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Comment Re:Sweet revenge (Score 1) 109

Not carrying out "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" (where does that come from? Possibly the WORST example of literary fairness/justice there is.

Definitely not. "One eye for one eye.", at that time, replaced the proven concept of "You stepped on my toe, so I'm going to kill you, every male in your family, rape every female in your family and kill them, too."

At that time, when ever-increasing vengeance cycles and bloody vendettas were the norm, "One eye for one eye." was a huge limitation on any punishments the injured party could dish out. And don't forget the same piece of literature also demands things like having at least two witnesses in order to sentence anyone to death and forbid the common practice of punishing family members of the offender if the latter proved to be too elusive.

Comment Re:Typical government stupidity (Score 1) 185

launch a very large rover for the moon

The moon's close enough that we shouldn't bother with rovers, unless they're left behind by acutal astronauts..

another to Venus

Venus isn't all that interesting since there's no chance for humans visiting it in the forseeable future. And a rover would only survive hours at most. However, placing an airship or balloon probe in Venus' atmosphere (where it could survive for quite a while at the right altitude) might be interesting.

Comment Re:NCSOFT Killed City of Heroes (Score 1) 64

I still think that NCSoft is somehow convinced that a bunch of ex-WoW guys are going to build a WoW-killer.

I'd be happy if they build something that has some of the spirit of CoH/CoV. Weird, colorful, etc.

I'd be even happier if they don't kill it after two years.

CoH/CoV was fun. The right thing to relax for an hour or two after work. That's not enough to see most of the "content" of WoW, and unlike WoW, combat in CoH/CoV was actually fun even if you were just beating up trash mobs on the streets.

Comment Re:Needs oversight (Score 1) 352

but I seriously doubt any jury will convict on just this evidence,

By the time a jury decides not to convict, the falsely accused has already paid quite a bit in lawyers fees and possibly had to post bail.

And there's a chance the jury might chose to convict anyway. You just need the right combination of players in the courtroom.

Comment Re:That would be so freakishly illegal ... (Score 1) 352

Takking a photo in public should be freakishly illegal in a "modern, developed country"?

There's a difference between taking a few photos and building a massive, electronic database of personally identifiable information without knowledge of the people whose information is being collected nor a way for them to check, correct or delete these records about them.

We're not talking about taking a photo in public. We're talking about taking millions of photos in public with the sole purpose of collecting personally indentifiable information on people without their knowledge or consent or any business relationship with them that would make such a collection necessary.

Comment Missing option: No, because ... (Score 1) 313

... there are too many other things that a significantly higher percentage of students would benefit from that are not taught at school yet (personal finance, etc).

You don't need to know about programming to function in todays society. However, you should know how to avoid ending up eyebrow-deep in debt, for example. How to navigate the legal system of the country you're living in. How the political system works and how you can affect it. Etc.

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