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Man fined for criticizing govt using science, without a license
Elf:
--- Quote from: Richard Crowley on April 28, 2017, 12:27:57 am ---Mr. Järlström simply didn't do very good research. If he had, he would have discovered that he isn't the first to complain and present evidence about those cameras. Or even the 10th. And possibly not the 100th. People have been complaining, whinging, presenting evidence, timing, publishing, ranting for DECADES about those things. And the government (city and state) steadfastly ignore all petitions from their customers (us citizens). And just for spite they throw the book at anyone they can. Just to get rid of them.
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I have observed this as well, previously having worked in Beaverton. Such an oddball city -- it seems to be owned by Nike in practice, and other than the mega-corporation residents the police department seems to be its main source of revenue. Those red light cameras (either the fixed ones, or that van they always move around) seem make the news almost every year. In a perverse way, I think it does work though. Everyone seems to be so afraid of being robbed by the police that they keep their driving in check.
I am just glad I don't have to go there anymore, besides the bad traffic on US-26 and Barnes/Burnside, and the taxation without representation for WA residents.
CatalinaWOW:
--- Quote from: james_s on April 29, 2017, 04:31:26 pm ---Why on earth would they not let you use a slide rule? Not a whole lot of people left who even know how to use one in the first place.
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The rule against slide rules doesn't call them that. My memory of the wording is that it disallowed any kind of sliding scale calculation device.
Reading between the lines people were probably bringing in a bunch of special purpose slide rules which simplified the test questions too much. Rather than figure out a good wording to allow a slide rule that does math only and then forcing proctors to verify compliance, they just eliminating the whole lot, figuring that it wouldn't hurt much of anyone. I think the same reasons are why they only allow six model numbers of calculators, two each from HP, TI and Casio. Reduces the workload on the proctors.
SL4P:
Here in Australia, in most jurisdictions - I'mnot allowed to replace a power outlet or the plug on a mains cable ---- yet my role in a former job was to design power distribution panels within a national telco's facilities, along with video compression and mux racks...
How does that work?
Monkeh:
--- Quote from: SL4P on April 30, 2017, 07:32:50 pm ---Here in Australia, in most jurisdictions - I'mnot allowed to replace a power outlet or the plug on a mains cable ---- yet my role in a former job was to design power distribution panels within a national telco's facilities, along with video compression and mux racks...
How does that work?
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You're not qualified to operate a screwdriver.
splin:
--- Quote from: Monkeh on April 30, 2017, 08:39:24 pm ---
--- Quote from: SL4P on April 30, 2017, 07:32:50 pm ---Here in Australia, in most jurisdictions - I'mnot allowed to replace a power outlet or the plug on a mains cable ---- yet my role in a former job was to design power distribution panels within a national telco's facilities, along with video compression and mux racks...
How does that work?
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You're not qualified to operate a screwdriver.
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A friend of mine is a Professor of electrical and electronic engineering at a major University; when consulting on power systems at Boeing he wasn't allowed to touch the controls on a scope and had to ask a technician (probably titled Avionics Engineer) to change a setting. :palm:
More of a shop-floor union issue than anything to do with safety of course.
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