I absolutely agree, plea bargains should NEVER be used for anything, well, maybe minor offences, but only less than 30 days.
(Disclaimer, I'm not American, but looking a relocation to California in a couple of months).
So on a related note, I'd suggest shorter prison sentences and use of alternative punishment, especially for non-violent crimes.
The US prison system is AFAIK not in compliance with the UN human rights convention.
Note: I'm not planning to start a criminal career, if I wanted that I certainly wouldn't be considering the US as a place of residence.
But your current practice of locking people away would make me think twice before starting a family in the US.
I'd imagine that human rights compliance suddenly becomes important, if it's your kid who is in trouble...
I doubt that will scale... The world is complex, you can't ask customers, or even highly skilled technical experts like you and me to understand everything. For example I'll gladly admit that I don't have a clue how bank transfers etc. works, and what security I have that my money doesn't just disappear. And even if I wanted to understand the protocols and security measures the documentation isn't publicly available...
I see carriers and makers having to shoehorn updates that don't fit and run terribly onto consumer devices that are years out of date.
Nobody is talking about major upgrades, just security patches... These usually don't change the functionality or performance parameters.
That assume he gets to keep the commission, which I doubt... Granted he could hide it somewhere, but then he'll have to launder it afterwards, an act that also carries a potential sentence.
Locking people up longer, isn't a solution, in the US you've already got more inmates per citizen than Stalin did... (no joke)
This guy isn't dangerous, just give him 5 years of community service, and make sure that if he pays back in case he ever comes into sudden wealth.
(And ofcourse make sure he doesn't get employed in the financial sector anytime soon).
Actually, I'd VERY MUCH like to be able to call the cops after taking the drone out, as I'm sure my asshole neighbor will be WAY pissed off.
Hopefully, the cops will teach tell you a thing or two about shooting into the air in a densely populated area... My guess is that a judge would lock you up for a few years...
A scam is essentially criminal enterprise. Just because kids (or parents) don't understand what is going doesn't make it okay to take advantage of them.
Education for parents is the solution IMHO. I got mine the hard way;-)
Education is great at protection people from scams, but it won't even reach a majority of the users.
These scams should be prosecuted, they create a toxic business environment for everybody who tries build a legitimate business.
If your business plan relies on kids who don't understanding that they're being ripped off. Then that's some degree of fraud or illegal marketing.
It seems that there's this mindset, that if you have long legal agreement, it okay to sell people things they regret buying. Newsflash: it's not okay. If you do a transaction well aware that the other party is doing a bad deal and that other party doesn't know or understand it, it called fraud.
Fraud is hard to prove, but that doesn't make it legal!!!
The ruling from the danish "Fogedretten" regarding TPB (forcing the ISPs to DNS-block TPB) has no validity in Greenland and there has been no other legal precent regarding torrents or similar in Greenland. It is therefore not illegal to run a torrent tracker in Greenland....
Lack of legal precedence doesn't make it legal!
That said, unless the domain have been abused, they would probably win in court...
However, as I didn't read the article, and slashdot (all media) is notoriously known for overrated headlines, I shall assume that there's no substance to this story.
Probably it will only prove that neither theory can be proven to judicial standards.
Forgive me for asking, but just how do they plan to get this idiotic theatrical performance infront of a judge.
Do they imagine someone volunteers?
If not, why wouldn't the judge just hold both of them in contempt of court?
On topic, trying to prove your believes pretty much defeats the point of "believing".
I briefly read the article, where does it say "without warrant"? it doesn't even mention warrants, but links to an older article about how Congress is working to make warrants a requirement for emails older than 180 days.
Why on earth would a criminal want a gun that would "last for generations" as opposed to one that can be used and then destroyed?
What makes you think criminals think logically?
Very few people actually plan violent crimes upfront... People who can plan, and think logically aren't criminals, or pursues more profitable and less risky crimes such as financial scams, fraud, etc...
Also 3D printers a for people with enough money, not desperate poor people who decides to rob someone...
By the way, I can't help notice that when you give Americans a 3D printer, and the first thing they set out to make is a gun... tsk, tsk...
Google is the new apple. "Hey, use this for your business. Opps, we're dropping it, good luck."
True, that's a significant risk when you build on top of Google services...
I'm toying with the idea of building a drive app. And pros and cons, are clear...
cons: google could drop support.
pros: free bandwidth, file storage, user authentication, sharing/permission-management
When using a Google Api like say drive... you take a risk (google could drop/change the api), on the other hand you can a lot of features that would otherwise have to spend time implementing.
The same risk assessment can be applied when choosing to use a Google service, or any service, I also evaluate whether there's a solid business plan behind it, if not I prefer to look for alternatives (preferably paid alternatives (read small appstore like prices)).
What responsibility does Google have to spend time and money on infrastructure on products that are used by the minority of people?
It would be nice if they open-sourced these projects and then let the "minority of people" who actually use it maintain it themselves.
True, on the other hand some of these projects can't... Because they are based on complicated infrastructure... Google Code search for example...
Anyways, we have seen Google open source etherpad, when they closed that service...
I also hate it when a service I use is closed (Google Reader for example), but at the end of the I respect Google for innovating and trying out different things, and that includes admitting that something was only a partial success, or not a success at all..
Considering the crap quality of so much of today's software, maybe a little experience would be a good idea.
You'd think so... But my guess is that the IT industry is changing so fast anything more than 2-4 years of experience is overkill...
(Surely this depends on what kind of software you develop).
I'd imagine that domain specific experience is more important than general purposes development experience.
Experience with software for payroll systems is fairly worthless if you'd hired to program industrial robots.
Until confirmed by a serious news outlet, this is all hype.
Read the interesting section
17. Calls on the EU and its Member States to take concrete action on its resolution of 16 September 1997 on discrimination against women in advertising, which called for a ban on all forms of pornography in the media and on the advertising of sex tourism
It calls on the EU to do something, which means more talk and talk:)
This, sounds like a call for concrete action, not an actual concrete action. There's a huge difference... Calls for action usually leads to discussion..
Whilst, I wouldn't be surprised if "the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality" wanted to take action against to ban porn, at least partially or in public spaces.
I seriously doubt European countries such as Denmark, the first country to legalize porn is going to ban it...
(One of the few things I can take "pride" in as a Danish citizen).
Mean while in america we fine 1.92 billion HSBC for laundering money for terrorists and drug lords
I'm not particularly familiar with the case, but quite skeptical about US financial sanctions... The US isn't world police... and HSBC is an international bank with obligations to help their customers as best they can. That includes guiding money around US financial sanctions.
For crying out load, the US still has sanctions against Cuba. I'm not saying Cuba is the finest country on the surface of the planet. But they're hardly a threat to anybody.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, and I'm sure HSBC did something truly bad to deserve such a fine... Just saying that I haven't heard their side of the story told anywhere...
On topic: there's a difference between testing the boundaries of the law (which I assume is what HSBC did) and not complying with a court order given to you specifically (what Microsoft did). (Not saying that excessive boundary testing (ie. breaking the law) shouldn't be punished hard)
I didn't RFTA, but let's just assume the headline is pure media spin, and has nothing to do with what anybody actually said.
...riding a bike actually has a bigger carbon footprint than a city bus...
I assume you're joking, the book you mention shouldn't be read, because such comparisons doesn't deserve any attention. (Unless you're looking for entertainment).
Medical treatment for all sorts of bad things you get from not exercising, surely outweighs carbon footprint from an even extremely asparagus rich diet.
Nah. It is just that in Marxism, everyone is equally poor.
The choice isn't necessarily between extreme capitalism and extreme socialism...
Socialism to the point where people don't starve, can start over after failing and are given a decent chance to go to university, isn't so expensive that hard work won't be profitable anymore.
(Socialism to that extend, does however, encourage risk taking, as there's a system to help you if you fail).
It's often called liberal socialism, many/most countries in Europe (especially northern Europe) are quite successful with this approach.
It's long been common practice that copyright couldn't be enforced if it was violated in order to provide information in the interest of the public.
I don't see this ruling going any further...
Many websites these days allows you to try 3 passwords, then requires captcha and/or waiting period, possibly combined with email, etc...
In these cases password size doesn't matter
In fact it only matters if the hash of the password is publicly available or the password is used for encryption of sorts. This is not common for websites.
Joining an opposing army automatically removes your citizenship.
Al-Qaeda isn't an army, it's a terrorist organization. They conduct terror, not warfare.
(Okay, maybe that's just words, they're certainly not friendly).
Any American who joins Al-Qaeda automatically ceases to be a US citizen. That's been standard practice since the US was created.
But you don't have to prove anything, right? I mean you just known once you see their Al-Qaeda membership card:)
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I absolutely agree, plea bargains should NEVER be used for anything, well, maybe minor offences, but only less than 30 days. (Disclaimer, I'm not American, but looking a relocation to California in a couple of months).
So on a related note, I'd suggest shorter prison sentences and use of alternative punishment, especially for non-violent crimes.
The US prison system is AFAIK not in compliance with the UN human rights convention.
Note: I'm not planning to start a criminal career, if I wanted that I certainly wouldn't be considering the US as a place of residence.
But your current practice of locking people away would make me think twice before starting a family in the US.
I'd imagine that human rights compliance suddenly becomes important, if it's your kid who is in trouble...
Customer education is needed.
I doubt that will scale... The world is complex, you can't ask customers, or even highly skilled technical experts like you and me to understand everything. For example I'll gladly admit that I don't have a clue how bank transfers etc. works, and what security I have that my money doesn't just disappear. And even if I wanted to understand the protocols and security measures the documentation isn't publicly available...
I see carriers and makers having to shoehorn updates that don't fit and run terribly onto consumer devices that are years out of date.
Nobody is talking about major upgrades, just security patches... These usually don't change the functionality or performance parameters.
That assume he gets to keep the commission, which I doubt... Granted he could hide it somewhere, but then he'll have to launder it afterwards, an act that also carries a potential sentence.
Locking people up longer, isn't a solution, in the US you've already got more inmates per citizen than Stalin did... (no joke)
This guy isn't dangerous, just give him 5 years of community service, and make sure that if he pays back in case he ever comes into sudden wealth.
(And ofcourse make sure he doesn't get employed in the financial sector anytime soon).
We spend 3.6 trillion dollars a year on ourselves... Why isn't it working?
In all fairness you do spend 16% of that on free stuff for others: bombs, missiles, armies, etc...
I'm sure that would fix global warming too.
Actually, I'd VERY MUCH like to be able to call the cops after taking the drone out, as I'm sure my asshole neighbor will be WAY pissed off.
Hopefully, the cops will teach tell you a thing or two about shooting into the air in a densely populated area... My guess is that a judge would lock you up for a few years...
... It is a one time only scam...
A scam is essentially criminal enterprise. Just because kids (or parents) don't understand what is going doesn't make it okay to take advantage of them.
Education for parents is the solution IMHO. I got mine the hard way ;-)
Education is great at protection people from scams, but it won't even reach a majority of the users.
These scams should be prosecuted, they create a toxic business environment for everybody who tries build a legitimate business.
. . . should not be the government's problem.
If your business plan relies on kids who don't understanding that they're being ripped off. Then that's some degree of fraud or illegal marketing.
It seems that there's this mindset, that if you have long legal agreement, it okay to sell people things they regret buying.
Newsflash: it's not okay. If you do a transaction well aware that the other party is doing a bad deal and that other party doesn't know or understand it, it called fraud.
Fraud is hard to prove, but that doesn't make it legal!!!
You don't even need a new PC to play games.
I know, I didn't believe it first time I heard it... But apparently somebody came up with a real-life version of Solitaire :)
The ruling from the danish "Fogedretten" regarding TPB (forcing the ISPs to DNS-block TPB) has no validity in Greenland and there has been no other legal precent regarding torrents or similar in Greenland. It is therefore not illegal to run a torrent tracker in Greenland....
Lack of legal precedence doesn't make it legal!
That said, unless the domain have been abused, they would probably win in court...
However, as I didn't read the article, and slashdot (all media) is notoriously known for overrated headlines, I shall assume that there's no substance to this story.
Probably it will only prove that neither theory can be proven to judicial standards.
Forgive me for asking, but just how do they plan to get this idiotic theatrical performance infront of a judge.
Do they imagine someone volunteers?
If not, why wouldn't the judge just hold both of them in contempt of court?
On topic, trying to prove your believes pretty much defeats the point of "believing".
I briefly read the article, where does it say "without warrant"? it doesn't even mention warrants, but links to an older article about how Congress is working to make warrants a requirement for emails older than 180 days.
How about we punish the idiots, and let the rest of us have our toys?
Agree, but prison... That's a bit expensive... I mean 2 years of community service, ought to do the trick... And be a hell lot cheaper...
Why on earth would a criminal want a gun that would "last for generations" as opposed to one that can be used and then destroyed?
What makes you think criminals think logically?
Very few people actually plan violent crimes upfront... People who can plan, and think logically aren't criminals, or pursues more profitable and less risky crimes such as financial scams, fraud, etc...
Also 3D printers a for people with enough money, not desperate poor people who decides to rob someone...
By the way, I can't help notice that when you give Americans a 3D printer, and the first thing they set out to make is a gun... tsk, tsk...
but most people can't code. They can't be taught to code, save for in a very limited manner.
[Citation needed]
Google is the new apple. "Hey, use this for your business. Opps, we're dropping it, good luck."
True, that's a significant risk when you build on top of Google services...
I'm toying with the idea of building a drive app. And pros and cons, are clear...
cons: google could drop support.
pros: free bandwidth, file storage, user authentication, sharing/permission-management
When using a Google Api like say drive... you take a risk (google could drop/change the api), on the other hand you can a lot of features that would otherwise have to spend time implementing.
The same risk assessment can be applied when choosing to use a Google service, or any service, I also evaluate whether there's a solid business plan behind it, if not I prefer to look for alternatives (preferably paid alternatives (read small appstore like prices)).
What responsibility does Google have to spend time and money on infrastructure on products that are used by the minority of people?
It would be nice if they open-sourced these projects and then let the "minority of people" who actually use it maintain it themselves.
True, on the other hand some of these projects can't... Because they are based on complicated infrastructure... Google Code search for example...
Anyways, we have seen Google open source etherpad, when they closed that service...
I also hate it when a service I use is closed (Google Reader for example), but at the end of the I respect Google for innovating and trying out different things, and that includes admitting that something was only a partial success, or not a success at all..
Considering the crap quality of so much of today's software, maybe a little experience would be a good idea.
You'd think so... But my guess is that the IT industry is changing so fast anything more than 2-4 years of experience is overkill...
(Surely this depends on what kind of software you develop).
I'd imagine that domain specific experience is more important than general purposes development experience.
Experience with software for payroll systems is fairly worthless if you'd hired to program industrial robots.
Read the interesting section
17. Calls on the EU and its Member States to take concrete action on its resolution of 16 September 1997 on discrimination against women in advertising, which called for a ban on all forms of pornography in the media and on the advertising of sex tourism
It calls on the EU to do something, which means more talk and talk :)
This, sounds like a call for concrete action, not an actual concrete action. There's a huge difference... Calls for action usually leads to discussion..
Whilst, I wouldn't be surprised if "the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality" wanted to take action against to ban porn, at least partially or in public spaces.
I seriously doubt European countries such as Denmark, the first country to legalize porn is going to ban it...
(One of the few things I can take "pride" in as a Danish citizen).
Mean while in america we fine 1.92 billion HSBC for laundering money for terrorists and drug lords
I'm not particularly familiar with the case, but quite skeptical about US financial sanctions... The US isn't world police... and HSBC is an international bank with obligations to help their customers as best they can. That includes guiding money around US financial sanctions.
For crying out load, the US still has sanctions against Cuba. I'm not saying Cuba is the finest country on the surface of the planet. But they're hardly a threat to anybody.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, and I'm sure HSBC did something truly bad to deserve such a fine... Just saying that I haven't heard their side of the story told anywhere...
On topic: there's a difference between testing the boundaries of the law (which I assume is what HSBC did) and not complying with a court order given to you specifically (what Microsoft did). (Not saying that excessive boundary testing (ie. breaking the law) shouldn't be punished hard)
...riding a bike actually has a bigger carbon footprint than a city bus...
I assume you're joking, the book you mention shouldn't be read, because such comparisons doesn't deserve any attention.
(Unless you're looking for entertainment).
Medical treatment for all sorts of bad things you get from not exercising, surely outweighs carbon footprint from an even extremely asparagus rich diet.
Nah. It is just that in Marxism, everyone is equally poor.
The choice isn't necessarily between extreme capitalism and extreme socialism...
Socialism to the point where people don't starve, can start over after failing and are given a decent chance to go to university, isn't so expensive that hard work won't be profitable anymore.
(Socialism to that extend, does however, encourage risk taking, as there's a system to help you if you fail).
It's often called liberal socialism, many/most countries in Europe (especially northern Europe) are quite successful with this approach.
It's long been common practice that copyright couldn't be enforced if it was violated in order to provide information in the interest of the public.
I don't see this ruling going any further...
Many websites these days allows you to try 3 passwords, then requires captcha and/or waiting period, possibly combined with email, etc...
In these cases password size doesn't matter
In fact it only matters if the hash of the password is publicly available or the password is used for encryption of sorts. This is not common for websites.
Joining an opposing army automatically removes your citizenship.
Al-Qaeda isn't an army, it's a terrorist organization. They conduct terror, not warfare.
(Okay, maybe that's just words, they're certainly not friendly).
Any American who joins Al-Qaeda automatically ceases to be a US citizen. That's been standard practice since the US was created.
But you don't have to prove anything, right? I mean you just known once you see their Al-Qaeda membership card :)