Threatening to kill someone is illegal in Minnesota, and it is hard to construe a stab to the throat as something other than a threat to kill.

By the letter of the law, this is illegal, and it is the police's job to enforce it. That's what's going on here and I don't see how you can have a problem with that...

If you want to change the laws, that's another situation, but that's not what is going on in this case.

No, because being gay is not a crime, while stabbing someone in the throat is.

The law mentions "with the intent to harm, defraud, intimidate or threaten another person." I didn't see the comment she left in TFA, so how do you know it was just "calling another girl names?" You don't know what the comments were, so don't them off as trivial.

If this girl left threatening comments to someone with criminal intent, and the girl who read the comments honestly believed she would act on them, then does it matter how those comments were communicated? This is outside the scope of free speech.

When I saw this video, I immediately thought of this article: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/01/evidence_of_apples_tablet_like_input_interface_reappears.html

I'm surprised Marge would do it. It seems out of character for her, especially considering she is a member of Springfield's Citizens' Committee on Moral Hygiene...

With all due respect, you don't know the details of Streetlight Manifesto's record deal (and maybe they don't either). I wouldn't be surprised if they don't own the copyright to their music, but their record label does.

Courts will side with the law no matter silly it is. You just have to hope that these cases get enough attention so that people realize we need to change these laws!

Apple's address is One Infinite Loop. Does that mean they are poor unit testers?

I know my school had its own Sci-fi lit class. I feel like there's enough sci-fi lit out there to fill a whole semester's worth of material. I'm also not exactly sure where the themes and techniques specific to sci-fi and fantasy literature intersect. Some of the readership is the same, but what else? If you must include both, why not just call the class "Nerd Lit?"

Seriously, this is like asking, "do you like being tortured?" Of course Americans (and citizens of any other nation) would say no!

I wrote a synth in pure data that is controlled by my guitar hero controller!

Seriously, this isn't a hardhack. All USB PS3 controllers can be plugged right into your computer (I also use an arcade stick like a sampler/drum machine). From there you use it like any HID. That means if your app supports HID you can use the controller for free. If not, you can use a program like joy2key or something.

Sounds to me like it is a problem with the online league allowing the equipment, not with you or the game.

There has always been a trade-off between security and usability. A lot of times, it doesn't matter if when I click the X I don't get un-authenticated. I agree it is poor design though when you Quit or Exit an application and the app is still running.

Why is only one side of this argument modded up? MyLongNickName's posts are only insightful if we know the other side of the story.

IMO, we need to see either both sides of this story or neither side. I vote for the latter.

I don't think this is because of organization, I think it is because of all the rote learning you've done. You aren't reading & reacting to the menu bar you "just know" where to go because you've done it a million times.

Exactly.

The difference between the ribbon and the menu bar is like the difference between Windows and OS X.

Windows, like the menu bar works, but it is not optimal. It's only real value lies in the fact that "people are used to it."

OS X, however, was made after Apple finally scrapped OS 9 for a bold new OS. Yes, a lot of people back then complained about how "confusing" it was, but now, I don't think you can get anyone to honestly say they like OS 9 better than OS X.

New users find the ribbon a joy. It will take the rest of us about 10 years to catch up.

lol, irony...