Going Through the Garbage 730
frankejames writes "This is a very funny piece on how Portland politicians said it was okay for police to seize a citizen's garbage without a search warrant. But when some reporters swiped their garbage (and reported the contents!) they screamed foul play! Read Portland's top brass said it was OK to swipe your garbage--so we grabbed theirs."
Good Lord! (Score:4, Funny)
Are they being hosted by that "webserver-on-a-gameboy" guy, or what?
Re:Good Lord! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:They have every right (Score:2, Funny)
Dumpster (Score:0, Funny)
GIGO... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:text from site (Score:5, Funny)
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Has to be done (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Here is the article (Score:1, Funny)
Re:They have every right (Score:3, Funny)
Being a seventh grader, on the other hand, seems far more easy to detect.
slashdotted (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Seems to me there is a difference... (Score:4, Funny)
JOhn
Re:Anthro (Score:3, Funny)
really? I've always thought that telling the truth
on those surveys was a bit odd. I mean, what's my
incentive for giving true answers?
Re:Good Lord! (Score:4, Funny)
Ah, the price of being witty on /. :)
Oregon laws (Score:2, Funny)
(yes, it is illegal to get out of your car and fill up).
That and no sales tax, but you get used to it.
Re:I got into a fight with a garbage guy once (Score:5, Funny)
If anyone has tradeshow setup experience you'll be nodding your heads right about now
That's Gotta Hurt (Score:3, Funny)
"Chinese takeout boxes and junk-food wrappers testify to a busy lifestyle with little time to cook. A Post-it note even lays bare someone's arithmetic skills (the addition is solid, but the long division needs work)."
Ouch.
Re:I don't get it (Score:3, Funny)
When there are no ordinary citizens with camcorders around.
Simple solution. (Score:3, Funny)
If you live in Portland just start flushing your garbage down the toilet and shitting in your garbage can.
are you mad or stupid? (Score:2, Funny)
How is that not consistent with
a: "Hey, I brought you a porno mag"
b: "er, thanks"
b throws it in the trash when a leaves
or
a: "son, this is a pornographic magazine and this is what I think of them"
a throws magazine in trash
or
a: "hey, look the printed some writing of mine in Playboy. Bah, I'm going to have to throw it in the trash in case someone finds it and thinks I'm into porno"
a throws magazine in trash
Privacy quote (Score:2, Funny)
simple solution (Score:1, Funny)
Lasso sites? (Score:1, Funny)
"The Lasso vs PHP report shows how Lasso Professional 5 beats PHP," said Bill Doerrfeld, CEO of Blue World. "This white paper will further increase awareness as to the significant performance, ease-of-use, architecture, security and total cost of ownership benefits of using Lasso over competing offerings such as PHP."
Uh, sure it fucking does. Scaled like a fucking champ here.
Re:I know I'm too late to be moderated or seen, bu (Score:4, Funny)
Hypocracy? WTF is that? A ruling class of syringes?
Re:Fraud? (Score:2, Funny)
Let me guess... Ex-Enron?
Re:Anthro (Score:2, Funny)