All the 'Libre' crowd rants about the source code of the software, but somehow gives a pass about the hardware not being open
You must be living on a different planet.
That doesn't stop a certain portion of people from deciding that these protections don't apply to non-citizens, and this sadly includes some judges. I'm not sure where they think that leaves anyone with a green card or a visa.
Didn't the US sign and ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights? Which states in article 14 some interesting things those judges might want to read up on.
ATMs in the UK are also protected by ink - but I'd guess the ink release mechanisms are linked to shock/tilt triggers, rather than the back door being opened (even explosively).
I can be altruistic without believing in invisible gay unicorns.
I don't see much altruism in killing people because they don't.
Well said, and I quite agree. A picture of an erect penis never hurt anybody, and a picture of some dead twat shouldn't either.
Speakers of 19th century English?
Death: "I've come for you."
Townes: "No thanks, I'll pass... Oh, wait!"
Death: "Muhehehehe!" [snatches him]
And if you don't approve of what the government spends its money on, you have two choices: vote for someone else or start a revolution.
Thus spake the master programmer: "After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless." -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"