> I know I personally would not be able to find someone innocent of a crime they committed, solely based on my opinion of the law itself.
What you have described, finding someone not guilty ("innocent") based solely on your opinion of the law, is the well-established, legal, and arguably very socially important practice known as jury nullification. I would personally have no problem doing this if it was the right thing to do according to my core beliefs. I hope that most people would do the same.
Of *course* they publish the names of suspects. Heck, where I live you can go to the county website and see names and photos of people arrested on suspicion of a crime, who have not been convicted, most of whom will never be convicted. You can try it out here.
Now, some scientists are assuming that Mars had a bunch of water that gradually escaped over a long time scale, and they're proposing to devote time and study to figuring out "how."
I've got an idea: Why not devote time and study to figure out "what" is going on, and not "how" assumptions can be bolstered? Just saying.
Except that I personally know several people whose only Internet access is on their iphone/android phone/tablet. If this would make anything easier for them (and I know it's a big "if"), then it could be more of a good thing than just playing to instant gratification.
Linus, props for changing the world doing something you love. For desktop day-to-day use, do you envision the addition to linux of advanced-paradigm UIs like Unity, kitchen-sinks like KDE or Gnome, or minimalist WMs like Lxde making more progress and advancement? Thanks, peace. Joe
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> I know I personally would not be able to find someone innocent of a crime they committed, solely based on my opinion of the law itself.
What you have described, finding someone not guilty ("innocent") based solely on your opinion of the law, is the well-established, legal, and arguably very socially important practice known as jury nullification. I would personally have no problem doing this if it was the right thing to do according to my core beliefs. I hope that most people would do the same.
> There's just lock-in, endless lock-in. Is this what we wanted?
No.
> I had enough from them. I'm going somewhere else.
Yet you come back, every other story, to post this or a similar comment.....
Of *course* they publish the names of suspects. Heck, where I live you can go to the county website and see names and photos of people arrested on suspicion of a crime, who have not been convicted, most of whom will never be convicted. You can try it out here.
> (whenever Pooh and Mickey might enter the public domain, the legislators break it).
FTFY.
> "It will... help scientists figure out how water gradually escaped from Mars over a long time scale."
Early astronomers assumed that the Sun, stars, and planets revolved around the Earth and devoted time and study to figuring out how, in what manner. They didn't succeed because the Earth isn't the center of the solar system.
Now, some scientists are assuming that Mars had a bunch of water that gradually escaped over a long time scale, and they're proposing to devote time and study to figuring out "how."
I've got an idea: Why not devote time and study to figure out "what" is going on, and not "how" assumptions can be bolstered? Just saying.
> "...I don't think consumers really want that."
I can, in fact, name about 300 million people who "really want that," myself included.
Except that I personally know several people whose only Internet access is on their iphone/android phone/tablet. If this would make anything easier for them (and I know it's a big "if"), then it could be more of a good thing than just playing to instant gratification.
I hear words like imagine, assume, and suspect. I think the idea is to have the actual numbers for comparison, not to invent some... right?
I'd love to see a list of vulnerable routers. Or at least a list of routers known to ship with remote access enabled by default. TFA has no such list.
Which do you prefer, Lem's "The Cyberiad", or Card's "Ender's Game"?
Linus, props for changing the world doing something you love. For desktop day-to-day use, do you envision the addition to linux of advanced-paradigm UIs like Unity, kitchen-sinks like KDE or Gnome, or minimalist WMs like Lxde making more progress and advancement? Thanks, peace. Joe