I was just notified by email that the anonabox Kickstarter project has been suspended by Kickstarter for violating their TOS.

All funding has stopped and backers will not be charged for their pledges, according to the message.

A sad result, but you have to credit Kickstarter for their actions.

The parents were notified of the defamation and took no action to close the FB account, which remained available for another 11 months. The parents were held directly liable for failing to act once notified, not for what was posted on the fake FB account.

It's all in the PDF of the decision linked in the summary above, if you're not too lazy to read it.

I think that Jobs and Torvalds confuse deference for respect. Both are components of successful leadership styles.

They also might know the difference, but just not care.

I can't code, but I can submit bug reports containing useful and valid information that is useful in fixing bugs. But in doing so, I've occasionally encountered a few asshats. I just move on to other projects that appreciate the feedback. Let those people wallow in their own inflated sense of self-importance.

Lie detectors themselves have been proven time and time again to be utterly unreliable in actually detecting lies.

Apple behaves more like Microsoft every day.

Your parents, their character as you describe it and their unique, unchangeable circumstances present an unsolvable problem given your goals.

You must let them go and allow them to deal with their own problems on their own time and spending (or wasting) their own money.

You cannot save, much less help, your parents because their circumstances and behaviors offers you no alternative.

"Keyboard Not Found"
"Please press F1 or all your work will be lost."

The deputy did put a knife in Olin's hand, so it was self-defense.

Or you could have sodomized that unicorn. That would have been OK as well.

But mention the word "gun" and everybody goes batshiat insane!

The stupid people appear to breed quite well. It's the neckbeards with the Cheetos-stained fingers that are unsucessful at breeding.