It doesn't mean it was HIS.38 firing. That's hardly an uncommon caliber.
More from TFA:
Some witnesses claim they saw Norman fighting with several students and waving or pointing his gun
TV footage shortly after the shooting shows Norman running toward a cluster of Guardsmen and police, pursued by a man who yells that Norman has a gun and has shot someone. The TV film shows an emotional Norman hand his pistol to a Kent State patrolman and describe an assault by protesters.
The TV reporter and sound engineer say they saw a Kent State detective open the pistol's cylinder and heard him exclaim off-camera that it had been fired four times. Officers' written statements contended it was fully loaded and unfired.
The new analysis of the audio recording lends credibility to existing evidence that Norman fired *his* gun. It's no longer just a case of his word against that of a bunch of hippie protestors, and warrants the further investigation that is now taking place.
It sounds like just about enough time for the chain-of-command to relay an order down to the troops to clear out the area with force.
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Indeed. From TFA:
The audio tape also contains what Allen and fellow forensic acoustics expert Tom Owen believe is a command ordering the Guardsmen to prepare to fire... Terry Gilbert, a Cleveland attorney who is advising Canfora, said their primary interest is the apparent order for the Guard to fire, but that the new revelations about the confrontation and pistol shots "add an interesting dimension because of the role the FBI might have played in the chain of events."
Microsoft worded things that way but still got nailed with anti trust big time, amongst other things.
Microsoft got nailed for bundling a web browser with their operating system (which was stupid, in a lot of people's opinions).
They should have been nailed for the reasons you suggest, but were not, or the likes of Dell wouldn't be able to put "Dell recommends Windows 7" on every page of their site.
Microsoft continues to use their dominance in the "PC" market to influence downstream vendors and prevent real competition from taking place.
That's exactly the problem I have with the current system. When they abandoned the meta-moderation system, the number of "I don't agree with this post so I'm going to mark it Troll" type moderations went through the roof. And why not - there no longer seem to be any consequences to abusing mod points.
Thanks for mentioning K5. I also haven't visited the site in a long time, and I probably *was* thinking of them in the back of my mind. I wouldn't want to see a system that makes it easier to bury worthwhile comments, but that's where I think tying it in to the relationship system could help. Or at least give me the option of saying "I don't agree with the way this comment was moderated, and I don't want to see this user's moderations in the future."
I would think the email with the link would be sent to the user in repsonse to a request of some sort. You know, you request your data, they email you a link to get it...
Have you never forgotten the password you use for an infrequently-visted site and had them email you a temporary one? This sounds like the same thing.
No, you're right on the money. I was looking for one earlier when I read this comment.
I think adding something along the lines of FB's "Like" button could salvage Slashdot's next-to-useless moderation system. You could tie it in with the existing relationship system. Maybe I see comments my friends or (optionally) friends of friends "liked" highlighted, while comments they disliked are buried. Failing that, let me choose to not see moderations by particular users. That could be done without necessarily identifying the moderator.
Of course it would be optional, and I would probably still browse at a low threshold, but it would offer a more refined experience for those who want it without the abuse the current system suffers.
That reporter who was killed was embedded in an insurgent unit. That unit had fired on our troops.
I've seen that allegation a couple of times in these comments, but been unable to find anything but pronouncements from Fox news that the men killed (including those in the van) were part of an insurgent unit. Do you have anything from a credible source?
I accept that the Apaches were called in to respond to troops under fire, but you need to actually connect the men who were killed to that fire for your statement to hold up.
If I remember correctly, in many states, illegal possession of lock picks is generally prosecuted as a felony under the category of possession of burglary tools or similar statutes.
How is this not anything but a lock pick for DVDs?
IANAL, but I'm pretty sure that only applies if you use them for, or are in possession of them while, committing a crime. Hammers can be used to gain illegal entry to someone's property, just like lock picks. If you're advocating for outlawing anything that *can* be used to commit a crime, you'd better be willing to give up a lot.
Regardless, as others have pointed out there are plenty of good, legitimate reasons I might want to "pick the locks" on the DVDs I own. Outlawing the ability of citizens to pick the digital locks on the media they own effectively negates Fair Use, and prevents copyrighted works from entering the Public Domain at the expiration of the term (lolz... like that would ever happen).
That is why DRM is incompatible with copyright law. Encumberring a work with DRM should result in forfeiture of its copyright.
I'm also anti-user friendly designs and Linux sure as hell qualifies. I can't even get Flash video to run properly on this piece of shit. I keep getting a "lack sufficient permissions to install" even though I am logged in as the Administrator.
Sounds to me like you're running Windows 7 or (G*d help me) Vista.
And several solutions were provided for you. In fact, if you were to *choose* another window manager, you would probably find there are even more solutions.
If Amiga, Mac and Windows OSes want to be taken seriously, they should look in to providing their users with the kind of choice we enjoy in the *nix world.
That's what I did, but you still have to press the enter key after the command in the terminal. commodore64_love (1445365) wants a solution that only requires the use of the mouse.
But I suppose you could click at the beginning of the above, hold and drag your mouse to the end, right click the block of selected text, select "copy," click Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal, right click next to the flashing prompt, select "paste"... hmmmm... okay, anyone know how to get the "Run" command in Gnome with a mouse click instead of Alt-F2 so this guy can click "OK" insteak of pressing his Enter key?
Well, you named a couple of exceptions. I suspect there are probably more.
The "market" I live in is dominated by two dailies, both owned by the same company (which also owns the TV station that has dominated the six o'clock news since the 70s).
I don't read either of them regularly, but find plenty of good journalism in the one remaining independently-owned weekly, various blogs and a half decent national paper. I listen to public radio, as well as another talk station that isn't what it used to be, but is better than nothing.
I financially support a couple of "listener supported" stations - one Internet, the other an FM station in New York you may have heard of. That's money I would have spent on a newspaper subscription ten years ago.
I think there are people out there doing journalism, but you have to seek them out, and you have to vet their stories yourself, since on the Internet nobody knows you're a dog etc...
I think Wikileaks has a role to play in the "New Journalism." It has problems, and who knows what their motives are, but they are making "the establishment" awfully nervous, and I think that's a good thing. The status quo isn't working any more. Bloggers are eating the dead tree journalist's lunch. And where I live, that's a damn good thing.
If you think that most US newspapers are doing a good job just look at those statistics about people thinking Obama is a Muslim.
Your first post made reference to "journalists," which is a pretty broad group that includes a lot more that "US newspapers." I don't read US newspapers, since I don't live there, so I can't speak to whether or not you are correct. I suspect the fact that over 50 million US citizens think Obama is a Muslim (and think that is some how relevant) is not so much an indictment of newspapers, but more of a comment on misplaced priorities, and the dirty campaign tactics being employed by certain groups.
I don't buy your claim that either journalists or members of Wikileaks are "mostly about propping up their egos and bank accounts." You may be able to say that about "most US newspapers;" as I said before, I really don't know.
And I don't think I was "shooting the messenger." I was asking if you are doing anything to be part of the solution, or simply taking pot shots from the sidelines.
And what exactly are you doing to make the world a better place? Other than posting anonymous, baseless rants with absolutely nothing to back up your cynical claims, that is.
Also, does it just count clicks on the interface or what I do (mouse button under right thumb)? Backspace key?
Ctrl-t is my "most common button," followed by Alt-left arrow, Alt-B + down and right arrows, enter, tab, shift-tab, Ctrl-r, Ctrl-w, Ctrl-c, Ctrl-v, Ctrl-x...
Google's actions are a much more adverse serious privacy violation, than the security researcher's.
This is exactly the point. And to those apologists above who say "you agreed to let them do whatever they want when you agreed to their EULA," it is getting nearly impossible to find any electronic product that does not compel the owner to accept an EULA *after* the purchase in order to use it. That argument sounds a lot like "if you don't have anything to hide, you shouldn't mind us listening in on your phone calls" etc.
So I guess our choice is let them do as they please with our physical property, or simply reject all technology and live like the Amish. Ridiculous. Google is behaving exactly like Apple and Amazon. I guess I won't be buying any "ebook readers," or cell phones that do anything other than place calls.
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If you have "spare time" you're probably not a hacker.
More from TFA:
The new analysis of the audio recording lends credibility to existing evidence that Norman fired *his* gun. It's no longer just a case of his word against that of a bunch of hippie protestors, and warrants the further investigation that is now taking place.
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Indeed. From TFA:
Microsoft got nailed for bundling a web browser with their operating system (which was stupid, in a lot of people's opinions).
They should have been nailed for the reasons you suggest, but were not, or the likes of Dell wouldn't be able to put "Dell recommends Windows 7" on every page of their site.
Microsoft continues to use their dominance in the "PC" market to influence downstream vendors and prevent real competition from taking place.
And every year, I've run Linux on my desktop. And it *has* been a blast!
That's exactly the problem I have with the current system. When they abandoned the meta-moderation system, the number of "I don't agree with this post so I'm going to mark it Troll" type moderations went through the roof. And why not - there no longer seem to be any consequences to abusing mod points.
Thanks for mentioning K5. I also haven't visited the site in a long time, and I probably *was* thinking of them in the back of my mind. I wouldn't want to see a system that makes it easier to bury worthwhile comments, but that's where I think tying it in to the relationship system could help. Or at least give me the option of saying "I don't agree with the way this comment was moderated, and I don't want to see this user's moderations in the future."
I know, now I'm being delusional.
I would think the email with the link would be sent to the user in repsonse to a request of some sort. You know, you request your data, they email you a link to get it ...
Have you never forgotten the password you use for an infrequently-visted site and had them email you a temporary one? This sounds like the same thing.
No, you're right on the money. I was looking for one earlier when I read this comment.
I think adding something along the lines of FB's "Like" button could salvage Slashdot's next-to-useless moderation system. You could tie it in with the existing relationship system. Maybe I see comments my friends or (optionally) friends of friends "liked" highlighted, while comments they disliked are buried. Failing that, let me choose to not see moderations by particular users. That could be done without necessarily identifying the moderator.
Of course it would be optional, and I would probably still browse at a low threshold, but it would offer a more refined experience for those who want it without the abuse the current system suffers.
Shouldn't that be "Happy birthday to GNU?"
Yes, thank you Richard Stallman. Thank you for the GPL, for GCC and for your continued advocacy for the rights of the user.
I've seen that allegation a couple of times in these comments, but been unable to find anything but pronouncements from Fox news that the men killed (including those in the van) were part of an insurgent unit. Do you have anything from a credible source?
I accept that the Apaches were called in to respond to troops under fire, but you need to actually connect the men who were killed to that fire for your statement to hold up.
IANAL, but I'm pretty sure that only applies if you use them for, or are in possession of them while, committing a crime. Hammers can be used to gain illegal entry to someone's property, just like lock picks. If you're advocating for outlawing anything that *can* be used to commit a crime, you'd better be willing to give up a lot.
Regardless, as others have pointed out there are plenty of good, legitimate reasons I might want to "pick the locks" on the DVDs I own. Outlawing the ability of citizens to pick the digital locks on the media they own effectively negates Fair Use, and prevents copyrighted works from entering the Public Domain at the expiration of the term (lolz ... like that would ever happen).
That is why DRM is incompatible with copyright law. Encumberring a work with DRM should result in forfeiture of its copyright.
Sounds to me like you're running Windows 7 or (G*d help me) Vista.
And several solutions were provided for you. In fact, if you were to *choose* another window manager, you would probably find there are even more solutions.
If Amiga, Mac and Windows OSes want to be taken seriously, they should look in to providing their users with the kind of choice we enjoy in the *nix world.
That's what I did, but you still have to press the enter key after the command in the terminal. commodore64_love (1445365) wants a solution that only requires the use of the mouse.
I'm usually looking for a "keyboard only" solution, like this's one:
But I suppose you could click at the beginning of the above, hold and drag your mouse to the end, right click the block of selected text, select "copy," click Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal, right click next to the flashing prompt, select "paste" ... hmmmm ... okay, anyone know how to get the "Run" command in Gnome with a mouse click instead of Alt-F2 so this guy can click "OK" insteak of pressing his Enter key?
Easily fixed in gconf-editor though.
Well, you named a couple of exceptions. I suspect there are probably more.
The "market" I live in is dominated by two dailies, both owned by the same company (which also owns the TV station that has dominated the six o'clock news since the 70s).
I don't read either of them regularly, but find plenty of good journalism in the one remaining independently-owned weekly, various blogs and a half decent national paper. I listen to public radio, as well as another talk station that isn't what it used to be, but is better than nothing.
I financially support a couple of "listener supported" stations - one Internet, the other an FM station in New York you may have heard of. That's money I would have spent on a newspaper subscription ten years ago.
I think there are people out there doing journalism, but you have to seek them out, and you have to vet their stories yourself, since on the Internet nobody knows you're a dog etc ...
I think Wikileaks has a role to play in the "New Journalism." It has problems, and who knows what their motives are, but they are making "the establishment" awfully nervous, and I think that's a good thing. The status quo isn't working any more. Bloggers are eating the dead tree journalist's lunch. And where I live, that's a damn good thing.
Your first post made reference to "journalists," which is a pretty broad group that includes a lot more that "US newspapers." I don't read US newspapers, since I don't live there, so I can't speak to whether or not you are correct. I suspect the fact that over 50 million US citizens think Obama is a Muslim (and think that is some how relevant) is not so much an indictment of newspapers, but more of a comment on misplaced priorities, and the dirty campaign tactics being employed by certain groups.
I don't buy your claim that either journalists or members of Wikileaks are "mostly about propping up their egos and bank accounts." You may be able to say that about "most US newspapers;" as I said before, I really don't know.
And I don't think I was "shooting the messenger." I was asking if you are doing anything to be part of the solution, or simply taking pot shots from the sidelines.
That's what we said when the US passed the USA PATRIOT Act.
Didn't work.
And what exactly are you doing to make the world a better place? Other than posting anonymous, baseless rants with absolutely nothing to back up your cynical claims, that is.
Well then he'd better be careful. I certainly wouldn't want any bets to get loose!
He got it wrong. I guarantee that every C&D written by a lawyer was demanded by an MBA.
Ctrl-t is my "most common button," followed by Alt-left arrow, Alt-B + down and right arrows, enter, tab, shift-tab, Ctrl-r, Ctrl-w, Ctrl-c, Ctrl-v, Ctrl-x ...
This is exactly the point. And to those apologists above who say "you agreed to let them do whatever they want when you agreed to their EULA," it is getting nearly impossible to find any electronic product that does not compel the owner to accept an EULA *after* the purchase in order to use it. That argument sounds a lot like "if you don't have anything to hide, you shouldn't mind us listening in on your phone calls" etc.
So I guess our choice is let them do as they please with our physical property, or simply reject all technology and live like the Amish. Ridiculous. Google is behaving exactly like Apple and Amazon. I guess I won't be buying any "ebook readers," or cell phones that do anything other than place calls.