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Old 01-05-2014, 04:23 AM   #23431
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This will rather sooner than later go f*d up (as in unlucky falling or brittle health of the victim) having the idiots responsible for it facing a process because of manslaughter.
Will certainly make the game unpopular.
Well, the single incident (reported by the news) involving an elderly black man and some white thugs has been pulled up by the Justice Department to be tried as "a hate crime," but none of the other instances have any investigation really, as far as I know. The myriad videos that are uploaded to YT with young urban youths attacking city dwellers, both male and female, do not seem to have engendered any prosecution whatsoever.

I suspect that what will happen is that as this "catches on" in other cities, one of the thugs will get shot and killed, if they stalk the wrong person or are in a city that has an armed populace. Being tried for manslaughter certainly hasn't seemed to make a dent in that type of mindset. Being shot dead might. The cities in which this is currently popular don't allow their lawful citizens to carry guns, (NY, Chicago, Detroit), so the thugs are quite free about attacking people on busy streets.

Quite bluntly, I don't see what else police, who are by definition and function, reactive, can do about it. After all, they're not standing there. We've reached a point in history where being famous on YT for whacking an elderly man in the head is Warhol's 15 minutes of fame. If the cult of celebrity is producing this type of youth, similar to the bank robbers and other thugs of the late 19th century, then I assume that the populace will resort to what they did then: fix it themselves.

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Old 01-09-2014, 12:13 PM   #23432
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There are some smells that just set me off. Burnt electronics is one of those things. We have an electro technical store and this morning a customer came by to ask if his fried dimmer was repairable, which it wasn't so he decided to leave it with us so we can bring it to the recycling centre. Normally that smell makes me cough until I "quarantine" the offending gadget in a plastic bag. But today it also set off a sneezing fit. I discovered that a sneezing fit and a coughing fit don't go well together and will result in a very impressive nose bleed and a very raw and sore throat!
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Old 01-09-2014, 12:40 PM   #23433
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Old 01-09-2014, 02:21 PM   #23434
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Old 01-09-2014, 07:41 PM   #23435
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I suspect that what will happen is that as this "catches on" in other cities, one of the thugs will get shot and killed, if they stalk the wrong person or are in a city that has an armed populace. Being tried for manslaughter certainly hasn't seemed to make a dent in that type of mindset. Being shot dead might. The cities in which this is currently popular don't allow their lawful citizens to carry guns, (NY, Chicago, Detroit), so the thugs are quite free about attacking people on busy streets.

Oh, I'm sure it will catch on in cities that allow people to carry firearms, once someone who knocks a person out from behind discovers he also got a free gun out of the deal.
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Old 01-10-2014, 01:32 AM   #23436
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Oh, I'm sure it will catch on in cities that allow people to carry firearms, once someone who knocks a person out from behind discovers he also got a free gun out of the deal.
Sure, if the thug assumes that on these crowded streets (which is where this is happening) are full of unarmed passers-by. In most cities that have concealed carry as a regular part of the culture, that's not the case, and the passers-by are part of the solution.

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Old 01-11-2014, 02:06 PM   #23437
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Old 01-11-2014, 02:25 PM   #23438
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due to the nature of my business, I can't go several days without a phone unfortunately. I can hear the alerts for texts and emails coming in, but it still won't turn on. I guess there is a trip to the verizon store this afternoon *sigh*
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due to the nature of my business, I can't go several days without a phone unfortunately. I can hear the alerts for texts and emails coming in, but it still won't turn on. I guess there is a trip to the verizon store this afternoon *sigh*

Have you taken it apart? Removed battery and card to help it all dry out.
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Have you taken it apart? Removed battery and card to help it all dry out.
it's one of the newer droids and the battery can't be removed. went into the verizon store yesterday, it is under warranty but I won't get it until tomorrow. it's still in a bowl of rice though. the alarm went off this morning and I couldn't turn it off. it now resides in the front hall powder room. *sigh*
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Old 01-13-2014, 07:33 PM   #23445
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I fix phones for a living - have to say sadly that if water has gone in to the internals and if the battery wasn't removed, then the likelyhood of survival is essentially zero due to the corrosion. I get a lot of iPhones in where people have 'riced' them for a couple of days, but it's just too late.

The suggestion of the silica-gel is the better option, even crystal kitty litter can work.

The truly preferred option is that the phone gets stripped down, cleaned and dried in an appropriate kiln... or for Australian residents, just leaving it outside for half a day .

The bulk of the damage is done due to the presence of the battery.
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