Coincidence of differing associations (race, gang, etc) is not the same as motive as you're describing though.

imo hate crime charges should ONLY be pursued when it is clear that the race, sex, etc was the motivating factor and not simply coincidental.

Oh come on... you're nitpicking semantics. And love is not the opposite of hate anyway, apathy is. Which is what non- "racism motivated crime" et al. IS.

Normal murder the person killing has apathy for the life of the other person. It is in the way of them obtaining what they want. Burglary, contract killing, gang wars, revenge, etc.

HATE crime is committing the act not because you don't care who they are and they are an obstacle to your goal, but because THEY ARE THE GOAL.

Can you really not see that distinction?

Given your reasoned response I'd like to hear why you do not support hate crime legislation.

Let's just do away with different degrees of murder and manslaughter too then. Since motive doesn't matter apparently. Accidentally kill a guy in a car accident? Just as bad as plotting and executing your ex wife since the result of their actual actions are the same. DERP.

But I thought when oil was refined that both diesel and regular as well as a bunch of other products just by the nature of how the hydrocarbons separate.

I guess another way of saying it is after diesel is created in its maximum quantity per unit of oil, can the byproducts be further refined into other fuels including regular gas?

You're either a good slave or one who will be against the wall too when this shit comes.

Plenty of good men and women contribute to society every day without being told to by a master and get slapped down by the powers that be BECAUSE it threatens their dominance.

Letting these sociopaths know their very lives are on the line for every one of their actions is the only way to have any leverage. They obviously have few scruples about exerting their maximal force against the targets of their choosing so you have to push back with equal or greater force.

No No NO. Terrorism has a specific meaning. The use of fear to achieve political objectives. Your definition does nothing but spread the purview of The War On Terror(TM) as does any misuse of the word "terrorism."

"earned the right to be listened to"

Excuse me? Fuck you, sir. I'm a retired Marine but I'm so goddamn sick of people hoisting up military service as if it makes you a super-citizen or gives you any superior insight.

They treat you with utter respect, these flag waving suit wearing pricks, until it comes down to them having to keep their word on medical care and other promised benefits.

XBox.


XBox Live avatar world, like a virtual world with social networking built in. Sidestep gains from any other social network by making it unique (virtual environment) and exclusive (XBox Live).

Awesome! When Facebook crashes and burns it'll also hurt Skype! Two birds, one stone.

Third trimester abortions ARE illegal except special cases currently. Roe v Wade was basically 1st trimester it is the mother's choice. 2nd it is the state's. 3rd it is not allowed except in special cases.

At least that is how I was led to understand our laws on the topic.

I've switched my private efforts solely to studying Ruby so I can contribute to this project. It would have been nice though to use a more familiar language. But it is a good opportunity to learn.

"And security architecture is something you *have* to get right up front (which is why good software architects cost a lot of money... it's necessary work, and hard to do well)."

Look, all I'm saying is I think Diaspora's progress in its code base thus far should still be considered in the "right up front" stage. It is so early in development wiping the crud and having someone experienced rewrite it isn't too daunting of a task. I completely expect there to be complete rewrites of a number of modules and I consider it part of a healthy development cycle in FOSS.

My attitude on them being easy to fix comes out of my belief in the community to hold them accountable. If the owners of the project really aren't sufficiently capable of creating secure code then I would expect them to acquiesce to those willing to contribute who are. And given the popularity I suspect there are many. That is why I am so lax about it and surprised about the vitriol.

Then start your own project. Because I see maybe one or two other projects trying to do what Diaspora is doing. Either help contribute and fix the code, start your own project, or stfu.

We need to get people free from the monitoring of facebook and this is in my opinion the best shot. If not just for the hype and catchy name. Those you can't change, the code you can, and quite easily. And the FOSS community will help keep it in check. So this criticism to me makes zero sense.

They tried, they aren't security pros clearly, it will be fixed, lessons will be learned, and it will grow in popularity hopefully.