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Comment Re:Sounds a little hokey (Score 4, Insightful) 166

The law here is a bit more complex. It's not just a matter of "interacting", it's a matter of having committed the same crime, at the same time, at the same place.

So, a nice example would be a bank robbery. Lets say you and me robbed a bank together. Clearly, we would be litigated against together, since we clearly interacted.

However, lets say I robbed a bank, and then 20 minutes later, without knowing about my robbery, you rob the same bank in the same way. In this instance, we have not interacted.

How this applies to Swarms is where it gets tricky. If I join a swarm several hours after you've gotten the file, seeded, and left, are we interacting?

Comment Re:Scare quotes? (Score 5, Informative) 612

Wrong. He had sex with them with their consent, then they retroactively attempted to withdraw their consent - AFTER they were visited by a prosecutor.

You can't retroactively withdraw consent for something that has already occurred.

Oh, and using QED like that just makes you sound like an asshole.

Comment Re:Breathless summary by the clueless (Score 3, Informative) 734

Are you referring to the same NSDAP platform of 1920 as declared by Adolf Hitler as I am? You know, the crazy one that burned, maimed and executed Jews, Gypsies, the handicapped, and non-whites? Because they are pretty much pure on conservative. I'll quote a few highlights here.

"Whoever has no citizenship is to be able to live in Germany only as a guest, and must be under the authority of legislation for foreigners."

"Any further immigration of non-citizens is to be prevented."

" We demand struggle without consideration against those whose activity is injurious to the general interest. Common national criminals, usurers, Schieber and so forth are to be punished with death"

And my personal favorite (emphasis mine) "24. We demand freedom of religion for all religious denominations within the state so long as they do not endanger its existence or oppose the moral senses of the Germanic race. The Party as such advocates the standpoint of a positive Christianity without binding itself confessionally to any one denomination. It combats the Jewish-materialistic spirit within and around us, and is convinced that a lasting recovery of our nation can only succeed from within on the framework: common utility precedes individual utility."

Aside from some *very* basic progressive ideas (parks, some basic welfare), the Nazi party is fundamentally conservative, both in it's approaches to foreigners, it's heavy usage of Christianity, and the death penalty.

I think you're going to find FDR to be at odds with Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini at several places. Obviously, he agreed on minor points (public parks, welfare), but on most he did not. While Hitler was putting Nuremberg Decrees in place, FDR was setting up social security.

Comment Re:I'm for it. (Score 1) 262

Thanks for the vague claim. Unfortunately, vague claims don't suffice for evidence.

I happen to work in the University ecosystem where I don't have protection from competitive cheap labor (aside from them having the same minimum pay standards as I have) and I happen to have, and have maintained, a job for several years now, and live quite plush. My skills and knowledge keep my employed, not some artificial set of laws.

Comment Re:Ends for Means (Score 2) 127

Someones breaking out Hume rather early.

Clearly lying is a morally un-praiseworthy activity since lying is most likely to harm you in the long run while also harming the general good. Lying benefits no one except the person telling the lie (making it a selfish act) and always harms at least one other person. It is, at best, a more or less neutral act, and more often then not, an un-praiseworthy moral activity.

Comment Re:Actually I care... (Score 5, Insightful) 212

You clearly have no idea what you are talking about... at all...

A Linux Disto is a flavor - it's a set of pre-installed tools, features, etc. It's not a separate OS. Unless you're doing something *really* weird, you should be able to compile the same for the most part. In addition, AMD already stated they were going to open source the drivers, with FULL support - this isn't us just whining because we can, this is us asking AMD to live up to it's own promise.

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