Santa's house was destroyed when the ice melted, you insensitive clod!

Different kinds of property rights apply, really.

On private property, the owners have control over what can and cannot be filmed/released. "I didn't want to appear in that video" generally doesn't apply, but permission to film on private property may. IIRC, there are some exceptions for journalism. See: case law on slaughter house videos, etc. Video of a murder occurring in public should, IMO, be public.

If the murderer had been advertising for S&W in the film, the publisher would have been liable under misappropriation of image.

There *are* Son of Sam laws on profiting from crime. If the murderer filmed this himself, or a co-conspirator did, I don't see why standard asset forfeiture would not apply.

It's not a hypothetical--it has happened numerous times. There are plenty of registered sex offenders and inmates who were convicted of producing child pornography, in addition to the regular distribution/possession charges. Freest nation on earth and all that...

"A lot"? Hardly. Closer to a handful. Nearly everyone breaks eventually--those that don't are often just killed.

Just as you can't say how you'd respond to torture, you really can't say that you'd be against torture to save your family unless you have been there.

I apologize for the Hollywood scenario, but imagine your spouse and children being held by some child porn ring, being raped regularly. The group doesn't want a ransom, but you've got your hands on one of the perps... he won't talk. You don't start slapping him around at all? I call bullshit.

I am not condoning or promoting torture. I don't want it to be legal. But I can damned well see situations where I would want to use it. And that's why we have laws.

The last time the US invaded a nation-state: 2003.

But the relevant question is "can the US maintain air superiority without manned aircraft?" and the answer to that is "No."

Schools in very low income areas may be different, but it is the same at average universities and community colleges, and has been for a few years now. Even CS departments are filled with Macs. Go ask any college student. Then ask a kid with a Lenovo if he would prefer a Mac.

I tried to mod this "-1, Delusional", but it looks like the communists in the NSA hacked Slashdot and removed that option again. Those evil bastards! I heard they eat unicorn meat.

Someone really hates sex...

There have been a few big generational shifts. Officers who had to deal with conscripts definitely favored the stick over the carrot, but I think that mindset is largely gone these days. Most of the huge changes occurred in the 70s and 80s, so most senior officers these days learned more progressive management from the beginning. Of course there are some selection biases at play... officers who can't lead often find themselves entering the civilian workforce sooner and more often than those who can. There are certainly still terrible officers in the military, good officers turned civy, and so forth.

There are also big differences between fields. From my experience, officers with field experience in selective units tend to be the best, with a ton of good officers in rescue, aviation, special ops, etc. More junior fighter pilots generally aren't so great as officers. They come from very officer-heavy units and don't have to work *with* enlisted as much (compared to, say, cargo pilots).

You're dead wrong. The military has to worry about both morale and retention, particularly in the enlisted ranks. Depending on the service+occupation, enlisted are on 2-6 year contracts. They are just starting to get good at their jobs when it comes time to re-up. Low retention = shitty NCO corps (middle and field management) plus a lack of skilled technicians, engineers, aviators, instructors, you name it. And there is a bit of a cascading effect as more junior members see talent fleeing.

Low morale also significantly degrades performance. While service members can't just quit, they can and do call in sick (malingering), work slower, and make more mistakes.

The military is constantly testing and adopting new management techniques for precisely these reasons.

Right-click the start button and you can shutdown. Big improvement right there. But Windows 8.1 is still pretty damned stupid.

While your argument is great, you have to remember that the GP may not actually care about regulation closing businesses. When was the last time you saw conservative outrage over the jobs lost due to government regulation of abortion clinics? Marijuana dispensaries? Adult toy stores? Strip clubs?

I think it's safe to say that most conservatives have no problem with big government regulating businesses out of existence. They just like pollution.

Your proposed tax policy is an economic death sentence for the low and middle classes. I wish to unsubscribe from your newsletter.

Xsan? Good luck getting support from Apple. It's dead, along with everything else Apple sold to enterprise.

StorNext is great, though, if you have the need and budget for it. I'd probably go all Quantum right now, though. They have some sweet solutions.

TBF, there are a few different definitions of "liberal", and each party claims its own form. Republicans love to advocate Neoliberalism, Democrats believe in [very] limited Social Liberalism, and both parties selectively quote Classical Liberals.