The House already approved a standalone version of the Real ID bill.
And? That, put simply, means nothing. I suggest you do some basic review of the structure your government's legislative branch before arguing that point further.
I didn't say they did [belong with a supplemental military spending bill]. And a lot of things don't belong in a lot of bills. Next?
So, something ceases to be unethical just because it is commonplace? That says a lot about the nature of your moral character.
The House already had overwhelming support for the standalone bill, and there is no reason to believe it would not have passed in the Senate as well.
And how did you arrive at that conclusion? RTFA! On the contrary, it was expected to run into problems in the Senate -- that's why it was tacked on to an emergency military spending bill in the first place.
And it still likely would have passed.
And what is that opinion based on, besides a marriage of arrogance and ignorance? And don't give that line, 'it was passed in the House' -- it makes you look like a fool, as if you were ignorant of not only the purpose of a bicameral legislature, but even of the existence of a bicameral legislature.
Learn something about your nation's government before entering a political discussion. It helps.
Fuck up kids for a life time, and they get what, 10 years of jail?
30 days in jail, plus probation. From TFA:
"I was sentenced," Roy continued with his introduction, "to 20 years suspended after 30 days [...]"
Meaning, in layman's terms, he spent one month in jail. He'll spend much longer than that out on probation--where he could potentially molest more children.
Does the Internet enable child molesters? Not as much as a legal system that sets them free after 30 days.
Yeah but what if it's open source that requires you to release your changes back to the community? This is good for the community but also telegraphs information about your business processes to competitors which is not good for you.
Well, the GPL (which is what I assume you're talking about--it's the most popular "open source" license) doesn't require you to release any information regarding your changes to anyone, unless you distribute your customized version.
So, for a custom in-house app, that isn't a valid concern...
Firefox is great and all, but I think it's truly missing a lot of killer functions like an HTML editor, IRC chat client, newsgroup reader and e-mail client. If Firefox had these functions I think it'd be the killer platform to take on Microsoft's dominance. Why oh why can't someone integrate all these precious functions into one combined client of some sort?
Parent's clever humor exposes the heart of the matter: the newcomers who are clamoring for FF to become a 'platform' are jaw-droppingly ignorant (qv., Mozilla).
Sadly, none of the aforementioned newcomers will get the parent's joke...
As much as Slashdot readers name-call world leaders (and world-leader-wannabes) that they disagree with, there's outcry over an average joe getting insulted?
There's a huge difference between public criticism of a public figure (particularly a political leader), and public criticism of an "average joe" (as you call him).
Uh, because until someone actually USES the backdoor to commit election fraud, there can't have been a [provable] conspiricy to commit same.
Totally untrue. "Conspiracy to commit crime X" is a crime in its own right, totally seperate from crime X.
Conspiracy is the crime of "conspiring" or agreeing with someone to do something which, if actually carried out, would constitute another crime or offense. Since the crime of conspiracy is merely the plan or agreement to commit crime X, it is not necessary for you to actually commit crime X to be convicted of conspiracy.
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said on Tuesday he would sue electronic voting machine maker Diebold Inc. on charges it defrauded the state with false claims about its products.
A good start, maybe, but what about the election fraud backdoor built into Diebold machines? From my link:
By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location [on the vote tabulation machine], a second set of votes is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no longer matches the correct votes. The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set.
Now I (who ANAL) would call building such a backdoor into a voting machine conspiracy to commit election fraud, which is, by the way, a felony in California.
Why isn't the attorney general taking them to court over that?
They do log when and where the cards are activated and emptied. From TFA:
Carol's shopping card was purchased in Olympia, and days later, cashed out by a stranger at the Wal-Mart in Chehalis even though Carol still had the card.
"Here's my receipt," Carol points to the shopping card notation at the bottom which reads: "Shop card reception 0.00"
In Tami's case, her receipt shows the $150.00 card was activated at 11:32 in the morning, then cashed out three hours later in a another state!
My guess is they'll nail the ones responsible in short order, seeing as how they know dates, times, and locations, and no doubt have decent electronic surveillance inside their stores as well (for all those pesky shoplifters ).
Think of television, radio, and the printing press--all fantastic technologies which have transformed our world and improved our lives, right?
Now think of the capabilities these technologies gave the Nazi propagandists of the 1930s and 1940s.
There's a dark side to every new technology. For a small class of people, technological advances will always represent only fantastic new ways to wage war, or to harrass and murder their fellow man.
Though the owner of the company said he had no idea who was threatening him, the article suggests the threats are coming from FOSS zealots:
The backlash against Star38 is the type of friction that can arise between for-profit software companies and hackers who resent the commercialization of technology they believe should remain free.
"In most countercultures, there is an aspect of selling out," said Caleb Sima, co-founder of Spi Dynamics, an online security company. "People who make money off technology are deemed to have sold out. Anyone who has a unique idea and is making money is going to get badgered."
Do they mean to suggest (without evidence, mind you) that this is the work of Asterisk enthusiasts?
The "McCarthy witch hunts" [thefreedictionary.com] were NOT witch hunts (read the end). McCarthy's basic argument was "should we have people who are communists (many self admitted) in sensitive positions within our government?"
He was not only right, but underestimated the extent of soviet infiltration, as the release of the Venona Project [nsa.gov] transcripts now reveal (summary here [thefreedictionary.com]).
Yeah, McCarthy was a Great American Hero, all right--where would we be today if he hadn't blacklisted one of the greatest threats to our nation, subversive Communist propagandist Charlie Chaplin?
If you read TFA, hopefully you'd have caught this:
By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of votes is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no longer matches the correct votes. The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set.
That isn't a bug, or some l33t haX0r exploit--that is proof positive that these machines were made to be 'tampered' with, designed intentionally with election fraud in mind.
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And? That, put simply, means nothing. I suggest you do some basic review of the structure your government's legislative branch before arguing that point further.
So, something ceases to be unethical just because it is commonplace? That says a lot about the nature of your moral character.
And how did you arrive at that conclusion? RTFA! On the contrary, it was expected to run into problems in the Senate -- that's why it was tacked on to an emergency military spending bill in the first place.
And what is that opinion based on, besides a marriage of arrogance and ignorance? And don't give that line, 'it was passed in the House' -- it makes you look like a fool, as if you were ignorant of not only the purpose of a bicameral legislature, but even of the existence of a bicameral legislature.
Learn something about your nation's government before entering a political discussion. It helps.
30 days in jail, plus probation. From TFA:
Meaning, in layman's terms, he spent one month in jail. He'll spend much longer than that out on probation--where he could potentially molest more children.
Does the Internet enable child molesters? Not as much as a legal system that sets them free after 30 days.
Well, the GPL (which is what I assume you're talking about--it's the most popular "open source" license) doesn't require you to release any information regarding your changes to anyone, unless you distribute your customized version.
So, for a custom in-house app, that isn't a valid concern...
I doubt it.
I can't believe anybody is 'afraid' of these chips. I laughed out loud when I read the article.
Parent's clever humor exposes the heart of the matter: the newcomers who are clamoring for FF to become a 'platform' are jaw-droppingly ignorant (qv., Mozilla).
Sadly, none of the aforementioned newcomers will get the parent's joke...
The predator will follow its prey wherever it goes.
'Lupus est homo homini'--an eternal truth, perhaps, but news? Advertisers have been raping the Internet since the 1990s.
Just wait until they start spraying on organic LEDs to display advertisements inside the stalls of public restrooms. That will be news.
There's a huge difference between public criticism of a public figure (particularly a political leader), and public criticism of an "average joe" (as you call him).
Conspiracy is the crime of "conspiring" or agreeing with someone to do something which, if actually carried out, would constitute another crime or offense. Since the crime of conspiracy is merely the plan or agreement to commit crime X, it is not necessary for you to actually commit crime X to be convicted of conspiracy.
Why isn't the attorney general taking them to court over that?
Now think of the capabilities these technologies gave the Nazi propagandists of the 1930s and 1940s.
There's a dark side to every new technology. For a small class of people, technological advances will always represent only fantastic new ways to wage war, or to harrass and murder their fellow man.Why are they blaming this on FOSS?