That's good to hear.

One reason that so many people dislike attorneys is that even if you need one, it means that you are in a bad situation at the time.

This will tell you everything you need to know: http://www.ipdb.org/gottlieb_cease.html

Best time to like and have a lawyer if you ask me.

Edit: Allegedly

One came in pretty handy for me once.

That, and they cost lots of money.

Justice is always for sale to the highest bidder

Its America!

Work, earn, save & buy your way out of almost anything!

I cant believe how cheap integrity is to diffuse.

If I get a ticket for speeding & offer the cop $250 to let me go its bribery. If I go to court & give the county $250 its like it never happened lol.

Same seems true for a bajillion other offenses, ask Wall Street!

Depending on the state you're speeding in and the state you reside in; paying the COuNty could result in a driving record entry meaning it is better to pay the bribe if your insurance rates will go too high.

Some states do not report back to your home state. They simply are generating revenue & profits; Read: Ohio and Pennsylvania. However, Pennsylvania has a pact with Maryland where they do recipricate driving records. PA does not with other states for some reason nor does Ohio. I *may* have some experience with the speeding enforcement divisions inthes states. I'll never forget when the Ohio Trooper was standing in the middle of the freeway as I crested a hill motioning me to pull over; When he came up to my car he said: "91 in a 55 by aircraft". All I did was pay my fine (on the spot, Visa and MC accepted) and there was no entry on my driving record.

Not necessarily. Depending on the type of case, you might not have to pay a dime up front as they will take the case on a Contingency Fee basis. You don't prevail in the suit, you don't pay.

Then I'm glad I've found a good lawyer, if I should ever need one.

Where is Stern editor thread?

I can't find it & want an ACDC with Highway to Hell swapped out with something else.

I actually have been defended by an actual literal lawyer.

ahhh... so that's why there's no gottlieb manuals up there

Not just code. The also own all their artwork and sound files.

Lawyers can't erase bad facts. They can try to limit the exposure, but no amount of money will get you out of a bad case. Money will pretty much never buy you a sure thing.

The cost of doing business is unfortunate. Lawyers these days are built for high dollar problems. Unless you've got $5000 to $10,000 minimum in controversy it's usually not worth the expense (unless you've got an attorney's fee provision in your contract, other argument for fees, and a defendant with deep pockets). A lawyer can't even really afford to put maximum effort into a case unless 10s or 100s of thousands of dollars are at stake, or serious crimial reprocussions.

For something like a speeding ticket, it's insane to hire a lawyer. If you want to try to get out of something like that, show up in court and ask about taking a defensive driving course in instead of the conviction. Community service can sometimes work too. The worst case scenario is that you pay a fine, which is less than the cost of a lawyer. If its going to make your insurance go banannas or something, then it could be worth the expense, but that can be a close call as well.

TigerLaw spends so much time on here, he is either perpetrating or really suck at what he does.

I know that his football team sucks. Roll Tide!

That's the best lawyer joke I have heard in a long time. I fell out of my chair laughing.

Most of the lawyers here are probably at least as good as this guy.

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Everyone on the internet is a lawyer, not just pinside. You didnt know?

IANAFDBL

F'enDirtBag

j/k..

really, I am one.

I don't know much, but I know this: NuCore requires both RFM and SWE1 ROMs. Now you would just think, no problem, they are on pinball.com (aka Planetary Pinball). But those are just patches to the masked EPROMs inside the P2k prism card. You need those ROMs to even get started. It's apparent that NuCore had a deal with WMS/IPB/TPF to supply the ROMs via a redirect from the NuCore site to Pinball.com.

NuCore was dependent on the full ROM package being available to work. We don't know why NuCore was made to stop making kits, but it happened about the same time that Planetary Pinball took over the WMS rights from TPF. Coincidence or whatever it appears the events are related but I'm just guessing. For all we know IPB could have pulled out.

Pinbox stirred the pot. I think if NuCore gets produced again, it will sell. If it takes a long time to sell, people with dark machines will be desparate enough to search out the less than legal alternative.

My opinions are my own. My facts can be documented.

Al

What do you call a bus full of lawyers going off a cliff with one empty seat? A dam shame.

Off with your head.

Didn't you get the ONLY set of pictures AND the negatives in the settlement? You're good!

Most lawyers are probably only any good because of guys like this. In this case its Perry's private dick Paul Drake. Circling back to the lesbian joke - I guess Perry was good because he dealt with at least one dick. But if it weren't for dicks (profession kind, not anatomical), expert witnesses, etc, lawyers would be somewhat limited in their abilities.

This goes for pretty much everything in government. What's the latest medical medical you can think of, insulin? The FDA is worse, bringing in the pocket of pharma no new miracle drugs will ever be released. There probably is a cure for cancer, but we'll never know because the government would lose too much money on the deal.

Innovation is stiffled today, except for where it doesn't really benefit mankind, like the space program or cars. While interesting, it is of no benefit for us today.

Most lawyers are probably only any good because of guys like this. In this case its Perry's private dick Paul Drake

That's what I get for trying to be funny while all liquored up. I got the wrong dick.

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I'm not a lawyer but if I were...

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You don't need a criminal lawyer, you need a criminal lawyer.
(Breaking Bad)

You could sue to get the tuition back~

I agree.

I refuse to become a member of this "clan". I hail from the "clan of the cave bear". th-13.jpeg

Am I a Lawyer? No. But Common sense says you don't sell or freely distribute someone else's software or other copyrighted / patented / licensed products without permission.

Common sense goes a long way. Too bad so many people don't have any of it. Post something with common sense and people think you are an attorney!

I am happy and fortunate to say I am not!!

My cousin vinny maybe? Great movie if he can pull it off we can all be lawyers show me your house then ill belieive your a lawyer. They usually have big house with nothing in them because there to busywith work they usually won't have kids or wifes or husbands no time for that.

I have several good lawyer friends, but here goes anyway.

Did you know that you can get pregnant from an*l sex? Yes. That's where attorneys come from.

All of 5 seconds typing "nucore torrent" in google pulls up easy access to a cracked version with all the appropriate roms.

Pinbox got heat for something that was already out there.

Did gambit get fired from pinside for being a lawyer??? I think I missed something here over night

People think I'm an attorney? Is that why they would call me names?

Old men that hold the licenses and their egos....

Not just that. In Williams case at least. They have gaming interests they must protect.

You can't pick and choose on what to protect or not. It's all or none.

LTG : )

My kind of Lawyer! LoL

In defense of NuCore, they wanted to keep this a legitimate solution and wanted to work within the legal rules. To make it work, they had to disassemble the original OS and the software and that is a copyright violation whether you include the ROMs or not. They did the right thing and really couldn't have done it any other way if they wanted to actually sell it. MAME is totally different in that it's not for sale.