Not sure that I agree with the implied attribution to Slashdot. As the Hacker News discussion revealed, the usual pattern of donations to FreeBSD is a late surge, apart from the fact that it got coverage in other places.
It would be nice if Slashdot dropped the self references, as it erodes its credibility.
The police tastered this person because she did something perfectly legal, which is to say, buy iPhones. She may or may not have had an intent to later export them, which would be illegal-- but this is no excuse for their actions.
Having intent to export is illegal. Having a plausible reason to believe that someone is disturbing the peace (which she did) or having a plausible reason to believe she intended to export (which she admitted) are both illegal and subjects you to arrest. Furthermore not calling the police when you have a suspicion that someone is purchasing a regulated item for export makes you an accomplice in the crime itself should it be committed. The Apple personnel did exactly what the law requires them to. The police did exactly as the law requires them to.
As far as resisting arrest- I am a man, if I made it out without broken bones and several felonies tacked on I would be grateful.
Did you know that "resisting arrest" could be as simple as you asking a police "What?" They tell you to do something, and you don't understand what you they are saying, it's "resisting arrest" because you didn't do what they told you to. I'm banking on the lady was really confused because she wanted to buy a bunch of iPhones and saw other people buying more then 1, and then couldn't understand why she couldn't. She probably raised a bit of a ruckuss, and then the police were called, which probably added completely to the confusion.
Police overreacted and made a mild situation very bad.
You're missing the point. The police tastered this person because she did something perfectly legal, which is to say, buy iPhones. She may or may not have had an intent to later export them, which would be illegal-- but this is no excuse for their actions.
No, they tasered her because she did something perfectly illegal--refusing to leave private property when asked to do so. They didn't give a damn about (indeed, probably do not even know about) the arcana of encryption export controls.
She was outside the store when they tasered here, so how is that not leaving the property? Sidewalks are public property.
Look, it's not okay to taser someone unless they are threatening your life or someone else with a non range weapon. If she had a gun, I would expect them to shoot her. If she has a knife, i would expect her to be tasered. She was half handcuffed (1 hand in a cuff) when she was tasered. Outside the store on the sidewalk. That is police being bullies.
If you read history, you'll know that although McCarthy was bonkers, his commie in every cupboard wasn't exactly far from the truth. Both the US and UK had top personnel in their spy agencies that were good ol' communists. Not lefty times by nature, but rich well bred men recruited at university.
You do know that communist is a political choice, right? Being a communist doesn't make you evil, it means you have a different view on how the government should run. There is a communist party in the USA.
Calling people communists back when McCarthy was doing it was just a way to get rid of competition and people you don't like. Nothing more, nothing less. McCarthy abused his power to hassle others.
Now, instead of communist being the bad guy, it's terrorist. And it's way too soon to pull this bullshit, I would think. The 1950's wasn't that long ago.
The war on drugs is a morality and political issue. The war on crime is entirely a morality issue.
The "war" on crime has always been a morality issue. The entire point of a legal system is to enforce moral codes.
We have to have this in a society... without it, there would be no legal system.
The war on terror has absolutely nothing to do with criminality, and has everything to do with restricting individual's freedoms. That is the problem with it.
ps. I am a convicted drug user, and believe that drug use should not be illegal.
I am a former drug user (guess convicted if you count those misdemeanor charges for possession) and I believe that drug use should be legal. War on crime isn't about morality, it's about control. No one cares really that people break laws. People only care when those crimes effect them. The government doesn't like criminals because they are profiting off others without paying taxes. The "War on Drugs" was about money, not about drugs, not about children, not about you, it was about money.
Now the War on Terrorism is about pure control. The people running our current Government wants complete control over everyone. Not sure why, because I'm not totally sure what the end game is here. But regardless, they are working on watching and controlling everyone over "Fear". Slowly grabbing up all our rights and destroying them, while giving data about us to whomever they want, for whatever they want.
Shit, now I'm "Fear Mongering" . Great, thanks a fucking lot, U.S. Government, pricks.
There's the rub, isn't it? As long as you call people terrorists, you can do anything to them.
Blow up buildings? Terrorist. Free animals from research facilities? Terrorist. Do a web search about bomb-making? Terrorist. Say "terrorist" in an airport? Terrorist. Run a red light? Terrorist. Post a "subversive" comment on Slashdot? Terrorist. Read this message? Terrorist!!!
Wait, didn't we do this but with "communist" and "witches"?
If you think that is the worse thing that google could do, then I'm glad I don't live in your glass house. That change is so small, and considering the public that used google, a smart change.
I find them not paying $10 billion in taxes to be a worse offense myself, but whatever.
A little less impressed with Google maps when it didn't have the TOWN i was looking for listed. Bing and Mapquest were both able to show me but Google comes up with nada. Tough to find the cars hidden in barns hidden in the middle of wheat fields when one has no clue where the town in the ad is at for the start point! To be fair they all found the actual gravel road and Bing also lists it as next city over. Google just doesn't label or recognize the small old town nearest it.
"But since nearly 25 million people are expected to use this tool come this Christmas, this will definitely benefit Bing in the ongoing competition for online map applications."
Yeah? Prove it.
I imagine the first kid that says "I binged Santa's flight last night" is going to get laughed at by rest the school kids.
These Islamists want to control you and your life. Convert or suffer. Yes, they are weak now, but that may not always be the case. All you pricks that crap on Israel need to know that millions of Muslims, perhaps not a majority, but millions of Muslims hate you.
Well, this is a good example of why religions are stupid and harmful. Hate? Is that what religions teach? Hate me because I'm different? Because I'm a white American? Or is it because I don't believe in religions? I don't hate you, I don't hate anyone. If being religious means I need to hate, I DO NOT WANT!
I don't care what you believe, but if you hate me because of your beliefs, then you have some serious problems.
I don't need to search, i just see what was uploaded since I last checked.
But I can understand where google is coming from. You have a lot of people using your search engine and unless they specify or go hunting for naked pics, porn pics, etc, there really isn't a need to include them in searches. So they change the defaulting settings. big whoop.
You can still get the info you want.
But on a real wtf note, using google to find porn is like asking a known safe cracker to guard your safe. What google will lead you to is a mostly a bunch of sites that are infecting your computer with some sort of malware. I know, I clean those people computers of viruses and other crap. It's a very common attack vector, the other one i deal with is from sites "hosting" or saying it's hosting copyrighted materials, like TV shows. Or downloaders for downloading streaming vids off your computer.
Much like porn mags fronts are covered in a store, this only makes sense for the general public.
I guess this guy should be educated on what "free speech" is and what "net neutrality" means. In fact, because of the when-in-Rome thingy, I propose to communicate it comprehensibly, in terms those people understand, i.e., *everyone* should write them an e-mail on that matter.
And give them my email address to spam? I think not.
No, actually I'm not. Not in the least. It's the way of things now, even when your motto is "Do no evil" or "What evil would you like to get into today?" Wall Street expects certain targets to be hit and the way to do that is cut corners and use loopholes.
Considering how the tax money is spent it's probably more evil paying taxes then avoiding them...
The DNA/RNA that a lethal virus injects into cells kills people. That DNA/RNA doesn't need to be lethal, though, for it to be a virus. It will reprogram the cell, in this case to help the person.
It was to me, but I didn't die from aids, nor did anyone I knew.
My neighbor, who had AIDS, died a week ago.
While this doesn't matter to you (it's cool.), it does show that AIDS still affects people and others around people with AIDS.
He ended up with cancer in his bone marrow, was given kemo, but when told he wasn't going to be able to go home again (would require 24 care which he couldn't afford), he chose to stop taking treatments, and died a couple days later. And I don't blame him.
So even it AIDS virus took 50 years off the timeline to finding a cure for cancer, it doesn't matter to my neighbor, because he's dead regardless. But I think he'd be happy to know that even while AIDS was bad for him, it might be doing some good for others.
Slashdot Mirror
Not sure that I agree with the implied attribution to Slashdot. As the Hacker News discussion revealed, the usual pattern of donations to FreeBSD is a late surge, apart from the fact that it got coverage in other places.
It would be nice if Slashdot dropped the self references, as it erodes its credibility.
Slashdot has credibility?
I expect everyone else to pay taxes, yes, that includes churches and corporations.
I also expect our Government to be more responsible and it appears I don't get any of what I expect.
The police tastered this person because she did something perfectly legal, which is to say, buy iPhones. She may or may not have had an intent to later export them, which would be illegal-- but this is no excuse for their actions.
Having intent to export is illegal. Having a plausible reason to believe that someone is disturbing the peace (which she did) or having a plausible reason to believe she intended to export (which she admitted) are both illegal and subjects you to arrest. Furthermore not calling the police when you have a suspicion that someone is purchasing a regulated item for export makes you an accomplice in the crime itself should it be committed. The Apple personnel did exactly what the law requires them to. The police did exactly as the law requires them to.
As far as resisting arrest- I am a man, if I made it out without broken bones and several felonies tacked on I would be grateful.
Did you know that "resisting arrest" could be as simple as you asking a police "What?" They tell you to do something, and you don't understand what you they are saying, it's "resisting arrest" because you didn't do what they told you to. I'm banking on the lady was really confused because she wanted to buy a bunch of iPhones and saw other people buying more then 1, and then couldn't understand why she couldn't. She probably raised a bit of a ruckuss, and then the police were called, which probably added completely to the confusion.
Police overreacted and made a mild situation very bad.
You're missing the point. The police tastered this person because she did something perfectly legal, which is to say, buy iPhones. She may or may not have had an intent to later export them, which would be illegal-- but this is no excuse for their actions.
No, they tasered her because she did something perfectly illegal--refusing to leave private property when asked to do so. They didn't give a damn about (indeed, probably do not even know about) the arcana of encryption export controls.
She was outside the store when they tasered here, so how is that not leaving the property? Sidewalks are public property.
Look, it's not okay to taser someone unless they are threatening your life or someone else with a non range weapon. If she had a gun, I would expect them to shoot her. If she has a knife, i would expect her to be tasered. She was half handcuffed (1 hand in a cuff) when she was tasered. Outside the store on the sidewalk. That is police being bullies.
If you read history, you'll know that although McCarthy was bonkers, his commie in every cupboard wasn't exactly far from the truth. Both the US and UK had top personnel in their spy agencies that were good ol' communists. Not lefty times by nature, but rich well bred men recruited at university.
You do know that communist is a political choice, right? Being a communist doesn't make you evil, it means you have a different view on how the government should run. There is a communist party in the USA.
Calling people communists back when McCarthy was doing it was just a way to get rid of competition and people you don't like. Nothing more, nothing less. McCarthy abused his power to hassle others.
Now, instead of communist being the bad guy, it's terrorist. And it's way too soon to pull this bullshit, I would think. The 1950's wasn't that long ago.
The war on drugs is a morality and political issue. The war on crime is entirely a morality issue.
The "war" on crime has always been a morality issue. The entire point of a legal system is to enforce moral codes.
We have to have this in a society... without it, there would be no legal system.
The war on terror has absolutely nothing to do with criminality, and has everything to do with restricting individual's freedoms. That is the problem with it.
ps. I am a convicted drug user, and believe that drug use should not be illegal.
I am a former drug user (guess convicted if you count those misdemeanor charges for possession) and I believe that drug use should be legal. War on crime isn't about morality, it's about control. No one cares really that people break laws. People only care when those crimes effect them. The government doesn't like criminals because they are profiting off others without paying taxes. The "War on Drugs" was about money, not about drugs, not about children, not about you, it was about money.
Now the War on Terrorism is about pure control. The people running our current Government wants complete control over everyone. Not sure why, because I'm not totally sure what the end game is here. But regardless, they are working on watching and controlling everyone over "Fear". Slowly grabbing up all our rights and destroying them, while giving data about us to whomever they want, for whatever they want.
Shit, now I'm "Fear Mongering" . Great, thanks a fucking lot, U.S. Government, pricks.
Clearly both you and the op are terrorists.
There's the rub, isn't it? As long as you call people terrorists, you can do anything to them.
Blow up buildings? Terrorist.
Free animals from research facilities? Terrorist.
Do a web search about bomb-making? Terrorist.
Say "terrorist" in an airport? Terrorist.
Run a red light? Terrorist.
Post a "subversive" comment on Slashdot? Terrorist.
Read this message? Terrorist!!!
Wait, didn't we do this but with "communist" and "witches"?
Google is definitely getting too big and powerful.
It's good to show people that there are alternatives.
Have we already forgotten this?
Wow, just wow.
If you think that is the worse thing that google could do, then I'm glad I don't live in your glass house. That change is so small, and considering the public that used google, a smart change.
I find them not paying $10 billion in taxes to be a worse offense myself, but whatever.
A little less impressed with Google maps when it didn't have the TOWN i was looking for listed. Bing and Mapquest were both able to show me but Google comes up with nada. Tough to find the cars hidden in barns hidden in the middle of wheat fields when one has no clue where the town in the ad is at for the start point! To be fair they all found the actual gravel road and Bing also lists it as next city over. Google just doesn't label or recognize the small old town nearest it.
let it all out. we are here for you.
Santa is a completely fictitious figure who does not go flying around on Christmas Eve!
And NORAD is not tracking a real thing!
And anyone, can make up a "track Santa" map application!
WTF?
If having a "track Santa" map is important to Google, I'm sure they can create just that. This story makes no sense at all.
wow, I imagine you are just super festive around the kids!
"But since nearly 25 million people are expected to use this tool come this Christmas, this will definitely benefit Bing in the ongoing competition for online map applications."
Yeah? Prove it.
I imagine the first kid that says "I binged Santa's flight last night" is going to get laughed at by rest the school kids.
Also, it is not like Google is the small kid that needs to be protected against Microsoft.
Whatever the reason for the switch, in a nutshell we can simply say: Google dropped the ball.
My guess is MS made an offer ($$) that Santa (NORAD) couldn't refuse.
These Islamists want to control you and your life. Convert or suffer. Yes, they are weak now, but that may not always be the case. All you pricks that crap on Israel need to know that millions of Muslims, perhaps not a majority, but millions of Muslims hate you.
Well, this is a good example of why religions are stupid and harmful. Hate? Is that what religions teach? Hate me because I'm different? Because I'm a white American? Or is it because I don't believe in religions? I don't hate you, I don't hate anyone. If being religious means I need to hate, I DO NOT WANT!
I don't care what you believe, but if you hate me because of your beliefs, then you have some serious problems.
for a few weeks of some of the funniest shit a celeb has done in quite awhile.
download my porn from thepiratebay.
I don't need to search, i just see what was uploaded since I last checked.
But I can understand where google is coming from. You have a lot of people using your search engine and unless they specify or go hunting for naked pics, porn pics, etc, there really isn't a need to include them in searches. So they change the defaulting settings. big whoop.
You can still get the info you want.
But on a real wtf note, using google to find porn is like asking a known safe cracker to guard your safe. What google will lead you to is a mostly a bunch of sites that are infecting your computer with some sort of malware. I know, I clean those people computers of viruses and other crap. It's a very common attack vector, the other one i deal with is from sites "hosting" or saying it's hosting copyrighted materials, like TV shows. Or downloaders for downloading streaming vids off your computer.
Much like porn mags fronts are covered in a store, this only makes sense for the general public.
I guess this guy should be educated on what "free speech" is and what "net neutrality" means. In fact, because of the when-in-Rome thingy, I propose to communicate it comprehensibly, in terms those people understand, i.e., *everyone* should write them an e-mail on that matter.
And give them my email address to spam? I think not.
Your laptop has a camera and microphone to enable skype calls. TVs have it for the same reason.
When you turn everything into computers, everything is going to have the same flaws as computers.
What that means is, by adding mic, camera and internet access to the TV, you just gave people another attack vector into your home.
You think it safe, because it's a TV, not a computer, but here we go, showing it's not safe.
Must be over-due for a good conspiracy theory
It's not a conspiracy till Jesse Ventura investigates it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_Theory_with_Jesse_Ventura
No, actually I'm not. Not in the least. It's the way of things now, even when your motto is "Do no evil" or "What evil would you like to get into today?" Wall Street expects certain targets to be hit and the way to do that is cut corners and use loopholes.
Considering how the tax money is spent it's probably more evil paying taxes then avoiding them...
The DNA/RNA that a lethal virus injects into cells kills people. That DNA/RNA doesn't need to be lethal, though, for it to be a virus. It will reprogram the cell, in this case to help the person.
I was just making a joke.
He says he's dumped them all (made copies), and now is looking to sell them. Doesn't anyone see the legal issue here?
No.
It was to me, but I didn't die from aids, nor did anyone I knew.
My neighbor, who had AIDS, died a week ago.
While this doesn't matter to you (it's cool.), it does show that AIDS still affects people and others around people with AIDS.
He ended up with cancer in his bone marrow, was given kemo, but when told he wasn't going to be able to go home again (would require 24 care which he couldn't afford), he chose to stop taking treatments, and died a couple days later. And I don't blame him.
So even it AIDS virus took 50 years off the timeline to finding a cure for cancer, it doesn't matter to my neighbor, because he's dead regardless. But I think he'd be happy to know that even while AIDS was bad for him, it might be doing some good for others.
A virus is not lethal. It is merely a vehicle, a means of reprogramming cells. Its hardware. The lethality is in the software.
In other words, viruses don't kill people, people kill people.
Sure there are, the penultimate episodes of their seasons.
ya, dumb ass me. I was looking at starz in the listing instead of showtime. No walking dead or boardwalk empire though.
At least this is the type of mistakes i don't mind making.
I'm going to pitch a reality show to the networks starring McAfee, Julian Assange and Kim Dotcom.
The Larry, Moe and Curly of Internet head cases. ...
While I can understand calling McAfee a head case, not sure what Julian or Kim have done to be called that.