The standard runs the other way in the U.S.: the threshold for reasonable suspicion is lower than for probable cause. Reasonable suspicion can be sufficient justification for an investigatory detention, but is not sufficient justification for arrest.
In Japan you are always "arrested on suspicion of." The rationale is that until you are convicted it's just a suspicion, even if you walked into the police station and bludgeoned the desk clerk to death on camera whilst narrating the act on a live stream. The right to remain silent is a whole 'nother story here, as is coercive interrogation, but it's still suspicion until convicted.
One of the guys I served with in Okinawa was "detained" in jail for 30 days, over the course of which he was fed soup made with rice and fish heads. Day 30 they dropped all charges and released him... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_suspicion Reasonable Suspicion cannot be used to make an arrest in the United States. This is not true of other parts of the world. However, just google "arrested on suspicion" and find any number of articles that say "Mr. Jones was arrested on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia". He was probably searched based on suspicion but he was not arrested and charged until the rubber bands, crack pipe, and lighter were found in his pocket. It would be correct to say "Mr. Jones was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia", however, American journalists seem to love the word "suspicion" anytime they need to describe someone getting arrested. It is probably just an American thing and I don't know why but it grinds my gears anytime I see it in print.
There's an artist whom I follow on youtube, quite a creative and talented dude. He shows his works both in progress and finished, so it's interesting to see how he solves some of the technical issues (he does animatronic work mostly). However, it's always just been his hands and the camera, sometimes shots that include his face, but just last week he did an explanation video and... ...he sounds like someone auditioning for a Guy Ritchie film. No "th"s, only "v"s or "f"s, don't you fink, bruvva, innit? I didn't have an expectation of his voice, but this really surprised me.
John Force and I are almost exactly the same age. When I feel up to it, I'll take the Taurus down to the golf course and play nine holes (with cart). Force spends his weekends driving Funny Cars at 330 miles an hour.
Like film posters, book cover design has become so... cliched and ‘nice’. No one, it seems, is brave enough to publish a book with a fresh, unique design. Just look at these from-to examples. I searched various websites to find a book on food, then headed over to amazon to check prices, availability etc, and all the covers are now different, pandering to the masses and playing it safe! From this: To this shit: From: To: And from this: To this vomit stain:
One of our foreign associates keeps sending me measurements in centimeters. I told them I’m an American and need the units to be rods or barleycorns but they won’t listen.
a rod is 503cm although there’s considerable variation depending on whether you subscribe to the West Country rod or the London weighted measure. a Barleycorn is 0.847cm
So, apparently my dating profile got featured or something, because when I looked at the app two days ago I had no likes, but today I have 31! And, of course, not a single one of them looks promising.
What's funny is that I never got anyone promising until I stopped looking. Forgot I had the app. Then, suddenly, while in a heated battle with a Deathclaw on Fallout, a funny notification dings...
When guests try to guilt you into helping them outside of work.... "Well... If we're friends.... Friends help friends, right? You can come over my house and help me with my laptop because we're friends!" ..... How to politely tell an elderly woman "hey, i just met you, and this is crazy.... But lose my number, call Geek Squad maybe?"
Silenced pistol with all pistol and silenced weapon perks maxxed out. One shot kills everything. Not fun but effective.
I am annoyed at the fact that books belonging to series seldom contain 1) the number of the volume clearly marked 2) the complete list of the volumes that belong to the series (with publishing/writing year) in order of reading. sure, there is internet, but that means I have to go and look for the information every time, because every time I will forget the number/order a few minutes later. Looking for that information will not make me look for more information or more invested in the series . . . . I don't get the advantage of not having those
Yeah, you usually have to wait for subsequent printings after all the books have been published and reissued together... when/if that happens.
Sure, babe. And you'll come to my house to cook dinner and clean the kitchen every night because we're pals and I know you love the whole foodie thing. Before Arthur Itis came to live with me, I made part of my living as a dancer. I lost count of the number of friends who were sure I'd be delighted at being offered a chance to perform at their event pro bono. ("It'll be great publicity for you!") Interesting that so many people regard a creative occupation as a personal indulgence rather than a paid gig. Why wouldn't an artist be happy to donate a $1500 painting for a charity auction or a soprano be pleased to sing at a wedding in return for dinner in the kitchen afterward? They're getting to do what they love to do and should be grateful for the opportunity, right?
Back in my musician days, it was pretty common for promoters to be little more than guys who booked a room and then told you to sell tickets or you wouldn’t get paid. Then they’d tell you (after you’d played) that the ticket sales didn’t cover costs. After all of that, there were even some promoters, musicians and fans who would say that any artist should be happy to do stuff for free or they’re a sellout. I’d love to be paid like other businesses, building every cost that goes into being even in the smallest of small time bands into the overall cost of hire. It’s not just the petrol to get there (or bud as I had to) and the drinks you buy at the bar. It’s the months of rehearsal space rental, instrument maintenance and repair, equipment, and overheads when writing the music. Build in the cost of your training, as well as the labour time involved in the whole process…but no. Do it for free and be thankful for the “exposure”.
My husband is a now-retired French horn player who belonged to the musician's union and was paid accordingly by the orchestras and bands he played with. Of course, that didn't stop folks from expecting his French horn ensemble to be happy to play at events without pay, but people seem to regard orchestral musicians on a different scale (ahem) than independents.
Now it's social media whores. I can't tell you how many people try to book parties at a discount (or for free) because they have 4 million followers or whatever. Or the ones who threaten me with bad reviews on their platform if I don't. Bring it on. I have a personal vendetta against Yelp whores. It's amazing I haven't been firebombed yet.
I know this should probably be in the gaming thread, technically speaking, but this is more a rant that anything else. I bought COD: Modern Warfare today for PS4. On the off-chance anyone’s considering doing the same, read this first! I stick the disc in and wait to see how long the install’s going to be. First thing it does is start to install an ‘Add-on’. Can’t remember file size but it’s saying it’ll take approx 2hrs. I busy myself doing other things and come back a couple of hours later to find it now installing the game proper (86GB - approx 4hrs). The estimation is accurate and 4 hrs later it finishes. I go straight to campaign, as that’s all I’m interested in, and the game tells me it can’t start because I’m missing some DLC. It takes me to the PS Store page and offers me the (happily free) ‘Campaign DLC’. I hit install - 10GB (approx 1hr to install). I wait for this to finish, try to launch the campaign again and receive the same message. This time I have to install the ‘Campaign/ Special Ops DLC’ - 26GB (approx 2.5 hrs)! I’ve now given up all hope of starting this game tonight, as bedtime will beckon before it’s finished. I’ve put my PS4 in to sleep mode and am just praying it installs this latest DLC okay. Even then I have zero confidence I’ll be allowed to start the campaign without having to install yet more DLC!
