It mostly depends upon which side of the issue you stand.
This is of course true for any particular example (gun ownership being a similar matter in the eyes on many liberals), but my point was that there's no such thing as a victimless crime is categorically false, as it's essentially saying there's no such thing as a bullshit law.
I'm surprised no-one here has mentioned it: this is a tragedy of the commons.
It's unfortunate to be put in a situation of having to choose between being a sucker or a cheat. It's not exactly hypocrisy to perform tax-avoidance whilst supporting better tax laws.
If everyone else is over-fishing, you'd be a sucker to be the only one holding back, but you might still be in favour of over-fishing laws.
Would a 'friendly community' welcome a new boss who supported banning inter-racial marriage? No, and the oh but it's just a personal view nonsense wouldn't fly there either.
It's unfortunate that someone with my education and my level of life experience had to experience federal incarceration
Unfortunate?! You committed crimes worthy of a prison sentence, did you not? The only thing unfortunate here is that you decided to commit those crimes in the first place. I'm seeing nothing to indicate this was anything other than your mistake, and your fault.
Your claim that your imprisonment was 'unfortunate' sounds like you're trying to shift the blame to society.
From the page you link to:
Despite Mr. Klatch’s success, his young age led to some reckless decisions. Mr. Klatch was indicted in 2011 by the federal government, and he subsequently accepted a guilty plea to four felony counts: Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, Securities Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Money Laundering. Mr. Klatch acknowledges that he engaged in deceptive marketing tactics, which led to some investor losses during the 2008-2010 financial crisis. However, he accepted responsibility for his actions, and successfully served a five-year federal prison sentence. Today, he is actively pursuing various avenues in order to make full restitution to his alleged victims.
'Alleged' victims? So much for accepting responsibility.
Easy access to the things I need, and fairly straightforward to convert to a proper language once the code logic is proven.
I recently went Java -> C++ -> C, for some fiddly data-structure work, with good results. Have to be careful to pass objects by reference when you port to C++, but otherwise generally painless.
What is the point of having a nuclear power station for 5 billion dollars emulating a brain if you can make one for something like 200k by inseminating a real WIFE ?
Isn't Netflix's model the exact opposite of 'a la carte'? You pay the same monthly price whether you watch one show or a thousand. It's more an all-you-can-watch buffet.
But any C/C++ programmer worth their salt will be aware of the risks of unbounded recursion.
What I meant was C and C++ do not encourage inefficient use of data-structures in the way that, say, Ruby does. Creating lots of short-lived arrays, with lots of avoidable allocation and copying, is typical of languages like Ruby. One doesn't normally see it so much in C++, which goes to fairly extreme lengths to avoid such things (move constructors etc).
Of course, this isn't just about the language itself, but what the programmer is interested in: it is essentially a contradiction for someone to write performance-critical code in Ruby, but performance is one of the major reasons one would suffer C/C++.
I think we can do better for a 'real world analogy' (you know, as if APIs weren't in the real world). How about strictly-defined 'protocols' for human interaction, such as the radio protocol/etiquette used between an airline pilot and the tower? There seems a reasonable analogy to an API there.
I presume you can't copyright a radio protocol, but of course you can copyright a book on the subject.
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Even if I granted that a laptop could make a sound like a gunshot (which it couldn't), the question remains: how are FPS games relevant?
I thought .NET cached its JIT images. Is this mistaken? If not, what's really new in .NET Native?
How on earth are FPS games relevant? Can you use a PlayStation in the hallway?
As others have pointed out, it's unlikely that a cell-phone could make a loud enough sound. A firecracker would be more realistic.
Apples and oranges and the fact you can't see the difference is what makes you the new bigot. Congrats
No, I don't see a difference. Opposing gay marriage is bigotry. Opposing inter-racial marriage is bigotry.
If there's a fundamental difference that I'm missing, I honestly welcome an explanation.
Thank you. My thoughts exactly. (Except for the minor point that "non sequitur" does not mean "irrelevant").
It mostly depends upon which side of the issue you stand.
This is of course true for any particular example (gun ownership being a similar matter in the eyes on many liberals), but my point was that there's no such thing as a victimless crime is categorically false, as it's essentially saying there's no such thing as a bullshit law.
I'm surprised no-one here has mentioned it: this is a tragedy of the commons.
It's unfortunate to be put in a situation of having to choose between being a sucker or a cheat. It's not exactly hypocrisy to perform tax-avoidance whilst supporting better tax laws.
If everyone else is over-fishing, you'd be a sucker to be the only one holding back, but you might still be in favour of over-fishing laws.
I recommend Bruce Schneier's book on these matters.
Damn right.
Would a 'friendly community' welcome a new boss who supported banning inter-racial marriage? No, and the oh but it's just a personal view nonsense wouldn't fly there either.
The state may claim that it's somehow a "victim" of you smoking pot. That doesn't stop it being a victimless crime.
There should really be a law against black markets...
It's a correlation, not a personal attack.
I am forced to conclude that you're just a fucking moron.
Errr... sarcasm, again?
When I'm forced to guess whether an AC is being satirical or just stupid, I'm generally better off assuming the latter.
Anyway, no, my sarcasm detector is fine. You failed to make yourself clear.
Somehow I doubt you're the first one to tell him all this.
You're just a piece of shit, and [mindless shit-throwing continues]
Awww, you were doing so well with that first paragraph.
It's unfortunate that someone with my education and my level of life experience had to experience federal incarceration
Unfortunate?! You committed crimes worthy of a prison sentence, did you not? The only thing unfortunate here is that you decided to commit those crimes in the first place. I'm seeing nothing to indicate this was anything other than your mistake, and your fault.
Your claim that your imprisonment was 'unfortunate' sounds like you're trying to shift the blame to society.
From the page you link to:
Despite Mr. Klatch’s success, his young age led to some reckless decisions. Mr. Klatch was indicted in 2011 by the federal government, and he subsequently accepted a guilty plea to four felony counts: Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, Securities Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Money Laundering. Mr. Klatch acknowledges that he engaged in deceptive marketing tactics, which led to some investor losses during the 2008-2010 financial crisis. However, he accepted responsibility for his actions, and successfully served a five-year federal prison sentence. Today, he is actively pursuing various avenues in order to make full restitution to his alleged victims.
'Alleged' victims? So much for accepting responsibility.
Easy access to the things I need, and fairly straightforward to convert to a proper language once the code logic is proven.
I recently went Java -> C++ -> C, for some fiddly data-structure work, with good results. Have to be careful to pass objects by reference when you port to C++, but otherwise generally painless.
What is the point of having a nuclear power station for 5 billion dollars emulating a brain if you can make one for something like 200k by inseminating a real WIFE ?
Nice male-centric view you've got there.
Isn't Netflix's model the exact opposite of 'a la carte'? You pay the same monthly price whether you watch one show or a thousand. It's more an all-you-can-watch buffet.
But any C/C++ programmer worth their salt will be aware of the risks of unbounded recursion.
What I meant was C and C++ do not encourage inefficient use of data-structures in the way that, say, Ruby does. Creating lots of short-lived arrays, with lots of avoidable allocation and copying, is typical of languages like Ruby. One doesn't normally see it so much in C++, which goes to fairly extreme lengths to avoid such things (move constructors etc).
Of course, this isn't just about the language itself, but what the programmer is interested in: it is essentially a contradiction for someone to write performance-critical code in Ruby, but performance is one of the major reasons one would suffer C/C++.
Good thinking. Maybe wear a hockey mask for your day-to-day activities, too. Only way to avoid unwanted attention!
That's a no, then.
Does 'done' include meaningful testing?
I think we can do better for a 'real world analogy' (you know, as if APIs weren't in the real world). How about strictly-defined 'protocols' for human interaction, such as the radio protocol/etiquette used between an airline pilot and the tower? There seems a reasonable analogy to an API there.
I presume you can't copyright a radio protocol, but of course you can copyright a book on the subject.
Huh. 4 Informative? I was going for Funny.
I suspect 'PC only' was intended to rule out consoles, not Mac.