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I just learned that every copier built after 2002 has a hard drive that stores a record of every single piece of paper copied on the machine. This means that when the copier is relinquished by a company so that it can be sold as a used machine to another company, all of the information that has been copied by users of the machine at the original company is available as a record to the purchaser of the machine—information like medical records, police reports, etc. Uh-oh. "I just read your post regarding the hard drive on copiers. I work in the data storage industry, and can assure you that the copiers built in 2002 do not have enough storage space to keep an image of every copy made. They may keep a record (which would record dates, times, # of copies, etc.).
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The talk I described in my previous post dealt with a problem at the intersection of federal tax law and state marriage law. Thinking about it, it occurred to me that the problem was in part due to the existence of fossil law—legal rules that once made sense but no longer did. Let me start with a science fictional example. At present, it is a safe assumption that most twelve year olds know less and are less mature than most adults. Given that, it makes sense to base legal rules such as who gets to vote or who is able to sign a binding contract on chronological age—despite the fact that some twelve year olds, such as one who was a baby sitter for our daughter when she was little, are more mature than some adults. The alternative would be considerably more complicated rules, requiring a larger element of discretion by whomever had the job of interpreting them.
The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty
“Beyond [rallying worldwide condemnation], however, the administration’s options are limited. The United States will not seek further sanctions in the United Nations Security Council, this official said, because North Korea is already heavily sanctioned and Washington needs to preserve its political capital with China and Russia to win their backing for future measures against Syria and Iran. The more likely scenario at the United Nations is a weaker statement from the Council president.
Federal Deposit Insurance: A Banking System Built on Sand | The
Warren C. Gibson Federal deposit insurance grew out of a turbulent time in American history: the Great Depression. During two waves of bank failures in the 1930s an astonishing 9,000 banks closed and millions of depositors lost some or all of their savings.
Did Locke Really Justify Limited Government? | The Freeman | Ide
Joseph R. Stromberg John Locke (1632–1704) was a physician, statesman, and political philosopher, filling that last office in a dry, “empirical,” and militantly antipoetic English mode. Locke’s stock has risen and fallen over the years.Cafe Hayek — where orders emerge
Brad Delong asks Paul Krugman to explain the behavior of Milton Friedman’s disciples as the crisis lingers here and gets worse in Europe: I have been trying to understand why those who claim to be Friedman’s intellectual disciples–especially those who hold appointments at the Becker-Friedman Institute–have not been aggressively out there condemning Bush, Bernanke, and Obama for insufficient policy activism. The natural generalization of virtually all of Friedman’s work to the current situation is that the task of the government is to Stabilize the Growth Path of Nominal GDP by Any Means Necessary–which means issuing cash and buying stuff that is not a perfect substitute for cash with it until nominal GDP is on its previous growth path.
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THE PELICAN INSTITUTE is offering up this five-point guide to understanding the Unfunded Accrued Liability, from how it originated and what kind of impact it’s having to national trends and possible solutions. School boards should have the option to explore the possibility of privatizing food services as part of a larger effort aimed at maximizing classroom resources, Sen. Jack Donahue (R-Covington) and business representatives are set to argue this week Are the attorneys and plaintiffs who file lawsuits built around oilfield contamination allegations genuinely concerned about environmental damage? Or, are they instead motivated by a loophole in the law that allows for financial awards to be detached from cleanup efforts?Blogger Mike "Mish" Shedlock posted a fascinating story on his website regarding a situation in San Francisco. In “ Trash Collecting Entrepreneur Squashed In San Francisco ” he cites one of his respondents, known simply as Michael, who relates a story about trash collection. One of the customers of the local trash collection service—a contractor referred to as Joe—got fed up with paying $37 per trash can, per week, for garbage removal. He and his neighbor began to take their own trash for disposal at a local dump, using “Joe’s” truck. Shortly, other neighbors joined their informal garbage disposal network, opting to pay the contractor $10 a week for more service than they were getting from the city union. Soon, after their little business had begun to unexpectedly take off, their competitors decided to call in the big guns.
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Trash Collecting Entrepreneur Squashed In San Francisco
In response to Seattle Trash Collectors Make Average of $109,553 But Want More; 1,600 Apply to Haul Trash if Teamsters Strike I received an Email from Michael about union monopolies in San Francisco. A contractor I know got fed up, canceled his service as did his neighbor. They simply loaded both houses garbage into his truck, took it to the dump and paid the $40 to get rid of it. He charged his friend $10. As a contractor he had to go to the dump all the time anyway.Personal Liberty Digest | Bob Livingston | Bob Livingston Letter
April 12, 2012 SANFORD, Fla. (UPI) — George Zimmerman will plead not guilty to a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of unarmed Miami teen Trayvon Martin, his lawyer said.