You really believe this? Does this sound even vaguely rational? Do you realize for that to be true, the East River would be choked with the corpses of those that were ordered "whacked" by Scientology? Can you even cite one instance where this so-called "murder in prison" happened?
I certainly see that Scientology flames the passions of certain people. Shouldn't passion be tempered by reason?
Why run? He has been a fujitive for years? The worst he could get was a year in jail (bad) or a $5000 fine (bad, but doable, and probable). By running, he is now worse off than he was before.
Really, if he were to be somehow damaged by some so-called cult members, wouldn't that have happened by now? Did he really have anything to fear? Perhaps he confused Scientology with some other world religion that has an issue with critics and goes after their critics in a more, shall we say, personal way.
I think the Church of Scientology should drop the charges. Problem is -- they can drop the charges, but he is still guilty of running away from the Law. Say what you want about Scientology, you cannot screw with the Law.
Longer reply: If the story or link is good, post it, regardless of who submitted it. Editing the submitter is a bad idea -- you enter into the morass of doing value judgements on people, when the only thing that should be judged is the story or link. Don't wait for a "more acceptable" user to submit the same story, either. If it's important enough to post, don't sit on it waiting for someone "more acceptable" to submit the same thing. That just adds to your job and puts a throttle on the news line. Finally, off-topic posts just waste everyone's time. Sometimes, the first post on a story is off-topic!
I have been a reader of slashdot for quite a while, but not an active participant (time. Alas!). Slashdot is to me a conduit into what matters most in computerdom. What matters is the story. Slashdot's tagline "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters" is the key. The Story is King!
Amazing code. Loved the comment: "Disgusting, no? But it compiles and runs just fine. I feel a combination of pride and revulsion at this discovery." that Duff made -- back in '83!
This is both the strength and weakness of C -- you can do anything you want, and, you can do anything you want!
It is refreshing to see this in a sea of "development environments."
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You really believe this? Does this sound even vaguely rational? Do you realize for that to be true, the East River would be choked with the corpses of those that were ordered "whacked" by Scientology? Can you even cite one instance where this so-called "murder in prison" happened?
I certainly see that Scientology flames the passions of certain people. Shouldn't passion be tempered by reason?
Apparently, he was convicted of a misdemeanor. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cacodes/pen/422.6-42 2.95.html
Why run? He has been a fujitive for years? The worst he could get was a year in jail (bad) or a $5000 fine (bad, but doable, and probable). By running, he is now worse off than he was before.
Really, if he were to be somehow damaged by some so-called cult members, wouldn't that have happened by now? Did he really have anything to fear? Perhaps he confused Scientology with some other world religion that has an issue with critics and goes after their critics in a more, shall we say, personal way.
I think the Church of Scientology should drop the charges. Problem is -- they can drop the charges, but he is still guilty of running away from the Law. Say what you want about Scientology, you cannot screw with the Law.
Short reply: I agree with your approach.
Longer reply: If the story or link is good, post it, regardless of who submitted it. Editing the submitter is a bad idea -- you enter into the morass of doing value judgements on people, when the only thing that should be judged is the story or link. Don't wait for a "more acceptable" user to submit the same story, either. If it's important enough to post, don't sit on it waiting for someone "more acceptable" to submit the same thing. That just adds to your job and puts a throttle on the news line. Finally, off-topic posts just waste everyone's time. Sometimes, the first post on a story is off-topic!
I have been a reader of slashdot for quite a while, but not an active participant (time. Alas!). Slashdot is to me a conduit into what matters most in computerdom. What matters is the story. Slashdot's tagline "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters" is the key. The Story is King!
Amazing code. Loved the comment: "Disgusting, no? But it compiles and runs just fine. I feel a combination of pride and revulsion at this discovery." that Duff made -- back in '83!
This is both the strength and weakness of C -- you can do anything you want, and, you can do anything you want!
It is refreshing to see this in a sea of "development environments."
Since viruses take advantage of Microsoft flaws, wouldn't Micorosodt selling antivirus be a conflict of interest?
This is why I don't rely on MS Anti-spyware solely either!