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First Ever Criminal Arrest For Domain Name Theft
Domain Name News writes "Until recently, there hasn't been a case of a domain theft where the thief was caught and arrested. However, on July 30th, Daniel Goncalves was arrested at his home in Union, New Jersey and charged in a landmark case, the first criminal arrest for domain name theft in the United States. 'Cases of domain name theft have not typically involved a criminal prosecution because of the complexities, financial restraints and sheer time and energy involved. If a domain name is stolen, the victim of the crime in most cases would need experience with the technical and legal intricacies associated with the domain name system. To move the case forward, they would also need a law enforcement professional who understands the case or is willing to take the time to learn. For example, the Angels told us that in their case they called their local law enforcement in Florida who sent a uniformed officer in a squad car to their home. The first thing you can imagine the officer asked was, "What's a domain?"'"
The first thing you can imagine the officer asked was, "What's a domain?"
I get it! Cops are all dumb, lazy, and technically illiterate!
Seriously, everyone. I know we all resent cops, but to imply that a whole department can't find a single officer who knows what a domain is is ridiculous and insulting. Let's try to keep our government/authority-hate at least sort of grounded in reality.
Those who anthropomorphize science and/or nature already believe in an intelligent designer.
The same fascist pigs that you won't hesitate to call if you hear someone breaking into your house at 2:00 in the morning?
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
If (haha) homosexuality was illegal and the duty of police was to arrest and imprison those 'mos, would they still just be doing their job? Or would they be signing up to do something wrong?
If I get paid to spam people, am I just doing my job when I spam your email? What if I get paid to write anti-Semitic propaganda? Would you say a certain type of person takes those jobs?
There is a moral imperative not to accept a job the duties of which are corrupt. That's pretty easy to understand.
Now the next time you see a police officer, whether it is because you got pulled over for speeding or just that they happen to be in a store at the same time you are, tell them THANK YOU for doing the job they do.
Should I thank the homophobe pig for busting queers in the park while letting the straight people go (because straight people having sex in the park is romantic)?
Should I thank him for arresting people that buy too much cold medicine because we make the assumption that they'll make meth with it?
Should I thank him for arresting people and impounding their car over a joint in the ashtray?
And of course, the idea that a taser is only lethal to someone "hopped up on drugs" is absurd, and the evidence doesn't support it.
National Association for the Ascendancy of Crappy People, New Black Panthers
I think we all see you're agenda here. Quite a departure from your usual "kill all niggers" post, eh?
No, cops are NOT good people. Cops are immoral scumbags, and they shouldn't be thanked.
As perplexing as it is for me to disagree with someone who links to Jeff Cooper, even if it is Wikipedia, the idea that cops need to be better armed for safety reasons is far overblown.
In the US being a cop is safer than being a fisherman. And the relatively few cops who are hurt or killed on the job get it from traffic accidents, not suspects shooting them or beating them or the like. So if you really want to help keep cops safe you should argue to abolish high speed chases. But since traffic accidents don't play well on TV but 2 guys robbing a bank in body armor does, the change cops get is an AR they'll never used in the trunk of their cruiser while they choke slam the guy who on the verge of a diabetic coma because they haven't been trained well enough to recognize he isn't drunk.
They'll shoot that AR once a year, when they qual, and that is it.
I'm usually someone's guest at the SHOT show. In the five years I've been going the cop supply people have slowly merged to become indistinguishable from the military supply people, pitching SWAT level gear as indispensible for every beat cop out there. This is almost all pointless chest thumping. Most of that gear will never be used.
"Sacrifice for the good of The State" - The State
Lots? Define lots. Is lots more than or less than the number of people who pull out a weapon and make the thieves run off? Is lots more than or less than the number of lives saved by guns in home. Is lots just a number that people who hate guns pull out of their asses?
Why is it so hard to only have politicians for a few years, then have them go away?
You are aware that police are able to do their jobs in many countries without access to firearms on a daily basis at all. And it is very inaccurate if not deceptive to say that requiring police officers to use non-lethal force would "harm the police." While I do not think police should be forced to go unprotected on raids and what not, they need to be better trained on how and when to use both lethal and non-lethal force. In a recent case in Ohio a police officer used his taser in groin area of a minor while the minor was already subdued. Such actions make it difficult for many of us to trust police with ANY weapons. The fact that many of the actions taken by such "dicks" are left unpunished by their fellow officers, or the law in general, makes it very difficult for the public to trust any of them and, I believe, much more difficult for them to do their jobs.
Basically I think we should pay our police better and demand they follow the letter of the law they are hired to enforce. But arguing that their job is hard so we should let them act illegally just unacceptable.
According to Slashdot in every piracy article, this is actually "theft", because you are taking away something from its rightful owner, who will not be able to make use of it any more. Thanks for playing.
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And you clearly don't realize that the laws of a particular jurisdiction may very well be different from the applicable laws where you live.
I have found there are just two ways to go.
It all comes down to livin' fast or dyin' slow. -REK, Jr.
Actually, no. They know to try next door where there's a chance that the owner is not armed.
To test, put this sign on your lawn: "No guns in the house" Get back to us.
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.