Fantasies? Nope... all off the cuff. Sorry to dash yer hopes, I despise filty creatures, and think that they deserve the most debasing and sickening treatment. I think that people who actively partake in the willful torture of inoccent people should be made to suffer in such a way that would be equal to the damage caused by their actions. Harsh? yep. Fantasies? Nope. Preconceived ideas? Nope. Just pissed off and sick of rapists and pedophiles getting aways with destroying lives and getting prison (if they are really "unlucky") or some sort of "treatment."
I don't think so... You see, it's not 1000 times more brutal or more anything than what they've done... Not only do children suffer when it happens, but mentally, for years and years. Many children that are sexually abused have trouble growing up, they have trouble with any intimate relationships, they lack drive, they lack a will to live. The reason is because they are destroyed by, more often than not, people whom are entrusted (rightly or wrongly) with their safety and well being. A child does not know right from wrong, they are inoccent (no matter how "mean" or "bad" people think the kid is); they are robbed of that, and of so much more. I also didn't advocate years-long public torture/execution... days or weeks would suffice. Private torture? That's a different story. If someone harmed a hair on YOUR child's head, how would you react? Me, I'd allow that quiet monster -- the primitive beast that we all own, and most of us supress -- to be let loose... I would do in in such a spectacular way that others would look and be shocked and horrified... completely mortified... and privately gratified that one of them finally felt that suffering first hand.
I never claimed it a "clean" solution... nor any less sick than them, but, there are occassions when I think that evil must be dealt with by a likewise evil. Brutality can rarely be dealt with by something as amatuer as prison, or even simple execution. Brutality against a harmless and inoccent human? There's no way except an equal and opposing brutality to deal with it.
I agree that the very concept of public torture and execution should be morally reprehensible, to the point of disgust. But, I do feel that it is warranted in cases such as children being abused, especially sexually. It's our duty to look at that sick growth on the underbelly of society, that disgusting fermenting maclontent creation, the abominations that make humanity less than the most savage of "beasts." It's out duty to look at it, be disgusted by it, and utterly destroy it. Kill it without mercy, without flinching, and without the emotion one would feel removing a plague infested rat from a trap. As I said, it's that innermost savagery that must be utilized, just as it's that savagery and a sickness that causes such acts to be done. Fear of death, fear of imprisonment, they've done shit to deter the basest elements... what needs to be done is something on their level of thinking, something they understand, pure pain and suffering, torture, cruelty, abuse, mind-fucks, and then, in the end, an unglorified, and completely humiliating death.
I have a better idea... instead of holding the ISP liable, lets publicly execute these twisted fucks that decide to harm and destroy inoccent children.
I'm not trolling, nor am I joking... I think we should crucify them... literally; or immolate them... and I don't mean a nice one-shot setting... I mean, set 'em on fire, let 'em scream till they pass out, put them out, let them "heal" in public for a few days, and then set 'em ablaze again... Same with Crucifying them... Hang 'em on the cross, let them suffer and start to asphyxiate (to the point of passing out), let them down, and do it again in the morning. Maybe, let them get publicly gang raped with broken broomsticks by angry parents in the mean time (kinda' like "the ultimate" smelling salts...)
That's much nicer than I would be if some sick fuck tried to hurt my precious angel. Murder would be nice, and an afterthought -- years after I started punishing them. For a person to do that sick shit to a child, any child, is fucked, and they need to be brutally tortured for a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG time. No quick death, no letting them be protected by their "daddy" in the joint... Private torture, torture without end, suffering that would make The Marque De Sade cringe... If they are a parent of the beautiful and inoccent life they harm, than double the torture. Fear IS a deterrent... I don't mean fear of dying, because that happens to us all, and I don't mean fear of prison, because sick fucks adopt... I mean fear of endless pain and suffering... fear of brutalization such that they cannot sleep, they go mad from the pain, only to be brought back and tortured again. There is NO crime more morally offensive the pedophiles, to run a child down in the street with your car, in cold blood, is more merciful and forgivable than to hurt a child like pedophiles do. As "offensive" as my views are, I think that to show a pedophile mercy, even with suggestions like those I've made, is more offensive.
Mods, for a change, if you disagree -- give me a reason, don't just mod me down.
And interesting program, and very good when properly implemented and deployed... It's a pain in the ass, and very bureaucratic, but if fully implemented a DITSCAP Certified system is very secure, from all angles.
I think you might be right though... DHS probably hasn't heard of it (God, I hope they aren't phasing it out, that's the point on my resume that generates the most calls!)
Too bad the companies don't have the balls to man up and file a suit against the parents claiming negligence and failure to provide support and discipline necessary to raise respectful, honest children.
I wish someone with no sense of personal responsibility would shoot that fuckin' lawyer UT2000 Style "Headshot" then claim that the combination of ranting from the lawyer, and the videogame made his dog talk to God and tell him to do it!
I'm sick of everyone fobbing the consequences of their actions off on some third party (The drunk driver in the recently announced 21M dollar victory against a beer vending company at a stadium: I didn't hurt that kid when I sideswiped their vehicle, it was the vendor's fault for allowing me to go to different vending stands and buy beer," the owners of Ford Explorer SUV's that flip over: "It's not my fault my family's dead, just because I bought a light-duty truck, overloaded it, didn't like the ride so decreased the air pressure to under the stated minimum -- nope, it's the tire company's fault, and Ford!".) It's time these whining pukes started sucking it up, and taking responsibility. To quote Jeff Foxworthy (will this rant, or quoting Jeff be what get's me modded into oblivion again?) "Just once, I'd like to hear someone go on Operah and tell the truth. Nope, My mom was great, my dad was great, I had a wonderful childhood -- I'm just a shithead."
People need to either quit complaining about government intervention in every little facet of their lives, or start taking responsibility for every action. To do, or claim to want, anything less is pure and unadulterated hipocrysy. It's also showing the lack of personal responsibility that we've created in generations with the "Self esteem is the be-all end-all, no child must be told 'you are doing wrong' but must be told 'you are doing something unique and special.'" We are reaping what's been sown over the past 30 years of emotional based (verses facts based) living, child-rearing, discipline, and education
It wasn't a design flaw, it was careless driving + bad vehicle and tire maintenance. It was a high center of gravity, poorly designed suspension, underinflated tires, and driver error. I watched the NTSB test videos, to try to recreate the rollovers. They couldn't, until the overloaded the Explorer (which has a combined carry capacity of about 1K Lbs -- that includes passengers and all extra). They also had to load unevenly, and then sharply snap the wheel when the tire blew, or hit the brakes while snapping the wheel.
Firestone was gracious in replacing the tires, because the media ran a smear campaign against Firestone and Ford. I don't like either of them (Firestone/Ford Motor Corp.), but they were unfairly targetted. They should have targetted the mechanics and sales people recommending the lower tire pressure (lower than minimum recommended by Firestone) for a "smoother" ride. They also should have targetted the advertisors who pimp small pickups and SUVs to families as great vacation/heavy hauling vehicles (an average 2 adult 3 child 6 day camping trip will add enough weight to most small SUV models to make it unsafe -- the Explorer, the S10 Blazer, the Ford Ranger, the Chevy S10, etc.)
The Miniscule number of fatal wrecks wasn't really even worth noting, neither was the fact that improperly cared for tires kept failing. I'm sorry, but when a person doesn't follow manufacturer guidelines, any ensuing problems are that person's fault. I agree that Ford should have shared some of the blame, after all they paid the sales/mechanics/advertisors that misrepresented the capabilities of the vehicle, but Firestone should not have been blamed. The persons almost solely responsible for the wrecks/destroyed tires/damaged vehicles were the owners of those vehicles. That's the person responsible for maintaining the vehicles safety and integrity, they failed that, and because of that failing people were injured/died.
As far as comparing spyware and the wrecks (again a miniscule number of deaths, more people died of High Iron poisoning in that same time frame -- rant against vitamin makers too! -- of course vitamin makers put Iron poisoning warnings on their vitamins, just like Firestone put a DO NOT UNDERINFLATE warning on their tires); the comparison is fair... stupid people not following the manufacturer guidelines are causing machines to malfunction and break down (remember, you have to change your default security settings in XP to allow ActiveX to run unchecked on a computer system.) The comparison of the results, that would be unfair, but the comparison of the acts, that's very fair.
Bottom line -- if your computer is stocked full of spyware, it's YOUR FAULT! Don't blame the company that made the Operating System, YOU are the one that failed in your duties to due diligence. Same goes for if your Ford Explorer rolls over and kills your family -- YOU ARE THE ONE THAT KILLED THEM, you did that by failing to properly maintain your vehicle. Again, same applies when you leave your SuperDupperUltraGotItAll Ultimate Mega Super Vitamins (now in Grape flavour) lying around and your child eats them and dies. It's YOUR fault, for not exercising due diligence. Personal responsibility.
It's mean, and nobody likes to say it, but that's the way it is; we as people make decisions those decisions have consequences either negative or positive, and we are the ones liable(I smoke, have for 23 years now -- that's MY fault, not R.J. Reynold's the purveyers of the World's FINEST FILTERLESS cigarette!)If you don't take responsibility than quite whining when the government regulates everything (I'm sorry sir, but 30 ounces of water is illegal, don't want you getting water intoxication.)
Those that are, and were prior to military action, Iraqis are insurgents; the others at best are unlawful combatants committing war crimes.
I hope that these robots can be utilized effectively in tight quarter combat situations (such as alleyways in cities like Falujah), maybe they'll save some jarheads' asses, I'd like to see most of my friends, and a few family members come home safely.
In most places fog lights are illegal for on-road use; additionally in Minnesota, it's illegal to using "driving lights" (fog lights are yellow, driving lights are white) any time that it would be illegal to use your brights, additionally, if you have seperate lights for high/low beams, you cannot legally operate both driving lights and high beams (only 4 white lights allowed to be active on the front of a car, even with no other traffic, and two are the maximum in traffic). The reason that fog lights are normally NOT street legal is because they are directional lights (instead of indicator lights or marker lights, which are weak, and not focused/directional), is that headlights must be white lights. This is also why "cool blue" lights are technically illegal while HID xenon lights are not (HID lights are infact white, but the cool blues utilize a filter meaning the lights are technically not white).
Great example, prohibition. Remember what I said about those willing to participate in small crimes? Such as running shine -- Think "Valentines Day" or "Untouchables" or "Capone"... The argument that millions of people drank and didn't shoot people is half-assed also, and the Prohibition wasn't ended because of the criminals, it was ended because of good decisions finally made. During prohibition, domestic violence rose, as did the cases of alcohol poisoning, violent crimes and even murders (the opposite effect that it was supposed to have.) The reasons were partially the stronger (and more dangerous) alcohol, but that wasn't the only thing that lessened inhibitions, violating one law led to a moral decline and that made it easier to break other laws.
Speed Limits were lowered for bad reasons, people disobeyed them -- that doesn't make it OK (Two wrongs don't make a right, even if you are a mathematician). The incidents of fatal accidents were also higher during the 55-stay alive period; because cars were less safe at higher speeds, and because people flaunting their disobedience for the law tended to disregard other basic safety rules also.
Again, I disagree with the IP laws, and think that the system's been corrupted. But, bitching about it doesn't fix it, neither does violating the law. You think the RIAA is a bad cooperative? Look at their charter, find out what they are supposed to be doing, and then petition to have that charter revoked. Same goes for MPAA, Microsoft, Adobe, and any other company that stops working "in the public's interest and for the betterment of society." Breaking the law doesn't work, you need to break your adversaries.
I agree that a compromise is the best bet, but that's not going to happen by strengthening an opposing party's position (remember, they've got the upper hand, we don't, we have to play by their rules in order to get enough peer involvement to make a difference). Stop Pirating, and you stop inflated numbers on things like Netcraft (MS doesn't want to give you server 2k3 at the price you are willing to pay? Well, try Linux or BSD -- they are solid offerings, if you want corporate support, try Solaris). Bring about an alternative for things that people want: Support a local non-label band, support an independant film maker, support small software shops that give as much as they take, and who are willing to work with clients. Breaking the law, even a stupid one, belittles your side, and weakens your position, not theirs.
Looks like you kinda' missed the whole point of this. First "Sitting at the back of the bus" where was this a law? It was a "Jim Crow Law" in some states, right? Only, it wasn't criminal, it was civil. The police that used atack dogs and firehoses to supress freedom of expression (against the law) have been, in many cases, prosecuted. And, if you were a woman in 1882, I hope to god you didn't try to vote -- I hope instead you joined the hundreds of thousands of other women who got out protested and had that law changed!
I agree that lawmakers are corrupt, I said that in my post -- so, what seat are YOU running for? What HONEST campaign are YOU working for? Don't complain about "disenfranchised voters" when you aren't doing anything for that. Unless you are putting forth your best effort (running for office, supporting a good politician) and are active, you are as hypocritical as the others that you've mentioned. You want the laws enforced equally? Make the call. If a cop is speeding, call the police. If a legislator is taking kickbacks, get evidence and bring it to the authorities; if that doesn't work, there's always Freedom of the Press.
Lawlessness doesn't have an excuse, we have a moral duty to uphold the laws, even if we disagree with them -- that's what makes society work. Not anarchy, not spitting in the face of a law we don't agree with.
So, what happens when I get tired of being jacked by the same damn punk and just shoot him? He's not guilty of a crime, according to you, only a tort violation; yet, in exercising my Constitutional and God Given right to protect what's mine (be it my car or my family), I'm a criminal?
I've seen both sides of the law, and I suspect that you know not of that which you speak. I've never (NEVER EVER) met a criminal that wouldn't utilize violence to extricate him/herself from a potentially dangerous/hostile/complicated situation. I've also never met a criminal that learnt from a stiff fine (its normally the opposite, they commit larger crimes to pay off the fines).
I think 15 years Federal is a bit much, but a day under 10 (8 years 6 months served) would be a bit too liberal for my liking.
Anyone willing to break the moral bounds imposed upon them (even if it's a petty moral bond such as "pot is bad" -- I think pot should be legal, until it is, I won't be smoking it) is dangerous. Society exists and works only when each person acts as a part of society, playing by the rules, and calling "bad rule" when the rules are wrong, not disregarding them because you don't like them. Right now, we are suffering from a societal breakdown, because people are more worried about the trivialities, and fluff of society than the meat of it. When people don't like a law, they ignore it, and then they get in trouble and THEN after they have already ruined their good name they fight the law. That's bass ackwards! You challenge a law in the legal arena, fight to collapse the law, not the legal structure. Don't get me wrong, I'm neither siding with Police and Courts (One's corrupt, the other's rotten, you tag how you want); nor am I siding with the current laws; but, whether a law is right or not is not our immediate and personal decision, it's the Courts and Legislature's decision. If you don't like the laws VOTE... if you think that the representatives are out of touch RUN FOR OFFICE! If you think that you could do a better job as a judge (not an activist judge -- either conservative OR liberal) then get a law degree, work as a lawyer and run for a Judge's position when it opens up and you have the experience.
Killing a person is not illegal; it's the circumstance that creates the crime. ie:
1st Degree Murder: You catch you SO with someone else, shoot them both, go to the gun cabinet unlock it, select the correct caliber ammunition, and reload, shoot them again. You've shown a cold and callous disregard for human life, a recklas disregard for human life, a propensity to violence and a cold callous and premeditated nature in committing acts of violence (remember, you reloaded, that kills "heat of the moment" and "passion" crime defenses).
Manslaughter: You were doing 35 in a 30 and a drunk stumbled out from between two cars. You have committed the crime of speeding and negligence (reckless driving -- although I don't know why they call it that, since you normally do wreck driving like that). (if you want, and to play "the system is unfair and lets murderers out" you can replace "drunk stumbled" with "child playing ball runs")
2nd Degree Murder: You are robbing a store, and as you exit someone grabs your gun, it goes off. This could almost be a murder 1 but generally a jury won't convict on of 1st degree on incidentals. You committed a murder while in the commission of a felony, and you showed a reckless and willful disregard for human life. You brought the gun, this shows you had the will and intent to harm others to further your goals, and another got harmed.
Law is all about intentions... The road to hell may be paved with good intentions, but the road to prison is paved with rot and evil intentions. These felons had the intent to defraud and steal, they used methods which are also illegal. (Remember most homes and cars, or your wallet for that matter, are less secure than computer networks.) They deserve to do some time... serious time if you ask me, and a 9 year sentence is NOTHING. Even in Federal (as the guy that did time in Levenworth said -- paraphrased -- shit's rough, if you let it be)
Prison might be just what these guys need to straighten out. It's worked for quite a few people I've known.
Dunno, but, carry a Kyocera Smart phone and Nokia 6225 Camera Phone together for a week, I'll bet you think that camera phone is a cell LIGHT phone, and the smart phone a laptop:D
I saw pics from the Nokias one gen before the 6225, they were shit, and the phones were heavier... but my phone now literally is about the same as the sprint ultra-thin base phone, weighs less than the 6135 (Kyocera) which was a flip, and less than the 3000 series from Kyocera. It's pics are on par with a lot of comparable (no-flash 1Mpixel images) dedicated digital cams, and are lighter than those also!
Nice, good fuckin' deal, so the rich pay for r&d to better their lives, try to make that money back, plus some (to you too much, but as a percentage of their normal spending/earnings nothing) then, let the government fuck 'em right?
Electricity wasn't for everyone in the twenties... you know why? Cuz, they made the "rich" people and companies spend money to give power to everyone... Once you've earned money it's YOURS, if you want to be a greedy bastard (which the electric, coal, phone, train, etc. companies are), that is your decision. The government isn't supposed to jack someone's idea, and give it away, royalty free (ask Pitney Bowes about being fucked by governement contracts).
If I invented the cure for cancer, you know what -- ONE BILLION Dollars, you know why? Cuz, if your life isn't worth a billion, fuck it and you, just shut up and die... It cost me 4 billion to discover, now I'm supposed to take your 30 dollars and a 25,000 welfare check (woohoo, my own fuckin' money paying me back) for your cancer cure? Nah, your life isn't WORTH IT, because you haven't earned it. A human life is NOT inherently worth a "lot" just cuz of a bleeding heart. A human life is worth only what it's earned, can earn, and others are willing to pay for it..
Just so you know, and can hate me thoroughly, I think Public Schools should be disbanded, welfare immediately abolished, and junkies either given 10 days to straighten up and apply themselves, or shot. Fuck the bullshit views "boohoo, you designed something I want, but I can't afford it, so you have a duty to give it to me, and I have a right to it"
As for the constitution, it also calls for civil war in the case of the governement interfering with commerce, or private citizens. "General Welfare" is a state of safety not "woohoo, you gets' ta' watch the idiot box, cuz you are poor, and sucking of your neighbor's teet"
BTW, I couldn't care less if you rate me troll, I'll just keep posting, keep giving MY VIEWS (A blog, views should be expressed -- even if they are counter to fairly liberal views that are common on this site!)
Nokia 6225, pics are pretty good ("Give me somthing worth snapping a pic of"... "Boobs? That'll work" ), and the phone weighs LESS than my 1.5 year old Kyocera 5135... 5x less than my Kyocera Smart Phone (6035), and has more features, including the colour screen and games (BOUNCE!!!) I thought the same "crappy camera phones, not even flash on it"... guess the manufacturers knew we'd get our own "flash".
you should REMOVE IE And Outlook from the system... the ONLY version it's not stable on yet is XP. Look of IE Eradicator, it's by the folks that make Win98 Lite.
My daughter's computer runs 98 because of her games... I eradicated IE and OE, and it's a solid and fast computer (with only 550Mhz proc and 512 MB of ram).
Since the install of Slackware 9.1 (and remote updates) with OOo and Mozilla, I've not needed to do ANY work on my mum's computer! She likes Slack better than Windows (I settled on Slack years ago, when my wife hosed her system, got pissed and wasted precious rum shorting out computers by dumping it in them, after kickin' them over). This year, she's wanting me to "look in on" her updating the desktop to 10.0, but since she's fresh installed it three times already -- on other computers "to practice" -- I don't think I'll have to worry.
Better than that, when I had a retail shop a few years back, we had some QXPress and MS Software CDs, on the jewel case it said "By opening this case you agree to the enclosed license agreement"
You can use "Explorer" to run windows update, use IE erradicator to remove Internet explorer; you don't need iexplorer for anything on your system, it causes more problems than it fixes!
Airbags SHOULD be serviced... they should be inspected -- the circuitry, the shells, the actual packing, the triggers -- every 50K miles.
And, they do have to be replaced some times... Go to a dealer shop some time. My airbag's been replaced, no accident, just age and a rough climate.
And, I have to call BULLSHIT on bill; if you want to take this BAD analogy so far (the car vs. software thing), then lets do that. If you manufacture a car that has faulty brakes, bad seat brackets, bad crumple zones, and spews crap and pollution all over the road, you are getting a government mandated recall, and you are going to abide by that recall, and if you got slapped hard enough, you'll continue to honour it for years after it expires. With the car analogy MS should be getting spanked with the largest recall ever to hit consumer products, they should be recalling products sold to everyone that's crashed in windows, that's gone and spewed shit all over the internet because of a bug that allowed third party pollution through -- etc. etc. MS doesn't play by the same rules as car companies, and that's sometimes a shame. It's also a shame that people like the car/software analogy so much though.
Never worked on a car, have you? Or driven a car with standard brakes? Or do you mean Hydraulic-assisted brakes? (IE. a master/slave setup with proportioning valve and vaccuum assistance?)
Improperly maintained ABS brakes ARE standard hydro/vaccuum assisted brakes. If your ABS stops functioning, because you pissed on the ABS fuse, or because you got pissed at the pulse and replaced the ABS sensor with a resistor circuit, or because you are too fuckin' stupid to regularly maintain your brakes, your brakes will function as regular hydro/vaccuum assisted brakes.
Now, had you said it'd be as dangerous as unmaintained assisted brakes, I would agree with you, to a point.
I can understand regularly maintaining your hardware, and even the media software came on, because these are physical objects that suffer wear and tear; but, the OS and affiliated software are NOT subject to the same rules as an auto... I think the original analogy in the grandparent post was flawed, and your follow-up was fairly naive, because it tried to live upon a flawed analogy.
Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of existing physical objects that can be compared to software, and automobiles are definitely NOT one that should be.
Jokes aside, what of those of us who keep short cropped hair? If we become "suspected" or "of interest" does our lack of long golden locks implicate us further? I've worn my hair at between 1/4 inch and 3/4 inch for the past 7 years, give or take a couple periods of laziness. I understand that "other" hair can be used, but hair recycles itself, so there's not a lot of that other hair that's been around for years (in the extreme cases), or even a lot of months.
Slashdot Mirror
Fantasies? ... all off the cuff. Sorry to dash yer hopes, I despise filty creatures, and think that they deserve the most debasing and sickening treatment. I think that people who actively partake in the willful torture of inoccent people should be made to suffer in such a way that would be equal to the damage caused by their actions. Harsh? yep. Fantasies? Nope. Preconceived ideas? Nope. Just pissed off and sick of rapists and pedophiles getting aways with destroying lives and getting prison (if they are really "unlucky") or some sort of "treatment."
Nope
I don't think so... ... days or weeks would suffice. Private torture? That's a different story. If someone harmed a hair on YOUR child's head, how would you react? Me, I'd allow that quiet monster -- the primitive beast that we all own, and most of us supress -- to be let loose... I would do in in such a spectacular way that others would look and be shocked and horrified ... completely mortified ... and privately gratified that one of them finally felt that suffering first hand.
You see, it's not 1000 times more brutal or more anything than what they've done... Not only do children suffer when it happens, but mentally, for years and years. Many children that are sexually abused have trouble growing up, they have trouble with any intimate relationships, they lack drive, they lack a will to live. The reason is because they are destroyed by, more often than not, people whom are entrusted (rightly or wrongly) with their safety and well being. A child does not know right from wrong, they are inoccent (no matter how "mean" or "bad" people think the kid is); they are robbed of that, and of so much more. I also didn't advocate years-long public torture/execution
I never claimed it a "clean" solution... nor any less sick than them, but, there are occassions when I think that evil must be dealt with by a likewise evil. Brutality can rarely be dealt with by something as amatuer as prison, or even simple execution. Brutality against a harmless and inoccent human? There's no way except an equal and opposing brutality to deal with it.
I agree that the very concept of public torture and execution should be morally reprehensible, to the point of disgust. But, I do feel that it is warranted in cases such as children being abused, especially sexually. It's our duty to look at that sick growth on the underbelly of society, that disgusting fermenting maclontent creation, the abominations that make humanity less than the most savage of "beasts." It's out duty to look at it, be disgusted by it, and utterly destroy it. Kill it without mercy, without flinching, and without the emotion one would feel removing a plague infested rat from a trap. As I said, it's that innermost savagery that must be utilized, just as it's that savagery and a sickness that causes such acts to be done. Fear of death, fear of imprisonment, they've done shit to deter the basest elements... what needs to be done is something on their level of thinking, something they understand, pure pain and suffering, torture, cruelty, abuse, mind-fucks, and then, in the end, an unglorified, and completely humiliating death.
I have a better idea... instead of holding the ISP liable, lets publicly execute these twisted fucks that decide to harm and destroy inoccent children.
...)
I'm not trolling, nor am I joking... I think we should crucify them... literally; or immolate them... and I don't mean a nice one-shot setting... I mean, set 'em on fire, let 'em scream till they pass out, put them out, let them "heal" in public for a few days, and then set 'em ablaze again... Same with Crucifying them... Hang 'em on the cross, let them suffer and start to asphyxiate (to the point of passing out), let them down, and do it again in the morning. Maybe, let them get publicly gang raped with broken broomsticks by angry parents in the mean time (kinda' like "the ultimate" smelling salts
That's much nicer than I would be if some sick fuck tried to hurt my precious angel. Murder would be nice, and an afterthought -- years after I started punishing them. For a person to do that sick shit to a child, any child, is fucked, and they need to be brutally tortured for a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG time. No quick death, no letting them be protected by their "daddy" in the joint... Private torture, torture without end, suffering that would make The Marque De Sade cringe... If they are a parent of the beautiful and inoccent life they harm, than double the torture. Fear IS a deterrent... I don't mean fear of dying, because that happens to us all, and I don't mean fear of prison, because sick fucks adopt... I mean fear of endless pain and suffering... fear of brutalization such that they cannot sleep, they go mad from the pain, only to be brought back and tortured again. There is NO crime more morally offensive the pedophiles, to run a child down in the street with your car, in cold blood, is more merciful and forgivable than to hurt a child like pedophiles do. As "offensive" as my views are, I think that to show a pedophile mercy, even with suggestions like those I've made, is more offensive.
Mods, for a change, if you disagree -- give me a reason, don't just mod me down.
And interesting program, and very good when properly implemented and deployed... It's a pain in the ass, and very bureaucratic, but if fully implemented a DITSCAP Certified system is very secure, from all angles.
I think you might be right though... DHS probably hasn't heard of it (God, I hope they aren't phasing it out, that's the point on my resume that generates the most calls!)
Never seen a DITSCAP certification, have ya' ?
Too bad the companies don't have the balls to man up and file a suit against the parents claiming negligence and failure to provide support and discipline necessary to raise respectful, honest children.
I wish someone with no sense of personal responsibility would shoot that fuckin' lawyer UT2000 Style "Headshot" then claim that the combination of ranting from the lawyer, and the videogame made his dog talk to God and tell him to do it!
I'm sick of everyone fobbing the consequences of their actions off on some third party (The drunk driver in the recently announced 21M dollar victory against a beer vending company at a stadium: I didn't hurt that kid when I sideswiped their vehicle, it was the vendor's fault for allowing me to go to different vending stands and buy beer," the owners of Ford Explorer SUV's that flip over: "It's not my fault my family's dead, just because I bought a light-duty truck, overloaded it, didn't like the ride so decreased the air pressure to under the stated minimum -- nope, it's the tire company's fault, and Ford!".) It's time these whining pukes started sucking it up, and taking responsibility. To quote Jeff Foxworthy (will this rant, or quoting Jeff be what get's me modded into oblivion again?) "Just once, I'd like to hear someone go on Operah and tell the truth. Nope, My mom was great, my dad was great, I had a wonderful childhood -- I'm just a shithead."
People need to either quit complaining about government intervention in every little facet of their lives, or start taking responsibility for every action. To do, or claim to want, anything less is pure and unadulterated hipocrysy. It's also showing the lack of personal responsibility that we've created in generations with the "Self esteem is the be-all end-all, no child must be told 'you are doing wrong' but must be told 'you are doing something unique and special.'" We are reaping what's been sown over the past 30 years of emotional based (verses facts based) living, child-rearing, discipline, and education
It wasn't a design flaw, it was careless driving + bad vehicle and tire maintenance. It was a high center of gravity, poorly designed suspension, underinflated tires, and driver error. I watched the NTSB test videos, to try to recreate the rollovers. They couldn't, until the overloaded the Explorer (which has a combined carry capacity of about 1K Lbs -- that includes passengers and all extra). They also had to load unevenly, and then sharply snap the wheel when the tire blew, or hit the brakes while snapping the wheel.
Firestone was gracious in replacing the tires, because the media ran a smear campaign against Firestone and Ford. I don't like either of them (Firestone/Ford Motor Corp.), but they were unfairly targetted. They should have targetted the mechanics and sales people recommending the lower tire pressure (lower than minimum recommended by Firestone) for a "smoother" ride. They also should have targetted the advertisors who pimp small pickups and SUVs to families as great vacation/heavy hauling vehicles (an average 2 adult 3 child 6 day camping trip will add enough weight to most small SUV models to make it unsafe -- the Explorer, the S10 Blazer, the Ford Ranger, the Chevy S10, etc.)
The Miniscule number of fatal wrecks wasn't really even worth noting, neither was the fact that improperly cared for tires kept failing. I'm sorry, but when a person doesn't follow manufacturer guidelines, any ensuing problems are that person's fault. I agree that Ford should have shared some of the blame, after all they paid the sales/mechanics/advertisors that misrepresented the capabilities of the vehicle, but Firestone should not have been blamed. The persons almost solely responsible for the wrecks/destroyed tires/damaged vehicles were the owners of those vehicles. That's the person responsible for maintaining the vehicles safety and integrity, they failed that, and because of that failing people were injured/died.
As far as comparing spyware and the wrecks (again a miniscule number of deaths, more people died of High Iron poisoning in that same time frame -- rant against vitamin makers too! -- of course vitamin makers put Iron poisoning warnings on their vitamins, just like Firestone put a DO NOT UNDERINFLATE warning on their tires); the comparison is fair... stupid people not following the manufacturer guidelines are causing machines to malfunction and break down (remember, you have to change your default security settings in XP to allow ActiveX to run unchecked on a computer system.) The comparison of the results, that would be unfair, but the comparison of the acts, that's very fair.
Bottom line -- if your computer is stocked full of spyware, it's YOUR FAULT! Don't blame the company that made the Operating System, YOU are the one that failed in your duties to due diligence. Same goes for if your Ford Explorer rolls over and kills your family -- YOU ARE THE ONE THAT KILLED THEM, you did that by failing to properly maintain your vehicle. Again, same applies when you leave your SuperDupperUltraGotItAll Ultimate Mega Super Vitamins (now in Grape flavour) lying around and your child eats them and dies. It's YOUR fault, for not exercising due diligence. Personal responsibility.
It's mean, and nobody likes to say it, but that's the way it is; we as people make decisions those decisions have consequences either negative or positive, and we are the ones liable(I smoke, have for 23 years now -- that's MY fault, not R.J. Reynold's the purveyers of the World's FINEST FILTERLESS cigarette!)If you don't take responsibility than quite whining when the government regulates everything (I'm sorry sir, but 30 ounces of water is illegal, don't want you getting water intoxication.)
I think you have your parts backwards!
3 parts Vodka, set next to a bottle of Orange Juice.
Those that are, and were prior to military action, Iraqis are insurgents; the others at best are unlawful combatants committing war crimes.
I hope that these robots can be utilized effectively in tight quarter combat situations (such as alleyways in cities like Falujah), maybe they'll save some jarheads' asses, I'd like to see most of my friends, and a few family members come home safely.
In most places fog lights are illegal for on-road use; additionally in Minnesota, it's illegal to using "driving lights" (fog lights are yellow, driving lights are white) any time that it would be illegal to use your brights, additionally, if you have seperate lights for high/low beams, you cannot legally operate both driving lights and high beams (only 4 white lights allowed to be active on the front of a car, even with no other traffic, and two are the maximum in traffic).
The reason that fog lights are normally NOT street legal is because they are directional lights (instead of indicator lights or marker lights, which are weak, and not focused/directional), is that headlights must be white lights. This is also why "cool blue" lights are technically illegal while HID xenon lights are not (HID lights are infact white, but the cool blues utilize a filter meaning the lights are technically not white).
Great example, prohibition. Remember what I said about those willing to participate in small crimes? Such as running shine -- Think "Valentines Day" or "Untouchables" or "Capone" ... The argument that millions of people drank and didn't shoot people is half-assed also, and the Prohibition wasn't ended because of the criminals, it was ended because of good decisions finally made. During prohibition, domestic violence rose, as did the cases of alcohol poisoning, violent crimes and even murders (the opposite effect that it was supposed to have.) The reasons were partially the stronger (and more dangerous) alcohol, but that wasn't the only thing that lessened inhibitions, violating one law led to a moral decline and that made it easier to break other laws.
Speed Limits were lowered for bad reasons, people disobeyed them -- that doesn't make it OK (Two wrongs don't make a right, even if you are a mathematician). The incidents of fatal accidents were also higher during the 55-stay alive period; because cars were less safe at higher speeds, and because people flaunting their disobedience for the law tended to disregard other basic safety rules also.
Again, I disagree with the IP laws, and think that the system's been corrupted. But, bitching about it doesn't fix it, neither does violating the law. You think the RIAA is a bad cooperative? Look at their charter, find out what they are supposed to be doing, and then petition to have that charter revoked. Same goes for MPAA, Microsoft, Adobe, and any other company that stops working "in the public's interest and for the betterment of society." Breaking the law doesn't work, you need to break your adversaries.
I agree that a compromise is the best bet, but that's not going to happen by strengthening an opposing party's position (remember, they've got the upper hand, we don't, we have to play by their rules in order to get enough peer involvement to make a difference). Stop Pirating, and you stop inflated numbers on things like Netcraft (MS doesn't want to give you server 2k3 at the price you are willing to pay? Well, try Linux or BSD -- they are solid offerings, if you want corporate support, try Solaris). Bring about an alternative for things that people want: Support a local non-label band, support an independant film maker, support small software shops that give as much as they take, and who are willing to work with clients. Breaking the law, even a stupid one, belittles your side, and weakens your position, not theirs.
Looks like you kinda' missed the whole point of this.
First "Sitting at the back of the bus" where was this a law? It was a "Jim Crow Law" in some states, right? Only, it wasn't criminal, it was civil. The police that used atack dogs and firehoses to supress freedom of expression (against the law) have been, in many cases, prosecuted. And, if you were a woman in 1882, I hope to god you didn't try to vote -- I hope instead you joined the hundreds of thousands of other women who got out protested and had that law changed!
I agree that lawmakers are corrupt, I said that in my post -- so, what seat are YOU running for? What HONEST campaign are YOU working for? Don't complain about "disenfranchised voters" when you aren't doing anything for that. Unless you are putting forth your best effort (running for office, supporting a good politician) and are active, you are as hypocritical as the others that you've mentioned. You want the laws enforced equally? Make the call. If a cop is speeding, call the police. If a legislator is taking kickbacks, get evidence and bring it to the authorities; if that doesn't work, there's always Freedom of the Press.
Lawlessness doesn't have an excuse, we have a moral duty to uphold the laws, even if we disagree with them -- that's what makes society work. Not anarchy, not spitting in the face of a law we don't agree with.
So, what happens when I get tired of being jacked by the same damn punk and just shoot him? He's not guilty of a crime, according to you, only a tort violation; yet, in exercising my Constitutional and God Given right to protect what's mine (be it my car or my family), I'm a criminal?
I've seen both sides of the law, and I suspect that you know not of that which you speak. I've never (NEVER EVER) met a criminal that wouldn't utilize violence to extricate him/herself from a potentially dangerous/hostile/complicated situation. I've also never met a criminal that learnt from a stiff fine (its normally the opposite, they commit larger crimes to pay off the fines).
I think 15 years Federal is a bit much, but a day under 10 (8 years 6 months served) would be a bit too liberal for my liking.
Anyone willing to break the moral bounds imposed upon them (even if it's a petty moral bond such as "pot is bad" -- I think pot should be legal, until it is, I won't be smoking it) is dangerous. Society exists and works only when each person acts as a part of society, playing by the rules, and calling "bad rule" when the rules are wrong, not disregarding them because you don't like them. Right now, we are suffering from a societal breakdown, because people are more worried about the trivialities, and fluff of society than the meat of it. When people don't like a law, they ignore it, and then they get in trouble and THEN after they have already ruined their good name they fight the law. That's bass ackwards! You challenge a law in the legal arena, fight to collapse the law, not the legal structure. Don't get me wrong, I'm neither siding with Police and Courts (One's corrupt, the other's rotten, you tag how you want); nor am I siding with the current laws; but, whether a law is right or not is not our immediate and personal decision, it's the Courts and Legislature's decision. If you don't like the laws VOTE... if you think that the representatives are out of touch RUN FOR OFFICE! If you think that you could do a better job as a judge (not an activist judge -- either conservative OR liberal) then get a law degree, work as a lawyer and run for a Judge's position when it opens up and you have the experience.
Killing a person is not illegal; it's the circumstance that creates the crime. ie:
1st Degree Murder: You catch you SO with someone else, shoot them both, go to the gun cabinet unlock it, select the correct caliber ammunition, and reload, shoot them again. You've shown a cold and callous disregard for human life, a recklas disregard for human life, a propensity to violence and a cold callous and premeditated nature in committing acts of violence (remember, you reloaded, that kills "heat of the moment" and "passion" crime defenses).
Manslaughter: You were doing 35 in a 30 and a drunk stumbled out from between two cars. You have committed the crime of speeding and negligence (reckless driving -- although I don't know why they call it that, since you normally do wreck driving like that). (if you want, and to play "the system is unfair and lets murderers out" you can replace "drunk stumbled" with "child playing ball runs")
2nd Degree Murder: You are robbing a store, and as you exit someone grabs your gun, it goes off. This could almost be a murder 1 but generally a jury won't convict on of 1st degree on incidentals. You committed a murder while in the commission of a felony, and you showed a reckless and willful disregard for human life. You brought the gun, this shows you had the will and intent to harm others to further your goals, and another got harmed.
Law is all about intentions... The road to hell may be paved with good intentions, but the road to prison is paved with rot and evil intentions. These felons had the intent to defraud and steal, they used methods which are also illegal. (Remember most homes and cars, or your wallet for that matter, are less secure than computer networks.) They deserve to do some time... serious time if you ask me, and a 9 year sentence is NOTHING. Even in Federal (as the guy that did time in Levenworth said -- paraphrased -- shit's rough, if you let it be)
Prison might be just what these guys need to straighten out. It's worked for quite a few people I've known.
Dunno, but, carry a Kyocera Smart phone and Nokia 6225 Camera Phone together for a week, I'll bet you think that camera phone is a cell LIGHT phone, and the smart phone a laptop :D
I saw pics from the Nokias one gen before the 6225, they were shit, and the phones were heavier... but my phone now literally is about the same as the sprint ultra-thin base phone, weighs less than the 6135 (Kyocera) which was a flip, and less than the 3000 series from Kyocera. It's pics are on par with a lot of comparable (no-flash 1Mpixel images) dedicated digital cams, and are lighter than those also!
Nice, good fuckin' deal, so the rich pay for r&d to better their lives, try to make that money back, plus some (to you too much, but as a percentage of their normal spending/earnings nothing) then, let the government fuck 'em right?
Electricity wasn't for everyone in the twenties... you know why? Cuz, they made the "rich" people and companies spend money to give power to everyone... Once you've earned money it's YOURS, if you want to be a greedy bastard (which the electric, coal, phone, train, etc. companies are), that is your decision. The government isn't supposed to jack someone's idea, and give it away, royalty free (ask Pitney Bowes about being fucked by governement contracts).
If I invented the cure for cancer, you know what -- ONE BILLION Dollars, you know why? Cuz, if your life isn't worth a billion, fuck it and you, just shut up and die... It cost me 4 billion to discover, now I'm supposed to take your 30 dollars and a 25,000 welfare check (woohoo, my own fuckin' money paying me back) for your cancer cure? Nah, your life isn't WORTH IT, because you haven't earned it. A human life is NOT inherently worth a "lot" just cuz of a bleeding heart. A human life is worth only what it's earned, can earn, and others are willing to pay for it..
Just so you know, and can hate me thoroughly, I think Public Schools should be disbanded, welfare immediately abolished, and junkies either given 10 days to straighten up and apply themselves, or shot. Fuck the bullshit views "boohoo, you designed something I want, but I can't afford it, so you have a duty to give it to me, and I have a right to it"
As for the constitution, it also calls for civil war in the case of the governement interfering with commerce, or private citizens. "General Welfare" is a state of safety not "woohoo, you gets' ta' watch the idiot box, cuz you are poor, and sucking of your neighbor's teet"
BTW, I couldn't care less if you rate me troll, I'll just keep posting, keep giving MY VIEWS (A blog, views should be expressed -- even if they are counter to fairly liberal views that are common on this site!)
You're right, it's normally (with Qwest and Verizon) an ATM...
Broadband... woo--fuckin--hoo, technology sharing spectrum.
I'll stick with my 1.5Mb Up 7Mb Down that I can pull 24x7 (and have pulled for over 24x3!)...
Nokia 6225, pics are pretty good ("Give me somthing worth snapping a pic of" ... "Boobs? That'll work" ), and the phone weighs LESS than my 1.5 year old Kyocera 5135... 5x less than my Kyocera Smart Phone (6035), and has more features, including the colour screen and games (BOUNCE!!!) I thought the same "crappy camera phones, not even flash on it" ... guess the manufacturers knew we'd get our own "flash".
you should REMOVE IE And Outlook from the system... the ONLY version it's not stable on yet is XP. Look of IE Eradicator, it's by the folks that make Win98 Lite.
My daughter's computer runs 98 because of her games... I eradicated IE and OE, and it's a solid and fast computer (with only 550Mhz proc and 512 MB of ram).
Since the install of Slackware 9.1 (and remote updates) with OOo and Mozilla, I've not needed to do ANY work on my mum's computer! She likes Slack better than Windows (I settled on Slack years ago, when my wife hosed her system, got pissed and wasted precious rum shorting out computers by dumping it in them, after kickin' them over).
This year, she's wanting me to "look in on" her updating the desktop to 10.0, but since she's fresh installed it three times already -- on other computers "to practice" -- I don't think I'll have to worry.
Better than that, when I had a retail shop a few years back, we had some QXPress and MS Software CDs, on the jewel case it said "By opening this case you agree to the enclosed license agreement"
You can use "Explorer" to run windows update, use IE erradicator to remove Internet explorer; you don't need iexplorer for anything on your system, it causes more problems than it fixes!
Airbags SHOULD be serviced... they should be inspected -- the circuitry, the shells, the actual packing, the triggers -- every 50K miles.
And, they do have to be replaced some times... Go to a dealer shop some time. My airbag's been replaced, no accident, just age and a rough climate.
And, I have to call BULLSHIT on bill; if you want to take this BAD analogy so far (the car vs. software thing), then lets do that. If you manufacture a car that has faulty brakes, bad seat brackets, bad crumple zones, and spews crap and pollution all over the road, you are getting a government mandated recall, and you are going to abide by that recall, and if you got slapped hard enough, you'll continue to honour it for years after it expires. With the car analogy MS should be getting spanked with the largest recall ever to hit consumer products, they should be recalling products sold to everyone that's crashed in windows, that's gone and spewed shit all over the internet because of a bug that allowed third party pollution through -- etc. etc. MS doesn't play by the same rules as car companies, and that's sometimes a shame. It's also a shame that people like the car/software analogy so much though.
Never worked on a car, have you? Or driven a car with standard brakes? Or do you mean Hydraulic-assisted brakes? (IE. a master/slave setup with proportioning valve and vaccuum assistance?)
Improperly maintained ABS brakes ARE standard hydro/vaccuum assisted brakes.
If your ABS stops functioning, because you pissed on the ABS fuse, or because you got pissed at the pulse and replaced the ABS sensor with a resistor circuit, or because you are too fuckin' stupid to regularly maintain your brakes, your brakes will function as regular hydro/vaccuum assisted brakes.
Now, had you said it'd be as dangerous as unmaintained assisted brakes, I would agree with you, to a point.
I can understand regularly maintaining your hardware, and even the media software came on, because these are physical objects that suffer wear and tear; but, the OS and affiliated software are NOT subject to the same rules as an auto... I think the original analogy in the grandparent post was flawed, and your follow-up was fairly naive, because it tried to live upon a flawed analogy.
Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of existing physical objects that can be compared to software, and automobiles are definitely NOT one that should be.
Jokes aside, what of those of us who keep short cropped hair? If we become "suspected" or "of interest" does our lack of long golden locks implicate us further? I've worn my hair at between 1/4 inch and 3/4 inch for the past 7 years, give or take a couple periods of laziness. I understand that "other" hair can be used, but hair recycles itself, so there's not a lot of that other hair that's been around for years (in the extreme cases), or even a lot of months.