Comment Re:I know! (Score 1) 46
Message Jon Katz,
Maybe he'll tell him how to get in touch with Junis to install linux on his old Commodore.
LK
Message Jon Katz,
Maybe he'll tell him how to get in touch with Junis to install linux on his old Commodore.
LK
Yes, that's just the same as being told by the government and society that you can't marry that cute redhead in Accounts Receivables because she's 5'2", or being told you're going to burn in Hell for eternity because you're over 6' tall, or being beaten up because you're exactly 5'9".
No you have not.
People need to understand that when law enforcement invokes the images of drug traffickers, money launderers and international criminals to demonstrate a "need" for new powers, those people aren't really the targets.
Regular, every day, citizens are who they want to go after.
Remember how they sold the USAPATRIOT act as an anti-terrorism measure? Remember how they sold CALEA as a tool to enforce the laws?
Law enforcement powers are intended to be abused, that's why they're always so broad and with no oversight.
LK
Call the Ubuntu specific version PwnCloud...
Thank you, I'll be here all week.
LK
Obviously getting stabbed or strangled is just as bad as getting shot, but before somebody can stab or strangle you, they need to get up close first, and you can only get close to one person at the time.
Most of the people out there shooting people aren't exactly what you'd call marksmen. They're still getting pretty close most of the time.
And if that person happens to be bigger and stronger, there's no guarantee that it will even work. With a gun, against an unarmed opponent, it's a lot easier and quicker, even if the opponent is bigger and stronger.
That's precisely why guns are important. A 90 pound woman is not going to be able to fight off a 250 pound man with her bare hands. She'll be able to do it with a pistol.
LK
I read the same idea elsewhere earlier today, Ebola is not wildly contagious like the flu, using it as a biological weapon is about as practical as plastic guns.
They don't need to spread the disease, they only need to spread the fear. In other words...terror.
LK
Or even more specifically, having an item that was too easy to turn into a gun without a license.
LK
Even if it comes to pass that metal 3D printers become cheap enough for people to start whipping up high quality guns at home, people will still be willing to pay for new and innovative products.
I suspect that you do not have much personal contact with the American gun culture. I am deeply immersed in it. I see guys selling their Third generation Glocks to buy Fourth generation versions of the same model.
Despite the fact that the 1911 is old and proven technology that nearly any manufacture can copy, people are will willing to pay more money for a Kimber because they make a really high end product.
If you're going to argue that eventually 3D printing will be able to produce pieces that are identical to those that can be made by high end manufacturers, how can any law be enforced against them? Once they're out of the printer, there's no way to tell where it came from.
LK
You cannot possibly understand the US murder rate without looking at race and guns.
How do you explain the fact that Japanese-Americans have a lower homicide rate than Japanese in Japan?
LK
Sex always sells.
Not a bad idea. Mosin Nagants are still cheap, plentiful and there's still a bunch of ammo available.
LK
I'm never giving money to anything that is funded via that method.
LK
In 2011, I couldn't reach my sister for over an hour after an earthquake. It would have been awesome if I could have just checked her page.
LK
Seriously, unless there is a very real business need ( and no, the CIO jumping up and down about TEH CLOUDS is not a legitimate business need ), keep your data under your control. Not only does this alleviate the problem of bailout should your provider die on short notice, but it also solves the security of cloud data rather nicely.
Granted, that someone even has to point this out shows just how deep the marketing bullshit is on this.
Suggest you just sit there and wait till life gets easier.
