--- Log opened Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 2015 00:06 -!- sandcrawler [~sandcrawl@71-91-227-62.static.stls.mo.charter.com] has joined #se2600 00:08 -!- sandcrawler [~sandcrawl@71-91-227-62.static.stls.mo.charter.com] has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 01:11 < Healix> /away 01:11 < Healix> my bad 01:16 -!- klixa [~klixa@unaffiliated/klixa] has quit [Quit: zzz] 02:09 <@Dagmar> Psi-Jack: You're going to be a little disappointed. Still, they have their uses 02:31 -!- sasquatc4 [~sasquatc4@2601:282:780:5959:5527:e46:726b:40cb] has quit [Read error: Connection reset by peer] 02:31 -!- sasquatc4 [~sasquatc4@2601:282:780:5959:5527:e46:726b:40cb] has joined #se2600 02:31 -!- mode/#se2600 [+o sasquatc4] by ChanServ 02:49 < RangerZ1> aestetix: yes, it depends on the state 02:49 < RangerZ1> and each 'nation'... no fucking clue 02:49 < RangerZ1> but I think it is a dozen for ohio 02:50 < RangerZ1> TN, probably 1000 02:50 < RangerZ1> "Ohh... I'm so sorry, your auto worker plant only has 980 employees, if you want to sue for back wages, you need to sue yourself" 02:59 < RangerZ1> aestetix: http://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/what-is-the-minimum-number-of-people-required-to-f-1384690.html apparently 'class action' is actually federal, and 2nd answer cites cases, etc. (I remember being told "a dozen at minimum" by a lawyer family friend when I was thinking of seeing if I could sue some local place) 02:59 < RangerZ1> he might have been over-simplifying it for me (I was only 16 at the time) 04:38 <@Dagmar> They only have to convince a judge there would be at least a dozen plaintiffs, _if_ they were looking for them yet 04:39 <@Dagmar> Part of the problem with class action suits is that a law firm can sue on behalf of a class of affected individuals who would otherwise probably not give a fuck 04:40 <@Dagmar> ....and in those cases, the individuals generally never see any money anyway 04:42 <@Dagmar> There's a degree to which companies will get themselves into a class-action lawsuit so they can basically... pay some money to a law firm as a "penalty". 04:43 <@Dagmar> In exchange, that law firm makes a show of distributing a very small sum of money to all those they feel could reasonably claim to have been harmed, and no one else can sue 04:44 <@Dagmar> ...which is so fantastically one-sided it's disgusting. 05:58 < RangerZ1> yeah 05:58 < RangerZ1> but the 'alternative' is even worse 05:59 < RangerZ1> 'arbitration' is meant to be a 'cheaper' way for class-action lawsuits 05:59 < RangerZ1> however, it is rigged even more than class-action suits 06:00 < RangerZ1> I've actually been listening to some interesting podcasts covering that topic 06:00 < RangerZ1> the banks and the big retail lobbyists worked to make arbitration be 'alright' for -people- and not just 'companies' 06:01 < RangerZ1> originally it was for 'companies of equal footing' to have a way to save money on legal fees. 06:02 < RangerZ1> but AT&T, Comcast, etc not having their corporate charter dissolved over even -thinking- about saying that -we- as individuals are as -powerful- as those companies is a fucking joke 06:03 < RangerZ1> but almost -all- contracts include forced arbitration now 07:22 -!- rattle [~rattle@tor/regular/rattle] has quit [Ping timeout: 272 seconds] 07:32 -!- rattle [~rattle@tor/regular/rattle] has joined #se2600 07:32 -!- mode/#se2600 [+o rattle] by ChanServ 07:53 -!- rattle [~rattle@tor/regular/rattle] has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 10:59 < aestetix> http://dailysignal.com/2015/11/13/vanderbilt-professor-facing-protests-tells-students-to-grow-up 11:44 -!- dfused [~dfused@2400:8901::f03c:91ff:fe67:eb38] has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 11:45 -!- strages [sid11297@gateway/web/irccloud.com/x-kvvzgmqgjepfytkz] has quit [Ping timeout: 240 seconds] 11:48 -!- strages [sid11297@gateway/web/irccloud.com/x-sgbpmvpeufaxdtvx] has joined #se2600 11:50 -!- dfused [~dfused@2400:8901::f03c:91ff:fe67:eb38] has joined #se2600 11:54 < _NSAKEY> RangerZ1: That's a good point. Essentially every car dealer in the country does arbitration now. 13:14 < aestetix> Hmmm. Is there anything that smells good that comes out of the human body? 13:18 <@brimstone> aestetix: i think that's by design 13:35 <@NotLarry> aestetix: "the university where she teachers" *sigh* 14:19 < _NSAKEY> aestetix: You need this. http://www.smh.com.au/national/phuc-dat-bich-the-australian-man-with-a-name-so-awkward-no-one-believes-him-20151120-gl4egu.html 14:19 <@NotLarry> I've been home about an hour wearing new glasses and no one has noticed :| 16:38 -!- spaceB0x [~sam@c-50-132-246-165.hsd1.tn.comcast.net] has joined #se2600 16:56 -!- spaceB0x [~sam@c-50-132-246-165.hsd1.tn.comcast.net] has quit [Quit: Leaving] 17:48 <@Dagmar> NotLarry: It's possible they're just hoping you'll notice on your own. ;) 17:58 <@Dagmar> Wow. 17:59 <@Dagmar> Channel 5 knows how to keep it classy 17:59 <@Dagmar> http://www.newschannel5.com/news/local-news/black-friday-store-hours 18:22 <@Dagmar> Not teh Onion: http://www.duffelblog.com/2015/11/army-divorce-stripper-marriages/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Duffel%20Blog&utm_content=Army%20To%20Lower%20Divorce%20Rates%20By%20Training%20Soldiers%20Not%20To%20Marry%20Strippers 19:04 < _NSAKEY> duffelblog is satire. 19:17 <@oddball> http://www.duffelblog.com/2015/03/op-ed-i-sexually-identify-as-an-a-10-thunderbolt/ 19:27 < dfused> jesus fuck i gotta sto pdrinking shochu when I go to japan... 20:12 -!- robogoat [~robogoat@c-24-126-240-124.hsd1.ga.comcast.net] has quit [Ping timeout: 260 seconds] 20:15 -!- robogoat [~robogoat@c-24-126-240-124.hsd1.ga.comcast.net] has joined #se2600 20:53 <@Dagmar> dfused: What's the problem? It's just sake. 20:53 <@Dagmar> You're drinking WINE like a WOMAN 20:54 < dfused> start slamming Chu Hi drinks a few hour later, they all suddenly catch up. and shochu is not realy sake 20:55 < dfused> not only cause fermented vs distilled but also cause of all the wonderful things that shochu is typically mde from ...i.e. sweet potatoes (which is typically the type that does me in).... actually I'm beginning to think I have som ealergic reaction to it...but fuck it 20:58 < dfused> but I will admit that in volume to volume , whiskey like bufallo trace would really knock your ass down faster. ... I think the biggest issue is that chuhis sneak up you and you suddenly get hit with it all at once... 20:59 < dfused> BUT...... I've been up for over a day thanks to my travel back home and I'ma gonna pass da hell out now. 21:39 -!- ShadowHn1r [fortran@SDF.ORG] has quit [Ping timeout: 264 seconds] 21:40 -!- ShadowHntr [fortran@SDF.ORG] has joined #se2600 21:41 -!- ShadowHntr is now known as Guest75490 21:45 -!- Netsplit *.net <-> *.split quits: Healix, RangerZ1, eryc_, robogoat, Neoteric, @Feltenix, ladymerlin 21:50 -!- aestetix_ [~aestetix@phalse.2600.com] has joined #se2600 21:52 -!- aestetix [~aestetix@phalse.2600.com] has quit [Ping timeout: 250 seconds] 21:52 -!- frsilent [~frsilent@unaffiliated/frsilent] has quit [Ping timeout: 250 seconds] 21:56 -!- Netsplit over, joins: robogoat, ladymerlin, Healix, RangerZ1, @Feltenix, eryc_ 22:00 -!- frsilent [~frsilent@198.91.88.88] has joined #se2600 22:00 -!- frsilent [~frsilent@198.91.88.88] has quit [Changing host] 22:00 -!- frsilent [~frsilent@unaffiliated/frsilent] has joined #se2600 --- Log closed Sat Nov 21 23:13:34 2015 --- Log opened Sat Nov 21 23:13:43 2015 23:13 -!- Evilpig [~wilpig@96.80.184.101] has joined #se2600 23:13 -!- Irssi: #se2600: Total of 40 nicks [18 ops, 0 halfops, 0 voices, 22 normal] 23:13 -!- mode/#se2600 [+o Evilpig] by ChanServ 23:13 -!- Irssi: Join to #se2600 was synced in 13 secs 23:14 -!- Shadow404- [~shadow404@96.80.184.101] has joined #se2600 23:50 -!- klixa [~klixa@unaffiliated/klixa] has joined #se2600 23:51 -!- mode/#se2600 [+o klixa] by ChanServ 23:55 -!- sync350 [~sync@c-24-99-250-250.hsd1.ga.comcast.net] has joined #se2600 23:55 -!- mode/#se2600 [+o sync350] by ChanServ --- Log closed Sun Nov 22 00:00:02 2015