I'd never heard of MacSlash, either. This article (including it's "controversial" link to MacSlash) was perfectly relevent for me, especially since I'm expecting my G4 on Friday (ooooh- my first Mac!). Now I have a new source for all things Mac-geek.
vertical-limit- What is the purpose of being so petty about the choice of story - simply because you already knew about MacSlash? Do you oppose stories that include (for example) links to Freshmeat, simply because you already check that resource on a regular basis... or are you simply opposed to getting maximum exposure to all the sites in the Slash family?
OP by DragonMagic:
BTW, notice how the people who say "All speech is protected" get insightfuls in this post, and those who agree that speech which places others in personal harm get no moderation? Where's the priorities?
I must admit that I noticed this as well. All of these posts were "below your threshold", but I read them because I could not agree with the "all speech is protected" attitude. I'm afraid that people who need to read this side of the argument are not going to because they are not being modded up.
Is it perhaps the desire not to look like a hypocrite? "Well, if I say that this website was bad and this ruling was wrong, do I ruin all the inroads we're trying to make for DeCSS?" No way! Owning blueprints for a bomb and suggesting the annihilation of an "undesirable" population with that bomb (including a list of where to get the materials, turn-by-turn directions for finding the population, and a check-list of your progress) are not the same thing. IANAL, but the former I'd consider to be freedom of speech... the latter I'd assuredly call harmful and, therefore, illegal.
Not that anyone will ever read my comments, since this is my very first post and will automatically have a low score.
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vertical-limit- What is the purpose of being so petty about the choice of story - simply because you already knew about MacSlash? Do you oppose stories that include (for example) links to Freshmeat, simply because you already check that resource on a regular basis... or are you simply opposed to getting maximum exposure to all the sites in the Slash family?
I must admit that I noticed this as well. All of these posts were "below your threshold", but I read them because I could not agree with the "all speech is protected" attitude. I'm afraid that people who need to read this side of the argument are not going to because they are not being modded up.
Is it perhaps the desire not to look like a hypocrite? "Well, if I say that this website was bad and this ruling was wrong, do I ruin all the inroads we're trying to make for DeCSS?" No way! Owning blueprints for a bomb and suggesting the annihilation of an "undesirable" population with that bomb (including a list of where to get the materials, turn-by-turn directions for finding the population, and a check-list of your progress) are not the same thing. IANAL, but the former I'd consider to be freedom of speech... the latter I'd assuredly call harmful and, therefore, illegal.
Not that anyone will ever read my comments, since this is my very first post and will automatically have a low score.
Might want to mention that the call centers are in Atlanta, GA... Harrisburg, PA.... and Phoenix, AZ.