How stupid would you have to be to see that and think 'OH GOD BOMB!'? If you just caught a glimpse, MAYBE, but nobody would be stupid enough to go to all the trouble of making a bomb if they were just going to throw it in their luggage loose.
Except, you know, you can't kill a cop with a camera (unless you bludgeon him over the head with it, but even then).
Plus, the cops should have to act BETTER than most people, because, guess what, they're COPS. If that means they're on camera 24/7, then so be it. They signed up for it.
We already have laws against driving while under the influence or while intoxicated, and people drive drunk all the time.
There are exactly zero negative effects of legalizing pot that aren't already present in the widespread use of alcohol, and already illegal. The illegality of pot is a blanket, stopgap measure that's better fixed with other existing laws.
So, why is pot illegal? Personally, I blame religious bigotry, but there's always the legendary 'think of the children' BS politicians love to pull.
Fine then, we'll put a webcam in whatever room(s) in your house has/have your computer(s), but we won't tell you exactly who's watching or when, or say exactly what they can see.
Let's say I pirate Photoshop CS3. I now have it, and Adobe has nothing. HOWEVER, I don't have enough money just laying around to actually buy the software, meaning Adobe loses NOTHING.
It's like if I stole a car and the exact same car instantly reappeared, except now there were two of it, one in my possession, one in the owner's. In fact, it's more like I went over the owner's car in great detail then built my own.
Since you're an expert on everything, why, then is the FBI blocking the attempts to study this? If they honestly believed the chances were that remote, they would be SPONSORING the fucking study, to PROVE they were right all along.
What they're doing is an admission of guilt to anyone with three brain cells.
We should be going after the kiddie raping motherfuckers who DON'T look at little suzie down the street on the internet, they go entice her with candy in a white van and take her behind the gas station.
THAT'S abuse. It's like saying looking at trees is abuse of the trees. It's not, and it's exactly the same in this case.
Hell, internet kiddie porn probably keeps more kids from being raped than it encourages.
Think about how many people there are that are actually pedophiles. Not kiddie-rapers, they just like little kids. So they hop on Usenet, download a video or two, and that's that. Now, what if they couldn't? They might eventually end up kidnapping little suzie.
I run about 75% pirated software (really, only stuff that's legit that's on this box are free, or the OS), so I make up for... about 1/9th of one of your friends.
Of course. I'm not going to pay $600 for a piece of software, but I'll most definitely pirate it.
Piracy is the new scapegoat. Used to be physical theft, now it's unauthorized copying. What's next, masturbating?
There's such a huge deal made over victimless crimes (prostitution comes to mind, as does smoking pot). Most of our country's laws are based off Christianity. I honestly don't see why they don't just ratify the Bible and get it over with. Then I can move to some other country that hasn't developed to the point where it hates it's own people, and sit back and watch the US rip itself apart.
It'll happen, eventually.
It's just a matter of time before people start to open their eyes and see what is really happening to them, and how few rights they actually have anymore.
I rather hope it will happen in my lifetime, it'd be nice to see every single corrupt motherfucker in the government getting a nice kick in the balls (or tits) from millions of revolutionists, one at a time.
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How stupid would you have to be to see that and think 'OH GOD BOMB!'? If you just caught a glimpse, MAYBE, but nobody would be stupid enough to go to all the trouble of making a bomb if they were just going to throw it in their luggage loose.
TSA: logic need not apply.
Except, you know, you can't kill a cop with a camera (unless you bludgeon him over the head with it, but even then).
Plus, the cops should have to act BETTER than most people, because, guess what, they're COPS. If that means they're on camera 24/7, then so be it. They signed up for it.
I wish I still had my mod points, that's one of the few funny things on /..
Mod parent +5 Woosh
We already have laws against driving while under the influence or while intoxicated, and people drive drunk all the time. There are exactly zero negative effects of legalizing pot that aren't already present in the widespread use of alcohol, and already illegal. The illegality of pot is a blanket, stopgap measure that's better fixed with other existing laws. So, why is pot illegal? Personally, I blame religious bigotry, but there's always the legendary 'think of the children' BS politicians love to pull.
Fine then, we'll put a webcam in whatever room(s) in your house has/have your computer(s), but we won't tell you exactly who's watching or when, or say exactly what they can see.
You're posting to Slashdot. What ex-girlfriend?
Remember what happens when IE DOES do graphics?
:D) seems to be everything).
*points to the VML exploit*
I say let M$ keep their incompetent hands off anything they can't properly secure (which (flamebait
...shit. Where'd that cow get to?
Once again, I get to bring up this example:
Let's say I pirate Photoshop CS3. I now have it, and Adobe has nothing. HOWEVER, I don't have enough money just laying around to actually buy the software, meaning Adobe loses NOTHING.
It's like if I stole a car and the exact same car instantly reappeared, except now there were two of it, one in my possession, one in the owner's. In fact, it's more like I went over the owner's car in great detail then built my own.
Since you're an expert on everything, why, then is the FBI blocking the attempts to study this? If they honestly believed the chances were that remote, they would be SPONSORING the fucking study, to PROVE they were right all along. What they're doing is an admission of guilt to anyone with three brain cells.
i hate electronic voting as much as anyone and would prefer paper ballots and hand counts. it works for canada.
We lose all our paper ballots, remember?
Except for once the post involves logic and reason, which is amazing.
Intellectually, I hate this. Our oligarchy* requires free and fair elections.
But in terms of news-as-entertainment, this is the stuff the best thrillers are made of.
(*: used in place of "democracy" for maximum correctness)
Fixed that mistake for ya.
We should be going after the kiddie raping motherfuckers who DON'T look at little suzie down the street on the internet, they go entice her with candy in a white van and take her behind the gas station. THAT'S abuse. It's like saying looking at trees is abuse of the trees. It's not, and it's exactly the same in this case. Hell, internet kiddie porn probably keeps more kids from being raped than it encourages. Think about how many people there are that are actually pedophiles. Not kiddie-rapers, they just like little kids. So they hop on Usenet, download a video or two, and that's that. Now, what if they couldn't? They might eventually end up kidnapping little suzie.
I run about 75% pirated software (really, only stuff that's legit that's on this box are free, or the OS), so I make up for... about 1/9th of one of your friends.
What are these 'facts' you speak of? Didn't the MAFIAA say they didn't need proof? That's good enough for me! Kill the pirates!
I swear, I'm going to end up breaking one day, buying a gun, and hunting down the nearest BSA/MAFIAA employee.
...France HAS a GDP?
Of course. I'm not going to pay $600 for a piece of software, but I'll most definitely pirate it. Piracy is the new scapegoat. Used to be physical theft, now it's unauthorized copying. What's next, masturbating?
There's such a huge deal made over victimless crimes (prostitution comes to mind, as does smoking pot). Most of our country's laws are based off Christianity. I honestly don't see why they don't just ratify the Bible and get it over with. Then I can move to some other country that hasn't developed to the point where it hates it's own people, and sit back and watch the US rip itself apart.
But can it run Linux?
It's running Windows Vista. I guess all it takes is one pissed-off engineer to uncheck the "make Windows suck" box.
Because that would be anti-competitive, and that is illegal (at least, there's a nice piece of paper in a vault somewhere that says it is).
"return really few;", duh.
It'll happen, eventually. It's just a matter of time before people start to open their eyes and see what is really happening to them, and how few rights they actually have anymore. I rather hope it will happen in my lifetime, it'd be nice to see every single corrupt motherfucker in the government getting a nice kick in the balls (or tits) from millions of revolutionists, one at a time.