Posts by someone

BitMicro gives 1.6TB SSDs some SCSI lovin'

@Dave Bell

You're correct.

Unlike commercial IT users, military can't just go pick up whichever brand new high piece of kit happens to be on the market this week. The procurement, development, testing etc processes take a long time.

Now RIAA says copying your own CDs is illegal

"It's not our first choice, but it's a necessary part of the equation."

My observations of their modus operandi suggest that legal action and other heavy handed tactics ARE their first choices.

New Jersey bans sex offenders from the web

@Viet

Because the case shouldn't have even received a second glance by the district attorney, let alone gone to court.

How many convictions of bona fide internet paedophiles have occurred this year, in the United States alone? Many hundreds. Globally? Thousands. How many potential child molestors who organised to meet children via the internet have been caught by police? Quite a few of those, too.

For what it's worth, how many cases of this kind have come up this year, worldwide? Or since, say, 1995, for that matter? Not many. You could probably count them all on one hand.

Fantastic idea

You bleeding hearts can cry all you like - the fact is, "convicted sex offenders who used websites to help them commit their crimes" CHOSE to offend. They have CHOSEN to deal with the consequences of their actions if they are caught. In other words, they have CHOSEN to be subject to these conditions.

I have no sympathy whatsoever for paedophiles and similar ilk.