These are not tech conferences. Two of those are activism conferences, and Collision is near-tech.

I remember when Mozilla was about writing code, not about writing petitions...

While no US airlines operate 747, you don't have to go abroad. Airlines such as Qantas operate within-US segments on 747. Example, QF11 (LAX-JFK)

All you need to know about C++17 is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

"if you have are not paying for it, you are not the customer - you are the product being sold". (source unknown)

Your mass murderer is someone else's freedom fighter. Certainly a number of countries would feel that way about George Washington for example.

There's no global morality. Chile certainly disagreed about morality of extraditing Pinochet - that makes it not "global". What's the rule for "global" then, 50%? 75%? What if all Islamic countries decide that since usury is *very* clearly immoral, all US bankers should be extradited there for a trial?

I'm referring to Pinochet case, obviously.

I hope the irony isn't lost on /. crowd of the fact that Garzon attempted to extradite Pinochet asserting "universal jurisdiction" for crimes that weren't prosecuted in Pinochet's home country. It isn't all that much of a stretch from Pinochet to Kim Dotcom or Assange.

My point is, let's be consistent. If Pinochet case was a good precedent, then Dotcom and Assange are in trouble. Otherwise, Garzon is talking with both sides of his mouth.

well, it is what it is. all of the above believed that 'the end justifies the means' without regard to justice.

This is becoming more and more media circus. Garzon has no credibility, as he acted as political activist, not a judge. But, perhaps, the best defense attorney for a mediawhore is another mediawhore - see also, fighting bullshit with bullshit, Michael Moore style.

In US, closest equivalent to Garzon would be Kenneth Starr or Spiro Agnew, or Lynne Stewart.

Yeah, oops. :)

I meant, Astrolabe can claim it doesn't apply.