Pentagon file on Steve Jobs reveals 1975 arrest over speeding ticket

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  • Reply 41 of 47
    jj.yuan wrote: »
    Only $50 for a speeding ticket in 1975 in CA? This is a bargain. It would cost at least $200 today, I believe. Maybe we make 4 times as much?

     

    You could also buy a new Porsche for $20,000. And a Datsun 240Z for about $5000.
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  • Reply 42 of 47
    lilgto64lilgto64 Posts: 1,147member


    Isn't there a difference between being in police custody and bing under arrest? 


     


    Also - in my opinion - there is a huge difference between being held as a result of a bench warranty for failure to pay a parking ticket compared to say oh I dunno, a murder charge, or selling drugs outside the school yard. 


     
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  • Reply 43 of 47
    jeffdmjeffdm Posts: 12,954member
    jj.yuan wrote: »
    Only $50 for a speeding ticket in 1975 in CA? This is a bargain. It would cost at least $200 today, I believe. Maybe we make 4 times as much?

    That's actually not tracking inflation.

    "What cost $50 in 1973 would cost $242.58 in 2010." http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi

    I backdated 2 years on the lead-in because 2011 and 2012 numbers aren't in this calculator.

    A different calculator:

    $50 in 1975 has the same buying power as: $213.83 in 2012

    http://146.142.4.24/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=50&year1=1975&year2=2012
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  • Reply 44 of 47
    voraisvorais Posts: 7member
    About the tickets, as a heads up a 11+ mph over ticket is $225 with another $250 in administrative charges (supposedly to pay the clerks for filing the papers). A speeding ticket in CA is now between $450-$500.

    Back on topic, I agree, this isn't really needed information about Steve Jobs.
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  • Reply 45 of 47
    popnfreshpopnfresh Posts: 139member


    So, did the DoD grant him top secret clearance or not?

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  • Reply 46 of 47


    A pointless article. It is a bit of an eye opener though.


     


    As a citizen of the Republic of Ireland I feel a little disturbed at this invasion of privacy by the state. Making you sign a confessional statement is a little too Orwellian to be real. Its reminiscent of the Spanish Inquisition. Quite scary actually.


     


    Land of the free?

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  • Reply 47 of 47
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by hibernian56 View Post

    As a citizen of the Republic of Ireland I feel a little disturbed at this invasion of privacy by the state. Making you sign a confessional statement is a little too Orwellian to be real. Its reminiscent of the Spanish Inquisition. Quite scary actually.


     


    Land of the free?



     


    If you work in national security, your life is laid bare. Our would you prefer radical pan-nationalists or subversive anti-patriots getting jobs in our most important government departments?

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