What would be more intimidating, a refrigerator-sized machine or a pack of hungry looking German Shepherds sniffing at your pant leg?
The Crushinator, anyone?
it's just a matter of time before a backscatter machine develops an unhealthy crush on a frequent flyer and starts throwing erroneous results just to get the poor traveller to stay longer.
people have all but forgotten Murphy's law (ie, if there's a right way and a wrong way to do something, the wrong way will be done).
everyone thinks it's "anything that can go wrong will go wrong", but Murphy was just an engineer who advocated the use of plugs designed not to go into holes they're not supposed to and blow up their research project.
until the stakes are high enough, we don't know what we're capable of.
it's easy to be a coward when you have a family, food on the table, a stable job, repayments to make, and a society that has a place for you to fit into.
if the social structures start to disintegrate, we suddenly become a lot braver.
if someone threatened my wife or unborn child, i would fight. no ifs, no buts, i would fuck them up and so would most people here.
it just kills you that all that effort went without money changing hands, doesn't it?
most of the world's great artworks were not made on commission (in fact, in many periods, commissioned art was a huge detriment).
i'm on a comfortable salary, and my job does not consume all of my creative energy. it's gotta go somewhere, so i make things or write things and often give them away because i feel like it, or don't need the money, or are too lazy/stupid to find a way to monetize my little creations.
must seem like anathema to you. but creativity is planted deeper in the human mind than the desire for money.
that is a threat? "lol, back off sony or i release my code".
unless that code is Skynet, i don't think that constitutes a threat. it's basically him saying "if you strike me down, i shall become stronger than you can possibly imagine"
and you overestimate the influence a bankrupt economy can have on a business that deals with money. i would rate the two as of similar importance to Paypal's bottom line.
i have not met anybody that hasn't heard that "oh, aren't paypal a bit dodgy though?". that's all that's needed to turn people off it. when it comes to trusting someone with your own money, people are more astute than they would be when trusting a person they're not effectively giving their hard-earneds to.
the police can't just arrest anybody. a court has to actually say "yes, there's a compelling set of evidence that says you should bring this guy in. i'll sign this warrant for you".
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What would be more intimidating, a refrigerator-sized machine or a pack of hungry looking German Shepherds sniffing at your pant leg?
The Crushinator, anyone?
it's just a matter of time before a backscatter machine develops an unhealthy crush on a frequent flyer and starts throwing erroneous results just to get the poor traveller to stay longer.
exactly! you think Chuck Norris ever needed a weapon? HE is a weapon.
people have all but forgotten Murphy's law (ie, if there's a right way and a wrong way to do something, the wrong way will be done).
everyone thinks it's "anything that can go wrong will go wrong", but Murphy was just an engineer who advocated the use of plugs designed not to go into holes they're not supposed to and blow up their research project.
customs can and will seize it.
i think i bought duke3d unlocked... in australia.
if you call them your opponent, you're doing it wrong
(or you should take a seat over here)
modpoints = mad with power
why did Gainax not try a takedown?
they need the cash more than JRR's freeloading family do.
"post anonymously" checkbox just above the subject line.
he'll stand trial. it might just be very short and very hot and end with the dissolution of his body into separate discrete, independent entities.
until the stakes are high enough, we don't know what we're capable of.
it's easy to be a coward when you have a family, food on the table, a stable job, repayments to make, and a society that has a place for you to fit into.
if the social structures start to disintegrate, we suddenly become a lot braver.
if someone threatened my wife or unborn child, i would fight. no ifs, no buts, i would fuck them up and so would most people here.
well he's waltzing over a lot of jolly jumbucks at the moment, so perhaps it's time for the troopers to come up?
range much?
they could barely make it to Malta to defect.
lol. hallucinogens in your Nescafe.
but replying to trolls is one of the few pleasures i get from /. :)
also, there's plenty of non-AC trolls around here.
troll is in the eye of the betroller.
goddamn it, i really want some toast now.
it just kills you that all that effort went without money changing hands, doesn't it?
most of the world's great artworks were not made on commission (in fact, in many periods, commissioned art was a huge detriment).
i'm on a comfortable salary, and my job does not consume all of my creative energy. it's gotta go somewhere, so i make things or write things and often give them away because i feel like it, or don't need the money, or are too lazy/stupid to find a way to monetize my little creations.
must seem like anathema to you. but creativity is planted deeper in the human mind than the desire for money.
word.
by the time i get into a game (which is rare), the online playerbase will be so vastly more skilled than i, that there's no fun in it for me.
games are for fun... aren't they? guys?
but then there's that old cliche of closing the barn door after the horse has bolted.
doing what you suggest creates a powerful Streisand effect, and there's been no way in hell (as DeCSS proved) that the ps3 hacking will be stopped.
if someone tattoos the key on their arm, will Sony chop it off and incinerate it?
that is a threat? "lol, back off sony or i release my code".
unless that code is Skynet, i don't think that constitutes a threat. it's basically him saying "if you strike me down, i shall become stronger than you can possibly imagine"
yes, but there's no mention of a warrant, either.
and you overestimate the influence a bankrupt economy can have on a business that deals with money. i would rate the two as of similar importance to Paypal's bottom line.
i have not met anybody that hasn't heard that "oh, aren't paypal a bit dodgy though?". that's all that's needed to turn people off it. when it comes to trusting someone with your own money, people are more astute than they would be when trusting a person they're not effectively giving their hard-earneds to.
due process
the police can't just arrest anybody. a court has to actually say "yes, there's a compelling set of evidence that says you should bring this guy in. i'll sign this warrant for you".
lol, u mad?
manning's actions were based partly on his ethics and partly on his other issues.
just because you don't agree with his ethics does not render them void.
also, you forget that while the USA slides into ever more intractable debt, the rest of the world is reaching for the popcorn.
feels good man.
it will be a shame when the USA falls, because in many ways it really has been a good thing for a lot of the world (IMHO).
also you spelled "weasel" wrong :)