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Postby Rolling squid » Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:42 pm

greed and death wrote:
Ashmoria wrote:
greed and death wrote:
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greed and death wrote:I fail to see how this drone is any different then police using a helicopter.

you probably wont be able to hear it.

So if I am deaf evidence from a police helicopter is inadmissible ?

no

but if you hear the helicopter coming youll know to close your curtains.

If privacy is your concern you should keep your curtains closed all the time, as the police can silently walk to looking distance of your window anyways.


But what about a fenced-in backyard? Clearly something not visible to the public, and therefore not available to the police unless they have a warrant.
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Postby Ashmoria » Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:43 pm

Rolling squid wrote:
greed and death wrote:
Ashmoria wrote:
greed and death wrote:
Ashmoria wrote:
greed and death wrote:I fail to see how this drone is any different then police using a helicopter.

you probably wont be able to hear it.

So if I am deaf evidence from a police helicopter is inadmissible ?

no

but if you hear the helicopter coming youll know to close your curtains.

If privacy is your concern you should keep your curtains closed all the time, as the police can silently walk to looking distance of your window anyways.


But what about a fenced-in backyard? Clearly something not visible to the public, and therefore not available to the police unless they have a warrant.

if such a thing requires a warrant now, it will require a warrant for the drone plane too.
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Postby Libertarian Governance » Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:44 pm

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Postby Call to power » Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:44 pm

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Postby Martyrdoom » Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:45 pm

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It's a synth in conjunction with distorted whistling if I recall correctly.

Edit: And police drones should clearly be used to spy on Americans!
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Postby Jingoist Hippostan » Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:33 pm

If you have anything illegal that was visible enough it could be seen through your window from the air, you were gonna get arrested anyway.
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Postby Exilia and Colonies » Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:04 pm

Rolling squid wrote:But what about a fenced-in backyard? Clearly something not visible to the public


Obviously you don't have many weirdos with periscopes where you live
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Postby Gauthier » Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:07 pm

Grave_n_idle wrote:Why are you worried about drones and helicopters? Using the new gene-modification technology, our government has been modifying our sperm since '98, to act as tiny wriggly informants.

That's right. Every time you crack one off, you're setting off an alarm at the FBI, and they get a screen capture of whatever you were spanking it to.

It's rather disturbing how many people masturbate to pictures of Jesus.


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Postby Greed and Death » Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:36 pm

Rolling squid wrote:
greed and death wrote:
Ashmoria wrote:
greed and death wrote:
Ashmoria wrote:
greed and death wrote:I fail to see how this drone is any different then police using a helicopter.

you probably wont be able to hear it.

So if I am deaf evidence from a police helicopter is inadmissible ?

no

but if you hear the helicopter coming youll know to close your curtains.

If privacy is your concern you should keep your curtains closed all the time, as the police can silently walk to looking distance of your window anyways.


But what about a fenced-in backyard? Clearly something not visible to the public, and therefore not available to the police unless they have a warrant.

Police can still do that.
GET on a roof/hill/tree about a mile away and use a telescope.
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Postby Grave_n_idle » Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:48 pm

Gauthier wrote:
Grave_n_idle wrote:Why are you worried about drones and helicopters? Using the new gene-modification technology, our government has been modifying our sperm since '98, to act as tiny wriggly informants.

That's right. Every time you crack one off, you're setting off an alarm at the FBI, and they get a screen capture of whatever you were spanking it to.

It's rather disturbing how many people masturbate to pictures of Jesus.


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Postby SF Penguins » Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:30 pm

Wow your all ok with the police being able to spy on you without a warrant.
Man I'm sure glad we appreciate our right to privacy in this country.

It doesn't matter if you don't have anything to hide or not or if it doesn't effect your life because in reality it does. It is a violation to our right to privacy.

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Postby Saint Clair Island » Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:42 pm

Grave_n_idle wrote:Why are you worried about drones and helicopters? Using the new gene-modification technology, our government has been modifying our sperm since '98, to act as tiny wriggly informants.

That's right. Every time you crack one off, you're setting off an alarm at the FBI, and they get a screen capture of whatever you were spanking it to.

It's rather disturbing how many people masturbate to pictures of Jesus.

In our defense, do you know how hard it is to find 30-something jewish guys who're into being stripped naked, nailed to a cross and then stabbed with a spear, in full view of the public? And they make a hell of a fuss while doing so, too, which always makes my libido just shrivel up. Screaming in pain and begging to be taken down, they'll apologize for whatever they did, they won't even report me to the police? Not anywhere near as sexy as remaining perfectly calm while in mortal pain, turning down drinks of water and mournfully asking the sky philosophical questions in Hebrew.
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Postby Grave_n_idle » Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:55 pm

SF Penguins wrote:Wow your all ok with the police being able to spy on you without a warrant.
Man I'm sure glad we appreciate our right to privacy in this country.

It doesn't matter if you don't have anything to hide or not or if it doesn't effect your life because in reality it does. It is a violation to our right to privacy.


Being able to see you when you're in public view, isn't actually a violation of your right to privacy...
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Postby British Prussia » Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:03 pm

google earth should be used to spy on americans!
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Postby Takaram » Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:04 pm

Grave_n_idle wrote:Why are you worried about drones and helicopters? Using the new gene-modification technology, our government has been modifying our sperm since '98, to act as tiny wriggly informants.

That's right. Every time you crack one off, you're setting off an alarm at the FBI, and they get a screen capture of whatever you were spanking it to.

It's rather disturbing how many people masturbate to pictures of Jesus.


Holy crap, Jesus porn actually does exist. Damn you, rule 34!

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Postby Milks Empire » Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:05 pm

SF Penguins wrote:Wow your all ok with the police being able to spy on you without a warrant.
Man I'm sure glad we appreciate our right to privacy in this country.

It doesn't matter if you don't have anything to hide or not or if it doesn't effect your life because in reality it does. It is a violation to our right to privacy.

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People can see you when you're in public, you know.

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Postby Caninope » Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:38 pm

SF Penguins wrote:Wow your all ok with the police being able to spy on you without a warrant.
Man I'm sure glad we appreciate our right to privacy in this country.

It doesn't matter if you don't have anything to hide or not or if it doesn't effect your life because in reality it does. It is a violation to our right to privacy.


There is no Constitutional Right To privacy except on your own property. Minute you step off, boom.
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Postby Cameroi » Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:47 pm

cameroi uses unarmed drones to observe our borders, but we don't try to turn anyone back unless they're armed and/or all wearing the same uniforms.

i don't give a dam about being "spied" on.
(how else can i expect to be protected from being beaten over the head?)

what i DO care about (and object to)
is the arbitrary arrests of law abiding journalists and activists.

no amount of "patriotic" pap is going to make THAT sound like a "free country" to me.
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Postby Sel Appa » Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:19 pm

Automagfreek wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tHk9Q3Fv6g

Yet another erosion of our civil liberties, thanks to our growing police state.

At least the media is telling us.
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