PC Repair In Texas Now Requires a PI License 729
JohnnyNapalm writes "In some shocking news out of Texas, PC repair will now require a PI License. Surely this stands to have a substantial impact on small repair shops around the state if upheld. Never fear, however, as the first counter-suit has already been filed."
On the bright side... (Score:1, Funny)
I read it as (Score:5, Funny)
"PC Repair in Texas now requires a pi license"
Want to fix PCs? Recite the first 100 decimal places of pi.
Re:I read it as (Score:4, Funny)
Want to fix PCs? Recite the first 100 decimal places of pi.
Given a lot of the people that repair PCs, it would probably be easier for them to get a P.I. license.
Re:ho boy.... (Score:1, Funny)
Next week on Slashdot ... (Score:1, Funny)
Texas computer users thrilled by new law
A new Texas law that requires PC repairmen to hold a PI license has computer users giggling in glee. One user, Guy Pern told PCMag, "finally, I don't have to worry about those blundering fools deleting the thousands of photos of my children when they format my computer to reinstall Windows XP."
FBI agent Brute Farce was disappointed though. After arresting Guy Pern he commented to a PCMag reporter, "I guess it makes our job easier because we can just arrest these pervs when they pick up their computers. But I kinda miss the days of breaking down theirs doors and watching them masturbate in their computer chairs."
User License (Score:4, Funny)
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>...but do I expect my local PC tech guy to have investigative training? ...
It's so that they can carry a gun before telling you: "I reformatted your harddrive, you have a backup, don't you?"
Re:Slaughterhouse Cases (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, it would have been a good idea to get started in 2002.
Your government hasn't given up on the idea that any worker with access to your privacy should inform them of your activities.
Join the Citizen Corps [smh.com.au]. Protect your country from terrorism now!
Re:Slaughterhouse Cases (Score:1, Funny)
To make AOL work again, you don't want a Private Investigator. You want a Miracle Worker.
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Ever hear the expression "Never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes"?
Yes, that way if he gets angry with you he's a mile away, and barefoot.
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Your government hasn't given up on the idea that any worker with access to your privacy should inform them of your activities.
Join the Citizen Corps [smh.com.au]. Protect your country from terrorism now!
.au? That's not my country.
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I would argue that firing a gun is much more likely to produce evidence against someone than repairing a computer will, but you don't need any kind of license for that in Texas.
Time to amend the constitution then? The citizen's rights to....reinstall Windows shall not be infringed?
It was a wet and smoky night... (Score:3, Funny)
It was a wet and smoky night, the kind of night that made my teeth itch. I tipped back my fedora as I polished off that last bottle of Crown Royal that had been mocking me from the bottom desk drawer all day, when Gwendolyn Smalls sashayed through my door, dragging her HP Presario - with a look that would make a small baby cry...
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