Why recording police is neccesary for liberty

[Sava]

double fisting four at a time

nom nom nom

[The Mad Monk]

I currently have a short story out on submission...

Anywho, the point of NaNoWriMo, for me, is to practice a very specific writing skill: the skill of conquering the white page. (I practice other writing skills in other months.)

Edit: Additionally, plenty of writers will tell you that writing novels and writing short stories are very different skills. Some will even tell you that writing a short story is harder than writing a novel. So one is not necessarily a substitute for another, unless all you're trying to do is learn how to write good prose.

What is this novel writing month you speak of?

[Guynemer]

NaNoWriMo = National Novel Writing Month, aka November.

[The Mad Monk]

This is an organized thing?

[MRT144]

I thought NaNoWriMo was some kind of awful Nintendo character.

[Sava]

that's pikachu's dealer

[Guynemer]

This is an organized thing?

**** if I know. I've never tried to write so much as a creative sentence, let alone a novel. I think it is "organized" on roughly the same level as "Shark Week" or "Secretary's Day". A bunch of people just said this is National Novel Writing Month, and it serves as a challenge/motivator for those interested.

[Wiglaf]

What I heard from a deputy at my shooting range is that they considered strapping cameras to all of their officers' vests but the problem has to do with evidence chain of custody; if they wanted to use it in a case, they'd have to follow evidence rules or something for all of the recordings which would be a huge hassle.

FWIW said deputy was in favor of strapping cameras to all of the county's cops because of the fact that they could deflect a lot of bogus complaints with them.

Why would chain of custody be an issue? It wouldn't be unless someone said the video was doctored or not representative in some way. This isn't drug or dna evidence, it's not like anyone is claiming the video is tainted.

[Guynemer]

Why would chain of custody be an issue? It wouldn't be unless someone said the video was doctored or not representative in some way. This isn't drug or dna evidence, it's not like anyone is claiming the video is tainted.

THEY PHOTOSHOPPED IT

LOOK AT TEH PIXELS

[Sava]

**** yeah, first thing I would say as a defendant is photoshop.

[Lorizael]

This is an organized thing?

Yes. There are about 300,000 participants this year. Maryland alone has produced 35 million words. I get together at Panera a couple nights a week to write with my NaNo writing buddies.

[Guynemer]

Yes, NaNo get-togethers are definitely a thing. Galnemer has been attending one weekly this month.

[MRT144]

Yes. There are about 300,000 participants this year. Maryland alone has produced 35 million words. I get together at Panera a couple nights a week to write with my NaNo writing buddies.

Writers of yore would find their creativity at the bottom of a rum bottle. Today you find it at the bottom of a cup of soup.

[The Mad Monk]

Cup of coffee. The real driver of the Enlightenment.

[Donegeal]

We have one department (City of Whitewater) who has put video/audio equipment on all of their officers. I don't know any of the details about their policies about it. I think it's something like any time they leave their car they are susposed to turn it on, or any time they are having a citizen contact (so they don't have to turn on their camera to go to the bathroom). They have been doing it for about a year and I'm sure we'll hear shortly about what the effectiveness of those cameras have been.