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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Prosecuted for rap lyrics

« on: January 24, 2015, 07:14:21 PM »

As I said before though, citing examples of people who weren't prosecuted doesn't make it not a crime.

Which is why I said "not like it matters" since it isn't a crime to begin with.

If I take "kill all ze jews" and put it into a song, that is still hate speech and is not protected.

It definitely is protected. That is the only reason there is a genre of white power music, which is significantly worse than the case in particular, or even your example. I also liked how you picked the Jews... Very telling.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Prosecuted for rap lyrics

« on: January 24, 2015, 07:06:50 PM »

I can't march in the streets and say "kill all ze jews!! heil hitler!!"

If you were a music artist, actor, author, etc. and you said those things in your work it would be protected. That is the case here. I can cite you many examples of rap songs that are not vague at all and talk about killing specific people, not that it matters.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Prosecuted for rap lyrics

« on: January 24, 2015, 07:00:15 PM »

Literally what Gangsta Rap did for a very, very long time. Bloods, Crips, literally talking about killing specific people. It is ridiculous.

Although it seems that Chamillionaire was right, Hip Hop Police...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSipXuqHt40

Simply because others got away with it doesn't make it not a crime. If you stole groceries, citing an instance in which a man stole groceries and got away with it prior to you stealing would not support the idea that your theft was not a crime.

That is a false equivalency, since it isn't actually a crime. It is protected speech

The equivalent in your example would be if a person suggested stealing groceries and then someone took that literally and stole groceries which resulted in the person who said it being arrested while not actually having stolen anything.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Prosecuted for rap lyrics

« on: January 24, 2015, 06:50:23 PM »

It sounds like he specifically talked about a single gang and promoted it, which could in fact qualify as promoting direct violence, which isn't protected under freedom of speech.

Literally what Gangsta Rap did for a very, very long time. Bloods, Crips, literally talking about killing specific people. It is ridiculous.

Although it seems that Chamillionaire was right, Hip Hop Police...

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Technology & Information / Re: Joining the PC master race

« on: January 24, 2015, 06:46:43 PM »

The case is purely personal preference as long as it does what you need. When I first started building about 15 years ago, I got whatever I could afford. I became an enthusiast after that and preferred larger cases. They provide more room to tuck and hide cables (especially if you used heat shrink), and more room for larger fans for better cooling. I was very intense into PC building around 2004. Trying to find the perfect pairing of CPU with memory that had great latency (good CAS/RAS timings). This is back when FSB was actually a thing and you had to take it into account if you were ever going to overclock successfully. These days I go for small and quiet since my only desktops are a media center box and a server I use for training.

Anyway, good for you Saddam. It is great that you are doing it. If you need any help, I'd be happy to assist. I've built more than 200 PCs in the past 10 years, so I know a thing, possibly even two.

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Technology & Information / Re: Joining the PC master race

« on: January 23, 2015, 04:38:04 PM »

Don't forget to connect the CPU power cable to the motherboard, Saddam.

lol, I forgot about that. I should remember it more often when Parsifal is telling me I don't know anything about computers.

Is there something wrong with that statement?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Official Sports Thread

« on: January 22, 2015, 06:44:22 AM »

Assuming Bill doesn't get suspended for being a big fat cheater.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Official Sports Thread

« on: January 22, 2015, 12:07:28 AM »

I'm glad we have a couple of known cheaters in the Super Bowl. I don't see how New England pulls this off though. That D comes up major in prime time under the spotlight, just like all of Slick Pete's teams.

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Flat Earth Community / Re: Why not pick one topic to flesh out?

« on: January 21, 2015, 05:02:42 PM »

That - is - not - on - topic - for - this - thread. Try - for - once - to - stay - on - topic - please.

Please stop with the membrating. If you have an issue with a post, report it. However, I don't see an issue with what Tom is saying. It may not be exactly what you want, but don't reply to it if it isn't something you want to discuss.

And that is why your community is looked at like a troll circle jerk.

And please stop with these kinds of attacks and acting like a child in the upper fora, take it to CN or AR. This is a warning.

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Technology & Information / Re: Getting a new smartphone

« on: January 21, 2015, 02:42:56 AM »

Bloody hell that's cheap.

It is. I am curious to see the build quality and responsiveness, but my expectations are not very high.

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Technology & Information / Re: Getting a new smartphone

« on: January 20, 2015, 10:47:08 PM »

I just ordered one of these to test with:

http://www.bluproducts.com/index.php/studio-5-0-hd-lte

I had heard about BLU before but never looked into it. For the cost I figured what the hell, I may as well try it. I haven't been much of an Android user in a long time, but I am interested to see if a budget smartphone can perform well. The 6" version looked interesting too.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Official Sports Thread

« on: January 20, 2015, 08:43:01 PM »

We all know Adam Vinatieri was the only reason the Patriots won those other 3 Superbowls.

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Technology & Information / Re: I Hate Linux Distros

« on: January 20, 2015, 06:08:56 PM »

Tomcat

I found your problem.

Yeah, that is what was grinding my gears for the most part.

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Technology & Information / I Hate Linux Distros

« on: January 20, 2015, 04:51:42 AM »

They are literally the worst. Now that the sensationalism is out of the way, I am going to bitch and moan. To be honest, it really isn't the fault of Linux or even any Unix-type system. I live out of my MacBook, but I am no ParsiBSD. The only time I am in the command line is for scripting or configuring various network routers and switches. And the only time I screw around with other *nix systems is when Parsinix is on IRC talking about some new thing he is doing. I run a 99.5% Windows server shop on vSphere and Dell hardware.

We have a massive (for us) new software package being implemented. 7 app servers behind a load balancer with a variety of database and web servers in the mix. They all run Windows, except this one shitty server. The vendor was supposed to handle the configuration, but they turned out to be more incompetent than I could have anticipated. It is a web server of sorts. The only info I had was the IP which was the one thing the vendor didn't screw up. After finally getting the login credentials I was able to SSH in. I had no idea what distro, what web server was running or any other detail. After recalling what I thought were forgotten skills, I identified a system running RHEL 6 and some old shitty version of Tomcat. It needed an SSL cert. So I dicked around using a horrible process to generate a keystore and then a CSR. I got the cert, ran the nonsensical commands to instal the cert and restarted the web server. Then I had to dump the VM in the DMZ (to keep people like Pizaa out of my network) and do a bunch of shitty network config.

Jesus Christ the process is so much simpler on Windows server running IIS. And also not vulnerable to Heartbleed. If you made it this far, I am sorry. tl;dr

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Flat Earth Theory / Re: General Questions

« on: January 19, 2015, 11:56:56 PM »

In most fields, especially engineering...

Engineering is not science.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/engineering-is-not-science

Yes, that opinion piece surely proves you are correct.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Official Sports Thread

« on: January 19, 2015, 04:55:24 PM »

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2334592-patriots-reportedly-investigated-by-nfl-for-using-deflated-footballs-vs-colts

#ballgate2015

This is literally the only reason the Patriots won.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Official Sports Thread

« on: January 19, 2015, 02:46:44 AM »

As much as I hope I am wrong, I think the Seahawks will win handily and go back to back for the first time in a decade. The Bills have the best D that Tom played all season.

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Announcements / Re: New designs in the store!

« on: January 19, 2015, 12:47:33 AM »

Can we get kid/baby sizes?

Sure. I added a black "baby bodysuit" and toddler/infant t-shirts to the bottom of the store.

Stop encouraging her

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Official Sports Thread

« on: January 19, 2015, 12:46:20 AM »

Pats up by 2 TDs (about to be more). This can only mean the Colts pull off the win.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Official Sports Thread

« on: January 18, 2015, 08:32:05 PM »

If Seattle even makes it. They're looking absolutely awful right now.