Re:This hacker might seem shady, but throwing him in jail is...
by nym on Monday September 23, 2013 @07:27PM
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I was with you up until wishing another human dead.
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Re:This hacker might seem shady, but throwing him in jail is...
by computer on Monday September 23, 2013 @08:04PM
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I may have not formulated that as subtle as I meant, since English is not my primary language. So my apologies for that. I do not wish him dead. I mean that I'll fight for him in this case since it's important for society, but since he's such an awful person I would lose all interest in him after he's out of court.
Read it as a figure of speech, since we technology people always speak about people who might get hit by a bus when thinking about the future of products.
Re:This hacker might seem shady, but throwing him in jail is...
by forgottenpass on Monday September 23, 2013 @08:13PM
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No, your meaning was clear. That guy was either trolling by deliberately misinterpreting you, or needs English lessons himself.
Re:This hacker might seem shady, but throwing him in jail is...
by gliese1337 on Monday September 23, 2013 @07:45PM
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To be fair, there is an important difference between wishing someone got hit by a bus and simply not caring if they did get hit by a bus. I, for one, would not want him dead, as death is rather an overly severe punishment for his actual crimes. I would probably even think it somewhat unfortunate if he actually did get hit by a bus, simply because humans dying in general is unfortunate. But, were it to happen, an honest evaluation of my feelings leads me to predict that I would not weep.
Re:This hacker might seem shady, but throwing him in jail is...
by marshray on Monday September 23, 2013 @11:11PM
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We could also wish that Weev or people like him did not exist, without actually wishing that anyone now alive become dead, or predicting what our feelings might be were such a thing to happen.
Re:This hacker might seem shady, but throwing him in jail is...
by subsection1h on Monday September 23, 2013 @09:23PM
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What is the greatest harm that someone has caused you? Just curious.