Comment BBC of youtube (Score 1) 97
Comment print it out (Score 3, Interesting) 50
Comment Re:Investment (Score 1) 31
Comment Re:Only now? (Score 2) 103
Comment Re:Don't like the science? Wait a few years (Score 1) 216
Tokyo To Build 350m Tower Made of Wood (theguardian.com) 108
Comment Re:This isn't a victory for Behring-Breivik. (Score 1) 491
>Do you believe rehabilitation is impossible or do you want revenge?
I don't believe that someone who commits mass murder can be rehabilitated, no. It isn't about revenge; it's about public safety.
Comment This isn't a victory for Behring-Breivik. (Score 3, Insightful) 491
Someone once pointed out that hoping a rapist gets raped in prison isn't a victory for his victim(s), because it somehow gives him what he had coming to him, but it's actually a victory for rape and violence. I wish I could remember who said that, because they are right. The score doesn't go Rapist: 1 World: 1. It goes Rape: 2.
What this man did is unspeakable, and he absolutely deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison. If he needs to be kept away from other prisoners as a safety issue, there are ways to do that without keeping him in solitary confinement, which has been shown conclusively to be profoundly cruel and harmful.
Putting him in solitary confinement, as a punitive measure, is not a victory for the good people in the world. It's a victory for inhumane treatment of human beings. This ruling is, in my opinion, very good and very strong for human rights, *precisely* because it was brought by such a despicable and horrible person. It affirms that all of us have basic human rights, even the absolute worst of us on this planet.
Comment Re:Facebook collecting private data unnecessarily? (Score 4, Interesting) 96
This is precisely why I lost all interest in Oculus the instant I heard that it had been acquired by Facebook.
New Smartphone Camera Could Tell You What Things Are Made of 78
Comment Re:Soon to be a felony in Illinois (Score 2) 515
Comment Re:How to stop it? Just stop it. (Score 1) 515
Comment It's called "Risk Management" (Score 2) 515
We put cameras in places where risk is high -- banks, retail stores, convenience stores, ATMs, etc., etc., are all being recorded and we don't complain about them, because the risk of corruption and crime is very high.
Police officers are at high risk for corruption, and they always have been. Their personal opinion of someone can be used to punish that person physically, emotionally, and financially. It's not too much to ask that their actions as employees be more closely monitored.
Journal Journal: According to my records...
It has been well over a year since I looked at Slashdot.
I see that some of my friends are still writing journal entries. Want them to know I'm still alive.