I would consider forcing somebody to fund an advertisement saying, well, anything to be a violation of thier free speech.
The suspect isn't the one doing the speaking: the police department is (with their words). The suspect is merely paying for the ad as an additional fine. It's actually kind of dumb to me: the police department could just add, say, $50 to the fine that would cover the cost of the ad and then the suspect would be paying for the ad indirectly.
Come to think of it, it's a violation of the spirit of the fifth amendment too...
No it isn't because, again, the suspect isn't the one doing the speaking.
I've been trying to like Linux (and hece [sic] the OS community)...
Linux is not the same as the Open Source community. I write open-source software, but I don't have anything to do with Linux in particular. The same is true for most OS developers. Only a very small percentage actually work on the Linux kernel. Additionally, there's very little open-source software that will work only under Linux.
I have a Kyocera 7135, but that's irrelevant: any 1X-RTT phone will do. I don't need to sign up for anything: I never said I use a PCMCIA card. Methinks you don't know how to quote the right person properly.
Verizon offers low bandwidth (14.4) service for free. (just ticks away from your plan's minutes).
Verizon also offers Express Network (their name for 1X-RTT) service for free with America's Choice plans that's also MOU (minutes of use). They don't really advertize this fact at all and a lot of their CS reps are clueless about it, but, when I called to get Express Network added to my plan, they did it.
I don't have a need to use it much except, say, when I visit my parents who have nothing but a land phone line. I don't get anywhere near the advertized maximum of 144Kbps: I get around 60Kbps, but that's still better than getting around 48Kbps via a land-line modem.
Cybercafes, coffee houses with Internet/wireless fun, etc.... Try to support a local business, instead of a starbucks, with this, tho.
FYI: I often work at this independent cafe (voted "Best in Silicon Valley" by the Metro). The wireless access is free, they roast their own coffee, and the staff is cool. (No, I don't work there.)
Today you have to compete with Microsoft whether you like it or not.
No you don't. Linus himself thinks Microsoft is largely irrelevant to Linux. He works on Linux because he feels like it, not to compete with Microsoft. Many open-source developers, as Eric Raymond pointed out, write software to "scratch an itch." I write open-source software as one of my hobbies. While it's certainly true that I don't like Microsoft, I, and many other open-source developers, aren't competing with them.
Do you really think they would have 90% market share with open source products? Of course not. They got where they are by not sharing the pie with anyone. If they opened up, others would take what they have done and run with it. People would release 100% compatible versions of Windows, Office, IIS, etc that were more secure with less bug fixes...
Just because something is open-source doesn't mean it's not copyrighted. And open-source does not mean the GPL. You can't legally copy open-source software any more than you can copy closed-source binary images.
There really isn't any real reason why Microsoft couldn't make all their source code available. If you tried to violate the terms of their license (say by releasing a derivative work or competing product), an army of their lawyers would sue you into oblivion.
Opening up their source would also instantly get rid of the problem of some governments' requirements for open-source software. (I don't think they'll ever do it out of ideology, however.)
... we do need to train [bullies] to become functioning adult citizens...
By doing what, exactly? In all your ranting about how bad my idea is, you haven't provided a better solution.
As far as I'm concerned, many kids that are bullies are already "damaged goods" that will most likely grow up to be bullies as adults. Society would be better off without them.
... this country was founded on freedom...
Yes? So? Freedom in the USA is a privilege, not a right: your freedom can be taken away. If you impinge on somebody else's freedom, yours should end.
... and on giving people the benefit of the doubt.
That's what "guity beyond reasonable doubt" is for. It's already built-in. But that doesn't mean we should stop procecuting people. If they're found not guitly because the amount of doubt is unreasonable, the system will have worked.
On who's word? If three kids are picking on one kid, and that one kid goes to the principal or the police, it is the word of one versus the word of three.
And this is different in the adult world, how? Do we stop prosecuting adults in similar situations?
Boys are supposed to rough house with their friends. Boys are supposed to sneak peaks up a girls' skirts. Boys are not supposed to victimize people who are weaker than they are.
You get the distinction; I get the disinction; the problem is that Joe Sixpack, who is a parent of a bully, doesn't: bullying gets lumped in with the other, more benign behavior.
While not a muslim himself, he knew that it was wrong. He stepped in, he defended her, he got into a fight because of it.... I have never been more proud of him.
That's nice, but his actions are irrelevant to the current topic. It's the several people in your story we're talking about.
Or I guess you could call the cops, which would... be a little harsh for just childhood bullying.
It should be harsh. If it were extremely harsh (permanent expulsion, mandatory jailtime), then its effect as a deterrent would increase to the point (hopefully) where nobody would bully any more. When bullies learn that they're not just going to go to bed without dinner, maybe things will get better.
If bullies are pushing your kid around, if bullies are beating your kid up...
... they should (1) be expelled permanently* and (2) be prosecuted as adults. That's what would happen to you if you, as an adult, beat up or harrassed another employee at a company you both work for. The same should be done in schools. The "boys will be boys" attitude needs to go.
*If parents of an expelled student want to get their kid readmitted, they should have to pay for tuition. Perhaps public education should a privilege and not a right (like a driver's license).
In Carl Sagan's "Cosmos," an explanation was given as why it should be the case
that we observe objects in space all red-shifted equally in every direction.
The theory presented was that our 3-physical dimension universe was warped into
a 4th physical dimension like a sphere. We (our galaxy), along with every
other galaxy, is on the "surface" of this hypersphere. As the universe expands
(much like blowing air into a balloon), the "surface" area of the hypersphere
increases. Every point on the "surface" is equal to every other and all are
moving away from each other. The "center" of the universe is the center of the
hypersphere and does not exist within what we know of as 3-dimensional "space."
With 4 space dimensions, "time" is relegated to the 5th.
However, I've never heard mention of the above theory since, including in "The
Elegant Universe" (unless I somehow missed it). Yes, String Theory requires 11
dimensions total, but (apparantly) all of the 7 "extra" dimensions beyond the
3-phsycical and 1-time dimensions are "all curled up" and very small. In
contrast, the 4th-physical dimension mentioned in "Cosmos" is the size of the
entire universe.
So the question is: is the theory of the 4th-physical dimension and the
"hypershpere universe" as presented in "Cosmos" still believed to be true?
... the obligatory Yahoo! crappy software interface.
I don't believe you have to use it. I've had static IPs from SBC for a few years starting before the Yahoo co-branding. Now, after the co-branding, nothing has changed for me. I never see any Yahoo stuff (but that could be because I have true 24/7/365 DSL as opposed to PPPoE).
Well, you're already in bed with the evil phone company... so what's the difference?
The difference is that cable companies usually have more Draconian TOS than phone companies and usually don't offer static IPs. Although I have no great love for SBC, their TOS specifically allow me to run servers. I've never seen a cable company that would do that.
The internet is based on the ability to put up a web page and shout out my message to whoever wishes to wander by.
*Sigh* Not again. The Internet existed long before the overlay of the web existed (it was routing e-mail and Usenet quite happily for years) and it was based on US military and government funding along with academia. It has nothing to do with any ability to put up a web page.
As for freedom of speech, that's a myopic, US-centric view: there is no such freedom in many countries in the world, even western countries (including a country such as the UK, I believe).
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So please stop equating Linux with open-source.
I have a Kyocera 7135, but that's irrelevant: any 1X-RTT phone will do. I don't need to sign up for anything: I never said I use a PCMCIA card. Methinks you don't know how to quote the right person properly.
I don't have a need to use it much except, say, when I visit my parents who have nothing but a land phone line. I don't get anywhere near the advertized maximum of 144Kbps: I get around 60Kbps, but that's still better than getting around 48Kbps via a land-line modem.
There really isn't any real reason why Microsoft couldn't make all their source code available. If you tried to violate the terms of their license (say by releasing a derivative work or competing product), an army of their lawyers would sue you into oblivion.
Opening up their source would also instantly get rid of the problem of some governments' requirements for open-source software. (I don't think they'll ever do it out of ideology, however.)
As far as I'm concerned, many kids that are bullies are already "damaged goods" that will most likely grow up to be bullies as adults. Society would be better off without them.
Yes? So? Freedom in the USA is a privilege, not a right: your freedom can be taken away. If you impinge on somebody else's freedom, yours should end. That's what "guity beyond reasonable doubt" is for. It's already built-in. But that doesn't mean we should stop procecuting people. If they're found not guitly because the amount of doubt is unreasonable, the system will have worked.*If parents of an expelled student want to get their kid readmitted, they should have to pay for tuition. Perhaps public education should a privilege and not a right (like a driver's license).
OK, but what is the explanation for equal red-shift in every direction?
However, I've never heard mention of the above theory since, including in "The Elegant Universe" (unless I somehow missed it). Yes, String Theory requires 11 dimensions total, but (apparantly) all of the 7 "extra" dimensions beyond the 3-phsycical and 1-time dimensions are "all curled up" and very small. In contrast, the 4th-physical dimension mentioned in "Cosmos" is the size of the entire universe.
So the question is: is the theory of the 4th-physical dimension and the "hypershpere universe" as presented in "Cosmos" still believed to be true?
As for freedom of speech, that's a myopic, US-centric view: there is no such freedom in many countries in the world, even western countries (including a country such as the UK, I believe).