In every case I have heard so far, all computers and removable media and USB drives in the residence were confiscated and searched at a government facility.
Personally I have no issue with that when it comes to child porn.
Given what falls under the definition of CP, you bloody well should have.
Consider the following fragment of (bad) prose: "... then I took of her blouse and started playing with her nipples. She had amazing tits for someone 41 years old".
Nothing special, right? Crap like this can be found in paperbacks available in book-stores and public libraries, PG-13 movies, what have you. BUT, reverse the digit order and suddenly just writing a couple of sentences becomes a crime of the highest degree, punishable by ruining the person's life forever.
Hell, even federal judges have an issue with the fact that mandatory sentences for possessing CP are harsher than those given to actual child abusers.
So, if I happen to meet you and hear that, in the course of your jury duty, you helped put away a child molester, I will happily treat you to a beverage of your choice. However, if you were instrumental in ruining the life of somebody whose only crime was committing his fantasies to paper, the tone of the conversation will be very different.
One of my daughter's teachers from last year has an email form on his teacherweb site. Her current teacher (different school) gave them a long lecture that email assignments need to be sent from their parents' account since she will not even open an email that looks that it was sent by her student.
In the grand tradition of/. I decided to skip reading both the article and the summary. Unfortunately, that left some questions unanswered: 1. Do British CS majors do badly in the Jobs Market because they are CS majors or because they are British? 2. What exactly is a "Jobs Market"? Is it a job market for ex Apple CEOs?
The saddest thing is that they don't mess with your career because they are evil, they just don't care.
That, my friend, is the epitome of evil.
Were you thinking of moustache-twirling, cat-petting, eye-twitching, henchmen-executing, muhahaha-sounding villains? Those were invented to divert your attention off of the real evil.
i fail to see where in that link that it states that seatbelts posed a direct risk to the the wearer.
Depends on your definition of "direct".
Quote: "Other research has taken groups of drivers, including those who did and did not habitually wear seat-belts, and measured the effect on driving style in the habitually unbelted. The drivers were found to drive faster and less carefully when belted."
and it states that the total fatality rate including pedestrians and such was still reduced.
Hmmm... Makes it sound similar to vaccines, doesn't it?
I remember spending close to $150 of a 16GB SLC thumb drive.
Up until about a year ago, the market was flooded with MLC drives that could not offer comparable write speed or reliability but did cost 1/10th of that price.
Now I see some USB 3.0 thumb drives posting impressive speeds. I wonder what NAND technology they use.
Artists already have plenty of incentive to create, the do what they love to do and, if they are good, they can earn a comfortable income from live performances.
Let me play devil's advocate for a moment.
Writing music is also art, arguably even more so than performing it. What about the artists whose talent is creating new music, not performing? Your plan excludes them.
Writing prose or poetry is also art. What about those artists? Your plan excludes them as well.
While I dislike copyright, live performances is not the ultimate answer.
Let me get this straight - you think that a harder programming language increases programmer competence. While I'm not defending Java, this logic is deeply flawed.
Not speaking for the GP, but my take is that the harder the language, the less incompetent programmers it will attract.
Think about it this way: if any idiot can do VB then every idiot will do VB (in preference of other languages).
That said, if a language is merely hard, with no added benefits in power, expressiveness, etc., it will also fail to attract the competent programmers.
But truth is, for all I've griped about the "new" slashdot (and then the "new" one after that)... and the dubious submissions... I still find myself active here quite frequently.
Slashdot isn't perfect.. but it's still a damn good thing.
I'm on/. every day but I have to admit that nowadays it is not because of the way the site is run but in spite of it.
Compared to a decade ago, the front page looks more like a yellow tabloid than a serious tech site. Slashvertisements, titles and summaries chosen for shock value rather than informative content, clueless submitters, incompetent editors.
It's like a good thought provoking series turning into a Brazilian soap opera.
I look forward to the day where I can find a single Atheist that can respond intellectually, instead of just using snyde comments or sarcasm. Ripping on religion is an old hobby of theirs... but really... is there even one willing to entertain a mature discussion? Anyone?
Can't speak for atheists in general, only for myself.
My willingness to engage you in conversation depends on your goals, methods and attitudes, as I consider it is pointless to have a "mature discussion" with people that a-priori reject the validity of any argument I may raise.
If your aim is to show me the errors of my ways, then I will politely decline. If, however, you are genuinely interested in presenting your point of view *and* listening to mine, then I'm game.
Scott has signed on to make a new Blade Runner movie. At this point it is not known whether it will be a sequel or a prequel.
Actually, he was contracted to make six movies: three prequels titled "Blade Crawler", "Blade Toddler" and "Blade Walker", followed by three sequels titled "Blade Hobbler", "Blade Roller" and "Blade Stiff".
Slashdot Mirror
Please keep the forum family-friendly.
You're new on this planet, aren't you?
Given what falls under the definition of CP, you bloody well should have.
Consider the following fragment of (bad) prose: "... then I took of her blouse and started playing with her nipples. She had amazing tits for someone 41 years old".
Nothing special, right? Crap like this can be found in paperbacks available in book-stores and public libraries, PG-13 movies, what have you. BUT, reverse the digit order and suddenly just writing a couple of sentences becomes a crime of the highest degree, punishable by ruining the person's life forever.
Think that can never happen? Well, it does in Australia, Ontario, Ohio, etc.
Hell, even federal judges have an issue with the fact that mandatory sentences for possessing CP are harsher than those given to actual child abusers.
So, if I happen to meet you and hear that, in the course of your jury duty, you helped put away a child molester, I will happily treat you to a beverage of your choice. However, if you were instrumental in ruining the life of somebody whose only crime was committing his fantasies to paper, the tone of the conversation will be very different.
Mod parent up
One of my daughter's teachers from last year has an email form on his teacherweb site.
Her current teacher (different school) gave them a long lecture that email assignments need to be sent from their parents' account since she will not even open an email that looks that it was sent by her student.
Different strokes.
What happens when that group is the law?
In the grand tradition of /. I decided to skip reading both the article and the summary.
Unfortunately, that left some questions unanswered:
1. Do British CS majors do badly in the Jobs Market because they are CS majors or because they are British?
2. What exactly is a "Jobs Market"? Is it a job market for ex Apple CEOs?
Yes, I know, my turn to be a pinata for not using the preview button.
Go ahead...
That, my friend, is the epitome of evil.
Were you thinking of moustache-twirling, cat-petting, eye-twitching, henchmen-executing, muhahaha-sounding villains?
Those were invented to divert your attention off of the real evil.
epitome
Or, at the least, more fun.
Then MAKE. THEM. CARE.
Make it a personal hobby of yours to do your best to prevent them from winning a majority, or even just an election, ever again.
The only rights that you have are those that you can enforce.
Might makes right.
Depends on your definition of "direct".
Quote: "Other research has taken groups of drivers, including those who did and did not habitually wear seat-belts, and measured the effect on driving style in the habitually unbelted. The drivers were found to drive faster and less carefully when belted."
Hmmm... Makes it sound similar to vaccines, doesn't it?
You'll figure it out.
Perhaps your knowledge of both vaccines and seat belts is incomplete.
I remember spending close to $150 of a 16GB SLC thumb drive.
Up until about a year ago, the market was flooded with MLC drives that could not offer comparable write speed or reliability but did cost 1/10th of that price.
Now I see some USB 3.0 thumb drives posting impressive speeds. I wonder what NAND technology they use.
That hurt...
Let me play devil's advocate for a moment.
Writing music is also art, arguably even more so than performing it. What about the artists whose talent is creating new music, not performing? Your plan excludes them.
Writing prose or poetry is also art. What about those artists? Your plan excludes them as well.
While I dislike copyright, live performances is not the ultimate answer.
I concur.
My favorite bug.
> Surely the harder the language, the less programmers it will attract. There will be a similar proportion of incompetent ones in that language.
Not so, the incompetent one will choose easier languages instead, ones that mask their incompetence.
> Then why don't the programming Gods use VB? I'm pretty sure they can all code VB if they wanted.
I knew at least one that did.
He used VBA for MS-Office macros and straight VB for prototypes.
Not speaking for the GP, but my take is that the harder the language, the less incompetent programmers it will attract.
Think about it this way: if any idiot can do VB then every idiot will do VB (in preference of other languages).
That said, if a language is merely hard, with no added benefits in power, expressiveness, etc., it will also fail to attract the competent programmers.
I'm on /. every day but I have to admit that nowadays it is not because of the way the site is run but in spite of it.
Compared to a decade ago, the front page looks more like a yellow tabloid than a serious tech site. Slashvertisements, titles and summaries chosen for shock value rather than informative content, clueless submitters, incompetent editors.
It's like a good thought provoking series turning into a Brazilian soap opera.
Thankfully, the discussions are still worth it.
Can't speak for atheists in general, only for myself.
My willingness to engage you in conversation depends on your goals, methods and attitudes, as I consider it is pointless to have a "mature discussion" with people that a-priori reject the validity of any argument I may raise.
If your aim is to show me the errors of my ways, then I will politely decline. If, however, you are genuinely interested in presenting your point of view *and* listening to mine, then I'm game.
Better yet, patent it and refuse to license.
How's that? XP had the VLK, what does 7 have?
Actually, he was contracted to make six movies: three prequels titled "Blade Crawler", "Blade Toddler" and "Blade Walker", followed by three sequels titled "Blade Hobbler", "Blade Roller" and "Blade Stiff".