After I've bought Spore, I am now pirating C&C: Red Alert 3. They owe me that. I've given them money for something they didn't deliver. Now it's payback-time, bitches!
In my opinion, it's the judge's job to see through the big words and recognize a ludicrous case for what it is.
That's not to say that the lawyer doesn't have a lack of ethics, but the responsibility lies with the judge since he or she is the one to actually decide.
I am truly no fan of the US' politics and haven't been for, err, about eight years, but in my opinion, the UK has let the US cough on their dust, they're so far ahead in this.
Seriously, they just need a curfew and they'll be 95% done with getting to what we've seen in V for Vendetta. At this very moment, I'm actually less inhibited against traveling to the US than I am against traveling to the UK.
Considering the news a few weeks back that some of the FBI's DNA entries matched several offenders or some such thing you really shouldn't make a comparison using DNA;)
You seem to believe that all consumers of kiddie porn are computer literate uber haxx0rs.
Have you ever downloaded a porn collection via BitTorrent or the likes? I'd imagine if you know a few guys who know a few guys who can get you in touch with this stuff, then you'll have a few thousand individual pictures or some dozen movie snippets in no time. How is Joe Regular supposed to edit one pixel in all of them without quitting his job? Hell, I am not sure myself how I'd tackle such a project.
The idea in and of itself isn't so bad. And I do think it's a good thing the judge got wise on this case and seemed to understand the technical implications.
Good luck with that. Once you're a genius, the shrink will have trouble paying off his new pool so I doubt he's gonna be happy about this idea of yours.
Although it's way too late I just wanted to let you know that ripping things out of context is not the way to hold a discussion.
The fundamental difference between the topic and your example is that the government is the people's lackey! Your example would actually be accurate if you'd say that the robbery was committed in the house of the mafia boss of whom the robber was a lackey. And in that instance, yes, the house owner is indeed responsible for his crony not behaving.
We can always hope... then again, being the cynic that I am, I believe the British are no more or less lazy slaves of media and commerce than the rest of us.
The times where a people could be roused to action by simple words are long gone, I think. So let me borrow from V for Vendetta too: It's going to take the shot kid to start the uprising. Whether it's going to take just the one or hundreds of them, that's the sad question in my opinion.
Now I'd really like to know how Switzerland got onto that list up there. That country has so little to do with most others... How are they similar in any way?
4) Avoid going to domains you aren't familiar with, as they could contain exploits which can bot your machine without any interaction - stick to reputable sources of information
How would one realistically do that? Since I wouldn't dare claim I knew every place on the net that I'll ever need, how can you go to only trusted domains when searching for information?
Personally, I drive a 99 Buick Century. In Switzerland, that is a rare make and model to be driving.
I do so for several reasons:
1: The previous owner sold it with a few minor and one hellishly obvious dent. So it was cheap.
2: It has a nice V6 engine and thus is safer to drive as I can find my way into traffic more easily. Good acceleration equals safety. I don't care for top speed as just about any car manages 120 km/h, which is the maximum speed limit we have.
3: It's fricking one and a half tons. And looks it, too. Meaning all those fucking businessmen and housewives in their SUVs will think twice before getting into a fight with me. I'm not some New Beetle. You can't squash me with one of your huge tires. I bite back and your car will take SIGNIFICANT damage, too!
4: Pretty darn good mileage for such an engine.
5: As my wife and myself have experienced with her Peugeot 206, people are generally much less inclined to be rude to you in traffic (tailgating and such) and put you in harms way with their reckless driving, if you have a car that doesn't look puny. She, and myself (so it doesn't depend on the driver), has had much less trouble once she swapped the little silver potato for a Chrysler.
This is like the arms race between the Sovjets and the US back then... if you can keep up with the others, chances that war starts actually go down.
You obviously have never encountered a Chrysler PT Cruiser or a Fiat Multipla, if you think the Prius looks bad...
Seriously though, you've got time to look at the drivers? I try not getting into accidents... that takes most of my concentration;).
I can't say I'm more weary of BMW or Mercedes drivers than I am of drivers of other makes... I'm trying to keep an eye out for 'Stupid Behavior'. The make just determines whether or how much I'm surprised afterwards.
I agree with some of the other replies to your post but I would like to state that I belief the amount of money a country could save if the police force didn't have to waste so much time on possession and if the prisons weren't three fourths full with drug related inmates, you could finance many a drug addict before you'd lose any gains.
Well, none of the above were too surprising, right? So this deserves the headlines just for being damn funny amidst all the other bullshit that's going on.
It is considering there are enough other sources to get this stuff anyway. Russian Mafia is just one that comes to mind.
This is once again an argument that sounds very plausible on first sight that begins getting questionable if put into context. It takes a bit of thinking to get to that point, though, and that is something politicians aren't really known for.
What we need is one lone ruler who tells us what to do who has no ulterior motives and hidden agendas beyond making this world the most livable and efficient for as large a fraction of the population as possible.
Now making sure we get one of those is the tough part. Since the 'making sure' involves, most probably, human action, the whole idea is bound to fail, naturally.
Does the second phase of said experiment contain a vote as to whether leaders in said country can now have more than two periods in office to see whether he gets voted in a third and possibly a fourth time?
If you CAN... then why the hell not? Obviously you'd prove in the second half of the semester that you know your stuff. And that's what school is supposed to be about, right? Knowing your stuff when you're done.
I see no problem with kids skipping ALL education, as long as, in the end, they know their shit. Schools isn't meant to get kids off parents backs but to teach them. If a kid can manage on his or her own, there is no point in wasting their time in bloody school.
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After I've bought Spore, I am now pirating C&C: Red Alert 3. They owe me that. I've given them money for something they didn't deliver. Now it's payback-time, bitches!
And the best of it all? It feels gooood! ;)
In my opinion, it's the judge's job to see through the big words and recognize a ludicrous case for what it is.
That's not to say that the lawyer doesn't have a lack of ethics, but the responsibility lies with the judge since he or she is the one to actually decide.
I am truly no fan of the US' politics and haven't been for, err, about eight years, but in my opinion, the UK has let the US cough on their dust, they're so far ahead in this.
Seriously, they just need a curfew and they'll be 95% done with getting to what we've seen in V for Vendetta. At this very moment, I'm actually less inhibited against traveling to the US than I am against traveling to the UK.
That's called upping the efficiency... of course they'd earn more if people hired them to defend them in court, but that would be actual WORK.
I'm just surprised they haven't switched to emails with Paypal links in them.
Considering the news a few weeks back that some of the FBI's DNA entries matched several offenders or some such thing you really shouldn't make a comparison using DNA ;)
You seem to believe that all consumers of kiddie porn are computer literate uber haxx0rs.
Have you ever downloaded a porn collection via BitTorrent or the likes? I'd imagine if you know a few guys who know a few guys who can get you in touch with this stuff, then you'll have a few thousand individual pictures or some dozen movie snippets in no time. How is Joe Regular supposed to edit one pixel in all of them without quitting his job? Hell, I am not sure myself how I'd tackle such a project.
The idea in and of itself isn't so bad. And I do think it's a good thing the judge got wise on this case and seemed to understand the technical implications.
As sad as it is, the smart thing to do is pump your fist in the air for a job well done and move along.
There should be a law against stupid people.
Good luck with that. Once you're a genius, the shrink will have trouble paying off his new pool so I doubt he's gonna be happy about this idea of yours.
Although it's way too late I just wanted to let you know that ripping things out of context is not the way to hold a discussion.
The fundamental difference between the topic and your example is that the government is the people's lackey! Your example would actually be accurate if you'd say that the robbery was committed in the house of the mafia boss of whom the robber was a lackey. And in that instance, yes, the house owner is indeed responsible for his crony not behaving.
We can always hope... then again, being the cynic that I am, I believe the British are no more or less lazy slaves of media and commerce than the rest of us.
The times where a people could be roused to action by simple words are long gone, I think. So let me borrow from V for Vendetta too: It's going to take the shot kid to start the uprising. Whether it's going to take just the one or hundreds of them, that's the sad question in my opinion.
Now I'd really like to know how Switzerland got onto that list up there. That country has so little to do with most others... How are they similar in any way?
Yeah, we'll laugh at them as soon as we're through laughing at the US for letting their bill of rights be trampled in the name of security.
Freedom must not only be won, it must be protected. Fail to do so and what's coming to you is solely your own fault.
4) Avoid going to domains you aren't familiar with, as they could contain exploits which can bot your machine without any interaction - stick to reputable sources of information
How would one realistically do that? Since I wouldn't dare claim I knew every place on the net that I'll ever need, how can you go to only trusted domains when searching for information?
Obviously that is very subjective. I hate the cars with a passion and have yet to see one I like, if only visually.
It isn't. But that's just my opinion. Obviously, Slashdot Mods don't know humor when it kicks them in the face ;).
(I wan't to see whether I can manage another Troll rating *g*)
I'm still trying to get over the fact that people beside patriotic Italians would buy Fiat or Alpha Romeo at all. ;)
What is 'powerful' in your book?
Personally, I drive a 99 Buick Century. In Switzerland, that is a rare make and model to be driving.
I do so for several reasons:
1: The previous owner sold it with a few minor and one hellishly obvious dent. So it was cheap.
2: It has a nice V6 engine and thus is safer to drive as I can find my way into traffic more easily. Good acceleration equals safety. I don't care for top speed as just about any car manages 120 km/h, which is the maximum speed limit we have.
3: It's fricking one and a half tons. And looks it, too. Meaning all those fucking businessmen and housewives in their SUVs will think twice before getting into a fight with me. I'm not some New Beetle. You can't squash me with one of your huge tires. I bite back and your car will take SIGNIFICANT damage, too!
4: Pretty darn good mileage for such an engine.
5: As my wife and myself have experienced with her Peugeot 206, people are generally much less inclined to be rude to you in traffic (tailgating and such) and put you in harms way with their reckless driving, if you have a car that doesn't look puny. She, and myself (so it doesn't depend on the driver), has had much less trouble once she swapped the little silver potato for a Chrysler.
This is like the arms race between the Sovjets and the US back then... if you can keep up with the others, chances that war starts actually go down.
You obviously have never encountered a Chrysler PT Cruiser or a Fiat Multipla, if you think the Prius looks bad...
Seriously though, you've got time to look at the drivers? I try not getting into accidents... that takes most of my concentration ;).
I can't say I'm more weary of BMW or Mercedes drivers than I am of drivers of other makes... I'm trying to keep an eye out for 'Stupid Behavior'. The make just determines whether or how much I'm surprised afterwards.
I agree with some of the other replies to your post but I would like to state that I belief the amount of money a country could save if the police force didn't have to waste so much time on possession and if the prisons weren't three fourths full with drug related inmates, you could finance many a drug addict before you'd lose any gains.
Well, none of the above were too surprising, right? So this deserves the headlines just for being damn funny amidst all the other bullshit that's going on.
It is considering there are enough other sources to get this stuff anyway. Russian Mafia is just one that comes to mind.
This is once again an argument that sounds very plausible on first sight that begins getting questionable if put into context. It takes a bit of thinking to get to that point, though, and that is something politicians aren't really known for.
What we need is one lone ruler who tells us what to do who has no ulterior motives and hidden agendas beyond making this world the most livable and efficient for as large a fraction of the population as possible.
Now making sure we get one of those is the tough part. Since the 'making sure' involves, most probably, human action, the whole idea is bound to fail, naturally.
Does the second phase of said experiment contain a vote as to whether leaders in said country can now have more than two periods in office to see whether he gets voted in a third and possibly a fourth time?
Seriously, that would be a blast.
Keeping in mind that in my, what, 16 years of playing games on a PC I've yet to actually sell a game, that doesn't really concern me much.
If you CAN... then why the hell not? Obviously you'd prove in the second half of the semester that you know your stuff. And that's what school is supposed to be about, right? Knowing your stuff when you're done.
I see no problem with kids skipping ALL education, as long as, in the end, they know their shit. Schools isn't meant to get kids off parents backs but to teach them. If a kid can manage on his or her own, there is no point in wasting their time in bloody school.