Most drug users are just nice people who like to get high from time to time. The average drug user isn't a scum bag any more than the average drinker is an alcoholic. People who are in jail for the sole reason that it will help politicians get re-elected are political prisoners, whether they have political intentions or not.
What exactly would you consider being in jail for "political reasons"? By the sounds of it you're considering laws (read legal reasons) that you disagree with invalid and therefore political.
Laws that serve no purpose besides keeping politicians in power is political reasons. Laws against assault, those keep people safe. Laws against marijuana only make politicians safe. See the difference?
Laws passed that "take away rights" are taken at the request of the public, where a majority exists that agrees. This is usually due to one's "right" infringing on another's.
And which of your rights are infringed upon when I get intoxicated in the privacy of my own home? None. Therefore, any restriction on my right to get intoxicated is unjust.
I guess you're pretty militantly pro-legalization on marijuana
There's nothing militant about wanting people to be left alone. That's all legalization is. Nice people who enjoy smoking a bowl when the day is done should not face aggression from their government.
This is no spin. Those who advocate the jailing of people who have done nothing but possess a drug are violent aggressors. Drug warriors are far more dangerous than drug users.
The submitter says that no charges were pressed, charges were pressed against Jesse Hirsch. They were however later dropped.
The submitter says that he was interviewed by feds. "52 division", who arrested Jesse Hirsch is a division of the Toronto Police.
The submitter says that he mentioned it to a friend, who went on to briefly mention it in a zine. The article you linked to is extensive and written in the first person.
So it's not a perfect match, and I wouldn't be surprised if the submitter was not entirely accurate. I don't think anything conclusive can be drawn here. If it is Jesse Hirsch, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Reading the file, it looks like a clear overreaction by the authorities.
GEORGE: Ah you have no idea of the magnitude of this thing. If she is allowed to infiltrate this world, then George Costanza as you know him, Ceases to Exist! You see, right now, I have Relationship George, but there is also Independent George. That's the George you know, the George you grew up with -- Movie George, Coffee shop George, Liar George, Bawdy George.
JERRY: I, I love that George.
GEORGE: Me Too! And he's Dying Jerry! If Relationship George walks through this door, he will Kill Independent George! A George, divided against itself, Cannot Stand!
Well if you make a game clone as part of your thesis, and fail to cite your sources, that's grounds for academic misconduct. When you're cloning a game for sale, no one cares where you got your ideas as long as it's legal.
What we need is a package manager that lets users install packages if they don't require writing anywhere that requires root privileges. If I can download a tar, compile it, and run it from ~/bin, I should be able to install packages that do the same.
I am happy with 25,000+ programs available in Debian repository
Good for you. Even with tens of thousands of programs available, there are times when the one you want is not. I was snowed in yesterday, so I thought I'd pass the time with some SNES emulation. Problem is, ZSNES is not available in the AMD64 repository (a bug has been filed, and has been outstanding for 3 years). Snes9x is, but it won't run full-screen. So if I want to play SNES on my computer, I have to find some 3rd party packages.
That's not all I need 3rd party packages for. I keep up to date with Wine through their Debian repository. I use the Rarewares repository to get etree-scripts for handling live recordings. Even if a package is in the repository, it may be compiled without the options you want. Mplayer is one of those, so I have the Debian-multimedia repository as well.
So no, restricting oneself to the packages available through the main repository is not really workable. Or at least, you give up a lot of functionality without it.
If you get a virus on Linux, you need to rebuild it too. Unless you're running something like AIDE, you have no way to know what that virus replaced. It could be hiding anywhere.
So, don't stagger your releases. Refusing to release a finished product in a given geographical region is just a big "fuck you" to the people in that region. Cloning that product is an appropriate "fuck you" back.
Having a way out of trouble doesn't negate the pain of getting in trouble in the first place. If someone does something naughty on your wifi, it's your computers who are getting confiscated, and you're paying for the lawyer to get it all back. Living in fear does suck, but that's the world we live in.
Really, what's the point of having windows not Maximized
The human eye tracks text better when it's in small columns, not wide rectangles. So anything that reflows text based on window size (e.g. web browsers) need to be a reasonable width. (fixed width web design is not a solution as that breaks small resolution devices).
Also, it's common to be reading from one window, and writing into another. Instead of switching back and forth, I can tile them.
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Most drug users are just nice people who like to get high from time to time. The average drug user isn't a scum bag any more than the average drinker is an alcoholic. People who are in jail for the sole reason that it will help politicians get re-elected are political prisoners, whether they have political intentions or not.
What exactly would you consider being in jail for "political reasons"? By the sounds of it you're considering laws (read legal reasons) that you disagree with invalid and therefore political.
Laws that serve no purpose besides keeping politicians in power is political reasons. Laws against assault, those keep people safe. Laws against marijuana only make politicians safe. See the difference?
Laws passed that "take away rights" are taken at the request of the public, where a majority exists that agrees. This is usually due to one's "right" infringing on another's.
And which of your rights are infringed upon when I get intoxicated in the privacy of my own home? None. Therefore, any restriction on my right to get intoxicated is unjust.
I guess you're pretty militantly pro-legalization on marijuana
There's nothing militant about wanting people to be left alone. That's all legalization is. Nice people who enjoy smoking a bowl when the day is done should not face aggression from their government.
This is no spin. Those who advocate the jailing of people who have done nothing but possess a drug are violent aggressors. Drug warriors are far more dangerous than drug users.
Sure, and Iowa cornfields support populations of deer, rabbits, wild turkeys etc. Still not the same thing as prairie.
Why is this modded troll? He's right. Densely planted new growth with limited biodiversity is not a forest, it's farm.
Clearly something must be done about the encroaching alarmist menace!
What? Silicon isn't detectable by security scanners, and a micro SD card is small enough to hide anywhere.
Seriously, anyone who needs to read this review shouldn't have the responsibility of children. A quick look at the ESRB rating
Anybody who lets the ESRB decide what's appropriate for their child shouldn't have the responsibility of children.
Oh, in a month they'll change it to FireSPICE.
You don't. You teach them to use their brain, and they handle the rest.
The submitter says that no charges were pressed, charges were pressed against Jesse Hirsch. They were however later dropped.
The submitter says that he was interviewed by feds. "52 division", who arrested Jesse Hirsch is a division of the Toronto Police.
The submitter says that he mentioned it to a friend, who went on to briefly mention it in a zine. The article you linked to is extensive and written in the first person.
So it's not a perfect match, and I wouldn't be surprised if the submitter was not entirely accurate. I don't think anything conclusive can be drawn here. If it is Jesse Hirsch, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Reading the file, it looks like a clear overreaction by the authorities.
GEORGE: Ah you have no idea of the magnitude of this thing. If she is
allowed to infiltrate this world, then George Costanza as you know him,
Ceases to Exist! You see, right now, I have Relationship George, but
there is also Independent George. That's the George you know, the
George you grew up with -- Movie George, Coffee shop George, Liar
George, Bawdy George.
JERRY: I, I love that George.
GEORGE: Me Too! And he's Dying Jerry! If Relationship George walks
through this door, he will Kill Independent George! A George, divided
against itself, Cannot Stand!
Well if you make a game clone as part of your thesis, and fail to cite your sources, that's grounds for academic misconduct. When you're cloning a game for sale, no one cares where you got your ideas as long as it's legal.
What we need is a package manager that lets users install packages if they don't require writing anywhere that requires root privileges. If I can download a tar, compile it, and run it from ~/bin, I should be able to install packages that do the same.
I am happy with 25,000+ programs available in Debian repository
Good for you. Even with tens of thousands of programs available, there are times when the one you want is not. I was snowed in yesterday, so I thought I'd pass the time with some SNES emulation. Problem is, ZSNES is not available in the AMD64 repository (a bug has been filed, and has been outstanding for 3 years). Snes9x is, but it won't run full-screen. So if I want to play SNES on my computer, I have to find some 3rd party packages.
That's not all I need 3rd party packages for. I keep up to date with Wine through their Debian repository. I use the Rarewares repository to get etree-scripts for handling live recordings. Even if a package is in the repository, it may be compiled without the options you want. Mplayer is one of those, so I have the Debian-multimedia repository as well.
So no, restricting oneself to the packages available through the main repository is not really workable. Or at least, you give up a lot of functionality without it.
If you get a virus on Linux, you need to rebuild it too. Unless you're running something like AIDE, you have no way to know what that virus replaced. It could be hiding anywhere.
So, don't stagger your releases. Refusing to release a finished product in a given geographical region is just a big "fuck you" to the people in that region. Cloning that product is an appropriate "fuck you" back.
Game design is not academia.
Having a way out of trouble doesn't negate the pain of getting in trouble in the first place. If someone does something naughty on your wifi, it's your computers who are getting confiscated, and you're paying for the lawyer to get it all back. Living in fear does suck, but that's the world we live in.
Yes, but they have to be organized and persistent enough to go against the advice of their attorney. I don't think that's likely.
It's what copyright law was intended for.
That's what is ironic about it.
It's a class action. As long as the attorneys get a big enough chunk of the settlement, they'll accept it.
Actually, just banning children from the Supreme Court would have fixed this problem.
Do you really think it's simpler to manage 12 open browser windows than one window and 12 tabs? What is your reasoning there?
Really, what's the point of having windows not Maximized
The human eye tracks text better when it's in small columns, not
wide rectangles. So anything that reflows text based on window
size (e.g. web browsers) need to be a reasonable width. (fixed
width web design is not a solution as that breaks small resolution
devices).
Also, it's common to be reading from one window, and writing into
another. Instead of switching back and forth, I can tile them.