Your claim about the number and frequency of rocket attacks is essentially false. There has been a steady stream of rocket attacks this year, as there are most years.
You seem to be arguing that Hamas can attack as much as it likes as long as it isn't very successful due to Israeli diligence, and those attacks should just be ignored. That is ridiculous. An attempted attack is just as serous a matter as a successful attack, just as much an act of war. Israel is well justified in defending itself against those rocket attacks using proportionate means, which is what it is doing. Hamas launches artillery rockets, Israel replies with bombs and artillery.
It doesn't matter which faction did the firing, Hamas is the governing authority of Gaza, they are responsible.
Your argument about scaling Palestinian Arab deaths is nonsense. Who are the "Palestinians"? They are simply the Arabs that live in that area of the Middle East. The Middle East has well over 100,000,000 Arabs living in it. There is no scaling required to count deaths among the Arabs.
Of that one thousand dead, many hundreds of them are Hamas gunmen, others are human shields (another war crime by Hamas). Then there are those killed by Hama's incompetence or criminality.
Touché. But in fairness I don't believe that the IRA was given any weapons you wouldn't find in an infantry battalion (which is certainly bad enough). Hamas has been supplied that, along with long range artillery rockets and many other far more powerful weapons than the IRA ever dreamed of. and actually constitutes the elected government of the region which gives them a much stronger hand.
As to IRA funding, the Irish seem to have had a hand in that, as well as Libya, and various other entities. To the extent that people in Boston were sympathetic I expect it was largely due to their strongly held Irish heritage rather than any general American anti-British sentiment.
It is also worth noting that when prosecuting or extraditing people for involvement with the IRA and its activities the US government ran into the same kinds of legal issues and "questionable" decisions from judges that it has run into in the war against al Qaida.
Best way to evaluate that claim is to look at the facts.
I look forward to you gathering relevant ones. So far you seem to be providing pointers to Hamas war crimes. You can't use protected structures or civilians as shields.
Israel says Hamas uses Wafa hospital compound to attack soldiers, fire anti-tank missiles; ground, air forces attack Gaza City where they claim 'an entire Hamas brigade is active'; 10 terrorists killed.
On Monday afternoon the IDF publishes visuals displaying rocket launchers placed at a number of civilian sites, like playgrounds, schools, and hospital.... Last week, prior to the ground incursion, Israel was criticized for an aerial bombardment of a rocket launcher in Gaza City's Saja'iyya neighborhood. The IDF said then that the launcher was in an empty structure adjacent to el-Wafa Rehabilitation Hospital. Hours before the strike the hospital received an automated phone message from the IDF saying its staff had to evacuate all patients as they could get hurt in the strike...."The strike was on an unpopulated structure that used to serve as the hospital's geriatric ward," he said.
Perhaps there is another explanation - what you think you know or believe isn't true, including the idea that this is "anti 'east' propaganda" from the US. This has been a concern for many years, long before 2001.
The sad reality, however, is that although FGM is widely common in African countries, most people are unaware that this brutal practice is in Pakistan too.
What happens in Pakistan
In Pakistan, the act of FGM is practiced amongst select areas and communities – one example being the Bohra Muslims. There are roughly about 100,000 Bohra Muslims in the country, mostly in the southern regions of Pakistan, such as Sindh. In recent years, due to a rise in strict sect religious compliance by the Bohra Muslims, the practice of FGM has increased. Unless the Bohra chief, known as Dai, issues a decree to forbid the act, the practice will remain firmly rooted in the people’s culture and will continue to be practiced. . . .
What clerics say
Since the State of Pakistan is an Islamic country, let’s take a look at what Islam says about the practice.
To begin with, the Holy Quran does not bear even a single mention of female circumcision. In addition to this, there is no Hadith that mandates this practice. However, some have argued that one Hadith, although not requiring it, appears to accept the practice:
“Circumcision is a commendable act for men (Sunnah) and is an honourable thing for women” (Makromah).
When the code being run isn't the code that was written, all bets are off.
It is still the code that was written, just the choices in translation of the high level language to the machine code has some bad behavior as compared to other renderings of the code.
The only time you're going to get one for one direct mapping is coding in assembly language.
So you're suggesting that executable format, c library, virtual memory, file systems, 32 vs 64 bit, sound drivers, and device abstractions have no relevance to kernel development and maintenance in Linux? Who were you calling clueless again?
I also like your idea of a "humble" guy that regularly uses abusive language towards people. It might explain a thing or two.
One question - who will be helping you with your butthurt?
I suppose it is almost too much to hope that the Muslim Arabs will give up their goal of killing all the Jews and destroying Israel. A pity since that is probably the biggest obstacle to peace.
That's fine as far as it goes, but there is a problem. Why are people in Europe both rhetorically and physically attacking Jews in Europe if the object of the protest is supposedly Israel?
That mandate is false and debunked since two weeks already, it never existed. Hint: genital mutilation is not an islamic thing but an africans natural religions/tribal thing.
Well, that's a relief. After all, if you can't trust Islamist extremists, who can you trust? Now we only need to worry about crucifixtions, massacres, and depopulating the country of Christians under threat of death.
... at the village level, those who commit the practice believe it to be religiously mandated. Religion is not only theology but also practice. And the practice is widespread throughout the Middle East. Many diplomats, international organization workers, and Arabists argue that the problem is localized to North Africa or sub-Saharan Africa,[4] but they are wrong. The problem is pervasive throughout the Levant, the Fertile Crescent, and the Arabian Peninsula, and among many immigrants to the West from these countries. Silence on the issue is less reflective of the absence of the problem than insufficient freedom for feminists and independent civil society to raise the issue.
For those Christians who did not comply with the decree by 19 July, Isis warned that "there is nothing to give them but the sword.” Many have since fled their homes and Rev. Andrew-White told BBC Radio 4 Today desperate Christians were trapped in the desert or on the streets with nowhere to go.
"Things are so desperate, our people are disappearing," he said. "We have had people massacred, their heads chopped off.
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I don't know many 'arabs' got killed in this YEAR in Syria, but I know the death toll in Palestine was over 1000 in the last two weeks, perhaps you can enlighten us how that will scale for the rest of the year?
Most likely until Hamas decides to declare another phyrric "victory" and stop firing rockets. And lets not overlook the difference: Hamas deliberately targets civilians, the Israelis don't.
Funny thing. When the Irish terrorists attacked the UK in the 1970-1980 with terror bombings targeting civilians, the UK did not react in any way similar to what Israel is doing.
My memory is a bit foggy, when was the IRA importing mass shipments of long range artillery rockets from Iran and firing them at the UK? I also don't recall that the IRA formed the legal government of any territory adjacent to the UK.
I would say the Russians were victimized a lot more than the Jews, and maybe even in a more cruel way like in the case of the starving of Leningrad.
So you think no Jews were starved, or worse? That's just sad.
The starvation resulting from the siege of Leningrad was nothing compared to the Terror Famine unleashed on Ukraine by the Soviet government.
Israel is being fascist at the moment
Israel is a modern multi-party democracy of about 5 million people surrounded 100 million plus neighbors that tried to invade and destroy them on multiple occasions. Many of those neighbors, such as those in Hamas, haven't given up the dream of destroying Israel and killing the Jews.
it is awful to consider that Jewish people in Israel are today doing the same thing to others that they suffered in the not so distant past.
Extermination camps? Forced labor until they die? Pulling the gold from their teeth? Not so much.
What is going on now is the result of Israel pulling out of Gaza long ago, leaving the Palestinian Arabs to govern themselves, and now having to defend themselves yet again after the local government lead by Hamas started attacking Israel again with rockets.
Perhaps it is time to think about this whole hatred and land grabbing mentality again. Those Palestinian rockets are being launched for a reason.
Perhaps you can start the rethink. Hama is launching rockets because it hasn't given up on the goal of destroying Israel. They would rather see the Palestinian Arabs living in ruin if they can keep attacking Israel than to actually make peace and give up the dream of destroying Israel.
What Would You Do With Half a Rack of Server Space?
As long as it was a fresh half rack I would cover it in a nice rub and slow roast it for about 8-12 hours on low heat. Then I would slice and serve it to 3-4 of my friends with a side of asparagus, fresh rolls, and a nice Chianti.
My non-jewish family was victimized by fascism. But I don't run around yelling "I'm offended!" every time the subject is brought up.
So who is continuing to try to exterminate your family today? If you were Jewish you could name them, and the problem seems to be taking hold and growing again in Europe. (Not that it ever really went away.)
The "fun" part is that being anti-Israel currently is less antisemitic than it is antifascist...
The "fun" part is how thin that beard is, especially when European Jews are being threatened and attacked as part of the rioting and violence in various European countries when the object of the protests is supposedly Israel.
"They are not screaming 'death to the Israelis' on the streets of Paris, " Roger Cuikerman, head of French Jewish political group CRIF, said. "They are screaming ‘death to the Jews.'"....
According to the Associated Press, anti-Semitic slogans have popped up in protests inside Germany. "Gas the Jews," has been chanted at some protests, according to the Associated Press
Well, many people have a hard time "thinking straight" when it comes to Israel.
Seriously. Bradley/Chelsea Manning was tortured to the point of having severe psychological problems (I am not saying being transgendered is a psychological problem, but I strongly question any psychiatrist who would not wait several years until after Manning had access to therapy to get over the trauma of isolation and torture to determine that Manning is indeed transgendered and not just showing signs of having been tortured). America is 100% on the hook for that. One of our own.
Sorry, but your view is total nonsense that isn't connected to the facts. Bradley Manning apparently had mental health and temperament issues long before he was arrested, and I doubt they are resolved. They seem to have played a role in the actions that put him in prison.
...Manning had contemplated suicide six to eight months earlier after his arrest in Iraq. The evidence included a noose Manning had fashioned from a bedsheet while confined in Kuwait, and a written statement he made upon arrival at Quantico in July 2010 that he was "always planning and never acting" on suicidal impulses..... Blenis, who spent more time with Manning, said Manning chose not to speak most of the time except for short, yes-or-no answers. He said Manning spurned his offers to play chess or work brain teasers by arrogantly responding, "They're a little below my level."
Bradley Manning told his military superiors that he was emotionally unstable and sent them a picture of himself dressed as a woman but his warnings were never passed up a chaotic chain-of-command, a court heard on Friday....
Pte Manning's civilian defence lawyer, David Coombs, told the court martial hearing that his client had sent a distressed email to his immediate supervisor, Master Sergeant Paul Watkins. "He told [Watkins] he was suffering a gender identity disorder and in that email even had a picture of himself dressed as a woman."
In the email Pte Manning warned that his ability to work as an analyst of attacks by Shia militants in Iraq was being impaired by his emotional problems......
On December 12, the defendant apparently became enraged during a meeting and knocked over a chair while screaming at more senior soldiers.
Then on December 20, he allegedly flipped over a table during a counselling session, destroying the computer monitor that was sitting on top of it. Comrades had restrain him because they believed he was "going for a weapon rack", Mr Coombs told the court.
Mr Manning, who is openly homosexual, began his gloomy postings on January 12, saying: "Bradley Manning didn't want this fight. Too much to lose, too fast."
At the beginning of May, when he was serving at a US military base near Baghdad, he changed his status to: "Bradley Manning is now left with the sinking feeling that he doesn't have anything left."
Five days later he said he was "livid" after being "lectured by ex-boyfriend", then later the same day said he was "not a piece of equipment" and was "beyond frustrated with people and society at large".
His tagline on his personal page reads: "Take me for who I am, or face the consequences!"
The government of Saudi Arabia didn't have anything to do with the attacks. Or are you trying to claim that they did because some members of the international terrorist group al Qaida that happened to be Saudi citizens took part in the attack? You do realize that al Qaida threatens the Saudi government as well, don't you?
What is that post we keep seeing on Slashdot? Correlation is not causation?
It is hard to understand or solve problems when you keep focusing on irrelevant details.
The weapons manufacturers could use whatever the government gave them just like construction companies can build a road on taken land.
Why would you be surprised? If the government can take land to build roads, why would software be any different? (Especially when what you are talking about is a licensing term?)
I think you just have some mistaken ideas about power of licenses and government, especially if there is an emergency declared.
I wouldn't worry too much about this though. Linux isn't that special that something else couldn't be used, and I doubt such a license would be embraced by the general software community.
You misunderstand a legal taking, think eminent domain. You don't get to keep property that is condemned by just changing the deed to say "you can't take this."
If the government decided it was essential to take a particular bit of software and it actually cared about doing it legally they could pass a law that says they can do it regardless of what the license says. It wouldn't be that hard of a law to pass if it was really that important.
You left out some possibilities: - Go BSD, which is just as good, or better. - Legally take the software, rewriting the law if necessary. (Just think of it as a tax.)
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Your claim about the number and frequency of rocket attacks is essentially false. There has been a steady stream of rocket attacks this year, as there are most years.
List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, 2014
You seem to be arguing that Hamas can attack as much as it likes as long as it isn't very successful due to Israeli diligence, and those attacks should just be ignored. That is ridiculous. An attempted attack is just as serous a matter as a successful attack, just as much an act of war. Israel is well justified in defending itself against those rocket attacks using proportionate means, which is what it is doing. Hamas launches artillery rockets, Israel replies with bombs and artillery.
It doesn't matter which faction did the firing, Hamas is the governing authority of Gaza, they are responsible.
Your argument about scaling Palestinian Arab deaths is nonsense. Who are the "Palestinians"? They are simply the Arabs that live in that area of the Middle East. The Middle East has well over 100,000,000 Arabs living in it. There is no scaling required to count deaths among the Arabs.
Of that one thousand dead, many hundreds of them are Hamas gunmen, others are human shields (another war crime by Hamas). Then there are those killed by Hama's incompetence or criminality.
Why The Press Keeps Qualifying That They're Not Sure Who Struck UN School
Touché. But in fairness I don't believe that the IRA was given any weapons you wouldn't find in an infantry battalion (which is certainly bad enough). Hamas has been supplied that, along with long range artillery rockets and many other far more powerful weapons than the IRA ever dreamed of. and actually constitutes the elected government of the region which gives them a much stronger hand.
As to IRA funding, the Irish seem to have had a hand in that, as well as Libya, and various other entities. To the extent that people in Boston were sympathetic I expect it was largely due to their strongly held Irish heritage rather than any general American anti-British sentiment.
It is also worth noting that when prosecuting or extraditing people for involvement with the IRA and its activities the US government ran into the same kinds of legal issues and "questionable" decisions from judges that it has run into in the war against al Qaida.
Best way to evaluate that claim is to look at the facts.
I look forward to you gathering relevant ones. So far you seem to be providing pointers to Hamas war crimes. You can't use protected structures or civilians as shields.
Terrorists fire rockets from Gaza hospital
Israel says Hamas uses Wafa hospital compound to attack soldiers, fire anti-tank missiles; ground, air forces attack Gaza City where they claim 'an entire Hamas brigade is active'; 10 terrorists killed.
IDF campaign shows rockets in schools and hospitals
On Monday afternoon the IDF publishes visuals displaying rocket launchers placed at a number of civilian sites, like playgrounds, schools, and hospital .... Last week, prior to the ground incursion, Israel was criticized for an aerial bombardment of a rocket launcher in Gaza City's Saja'iyya neighborhood. The IDF said then that the launcher was in an empty structure adjacent to el-Wafa Rehabilitation Hospital. Hours before the strike the hospital received an automated phone message from the IDF saying its staff had to evacuate all patients as they could get hurt in the strike ...."The strike was on an unpopulated structure that used to serve as the hospital's geriatric ward," he said.
Perhaps there is another explanation - what you think you know or believe isn't true, including the idea that this is "anti 'east' propaganda" from the US. This has been a concern for many years, long before 2001.
Female genital mutilation in Pakistan, and beyond
The sad reality, however, is that although FGM is widely common in African countries, most people are unaware that this brutal practice is in Pakistan too.
What happens in Pakistan
In Pakistan, the act of FGM is practiced amongst select areas and communities – one example being the Bohra Muslims. There are roughly about 100,000 Bohra Muslims in the country, mostly in the southern regions of Pakistan, such as Sindh. In recent years, due to a rise in strict sect religious compliance by the Bohra Muslims, the practice of FGM has increased. Unless the Bohra chief, known as Dai, issues a decree to forbid the act, the practice will remain firmly rooted in the people’s culture and will continue to be practiced. . . .
What clerics say
Since the State of Pakistan is an Islamic country, let’s take a look at what Islam says about the practice.
To begin with, the Holy Quran does not bear even a single mention of female circumcision. In addition to this, there is no Hadith that mandates this practice. However, some have argued that one Hadith, although not requiring it, appears to accept the practice:
“Circumcision is a commendable act for men (Sunnah) and is an honourable thing for women” (Makromah).
When the code being run isn't the code that was written, all bets are off.
It is still the code that was written, just the choices in translation of the high level language to the machine code has some bad behavior as compared to other renderings of the code.
The only time you're going to get one for one direct mapping is coding in assembly language.
But I do agree, compiler bugs are a royal pain.
So you're suggesting that executable format, c library, virtual memory, file systems, 32 vs 64 bit, sound drivers, and device abstractions have no relevance to kernel development and maintenance in Linux? Who were you calling clueless again?
I also like your idea of a "humble" guy that regularly uses abusive language towards people. It might explain a thing or two.
One question - who will be helping you with your butthurt?
Some of us like dry, badly seasoned, overcooked meat with badly paired wine, you insensitive clod! ;D
I suppose it is almost too much to hope that the Muslim Arabs will give up their goal of killing all the Jews and destroying Israel. A pity since that is probably the biggest obstacle to peace.
Maybe it would help if you could tell us who it was that forced you to read and comment on this item?
... the vast majority of Palestinian casualties have been civilians.
Hamas gunmen
Hamas's human shields
Victims of Hamas's rockets
Why The Press Keeps Qualifying That They're Not Sure Who Struck UN School
Have you noticed what Israel is doing to non-Jewish citizens of Israel? I guess not.
Make them members of parliament (Knesset)?
Are there Muslims in the Israeli Knesset?
That does seem cruel.
That's fine as far as it goes, but there is a problem. Why are people in Europe both rhetorically and physically attacking Jews in Europe if the object of the protest is supposedly Israel?
That mandate is false and debunked since two weeks already, it never existed.
Hint: genital mutilation is not an islamic thing but an africans natural religions/tribal thing.
Well, that's a relief. After all, if you can't trust Islamist extremists, who can you trust? Now we only need to worry about crucifixtions, massacres, and depopulating the country of Christians under threat of death.
Is Female Genital Mutilation an Islamic Problem?
... at the village level, those who commit the practice believe it to be religiously mandated. Religion is not only theology but also practice. And the practice is widespread throughout the Middle East. Many diplomats, international organization workers, and Arabists argue that the problem is localized to North Africa or sub-Saharan Africa,[4] but they are wrong. The problem is pervasive throughout the Levant, the Fertile Crescent, and the Arabian Peninsula, and among many immigrants to the West from these countries. Silence on the issue is less reflective of the absence of the problem than insufficient freedom for feminists and independent civil society to raise the issue.
Iraq crisis: End 'very near' for Christianity after Isis takeover, says Bishop
For those Christians who did not comply with the decree by 19 July, Isis warned that "there is nothing to give them but the sword.” Many have since fled their homes and Rev. Andrew-White told BBC Radio 4 Today desperate Christians were trapped in the desert or on the streets with nowhere to go.
"Things are so desperate, our people are disappearing," he said. "We have had people massacred, their heads chopped off.
-----
I don't know many 'arabs' got killed in this YEAR in Syria, but I know the death toll in Palestine was over 1000 in the last two weeks, perhaps you can enlighten us how that will scale for the rest of the year?
Most likely until Hamas decides to declare another phyrric "victory" and stop firing rockets. And lets not overlook the difference: Hamas deliberately targets civilians, the Israelis don't.
Funny thing. When the Irish terrorists attacked the UK in the 1970-1980 with terror bombings targeting civilians, the UK did not react in any way similar to what Israel is doing.
My memory is a bit foggy, when was the IRA importing mass shipments of long range artillery rockets from Iran and firing them at the UK? I also don't recall that the IRA formed the legal government of any territory adjacent to the UK.
I would say the Russians were victimized a lot more than the Jews, and maybe even in a more cruel way like in the case of the starving of Leningrad.
So you think no Jews were starved, or worse? That's just sad.
The starvation resulting from the siege of Leningrad was nothing compared to the Terror Famine unleashed on Ukraine by the Soviet government.
Israel is being fascist at the moment
Israel is a modern multi-party democracy of about 5 million people surrounded 100 million plus neighbors that tried to invade and destroy them on multiple occasions. Many of those neighbors, such as those in Hamas, haven't given up the dream of destroying Israel and killing the Jews.
it is awful to consider that Jewish people in Israel are today doing the same thing to others that they suffered in the not so distant past.
Extermination camps? Forced labor until they die? Pulling the gold from their teeth? Not so much.
What is going on now is the result of Israel pulling out of Gaza long ago, leaving the Palestinian Arabs to govern themselves, and now having to defend themselves yet again after the local government lead by Hamas started attacking Israel again with rockets.
Perhaps it is time to think about this whole hatred and land grabbing mentality again. Those Palestinian rockets are being launched for a reason.
Perhaps you can start the rethink. Hama is launching rockets because it hasn't given up on the goal of destroying Israel. They would rather see the Palestinian Arabs living in ruin if they can keep attacking Israel than to actually make peace and give up the dream of destroying Israel.
What Would You Do With Half a Rack of Server Space?
As long as it was a fresh half rack I would cover it in a nice rub and slow roast it for about 8-12 hours on low heat. Then I would slice and serve it to 3-4 of my friends with a side of asparagus, fresh rolls, and a nice Chianti.
My non-jewish family was victimized by fascism. But I don't run around yelling "I'm offended!" every time the subject is brought up.
So who is continuing to try to exterminate your family today? If you were Jewish you could name them, and the problem seems to be taking hold and growing again in Europe. (Not that it ever really went away.)
That is kind of an important difference.
The "fun" part is that being anti-Israel currently is less antisemitic than it is antifascist...
The "fun" part is how thin that beard is, especially when European Jews are being threatened and attacked as part of the rioting and violence in various European countries when the object of the protests is supposedly Israel.
‘Gas the Jews!’: European anti-Semitism during the Gaza crisis
"They are not screaming 'death to the Israelis' on the streets of Paris, " Roger Cuikerman, head of French Jewish political group CRIF, said. "They are screaming ‘death to the Jews.'" ....
According to the Associated Press, anti-Semitic slogans have popped up in protests inside Germany. "Gas the Jews," has been chanted at some protests, according to the Associated Press
Well, many people have a hard time "thinking straight" when it comes to Israel.
Seriously. Bradley/Chelsea Manning was tortured to the point of having severe psychological problems (I am not saying being transgendered is a psychological problem, but I strongly question any psychiatrist who would not wait several years until after Manning had access to therapy to get over the trauma of isolation and torture to determine that Manning is indeed transgendered and not just showing signs of having been tortured). America is 100% on the hook for that. One of our own.
Sorry, but your view is total nonsense that isn't connected to the facts. Bradley Manning apparently had mental health and temperament issues long before he was arrested, and I doubt they are resolved. They seem to have played a role in the actions that put him in prison.
WikiLeaks: Bradley Manning 'had history of suicidal thoughts'
...Manning had contemplated suicide six to eight months earlier after his arrest in Iraq. The evidence included a noose Manning had fashioned from a bedsheet while confined in Kuwait, and a written statement he made upon arrival at Quantico in July 2010 that he was "always planning and never acting" on suicidal impulses. .... Blenis, who spent more time with Manning, said Manning chose not to speak most of the time except for short, yes-or-no answers. He said Manning spurned his offers to play chess or work brain teasers by arrogantly responding, "They're a little below my level."
WikiLeaks: Private Bradley Manning sent superiors picture of himself dressed as a woman
Bradley Manning told his military superiors that he was emotionally unstable and sent them a picture of himself dressed as a woman but his warnings were never passed up a chaotic chain-of-command, a court heard on Friday. ...
Pte Manning's civilian defence lawyer, David Coombs, told the court martial hearing that his client had sent a distressed email to his immediate supervisor, Master Sergeant Paul Watkins. "He told [Watkins] he was suffering a gender identity disorder and in that email even had a picture of himself dressed as a woman."
In the email Pte Manning warned that his ability to work as an analyst of attacks by Shia militants in Iraq was being impaired by his emotional problems. .....
On December 12, the defendant apparently became enraged during a meeting and knocked over a chair while screaming at more senior soldiers.
Then on December 20, he allegedly flipped over a table during a counselling session, destroying the computer monitor that was sitting on top of it. Comrades had restrain him because they believed he was "going for a weapon rack", Mr Coombs told the court.
Bradley Manning, suspected source of Wikileaks documents, raged on his Facebook page
Mr Manning, who is openly homosexual, began his gloomy postings on January 12, saying: "Bradley Manning didn't want this fight. Too much to lose, too fast."
At the beginning of May, when he was serving at a US military base near Baghdad, he changed his status to: "Bradley Manning is now left with the sinking feeling that he doesn't have anything left."
Five days later he said he was "livid" after being "lectured by ex-boyfriend", then later the same day said he was "not a piece of equipment" and was "beyond frustrated with people and society at large".
His tagline on his personal page reads: "Take me for who I am, or face the consequences!"
The government of Saudi Arabia didn't have anything to do with the attacks. Or are you trying to claim that they did because some members of the international terrorist group al Qaida that happened to be Saudi citizens took part in the attack? You do realize that al Qaida threatens the Saudi government as well, don't you?
What is that post we keep seeing on Slashdot? Correlation is not causation?
It is hard to understand or solve problems when you keep focusing on irrelevant details.
Europe will need it, and won't have it.
What you overlooked is that Russia also has state agencies* that build tools like this behind closed doors.
* Very likely NOT staffed by contractors
The weapons manufacturers could use whatever the government gave them just like construction companies can build a road on taken land.
Why would you be surprised? If the government can take land to build roads, why would software be any different? (Especially when what you are talking about is a licensing term?)
I think you just have some mistaken ideas about power of licenses and government, especially if there is an emergency declared.
I wouldn't worry too much about this though. Linux isn't that special that something else couldn't be used, and I doubt such a license would be embraced by the general software community.
You misunderstand a legal taking, think eminent domain. You don't get to keep property that is condemned by just changing the deed to say "you can't take this."
If the government decided it was essential to take a particular bit of software and it actually cared about doing it legally they could pass a law that says they can do it regardless of what the license says. It wouldn't be that hard of a law to pass if it was really that important.
You left out some possibilities:
- Go BSD, which is just as good, or better.
- Legally take the software, rewriting the law if necessary. (Just think of it as a tax.)