Have my head hacked off by some religious lunatic versus an infinitesimal chance[...]
You seem to be under the impression that having your head hacked off is guaranteed, in reality (you should visit some time) it's much less likely than someone in government looking at your private information.
(yes, yes, I know, you have nothing to hide... send me your passwords then, so I can watch your email)
Could you send me the contents of your hard drive please? You should have no problem with that by your logic, after all, it might stop someone from looking at kiddy porn.
You, and every poster in this thread panders to hysteria by sycophantically declaring your own inflated revulsion at these crimes.
By your own statement: 1: Every poster in this thread panders to hysteria by sycophantically declaring their own inflated revulsion at these crimes. 2: You are a poster in this thread. Therefore: You pander to hysteria by sycophantically declaring your own inflated revulsion at these crimes.
Try not to paint everyone with the same brush, mm'kay?
Except that in communism and socialism the government ends up with all the power and all the money, whether or not that is the intention.
Only when they are poorly implemented. Which is the same thing that happens in a poorly implemented capitalist society. (like the USA)
In a capitalist society the government facilitates the free market in which we all participate.
If by 'free market', you mean 'economy', then yes, the government always facilitates the economy, no matter what the economic model is (with some notable exceptions, such as true free market capitalism and libertarian socialism, none of which have ever been successfully implemented).
Yes, gone unchecked we eventually become slaves to corporations, but that is why we tolerate government to begin with.
Which means you are no longer dealing with a free market, or (uppercase 'C') true Capitalism. And you are going down the slippery slope of state capitalism, which is the worst possible hybrid of socialism and capitalism. (YMMV, but you can ask any of the failed "Socialist" countries that have already tried it.)
In case you were wondering, the US is a capitalistic economy, which means the market dictates prices, not a communism (at least not yet) where the government controls the economy.
In case you were wondering, communism is the system in which the economy is in the hands of the general public, Marxism is the system in which the 'workers' control the economy, socialism is the general term for any system in which an even distribution of wealth is attempted (half credit if you had used this one), and, this is what I think you meant when you said "communism" earlier, state capitalism is the system in which the government controls the market.
What the fuck? I mean really, everywhere a child has ever been kidnapped from should be a place where the police don't need a warrant to search you? Are you just against civil rights in general or what?
Soldiers/etc have a hard enough time dealing with killing dehumanized enemies in foreign countries. Orders to kill Joe the Plumber would result in a quick mutiny.
You cannot keep data from pirates, and still give it to consumers, because the DRM cannot tell the difference between them. Many times, there is no difference between them, that is, they are the same person.
you were right about that, what you were wrong about was which one was contradicting himself (I won't say lying about his position, because they are probably both doing that).
McCain claims he is against net-neutrality, but for regulation - they are the same thing. Of course, that could still be non-contradictory if you assume he is for regulation, but not the same type that net-neutrality would imply.
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Have my head hacked off by some religious lunatic versus an infinitesimal chance[...]
You seem to be under the impression that having your head hacked off is guaranteed, in reality (you should visit some time) it's much less likely than someone in government looking at your private information.
(yes, yes, I know, you have nothing to hide... send me your passwords then, so I can watch your email)
Everyone, except, you know, The Pirate Bay. Yay, Sweden!
KIDDIE PR0N -> MD5SUM -> [MAGIC HAPPENS] -> LOLCATZ
Could you send me the contents of your hard drive please? You should have no problem with that by your logic, after all, it might stop someone from looking at kiddy porn.
May the Maths Be with you!
May the Logics Be with you.
You, and every poster in this thread panders to hysteria by sycophantically declaring your own inflated revulsion at these crimes.
By your own statement:
1: Every poster in this thread panders to hysteria by sycophantically declaring their own inflated revulsion at these crimes.
2: You are a poster in this thread.
Therefore: You pander to hysteria by sycophantically declaring your own inflated revulsion at these crimes.
Try not to paint everyone with the same brush, mm'kay?
Or, just replace "victim" with "victim or legal representative of victim".
I don't think his point was that the victim needed to necessarily be present, just that the consequences should be compensatory, not punitive.
(Note: I am not endorsing his point of view, just trying to clarify his position.)
Except that in communism and socialism the government ends up with all the power and all the money, whether or not that is the intention.
Only when they are poorly implemented. Which is the same thing that happens in a poorly implemented capitalist society. (like the USA)
In a capitalist society the government facilitates the free market in which we all participate.
If by 'free market', you mean 'economy', then yes, the government always facilitates the economy, no matter what the economic model is (with some notable exceptions, such as true free market capitalism and libertarian socialism, none of which have ever been successfully implemented).
Yes, gone unchecked we eventually become slaves to corporations, but that is why we tolerate government to begin with.
Which means you are no longer dealing with a free market, or (uppercase 'C') true Capitalism. And you are going down the slippery slope of state capitalism, which is the worst possible hybrid of socialism and capitalism. (YMMV, but you can ask any of the failed "Socialist" countries that have already tried it.)
In case you were wondering, the US is a capitalistic economy, which means the market dictates prices, not a communism (at least not yet) where the government controls the economy.
In case you were wondering, communism is the system in which the economy is in the hands of the general public, Marxism is the system in which the 'workers' control the economy, socialism is the general term for any system in which an even distribution of wealth is attempted (half credit if you had used this one), and, this is what I think you meant when you said "communism" earlier, state capitalism is the system in which the government controls the market.
Macroeconomics 101...you fail it.
You know that System Idle Process isn't installing anything, right? it's just a NOOP running constantly when there isn't another process in your CPU.
What the fuck? I mean really, everywhere a child has ever been kidnapped from should be a place where the police don't need a warrant to search you? Are you just against civil rights in general or what?
Soldiers/etc have a hard enough time dealing with killing dehumanized enemies in foreign countries. Orders to kill Joe the Plumber would result in a quick mutiny.
+1 Funny.
Not 'or'; 'and'.
DRM is actually mathematically impossible.
You cannot keep data from pirates, and still give it to consumers, because the DRM cannot tell the difference between them. Many times, there is no difference between them, that is, they are the same person.
Wait, what? isn't that what we invented keyboards for? (in this case, probably a virtual keyboard, but still...)
Just because they are called 'write-ins' doesn't mean you have to physically write them.
Sure it is, why, I was assembly some assembler code just the other day. I was using my assemble to do it.
Plus pirates are awesome.
+1 Appropriate sig.
I would say that it is more evil to trick people into supporting what they do not wish.
Like by associating a word that has a negative connotation with someone you do not support when it is not accurate.
you were right about that, what you were wrong about was which one was contradicting himself (I won't say lying about his position, because they are probably both doing that).
McCain claims he is against net-neutrality, but for regulation - they are the same thing. Of course, that could still be non-contradictory if you assume he is for regulation, but not the same type that net-neutrality would imply.
Don't be absurd and call Obama a socialist, you'll offend real socialists.
I believe you meant to say:
My friend is a last-minute registrant, you insensitive clod!
Unless, you know, they aren't from the US where such silly things as "circumventing security measures" are considered illegal.
Don't you mean passing turing tests?
Dude, what you are describing...
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In my view, you're only "Playing God" if you're talking velociraptors and making your own artificial creepy stuff.
I'm a talking velociraptor making my own artificial creepy stuff -- you insensitive clod!