Your cousin and some other dude's (Beowulf_Boy) dad's fiance's nephew. Strange how both of those posts were right next to each other. Maybe you guys can meet each other through slashdot!
> He could have checked the little "Post Anonymously" box and avoided all this trouble
Or he doesn't care about karma, unlike you, and didn't care enough to take the time to check it. If he gets 4 karma points for it? BIG FUCKING DEAL. You must realize that some peoples' lives aren't limited to posting to slashdot & "karma whoring."
Geez, people, stop always assuming malice where apathy is sufficient explanation.
> All they need to do is lose the Simpsons and Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm is the single-most overrated show Fox has aired in years. The Mom is the only slightly funny character and the rest make me shrink back & feel embarrassed for the actors who actually have to speak the lines the horrible writers make for them. Why this lasted longer than the Chevy Chase show, I have no idea.
> my Dad and I were in the McDonalds drive-thru, and they asked him to pull forward to wait for his order. He said no.
*WHEW* Glad to know my Dad wasn't the only one:)
Makes sense, though. You drive-through because it's "fast food." If they are too damned slow to actually serve you, they need to step it up a bit. I'm not waiting an extra 5 minutes because your idiots can't figure out that that slab of meat goes between the buns. (I'll let the trolls think on that one)
> The mist does not get things wet, according to the article. That means it is not water. More like the fake smoke used for special effects
Actually, I believe it does not get things wet because the flow of the mist is targetted by the air shooting down in front of & behind the mist. Therefore, the only thing to get wet would be a small area directly under the fog, which probably has a way to drain off excess liquid.
> You are not James Bond. Don't take this too far bro.
That's exactly what I was thinking about this whole thing, you just gave the proper words to my feelings. No one is gonna get sued because they tell an online homework company that there are bugs on their site. That is, of course, unless that person is stupid enough to exploit them. If that's the case, simple: don't tell anyone, or use hushmail & leave it for the company to fix their bugs. Otherwise, why hide? Big F'ing deal.
If the company is smart, they'll fix it before anyone else finds out about it.
> This guy is right on. Motion sensors provide security without creating light polution.
Unless you live near any woods, in which case the billions of deer roaming in your back yard will make sure that thing goes on & off about 30 times a night. Not that this takes anything away from the point, which is very true: just saying it's not a catch-all.
This is a terrible idea. When real money is involved and traded back & forth between players, they then have to keep better track of the users & as soon as someone gets cheated or thinks they get ripped off (or act like they get ripped off, or hacked) there will be a lawsuit of some kind.
Leave the Fantasy in the Fantasy world, leave the real money in the real world.
> a quote that defines just how many of your rights have been looted from under your ignorant feet
What that quote fails to mention, however, is that they could mostly do this before, without PATRIOT. It more clearly defines what, exactly, they can DO while conducting the "sneak & peak," but doesn't add too much power.
I'm not saying it's right (I'd personally feel justified in killing a fucking pig if he came snooping around my house w/o my knowledge or permission & scared the shit out of me), just that the quote is very misleading.
> I'm worried for a friend of mine who runs an informative site on Arab nations
Well, you could be worried if he is advocating the violent overthrow of the U.S. (or posting DeCSS code).
Otherwise, you appear to be overinflating your "fear" to make a point that is not-at-all analogous.
BUT, (and that's a "but" even bigger than my own) I do agree with your point on a basic level.
If the guy is breaking the law, fine, put him in jail. What enrages me (among other things) is that somehow he would be considered worse just because terrorists attacked us two years ago. That's bullshit. He either broke a law or didn't break a law, there shouldn't be excessively different ways to charge him or punish him for the same crime.
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> The guy they arrested, Dan Baas, is my cousin.
Your cousin and some other dude's (Beowulf_Boy) dad's fiance's nephew. Strange how both of those posts were right next to each other. Maybe you guys can meet each other through slashdot!
> Better: Thiz Linux isn't the one you're looking for.
Yes, much more accurate. Even moreso, "Thiz Linux isn't the one anyone is looking for."
> No person working at Wal-Mart would even KNOW what Linux IS
True, but most of them don't even know what a computer is, so their staff is OS-independent/incompetent.
> He could have checked the little "Post Anonymously" box and avoided all this trouble
Or he doesn't care about karma, unlike you, and didn't care enough to take the time to check it. If he gets 4 karma points for it? BIG FUCKING DEAL. You must realize that some peoples' lives aren't limited to posting to slashdot & "karma whoring."
Geez, people, stop always assuming malice where apathy is sufficient explanation.
> it's been like nine months since you took my mod privs away
9 months? Psshh, I haven't had Mod points since Y2K!
> All they need to do is lose the Simpsons and Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm is the single-most overrated show Fox has aired in years. The Mom is the only slightly funny character and the rest make me shrink back & feel embarrassed for the actors who actually have to speak the lines the horrible writers make for them.
Why this lasted longer than the Chevy Chase show, I have no idea.
> The problem lay in the desire.
So, obviously, we must remove the element of desire. Electro-Shock Therapy anyone? anyone?
> my Dad and I were in the McDonalds drive-thru, and they asked him to pull forward to wait for his order. He said no.
:)
*WHEW* Glad to know my Dad wasn't the only one
Makes sense, though. You drive-through because it's "fast food." If they are too damned slow to actually serve you, they need to step it up a bit. I'm not waiting an extra 5 minutes because your idiots can't figure out that that slab of meat goes between the buns. (I'll let the trolls think on that one)
> Now that the prices have gone down to $200, I'd assume they're now losing $300 on each Xbox, correct?
No, because their cost to produce new XBoxen is much lower now. Probably more than $100 difference.
> You could display fog on the fog!
It's the ultimate in redundancy.
> it turned out [the future] was always 2000.
So now, when we talk about the future, should we reference the year 3000? Seems the next logical step.
> The mist does not get things wet, according to the article. That means it is not water. More like the fake smoke used for special effects
Actually, I believe it does not get things wet because the flow of the mist is targetted by the air shooting down in front of & behind the mist. Therefore, the only thing to get wet would be a small area directly under the fog, which probably has a way to drain off excess liquid.
> Wonder if you could freeze the fog to make it into a solid screen...
Umm, no, it would make snow.
> Now they have direct link between his name and the burned CDs.
As long as the Serial number was recorded when you purchased the burner. Or if you were dumb enough (?) to send a warranty/registration card.
> You are not James Bond. Don't take this too far bro.
That's exactly what I was thinking about this whole thing, you just gave the proper words to my feelings. No one is gonna get sued because they tell an online homework company that there are bugs on their site. That is, of course, unless that person is stupid enough to exploit them. If that's the case, simple: don't tell anyone, or use hushmail & leave it for the company to fix their bugs. Otherwise, why hide? Big F'ing deal.
If the company is smart, they'll fix it before anyone else finds out about it.
> or did you miss that part??
Pay attention to what he's reading? Why would anyone do that?
> This guy is right on. Motion sensors provide security without creating light polution.
Unless you live near any woods, in which case the billions of deer roaming in your back yard will make sure that thing goes on & off about 30 times a night. Not that this takes anything away from the point, which is very true: just saying it's not a catch-all.
This is a terrible idea. When real money is involved and traded back & forth between players, they then have to keep better track of the users & as soon as someone gets cheated or thinks they get ripped off (or act like they get ripped off, or hacked) there will be a lawsuit of some kind.
Leave the Fantasy in the Fantasy world, leave the real money in the real world.
> CNN wouldn't ever show pictures of the injured of 9/11, yet as soon as theres a blown-apart Iraqi kid, it's all over the place?
Because he's not an American, and his family won't see that & sue their panties off. Plus, of course, he's an Iraqi, which makes him "inferior."
> eb hits, either anonymous or authenticated by an external database are excluded. Anonymous FTP is excluded
Please excuse my ignorance, I had been misinformed in the past.
> a quote that defines just how many of your rights have been looted from under your ignorant feet
What that quote fails to mention, however, is that they could mostly do this before, without PATRIOT. It more clearly defines what, exactly, they can DO while conducting the "sneak & peak," but doesn't add too much power.
I'm not saying it's right (I'd personally feel justified in killing a fucking pig if he came snooping around my house w/o my knowledge or permission & scared the shit out of me), just that the quote is very misleading.
> You are wrong on two counts:
... Troll feed here!*
*Troll feed! Get your troll feed here! Just 2 bucks a box. Get 'em while they're hot. Going fast!
> I'm worried for a friend of mine who runs an informative site on Arab nations
Well, you could be worried if he is advocating the violent overthrow of the U.S. (or posting DeCSS code).
Otherwise, you appear to be overinflating your "fear" to make a point that is not-at-all analogous.
BUT, (and that's a "but" even bigger than my own) I do agree with your point on a basic level.
If the guy is breaking the law, fine, put him in jail. What enrages me (among other things) is that somehow he would be considered worse just because terrorists attacked us two years ago. That's bullshit. He either broke a law or didn't break a law, there shouldn't be excessively different ways to charge him or punish him for the same crime.
> 666 is the number of the infamous beast mentioned in the Revelations.
Wow, how about that. Thank you, Mr. FUCKING OBVIOUS.
> pro-Linux websites should never even post such news.
The problem with that is, that makes Linux users "look guilty" by avoiding the subject.