Somewhere, there's a queen screaming "I'm not yet dead! don't bury me!"

Long dead? Reference please?

If somebody preaches sexuality, that's heterosexuals. Preachers literally preach marriage and their views on sexuality.

I'm not sure if there is anyone alive who was prosecuted under that law. But the victims of these kind of laws are not only those who were prosecuted, but also those who had to live their lives in secrecy and shame.

I recommend you "A very British sex scandal". There you'll see interviews with people who were alive "back then"

The GP, i.e. myself, was just quoting the exact words of the formal apology. The point I was trying to make is that I think this apology has a great symbolic value for homosexuals.

And I'm not redefining anything, I provided a link to the dictionary entry which shows that "homophobia means discrimination against homosexuals" is a valid statement. Then, saying that a law is homophobic because it discriminates against homosexuals is also valid.

I've heard the worst arguments using etymology (my native language, spanish, has many words with latin roots, which leads to many stupid arguments). For example, I could argue that, since homo means "the same" in Greek, "homophobia" is "the fear to those who are equal". Which of course is nonsense. Also, homophobia is not even a Greek word, as it was coined in modern times.

And I have no insights on why Turing chose chemical castration over prison (or if this was even a choice). One possibility is that he thought prison was worst, even more if he went to prison for being gay.

The other possibility, that he thought he was a deviant himself, is not to be discarded. I know that I had a hard time coming to terms with my own homosexuality. Having strong figures around yourself telling you that homosexuality is a sin or inherently wrong is a force to be reckoned with.

It is a homophobic law because it was a law that discriminted against homosexuality, even in private.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_turing#Conviction_for_gross_indecency

IANAL (no pun intended), but I don't think it is related to anal sex in particular but "gross indecency" between males:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Law_Amendment_Act_1885#Section_11

Finally, about the word "homophobia". A word's meaning goes beyond its etymology. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homophobia

I really don't care about the queen because she isn't an elected anything. She is just the byproduct of a decadent age.

I do care about elected governments talking on behalf of the state they represent and their people.

S&M is relevant to straight people too.

The problem is some people have a hard time understanding the concept of "consenting adults".

"Alan and the many thousands of other gay men who were convicted as he was convicted under homophobic laws were treated terribly."

It is not too late. Homosexuals still exist, even homosexuals that were alive back then.

Don't use words you don't know, please :)

Why do you say it is a hobbyist alternative? The institute where I studied (the best reputed place to study physics and engineering on my country) not only does support Linux, it is the only operative system available on the computer lab. There are a few windows computers available for some very specific programs, but most of the desktop computers (and servers, of course)

The reason for this is because it is the best solution for our needs, the most affordable one (best for the needs of the institution) and easier to maintain.

I used to have a monitor connected to my wii. Then I bought a Samsung LCD TV and I noticed the lag. Not directly, but indirectly. Both my partner and I noticed that we got worst in playing. We seemed to miss the markers every time.

I went through the manual and didn't find any lag data, but I found a "game mode" option. Turning the option on improved the experience and our scores. So I guess that you should read the manual before you buy an LCD TV to check if it has a "game mode". I read that this mode reduces the post processing in the TV so the signal is presented on screen faster.

Another place where I found lag was an issue is on sound. I thought about replacing two of my Home Theater's speakers by my TV's frontal speakers, sending those two channels from my PC to my TV and the rest of the channels to the HT. However, the sound on the TV was delayed by a small fraction of a second. Enough to be audible. You can hear an "echo". This could be solved right away if the TV had latency data, so I could force a delay on the rest of the sound channels. Too bad my TV doesn't have this information.

By the way, my TV is a Samsung 40' Full HD. Can't remember the exact model right now.

This is not a technology news site. This is a "news for nerds" site.

Many nerds would be interested in homeschooling because they (or we) would think we can do a better job than teachers at raising our kids.

There's only one way to know...

My guess is they won't be able to cope with an aggressive working environment. But why should they? I know, for example, that I'm not able to handle an aggressive working environment. Part of the problem is that, even if I wasn't homeschooled, my parents played a major part on my education. So when I got to school, I had a learning philosophy that wasn't well received at highschool. I can't say I was a nerd, I didn't study that much, but I payed attention at class, was inquisitive and passionate about many subjects (the opposite of cool for teenagers). The end result was that once I got out of College, after having a master degree and leaving a PhD, I was very anxious about getting a job. I knew I wouldn't be able to cope with aggressive working environments and stepping on coworker's heads to make my way on life.

  My solution was to work at home, finding my own way, away from mean people. It's worked fine to me so far, I was offered a job on a startup, which I accepted, opened a shop with another person using my own savings (ok, the shop thing didn't go so well, but I tried it and I learned many things).

Same goes for personal relationships, I only have friends. And I'm with my partner because we both want. There wasn't any fighting to get together, no tormented relationships, no game of power, no agendas, we just knew each other and knew we were meant for each other, one month and we were living together. I'm not able to cope with shit (I had to deal with shitty people, and my solution was ending the relationship).

Maybe if more people were raised like I was, being "aggressive" and having "endurance" wouldn't be so valued as it is right now.

>but many parents think they know a lot more about a subject than they really do.

So do teachers.

If I ever get to be a parent I would encourage my kid to research on his questions and get multiple opinions, with my aid at first, of course. But the best way to know something is not asking somebody and taking his answer for truth without further research.