But in the above, I have fallen into the same trap of assuming there was real kiddie porn, as you seem to imply, and not just collections of cheerleaders showing their panties, or girls on the beach that some busybody was afraid might overexcite "a pedophile".
No, I've stumbled across this stuff before, and it's nothing that innocent. It's mostly young girls being exploited by their parents to pose for "model" shots, which are apparently specifically for pedophiles to enjoy.
Secondly, are you suggesting that they deserve what they get because they hosted legal but objectionable content? Is it acceptable censorship to deny access not only to sites that host child pornography but also to sites that may attract pedophiles? What is the legal standard here... the creepiness standard?
The legal standard is whatever's on the books. I don't know Swedish law. They may or may not fall under the criteria to be blacklisted. Me, I really have no desire whatsoever to put up any kind of fight for the rights of pedophiles to look at pictures of young girls being exploited by their parents trying to profit off the pedophiles. Pirate Bay chose to fight that fight, and it's not one they'll be winning or that they will gain any honour from winning should the manage to.
They really have nobody to blame but themselves, because they had ample opportunity to avoid this situation.
From what I've read in comments across the net, lots of people have been bothered by this material, and have complained to the admins, who have chosen to do nothing about it. So yes, ample opportunity. The line about "we have no idea what you're talking about!" is a either an outright lie, or showing quite a lack of comprehension.
I specifically stated that it wasn't outright pornography, at least not in a legal sense.
And why are you defending exploitation of children in the first place? Does exploitation only become bad when it is pornography?
Unless you have downloaded it and seen it for yourself, how do you know it is pornograhpy?
I've encountered these people before, running sites that let people on the internet to post images. I've dealt with these people before, and I recognize them when I see torrent filenames like "underage teen model".
But please don't suggest that any image or someone under the age of, say, 16 years is 'child pornography'. Ok, then you tell me whathttp://thepiratebay.org/user/achim106/ is, if it isn't pornography for pedophiles.
You obviously have not had to deal with pedophiles. If you allow that stuff on your site, they will notice, and they will start posting more of it. It will creep out your regular users, and it will attract more attention from both pedophiles, who will start pushing the boundaries to see what they can post, and from anti-pedophile activists. If you are fond of your site, you ban it all as fast as you can, or else there will be trouble down the line.
As evidenced by this mess they have gotten themselves into. They really have nobody to blame but themselves, because they had ample opportunity to avoid this situation.
Zelda games in general have a fairly short life span, the game is the same every time you play though it. In comparison (aside from the story) Diablo 2 was different every time (Different character, different choice of skills, different map layouts etc.).
Or maybe Zelda games are the result of a sharp artistic vision, while Diablo 2 is a randomized soulless trudge?
Apart from the millions of people who play CS, or any pc gamer alive, or half the population of the internet forum browsers, or anyone who has had someone explain something in their english class using the metaphor of AWPs versus glock's.
That's a lot of people. However, it's still just a drop in the bucket compared to Mario.
Do you really think the iPhone is using cmp, diff, grep, groff, gzip, info or tar? You're really stretching it claiming that "many of these are basic programs without which no UNIX-like OS can function". OS X will not be affected in the slightest by deleting any of those. They're just provided for compatibility with outside UNIX stuff.
The iPhone allegedly runs Mac OS X, and it's well known that Mac OS X includes many GPL'ed programs including much of the GNU userspace stuff. Care to point which parts of the GNU userspace stuff those are, then?
Because, no matter how hopeless Slashdot may seem in this regard, there are still a lot of people who don't have an obsessive need to tinker with every single thing they own, and who actually value good design.
The current model of the universe's origin is essentially correct. What if we're the ones living in a "post-cosmology universe," and the evidence for what really happened has faded so much that we can't detect it?
If you actually read the article, they suggest that the real importance of this discovery is exactly the possibility that something along these lines might have already happened.
Human perception is as good as it gets.
You think astronomers look at the sky with their eyes these days?
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Well,I'm sorry, could you explain just exactly what "this material" is? Because I don't have a clue either.
You can try grabbing some of these to find out, if you're really that curious: http://thepiratebay.org/user/achim106/
But in the above, I have fallen into the same trap of assuming there was real kiddie porn, as you seem to imply, and not just collections of cheerleaders showing their panties, or girls on the beach that some busybody was afraid might overexcite "a pedophile".
No, I've stumbled across this stuff before, and it's nothing that innocent. It's mostly young girls being exploited by their parents to pose for "model" shots, which are apparently specifically for pedophiles to enjoy.
Others have claimed to have complained about this stuff, with no action being taken. However, it can't hurt to try some more.
Secondly, are you suggesting that they deserve what they get because they hosted legal but objectionable content? Is it acceptable censorship to deny access not only to sites that host child pornography but also to sites that may attract pedophiles? What is the legal standard here... the creepiness standard?
The legal standard is whatever's on the books. I don't know Swedish law. They may or may not fall under the criteria to be blacklisted. Me, I really have no desire whatsoever to put up any kind of fight for the rights of pedophiles to look at pictures of young girls being exploited by their parents trying to profit off the pedophiles. Pirate Bay chose to fight that fight, and it's not one they'll be winning or that they will gain any honour from winning should the manage to.
They really have nobody to blame but themselves, because they had ample opportunity to avoid this situation.
From what I've read in comments across the net, lots of people have been bothered by this material, and have complained to the admins, who have chosen to do nothing about it. So yes, ample opportunity. The line about "we have no idea what you're talking about!" is a either an outright lie, or showing quite a lack of comprehension.
Exploitation yes, child pornography no.
I specifically stated that it wasn't outright pornography, at least not in a legal sense.
And why are you defending exploitation of children in the first place? Does exploitation only become bad when it is pornography?
Unless you have downloaded it and seen it for yourself, how do you know it is pornograhpy?
I've encountered these people before, running sites that let people on the internet to post images. I've dealt with these people before, and I recognize them when I see torrent filenames like "underage teen model".
You obviously have not had to deal with pedophiles. If you allow that stuff on your site, they will notice, and they will start posting more of it. It will creep out your regular users, and it will attract more attention from both pedophiles, who will start pushing the boundaries to see what they can post, and from anti-pedophile activists. If you are fond of your site, you ban it all as fast as you can, or else there will be trouble down the line.
As evidenced by this mess they have gotten themselves into. They really have nobody to blame but themselves, because they had ample opportunity to avoid this situation.
They may or may not have been tracking any actual "child porn", but they are definitely tracking large amounts of pedophile material.
In this case, you also need "6. Doesn't care about pedophiles".
Not to mention those who just want to look at some Underage Teen Models!
They were tracking torrents of stuff like "underange teen model pics". Maybe legal, maybe not, definitely very, very creepy.
Because he is a way-cool internet lolster, who substitutes glibness for the insight he lacks.
This is Second Life. That would be main attraction.
Zelda games in general have a fairly short life span, the game is the same every time you play though it. In comparison (aside from the story) Diablo 2 was different every time (Different character, different choice of skills, different map layouts etc.).
Or maybe Zelda games are the result of a sharp artistic vision, while Diablo 2 is a randomized soulless trudge?
Apart from the millions of people who play CS, or any pc gamer alive, or half the population of the internet forum browsers, or anyone who has had someone explain something in their english class using the metaphor of AWPs versus glock's.
That's a lot of people. However, it's still just a drop in the bucket compared to Mario.
I guess the GNU versions might have extensions people want? Like bzip2 support in tar? I'm not sure though.
We know you're fat, but you still don't count as an entire million of people.
Do you really think the iPhone is using cmp, diff, grep, groff, gzip, info or tar? You're really stretching it claiming that "many of these are basic programs without which no UNIX-like OS can function". OS X will not be affected in the slightest by deleting any of those. They're just provided for compatibility with outside UNIX stuff.
Weird isn't it?
Not really, no, seeing as how that has nothing at all to do with DRM.
Because, no matter how hopeless Slashdot may seem in this regard, there are still a lot of people who don't have an obsessive need to tinker with every single thing they own, and who actually value good design.
The current model of the universe's origin is essentially correct. What if we're the ones living in a "post-cosmology universe," and the evidence for what really happened has faded so much that we can't detect it?
If you actually read the article, they suggest that the real importance of this discovery is exactly the possibility that something along these lines might have already happened.
Human perception is as good as it gets.
You think astronomers look at the sky with their eyes these days?
If enough people do it, the supermarkets will realize shopping cart DRM is a bad idea.
Yeah, how dare they lock up our shopping cart culture with their technological barriers!
Here's your cookie for "not buying into the hype!"
Good lad!
Yeah, I don't think there's really all that much a chance of that turning out to be the case.