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Termyn8or -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 7:20:21 AM)
FR Mods, it is obvious that if ANYTHING belongs in the humor section, truly this is it ! And the OP now owes me a whole new computer because one of mine is now covered with puke. That's right, I laughed so hard........ It was a kickass 386, but it had sentimental value, it was given to me by some guy, I don't even remember his name. Now they owe me a quad core with RAID and at least a 768MB vidcard so I can drown myself in video games and avoid the fate of that poor helpless.............. Hey 0 dictionary people, a little help here ? T^T T^T

GreedyTop -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 7:22:32 AM)
related: I thought this article was interesting: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110121/ap_on_re_us/us_fea_lifestyles_distracted_pedestrians

servantforuse -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 9:22:40 AM)
Another you-tube star with an extensive crimal record. About the lawsuit..Nevermind....

RapierFugue -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 9:42:51 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GreedyTop related: I thought this article was interesting: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110121/ap_on_re_us/us_fea_lifestyles_distracted_pedestrians Ignoring the glaring grammatical error (“the fewer” FFS – it’s “the least” in that context. And he works for AP?) that article makes a good point. Although, being fair, many people seem to be a menace with just an umbrella, never mind an umbrella and a Smartphone. I got into a massive street argument last year when, in rain, I was making my way up Oxford Street, only to have to raise my hand to defend against some idiot woman’s sharp-spiked umbrella going into my eye. The jog caused her glasses to fall and she started blaming me(!). There then followed a few seconds of me being polite and, when that fell flat, me having a bit of an improvised rant on the subject of idiots who don’t look where they're going or expect everyone else to throw themselves into the road to avoid their huge golf umbrella’s spikes.

rulemylife -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 12:50:41 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: tazzygirl ~FR In a public place, what privacy are we expecting? How have we come to the point where we expect to be constantly watched?

LadyConstanze -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 12:57:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: rulemylife quote: ORIGINAL: tazzygirl ~FR In a public place, what privacy are we expecting? How have we come to the point where we expect to be constantly watched? Shoplifters, pick pockets, robberies, drug dealers... Do I need to go on?

rulemylife -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 1:09:51 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze quote: ORIGINAL: rulemylif [sm=biggrin.gif] The funniest part about that video is that it is true. Sometimes I go to Wal-Mart just for the entertainment. Are you a masochist? You think?

rulemylife -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 1:13:15 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze quote: ORIGINAL: rulemylife quote: ORIGINAL: tazzygirl ~FR In a public place, what privacy are we expecting? How have we come to the point where we expect to be constantly watched? Shoplifters, pick pockets, robberies, drug dealers... Do I need to go on? And where does it stop? We can all be perfectly crime free. We have the technology, but how much of your privacy are you willing to give up for that?

rulemylife -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 1:20:10 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GreedyTop related: I thought this article was interesting: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110121/ap_on_re_us/us_fea_lifestyles_distracted_pedestrians I have never quite figured out texting. You have a phone in your hand and can call and speak to someone directly, yet people prefer to send messages.

LadyConstanze -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 1:26:39 PM)
To be honest, I rather have CCTV in a mall than paying A LOT more for the items because shops put the loss they make from shoplifters on the prices, so each honest customer pays for it, also I rather be seen by a CCTV than be robbed or raped in "privacy" - nobody forces me to go into malls and it is a legal requirement that they have signs up telling you that they use surveillance - you see the signs you avoid the places... In my home I am not supervised, if I go and drive anywhere, take a train, bus or a plane, I know I am on cam, throwing a paddy about it isn't going to help. I take my privacy quite seriously, for most supermarket purchases I pay in cash, refuse to be part of their "bonus programs" because I hate to have my shopping tracked, etc. I grudgingly use my Oyster card in London, but it's another way of tracking every step we make, let's face it, we don't have all that much privacy left and most people give it up freely by sharing wayyyy too much info about themselves on sites like Facebook, etc. and think it's great to post up pictures of themselves, so that potential employers can google them, duh....

RapierFugue -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 1:30:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze To be honest, I rather have CCTV in a mall than paying A LOT more for the items because shops put the loss they make from shoplifters on the prices, so each honest customer pays for it, also I rather be seen by a CCTV than be robbed or raped in "privacy" - nobody forces me to go into malls and it is a legal requirement that they have signs up telling you that they use surveillance - you see the signs you avoid the places... The thing is, it doesn't work very well. When only a few places had them, it was a deterrent. Now though, crime levels in monitored areas are returning to close to their pre-CCTV levels. And you already pay for it - the cost of the systems is passed on to retailers through higher ground rents, and they then pass that on to you.

FullCircle -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 1:34:58 PM)
CCTV is also the name of the Chinese nationalised TV service. Is this just a coincidence I ask?

LadyConstanze -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 1:39:41 PM)
But without CCTV in shops, I think the shop lifting would be a lot worse... Or they would have to hire more detectives, which would increase costs again, a guy can watch several screens, shop detectives in a shop can only be in one place at a time to try and stop theft What I found interesting was a study I read about CCTV in urban areas, in the watched areas the crime went down, though the criminals are usually smart enough to use the dead angles or beat their victims up in places where there are no cameras...

RapierFugue -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 1:43:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze But without CCTV in shops, I think the shop lifting would be a lot worse... Or they would have to hire more detectives, which would increase costs again, a guy can watch several screens, shop detectives in a shop can only be in one place at a time to try and stop theft What I found interesting was a study I read about CCTV in urban areas, in the watched areas the crime went down, though the criminals are usually smart enough to use the dead angles or beat their victims up in places where there are no cameras... As I've just told you, the "benefits" were pretty short lived, and wearing off these days. To maintain their deterrent functionality, they need to be continually upgraded, additional security patrols added, more personnel on the ground, effectively private armies, etc. Please tell me you're capable of working out where it's all leading. “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety”

LadyConstanze -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 1:49:46 PM)
What great ideas do you have then? No security in shops and just hope the shop lifters don't take too much? Please tell me you are capable of giving a working solution - scratch that, I remember previous arguments...

RapierFugue -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 1:54:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze What great ideas do you have then? No security in shops and just hope the shop lifters don't take too much? Please tell me you are capable of giving a working solution - scratch that, I remember previous arguments... Standard security measures, including security personnel, tagging of garments and items, indeed all the things that retailers are doing. Most of the really big-money "shoplifters" don't shoplift as such either; they tend instead to use cloned credit cards to buy things "legally". CCTV is, mostly, a waste of money, outside of certain specific situations. Catching shoplifters isn't one of them. I wouldn't expect you to know that though ... I remember previous arguments...

LadyConstanze -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 2:02:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RapierFugue quote: ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze What great ideas do you have then? No security in shops and just hope the shop lifters don't take too much? Please tell me you are capable of giving a working solution - scratch that, I remember previous arguments... Standard security measures, including security personnel, tagging of garments and items, indeed all the things that retailers are doing. Most of the really big-money "shoplifters" don't shoplift as such either; they tend instead to use cloned credit cards to buy things "legally". CCTV is, mostly, a waste of money, outside of certain specific situations. Catching shoplifters isn't one of them. I wouldn't expect you to know that though ... I remember previous arguments... It would seem to me that CCTV is part of that as well, but nevermind. Good thing that I never expected logic from somebody who proclaims that the NHS is fine and whoever doesn't like it should fuck off... Look, I saw your little rant about how hard it is for a guy of 40 to be single again especially if he didn't expect it and all, and how you have to cope with meeting women who aren't what you imagined them to be, you're possibly feeling a bit frustrated, if it helps, I will cut an onion, squeeze a tear out and pretend that I feel your pain. Better now?

HK47 -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 2:09:38 PM)
Idiotic human behavior, morphing into yet another frivolous lawsuit. Add them together and you have the dream of easy money, and that's the only reason the texter has stepped into the glare of the medias cameras. She chose to walk and text. She also made the choice to identify herself. How on earth does she think that meets the threshold of any legal action?

RapierFugue -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 2:10:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LadyConstanze Good thing that I never expected logic from somebody who proclaims that the NHS is fine and whoever doesn't like it should fuck off... Look, I saw your little rant about how hard it is for a guy of 40 to be single again especially if he didn't expect it and all, and how you have to cope with meeting women who aren't what you imagined them to be, you're possibly feeling a bit frustrated, if it helps, I will cut an onion, squeeze a tear out and pretend that I feel your pain. Better now? chortle I didn't say either of those things, but then you know that. But cheers for confirming in public what a deeply unpleasant individual you are :) I'm used it by now though; you always do that when you've had your knee-jerk, ill-informed, Daily Mail rants shown up for what they are.

RapierFugue -> RE: Inadvertent viral-video star may sue mall (1/21/2011 2:14:51 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: HK47 How on earth does she think that meets the threshold of any legal action? Well she doesn't, but I dare say her lawyer does. Or, at least, he can smell either profit, publicity, or both. She strikes me, from what I've read about the charges against her, as a bit of a "frequent flyer" to the world of the law, and not from the good side of it either.

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