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  1. Re: Not sure what to think.... on President Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    There is debate about whether the Espionage Act of 1917 applies. So, even if it does not, I am sure some would want to test that in court.

  2. Re:Not sure what to think.... on President Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow LOL seems a little tantrum like to me.

  3. Re:Not sure what to think.... on President Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Really, So have you looked the term up in a legal dictionary?

    From Black's Law Dictionary:

    What is GENDER?

    Defined difference between men and women based on culturally and socially constructed mores, politics, and affairs. Time and location give rise to a variety of local definitions. Contrasts to what is defined as the biological sex of a living creature.

    Seems like you may be full of shit.

  4. Do the police know that the evidence exists? on Florida Court Says Suspected Voyeur Must Reveal His iPhone Passcode To Police (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I am not sure, but when a similar case was discussed here before. I believe you could be compelled to decrypt a computer, if the police could show that knew you were hiding evidence of a crime. Well, at least that was what was said about opening a safe. You could be compelled, if the police could show the court proof that you were concealing evidence.

    So, they could not go fishing for evidence. They had to know the evidence exists and to some extent its content. That maybe true in this case....

  5. Re:What's the _actual_ algorithm. on Researcher Modifies Sieve of Eratosthenes To Work With Less Physical Memory Space (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    The paper you point to proves that all add numbers larger than 10^27 are the sum of three primes and then references another paper where they have tested all odd numbers to 10^38 and concludes that all odd numbers larger than 5 can be the sum of 3 primes. It does not say anything about the Sieve of Eratosthenes. So, as far as I can tell there is nothing describing the modifications.

  6. Re:My immunity deal . . . on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 0

    1. Setting up an email server is not illegal.
    2. When Clinton was using the private email server, there was no law or policy that required her to use the government email server.
    3. Even though it is reported that it is an "insecure" email server, I am not convinced that the government is particularly good at securing servers. Witness the break in Office of Personnel Management.

  7. Re:Self-fulfilling prophecy? on The Top Programming Languages That Spawn the Most Security Bugs (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, that would be true, except the bug density was generated from static analysis, not people looking for bugs.

  8. Re:Sigh. She is NOT an engineer. on Software Engineer Liz Bennett Talks About Being a Woman in a Nearly All Male Workplace (Video) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So, My father who has a degree in mechanical engineering, worked for TRW on steering systems, and had the title Senior Engineer was not an engineer, because he did not have a license? He was not required to have a license by his employer or the state. Before he worked on steering systems, he worked on presses for aluminum extrusion (read as involving extremely high pressures).

    Both of these positions required him to design systems that if they failed would be vary dangerous and likely seriously injure or kill people. Yet you claim he was not an engineer.

    I wonder if you would consider Gustave Eiffel, Henry Ford, Leonardo da Vinci, or James Watt engineers.

    Some engineers are licensed in some jurisdictions because it is required by the law or by the employer. However, a license does not make the engineer.

  9. Re:Yeesh on Programmer Father Asks: What Gets Little Girls Interested In Science? · · Score: 1

    You should actually investigate before posting. Just because some english royal babies were painted in pink, does not define the whole history of pink.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...

  10. Re:Fuck Zuckerberg on Mark Zuckerberg Throws Pal Joe Green Under the Tech Immigration Bus · · Score: 1

    LOL OK, I will agree with that. Having worked with plenty of H-1Bs, I can assure you that there posses no special talent compared to other workers. On the whole there are quite a few mediocre software engineers.

  11. Fuck Zuckerberg on Mark Zuckerberg Throws Pal Joe Green Under the Tech Immigration Bus · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sort of OK? Fuck you Mark, you degenerate piece of shit!

  12. Re:"Real programming" is BS on Ask Slashdot: "Real" Computer Scientists vs. Modern Curriculum? · · Score: 1

    So, you are arguing that only being exposed to one environment is fine? I didn't mention anything about real or good. I just said if your school is only exposing you to a single environment and language, then the school is doing you a disservice.

  13. Exposure to multiple environments and languages on Ask Slashdot: "Real" Computer Scientists vs. Modern Curriculum? · · Score: 1

    Many of the modern CS students spend all there time in a single environment and a single language (Java on Windows). If this is the case for your school they are doing you a disservice. I was exposed to the at least 5 operating systems and 7 or 8 programming languages and wrote assembly that ran on bare metal in school. If you experience a variety of environments and languages you will have a much better base to judge what is good and bad when developing solutions.

  14. Re:The Paddleborough problem on Texas Declares War On Robots · · Score: 1

    Really! Are you sure? If assault can not be consented to, then why can boxer consent and it is not a chargeable offense?

  15. Re:Let's make a list of things "only for governmen on Texas Declares War On Robots · · Score: 1

    Number one on your list should be lying. Generally, it is OK for the government to lie to you, but a crime for you to lie to the government.

  16. Re:Reductio Ad Hitlerum? on Texas Declares War On Robots · · Score: 1

    I see the GP didn't take up the challenge. Here is some info at wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_rights

  17. Re:is it shipping to customers ? on Red Hat Developer Demands Competitor's Source Code · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's nonsense, because the theoretical creation of a derivative work at run time due to dynamic linking (e.g. shared libraries and kernel modules link at run time) has never been tested in court. Furthermore, the derivative work is not being distributed (I generally programs are not distributed while they are running).

  18. Re:is it shipping to customers ? on Red Hat Developer Demands Competitor's Source Code · · Score: 1

    OK, I see it claimed often that linking into a GPL'ed code makes a derivative work. First, I will note that little claim has never been tested in court and I suspect it would not stand. Secondly, APIs and header files are generally not copyrightable. So, I think there is not legal route to call run time linking a derivative work in the legal frame work of US copyright law.

    However, let's assume that is wrong, then if it is not a derivative work until it is linked, then the end user is doing the linking and is not distributing "derivative work". So, even in the unlikely case that linking creates a derivative work, the GPL is still not violated because that derivative work is not being distributed.

  19. Re:Why not a free market for labor on Riot Breaks Out At Foxconn · · Score: 1

    I suppose I should point out that the US does not implement a purely capitalist economy. There are regulation on many parts of the economy, including how and when labor can organize.

  20. Re:Why not a free market for labor on Riot Breaks Out At Foxconn · · Score: 1

    I was replying to the comments about China, not the US. I was responding to the claim that China was a shinning example of capitalism, which I think is a hard claim to support.

  21. Why not a free market for labor on Riot Breaks Out At Foxconn · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wonder why in many examples of capitalism, all markets are free except labor. If a nation is truly based on capitalist ideas, why not have a market for labor. In this case workers could band together and sell their labor to the highest bidder. For some reason, this is never considered a part of capitalism, which I believe is just a convenient inconsistency by the rich.

    Because China does not have a free labor market, it is not a shining example of capitalism. It is a shining example of the powerful taking advantage, which happens everywhere.

  22. Re:Upgrades wipe out my login cookies! on Firefox 15 Released: Silent Updates, Compressed Textures, Add-on Memory Leak Fix · · Score: 1

    No doubt, you have "Clear history when Firefox closes" checked on the options Privacy tab.

  23. Re:Better than conservation on Diesel-Like Engine Could Boost Fuel Economy By 50% · · Score: 1

    Though, I agree with what you have said, I think it might be helpful to look at the definition of justice and just.

    Merriam Webster:

    Justice (noun)
    1 a : the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments
                b : judge
                c : the administration of law; especially : the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity

    2 a : the quality of being just, impartial, or fair
                b (1) : the principle or ideal of just dealing or right action (2) : conformity to this principle or ideal : righteousness
                c : the quality of conforming to law

    3: conformity to truth, fact, or reason : correctness

    and maybe the word just also.

    just (adjective)
    1 a : having a basis in or conforming to fact or reason : reasonable
                b archaic : faithful to an original
                c : conforming to a standard of correctness : proper

    2 a (1) : acting or being in conformity with what is morally upright or good : righteous (2) : being what is merited : deserved
                b : legally correct : lawful

    I believe the meaning usually assigned to "Social Justice" is related to definition 1a of Justice and 2a (1) of the Just (or possibly 1a). People are making a moral judgement (or stating what they think is reasonable), which may or may not be tied to any legal precept.

    So, the gp may, in fact, be using "Social Justice" is a consistent way that happens to match his morals or reason.

  24. Hypocritical US Government on Global Online Freedom Act Approved By House Committee · · Score: 1

    Our government is happy to surveille their own citizens (even with drones and cameras everywhere). So, essentially we can do it, but nobody else should!

  25. Re:From Latin ("de" + ablative of "factum") on Book Review: Microsoft Manual of Style · · Score: 1

    I suppose I was confused by your sarcasm and the fact that there is not agreed upon style guide for American writers.