My main problem is that you can't add things to someone's sentence after the fact. Yes, we can. This is the USA. We, the people, make the laws. If we, the people, happen to not want people walking around who've committed violent acts, without people knowing about it, then we'll make a law for that purpose.
and could be argued to deny the convict of life (in this case), liberty, and even property What the hell? When someone commits a crime, they are denied their rights, because they CHOSE to give them up by committing a CRIME. Now, for most crimes, I would agree with you, that once your time is done, that's it - no more punishment.
However, when you're dealing with the PARTICULARLY VIOLENT crime, which involves FORCING someone else down while you violate THEIR BASIC RIGHTS, then all bets are off. People who commit those types of violent crimes HAVE no more rights. People who commit those types of violent crimes against CHILDREN should be immediately executed, in my opinion.
Again, this is the USA (as far as THIS story is concerned - I recognize many/. readers may be from elsewhere) and the PEOPLE have the power to create laws (electing officials, referendum) and I, for one, don't think that anyone who commits this sort of violent crime against another person deserves to EVER walk around again without people knowing about it. If you disagree, ask yourself how you would feel if YOU were raped (yes, men get raped too). Would you want the asshole anywhere near your children/friends/relatives when he got out of prison?
if we start making exceptions to the law for hot-button issues, the entire concept of liberty is sunk anyway You're missing the point. This is the USA, WE MAKE the laws. The concept of liberty? Where was the liberty of those who were violently violated? Violent sex offenders deserve no liberty, as they have robbed another person of it.
As hilarious as this line of thinking might be, you wouldn't have lasted very long if, as a child, your parents "let natural selection run its course".
Children are inherently ignorant. If that situation isn't remedied through someone educating them, it never gets remedied. Fortunately, many of us had people who loved and cared about us, or a school system that wasn't a total failure.
For those who didn't, it's hardly natural selection.... We'd all be dead if we accepted your line of "logic."
Perhaps it's just a generation thing... you love the games you were brought up with Absolutely it's a generation thing. I still love games like space quest and willy beamish, but my nephews wouldn't give such slow-paced titles with slow-moving puzzles the time of day.
but the games these days are just a little bit too complicated with way too much stuff going on They are certainly complicated, with a lot of stuff going on, but "too" and "too much" are subjective words that represent your opinion, not the facts. Much like the Dilbert principle - it doesn't matter how much you know, but how much MORE than the guy next to you.
To you, these games are overly complicated. To the kids today, they might seem too simple. Think about how much more knowledge the generation of today will have to assimilate before they are able to push the boundaries. There's quite a bit more knowledge today than was available when I was a wee-lad.
Perhaps enhanced complexity in games are simply an evolutionary way to enable today's youth to learn more rapidly - to ENJOY the fast-paced learning required to survive in the games, and in today's world.
Just my two sense. (Yes, I'm purposely spelling it incorrectly to drive the OCD grammar nazis crazy. Watch - someone will correct it anyway, just to be funny, as well they should - okay I'm done).
Given the nature of the "man-in-the-middle" approach they've taken here, it won't be long before they try to foil the encryption, too.
That's the entire premise of a man-in-the-middle attack - give both sides false keys, but hang onto the false keys and the real keys yourself, then encrypt/decrypt accordingly with appropriate keys in each direction to keep them oblivious to your presence.
Taking a stance like "well at least we still have encryption," rather than fighting for your rights is extremely dangerous. People keep saying "they aren't a common carrier, so they're within their rights."
What the hell? When is it within a carrier's rights to WILLFULLY LIE ABOUT OR MODIFY the correspondence or transmission they've been entrusted to carry? If the US postal service opened your mail and scribbled out sections of your letters, would you still feel so copacetic about things? I know I wouldn't....
This is a step towards being subjugated exactly like China. Step 1) Comcast imposes "totally legal" restrictions on internet traffic. Step 2) United States Government makes deal with Comcast to be sole provider for govt networks. Step 3) Congress passes legislation to help put other providers out of business. Step 4) Comcast becomes primary provider in US. Step 5) Government officials give kickbacks to Comcast to regulate "perfectly legally" what internet traffic is allowed to pass. Step 6) The US is adopted by a loving family, with an older brother named communist China.
Okay, so it's a stretch.... but this IS the beginning of a violation of rights. There is no shortage of evidence that the constitution was created to protect people from violations such as this, EVEN if you've agreed to it!
Why do you think we don't allowed indentured servitude anymore? It was a contract that was entered into willfully..... The law is there to PROTECT people from jackass people/companies like Comcast who try to decide that it's within their rights to violate peoples' rights, just because the law says they can.
To quote the declaration of independence.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT. Whether we like it or not - those elected officials were picked BY us from AMONG us. If we are too stupid to choose people who will do something about it (and if we are unwilling to run for office ourselves) then we are consenting to whatever happens!
This is exactly a situation where if what Comcast is doing is "legal" it's time to enact some legislation to ensure that this kind of completely unethical behavior (which SHOULD be illegal) never happens again.
The law is(read: SHOULD BE) there to protect you and me, not big business. We have a congress, and not a king, for just this sort of situation.
Help me Obi-wan Kenobi(read: voters of the USA). You're my only hope.
Wow. I never thought I'd see something this ridiculous even given space on slashdot.
"Web" 2.0 is the biggest marketing farce that's ever been created. It's NOT a technology! It's a name for a subset of existing technologies used to make things "more interactive."
This is, hands down, the most idiotic claim that I've ever seen; okay, so maybe Al Gore takes the cake, but this comes close...
Forget bank robbers - now the little hacker kid next door, in addition to stealing your bandwidth, can actually just steal your router right off your rooftop.
9,212 solar panels, enough to light 1,000 homes. I know another technology that harnesses the Sun's incredible power to light MILLIONS of homes, worldwide! This incredible (and expectedly expensive) technology has gone through DECADES of research and development!
It's called a "skylight."
On a more serious note, why aren't we just using a giant fiber-optic array on the roof which splits into smaller cables running to the rooms of the house?
Doesn't this seem like a much more efficient way to use the already-present light, rather than trying to convert it into electricity and convert it back in a form that wastes most of said energy as heat?
Or how about, if wormholes actually exist, would it be possible to view past events by watching light waves that were finally arriving at the other end of the wormhole?
In an unexpected turn of events, scientists have discovered that the universe is round and we were actually LOOKING AT OURSELVES through the massive telescope!!!
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Now, for most crimes, I would agree with you, that once your time is done, that's it - no more punishment.
However, when you're dealing with the PARTICULARLY VIOLENT crime, which involves FORCING someone else down while you violate THEIR BASIC RIGHTS, then all bets are off. People who commit those types of violent crimes HAVE no more rights. People who commit those types of violent crimes against CHILDREN should be immediately executed, in my opinion.
Again, this is the USA (as far as THIS story is concerned - I recognize many
As hilarious as this line of thinking might be, you wouldn't have lasted very long
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if, as a child, your parents "let natural selection run its course".
Children are inherently ignorant. If that situation isn't remedied through someone
educating them, it never gets remedied. Fortunately, many of us had people who
loved and cared about us, or a school system that wasn't a total failure.
For those who didn't, it's hardly natural selection.... We'd all be dead if we
accepted your line of "logic."
A funny quote, nevertheless.
Now anti-social, chip-on-the-shoulder against humanity, virus makers everywhere will create viruses that only target the happy people.
If ignorance is bliss, we might finally see the end of AC's on slashdot!
I sense a great disturbance in the force....
As though millions of Wiis were suddenly cut off.
To you, these games are overly complicated. To the kids today, they might seem too simple. Think about how much more knowledge the generation of today will have to assimilate before they are able to push the boundaries. There's quite a bit more knowledge today than was available when I was a wee-lad.
Perhaps enhanced complexity in games are simply an evolutionary way to enable today's youth to learn more rapidly - to ENJOY the fast-paced learning required to survive in the games, and in today's world.
Just my two sense. (Yes, I'm purposely spelling it incorrectly to drive the OCD grammar nazis crazy. Watch - someone will correct it anyway, just to be funny, as well they should - okay I'm done).
Or is the title of this post an insidious allusion to things to come? "Linusoft: Where do you want to go from here?"
That's the entire premise of a man-in-the-middle attack - give both sides false keys, but hang onto the false keys and the real keys yourself, then encrypt/decrypt accordingly with appropriate keys in each direction to keep them oblivious to your presence.
Taking a stance like "well at least we still have encryption," rather than fighting for your rights is extremely dangerous. People keep saying "they aren't a common carrier, so they're within their rights."
What the hell? When is it within a carrier's rights to WILLFULLY LIE ABOUT OR MODIFY the correspondence or transmission they've been entrusted to carry?
If the US postal service opened your mail and scribbled out sections of your letters, would you still feel so copacetic about things? I know I wouldn't....
This is a step towards being subjugated exactly like China.
Step 1) Comcast imposes "totally legal" restrictions on internet traffic.
Step 2) United States Government makes deal with Comcast to be sole provider for govt networks.
Step 3) Congress passes legislation to help put other providers out of business.
Step 4) Comcast becomes primary provider in US.
Step 5) Government officials give kickbacks to Comcast to regulate "perfectly legally" what internet traffic is allowed to pass.
Step 6) The US is adopted by a loving family, with an older brother named communist China.
Okay, so it's a stretch.... but this IS the beginning of a violation of rights. There is no shortage of evidence that the constitution was created to protect people from violations such as this, EVEN if you've agreed to it!
Why do you think we don't allowed indentured servitude anymore? It was a contract that was entered into willfully..... The law is there to PROTECT people from jackass people/companies like Comcast who try to decide that it's within their rights to violate peoples' rights, just because the law says they can.
To quote the declaration of independence. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT. Whether we like it or not - those elected officials were picked BY us from AMONG us. If we are too stupid to choose people who will do something about it (and if we are unwilling to run for office ourselves) then we are consenting to whatever happens!
This is exactly a situation where if what Comcast is doing is "legal" it's time to enact some legislation to ensure that this kind of completely unethical behavior (which SHOULD be illegal) never happens again.
The law is(read: SHOULD BE) there to protect you and me, not big business. We have a congress, and not a king, for just this sort of situation.
Help me Obi-wan Kenobi(read: voters of the USA). You're my only hope.
I can't believe no one has posted this link yet.
This is what the technique is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knockout_mice
They are referred to (appropriately) as "Knockout mice".
I, for one, welcome our new Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denominational Overlords!
Wow. I never thought I'd see something this ridiculous even given space on slashdot.
"Web" 2.0 is the biggest marketing farce that's ever been created. It's NOT a technology!
It's a name for a subset of existing technologies used to make things "more interactive."
This is, hands down, the most idiotic claim that I've ever seen; okay, so maybe Al Gore takes the cake, but this comes close...
Well, if it's a .NET DLL, then technically it's CLR, which is a mix of interpreted/compiled.
Watch your mouth, Bill!
So we can all distribute pirated software as long as we modify it to include a few criticisms? Sweet!
Bill Gates issued a response, but it was already issued by SCO under the LGPL, so it's wrapped in a DLL. Good luck interpreting it.
Forget bank robbers - now the little hacker kid next door, in addition to stealing your bandwidth, can actually just steal your router right off your rooftop.
It's called a "skylight."
On a more serious note, why aren't we just using a giant fiber-optic array on the roof which splits into smaller cables running to the rooms of the house?
Doesn't this seem like a much more efficient way to use the already-present light, rather than trying to convert it into electricity and convert it back in a form that wastes most of said energy as heat?
Cool!
Lame game gets made into even lamer movie. I know I'm shocked.
The real question is, how many of these virus scanners detected and quarantined windows?
All joking aside, isn't it strange than with all of Microsoft's monopolistic tendencies, they haven't branched into the anti-virus market yet?
I recognize that this would be a paradox, but still....
You can trademark a red cross?
Heck, how do I get a trademark on red circles?
Textbook companies everywhere, get ready to pay up......
Or how about, if wormholes actually exist, would it be possible to view past events by watching light waves that were finally arriving at the other end of the wormhole?
Their first tipoff was her "Windows Vista" t-shirt.
I can see the NBC headline now... "EXPLICIT picture of Dateline journalist EXPOSED at hacker conference!"
In an unexpected turn of events, scientists have discovered that the universe is round and we were actually LOOKING AT OURSELVES through the massive telescope!!!