In the category "activist judges can be dipshits", the Belgian equivalent of the Supreme Court has ruled that all speeding tickets where the drivers wasn't personally stopped by police officers and interrogated are invalid, since checking their license plate to find a name is an illegal intrusion of privacy by the police.

Yeah, that's going to be a smart precedent.
 
In the category "activist judges can be dipshits", the Belgian equivalent of the Supreme Court has ruled that all speeding tickets where the drivers wasn't personally stopped by police officers and interrogated are invalid, since checking their license plate to find a name is an illegal intrusion of privacy by the police.

Yeah, that's going to be a smart precedent.
Interesting! The privacy laws are much stronger there than the US. I suspect, then, that people wearing google glass and other such devices that automatically identify license plates or faces and bring up information about them may also be considered invasions of privacy.
 
Interesting! The privacy laws are much stronger there than the US. I suspect, then, that people wearing google glass and other such devices that automatically identify license plates or faces and bring up information about them may also be considered invasions of privacy.

The fuzz is here, hide the phonebook!
 

GasBandit

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It's a brave new world, and I don't need no human beans no more - I can go full Krieger.

Well, soon as I learn Japanese, anyway.

 
Interesting! The privacy laws are much stronger there than the US. I suspect, then, that people wearing google glass and other such devices that automatically identify license plates or faces and bring up information about them may also be considered invasions of privacy.
I don't see how, if that information is readily accessible to someone doing a google search.

Also, checking for a name on a license plate by a government entity after a violation of said government's laws is not a violation of privacy - it's an investigation of a crime. I should hope that ridiculous ruling is overturned.
 
I don't see how, if that information is readily accessible to someone doing a google search.

Also, checking for a name on a license plate by a government entity after a violation of said government's laws is not a violation of privacy - it's an investigation of a crime. I should hope that ridiculous ruling is overturned.
The issue is they used a database made by the Department for Motor vehicles...which they themselves gave most of the info to, but they never properly filed to request access to said database. The information what license plate belongs to whom isn't publicly available.
 
The issue is they used a database made by the Department for Motor vehicles...which they themselves gave most of the info to, but they never properly filed to request access to said database. The information what license plate belongs to whom isn't publicly available.
Ah, fair enough. Yeah, lack of proper channels would definitely invalidate any investigation here, too.

Put further checks on hold until the proper request access has been filed. Then, business as usual.
 

GasBandit

Staff member
And here it is the 12th and the revenue for the 1st is still absent. Hrmmmm...
Well, they finally (quietly) posted the revenue for 12/1... and it's less than 10% of what it was before the day disappeared. This is what I'm talking about. I don't know if the previous amount was a mistake it took them 15 days to correct, or if the previous amount was accurate and they just wanted time for me to forget about it before they slipped in a new number that looks more "in line" with my usual numbers. There's no way to tell.
 
checking for a name on a license plate by a government entity after a violation of said government's laws is not a violation of privacy - it's an investigation of a crime. I should hope that ridiculous ruling is overturned.
The contention isn't really about looking for someone who has committed a crime, it is instead about the bulk retention of data for all the scanned plates that are NOT part of any ongoing investigation, i.e., "domestic surveillance."

--Patrick
 
15, assuming two appearing together is double normal and not one to the power of the other or something else entirely.

Why you're an asshole? Presumably because you didn't buy cat food but decided to let Squidley get eaten?
 
15, assuming two appearing together is double normal and not one to the power of the other or something else entirely.

Why you're an asshole? Presumably because you didn't buy cat food but decided to let Squidley get eaten?
Yes. You can interpret it as fry to the fry equals 2. Which would clearly not be solved easily.

Relevsnt XKCD is the one abut the GRY riddle where he kills the guy for poor communication does not equal a clever riddle.
 
25? I am too insomniac to think about food math any more. And what does multiply fries with drink mean anyways. How does that work in real life.
 
25.

d + d + d = 30
3d = 30
d = 10

d + b + b = 20
10 + 2b = 20
2b = 10
b = 5

b + f + f = 9
5 + 2f = 9
2f = 4
f =2

b + f x d = n
5 + 2 x 10 = n
5 + 20 = n
25 = n
 
25.

d + d + d = 30
3d = 30
d = 10

d + b + b = 20
10 + 2b = 20
2b = 10
b = 5

b + f + f = 9
5 + 2f = 9
2f = 4
f =2

b + f x d = n
5 + 2 x 10 = n
5 + 20 = n
25 = n
Close. The last fry symbol is a single fry, or 1/2f, or 1

This ambiguity is exactly why we don't use fast food for math problems
 
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