If I'm taking them for my own private use and in no way, shape, or form causing any sort of abuse to occur in the process, why the fuck do you have the right to tell me not to do that?
But you can already find them. Just read at -1.* And Slashdot users aren't even banned from the site for shitty karma; they still have their free speech.
Obviously, because there are so many websites that make it work
For instance this one, I dare say.
*And before you complain about the quality going down, you can't have it both ways.
Except for the part where the Nazi reference wasn't intended to discredit anyone. Pretty sure using a Nazi reference to unsarcastically agree with someone is a reverse Godwin.
Is the U.K. currently experiencing a prison occupancy shortage by any chance?
"How many protest reportings of my representative's speech as radical does it take to get to the center of a London* state prison, Mr. Owl?" "ONLY ONE." [bars slam]
* everybody knows London is the only city in the U.K. anyway
Ah. In which case, you'd just need people to backport security patches or what-have-you to continue tracking the systemd-influenced updates. I would hazard a guess that most people would find such a task thankless work and not want to do it since another team is "going forward" anyway.
Just take a look at this whole systemd thing, I said pretty much the same
Why would you want to fork a pile of shit? Use something that doesn't smell and leave brown stains everywhere.
Also, systemd is the new thing. Make your own damn fork to implement it on, then we'll switch over if it actually works well.
It's like force-feeding somebody a shit sandwich. Only you're not holding them down--they're free to leave whenever they want! Except you've got 400-pound Bubba leaning on the other side of the door.
Ah, I remember back when I was an idiot child and believed that "American loyalty" could justify the Republican platform.
Because let's keep voting for the guys who keep giving tax cuts to their rich asshole buddies, and funnelling half the economy into military spending, and then whine about how the budget isn't balanced.
As I said above, this is just isn't a problem yet. People aren't being jailed for associating with known dissidents.
Wasn't this exactly what the Red Scare was?
Somehow saying "we aren't fucked YET" doesn't give me much comfort. Waiting until the point where we're ALREADY fucked and THEN worrying about it is useless.
He's saying that the mission of the NSA is not mass surveillance of citizens. Which is true.
Also, it's a spy agency. *Which is true.*
We're not arguing about whether or not they should exist, we're arguing about whether they're working as intended. The poor analogy didn't help either.
From the sounds of the Wikipedia article, 1) it's a post-apocalyptic future, which I generally despise, and 2) there are no space ships involved other than for salvaging technology.
Points for having aliens involved, but it sounds more like a "sheriff investigates the outlaw this week" show than the sci fi I go for. Thanks for the recommendation, though.
And if it's one of those National Security Letter "secret warrants," it's not like we're going to know about it either, in which case does it really matter whether there's a warrant or not if we're not allowed to see it?
The summary preemptively covered too many of the points I was going to raise:P
Bender: Look, I enjoy life and its pleasures as much as anyone here, except perhaps you, Hedonismbot. [Hedonismbot eats grapes in a very sloppy manner.] But we need to be shut off, especially you, Hedonismbot! Hedonismbot: I apologise for nothing!
is a Canadian author, educator at New York University, and advocate of a "reformist" interpretation of Islam.
Well there you go. She's in Canada...I expect those conservatives in the Middle East would gladly kill her if they could get at her, just for the reformist bit....oh, and she's also lesbian.
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If I'm taking them for my own private use and in no way, shape, or form causing any sort of abuse to occur in the process, why the fuck do you have the right to tell me not to do that?
But you can already find them. Just read at -1.* And Slashdot users aren't even banned from the site for shitty karma; they still have their free speech.
Obviously, because there are so many websites that make it work
For instance this one, I dare say.
*And before you complain about the quality going down, you can't have it both ways.
Except for the part where the Nazi reference wasn't intended to discredit anyone. Pretty sure using a Nazi reference to unsarcastically agree with someone is a reverse Godwin.
Is the U.K. currently experiencing a prison occupancy shortage by any chance?
"How many protest reportings of my representative's speech as radical does it take to get to the center of a London* state prison, Mr. Owl?"
"ONLY ONE." [bars slam]
* everybody knows London is the only city in the U.K. anyway
Not talking about it supports the status quo in the same way that not asking for a pony makes me an equine hater.
Saying whether it *should* exist is a judgement call. Saying it's not working *as intended* is a factual observation when they exceed their mandate.
I for one say everything on Slashdot with the intent of starting the same argument with the same people who will never change their minds.
Ah. In which case, you'd just need people to backport security patches or what-have-you to continue tracking the systemd-influenced updates. I would hazard a guess that most people would find such a task thankless work and not want to do it since another team is "going forward" anyway.
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Yeah okay, fair enough. Just didn't want it to get into fallacy of relative privation territory.
Exactly. Nazi concentration camps were very effective at what they were intended to do.
Just take a look at this whole systemd thing, I said pretty much the same
Why would you want to fork a pile of shit? Use something that doesn't smell and leave brown stains everywhere.
Also, systemd is the new thing. Make your own damn fork to implement it on, then we'll switch over if it actually works well.
It's like force-feeding somebody a shit sandwich. Only you're not holding them down--they're free to leave whenever they want! Except you've got 400-pound Bubba leaning on the other side of the door.
Where the fuck where they when the Dems controlled the entire government?
You mean when the Republicans controlled the House and shot down everything with a whiff of liberal about it?
The new Senate has more loyal Americans.
Ah, I remember back when I was an idiot child and believed that "American loyalty" could justify the Republican platform.
Because let's keep voting for the guys who keep giving tax cuts to their rich asshole buddies, and funnelling half the economy into military spending, and then whine about how the budget isn't balanced.
P.S: Or were you being sarcastic
As I said above, this is just isn't a problem yet. People aren't being jailed for associating with known dissidents.
Wasn't this exactly what the Red Scare was?
Somehow saying "we aren't fucked YET" doesn't give me much comfort. Waiting until the point where we're ALREADY fucked and THEN worrying about it is useless.
He's saying that the mission of the NSA is not mass surveillance of citizens. Which is true.
Also, it's a spy agency. *Which is true.*
We're not arguing about whether or not they should exist, we're arguing about whether they're working as intended. The poor analogy didn't help either.
From the sounds of the Wikipedia article, 1) it's a post-apocalyptic future, which I generally despise, and 2) there are no space ships involved other than for salvaging technology.
Points for having aliens involved, but it sounds more like a "sheriff investigates the outlaw this week" show than the sci fi I go for. Thanks for the recommendation, though.
It's a wonder he hasn't done one yet about people posting "obligatory xkcd" strips everywhere.
Do they explain why their mascot is a flying, startled, anthropomorphic burrito?
Buying the car is giving permission, duh. Also known as the "Shrinkwrap Defense."
"You don't like our terms of service? Then don't buy our product. What's that? Everybody else in the market does the same thing? Well then fuck you."
And if it's one of those National Security Letter "secret warrants," it's not like we're going to know about it either, in which case does it really matter whether there's a warrant or not if we're not allowed to see it?
The summary preemptively covered too many of the points I was going to raise :P
Bender: Look, I enjoy life and its pleasures as much as anyone here, except perhaps you, Hedonismbot. [Hedonismbot eats grapes in a very sloppy manner.] But we need to be shut off, especially you, Hedonismbot!
Hedonismbot: I apologise for nothing!
*in New York. Blah :P
Eh, I'd consider it a lot closer to fantasy than sci fi.
is a Canadian author, educator at New York University, and advocate of a "reformist" interpretation of Islam.
Well there you go. She's in Canada...I expect those conservatives in the Middle East would gladly kill her if they could get at her, just for the reformist bit. ...oh, and she's also lesbian.
Hey, I'm desperate for any sci-fi show that involves at least one space ship at some point. Isn't there currently a grand total of zero on?
You might recall the total absence of aliens in the reimagined BSG.
muslim and lesbian
Er...isn't that a stonable offense? Kind of mutually exclusive...