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Correct! Most Creationists cannot tell the difference between:
* The Theory of Evolution - Origin of the species
* The Big Bang Theory - Origin of all matter in the universe (and the variety of elements)
* Abiogenesis - Origin of Life

Why? They don't really have anything meaningful to say about any of the above, what they have is fear. They fear their children learning too much about one field of science, just enough to start questioning their religious indoctrination. This simply leads to more unanswerable or uncomfortable questions about their Faith and can ultimately lead them to realize that taking a book written in the Iron Age as literal truth is BS and who knows what else they were taught is BS!

So apparently to many Creationists the 9th commandment (not bearing false witness) does not apply if it's used to keep sheep in the flock. And yes, I've been lied by enough religious folks and clergy to realize it's not a small scale issue.

For fun, go to reddit and check out the /r/ex(somefaith) subreddits (click on "Top" and select links from "all time" to get a good feel). Tons of stories of kids and adults learning science and coming to the eventual realization that their parents/church were lying to them. Some to get you started are:
People coming out from different faiths
Ex-Catholics
Ex-Jehova's Witnessess (excellent read)
Ex-Mormons
Ex-Muslims

Second time I've seen that link in this same article. I am absolutely sick of seeing it - there's a *few* errors in it. For example:

Operators are very fragile in the parser; foo()[0] and foo()->method() are both syntax errors. The former is allegedly fixed in PHP 5.4, but I can’t find mention of a fix for the latter.

The latter doesn't need a fix because it always worked. Honestly, how hard is it to test that foo()->method() works?

Objects compare as greater than anything else except other objects, which they are neither less than nor greater than.

Strict-equals on objects compares the references; but regular equals compares the contents of the objects. Two objects compare equal if the contain exactly the same fields and values. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

• is always addition, and . is always concatenation.

This is a good thing; JavaScript gets this wrong.

There is no way to declare a variable. Variables that don’t exist are created with a null value when first used.

Variables that don't exist issue a notice. You can deal with that just like any other error.

Global variables need a global declaration before they can be used.

Actually there is also the $GLOBALS array for this. I'll agree that's not much a solution. Globals should just not be used; if you want to use static class variables, it's a much better choice with a sane syntax.

there’s no pass-by-object identity like in Python.

I'm not sure if I understand this but all objects are passed-by-reference in PHP (since 5) and PHP references act appropriately when used as function parameters, etc.

A reference can be taken to a key that doesn’t exist within an undefined variable (which becomes an array). Using a non-existent array normally issues a notice, but this does not.

An attempt to use the reference will result in a notice but isset() and empty() operate it on it correctly.

Constants are defined by a function call taking a string; before that, they don’t exist.

You can declare constants in classes and namespaces with the const keyword.

There’s an (array) operator for casting to array. Given that PHP has no other structure type, I don’t know why this exists.

You can cast scalars to single element arrays and objects to arrays with the same structure. Both are actually very useful.

include() and friends are basically C’s #include: they dump another source file into yours. There is no module system, even for PHP code.

PHP is interpreted -- namespaces and autoloaders are PHP's module system.

Appending to an array is done with $foo[] = $bar

This is a good thing.

empty($var) is so extremely not-a-function that anything but a variable,

Empty is equivalent to the not operator but will also work on undefined variables -- that's why it requires a variable.

There’s redundant syntax for blocks: if (...): ... endif;, etc.

Useful inside of templates where matching { } is much more difficult.

PHP’s one unique operator is @ (actually borrowed from DOS), which silences errors.

Sometimes you don't care if a function succeeds; like with the unlink() function which will raise an error if the file you're trying to delete doesn't exist.

PHP errors don’t provide stack traces.

Just a few errrors in the article:

Operators are very fragile in the parser; foo()[0] and foo()->method() are both syntax errors. The former is allegedly fixed in PHP 5.4, but I can’t find mention of a fix for the latter.

The latter doesn't need a fix because it always worked. Honestly, how hard is it to test that foo()->method() works?

Objects compare as greater than anything else except other objects, which they are neither less than nor greater than.

Strict-equals on objects compares the references; but regular equals compares the contents of the objects. Two objects compare equal if the contain exactly the same fields and values. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

• is always addition, and . is always concatenation.

This is a good thing; JavaScript gets this wrong.

There is no way to declare a variable. Variables that don’t exist are created with a null value when first used.

Variables that don't exist issue a notice. You can deal with that just like any other error.

Global variables need a global declaration before they can be used.

Actually there is also the $GLOBALS array for this. I'll agree that's not much a solution. Globals should just not be used; if you want to use static class variables, it's a much better choice with a sane syntax.

there’s no pass-by-object identity like in Python.

I'm not sure if I understand this but all objects are passed-by-reference in PHP (since 5) and PHP references act appropriately when used as function parameters, etc.

A reference can be taken to a key that doesn’t exist within an undefined variable (which becomes an array). Using a non-existent array normally issues a notice, but this does not.

An attempt to use the reference will result in a notice but isset() and empty() operate it on it correctly.

Constants are defined by a function call taking a string; before that, they don’t exist.

You can declare constants in classes and namespaces with the const keyword.

There’s an (array) operator for casting to array. Given that PHP has no other structure type, I don’t know why this exists.

You can cast scalars to single element arrays and objects to arrays with the same structure. Both are actually very useful.

include() and friends are basically C’s #include: they dump another source file into yours. There is no module system, even for PHP code.

PHP is interpreted -- namespaces and autoloaders are PHP's module system.

Appending to an array is done with $foo[] = $bar

This is a good thing.

empty($var) is so extremely not-a-function that anything but a variable,

Empty is equivalent to the not operator but will also work on undefined variables -- that's why it requires a variable.

There’s redundant syntax for blocks: if (...): ... endif;, etc.

Useful inside of templates where matching { } is much more difficult.

PHP’s one unique operator is @ (actually borrowed from DOS), which silences errors.

Sometimes you don't care if a functi

Reddit has consumed 4chan.

http://www.reddit.com/r/4chan

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http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/sgs8t/can_this_work_as_a_math_proof_that_god_does_not/

You see, creation and infinity are two incompatible concepts. Either something is infinite, and nothing more can be added to it, or it is not, and something can be added to it.

Is this "proof" a parody?

No, science can easily disprove God. Here is the proof:

http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/sgs8t/can_this_work_as_a_math_proof_that_god_does_not/

You see, creation and infinity are two incompatible concepts. Either something is infinite, and nothing more can be added to it, or it is not, and something can be added to it.

I'd reserve your hosannas until this kid's magic formula gets published, along with a formal statement of the problem.

the formula has already been published, here: https://www.jugend-forscht.de/images/1MAT_67_download.jpg
(photo of the formula taken on May 18th)

article source:
https://www.jugend-forscht.de/index.php/projectsearch/detail/6038.4568
and
http://www.jufo-dresden.de/projekt/teilnehmer/matheinfo/m1

i can't find the full paper yet though, but on reddit some users claim that the formula works in Maple
e.g.
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/u7551/teen_solves_newtons_300yearold_riddle_an/c4szejb

where f is constant on the path the particle makes in the space of velocities:
f:=(g^2 /(2*u^2 ) + a*(g/2)*(v*sqrt(u^2 +v^2 )/(u^2 ) + arcsinh(v/u)));

Since we're linking to comments from Reddit: people also found out that this solution was known since at least 1860, and was published in a modern journal in as recently as 1977.

It's great that a 16 year old discovered this, and it could have been a cute (but not as flashy) story. But the reporter didn't even bother to talk to someone familiar with the field.

Since we're linking to comments from Reddit: people also found out that this solution was known since at least 1860, and was published in a modern journal in as recently as 1977.

It's great that a 16 year old discovered this, and it could have been a cute (but not as flashy) story. But the reporter didn't even bother to talk to someone familiar with the field.

From the article, a quote from the boy's father (an engineer who personally taught his son calculus):
"He never discussed his project with me before it was finished and the mathematics he used are far beyond my reach,"

Far beyond his reach? Anyone who has taken a basic calculus course should have the background to follow the nicely reverse-engineered proof featured here on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/u7551/teen_solves_newtons_300yearold_riddle_an/c4t03fl

Seriously, go ahead and try it. Use an integral table for the last step if you have to. The math background of an engineer (multiple courses in calculus and differential equations) should be adequate. I know we don't have the original proof yet, but, given the simple elegance of the above solution, I'll bet it's very similar. Just saying.

Not in this case though.
People re-engineered the solution and found the way he solved it - and it checks out -
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/u7551/teen_solves_newtons_300yearold_riddle_an/c4t03fl

So, this is real.

I was pretty disappointed that Slashdot wouldn't find the equation for this. I ended up finding it on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/u7551/teen_solves_newtons_300yearold_riddle_an/c4sxd91

Here's a post where someone determined what the original equations were and verified Ray's answer (in the picture of him holding a solution) in Maple:

http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/u7551/teen_solves_newtons_300yearold_riddle_an/c4szejb

I was thinking that maybe it was one of the AMAs featuring a real live sociopath. The timeline doesn't fit, but the being labeled a troll part does: this one here seemed to lie in almost every answer he gave. In particular, he claimed that he tried very hard not to act like a typical sociopath, and that he considered all the implications of any given action, but then claimed that he'd never bother to help out any of his "friends", keeping them around only for his own amusement. He admitted to lying habitually for no reason. I would believe that he was in fact a sociopath (or at least narcissistic), but wouldn't believe a word he said beyond that.

So maybe he's that guy.

did involve a lack of proper proof? Because that subreddit, after being burned plenty of times, explicitly encourages demands of proof or else, downvoting the thread to prevent hoaxes.

You must provide proof of your identity in the body of your post when you submit your IAmA

        If your identity is absolutely confidential, you may message proof to the mods

        If your post is suspected fake and you do not verify proof, it may be subject to removal

This is apparently the post you're referring to.
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/fqck0/iama_person_with_alexithymia/

It seems to be more complex than just being called a liar for one post.

And I see an alarming rate of exxageration in many things you post:

I posted (by request) some truths - was quickly lynched by several thousand users, branded a liar and a troll and forced out of the community.

(444|108) = 336 votes Top Comment.

The liar and troll part doesn't seem to come exclusively from that post but from a series of posts in australian subreddits in addition to that last iama.

And anyone with a healthy dose of skepticism would react adversely to everything you say in the end:

Where I am now

        Pretty much friendless and for ever alone, and no prospect of that changing

        Pretty much penniless, as my previous attempts at creativity failed costing me money.

        I spend 99% of my week in a room where I work, sleep, eat and play WoW sometimes (mostly solo because of the condition).

        Looking at a future which has no hope of getting better, and trying to stave off suicidal thoughts long enough to maybe win the lotto and enable my creativity to flourish again.

Feel free to ask questions, but remember - because I imprint - I respond in kind, I can't help that. In advance I appreciate your comments, even if it seems that I might not.

What I'm trying to say is. Regardless of the veracity of your statements. You have the burden of proof.

Ingredients are 1/5'th of the battle. The reality is as I've mentioned to the guy above, the vast majority of fat people are food ADDICTED - this is habits which they need to break, serious habits.

Skinny people simply don't understand, a smoker might understand or alcoholic - and many may ridicule me (or others) for pushing the food addiction theory but as someone who experiences it, I can clarify it's quite real.
A smoker, drinker, heroin user, coke user - all these people when they finally quit their addiction it's over - for food addicts, they must eat for the rest of their life, it sits with them forever.

I do appreciate your post, but to clarify my stance, I'm 34 - I have fluctuated between 70 and 115kgs 6 or 7 times over the past 20 years. I can lose weight incredibly easy when I put my mind to it but it's an ongoing battle which I have to fight day in and day out and relenting off course is a disaster due to the addictive nature of my eating. I believe this is why many, many dieters fail. It's not (all) about nutrition help or excercise or even the health benefits of being skinnier or eating better, it's simply about making someone not want to gorge themselves, often by addressing other issues.
Every meal is a battle to keep on course, it's amazing how miserable, how difficult it is to order a meal out at a resteraunt when on a diet. You have to make a conscious, sensible choice about what to eat and then eat carefully in front of others. It sounds so trivial probably to skinny people but you're stressing before the meal, then stressing when the meal arrives. It's difficult to even EAT the damned meal, even if you chose wisely, it's easy to go into "zombie eating" mode, the addiction takes over as you shovel the food quickly - I suspect we're probably very ugly people to watch eating, not just due to appearance but the style in which we eat, so compulsive and uncivilised. Finally it's difficult after the meal, you're either sitting there feeling TERRIBLY guilty because you ate too much or you're not feeling satiated because over 50% of your life, your idea of a decent meal is to be gorged to the point of being physically uncomfortable (yet we do it again and again)

To finish my point, here is a massive post I made on reddit, a self depreciating and honest post covering more of the topic of being fat and what it's like, near 10,000 chars,........
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/sd9pf/what_is_it_like_being_a_fat_person/c4dosfp

Long story short, thank you for the information - people need all the help they can get - I've learnt a lot in the last 2 years about food, nutrition and excercise and did nothing for 18 months of that, ultimately you HAVE to want to do it for yourself.

the internet makes hiding the truth WAY harder, bro: http://www.reddit.com/r/RonPaulCensored/

you morons aren't actually assuming that a radio button has anything to do with an actual radio are you? that would be just sad

Great, then "read and weep" works doubly in this case: http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/tfmb4/til_why_radio_buttons_are_called_radio_buttons/

It most certainly did, though I was just a guy on the ground. Bucca was a "temporary" solution that became too permanent for its own good - it was oringinally a UK POW camp set up for the invasion that was slated to be closed until the Abu Ghraib fiasco. For most of these facilities, the prisoners weren't legally prisoners but detainees that were being held until they could be sent to the Iraqi civilian courts for trial or simply released based on intelligence. By '07 most detainees' families were actually receiving stipends from the US government for lost income. A shitty situation to be in, nonetheless.

Most of the "bum city" pictures you see were from when the camp was re-opened around '05. By the time I arrived in '07 there were permanent structures in my compound - big caravans (sheds) with industrial-sized air conditioning. During Ramadan a few of our detainees were upset that we moved known insurgents to another compound...so they burned down their caravans (rubber bullets, tear gas and LRAD definitely did not stop them from pulling that off). They loved doing this when we would re-build the caravans after a big riot...but that time around, we decided that maybe they wanted tents after all.

There is no evidence Twitter themselves were "hacked".
This is likely the password file from a spambot c&c network.

All* the twitter accounts shown follow the same naming and password rules. This is not typical of how a random selection of users would set up their account.
In addition all/most of these accounts are or were suspended (typically this is for spam).

* I may have missed one, but given several others point out the same...

Ref: Reddit: 55.000+ Twitter usernames and passwords leaked

All, Please invest in my kick starter project to determine when the kick starter bubble will burst. There is no timeline and no deliverables. Budget is $10 million. First 100 people to invest get an autographed copy of the report. Thanks.

Sadly, projects like this already exists in kickstarter. Exhibit A: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/ribwt/step_1_get_money_from_kickstarter_step_2_abandon/

Too bad there's really no way to give feedback. I wish kickstarter would work more similar to a traditional VC. You receive rounds of funding based on performance goals and deliverables instead of a lump sum to spend on whatever you want.

Reminde me of this: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/lchhd/ban_programmers_not_functions_about_memcpy_s/

I live in Japan and can tell you that the nuclear industry is just a giant accident waiting to happen. For years they have been covering up accidents and cutting corners on design, general safety and maintenance.

Here is my comment from Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/t6q9g/japans_last_reactor_to_shut_down_leaving_country/c4k4g2x

Its 1AM so I won't write much, but the way the foreign press is spinning this whole thing is disgusting.

Reposted from OSS-Security: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/18

Hi,

I guess most of you have heard of this one already, yet it should be in here as well. The original issue was tracked as CERT VU#520827, CVE-2012-1823. PHP 5.4.2 and 5.3.12 were released with an incomplete fix, and apparently CVE-2012-2311 refers to that incomplete fix issue.

http://www.php-security.net/archives/11-Mitigation-for-CVE-2012-1823-CVE-2012-2311.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520827
http://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/t3pr8/how_serious_is_this/
http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/t4lxw/phpcgi_query_string_parameter_vulnerability_leads/
http://www.metasploitminute.com/2012/05/cve-2012-1823-php-cgi-bug.html
http://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=33765 (in Russian)

Alexander

Reposted from OSS-Security: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/18

Hi,

I guess most of you have heard of this one already, yet it should be in here as well. The original issue was tracked as CERT VU#520827, CVE-2012-1823. PHP 5.4.2 and 5.3.12 were released with an incomplete fix, and apparently CVE-2012-2311 refers to that incomplete fix issue.

http://www.php-security.net/archives/11-Mitigation-for-CVE-2012-1823-CVE-2012-2311.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/520827
http://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/t3pr8/how_serious_is_this/
http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/t4lxw/phpcgi_query_string_parameter_vulnerability_leads/
http://www.metasploitminute.com/2012/05/cve-2012-1823-php-cgi-bug.html
http://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=33765 (in Russian)

Alexander

Maybe you got sick of doing that condo project and you're rejecting racks in a home. I disagree and think a rack mount is essential for a decent sized house with more than 8 drops of cables. Otherwise, you'd get stuff like https://www.reddit.com/r/cablefail

I do agree that rack servers are probably not a good idea since they make a lot of noise due to their use of small fans. The same goes for a lot of rack mounted switches but it's an essential piece of the network infrastructure. Daisy-chaining switches is not a good idea unless you like to bottleneck your bandwidth.

Please - the only reason Microsoft is backing away from it now is because they were caught supporting it.

They haven't backed away from it. It's only one of their reputation managers in MSM adding some positive spin.

To quote a Reddit poster:

Ugh, this is the same pattern as SOPA. Microsoft supported SOPA (which is the house version of the PROTECT IP act, which they still support) for a month until it started to get bad press. Then they changed their position to "it needs more work". They never said they opposed it.

The person who interpreted that as "opposition" was... Declan McCullagh of CNet! The very same guy who is now trying to give the impression that Microsoft no longer supports CISPA.

http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/swdtn/microsoft_backs_away_from_cispa_support_citing/c4hl9xe

What if the math behing it was actually too complex?
As in, waste of electricity: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/jgpcz/the_real_cost_of_bitcoin/

Something called 'Starlite' very almost did that. Unfortunately, the guy behind it was a bit paranoid (and almost made million/billion dollar deals with big companies, but he wanted a 51% share and more control than they were willing to offer). Hoax you say?

Except it has been tested and verified countless times independently. Here's a clip from an old Tomorrow's World (a reputable science prog from the BBC):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4nnLP--uTI

Here's more info:
http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/sq9dw/starlite_is_a_material_claimed_to_be_able_to/

Very sad to see it fall (only his family have the secret now, so I guess there's still hope).

In no way I can believe that believing in something so fundamental like religion does not affect you in ways that it should not.

Take, for example, your request to be left alone. By not letting one criticise you on your beliefs, you help open the door for creationism in education: your right to be left alone is another man's right to be left alone too, and that includes educating his children on creationism.

Another example is politics: when you hear the politicians speaking about how God instructed them to act, your belief in the supernatural will certainly affect your judgement at some point. You believe that God is real, and so, in a moment of difficulty, why not believe God speaks to G. Bush, for example?

By the way, here is a mathematical proof that God does not exist:

http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/sgs8t/can_this_work_as_a_math_proof_that_god_does_not/

You can argue with me on the existence of God till "hell freezes over", but you cannot argue with Mathematics.
 

It is not a matter of opinion. God simply does not exist, and it can be proven mathematically:

http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/sgs8t/can_this_work_as_a_math_proof_that_god_does_not/

Was not my comment civil and respectful? I think it was.

As for being 'convinced of my own perspective', here is a mathematical proof that God does not exist:

http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/sgs8t/can_this_work_as_a_math_proof_that_god_does_not/

Didn't I see the main actor, Woody Harrelson, using Propenso Calc(tm) during the engaging feature-film, RAMPART ?? I believe I did...

Just last week, Newegg had a 40% discount on many of their LED bulbs. I bought 4 non-dimmable 60-watt equivalent bulbs for $15 each with free shipping. I previously purchased 6 dimmable 60 watt equivalent bulbs for a hard-to-access light fixture. I hope they last forever because I hated changing those lightbulbs.

A Philips lighting employee did an AMA on reddit here recently and said they're pretty close to a 100 watt equivalent.

So, I'm with you - this is news for the wrong reason. It's news because, well, Philips got a prize for an overpriced light bulb.

Let me get this straight.

You know his name and aliases. He also allegedly sends out child porn. He's also doing it to a lot of people for a long time. You still can't get a restraining order on him.

Also, you think this and this are his sockpuppet proxies just to attack you (both active for a long time, write in different styles and on different topics, one registered four years ago, another one - 9 months ago).

No, you totally don't sound mad at all. And noone could suspect yourself of being Rachel's sockpuppet.

Now tell me I'm Jason Christopher Hughes too.

Let me get this straight.

You know his name and aliases. He also allegedly sends out child porn. He's also doing it to a lot of people for a long time. You still can't get a restraining order on him.

Also, you think this and this are his sockpuppet proxies just to attack you (both active for a long time, write in different styles and on different topics, one registered four years ago, another one - 9 months ago).

No, you totally don't sound mad at all. And noone could suspect yourself of being Rachel's sockpuppet.

Now tell me I'm Jason Christopher Hughes too.

Let me get this straight.

You know his name and aliases. He also allegedly sends out child porn. He's also doing it to a lot of people for a long time. You still can't get a restraining order on him.

Also, you think this and this are his sockpuppet proxies just to attack you (both active for a long time, write in different styles and on different topics, one registered four years ago, another one - 9 months ago).

No, you totally don't sound mad at all. And noone could suspect yourself of being Rachel's sockpuppet.

Now tell me I'm Jason Christopher Hughes too.

I'm not buying into it either.

First, there's this claim on her page:

This guy has been after me for over a decade and is hiding in his basement to avoid being served with various restraining orders

That's total BS. First, you can't "hide in your basement" for 10 years to avoid being personally served with a restraining order. Hire a better process server.

Second, the police do take it seriously, especially if you have any information that can identify the person. It's how one of my cyber-stalkers ended up getting fired, despite being thousands of miles away.

So, she knows the guy - and has a bit of history with him. So I'm not convinced. Not when she's lied about other stuff (like claiming her past project was booted when it was actually funded).

Then there's her complaint about Facebook.

I am no longer allowed to go by my copyrighted pseudonym and thousands of people are now aware of my full first and last name.

In other words, she created a fake Facebook profile and when she couldn't prove it was hers, they locked her out of it. If she's not happy with Facebooks' policies, there's a simple solution - don't use it. If your business depends on Facebook, you have bigger problems than some random cyber-stalker.

As for Kickstarter, here's the way I see it. If they allow individuals to delete comments in a comment submission queue, then complaints will never be brought to the administrators' attention. So that's not going to work.

But judging by this comment (and following the provided link verifies it on kickstarter), since she's lying about her past project being banned by kickstarter whe it was actually funded, what else is she lying about?

Bottom line - a liar, a publicity hound and a drama queen, with a co-dependency problem with her stalker (she needs the publicity as much as he needs to stalk), call the wambulance.

Stuff is starting to surface to suggest that she in fact knows identity of the perpetrator, and has known for at least a decade.

http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/s97g4/banned_from_kickstarter_for_being_a_stalking/c4c5j7r

"Too good for police to catch" indeed.

http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/s97g4/banned_from_kickstarter_for_being_a_stalking/c4c5j7r

Boy do I feel vindicated.

Eeeeyup, she was banned for totally neutral and weighted statements.

I especially like this part:

Meanwhile, "Frank" was raised as a Mormon but had recently converted to Scientology. I guess you might say he was experimenting with his own hallucinogenic homoerotic drug. This drug/sex/cult cocktail, combined with my round pulchritudinous derriere, and the sudden shock of losing his ability to play his daily role of dressing up as Dr. Parnassus while gently fondling my perky nipples and supple breasts that he had affectionately named the Merry Mammary Sisters of Nippopolis, and Queens of the Breastiary - led to Frank's complete mental breakdown.

Why should she get banned, she's what makes 4chan great!.. Oh, wait, that was at Kickstarter.

It's very possible that this is all a bs story on her part and she's just whoring for attention.
Kickstarter may have made the right call.
Reddit uncovered some more info about her, that doesn't paint her in a very good light:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3840589
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/s97g4/banned_from_kickstarter_for_being_a_stalking/c4c5j7r

Also known as a circlejerk.

On the internet, nobody knows if you are who you say you are.

This may be more appropriate than you realize. From a Reddit thread:

I'm sorry but the real troll here is the author of this post. The person in the article is not black_visions.

Black_visions made that post Friday 03/09/12 at 5:37 UTC. We're being told that he killed himself that night. Yet, the news report says the person committed suicide on the Tuesday the 13th of March at a hotel. The sister says "a little over a month ago." Today is the 11th of March, not yet the one month mark looking the police report with the incident occurring 03/13/12 at 12:42 pm. Case number 12-1762

Only one man fits the description of the guy in the article: Culver, William M, 51 of Shoreline, March 13 died in King County, WA. The rest of the obits for the area are here.

Someone pulled this same exact stunt in /r/foreveralone a few months ago. Here was the original post from a guy saying he was going to kill himself. Here is the follow up post from his "sister". It's clearly fake, and I'd be willing to bet it's same troll as the one behind this.

EDIT: One more thing. Black_visions on a weekend night. The guy who died did it on Tuesday afternoon. That means that if it is the same guy, then the man waited 3 and a half days to kill himself after he made his post. By then the bullying posts were gone- they were deleted that same night by qanan - so unless he took screenshots of the comments as they were made and sent them to his sister, she couldn't have seen them.

From this thread.

His final posts can be read on http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/qoixk/a_lot_of_trolls_tonight/ Looking through it I get the sense that people were trying to reach out and tried to persuade him from killing himself. TFA makes it sound as though everyone was cheering him on. Those few who trolled got severely downvoted. I can't see how reddit nor its users are in any way responsible for his death. Rather seems like his family is out to find a scapegoat. Where were they when he needed help and support?

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I made an post on reddit detailing the swarm that I hope to make. Slashdot seems like a better place to get feedback from though, so please feel free to tear apart my plan!

there's already a lot done,

see reddit.com/r/dcpu16/ for the first reactions...

and the first questions on stackoverflow are already coming in - stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/dcpu-16