Dave [07.19.05 05:15 PM]

This is unbelievable. No traffic court is going to allow you to boot up a laptop.

  Rich Gibson [07.19.05 06:51 PM]

There is the easy joy of seeing someone get off, but beyond that it is great that a basic question of fact can be researched and resolved in court so quickly.

I don't mind (that much) when people fundamentally disagree with me about how things should be, or about their core principles, but it is just galling to have disputes over things that do have a 'right' and a 'wrong' answer become significant.

  Ross Stapleton-Gray [07.19.05 10:12 PM]

I think it's a measure of "computers as magic"... I'm sure many a court case has been won because the victorious side had sexier graphics.

And my first thought was that it'd be really cool to have an accomplice outside the courtroom who could edit maps on the fly, and feed them to a customized browser that made the information displayed appear to be authentic Google Maps... "Yeah, the 101 is one way between San Rafael and Sausalito... see? Google Maps sez so!"