Random newsy bits

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California Assembly Bill 1200 would change California's motorcycle helmet law to allow riders aged 18 and over to choose to ride without a helmet.  Assemblyman John Longville (D-San Bernardino) of California has introduced an amendment to the bill which would make those who choose to ride helmetless automatic organ donors if killed in a crash.

Personally, I don't have too much of an ethical problem with this, as if they receive head injuries in a crash they'll expect medical treatment for their injuries.  You don't want to be an organ donor, wear a frelling helmet.

What's your call?

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Product placement: "Now he says, 'Mom, you named me after a box!' I say, 'Yeah, but it's a good, strong name.' "  Is it just me, or do some of these parents need a good LARTing?  I can't help but wonder how long it'll be before the first lawsuit from Disney for brand dilution.

The Blue Light: Dell and HP have lined up behind the Blu-Ray blue-laser DVD standard, joining Hitachi, LG Electronics, Philips Electronics, Sony and Thomson.  However, the DVD Forum, an alliance of some 220 DVD companies including electronics and media firms, supports the rival technology from Toshiba and NEC.  Well, maybe we'll end up with only two competing blue-laser DVD standards, instead of five for red-laser DVDs... the deciding factor may turn out to be which format Hollywood goes with, as they're expected to support only one.

Small potatoes: And you thought "disk spud" was just geek slang...

Comments

You know me, free will it is

[ariyanakylstram.livejournal.com]

I wore a seat belt when I didn't have to, I wear helmets and will continue to.

*AND* I'm an organ donor. Except for my brain, which goes to Parkinson's research if they want it (being genetically linked to 2 confirmed Parkinson's cases)

So yeah. Sure. If you're old enough to vote, you can vote with your body parts as far as I'm concerned, but if you're terminal, they should just take what they can and toss the rest into the bag for later movement into a coffin/incinerator.

But then again, once I'm done with my body, if my heart or liver or something could save a life, so be it! At least then if they had to scrape part of me up off the pavement I'd be able to pay them back by saving someone else's life.

Of course, I would add 1 little thing. Because People Are Stupid (tm), I'd like to somehow make sure people who opt out of helmets are Very Very Aware of what they are choosing.

Otherwise, I'm gonna go ballistic when some squid's mom starts crying in court about how her son/daughter didn't know.