Yes, the law should give them every chance to redeem and reintegrate (in that order). But it is not up to the law to force the public to do so. That is a choice that we, the people, get to make.
If the law really were just, the punishment would genuinely fit the crime in the hearts and minds of the public. If that were the case, the knowledge of these two men's crimes along with their subsequent penalty would not be a problem. They would be seen as having paid their debt to society. If, on the other hand, their sentence was seen as too lenient, there would (quite rightly) be a public outcry and society would punish them further by failing to re-integrate them. I see no problem with the public knowing that Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber have served 16 years for the mutilation and murder of Walter Sedlma.
I think we can no longer use pure "Market Share" as an excuse for the current dearth of malware on Linux platforms. This exploit targets only those who are savvy enough to be able to install sshd on their iphone, yet are too ignorant to know or care that there is a default password that should be changed. That's gotta be a really limited target group, IMHO.
There are no radical militant staircases out there waiting for us to let down our guard. Staircases do not step up their efforts when funding for prevention of stair-related incidents is decreased. Staircases are not manipulated by promises of 72 untouched bannisters in the afterlife. Staircases do not hijack airplanes, take hostages, or blow themselves up in crowded marketplaces.
In general, people understand staircases and can take their own actions to reduce their risk of stair-related accidents. That's just not the case with terrorism. If Hassan decides to blow up the coffee shop I frequent, I can't mitigate that risk by just laying down some non-slip texturing on the stair edges or hanging on to the railing.
Took out his offspring as well, which is better than most.
In his case, it was a necessary attribute for a Darwin rather than "better than most". Having had offspring really should disqualify him unless his stupidity took care of them as well.
I don't know what sort of cars you're talking about, but without exception, every auto transmission I've ever driven has been dead easy to flip into neutral from drive - even under load. Sure, the engine races terribly, but if it's instant loss of power you want, you got it!
There are any number of distros from around 2000 that offerred a floppy boot and hard disk source install option (slack, redhat, debian, mandrake). tomsrtbt would be a great bootstrapping tool for one of these distros. Unless the NIC itself is somewhat exotic, he should be able to get his PCMCIA ethernet card going under tomsrtbt without too much hassle.
Here's how I'd do it:
00 - Boot from tomsrtbt
01 - Configure PCMCIA ethernet
02 - Partition HD (/dev/hda1 500 Mb as/,/dev/hda2 100 MB as swap,/dev/hda3 ~120 Mb remainder as package repository)
03 - Create a filesystem on/dev/hda3 (which will be remounted as/home)
04 - Mount/dev/hda3 as/mnt/hda3
05 - Make a directory for the package repository (/mnt/hda3/repos/)
06 - Download all required packages to/mnt/hda3/repos/
Seriously why not Japan, or most European countries?
The.jp or.eu plans might make suitable models for the East coast, but looking to Australia makes pretty good sense for the rest of the USA. Even though the population of the USA is about tenfold that of Australia, Australia presents many of the same hurdles for ubiquitous broadband coverage as does the USA. Both have vast areas to cover across a range of climatic conditions and timezones. Both have an overall low population density, with several concentrations of very high population density in and around a few coastal cities. Whatever we do in.au would be well worth looking at - whether we get it right or wrong.
It used to be the case that a lot of people would pay for their daily newspaper. How much are you paying for your online news these days?
Honestly? Considering that it's a portion of my monthly internet access bill, it's probably actually a little more than I used to pay for the daily newspaper. There would be a few copies of the major papers in the tearoom at work and they would be shared around. I would occasionally buy a newspaper directly, particularly when I came across an article in one of the freebies that peaked my interest. But the key point is not how much money I spend on news, it's that I used to read the newspaper nearly every day and now I don't.
Yes, people did at one time pay for their daily newspaper. But the publisher never really made significant money out of that income stream. With the exception of a few boutique publications, newspapers typically sell for a token amount that is really only used to gauge circulation figures - and have done for as long as I remember (quite probably long before that as well!)
The problem is not that we are not paying for our daily papers as much as we used to, it's that we are not reading them as much as we used to. Fewer readers amounts to less revenue per column-inch of advertising. The business model of advertising-supported publications is starting to fail.
I can't say I know what the solution might be, but I'm pretty sure the problem is not that we no longer pay for our news.
Yeah... but dancing bunnies.... it is a tough call.
Don't underestimate lusers. There are 8 year old girls who know more about computers than their parents.
Why do you think the malware authors chose dancing bunnies and not strippers? Even 8 year old girls who know more about computers than their parents can do stupid things with the right motivation.
Oh, I have no doubt that there will be Tinkerbell porn available for it - especially now that YOU have imagined it (Ah rule 34, we meet again), but somehow, I don't think it will be Disney that sells it.
Damn newbie.
It's "Your thoughts are intriguing to be and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter".
Actually, the Damn Newbie was right. Once the meme is established, merely parroting it is no longer funny (actually a meme becomes unfunny long before it's established, but I digress). It is slight alterations to the meme that that make it funny. Just like the distorting mirrors at the fun park.
Slashdot Mirror
maybe time to register:
wolfgangwerleandmanfredlaubermurderedayoungactorin1990.com
Curious if you could register the .de counterpart.
Can you imagine how long that would be in German?
INCONCEIVABLE! (Yes, that word does mean what I think it means.)
Yes, the law should give them every chance to redeem and reintegrate (in that order). But it is not up to the law to force the public to do so. That is a choice that we, the people, get to make.
If the law really were just, the punishment would genuinely fit the crime in the hearts and minds of the public. If that were the case, the knowledge of these two men's crimes along with their subsequent penalty would not be a problem. They would be seen as having paid their debt to society. If, on the other hand, their sentence was seen as too lenient, there would (quite rightly) be a public outcry and society would punish them further by failing to re-integrate them. I see no problem with the public knowing that Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber have served 16 years for the mutilation and murder of Walter Sedlma.
You should call it OYlent Green, already!
How soon we forget! Two planes can do an awful lot of damage.
Return to your dictionary and look up the word "whoosh". You'll be glad you did.
I think we can no longer use pure "Market Share" as an excuse for the current dearth of malware on Linux platforms. This exploit targets only those who are savvy enough to be able to install sshd on their iphone, yet are too ignorant to know or care that there is a default password that should be changed. That's gotta be a really limited target group, IMHO.
I've always loved the fact that there is more than one accepted spelling of standardise.
Mr. Dali? Is that you?
There are no radical militant staircases out there waiting for us to let down our guard. Staircases do not step up their efforts when funding for prevention of stair-related incidents is decreased. Staircases are not manipulated by promises of 72 untouched bannisters in the afterlife. Staircases do not hijack airplanes, take hostages, or blow themselves up in crowded marketplaces.
In general, people understand staircases and can take their own actions to reduce their risk of stair-related accidents. That's just not the case with terrorism. If Hassan decides to blow up the coffee shop I frequent, I can't mitigate that risk by just laying down some non-slip texturing on the stair edges or hanging on to the railing.
Sounds like a Darwin award candidate to me.
Took out his offspring as well, which is better than most.
In his case, it was a necessary attribute for a Darwin rather than "better than most". Having had offspring really should disqualify him unless his stupidity took care of them as well.
The ashtray was full - what else could the guy do?
I don't know what sort of cars you're talking about, but without exception, every auto transmission I've ever driven has been dead easy to flip into neutral from drive - even under load. Sure, the engine races terribly, but if it's instant loss of power you want, you got it!
There are any number of distros from around 2000 that offerred a floppy boot and hard disk source install option (slack, redhat, debian, mandrake). tomsrtbt would be a great bootstrapping tool for one of these distros. Unless the NIC itself is somewhat exotic, he should be able to get his PCMCIA ethernet card going under tomsrtbt without too much hassle.
Here's how I'd do it:
Selection of appropriate distribution and research of actual commands used shall be left as an exercise for the reader.
My rat trap is better than yours, sucker!
Is the world beating a path to your door yet?
Seriously why not Japan, or most European countries?
The .jp or .eu plans might make suitable models for the East coast, but looking to Australia makes pretty good sense for the rest of the USA. Even though the population of the USA is about tenfold that of Australia, Australia presents many of the same hurdles for ubiquitous broadband coverage as does the USA. Both have vast areas to cover across a range of climatic conditions and timezones. Both have an overall low population density, with several concentrations of very high population density in and around a few coastal cities. Whatever we do in .au would be well worth looking at - whether we get it right or wrong.
It used to be the case that a lot of people would pay for their daily newspaper. How much are you paying for your online news these days?
Honestly? Considering that it's a portion of my monthly internet access bill, it's probably actually a little more than I used to pay for the daily newspaper. There would be a few copies of the major papers in the tearoom at work and they would be shared around. I would occasionally buy a newspaper directly, particularly when I came across an article in one of the freebies that peaked my interest. But the key point is not how much money I spend on news, it's that I used to read the newspaper nearly every day and now I don't.
Yes, people did at one time pay for their daily newspaper. But the publisher never really made significant money out of that income stream. With the exception of a few boutique publications, newspapers typically sell for a token amount that is really only used to gauge circulation figures - and have done for as long as I remember (quite probably long before that as well!)
The problem is not that we are not paying for our daily papers as much as we used to, it's that we are not reading them as much as we used to. Fewer readers amounts to less revenue per column-inch of advertising. The business model of advertising-supported publications is starting to fail.
I can't say I know what the solution might be, but I'm pretty sure the problem is not that we no longer pay for our news.
OK, you've convinced me - Nostalgia really does suck.
That was the best quote you could manage? You missed out on the epic chance to quote
"We can't go back to Playboy now!"
Or even "Dude, what the fuck is wrong with German people?"
I think there should be a sub-forum for those with UIDs of less than 2^11
Fixed that for you. Surely /.-esque geeks should express UID limits in powers of 2 rather than 10.
Are you punk kids still on my lawn?
Never mind Soviet Russia, I miss OOG THE CAVEMAN and the glorious Meept!
Yeah ... but dancing bunnies .... it is a tough call.
Don't underestimate lusers. There are 8 year old girls who know more about computers than their parents.
Why do you think the malware authors chose dancing bunnies and not strippers? Even 8 year old girls who know more about computers than their parents can do stupid things with the right motivation.
I think you misspelled "potatoe".
Well, I didn't mean this as flamebait OR insightful... just funny.
I guess looking for humor on Slashdot is like looking for life on Mars ;-)
I guess it is - you'll find it alright, but you might just regret doing so.
"Visualize" was insufficiently cromulent?
Oh, I have no doubt that there will be Tinkerbell porn available for it - especially now that YOU have imagined it (Ah rule 34, we meet again), but somehow, I don't think it will be Disney that sells it.
Damn newbie. It's "Your thoughts are intriguing to be and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter".
Actually, the Damn Newbie was right. Once the meme is established, merely parroting it is no longer funny (actually a meme becomes unfunny long before it's established, but I digress). It is slight alterations to the meme that that make it funny. Just like the distorting mirrors at the fun park.
Now, get off my lawn!