Yes, and we'll also never be able to play the majority of PC games ever again.
I really wish people would stop saying "lololol get Linux no more viruses". No shit, I think by now a lot of us know that Linux has far, far less in the way of viruses and malware compared to Windows. The problem is that it also has far less software that some of us want to use.
He is, however, dumb enough to use Twitter to brag about his sploits, which makes locating and arresting him about as hard for a cop as scratching his own nuts.
Do you have any idea how hard it is for a cop to scratch his nuts? He has to make it past a belly bloated by years of coffee and donuts.
As the brother post said, he appeared at TED before these major releases. Usually when he makes public appearances it's unannounced.
Now if someone's life were in danger one would hope the police would be competent enough to get him into the station and back out safely, but these guys have gone back on forth as to whether or not he's guilty of anything (or even needed for questioning) that it makes them seem incredibly incompetent to say the least.
make him out to be a martyr... he'll be replaced just as quickly as he disappears.
What makes you so sure about that? I bet once Assange goes down, WikiLeaks follows soon after. There are not very many people with the financial means to stay on the run all the time. Among those who do exist, how many of them want to compromise their comfy lifestyle by pissing off powerful interests?
Assange is not some drug dealer pushing crack on the corner. He is not some kid swapping pirated movies and music. There are not legions of people doing what he does who will just step up and keep it going if he disappears.
Assange alone is not Wikileaks. As I've already said it's run by a council of 5 anonymous people (who we can safely assume Assange is a member, along with his spokesperson duties) and nearly a thousand volunteers. If he disappeared, died, etc. there's other people to continue the mission.
If you are in any way at fault... i.e. you're involved in an even a misdemeanor and you have that joint in your pocket, it adds a felony charge to the whole thing.
So in theory, if you had a joint in your pocket, someone rams your car, and the other driver dies, you could conceivably be tried for felony murder (though IANAL, take what I say with a grain of salt).
Well for one thing, when one considers some recent judgments relating to copyright law in Sweden they can have the impression that it has become the lap dog of the United States.
Assange seems entirely willing to be interviewed, just not in person for fear of getting a bullet in the head on his way to the courthouse.
The funny thing is how the U.S. and other countries think smearing Assange like this is going to do anything other than make him out to be a martyr... he'll be replaced just as quickly as he disappears.
Well wouldn't that be the problem with any Leak site?
I mean there's no way to be 100% sure and to trust the people in charge.
Keep in mind that Assange isn't the only guy working for Wikileaks, sitting at a desk and checking things by himself item by item. He's just the public face of the organization, that's all really. Wikileaks is apparently led by a five member council - I imagine Assange is one of them. They also have almost a thousand unpaid volunteers.
If you don't like how Wikileaks handles the information they receive, well, it's not like there's something stopping anyone else from starting a similar service if they could raise the funds and publicity for it.
That's the brilliant genius of the felony murder law.
If someone dies while you're commiting a felony - even if you didn't pull the trigger - you're liable for felony murder.
In this case, I suppose the justification is that if the kids never tried to rob the house their companion never would have died and thus they are guilty of felony murder as a result. Honestly though I think the whole law is too broad and overreaching. There shouldn't be such harsh penalties for an indirect responsibility.
Of course there is. Leslie Nielsen isn't dead, that's just the cover story. He's been recalled from deep cover and is being debriefed at the secret log cabin bunk under Lake Saskatchewan.
Anger-laden post aside, he's right. Unless it's a huge fuck-up (and Todd doesn't pick up his phone), you'll never see a retraction on the front page or anywhere easily noticeable.
In situations like that it sort of makes me wonder who owns all the land. In America you would be passing by people selling trinkets, roadside diners, etc. at least once every 1-2 hours.
Sort of reminds me of the scene where the guy took out the back plate of his vest only to end up shot in the back.
I would understand maybe special ops like Delta Force, SEALS, SAS, etc. going in with light armor - after all, they typically move hard and fast and in small teams. If they get into a large direct firefight then they're doing their job wrong.
But honestly, a soldier going into combat without adequate armor is like a soldier going into combat with just a handgun. He'd get berated if he didn't have a good rifle but it slides if he doesn't have good armor?
The sad thing is the government would have to do a cost/benefit analysis of the "value" of a soldier's life (including insurance payments to widows/family) versus the cost of armor and its average expected lifetime. In fact, I imagine it's already been done and that's why they don't have decent armor. We have the greatest and most advanced military in the world and our soldiers should be equipped as such.
Overall cash isn't perfect but so far all of the alternatives like to pile on fees and hassles such that for small transactions they aren't reasonable.
I disagree entirely! I have tens of thousands of dollars stuffed under my mattress!
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm feeling rather tired. I think I'll have a smoke before I fall asleep.
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Could you list some PC games that aren't virtual treadmills (i.e. muhmorpuhgers)? d:
Honestly? I wouldn't worry too much about disappearing. You'd have to be a madman to fuck with Finland.
Yes, and we'll also never be able to play the majority of PC games ever again.
I really wish people would stop saying "lololol get Linux no more viruses". No shit, I think by now a lot of us know that Linux has far, far less in the way of viruses and malware compared to Windows. The problem is that it also has far less software that some of us want to use.
The whole thing went tits up!
He is, however, dumb enough to use Twitter to brag about his sploits, which makes locating and arresting him about as hard for a cop as scratching his own nuts.
Do you have any idea how hard it is for a cop to scratch his nuts? He has to make it past a belly bloated by years of coffee and donuts.
As the brother post said, he appeared at TED before these major releases. Usually when he makes public appearances it's unannounced.
Now if someone's life were in danger one would hope the police would be competent enough to get him into the station and back out safely, but these guys have gone back on forth as to whether or not he's guilty of anything (or even needed for questioning) that it makes them seem incredibly incompetent to say the least.
make him out to be a martyr... he'll be replaced just as quickly as he disappears.
What makes you so sure about that? I bet once Assange goes down, WikiLeaks follows soon after. There are not very many people with the financial means to stay on the run all the time. Among those who do exist, how many of them want to compromise their comfy lifestyle by pissing off powerful interests?
Assange is not some drug dealer pushing crack on the corner. He is not some kid swapping pirated movies and music. There are not legions of people doing what he does who will just step up and keep it going if he disappears.
Assange alone is not Wikileaks. As I've already said it's run by a council of 5 anonymous people (who we can safely assume Assange is a member, along with his spokesperson duties) and nearly a thousand volunteers. If he disappeared, died, etc. there's other people to continue the mission.
You speak as if the US government was competent or acted as one sole entity.
I've found it's often the case where the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing more often than not.
releasing your own copyrighted material to creative commons or public domain - terrorism
al'Coulton akbar! It's time for a FREEHAHD!
If you are in any way at fault... i.e. you're involved in an even a misdemeanor and you have that joint in your pocket, it adds a felony charge to the whole thing.
So in theory, if you had a joint in your pocket, someone rams your car, and the other driver dies, you could conceivably be tried for felony murder (though IANAL, take what I say with a grain of salt).
Well for one thing, when one considers some recent judgments relating to copyright law in Sweden they can have the impression that it has become the lap dog of the United States.
Assange seems entirely willing to be interviewed, just not in person for fear of getting a bullet in the head on his way to the courthouse.
The funny thing is how the U.S. and other countries think smearing Assange like this is going to do anything other than make him out to be a martyr... he'll be replaced just as quickly as he disappears.
Son of a bitch, don't give them any bloody ideas man!
Well yeah, I can see how. Most of our economy has been outsourced to China these days anyway.
Well wouldn't that be the problem with any Leak site?
I mean there's no way to be 100% sure and to trust the people in charge.
Keep in mind that Assange isn't the only guy working for Wikileaks, sitting at a desk and checking things by himself item by item. He's just the public face of the organization, that's all really. Wikileaks is apparently led by a five member council - I imagine Assange is one of them. They also have almost a thousand unpaid volunteers.
If you don't like how Wikileaks handles the information they receive, well, it's not like there's something stopping anyone else from starting a similar service if they could raise the funds and publicity for it.
That's the brilliant genius of the felony murder law.
If someone dies while you're commiting a felony - even if you didn't pull the trigger - you're liable for felony murder.
In this case, I suppose the justification is that if the kids never tried to rob the house their companion never would have died and thus they are guilty of felony murder as a result. Honestly though I think the whole law is too broad and overreaching. There shouldn't be such harsh penalties for an indirect responsibility.
Either way, in 50 years however few of the 300 figurines already shipped are going to be worth a fair bit more than $80, I'm sure.
Did they really? I'm genuinely asking here. Could you provide some examples?
And I imagine like The Pirate Bay they have redundancy all over the world in both private and public locations, secret and not secret...
I doubt chucking a few Tomahawk missiles are going to solve the WIkileaks problem.
Hide yo cablez, hide your dox, 'cause they leakin' errbody out here...
Seriously, a Canadian Spy Service?
Of course there is. Leslie Nielsen isn't dead, that's just the cover story. He's been recalled from deep cover and is being debriefed at the secret log cabin bunk under Lake Saskatchewan.
Anger-laden post aside, he's right. Unless it's a huge fuck-up (and Todd doesn't pick up his phone), you'll never see a retraction on the front page or anywhere easily noticeable.
In situations like that it sort of makes me wonder who owns all the land. In America you would be passing by people selling trinkets, roadside diners, etc. at least once every 1-2 hours.
Yeah, but we'd file a class action lawsuit and eventually win $2 coupons towards our next savings accounts.
Sort of reminds me of the scene where the guy took out the back plate of his vest only to end up shot in the back.
I would understand maybe special ops like Delta Force, SEALS, SAS, etc. going in with light armor - after all, they typically move hard and fast and in small teams. If they get into a large direct firefight then they're doing their job wrong.
But honestly, a soldier going into combat without adequate armor is like a soldier going into combat with just a handgun. He'd get berated if he didn't have a good rifle but it slides if he doesn't have good armor?
The sad thing is the government would have to do a cost/benefit analysis of the "value" of a soldier's life (including insurance payments to widows/family) versus the cost of armor and its average expected lifetime. In fact, I imagine it's already been done and that's why they don't have decent armor. We have the greatest and most advanced military in the world and our soldiers should be equipped as such.
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Overall cash isn't perfect but so far all of the alternatives like to pile on fees and hassles such that for small transactions they aren't reasonable.
I disagree entirely! I have tens of thousands of dollars stuffed under my mattress!
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm feeling rather tired. I think I'll have a smoke before I fall asleep.