In a world where information is power, governments, who don't actually represent their people, will always try to control the knowledge that their people have access to, lest they loose their grip on them.
I think you meant Ambrose Bierce wrote "HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are four kinds of homocide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by one kind or another --the classification is for advantage of the lawyers." From The Devil's Dictionary (via Google Books).
Isn't the Constitution (and all subsequent Amendments) intended to protect the rights of the individual citizens?
Actually, it's not. It's purpose is to lay out the boundaries of governmental power. The Constitution isn't a granter of rights; all rights are yours unless expressly given to the government. Of course, the government's been ignoring that fact since the thing was written. The Bill of Rights and other amendments are largely there to try to limit the perversion of the document by our power-hungry governmental machine. Fat lot of good that's done us.
As we all know, today is the Information Age. For this reason, I believe that information should not be restricted anymore.
Excellent! I'd like to be the first to ask for everyone to post as replies: their name, any national identifying numbers (such as their US Social Security number), mother's maiden name, last 3 addresses, telephone number(s), and all receipts from purchases over the last 10 years (especially those purchases you made from the local sex shop-- you naughty boy). Oh, and get your ISP to provide us with their logs pertaining to you for the last year or so while you're at it. It's all just information, you know.
He first agitated for, and then actively participated in, the armed overthrow of the government, using an army of unlawful combatants backed by a rouge state.
Hmm. The Republicans have been telling me that it is the people in the bleu states that are treasonous.
I have two questions:
1) How do you get models, strippers and hookers back to your basement where the coke is without your mom seeing them?
2) Where do they put the pizza?
Slashdot Mirror
Sorry guys, ever since I started putting my homemade porn online, wide screens have become necessary.
You know, you don't have to show the entire sheep.
In a world where information is power, governments, who don't actually represent their people, will always try to control the knowledge that their people have access to, lest they loose their grip on them.
There, fixed that for you.
I think you meant Ambrose Bierce wrote "HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are four kinds of homocide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by one kind or another --the classification is for advantage of the lawyers." From The Devil's Dictionary (via Google Books).
Can someone point me to the torrent?
Isn't the Constitution (and all subsequent Amendments) intended to protect the rights of the individual citizens?
Actually, it's not. It's purpose is to lay out the boundaries of governmental power. The Constitution isn't a granter of rights; all rights are yours unless expressly given to the government. Of course, the government's been ignoring that fact since the thing was written. The Bill of Rights and other amendments are largely there to try to limit the perversion of the document by our power-hungry governmental machine. Fat lot of good that's done us.
C'mon. Seriously. Proofread?
Yes! I expect to find crap grammar like that on a blog, not on a news site.
On average, how many babies do you consume in a week?
Canadians are from outerspace!
I believe that you mean oater space.
Now, last I heard an athiest was someone who denies the existance of any god while an agnostic questions God's existance.
I prefer Stephen Colbert's take:
"Now, isn't an agnostic just an atheist without balls?"
Somebody set up Slashdot the 16,777,216th comment.
Want to know why Håkon loves Free Software so much?
Well...Håkon?
Windows Vista is the most secure operating system in the industry
For me to poop on.
Did anyone else read that as Masochists "giving a set of tips that let any Mac user boot Windows Vista on a Mac?"
It's going to be hard to convince them you need any accomodations, when you're posting to Slashdot to ask for advice!
Actually, that may be exactly what convinces them!
As we all know, today is the Information Age. For this reason, I believe that information should not be restricted anymore.
Excellent! I'd like to be the first to ask for everyone to post as replies: their name, any national identifying numbers (such as their US Social Security number), mother's maiden name, last 3 addresses, telephone number(s), and all receipts from purchases over the last 10 years (especially those purchases you made from the local sex shop-- you naughty boy). Oh, and get your ISP to provide us with their logs pertaining to you for the last year or so while you're at it. It's all just information, you know.
He first agitated for, and then actively participated in, the armed overthrow of the government, using an army of unlawful combatants backed by a rouge state.
Hmm. The Republicans have been telling me that it is the people in the bleu states that are treasonous.
I have two questions: 1) How do you get models, strippers and hookers back to your basement where the coke is without your mom seeing them? 2) Where do they put the pizza?
everyone's bitting at the chops
What a wonderfully cromulent metaphor.
Sony's tech support on their 2,000k dollar fragile-as-crystal notebooks is an exercise in pain
After being charged two million dollars for the notebook in the first place, I would think that any future pain would be minor by comparison.
A nonluminous celestial body larger than an asstroid or cumbucket, illuminated by light from a star, such as Michael Jackson, around which it revolts.
Uncyclopedia: Planet
Since you're a /. member, I would have thought you'd installed Firefox for your mom and little sister already.
two words: big boobs
I would expect that a significant portion of the Slashdot readership already has those available-- without needing to involve women.
I believe that the Aussies use Vegemite to cool their reactor.
I want my 10GHz geforce card, 500THz cpu and 5TB of RAM...
And you'll still need to upgrade to run Long^H^H^H^H Vista when it comes out in a year.
Perhaps you hadn't heard...Blockbuster now offers inflatable clerks. Standards met.