But all the other "offenses" were speech and had those other "offenses" not been considered offenses due to free speech, this would have simply been a fight.
Were the other offenses actual "Free Speech" issues (i.e. he expressed an opinion that his producers and/or a BBC executive didn't agree with) or were they instances of verbally assaulting someone like he did this time?
If they planned to cause harm by an action that a reasonable person would understand could cause death, then I think you can still be charged with murder. If you kill someone with a water balloon, you probably won't be charged with murder, since an average person wouldn't expect any serious injury from a water balloon. Sending in armed officers who are expecting a firefight, not so much.
Cameras in every home would kill millions. Literally.
Sure, if you contract out the installation to the lowest bidder, I can imagine that there would be a few instances of cameras falling off their mounting and hitting people in the head, or maybe causing electrical fires. I doubt there would be millions of such incidents, though.
The much simpler, less-conspiracy-theory reason would be that it's easier to stop supporting old versions of Windows when users can update to the newest version for free.
I think we need laws stating that anyone who has ever worked for an industry, and their immediate families and their known business associates, is not allowed to work in any capacity for a regulating agency, and vice-versa.
The downside to this idea is that you would be left with pretty much only two groups of people available for a regulatory agency: people who don't know anything about the field that the agency is responsible for, and new graduates whose only knowledge of the field is from their time in college. The FCC needs people with telecommunications knowledge, the EPA needs ecologists and chemists, etc. If you disallow anyone who has worked in the industry, you aren't left with much.
Given that you need a certain base amount of income to live, depriving someone of 12 days of income is terribly regressive - someone living paycheck to paycheck may well not be able to eat for a while if lacking nearly 12 half-days of income, whereas someone being fined $50k or whatever because they make a few million a year will not miss it that much... though they may well decide that spending about $200k to support a candidate to run against the sheriff in that region is a worthwhile expense.
Even when Phase 2 is ???, there's still a Phase 1, so you might want to read a bit more carefully:
It starts with an estimate of the amount of spending money a Finn has for one day
You wouldn't steal a baby. You wouldn't shoot a policeman. And then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet. And then send it to the policeman's grieving widow. And then steal it again!
No, but that does sound kind of like Bender's idea of a fun evening. It just needs more booze and hookers.
That's not the impression SpzToid's post gave. He speculated explicitly that Hillary was influenced by Bush 43's bad actions. Thus one would conclude she is excused for such mistakes.
I'm sure there are plenty of people that feel that way (I have no idea if the original poster does or not), and I strongly disagree with them. I highly doubt there was any illegal or scandalous activity going on through these emails, as much as Fox News will try to insinuate that there was, but "Government business must be done through government email" should be an easy rule to follow.
No, it doesn't in any way excuse what Clinton did. The point is to call out the hypocrites who had no objections when Bush did something, but loudly complain about Clinton doing the same thing (and vice versa).
Linux is just the kernel, maybe the heart of the operating system, but not the OS itself. The OS is the kernel and the whole bunch of other stuff that allows you to run the program you click, type or tap at.
That depends on exactly how you want to define "operating system". You can make the argument that the "operating system" really is just the kernel, and that everything else, including the X server, are user-level programs. In particular, this is true in Linux, where many system services that some people would consider part of the operating system are just normal processes.
I wasn't necessarily disagreeing with your general assessment, I was just taking a cheap jab at your wording. While technically "billions" could be as low as 2 billion, usually it's intended to mean much more than that. Since you said twice that billions would die, "billions" would only need to mean 3-4 billion for it to equal the total human population.
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But were you using them uphill both ways?
It's been well over a decade since the weaknesses of RC4 have been widely disseminated. No surprises here.
The summary fails to mention (anyone surprised?) that this is where the name comes from. Apparently the flaws have been known for 13 years.
I don't know if there's an equivalent for Windows, but sort -R /usr/share/dict/words works well in Linux.
Or sites that disallow the browser's password store.
But all the other "offenses" were speech and had those other "offenses" not been considered offenses due to free speech, this would have simply been a fight.
Were the other offenses actual "Free Speech" issues (i.e. he expressed an opinion that his producers and/or a BBC executive didn't agree with) or were they instances of verbally assaulting someone like he did this time?
"ISIS Seen to be Destabilizing Force in Yemen - You won't believe what happened next!"
FTFY
I refuse to bow down to the tyranny of the minority
Well, if you're going to play the Tyranny of the Minority card, let me counter by playing the Tyranny of small decisions card.
I think having sex with a coworker is always a bit of a scandal anyway.
"Most terrorists are Middle Eastern" does not imply "Most Middle Easterns are terrorists".
I think the bank robbers could still get charged with murder. They're committing a felony where deadly violence is a probable outcome.
If they planned to cause harm by an action that a reasonable person would understand could cause death, then I think you can still be charged with murder. If you kill someone with a water balloon, you probably won't be charged with murder, since an average person wouldn't expect any serious injury from a water balloon. Sending in armed officers who are expecting a firefight, not so much.
Cameras in every home would kill millions. Literally.
Sure, if you contract out the installation to the lowest bidder, I can imagine that there would be a few instances of cameras falling off their mounting and hitting people in the head, or maybe causing electrical fires. I doubt there would be millions of such incidents, though.
Is this really what Slashdot is coming to?
Coming to? Slashdot arrived here like 5 years ago.
The much simpler, less-conspiracy-theory reason would be that it's easier to stop supporting old versions of Windows when users can update to the newest version for free.
I think we need laws stating that anyone who has ever worked for an industry, and their immediate families and their known business associates, is not allowed to work in any capacity for a regulating agency, and vice-versa.
The downside to this idea is that you would be left with pretty much only two groups of people available for a regulatory agency: people who don't know anything about the field that the agency is responsible for, and new graduates whose only knowledge of the field is from their time in college. The FCC needs people with telecommunications knowledge, the EPA needs ecologists and chemists, etc. If you disallow anyone who has worked in the industry, you aren't left with much.
So what's the right answer? Damned if I know.
Given that you need a certain base amount of income to live, depriving someone of 12 days of income is terribly regressive - someone living paycheck to paycheck may well not be able to eat for a while if lacking nearly 12 half-days of income, whereas someone being fined $50k or whatever because they make a few million a year will not miss it that much... though they may well decide that spending about $200k to support a candidate to run against the sheriff in that region is a worthwhile expense.
Even when Phase 2 is ???, there's still a Phase 1, so you might want to read a bit more carefully:
You wouldn't steal a baby. You wouldn't shoot a policeman. And then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet. And then send it to the policeman's grieving widow. And then steal it again!
No, but that does sound kind of like Bender's idea of a fun evening. It just needs more booze and hookers.
And as one of the great wizards of our time, Sir Terry definitely deserves the personal visit.
That's not the impression SpzToid's post gave. He speculated explicitly that Hillary was influenced by Bush 43's bad actions. Thus one would conclude she is excused for such mistakes.
I'm sure there are plenty of people that feel that way (I have no idea if the original poster does or not), and I strongly disagree with them. I highly doubt there was any illegal or scandalous activity going on through these emails, as much as Fox News will try to insinuate that there was, but "Government business must be done through government email" should be an easy rule to follow.
No, it doesn't in any way excuse what Clinton did. The point is to call out the hypocrites who had no objections when Bush did something, but loudly complain about Clinton doing the same thing (and vice versa).
Dear Slashdot editors,
Don't forget your journalistic rigor.
Is it possible to forget something that you never had?
but as soon as it started heading toward the south indian ocean, it wouldn't surprise me if no one was looking
there is just nothing, absolutely nothing, to look at there
In other words, the perfect location for a super villain's secret volcano lair.
Tell us who you work for!
Linux is just the kernel, maybe the heart of the operating system, but not the OS itself. The OS is the kernel and the whole bunch of other stuff that allows you to run the program you click, type or tap at.
That depends on exactly how you want to define "operating system". You can make the argument that the "operating system" really is just the kernel, and that everything else, including the X server, are user-level programs. In particular, this is true in Linux, where many system services that some people would consider part of the operating system are just normal processes.
and the sex tape
It's on a wall of the cave on the other side of the hill.
I wasn't necessarily disagreeing with your general assessment, I was just taking a cheap jab at your wording. While technically "billions" could be as low as 2 billion, usually it's intended to mean much more than that. Since you said twice that billions would die, "billions" would only need to mean 3-4 billion for it to equal the total human population.