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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 3, 2012 -> 12:10 PM) Iamshack, There is a reason. They are trying to prevent contraband from getting into the general population (this ruling is about strip search prior to being introduced into general population.) The problem for the system if the Court rules the other way is as follows. If I am member of a gang, I use the fact that they can not strip search for minor offenses, to get contraband into the jail. I have other cronies come in for stupid things, and they have the contraband. If it is illegal for the Jail to strip search without probable cause, there is a high chance that this contraband can enter the jail, because I know they are unlikely to search. If on the other hand, the Court rules that strip searches are not a per se violation of the 4th amendment, that means there may be a strip search and thus contraband is more difficult. I dont believe the Court specifically ruled on the facts of this case. I do not believe they said that even if the police make grave errors and there is a complete miscarriage of justice, that the Plainitiff cant recover. I believe what they are saying is that any criminal cant sue the jail, just for simply having a strip search and further, the jail doesnt have to prove they had reasonable suspicion. I didnt fully read the brief, because its way to long to not get paid for. I understand that...and I didn't read it either. But what the hell happened from when the guy was arrested to when he was submitted to two strip searches? What were they doing in regards to the supposed fine he did not pay? They really couldn't resolve this issue prior to admitting him into the general population of a prison? I understand your point in regards to contraband, it just seems that for this kind of offender, there should be some other holding area. But then again, I don't really know much about the logistics of the prison system.

I have to say that I agree with SS here...have you ever seen these searches? How incredibly humiliating and intrusive they are? If it is possible for a person who has done absolutely nothing wrong to experience that before an administrative error is detected, than I have to believe something is broken here. There is absolutely no reason why it was necessary for this man to experience this prior to them discovering the error.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 3, 2012 -> 10:13 AM) I'm kinda worried about what these are going to look like. I really don't like some of the college uniforms. Is this just the switch to Nike?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 3, 2012 -> 09:17 AM) I'm sure they have a few more quarters of solid growth ahead of them, but they're reaching a peak, not only in public perception, but in terms of coming out with "must have" upgrades. The iPad2 to the iPad3, for example, featured a major jump in resolution/screen performance...a worthy upgrade. A simple processor bump at this point isn't going to cut it anymore, and the technology as we know it is pushed to it's maximum. You can't bump resolution every year, or you'll drive developers crazy...and adding a slightly better camera isn't going to convince people to shell out hundreds of dollars to upgrade anymore. When the iPhone first arrived, and the few subsequent models that followed, they had an insane upgrade rate...but with the 4 to the 4s, that upgrade rate diminished greatly. What the 4s had was an introduction onto Sprint, and mostly, Verizon, which is what most Verizon users were waiting for, versus buying the 4 which was almost a year old already at the time it came to Verizon...but a lot of people didn't bother upgrading from a 4 to a 4s, and as a person that did, I wouldn't do it again. I basically agree....I do remember, however, that the 3G and the 3S were very minor upgrades as well, and then the 4 came and blew them both away...which is kind of what I was hoping the 5 would do to the 4 and 4S...but you're probably right...those days are probably over for awhile...

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 3, 2012 -> 09:04 AM) I have iWork on my iMacs at home, and yes, it imports/exports them just fine. There are probably some super advanced features of Excel that 0.00000000001% of the world uses or knows exists that iWork won't be able to handle, but I've never seen anything that didn't work. Apple has some info on it here: http://www.apple.com/iwork/compatibility/ Thanks...I work in the utility industry and so we collect data upon data upon data...I never knew an industry could depend so much on Excel spreadsheets... I'd love to be able to ditch my Windows machines almost entirely, if Numbers really does work that well with Excel..

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 3, 2012 -> 09:03 AM) It might...but I see Apple at a crossroads of sorts at this point...the yearly upgrade cycle is over now...people aren't so quick to trade up from older models anymore since it's to the point that their phones/tablets are like PC's now...newer models feature nothing more than minor spec bumps at this point...there isn't much more they can do with their screens/resolutions to make people say wow, I really need that. Now that they are beginning to enter the 'newer model is nothing more than a minor spec bump' era, their sales will begin to peak/slow. I think this is the year Apple will peak in those terms before people simply stop upgrading just to have the newer models that look nearly identical the older models, and don't really do much more. Apple has grown to the point that keeping that growth at the same rate it's at is going to become next to impossible, and in order to truly justify the stock price, their PE ratio has to keep stride...and it won't be able too, eventually. Very good points, but I still think there is a lot of expanding they can do with both the iPhones and the iPads...there are a lot of people that have been unable to purchase iPhones because their carrier did not have rights to it...with all the Sprint customers coming on board, as well as many Verizon users coming on board, my guess is there are still a lot of those appetites to satiate. New iPad sales have been strong, and I think they are still reaching a lot of customers for the first time that are satisfied as to its utility that will finally pull the trigger after sitting on the sideline during the release of the first two iPads. Then you'll start hitting people who bought the first iPad who choose to upgrade into the new iPad, etc... So in summation, I guess I am not sure it is quite over yet. But you are certainly correct that they need to move into some new markets and go back make some major upgrades to some of their other product lines if they wish to keep all this momentum going.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 3, 2012 -> 07:53 AM) I can tell you this, Apple is making great inroads to the corporate market with these...every executive in my company uses them now (Blue Cross Blue Shield). There mere mention of using an Apple product on our corporate network a few years ago was laughable...now it's all they want to use. They just use the Apple version of office, iWork for the iPad...it can read MS documents and write/save into that format, then email or dropbox them to each other quite easily. The thing they REALLY like about it is that we put Apple TV's in all the conference rooms, and they can wireless stream whatever is on their iPad screens to the projector, while remaining mobile (being able to walk around with the iPad)...they REALLY like that, especially because on their end, it requires NO configuration. What is your experience with iWork? We use a ton of Excel spreadsheets...does their spreadsheet program import and export from and to Excel well?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 3, 2012 -> 07:53 AM) I can tell you this, Apple is making great inroads to the corporate market with these...every executive in my company uses them now (Blue Cross Blue Shield). There mere mention of using an Apple product on our corporate network a few years ago was laughable...now it's all they want to use. Yeah, I am seeing more and more users, even though much of the time I am around government or quasi-government employees (not exactly what you'd call "early adopters"). The two markets I see them expanding into within the next 5 years, schools and the corporate market, are going to push that stock price into 4 digits...

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 3, 2012 -> 06:54 AM) It's really nice. I had an iPad2 but rarely, if ever, used it...I basically bought it for reading and watching news, videos, music, etc...because I just don't care for the e-ink Kindle crap, as I want to be able to do more...but I never used it. I traded up to the iPad3 and I actually use it all the time now...the screen is just so crisp and clear that it's no longer a bother on my eyes to read. I'm seeing a real increase of people in meetings using them (usually w/ the case with the integrated keyboard) even though our company purchases Dell laptops for employees. I have one, and I bring my iPad instead of the laptop almost everywhere I go, while the Dell sits underneath my desk and never gets used. I'm sure Apple has studied this extensively, but one would think if they would just strike a deal with Microsoft (who is honestly not much of a threat to them anymore) to preload iPads with an Apple version of Office, they would get a lot more corporate sales...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 3, 2012 -> 07:29 AM) Feds now officially actively involved. That would seem like a pretty "slender reed," as the robes like to write, for which to charge Zimmerman on, at least in light of everything else that has occurred.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 2, 2012 -> 09:22 PM) Does it seem like the refs are trying to let Kansas back in this? They did the same with Louisville. They're only human

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 2, 2012 -> 04:50 PM) Or, perhaps, PERHAPS, I clicked on the thread to see if there was something new since I was sick last week and offline most of the weekend while exploring New York. However, the arguments were just all the same s*** re-typed over and over and over and over. I know I, for one, definitely missed you, Steve.

Well, what comes to my mind is the disconnect between those saying it is completely reasonable and normal to set out on foot and follow a random individual you are suspicious of and those saying you would be frightened if someone set out on foot and followed you around a neighborhood. It can't be both, people. It is either reasonable or it is not reasonable to do what Zimmerman did, and if it was reasonable, what reason would Martin have for being frightened? Let me try to put it another way... Say Martin had been looking to rob someone's house. What position was Zimmerman in to do about it? What good was going to come out of that situation?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 2, 2012 -> 10:05 AM) God forbid I try to remain neutral and see it through Zimmerman's eyes instead of just assuming that he's a dirty, gun-toting racist looking to kill a black kid! Do gated communities have "public" sidewalks? Do you believe that Zimmerman's actions increased the likelihood that an altercation would occur? The issue here is that Zimmerman undertook a course of action that increased the odds of an altercation of some sort occurring. Add to that course of action the fact that he was carrying a loaded weapon, and the degree of potential harm increases. Add to that, the fact that Zimmerman is not a municipal, state, or federal officer, employed in a professional capacity to "serve and protect," and only acting in an unofficial capacity as a neighborhood watch captain (and not wearing any clothing or uniform which would identify him as such) and the odds again increase. Finally, Zimmerman (as far as we know) has no training in self-defense techniques or in diffusing conflict (such as an officer of the law might), and again, the degree of potential harm increases. That all being said, as Jenks has pointed out, there is no law against these actions. Being incredibly stupid or increasing the chances of an unfortunate incident occurring can not always be prevented by legislation. I'm chalking this one up to falling through the cracks, which, as sad as that is, isn't going to be enough to overhaul the entire justice system to legislate against being an incredible idiot. The one good thing is, repeating this sort of idiotic behavior tends to catch up to a person very quickly.

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 2, 2012 -> 09:51 AM) Two things, Zimmerman had no way of knowing that, and it really isn't relevant to my comment. The response was to the comment that it was daylight and a criminal would not be looking for a target during daylight. I countered that someone could be looking for a place to break into, and I should have added, they could be looking for a home where the people are at work and the house unoccupied. Zimmerman was not wrong is believing that Martin could be a criminal looking for a target. That was a possibility. We now know of course that Martin was not. But it is possible that someone walking through a neighborhood could possibly be looking for an opportunity to commit a crime. Arguably even more so in a gated community that doesn't lead "anywhere". It only goes further towards the point that Zimmerman is an idiot for making as many assumptions as he did. This only underlines precisely why armed citizens should not be walking around investigating what they deem to be suspicious characters. The fact that he did could very well be exactly why Martin got frightened and an altercation ensued. If Zimmerman would have just allowed the police to do his job, however, they could have potentially questioned Martin and found out that he was visiting his father's fiancee and that would have been the end of it. The police, while feared for good reason by some, still at least have an aura of official capacity when they approach you, while random individuals do not. That probably played a very large role in why things turned out the way they did here.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 1, 2012 -> 07:40 PM) No amount of coaching offsets 8-23 shooting He has a jump shot, in fact the best 3pt % on the team. He also wont face 7' defenders in the NBA, he will be against guys like Boozer. He will be a good not great player, with skills in the post and in the pick and pop. Thats about it. He also played almost the whole season with plantar facitis. That keeps alot of pros out for the season. The 8-23 shooting is because he wouldn't get them refocused! He allowed them to get passive and scared and just hoist up three-pointers the entire second half while Thomas was in foul trouble and Sullinger was pouting. They allowed Kansas to get any shot they wanted. I saw the same thing when Cinci made their run in the second half of the sweet 16 game, but Craft was able to refocus them against the inferior competition. Not this time. Self challenged his team at the half and they responded. I don't know what Matta told his.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Apr 1, 2012 -> 08:18 PM) Sullinger isn't going to be much of a pro imo, maybe similar to the worn down version of Elton Brand we seen last few seasons. I agree...I think he's going to be a bust...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 1, 2012 -> 03:56 PM) Yes. An unidentified person following me around in a car would freak me out. Especially if I thought I got away and then the person re-found me. That's the kind of thing you tell a 5 year old to run home and hide with mom & dad if it happens to them. It is incredibly aggressive...and then worse if the person gets out of the car. Balta, you can keep unwinding this thing as far as you want and finding fault with Zimmerman's actions. I don't think you're going to find many people who aren't playing devil's advocate that will disagree with you that Zimmerman did some incredibly stupid things that ultimately led to the altercation. Problem is, there aren't many laws against stupidity in this country...and if there were, there wouldn't be anywhere to put all of them. I agree with you in regards to c & c laws, but you know as well as I do that trying to change those laws in the south would be practically impossible. It's going to take a lot more than one dead teenager to affect that kind of change.

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 2, 2012 -> 05:51 AM) If you are going to break in, checking it out in the daytime, when you can see better, is fairly common. Taking a stroll munching on some skittles would be a decent cover. Just like an innocent person would. Except that his dad's fiancee lived in the neighborhood. I know you'll probably say this presented a perfect alibi for him, but one would think if he really wanted to burglarize a home he would do so to one that was not in the gated community in which he would be spending quite a bit of his own time.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 1, 2012 -> 11:37 AM) If nothing else, the extra liability imposed on the state if they bring charges against people is a real hinderence as well. But there's also NO EVIDENCE that says Martin wasn't perfectly within his rights to defend himself as well. Do you understand that no state can bring charges against a person who shoots another person if the shooter claims that it was in self-defense and there is no evidence to refute that? It doesn't matter if there is a duty to retreat or a SYG provision. If no one witnessed it, and the forensic evidence doesn't prove otherwise, there is no law on the books that can convict this guy. Now I'm in agreement with you that Zimmerman is guilty, but he's guilty by common sense unfortunately, which only counts in the court of public opinion. Unfortunately, the police seemed to have done a very poor job investigating this incident.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 1, 2012 -> 09:13 AM) o? Yes, that's exactly what I meant... You're right though, the title needs to be changed to something at least moderately believable.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 31, 2012 -> 03:36 PM) I totally agree that this guy will walk. It's darn near impossible to prosecute anyone under that Florida law if the slightest bit of physical confrontation happened, and the guy's head was at least scratched somewhere. And the fact that this guy will walk is a travesty. It is deserving of the nationwide outrage. Even if he took the shot in self defense because of something the kid did. Why do you continue to post stuff like this? I've refuted this more than once, and Jenks has done it several times. The law isn't the problem here whatsoever. The problem is THERE IS NO EVIDENCE that says Zimmerman wasn't perfectly within his rights to defend himself. They'd have a difficult time convicting this guy in Illinois, without the SYG language. There is simply not enough reliable evidence (as it stands now), to prove that Zimmerman wasn't acting in self-defense, and therefore the Prosecutor has decided not charge him. It has nothing to do with the SYG codification, nor the common law for self defense in Florida, or almost any other state (there may be a few liberal states that do not allow one to use deadly force even in the face of certain and immediate harm or the presence of a forcible felony.)

Boooooo

Matta had plenty of other coaching failures in that second half to focus on, and Sullinger needs to learn to not just quit on his team when the going gets tough...he did it for awhile against Cincinnati and he did it again last night. OSU should have won that game by 15.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Mar 31, 2012 -> 02:11 PM) So puppy will be here a week from today, only about 6 weeks old. I've read some stuff that says they wake up to go in the middle of the night a ton, and they have to go about 30 seconds after waking up. And that this lasts for many months. True? False? It's an elevator ride to get down, so we're considering puppy pads on the balcony for those sorts of "emergencies." Good idea? Bad idea? If she can truly only hold it 30 seconds, there's no way to get outside. I had the same issue...I let him use the balcony and he did fine with it...