I everybody in the theater was armed, maybe the shooter would have survived, but in my own personal opinion, the attack would have not happened.
Shotting sitting ducks is a business, engage in a shooting whith 200 hundreds armed man on your own, it's a whole different history.
Gun control only benefits wrongdoers, and only harm law abiding citizen.
Legal drugs will end the black market and drug mafia, they will pay taxes instead, USA proved that with the alcohol in the '29.
All "good" citizen crying for gun control, drug control, and so on, are in my own personal opinion, just being childish and trying to twart their own personal responsability on keeping Freedom. They don't want freedom, they want to be slaves, controlled and "protected" by their master... and, allas, USA citizen are getting what they want.
In my own personal opinion, this episode is another chapter in the war against USA Citizen freedom, brought to you by the same company that gave you TSA and pats down.
Old good USA is dead, what remains is a tumbling zombie with a lash.
Full disclaimer: I'm not a USA citizen, and I don't live in USA. You were a country to imitate, now you are a pitty, man up gentleman.
Even third world countries citizen have now more freedom that the average overweight and scared USA citizen who is controlled by his own cowardice.
Some words of wisdom of ancient programmers will clarify the issue...
Master Foo Discourses on the Graphical User Interface
One evening, Master Foo and Nubi attended a gathering of programmers who had met to learn from each other. One of the programmers asked Nubi to what school he and his master belonged. Upon being told they were followers of the Great Way of Unix, the programmer grew scornful.
“The command-line tools of Unix are crude and backward,” he scoffed. “Modern, properly designed operating systems do everything through a graphical user interface.”
Master Foo said nothing, but pointed at the moon. A nearby dog began to bark at the master's hand.
“I don't understand you!” said the programmer.
Master Foo remained silent, and pointed at an image of the Buddha. Then he pointed at a window.
“What are you trying to tell me?” asked the programmer.
Master Foo pointed at the programmer's head. Then he pointed at a rock.
“Why can't you make yourself clear?” demanded the programmer.
Master Foo frowned thoughtfully, tapped the programmer twice on the nose, and dropped him in a nearby trashcan.
As the programmer was attempting to extricate himself from the garbage, the dog wandered over and piddled on him.
At that moment, the programmer achieved enlightenment.
The point raised by master Foo is clear, text is the only way you REALLY understand what is being said, in this case, to your computer. The GUI guy could not understand what was going on.
For more Master Foo wisdom, see
http://catb.org/~esr/writings/unix-koans/gui-programmer.html
Yeah yeah, 'when I steal your DVD, you have no DVD, but when I copy a file, you still have a file'
The real issue here is not that copying is stealing or otherwise a lost sale, the real deal is that the world has changed and the business model for media creation and distribution is DEAD. FULL STOP. No ammount of lobbying, no matter how many laws Hollywood can get of their payed puppets will change that. It's like the railroad owners of 19th century were sen't on destroying that new "invention" called automoviles and trucks that let anybody achieve transportation without giving them their share.
Let's face it, I can go to the west coast without needing you, train company.
Let's face it, I can get content without needing you, big media company.
BUT!!!!! Big media produces the media I want, and the actors, directors producers etc. etc. needs their food too, so...
What is needed is a new way to monetize content CREATION, note the word creation, not DISTRIBUTION.
Nowadays distribution is FREE, as the roads are "FREE"... you owned the railroads, but you don't own the roads anymore, so for everybody's sake, stop trying to charge me for using the road and go invent some new way to get my money (Sell gas, sell insurance for my car, and so on).
Because, like it or not, being fair or not, being legal or not, charging for distributing media is NO LONGER POSIBLE, and trying to "regulate" this is like trying to pass a law that abolishes gravity... it will not work.
We allready got all we need to keep an alien invasion out of question... atomic bombs... may be these weapons could not destroy them, but can and will destroy the entire earth, making it an inhospitable radiactive rock, not different to mars by example...that will preclude any posibility of colonization... on a side note: Humans are crazy enough to blow out their own planet to avoid been conquered... and in any case... if the alien try to exterminate us, and they are so advanced we can not stop them... well... see you in hell bastards...
"If there are privacy issues, we should look for ways to avoid them, by using cryptography or legistlation where necessary."
Yeah!!! legislation will protect you... except from the government and your lawyer... I'll rather read a thousand tutorials to set up my own server than facing a "simple" trial to protect my rights... If you don't agree... please shut down your car alarm system and hope that the law will protect you from being stolen...
You've said you just need to do your work... and later you've said You need somebody to blame!!!
And you've said that linux will never be a product because you do't have somebody to blame...
It seems to me that you are the kind of people who just need somebody to blame when thing go wrong, doing the work is just incidental to you.
You are a whining teenager...
Please... get out of the boat... Real men wanted!!!
Just finished 3 weeks of RPG III training I've got a Job in a Truck Factory... I was assigned to maintain the Imports (Foreign trade) System... The first day, after being introduced to the rest of the staff, Two Manager (Foreign trades manager and Factory manager) called me because the system wasn't working, they sitted behind me and did'nt leave until the system produced the desired customs documents necessary to retrieve some engines from the customs deposit... It was 2 am when the printer printed the last page... That was my first day... I was 19... Everybody I asked for help replied me "It's your problem boy..." I still wonder why the hell I didn't change career back then.
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I everybody in the theater was armed, maybe the shooter would have survived, but in my own personal opinion, the attack would have not happened. Shotting sitting ducks is a business, engage in a shooting whith 200 hundreds armed man on your own, it's a whole different history. Gun control only benefits wrongdoers, and only harm law abiding citizen. Legal drugs will end the black market and drug mafia, they will pay taxes instead, USA proved that with the alcohol in the '29. All "good" citizen crying for gun control, drug control, and so on, are in my own personal opinion, just being childish and trying to twart their own personal responsability on keeping Freedom. They don't want freedom, they want to be slaves, controlled and "protected" by their master... and, allas, USA citizen are getting what they want. In my own personal opinion, this episode is another chapter in the war against USA Citizen freedom, brought to you by the same company that gave you TSA and pats down. Old good USA is dead, what remains is a tumbling zombie with a lash. Full disclaimer: I'm not a USA citizen, and I don't live in USA. You were a country to imitate, now you are a pitty, man up gentleman. Even third world countries citizen have now more freedom that the average overweight and scared USA citizen who is controlled by his own cowardice.
Master Foo Discourses on the Graphical User Interface One evening, Master Foo and Nubi attended a gathering of programmers who had met to learn from each other. One of the programmers asked Nubi to what school he and his master belonged. Upon being told they were followers of the Great Way of Unix, the programmer grew scornful. “The command-line tools of Unix are crude and backward,” he scoffed. “Modern, properly designed operating systems do everything through a graphical user interface.” Master Foo said nothing, but pointed at the moon. A nearby dog began to bark at the master's hand. “I don't understand you!” said the programmer. Master Foo remained silent, and pointed at an image of the Buddha. Then he pointed at a window. “What are you trying to tell me?” asked the programmer. Master Foo pointed at the programmer's head. Then he pointed at a rock. “Why can't you make yourself clear?” demanded the programmer. Master Foo frowned thoughtfully, tapped the programmer twice on the nose, and dropped him in a nearby trashcan. As the programmer was attempting to extricate himself from the garbage, the dog wandered over and piddled on him. At that moment, the programmer achieved enlightenment.
The point raised by master Foo is clear, text is the only way you REALLY understand what is being said, in this case, to your computer. The GUI guy could not understand what was going on. For more Master Foo wisdom, see http://catb.org/~esr/writings/unix-koans/gui-programmer.html
Hey Mosley, I've got a solution for you. Copyright those damn pics. Then issue a DMCA notice. Done!
Yeah yeah, 'when I steal your DVD, you have no DVD, but when I copy a file, you still have a file'
The real issue here is not that copying is stealing or otherwise a lost sale, the real deal is that the world has changed and the business model for media creation and distribution is DEAD. FULL STOP. No ammount of lobbying, no matter how many laws Hollywood can get of their payed puppets will change that. It's like the railroad owners of 19th century were sen't on destroying that new "invention" called automoviles and trucks that let anybody achieve transportation without giving them their share. Let's face it, I can go to the west coast without needing you, train company. Let's face it, I can get content without needing you, big media company. BUT!!!!! Big media produces the media I want, and the actors, directors producers etc. etc. needs their food too, so... What is needed is a new way to monetize content CREATION, note the word creation, not DISTRIBUTION. Nowadays distribution is FREE, as the roads are "FREE"... you owned the railroads, but you don't own the roads anymore, so for everybody's sake, stop trying to charge me for using the road and go invent some new way to get my money (Sell gas, sell insurance for my car, and so on). Because, like it or not, being fair or not, being legal or not, charging for distributing media is NO LONGER POSIBLE, and trying to "regulate" this is like trying to pass a law that abolishes gravity... it will not work.
We allready got all we need to keep an alien invasion out of question... atomic bombs... may be these weapons could not destroy them, but can and will destroy the entire earth, making it an inhospitable radiactive rock, not different to mars by example...that will preclude any posibility of colonization... on a side note: Humans are crazy enough to blow out their own planet to avoid been conquered... and in any case... if the alien try to exterminate us, and they are so advanced we can not stop them... well... see you in hell bastards...
Well... he allready thinks so... have you heard of open bios???? http://www.openfirmware.info/Welcome_to_OpenBIOS
"If there are privacy issues, we should look for ways to avoid them, by using cryptography or legistlation where necessary." Yeah!!! legislation will protect you ... except from the government and your lawyer... I'll rather read a thousand tutorials to set up my own server than facing a "simple" trial to protect my rights... If you don't agree... please shut down your car alarm system and hope that the law will protect you from being stolen ...
You've said you just need to do your work... and later you've said You need somebody to blame!!! And you've said that linux will never be a product because you do't have somebody to blame... It seems to me that you are the kind of people who just need somebody to blame when thing go wrong, doing the work is just incidental to you. You are a whining teenager ...
Please... get out of the boat ... Real men wanted!!!
Just finished 3 weeks of RPG III training I've got a Job in a Truck Factory... I was assigned to maintain the Imports (Foreign trade) System... The first day, after being introduced to the rest of the staff, Two Manager (Foreign trades manager and Factory manager) called me because the system wasn't working, they sitted behind me and did'nt leave until the system produced the desired customs documents necessary to retrieve some engines from the customs deposit... It was 2 am when the printer printed the last page... That was my first day ... I was 19... Everybody I asked for help replied me "It's your problem boy..." I still wonder why the hell I didn't change career back then.
Just because a big gray elephant is easier to find, that some stealth dolphin...