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The good that it has done is that the author of this article DID have access to the source, analyzed it, found a vulnerability and now you, me or anyone else can (and no doubt will) patch it. The point of the source being available isn't that you personally need to look through every line of code that your system executes, but rather that it is made available to anyone to analyze for security, efficiency, correctness, etc. instead of being locked up in a vault somewhere.

Spending money on science and research can create value, just as the money spent on creating the internet in the 70s and 80s is allowing for a vast increase in wealth creation (amazon, ebay, google, slashdot) scientific advances in medicine, communications and nearly every other scientific field.

This is not borrowing from the future, this is an investment in the future, which will likely will pay for itself in the amount of value it will create and improvements in quality of life.

There was also something about performing "an illegal operation"

I don't know what "going easy on criminals aspect" you are talking about, I have yet to see ANY attempts at real rehabilitation for criminals.

The difference between paying for clinics and rehabilitation and paying for prisons and guards is that at the end, clinics attempt to help you with whatever issues caused you to break the law so you can return to society. Prisons just build more cells because they know you will be coming back in a few years. Some people can't be helped, but believe it or not, most people would rather have a productive life and obey the law than rot in a cell.

I believe that when the GP said "gunning down" someone that he was referring to brutal violence/murder, but not necessarily with a firearm. Violence is violence, it sounds like you are reading an anti-gun argument into his statement when I'm not sure that there is one.

GP was arguing that most people will never kill in cold blood, with any weapon, which is what makes it fantasy material.

I'd say its pretty likely that your nephew has seen a human penis before. If you find a naked human to be more offensive than extreme violence then yeah, I'd say that is pretty screwed up.

It's not my kid, and maybe I would feel different if it were, but I would say take him, educate him and speak to him like an adult. Remember, you must be the change that you want to see in the world.

Honestly, I think its great that they are able to show that and be mature about it. We need to get over ourselves and embrace the fact that we are human.

People still watch TV live? I thought DVRs were considered mandatory to prevent brain-rot from advertising.

I have no idea when most of the shows that I follow are aired, as I check in the with DVR every couple of days and catch up on anything interesting.

This is a joke right? If not the sponsors of this bill/resolution/whatever should be removed from office for wasting taxpayer dollars and overstepping their authority. This is not a political issue, it is a science issue. Pluto is still out there, and will continue orbiting happily along despite what we choose to call it.

Right, next you're going to tell me that the people at Pizza Hut: Italian Bistro are not masters of authentic Italian cuisine...

Why are you posting your correction here instead of just fixing wikipedia?

Only on /. would the GP's post be considered a challenge...