User: Kohath

Re: We need more guns

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

Moving to Luxemborgh isn’t for everyone though, is it?

Re: We need more guns

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

None yet. What about the hack of a critical system next month though? It’s only a matter of time before a hack kills a bunch of people.

When it does, I'm going to argue we should not take actions against the innocent. What are you going to say? “Targeting innocents was cool last time, but this is different”?

Re:So is this called Terrorism?

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

Maybe, but a tragedy isn’t the time for politics. Show some humanity.

Also, you should give up the backward-looking “but Obama” stuff pretty soon. He’s gone.

Re: We need more guns

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

No one ever died from a hacked system? What about next week or next month when someone does?

Re: We need more guns

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

Guns aren't very good for self defence though, are they?

Versus the nothing that you have to offer?

Re: We need more guns

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

The difference is that computers are designed for innocent use

Self defense is innocent use.

Re: We need more guns

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

I sincerely doubt that any of my computing hobby activities bears any resemblance to what happened at Equifax...

Just as regular gun owners' activities are not like these mass shootings.

Re: We need more guns

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

Witholding access to firearms from unstable people is too much to ask?

As long as there's legal due process, no.

Re:So is this called Terrorism?

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

You forgot Philando Castile and Tamir Rice. And Chad Chadwick. Yeah, I actually do care.

Re: We need more guns

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

Except your silly idea means we do not take any preventative action

Yeah, systems that protect innocent people have that drawback. Totalitarianism is much more straightforward -- you just do whatever you want, prevent anything, without considering innocence or guilt.

Re:So is this called Terrorism?

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

What you'll never get anyone to do is stop blaming people who look guilty to them.

So anyone that's different then.

We should be able to get at least a few good people to agree not to target innocents, even when they're different.

Re: We need more guns

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

How about we decide not to target innocent people who buy pressure cookers? Or say different prayers? Or have the wrong color? Or own a gun? Or drive a truck? Or are different than us?

Let's just not send the police after innocent people at all.

Re:So is this called Terrorism?

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

Did you read my post at all?

You're talking with Kohath, one of Slashdot's many pathetic trolls, so no, your post was not read for understanding or comprehension, just for bits and pieces to twist out of context for his own malignant purposes.

Yeah, that Kohath guy doesn't want innocent people targeted by police. What's up with people like that? I guess Kohath can't see how sending the police after innocent people is cool sometimes.

Re:So is this called Terrorism?

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

In Australia the idea that you're going to get gunned down on the way to work, or going to a football game, or picking the kids up from school ...

In the USA it's an everyday occurrence.

False.

Re:So is this called Terrorism?

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

I specifically mentioned he sent out a few condolence tweets

So he showed some humanity then.

Re:So is this called Terrorism?

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

Can we collectively agree that blaming innocents is wrong then?

Actions against innocent people are never the right answer.

Re:So is this called Terrorism?

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

Did you miss the 3rd sentence of my post where I said I'm a gun owner?

You didn't tell the truth about Trump's "silence" on this issue. It's not even light out this morning and he already made a statement. Why should we believe anything else you have to say?

Also, the dead aren't even cold yet and all you can think about is some political calculation? Show some humanity.

Re:So is this called Terrorism?

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

They support gun control because gun owners are the other -- people not like them.

It's a common reaction to things like this to blame minorities and people who are different than you in some way. It's based on ignorance and fear.

Re:So is this called Terrorism?

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

[Blaming innocents based on skin color is not the answer. ] Actions against innocents are never the right answer.

Actions against innocents are quite often the rightest of all answers.

So you're in favor of police actions targeting innocent minorities then. Because they're different than you.

Re:Racial profiling

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

We don't know yet. But we know people like you are jerks with zero humanity. You just told us.

Re: We need more guns

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

Except everyone is innocent until they're not. It's about prevention. Don't see why having stricter requirements is considered "punishment". I don't want to die because of your silly hobby.

That reasoning can be used to justify harming innocent people in any circumstance.

Your "silly" computing "hobby" was just used to breach Equifax. You're only innocent "until you're not". Stricter requirements on "hackers" anyone?

Maybe you'd be in favor of banning certain minorities too? Sure they're innocent, but only "until they're not", right? Hmmm?

No. Wrong. Actions against innocents are never the right answer.

Re:So is this called Terrorism?

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

Blaming innocents based on skin color is not the answer. Actions against innocents are never the right answer.

Re:We need more guns

On: Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

Blaming innocent gun owners is not the answer. Actions against innocents are never the right answer.

Re: I love the Woz

On: Steve Wozniak: Net Neutrality Rollback 'Will End the Internet As We Know It' (siliconbeat.com)

And the internet ended forever when that happened? Or was it merely an annoying problem that got solved in a few months?

Re: Interesting story

On: Meet The Next Major Operating System: Amazon's Alexa (zdnet.com)

It’s easy to think of things I’d like Alexa to do for me. But it doesn't do those things.