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fortune has smiled upon... my $156.20 expired plates fine was reduced to zero. The court commissioner had his 20th anniversary, so he brought donuts and reduced points and the fines for people. BING! Now I just have to survive my fucking work day. ah. sad when work makes you more nervous than court.
They say open-source is a threat to our society.
I say proprietary (closed) source is a threat:
"Florida judges are tossing out DUI cases when defendants ask to see the source code for the breathalyzers that busted them -- the manufacturers won't turn over the source, and since the machine's correct operation is critical to establishing the case against the DUIers, the case is dismissed when it can't be produced.
All four of Seminole County's criminal judges have been using a standard that if a DUI defendant asks for a key piece of information about how the machine works - its software source code, for instance - and the state cannot provide it, the breath test is rejected, the Orlando Sentinel reported Wednesday...
Seminole judges have been following the lead of county Judge Donald Marblestone, who in January ruled that although the information may be a trade secret and controlled by a private contractor, defendants are entitled to it."
I say proprietary (closed) source is a threat:
"Florida judges are tossing out DUI cases when defendants ask to see the source code for the breathalyzers that busted them -- the manufacturers won't turn over the source, and since the machine's correct operation is critical to establishing the case against the DUIers, the case is dismissed when it can't be produced.
All four of Seminole County's criminal judges have been using a standard that if a DUI defendant asks for a key piece of information about how the machine works - its software source code, for instance - and the state cannot provide it, the breath test is rejected, the Orlando Sentinel reported Wednesday...
Seminole judges have been following the lead of county Judge Donald Marblestone, who in January ruled that although the information may be a trade secret and controlled by a private contractor, defendants are entitled to it."
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that wisconsin gives you tickets because they care for you, or so the little "folder" that my ticket came in when the officer handed me the citation for expired plates.
yay...
oh well.
court date july 5th. sounds like they might get rid of the fine of 156 bucks if I get the registration ASAP and show the court I did that. Since I've got no other violations (last moving violation was in 1997) recently, I should be on the good side of the system. evil anarchist that i am. :)
yay...
oh well.
court date july 5th. sounds like they might get rid of the fine of 156 bucks if I get the registration ASAP and show the court I did that. Since I've got no other violations (last moving violation was in 1997) recently, I should be on the good side of the system. evil anarchist that i am. :)
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- cops,
- court,
- fine,
- registration,
- vehicle
