a field that used proprietary position location devices years ago and was expensive) in order to monitor their contractors driving their trucks; it would be safe to assume that each day's driving by each driver is retrievable via GUI-based workstations/PCs by relatively untrained office personnel whose job included verifying that plowing was indeed being performed by their contractor workforce ...
The clerk wasn't impressed by his Long John?
I'd rather not talk about it. Painful memories.... ;-)
Side note: Have you ever shown up to court and your lawyer asks you if you brought your toothbrush? Hmmm... not a good sign.
Side, side note: NO, I have never even had so much as a speeding ticket, I AM NOT A CONVICTED ANYTHING! IT WAS A JOKE!! I PROMISE YOU!!!
Thank goodness.
Well then what's the point of becomin' a snow plow driver if you can't flash the donut girl anymore?
I know I wouldn't be amused. The clerk should have thrown hot coffee all over his short comings.
Ping
You mean like a frightened turtle?
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