Oh sorry, I forgot -- criminals are all inhuman montsters, bent on incinerating your home and slaughtering your grandma.
Nice strawman jackass. I never claimed any such thing, or anything remotely related to it. I claimed car thieves rarely do time - and that set you off. The mere implication that car thieves (whether they steal one car or many) should in some way be pusished has set you off in a frency.
God forbid we think of them as frail human beings, like the rest of us.
Again, a strawman. I never said we shouldn't treat them as humans. But what the fuck do you think we should do? Car theives, whether opportunistic or otherwise, are a huge burden on society. When someone steals my car, it costs me dearly in time and money. It costs everyone money by driving up insurance rates that everyone must pay. What do you propose we do with car thieves? Give them counseling? Because that's about all we do now, and it isn't helping.
And I seriously don't understand how anyone can defend a criminal by saying the crime is opportunistic. All crime is opportunistic. All of life is opportunistic. A person will weigh the risks and rewards everytime the decision to steal a car comes up. Guess what? The rewards are good, and the risks are slim.
Lots of murder is opportunistic, should we not pushish that, you big sensitive idiot?
I just drove home, and I couldn't believe the number of carrots parked along the side of the road. Poor, criminals, all that enticement - what the hell are they supposed to do?
So if the government owns the car, there is no victim? What kind of logic is that? These bait cars have owners - the tax payers own the cars. Stealing goverment owned cars is not a victimless crime. Or maybe you think stealing from the government is OK? I guess a true libertarian might say the government is the theif, so you can steal whatever you want from them.
Drug use is not victimless crime since hardcore users are going to knock people over the head or steal for their next fix
Drug use is more-or-less victimless. Knocking people over the head is not vicitimless. Stealing is not victimless. Drug use != knocking people over the head. Drug use != stealing. Not all drug users knock people over the head or steal. Many drug users have normal jobs. YMMV.
How about if Natalie Portman (or insert your favorite hot piece of ass) said she would fuck you until the cows came home, but first you'd have to do a line of coke with her? She would of course be working for the cops, who would come crashing in before you could get the grits down your pants. Would that entrap you?
You've obviously never had a car (or anything else) stolen then. The poeple who steal cars usually steal lots of cars. And the people who stole these cars undoubtedly would have stolen another car if the bait car wasn't there. The car theft racket in the US is horrible. The percentages of car thefts that are solved, then of those that result in conviction, and then of those that result in the convict doing any meaningful time are all very low. (low percentage) * (low percentage) * (low percentage) = very small percentage of avenged victims. Crime pays in this case. A police officer friend of mine told me that in Seattle, convicted car thiefs rarely do any time.
All your other exmaples of what you want the cops doing are hard to lump together with car theft. Car theft is a crime that results in a loss to its victim. Drug use and prostitution are somewhat victimless crimes. If you don't have problem with people stealing cars, maybe someone should steal your car? Gun ownership isn't a crime outright, so I don't know where you came up with that one.
How the fuck are you supposed to "protect the citizens" if you can't "hunt down the criminals"?
Furthermore, IIRC from a law class way back when, there are fine distinctions between Lost property and Abandoned property (and maybe other categories I forgot) and what your obligations are before you can claim said property as your own.
A found wallet is likely lost and not abandoned, and a finder has an obligation of making a reasonable attempt to find the owner. Otherwise, you have theft. A parked car is likely neither lost nor abandoned, so anyone taking possession of the car would be committing theft.
Vim compilation is very customizable - you can turn off the features you don't like. Even with "big" features compiled in on my system, the executable will still fit on a floppy with room to spare.
is the fact that Blixa Bargeld of Einsturzende Neubauten fame was the growl behind the mummy. That was one "industrial" mummy. Otherwise the movie sucked ass. Hopefully, this new creation will be better. Maybe they can get the whole band to do growling/banging/whatever?
Sure, for very small definitions of anywhere. Anywhere will probably not even include all versions of windows (e.g. win98), and it certainly won't include much of the unix world for the forseeable future.
At least Java is somewhate widely supported on varying platforms. How does.NET even come close?
Don't be fooled, this is more vendor lock-in dressed up in sheep clothing.
True enough, but I think that occurence (though outrageous) is still pretty exceptional. I wouldn't give up the persuasive power of backing my words with my name just yet. BTW, the original AC post made no mention of fear of reprisal, so if that was his motivation (rather than just trolling), it would have been more convincing if he had said something to that effect (future trollers take note).
Why not? Did it ever occur to you that he could be sued if he used his real name to complain about a company in a public forum?
I seriously doubt that he would be sued for posting on slashdot. Really, of all the outrageous, illegal, disgusting, inflamatory, or slanderous comments I've seen posted on slashdot (all of which have generated exactly 1 legal action I'm aware of), his is pretty damn mild. How do you sue someone for saying "this is what happened" if it did happen?. So even if he were sued (not bloody likely), they would have no case if he were telling the truth, and most likely would be to his advantage because he could countersue for original damages and for frivilous legal action, or for state laws concerning threatening use of lawsuits, etc.
Furthermore, half his (supposed) complaint seems to be with his credit card company rather than the makers of this hardware.
Apparently you don't see the necessity of anonymous speech.
Nice strawman. I never attacked anonymous speech. I just don't think unsubstantiated claims are particularly "insightful", all else being equal. That doesn't mean I think his comments should be banned - rather, I just don't think any fool who can click "Submit" is necessarily telling the truth.
ATTN Moderators: an unsubstantiated, undocumented report from an Anonymous Coward that blemishes the reputation of this company does not make for +4 insightful. Please restrain your enthusiasm for sticking it to the man.
I hate to say it, but I agree. I've been running Mandrake for quite a while now: I've run their release candidates, paid for their distos, convinced my employer to buy their distro, etc. IOW, I'm a supporter, not just some crank.
But their latest release seems to be really bad. I ran several of the release candidates for 8.2 and they worked better than the final release. I've got machines that it won't even install on. These same machines worked with Mandrake 7.2 and 8.0, so I don't understand why the newest version won't install. I've posted my problems to the Mandrake Forum, but I don't see many people getting their problems solved there.
On the machine I did get 8.2 to install on, I'm having continual troubles with mozilla and galeon hanging all the time. This happens over and over again - turning off java and javascript don't seem to help. So apparently the've bundled 8.2 with a really bad version of the mozilla html rendering engine. Meanwhile, my Mandrake 7.2 install version of galeon chugs along nicely. There are some other problems, too.
I'm probably going to go back to redhat or maybe try debian - I can't afford to wait for Mandrake to fix these problems.
I don't really care what actors do or say or how they act off camera. The only thing interesting to me about actors is their ability to act and improve the movies they appear in.
Of course, if Nicole wants to get down with me off camera, I'd care about that;)
Actually, I liked "Eyes Wide Shut", too. I haven't seen "To Die For", but I heard it was good. The original Kidman-Disparaging poster was way off base, IMO. Kidman has really come around as an actress. Here early stuff isn't all that consistent, but lately, she almost always delivers amazing performances.
You sig doens't make sense to me. Integration isn't a monopoly - I don't think anyone is claiming that it is. Microsft is the alleged monopoly. IE integration is an act which may or may not be illegal under the Sherman Act and other laws.
I suggest changing your sig so it parses correctly.
My humblest apologies for the parent rant. I see now that I was way out of line. It's times like these when your -1:flamebaits and -1:trolls are so important. For I found myself straying from the group mind, going against the slasdot party line, even going so far as critique a slasdot article, and like the angelic watchers you are, you gently reeled me back to the herd with your subtle guidance. Your -1's were like a cold splash to the face, a wake up call to me. Where was I heading? I shudder to think. Moderators, your work is important. For once I was lost, but now I am found.
Yes, maybe it's time for a Lord of the Rings Category at slasdot. I'm sorry, it has to be said. I for one am tired of hearing about this movie - it was good, but not that good. Shit, it didn't even keep me up at night thinking, like really good movies do. Nerds still like to think, don't they? This goes for Star Wars too. Jesus, you'd think those were the only two movies in existence. When the oscar nominations came out, the slashdot article wasn't about the oscars, but about LOTR. When the oscars were awarded, same thing - another LOTR article. There are other movies that appeal to "nerds".
So make a category called Adolescent Movies that Make the Slasdot Editors Stain Their Shorts, then put all these boring stories in that category so those so inclined can summariely ignore them. Stories like how some manufactured second rate pop star is going to wipe Yoda's ass on the next unimaginative installment of the Star Wars franchise can go in this category.
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Nice strawman jackass. I never claimed any such thing, or anything remotely related to it. I claimed car thieves rarely do time - and that set you off. The mere implication that car thieves (whether they steal one car or many) should in some way be pusished has set you off in a frency.
Again, a strawman. I never said we shouldn't treat them as humans. But what the fuck do you think we should do? Car theives, whether opportunistic or otherwise, are a huge burden on society. When someone steals my car, it costs me dearly in time and money. It costs everyone money by driving up insurance rates that everyone must pay. What do you propose we do with car thieves? Give them counseling? Because that's about all we do now, and it isn't helping.
And I seriously don't understand how anyone can defend a criminal by saying the crime is opportunistic. All crime is opportunistic. All of life is opportunistic. A person will weigh the risks and rewards everytime the decision to steal a car comes up. Guess what? The rewards are good, and the risks are slim.
Lots of murder is opportunistic, should we not pushish that, you big sensitive idiot?
I just drove home, and I couldn't believe the number of carrots parked along the side of the road. Poor, criminals, all that enticement - what the hell are they supposed to do?
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Ah, libertarianism. Looks good on paper, though.
Drug use is more-or-less victimless. Knocking people over the head is not vicitimless. Stealing is not victimless. Drug use != knocking people over the head. Drug use != stealing. Not all drug users knock people over the head or steal. Many drug users have normal jobs. YMMV.
All your other exmaples of what you want the cops doing are hard to lump together with car theft. Car theft is a crime that results in a loss to its victim. Drug use and prostitution are somewhat victimless crimes. If you don't have problem with people stealing cars, maybe someone should steal your car? Gun ownership isn't a crime outright, so I don't know where you came up with that one.
How the fuck are you supposed to "protect the citizens" if you can't "hunt down the criminals"?
A found wallet is likely lost and not abandoned, and a finder has an obligation of making a reasonable attempt to find the owner. Otherwise, you have theft. A parked car is likely neither lost nor abandoned, so anyone taking possession of the car would be committing theft.
HTH
It's called getting old. Everyone does it.
Sure, for very small definitions of anywhere. Anywhere will probably not even include all versions of windows (e.g. win98), and it certainly won't include much of the unix world for the forseeable future.
At least Java is somewhate widely supported on varying platforms. How does .NET even come close?
Don't be fooled, this is more vendor lock-in dressed up in sheep clothing.
True enough, but I think that occurence (though outrageous) is still pretty exceptional. I wouldn't give up the persuasive power of backing my words with my name just yet. BTW, the original AC post made no mention of fear of reprisal, so if that was his motivation (rather than just trolling), it would have been more convincing if he had said something to that effect (future trollers take note).
I seriously doubt that he would be sued for posting on slashdot. Really, of all the outrageous, illegal, disgusting, inflamatory, or slanderous comments I've seen posted on slashdot (all of which have generated exactly 1 legal action I'm aware of), his is pretty damn mild. How do you sue someone for saying "this is what happened" if it did happen?. So even if he were sued (not bloody likely), they would have no case if he were telling the truth, and most likely would be to his advantage because he could countersue for original damages and for frivilous legal action, or for state laws concerning threatening use of lawsuits, etc. Furthermore, half his (supposed) complaint seems to be with his credit card company rather than the makers of this hardware.
Nice strawman. I never attacked anonymous speech. I just don't think unsubstantiated claims are particularly "insightful", all else being equal. That doesn't mean I think his comments should be banned - rather, I just don't think any fool who can click "Submit" is necessarily telling the truth.
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Grow some gonads and log in. When you do, I'll respond specifically to your weak arguments.
But their latest release seems to be really bad. I ran several of the release candidates for 8.2 and they worked better than the final release. I've got machines that it won't even install on. These same machines worked with Mandrake 7.2 and 8.0, so I don't understand why the newest version won't install. I've posted my problems to the Mandrake Forum, but I don't see many people getting their problems solved there.
On the machine I did get 8.2 to install on, I'm having continual troubles with mozilla and galeon hanging all the time. This happens over and over again - turning off java and javascript don't seem to help. So apparently the've bundled 8.2 with a really bad version of the mozilla html rendering engine. Meanwhile, my Mandrake 7.2 install version of galeon chugs along nicely. There are some other problems, too.
I'm probably going to go back to redhat or maybe try debian - I can't afford to wait for Mandrake to fix these problems.
Of course, if Nicole wants to get down with me off camera, I'd care about that ;)
Actually, I liked "Eyes Wide Shut", too. I haven't seen "To Die For", but I heard it was good. The original Kidman-Disparaging poster was way off base, IMO. Kidman has really come around as an actress. Here early stuff isn't all that consistent, but lately, she almost always delivers amazing performances.
I also like "Birthday Girl" and "Dead Calm".
You sig doens't make sense to me. Integration isn't a monopoly - I don't think anyone is claiming that it is. Microsft is the alleged monopoly. IE integration is an act which may or may not be illegal under the Sherman Act and other laws.
I suggest changing your sig so it parses correctly.
Thank you. I promise, it won't happen
So make a category called Adolescent Movies that Make the Slasdot Editors Stain Their Shorts, then put all these boring stories in that category so those so inclined can summariely ignore them. Stories like how some manufactured second rate pop star is going to wipe Yoda's ass on the next unimaginative installment of the Star Wars franchise can go in this category.
Thank you, and Have a Nice Day.