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Post by Kirin no Rei 77 on Mar 25, 2009 14:12:20 GMT -4
I like how Virginia can still give a $1000 dollar speeding ticket if you're considered 'reckless' (15 MPH over the speed limit). They need to revoke that stupid-ass law. Virgina is completely stupid, criminally...at least what I've been learning is stupid as hell.
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Post by InuKun on Mar 25, 2009 23:02:26 GMT -4
Last time I got a speeding charge with a Virginia Uniform summons, it was Null Prosequi as the cop failed to appear in court, as admittedly, I did as well. 68 in a 25 (Active school zone) back in 2000 thanks to Fairfax County motorcycle cops hiding in the bushes who then walked out and blew their whistles at me as I went by.
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Post by Kirin no Rei 77 on Mar 26, 2009 7:08:00 GMT -4
I've never actually gotten a ticket before *knocks on wood* but 68 in a 25? I like you, but you seriously deserved that. That stupid $1000 reckless driving law has only been on the books since 2007, so you spared yourself a good deal of financial pain by getting that ticket when you did. ;D I like how you chose to speed in a school zone, of all places. Hell, why not a hospital? *laughs* I'm surprised they didn't take your license for that though because that's some CRAZY speeding. Don't bitch at the cops for hiding though. Yeah, it's a cheap practice but as much as I like you, I would have been pissed, had I seen you do that and get away with it. My car doesn't go that fast...it's a Buick.
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Post by InuKun on Mar 26, 2009 11:05:50 GMT -4
Like I said, it was dismissed by the court. And if you count that and the rest of the speeding tickets I've gotten, it totals 2. Why? I guess you can say that it was a wake up call of sorts. The other was for doing 41 in a 40 since the cop was getting bored. And irony was that 3 days after I got stopped, the DOT raised the speed limit to 45.
But again, as I said, it was a wake up call. Though the only reason it was an active school zone is because no one had turned the timer off given it was the Christmas holiday and no kids were in school. But that's not an excuse, and I don't offer it as one.
One recommendation to both Teva and Kirin as you both plan to go into Law Enforcement. If you are using a hand-held radar unit, do not aim it out of boredom or anything else at an airplane. Your department will be mad at you for forcing them to recalibrate it since it's not designed for getting an actual reply.
Typically when the gun is fired at a vehicle, it sends a doppler signal which bounces back at a different pitch based on speed. The gun then receives the new signal and calibrates to a speed. The problem is that if you do it to an aircraft, the aircraft's transponder will send an identity signal back to the gun instead of the reflected wave the gun is expecting, telling the gun the altitude of the aircraft and the squawk code given to that aircraft for ATC's identification. This in turn results in messing up the calibration of the gun.
It's like seeing someone for the first time and saying hi to them in English, expecting them to answer hi back, only to hear them reply in a language completely unfamiliar to you.
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Post by raekuul on Mar 29, 2009 22:22:06 GMT -4
As long as we're geeking out, try my sig again. The second link is for anyone who doesn't have a program to run it.
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Post by InuKun on Mar 31, 2009 11:34:04 GMT -4
Playing Christmas songs already in the stores. ^^
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Post by AnimatedEvey47 on Apr 1, 2009 21:52:32 GMT -4
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Typing random stuff is fun!
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Post by newageretrohippie on Apr 1, 2009 22:32:26 GMT -4
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Post by laffinizluv on Apr 24, 2009 16:01:33 GMT -4
My fucking head hurts...
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Post by AnimatedEvey47 on Apr 24, 2009 17:33:28 GMT -4
Graduation is fast apporaching!!!! YAY!!! And I have a three day weekend!!!
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Post by Kirin no Rei 77 on Apr 25, 2009 7:10:05 GMT -4
If I had more of a butt, my sciatic nerve wouldn't bother me so much when I had to sit and drive for long periods of time.
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Post by InuKun on Apr 29, 2009 11:59:40 GMT -4
I wonder if what they talk about in anime regarding bust size and how to help it grow, is true.
On a more serious note, I am still bored.
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Post by Kirin no Rei 77 on Apr 29, 2009 12:57:07 GMT -4
Well, it seems to me that as anime comes out, the knockers DO seem to keep growing. You have Dirty Pair to thank for that...they got that ball rolling. 0_0
I'm not bored, just tired. I was up most of the night because of that damn game. :/
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Post by AnimatedEvey47 on May 2, 2009 17:37:31 GMT -4
I need a white dress....how is a white dress so hard to find? And I'm not talking about a wedding dress, a simple white dress for my graduation...Why does my graduation gown have to be white?!?!
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Post by supergub on Aug 23, 2009 2:39:29 GMT -4
In high school, the cake is a lie.
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