Sometimes I think Scott Adams (yes, the Dilbert guy) is just throwing outrageous stuff out there on his blog, to provoke reactions. I can’t tell if this article, on getting rid of cash and making all financial transactions digital, is one of those though, or if he truly believes that it’s possible. It would offer [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Law category.
“I’m Under Arrest for What? Fifty Bizarre U.S. Laws”
To go along with my last entry on weird laws, here are another fifty. Sometimes you have to wonder what universe lawmakers actually come from. Apparently many of these are misinterpretations at the very least, and probably deliberate, but they’re funny anyway. I love a bit from BB’s comments: “Michigan: a slice of the deep [...]
“Laws You Didn’t Know You Were Breaking”
Wow… it’s actually illegal to have an indoor bathtub in Virginia. That could explain a lot. (Disclaimer: I’m allowed to say that because I lived in Virginia for several years, and several of my beloved — and not so beloved — relatives still do.)
“Australian seniors ask Pirate Party for help in accessing right-to-die sites”
This is exactly why organizations like the Pirate Party or Wikileaks need to be kept around — because even if they espouse illegal or semilegal behaviors, or provide a safe haven for whistleblowers to air the proverbial dirty laundry, they act as a check to governments and the corporations that essentially run them. If they [...]
“Identifying People by their Bacteria”
I wonder how long it’ll be before this is featured in a CSI episode? I’m betting they’ll do it next season, probably with an application somewhere between highly implausible and scientifically ridiculous.
“Irate Aussies go after US website”
This is just ludicrous: The [Australian group] insists that the site should follow Australian law because, although the site is hosted in the US, with free speech protection, articles which can be read and downloaded in Australia are considered to have been published in Australia. It doesn’t take a genius to follow this thinking to [...]
“Judge censured for ordering class-action lawyer to take pay in $125,000 worth of gift-cards”
I’m not sure why, I think it’s perfectly fair, myself.
“Gmail Detects and Warns You If Someone Else Is Using Your Account”
Wow… there’s been some debate over whether Google’s response to the whole Chinese hacking episode is just posturing, but more recent news seems to suggest that they’re seriously pissed at the Chinese government. And now comes the news that they’ve added code to show users when an account is accessed from an unexpected geographical area [...]
“Lindsay Lohan sues over “milkaholic” E*Trade ad”
Um… what the f***? I have to agree with the first commenter, “es76grl”: Get over yourself, Lindsay-no one even thought the ad was about you until YOU started saying it was…..I hope you don’t get a dime!! (Via Boing Boing)
“Septic tank truck packed with crap and marijuana”
Sheesh… I wouldn’t want to be a drug dealer these days, if this is what they have to go through to get their product. I wouldn’t want to be one of the policemen who had to dig through the crap to find it either. They don’t make a Bunnysuit strong enough that I’d ever feel [...]