It's funny, because the whole premise of shows like Jackass are stupid people harming themselves on video. I don't see that sort of material becoming "illegal to possess" anytime soon.

With the incredibly broad definition of what constitutes "child pornography" in the U.S., photos taken by teenagers of their own bodies are CP. Any possession of this is a thought crime, and material will still be produced as long as kids have cameras. It's completely unenforceable.

Linus gives a quick rundown of kernel version numbering.

The upside is even.x.x means Linus is no longer crazy and he might revert to the slower version rollout.

Lemme guess, this is one of those "there's no right answer except goddidit" bullshit-pseudophilosophical puzzles?

Moral absolutism has to deal with the problem of which moral framework is correct. There is no moral authority in nature so, naturally, different individuals come up with different answers.

Nice strawman. Pure moral relativism can be demonstrated to be absurd, but it at least shows a willingness to understand other groups -- a concept completely absent in pure moral absolutism. Most individuals do not rigidly adhere to pure moral absolutism or relativism; a few fundamental assumptions shape their worldview (e.g. biblical authority, human rights, or environmental conservation), and they have the mental flexibility to tolerate cultural differences in other groups that do not infringe on those assumptions.

Surely you mean current and electromotive force? [/pedantic]

Yeah, if the choice is between Coke and Pepsi...
Seriously, fuck wireless companies. I want the public to seize the wireless carriers' ill-gotten spectrum and use a decentralized system with infrastructure provided by individuals. We'll work out a fair "price" that way, and it will be a lot less money than the 2-year contract so many customers are currently forced into.

If there are meds that suppress the urge to argue over minutia with faceless individuals online, let me know. Maybe housecats will invent them.

That strawman was expertly dismantled. Good job.

Future descendants of cats may or may not teach mathematics; intelligence is not a directed goal of evolution. Nice try, but your oversimplification didn't win me over to the "goddidit" side.

Reducing government regulation only leaves a power vacuum that big players in the private sector (transnational corporations, etc.) would gladly fill. These new overlords would gladly oppress the public if it meant a secured source of profit, and they wouldn't have to worry about the pesky constitutional limitations our government operates under.

Reducing government influence is the same as reducing public influence. I don't want to return to the Gilded Age just for promises of a more efficient capitalism.

These points have been refuted so many times that it honestly isn't worth listing them again.

I sure as hell hope that no scientist has to work under these ludicrous standards you demand of the climatology field. They've demonstrated on several occasions that they have nothing to hide, and denialists just keep piling on them with more cherry-picked quotes. It's sickening to watch.

Reviews don't do that; competing hypotheses do. In the world of science, a competing hypothesis overtakes the consensus if and only if it explains everything the old system could and more that it couldn't. Science demands alternative explanations that solve inconsistencies; finding a problem with the consensus is only the first step, and denialists are stuck there.

If I were to pay $90 a month for that, I would consider it a ripoff because I could neither resell nor refund my purchase. DVDs are slightly less of a rip-off in that regard.
Oh, I'm paying for a service? I pay my ISP enough as it is; I don't need another money sink.

That's what happens when I hit Reply too fast...
The first season is available on DVD, but as you alluded to, it's not available worldwide. The second season isn't available at all; there are still people out there with no legitimate way to watch the show, and that is where BitTorrent shines.

Assuming it's even available on DVD, which Game of Thrones isn't. Besides, even on dial-up, it might download faster than the shipping time.