That's only partly true. There are two types of child molesters. One does it due to a stressor as a way of coping. In that sense its like drinking or what not to get away from the pain of a divorce loss of job or what not. These people very rarely reoffend because once the stressor is gone and they get counseling to deal with the stressor they have no urge to do it again.
The other is the classical child molestor in the sense that they have a constant sexual urge towards children and this in all likelihood will not go away. It is effectively a form of sexuality (albeit an incredibly destructive one). The only real treatment is counseling and some form of castration. Even with treatment, reoccurance is possible; without treatment its almost absolute.
Even though its incredibly unpopular to say so, I do have compassion for these people. The vast majority know that they are causing hurt but are unable to stop. I don't think they're evil, just very mentally ill.
That's an odd thing to ask and I'm not going to make an issue of it cuz that's not the point of this post but I know Microsoft Research has some form of program to do something like this. It apparently tries to guess what the background should look like. I'm sure if you look around there you'll find it.
I don't know about that but I know it would be less useful. Having a large black outline in pictures make it pretty distracting when you want someone to recognize the background.
That's a good question. I think Homeland Security has some power of parts of the FBI but honestly that whole department is incredibly confusing on figuring who controls what. My only thinking is because it likely involves a Canadian national they have power over it. Otherwise I'm stumped.
I think it'd be pretty hard to make it get past multiple layers of forensic testing. As often as the FBI fucks up they still have some of the best people in the world to look at these pictures and evaluate if they are legit. Fooling the public is one thing but fooling investigators and defense experts is a whole other ball of wax.
This should help police and I think its a good idea. It does raise another question. Would release a picture of the victim result in more leads? Not an unedited picture but just a face shot or something. I can't see myself ever being in favor of that because these victims deserves privacy but at the same time could this actually prevent further abuse by the perpetrator, whether on this victim or another? It's a interesting question to consider.
Yes it does; it's a nice feature. I wish there was a standard choice in Thunderbired and Sunbird to do that. Doesn't have to be the default just have it in the preferences or something.
This is offtopic but does anyone know of a media player for windows that minimizes to the taskbar like WMP 10 does? As much as I dislike their library interface, this keeps me using WMP.
I agree with this although I'm not sure how much is interoperability and much is the lack of a good install system on Linux and I would assume Unix in general. I've found that if a program is in the repository as a package things work pretty well. If its not, its hell trying to get it installed. MSI files take for ever to install but they're easier to install, manage and then remove later than the current poor attempts (from what I know of) at a general installation system for Linux.
In most of those cases though if you really needed the data, you could go to a data retrieval service and get it back, probably all of it in fact. I doubt you could get as much back from a CD-R mainly because once the dye fades I don't see much you could do. I'm sure these companies could try to work some magic but its not like the data is necessarily gone from the HD there's just no way to access it. Using CDs or DVDs to permanently back up important information is suicide, not to mention that its much more expensive. When I could buy a good 160 GB from Maxtor for $80, I don't see much point of using CDs and DVDs for anything other than short term backups and for using as actual CDs and DVDs.
My family sent an old computer once to a group that gives them to Native American children in NM since there is no way these families could afford one on their own. The group is called Another Byte or something like that. That's the closest thing I know of to what you're looking for although I haven't had to recycle in a while so I can't say I've looked lately.
My only thinking as to why there might not be a program like that is because I'd think it'd be pretty expensive to send these computers overseas due to their weight. Computers and old CRT monitors are not usually very light. The other issue however is what developing nations would be able to do with these computers. One would assume they'd be in some form of an internet center in the middle of a town or have one computer in the town (Iran does this I believe). If so, I'd think there would be a huge need for network cards which older computers might not have or might not support (depends on how old they are). That would add even more costs presumably.
I've gotta say that one of the advantages of AMD's attempt to make a computer for the developing world is that its small and light as well as cheap so organizations would be able to buy them and ship them at a reasonable cost.
That's ridiculous. Its almost impossible for any but the highest selling artists to make money on music sales. Artists are given an advance but out of that they have to pay for recording, printing of the CD, some promotion and various other things. On a $10 album on iTunes, the artist is lucky if they make $1 with most artists making less and that's after they pay back the advance. In the end the label gets about 50% profit for a distribution network. In the electronic economy this makes absolutely no sense when there is almost no cost involved in distribution compared to the physical world and promotion can be done by artists for significantly less than they have to pay the labels. If you illegally download music and feel bad about it there is at least one site that allows you to donate to directly to the artist. If you do that, at least the artist gets paid hopefully more than a pittance and none goes to the huge scam which is the record industry.
Man how in the world would clean that up afterwards? I mean this guy's apartment was covered in tin foil but that's easy to clean up. Shaving cream would be a bitch and it think it might stain.
Maybe the parent didn't get it right but your suggestion is nothing short of revenge. You say this person is worthless to society yet he already has used this negative in his life to help stop others from doing the things he did (its in the article, read it). Locking people up will just waste time and money and once we put them back in society they're going to be so fucked up we'll have next to no chance of dealing with him and hopefully helping them.
This kid made a mistake and that's wrong. There is no way that you, without knowing much about the person, can say that a 19 year old is worthless to society and that there is no use even in trying to help this person. If you'd like to spend your taxes to cage someone for a long period of time instead of helping them become a member of society that can support themself, be my guest. I don't want to waste my money on that. There are too many real problems to be fixed without us creating more.
Because humans act dumb. Great apes should have some form of rights, even if they're not on the same level as humans. When we've got apes who are the equivalent of a 3 year old human child or older then they deserve some form of rights.
I do think that chimera issue is something that needs to be dealt with as well though.
I don't see how we can say that we shouldn't research these possibilities. People already have given up on letting human nature decide how long they live. That's why people in industrialized countries live into their 70s while people in nonindustrialized countries live sometimes into their 40s. If you are against extending life for everyone else, then I don't see how you can justify getting medical treatment to cure illnesses. Increases in medical technology have happened at the same time as people in industrialized countries have decided to stop having as many children. Whether that is caused by the medical advances, I don't know. I do think they have some relation however. Many industrialized countries have a negative populations growth from birth (often times this is made up by immigration). I think this just all means that the prospect of a longer life has changed the way people view life and its stages and what should happen in each stage. I want to live for a long time because I'm curious as to what we can accomplish and I want to enjoy myself as long as possible. If you choose that the 120 years old that is the "natural" limit for human life is enough for you, that is your choice. I believe that humans can figure out a way to deal with these problems just like we have in the past and are continuing to do now. That doesn't mean we always make the best decisions but over time things tend to work out.
Yeah I would agree with your attitude. He of course has the right to say it but he shouldn't have not only because its not PC but its demonstrably false just like was said in the article.
My attitude on PC is don't let Political Correctness ruin the educational experience (prevent children from ready Tom Sawyer) because A) children aren't given enough credit to be able to figure things out and B) its a great education opportunity to discuss race issues. At the same time though being PC isn't necessarily a bad thing. It doesn't affect me whether I refer to someone as retarded or mentally handicapped/challenged and if they'd like to not be called retarded then I'm happy to oblige.
Saying things that are non-PC just means you better have the evidence to back it up. Fortunately for women everywhere this ass-wipe has no idea what he's talking about.
I thinks its significatly cheaper. Registrars have to fulfill a complex set of requirements I believe to be accredited by ICANN. This of course is more expensive.
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I was referring to the victim not the perp.
Microsoft Research has a program to do this.
true but at the very least its a good place to start from for people doing this.
That's only partly true. There are two types of child molesters. One does it due to a stressor as a way of coping. In that sense its like drinking or what not to get away from the pain of a divorce loss of job or what not. These people very rarely reoffend because once the stressor is gone and they get counseling to deal with the stressor they have no urge to do it again.
The other is the classical child molestor in the sense that they have a constant sexual urge towards children and this in all likelihood will not go away. It is effectively a form of sexuality (albeit an incredibly destructive one). The only real treatment is counseling and some form of castration. Even with treatment, reoccurance is possible; without treatment its almost absolute.
Even though its incredibly unpopular to say so, I do have compassion for these people. The vast majority know that they are causing hurt but are unable to stop. I don't think they're evil, just very mentally ill.
That's an odd thing to ask and I'm not going to make an issue of it cuz that's not the point of this post but I know Microsoft Research has some form of program to do something like this. It apparently tries to guess what the background should look like. I'm sure if you look around there you'll find it.
I don't know about that but I know it would be less useful. Having a large black outline in pictures make it pretty distracting when you want someone to recognize the background.
That's a good question. I think Homeland Security has some power of parts of the FBI but honestly that whole department is incredibly confusing on figuring who controls what. My only thinking is because it likely involves a Canadian national they have power over it. Otherwise I'm stumped.
I think it'd be pretty hard to make it get past multiple layers of forensic testing. As often as the FBI fucks up they still have some of the best people in the world to look at these pictures and evaluate if they are legit. Fooling the public is one thing but fooling investigators and defense experts is a whole other ball of wax.
This should help police and I think its a good idea. It does raise another question. Would release a picture of the victim result in more leads? Not an unedited picture but just a face shot or something. I can't see myself ever being in favor of that because these victims deserves privacy but at the same time could this actually prevent further abuse by the perpetrator, whether on this victim or another? It's a interesting question to consider.
Yes it does; it's a nice feature. I wish there was a standard choice in Thunderbired and Sunbird to do that. Doesn't have to be the default just have it in the preferences or something. This is offtopic but does anyone know of a media player for windows that minimizes to the taskbar like WMP 10 does? As much as I dislike their library interface, this keeps me using WMP.
I agree with this although I'm not sure how much is interoperability and much is the lack of a good install system on Linux and I would assume Unix in general. I've found that if a program is in the repository as a package things work pretty well. If its not, its hell trying to get it installed. MSI files take for ever to install but they're easier to install, manage and then remove later than the current poor attempts (from what I know of) at a general installation system for Linux.
In most of those cases though if you really needed the data, you could go to a data retrieval service and get it back, probably all of it in fact. I doubt you could get as much back from a CD-R mainly because once the dye fades I don't see much you could do. I'm sure these companies could try to work some magic but its not like the data is necessarily gone from the HD there's just no way to access it. Using CDs or DVDs to permanently back up important information is suicide, not to mention that its much more expensive. When I could buy a good 160 GB from Maxtor for $80, I don't see much point of using CDs and DVDs for anything other than short term backups and for using as actual CDs and DVDs.
My family sent an old computer once to a group that gives them to Native American children in NM since there is no way these families could afford one on their own. The group is called Another Byte or something like that. That's the closest thing I know of to what you're looking for although I haven't had to recycle in a while so I can't say I've looked lately.
My only thinking as to why there might not be a program like that is because I'd think it'd be pretty expensive to send these computers overseas due to their weight. Computers and old CRT monitors are not usually very light. The other issue however is what developing nations would be able to do with these computers. One would assume they'd be in some form of an internet center in the middle of a town or have one computer in the town (Iran does this I believe). If so, I'd think there would be a huge need for network cards which older computers might not have or might not support (depends on how old they are). That would add even more costs presumably.
I've gotta say that one of the advantages of AMD's attempt to make a computer for the developing world is that its small and light as well as cheap so organizations would be able to buy them and ship them at a reasonable cost.
That's ridiculous. Its almost impossible for any but the highest selling artists to make money on music sales. Artists are given an advance but out of that they have to pay for recording, printing of the CD, some promotion and various other things. On a $10 album on iTunes, the artist is lucky if they make $1 with most artists making less and that's after they pay back the advance. In the end the label gets about 50% profit for a distribution network. In the electronic economy this makes absolutely no sense when there is almost no cost involved in distribution compared to the physical world and promotion can be done by artists for significantly less than they have to pay the labels. If you illegally download music and feel bad about it there is at least one site that allows you to donate to directly to the artist. If you do that, at least the artist gets paid hopefully more than a pittance and none goes to the huge scam which is the record industry.
Man how in the world would clean that up afterwards? I mean this guy's apartment was covered in tin foil but that's easy to clean up. Shaving cream would be a bitch and it think it might stain.
I'd think a geek would first think of how they'd install a fiber optic network or some such wired network.
A drunk driver is much more likely to cause a death with damaging 50,000 cars compared to this kid damaging 50,000 computers.
I think he's been to society's detriment anyway.
Maybe the parent didn't get it right but your suggestion is nothing short of revenge. You say this person is worthless to society yet he already has used this negative in his life to help stop others from doing the things he did (its in the article, read it). Locking people up will just waste time and money and once we put them back in society they're going to be so fucked up we'll have next to no chance of dealing with him and hopefully helping them. This kid made a mistake and that's wrong. There is no way that you, without knowing much about the person, can say that a 19 year old is worthless to society and that there is no use even in trying to help this person. If you'd like to spend your taxes to cage someone for a long period of time instead of helping them become a member of society that can support themself, be my guest. I don't want to waste my money on that. There are too many real problems to be fixed without us creating more.
Because humans act dumb. Great apes should have some form of rights, even if they're not on the same level as humans. When we've got apes who are the equivalent of a 3 year old human child or older then they deserve some form of rights. I do think that chimera issue is something that needs to be dealt with as well though.
I don't see how we can say that we shouldn't research these possibilities. People already have given up on letting human nature decide how long they live. That's why people in industrialized countries live into their 70s while people in nonindustrialized countries live sometimes into their 40s. If you are against extending life for everyone else, then I don't see how you can justify getting medical treatment to cure illnesses. Increases in medical technology have happened at the same time as people in industrialized countries have decided to stop having as many children. Whether that is caused by the medical advances, I don't know. I do think they have some relation however. Many industrialized countries have a negative populations growth from birth (often times this is made up by immigration). I think this just all means that the prospect of a longer life has changed the way people view life and its stages and what should happen in each stage. I want to live for a long time because I'm curious as to what we can accomplish and I want to enjoy myself as long as possible. If you choose that the 120 years old that is the "natural" limit for human life is enough for you, that is your choice. I believe that humans can figure out a way to deal with these problems just like we have in the past and are continuing to do now. That doesn't mean we always make the best decisions but over time things tend to work out.
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Yeah I would agree with your attitude. He of course has the right to say it but he shouldn't have not only because its not PC but its demonstrably false just like was said in the article.
My attitude on PC is don't let Political Correctness ruin the educational experience (prevent children from ready Tom Sawyer) because A) children aren't given enough credit to be able to figure things out and B) its a great education opportunity to discuss race issues. At the same time though being PC isn't necessarily a bad thing. It doesn't affect me whether I refer to someone as retarded or mentally handicapped/challenged and if they'd like to not be called retarded then I'm happy to oblige.
Saying things that are non-PC just means you better have the evidence to back it up. Fortunately for women everywhere this ass-wipe has no idea what he's talking about.
Good point. They're fucked.
I thinks its significatly cheaper. Registrars have to fulfill a complex set of requirements I believe to be accredited by ICANN. This of course is more expensive.