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Re:Who owns Parliament? by hiddencost on Thursday June 02, 2022 @02:18PM (#31598596)
The queen was exercising secret veto power, I don't think root was disabled.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfr...

Re:Who owns Parliament? by GauntletWizard on Thursday June 02, 2022 @02:53PM (#31599043)
I think this is the link you meant, because when I click yours I just get a favicon:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/royals-vette...

Re:Who owns Parliament? by bombcar on Thursday June 02, 2022 @04:46PM (#31600294)
>The documents also show that on other occasions the monarch’s advisers demanded exclusions from proposed laws relating to road safety and land policy that appeared to affect her estates, and pressed for government policy on historic sites to be altered.

I like to read this as the Queen demanding that such common things like "speed limits" and "drive on the correct side of the road" shall not apply to Her Majesty.

Re:Who owns Parliament? by cwillu on Thursday June 02, 2022 @03:12PM (#31599286)
When you disable an account, processes running under that account are still live, and can still spawn children.
Re:Who owns Parliament? by scottswelsh on Thursday June 02, 2022 @03:40PM (#31599604)
I hope you're not suggesting we kill the processes.
Re:Who owns Parliament? by cwillu on Thursday June 02, 2022 @04:55PM (#31600390)
SIGSTOP is reversible and unblockable.
Re:Who owns Parliament? by int_19h on Thursday June 02, 2022 @10:18PM (#31603461)
You can just deny them the resource quota.