SpiderOak would be a good one. It's cross-platform, FOSS-friendly, and has a rather impressive feature-set. I'm frankly surprised they aren't better known by now.
Are we going to blame the barista who got her order wrong, the thief who stole $20 dollars out of her purse, the washer-machine that ruined her favourite dress, or the boy who broke up with her (theoretical occurrences).
No, no, no, and no. I'll refute point by point:
The barista - without further information it is most reasonable to conclude that the barista did not have malicious intent, mistakes happen
The thief - obviously the thief has malicious intent in that they stole money but not intent to kill her as you made no mention of attempted homicide, they were after the money, not the girl
the washing machine - non-sentient appliances cannot be blamed for anything as they lack intent
the ex-boyfriend - unless he also joined in harassing her then no, again, lack of malicious intent
Now compare that to two girls repeatedly harassing, intimidating, and generally being little shits over an extended period of time with clearly demonstrated malicious intent ("Go drink bleach and die")
The kid could run away? Really? Your solution for bullying is to have the kid strike out on their own into an even more hostile environment that will happily eat them alive? (And keep in mind the victim here is an adolescent girl...nope, no risk of even worse things happening to her once she's out of the house, no sir!)
Please tell me you do not have children of your own. I don't think I could come up with a worse solution if I had tried.
The value of gold versus dirt is not intrinsic, it is contextual.
If you and I were on a desert island and I have a cubic meter of arable soil to grow food with (i.e. dirt) and you have a cubic kilometer of gold, I'm gonna hold onto my dirt. Why? Because in the context of being stuck on a desert island, gold does not have much usefulness. It's too soft to make tools, too dense to make a boat or useful building material, and inedible. Dirt on the other hand can be used to grow food, something that I need more than any amount of gold.
Could you build some useful items out of gold on such an island? Probably. I'm sure it would make some very pretty planters or pipes for irrigation but those pipes would only be useful in conjunction with my dirt so again their value is contextual.
Ergo, in the (admittedly artificial) scenario I just described, dirt is more value than gold.
Bullshit, the Red Cross was more than happy to sue Bioware over using a red cross on healer's kits in Neverwinter Nights. (because god forbid that somehow an item named "healer's kit" or "health kit" might dilute the brand of a major humanitarian organization frequently involved in the distribution of medical supplies to distressed areas)
Torture doesn't work because no one talks. Obviously everyone talks after enough persuasion has been applied. The problem with torture is that you cannot be sure that the info extracted is actually accurate or not. If you don't actually know the answer your handlers are looking for you will give them something reasonable sounding simply because you want the pain to stop. Whether or not the data is true is immaterial to you, all that matters is pain and the cessation thereof.
That's the problem with torture, you get plenty of data I'm sure, but the quality of the data is very debatable and bad data is even worse than no data at all.
Have you not been paying attention? Anything and everything goes when it comes to getting Rev^H^H^HJustice in America circa 2013.
Should lying be allowed in the pursuit of justice? Probably not, or at least not with the amount of latitude it currently enjoys, but people don't care about justice; people care about vengeance. To the general public, it doesn't matter how the scale is brought back into balance; it doesn't matter if that sometimes it involves picking fruit from the poisoned tree or putting a jackboot up someone's ass that didn't quite deserve it, they just want to see something done. That is what justice in America means today, placating the mob, and if a few poor innocent sods get tazed or maced along the way, well...sucks for them, (but better them than me.)
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ProcMon ProcExp and ProcDump All go a long way toward tracking that sort of info down and are all free (as in beer) to boot.
Because "our betters" use those money-saving services. Therefore they are A-OK with storing money offshore and will not prosecute such activities.
SpiderOak would be a good one. It's cross-platform, FOSS-friendly, and has a rather impressive feature-set. I'm frankly surprised they aren't better known by now.
Not the Federal Government. The Federal Reserve is a private entity.
Are you telling me that Mexicans are not enthralled by a corporate bottom-of-the-barrel parody of their cuisine? Shocking!
This is slashdot, not R'ing TFA is par for the course, not R'ing TFS gets you a gold star!
When the cult incites or orders members to commit crimes then the cult is also criminally liable. These individuals did not act in a vacuum.
Read up on some of the shit that the CoS has pulled, Operation Snow White for starters...
Are we going to blame the barista who got her order wrong, the thief who stole $20 dollars out of her purse, the washer-machine that ruined her favourite dress, or the boy who broke up with her (theoretical occurrences).
No, no, no, and no. I'll refute point by point:
The barista - without further information it is most reasonable to conclude that the barista did not have malicious intent, mistakes happen
The thief - obviously the thief has malicious intent in that they stole money but not intent to kill her as you made no mention of attempted homicide, they were after the money, not the girl
the washing machine - non-sentient appliances cannot be blamed for anything as they lack intent
the ex-boyfriend - unless he also joined in harassing her then no, again, lack of malicious intent
Now compare that to two girls repeatedly harassing, intimidating, and generally being little shits over an extended period of time with clearly demonstrated malicious intent ("Go drink bleach and die")
One of these things is not like the others...
The kid could run away? Really? Your solution for bullying is to have the kid strike out on their own into an even more hostile environment that will happily eat them alive? (And keep in mind the victim here is an adolescent girl...nope, no risk of even worse things happening to her once she's out of the house, no sir!)
Please tell me you do not have children of your own. I don't think I could come up with a worse solution if I had tried.
Which is worse, the subject matter of said visualization or how aptly it applies?
Its a moot point though, as I run Linux Mint on all my machines running Linux.
Mint is derived from Ubuntu, in fact I think they still use a large part of the Ubuntu repositories
Now Arch on the other hand...
I stand ready to trade my dirt for your gold
The value of gold versus dirt is not intrinsic, it is contextual.
If you and I were on a desert island and I have a cubic meter of arable soil to grow food with (i.e. dirt) and you have a cubic kilometer of gold, I'm gonna hold onto my dirt. Why? Because in the context of being stuck on a desert island, gold does not have much usefulness. It's too soft to make tools, too dense to make a boat or useful building material, and inedible. Dirt on the other hand can be used to grow food, something that I need more than any amount of gold.
Could you build some useful items out of gold on such an island? Probably. I'm sure it would make some very pretty planters or pipes for irrigation but those pipes would only be useful in conjunction with my dirt so again their value is contextual.
Ergo, in the (admittedly artificial) scenario I just described, dirt is more value than gold.
No, that would be the ether fumes
Making drug users into felons is not a net positive for society, but...industry sure benefits!
And now you understand the nature of the game.
4 have your supply officer gripe about your ammo use (regardless of how efficient you were in using it)
FTFY
I need a hobby or more meaningful work.
Isn't that why we are all here in the first place?
Bullshit, the Red Cross was more than happy to sue Bioware over using a red cross on healer's kits in Neverwinter Nights. (because god forbid that somehow an item named "healer's kit" or "health kit" might dilute the brand of a major humanitarian organization frequently involved in the distribution of medical supplies to distressed areas)
Just cause you can fly airplanes in a video game, that doesn't mean you can fly a real airplane.
Keep in mind that the Red Cross threw a snit over health kits in Neverwinter Nights among others so this is really par for the course for them.
Torture doesn't work because no one talks. Obviously everyone talks after enough persuasion has been applied. The problem with torture is that you cannot be sure that the info extracted is actually accurate or not. If you don't actually know the answer your handlers are looking for you will give them something reasonable sounding simply because you want the pain to stop. Whether or not the data is true is immaterial to you, all that matters is pain and the cessation thereof.
That's the problem with torture, you get plenty of data I'm sure, but the quality of the data is very debatable and bad data is even worse than no data at all.
Contamination, when it occurs, happens when the well bore is screwed up.
And that _NEVER_ happens...
Lying is not allowed in the pursuit of Justice.
Have you not been paying attention? Anything and everything goes when it comes to getting Rev^H^H^HJustice in America circa 2013.
Should lying be allowed in the pursuit of justice? Probably not, or at least not with the amount of latitude it currently enjoys, but people don't care about justice; people care about vengeance. To the general public, it doesn't matter how the scale is brought back into balance; it doesn't matter if that sometimes it involves picking fruit from the poisoned tree or putting a jackboot up someone's ass that didn't quite deserve it, they just want to see something done. That is what justice in America means today, placating the mob, and if a few poor innocent sods get tazed or maced along the way, well...sucks for them, (but better them than me.)
And what country do you live again, pray tell?
Wrong novel, you're thinking of Brave New World. Also, you forgot the orgy-porgy.
I'd rather duck and cover while they're "expressing themselves" like that, hate to catch a stray bullet and all