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Comment Re:True, not an exhaustive list. The fifth factor (Score 1) 288

It is true those are the four factors that MUST be considered. A court CAN consider other factors. Indeed a judge, and police as well, often consider the universal factor "is he being a bad guy or a good guy?" The letter of the law only goes so far - judges also seek justice, most of the time. (Obviously in plea bargains the judge never hears the case, but that's a different topic entirely.) ...

Plea bargains are a perversion of justice and should be abolished sooner rather than later, together with other perversions of justice like capital punishment and strict liability offenses.

If a prosecutor has to resort to tactics such as plea bargaining, his case is very weak to say the least and there is 99% chance that the suspect is innocent of the crime he is being accussed of.

Comment There is no plant-based 'meat' (or 'beef', etc.) (Score 1) 669

There is no plant-based 'meat' of 'beef', etc.

Meat, beef, chicken, fish, and any other (edible) animal based food product contains essential amino-acids that you cannot easily get from plant-based substitutes. Scrapping these food stuffs from your diet means a lifetime of taking supplements for the essential chemical ingredients of your own body you are then missing out on.

Submission + - Journalist couldn't help police, suffered harassment, threats and arrest

Andy Smith writes: I'm a press photographer. Slashdot has previously covered how the police used underhanded tactics to seize some of my work photos. But that was far from the end of the story. Several months of harassment culminated in me being arrested for standing in a field, something protected by law here in Scotland. I was given a police caution, which is a formal alternative to prosecution, but the police then cancelled the caution and prosecuted me anyway. Ironically, I was meant to be joining the police this month as a volunteer, but that has now been delayed by at least six months.

Comment If an application is quit it should be unloaded (Score 1) 285

People should not have to resort to drastic measures like force quit. If an application is exited, it should be removed from RAM completely, not 'frozen' or forced to the background.

There is a simple, valid reason (and design principle), for this: security. I do not believe for a second that an application that is 'frozen' has to stay that way, and I can think of at least a dozen ways for an app that is 'frozen' to be activated in the background. And once it is running in the background, who knows what vulnerabilities it exposes to the outside environment?

It is a design principle that I see lacking in both Android and iOS.

Submission + - Stephen Furst dead at 63 (tmz.com)

schwit1 writes: Stephen Furst — actor and filmmaker known for playing Flounder in 'Animal House' — has died due to complications from diabetes.

Along with playing Kent 'Flounder' Dorfman in the 1978 comedy classic, he also had starring roles on "Babylon 5" and "St. Elsewhere." He directed a few episodes of 'Babylon 5' as well.

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