However, mental disability should not be a get-out-of-jail free card. That's a very dangerous road to go down, in terms of precedent. If a person is mentally capable of doing something like this, they should end up going to jail, lest something be set that could be used as a loophole for those who are much more malicious to escape. And also, if a person is able to commit such a crime, it shows they, very likely, know full well what they're doing, and if they don't, they have the capacity to do so as proven by their skills in other areas. This isn't a person who needs help since he killed someone since the voices told him to. This is a person who, despite having a handicap, is otherwise skilled, and if he can't take the time to realize he is breaking the law, then it's his fault and they should throw the book at him.
Number 2, if they keep doing it, will become more and more profitable as they keep trying, though. In fact, I'm guessing eventually they'll make more money through lawsuits than sales.
Don't worry, if they run low on cash, they'll just send out random extortion letters to get more. The RIAA and friends won't be going away anytime soon, and I highly doubt they'll ever go away, and there's nothing we can do to fight them. All we can do is bend over and hope it doesn't hurt too much.
Problem is? It's already too late. What's worse? That the rest of the world is following our example in the US, and I'm afraid most of the world is also too late.
The middle class and lower class of the world are, for the most part, zombies that only keep living because the upper class tells them they should (guess why that is?). And not zombies in the mindless sense, but in the metaphorical walking dead sense.
Accountability doesn't exist because it's not surprising that they do this anymore, and that generally, we have no way of getting out of it. It's a choice between asshole A and asshole B. Either way we vote, we lose, and third parties? Voting for them is a waste, you really think the same assholes who screw us over when they're put in office are going to care about how the people feel on issues?
What's worse, most governments across the world seem to be taking on America's example, and since our political system can't die due to how they're got it, there's no where to run, and no way to escape.
I wonder if while the cameras are first deployed, if everyone does "Silly Walks" for weeks...it will really fsck up the AI on the cameras? I'd have to think that after a week or so of them trained that way....they'd have so many false positives on 'normal' people going about their way, they'd just chuck the whole thing in the trash can.
Someone over there try to remember this if they try to implement it....
Or they'd just arrest and jail everyone who does "silly walks" on charges of trying to interfere with law enforcement.
How does one change one's government without being corrupted by the system? Simple. You can't. Sure, you can put one or two non corrupt people in, but the corrupt ones will always prominently outnumber those who aren't.
And there's no way to change it either. It's a cycle that won't stop at the bottom; it'll grab a shovel once it reaches that point.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The People have lost. Not enough people care about what happens as long as they have American Idol and Survivor, and credit cards. Those who do care are less than 1 percent, and are also branded as nutjobs.
We have already lost, and can change nothing. Voting is a sham; the people we elect will do what they want anyways at the cost of screwing over the little people, and if we don't vote the way they like, they'll just mess with the votes of electronic voting.
And don't even think about an armed revolution; the army is much more powerful and much more well armed than 50% of the US combined and wouldn't bat an eye at "putting down" such a thing.
The reason we whine is because we're left with no other choices. It's the result of our loss.
The likelyhood of that ever happening is, I assure you, absolutely 0. Not enough people care to change anything, and those who speak out loud and often are often branded as "nutjobs".
There is no way to change anything. We the People have lost, and, for lack of a better term, are simply the walking dead, with no chance of any control over what happens to us.
Every time I see "you are letting it happen in the US"... bah.
We're letting it happen because we have no other choice. We can't stop corruption in the government, and we most certainly do not have any say over anything that matters.
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Couldn't the people who did this just pin the blame on the RIAA itself and get off scot-free?
Then control your behavior and don't do things you wouldn't be comfortable with someone like your mother knowing about.
So how that does justify what most likely is going to happen to him (torture in someplace like Gitmo)?
I don't think sending a person to a country that practices torture on people who have done less is fair at all, no matter what.
However, mental disability should not be a get-out-of-jail free card. That's a very dangerous road to go down, in terms of precedent. If a person is mentally capable of doing something like this, they should end up going to jail, lest something be set that could be used as a loophole for those who are much more malicious to escape.
And also, if a person is able to commit such a crime, it shows they, very likely, know full well what they're doing, and if they don't, they have the capacity to do so as proven by their skills in other areas.
This isn't a person who needs help since he killed someone since the voices told him to. This is a person who, despite having a handicap, is otherwise skilled, and if he can't take the time to realize he is breaking the law, then it's his fault and they should throw the book at him.
It's not as funny when you realize some company can AND will use this case to drag OSS through the mud.
"A major OSS developer was found guilty of murder. Are these the kind of people you trust to write code for your critical infrastructure?"
This sounds silly, but I believe this line will be used sometime, and it will put OSS in a very bad light once enough people hear it enough times.
Since when has trying to persuade politicians with anything other than giants piles of money done anything?
If that did happen, the outcome would still be the same, because it turns out everyone "forgot" that they voted for a republican or democrat.
How do they sleep at night? On large piles of money with many beautiful women.
Number 2, if they keep doing it, will become more and more profitable as they keep trying, though. In fact, I'm guessing eventually they'll make more money through lawsuits than sales.
The RIAA/MPAA doesn't care if you refuse to buy music. They'll extract your blood out of you through taxes or "settlement letters".
Don't worry, if they run low on cash, they'll just send out random extortion letters to get more.
The RIAA and friends won't be going away anytime soon, and I highly doubt they'll ever go away, and there's nothing we can do to fight them. All we can do is bend over and hope it doesn't hurt too much.
Problem is? It's already too late. What's worse? That the rest of the world is following our example in the US, and I'm afraid most of the world is also too late.
The middle class and lower class of the world are, for the most part, zombies that only keep living because the upper class tells them they should (guess why that is?). And not zombies in the mindless sense, but in the metaphorical walking dead sense.
You speak as if voting matters anymore in the US and we aren't a country where people are placed in positions by the wealthy and powerful directly.
Accountability doesn't exist because it's not surprising that they do this anymore, and that generally, we have no way of getting out of it. It's a choice between asshole A and asshole B. Either way we vote, we lose, and third parties? Voting for them is a waste, you really think the same assholes who screw us over when they're put in office are going to care about how the people feel on issues?
What's worse, most governments across the world seem to be taking on America's example, and since our political system can't die due to how they're got it, there's no where to run, and no way to escape.
You speak of that as if politicians care about the law unless it meets their own ends.
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There you go for Ubuntu.
Or they'd just arrest and jail everyone who does "silly walks" on charges of trying to interfere with law enforcement.Someone over there try to remember this if they try to implement it....
And there's no way to change it either. It's a cycle that won't stop at the bottom; it'll grab a shovel once it reaches that point.
A sad state of affairs for the world, indeed...
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
The People have lost. Not enough people care about what happens as long as they have American Idol and Survivor, and credit cards.
Those who do care are less than 1 percent, and are also branded as nutjobs.
We have already lost, and can change nothing. Voting is a sham; the people we elect will do what they want anyways at the cost of screwing over the little people, and if we don't vote the way they like, they'll just mess with the votes of electronic voting.
And don't even think about an armed revolution; the army is much more powerful and much more well armed than 50% of the US combined and wouldn't bat an eye at "putting down" such a thing.
The reason we whine is because we're left with no other choices. It's the result of our loss.
The likelyhood of that ever happening is, I assure you, absolutely 0. Not enough people care to change anything, and those who speak out loud and often are often branded as "nutjobs".
There is no way to change anything. We the People have lost, and, for lack of a better term, are simply the walking dead, with no chance of any control over what happens to us.
Every time I see "you are letting it happen in the US"... bah.
We're letting it happen because we have no other choice. We can't stop corruption in the government, and we most certainly do not have any say over anything that matters.
What about unplugging it for a little while and THEN plugging it back in?
Has Netcraft confirmed this yet?
I mean, like, do regular upgrades to their network, but if all bandwidth is in use, just do something like make this a list of priorities:
1. VoIP
2. Web browsing
3. Streaming media
4. P2P
If there isn't enough bandwidth, make each one lower get less to still be able to be used. Why isn't something like this in place?