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Comment Re:Already Banned (Score 4, Informative) 414

It's actually a lot more insidious than that. According to the GOA:

Unless it existed before December 10, 1988, the plastic gun ban absolutely bans any gun that is not as detectable in a "walk-through metal detector" as a Security Exemplar (18 U.S.C. 922(p)(1)(A) and (6)).

The “Security Exemplar” is a piece of metal that the ATF uses to calibrate how much steel a manufacturer needs to put in the gun to make it beep in the metal detector. Other than the fact that it has to contain 3.7 ounces of steel and look sort of like a gun, anti-gun Attorney General Eric Holder can determine, by regulatory fiat, the characteristics of the Exemplar.
He can determine whether you test guns with a "top flight" metal detector -- or a crummy one. He can determine how many times (or thousands of times) a gun has to pass in order not to be banned.

In addition, every "major component" of every firearm has to pass through an airport x-ray in such a way that its shape is "accurately" depicted (18 U.S.C. 922(p)(1)(B)).

The problem is that the language of the law is so amazingly vague that the BATFE could use it to outlaw just about any gun currently on the market if they so chose.

Comment Re:time to sue (Score 3, Insightful) 103

Really? You jump immediately to "sue them!"? Even the submitter calls it "libel" right out of the gate. What the hell is wrong with people anymore? Twitter is under no obligation to link you to anything at all. When sites like Twitter start getting sued every time there's a broken link (or a warning that a link may be to an infected site), they'll just stop parsing links altogether to avoid liability. Enjoy your cut-n-paste web browsing experience from then on.

Comment Washington State Law disagrees... (Score 2) 161

Since it seems to meet the criteria of RCW 9A.52.110, I'd say every attempt to connect is a Class C Felony. However, at the very least, it's a misdemeanor.

RCW 9A.52.110
Computer trespass in the first degree.

(1) A person is guilty of computer trespass in the first degree if the person, without authorization, intentionally gains access to a computer system or electronic database of another; and

          (a) The access is made with the intent to commit another crime; or

          (b) The violation involves a computer or database maintained by a government agency.

          (2) Computer trespass in the first degree is a class C felony.

[1984 c 273 1.]

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RCW 9A.52.120
Computer trespass in the second degree.

(1) A person is guilty of computer trespass in the second degree if the person, without authorization, intentionally gains access to a computer system or electronic database of another under circumstances not constituting the offense in the first degree.

          (2) Computer trespass in the second degree is a gross misdemeanor.

[1984 c 273 2.]

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RCW 9A.52.120
Computer trespass in the second degree.

(1) A person is guilty of computer trespass in the second degree if the person, without authorization, intentionally gains access to a computer system or electronic database of another under circumstances not constituting the offense in the first degree.

          (2) Computer trespass in the second degree is a gross misdemeanor.

[1984 c 273 2.]

Comment Re:Complete Failure (Score 1) 378

9/11 changed the stakes dramatically. Prior to 9/11, hijackings almost universally meant "fly this plane to Havana and we'll let you all go". As soon as the hijackers upped the ante to "we're gonna plow this thing into the nearest building, killing all of you", they forever ensured that no box cutter would stop the passengers from beating them into a paste.

Comment Re:spamassassin (Score 2) 190

I don't think there's any such thing as "pretty much finished", especially with a piece of software involved in the arms race that is spam vs. filtering. There's only so much you can do with rules before you need to revisit your engine. Also, it's not just the software that's been stagnant for two years. The website itself hasn't been updated in as long. Not a single news item since 2011. The other respondent mentioned that dev is still active, but dev is not production. Dev is dev. Ever since Spamassassin moved to Apache, it's been pretty much dead.

Comment Re:spamassassin (Score 2) 190

Latest News: 2011-06-16: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 has been released, a minor new release primarily to support perl-5.12 and later. Visit the downloads page to pick it up, and for more info.

Last update was more than two years ago. I know you can refresh your rule sets periodically, but is the software even still maintained?

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