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<body><br>> Hash: SHA1<br>> <br>> James Dalley wrote:<br>> >> Kevanf1 wrote:> > Ok, so he's done his jail time. If he's done his<br>> >> time then surely he> > has now paid his price for the crime he<br>> >> committed.> > Well no, the jail time was only half of his<br>> >> punishment. The other half> is five months home imprisonment, which<br>> >> I guess means that he has to> submit himself to monitoring by the<br>> >> government, including where he goes> (if he's allowed out), what he<br>> >> does, and how he uses his computer.> > > Nobody is saying> > that<br>> >> what he did is wrong least of all me. I still say it is cruel> ><br>> >> and unusual. Wouldn't you feel that it was cruel to be forced to<br>> >> use> > Windows?> > Not really. It's not like the judge thought "ooh<br>> >> I see you like Linux,> well I'm going to spoil your fun and make<br>> >> you use Windows". He's> required by the terms of his sentence to<br>> >> run the monitoring program> provided, and if he doesn't want to run<br>> >> it then I'm sure he's more than> welcome to go back to jail.> > ><br>> >> Agreed he ought to be barred entirely from using a PC if> > that is<br>> >> part of his punishment. However, the fact is he is allowed to> ><br>> >> use a PC so he should also be allowed to choose the method of<br>> >> usage> > i.e. the operating system. By being forced to only use<br>> >> Windows the> > judge has put this person at risk of being a victim<br>> >> of other criminals> > due to the insecure nature of Microsoft<br>> >> software.> > Okay I'm sorry but that's just FUD, and I think you're<br>> >> blowing the> "dangers" of MS software waaaaay out of proportion ;-)<br>> >> Considering that> the guy in question was running a bittorrent<br>> >> tracker site, I'm sure that> he's more than technically capable of<br>> >> securing a Windows desktop PC.> > Chris> - --The only reason he<br>> >> will be out of jail is if he agreed to be monitored, if not he<br>> >> would be finishing of his sentence in prison. Shame there is no<br>> >> linux compatible monitoring software, but there is only one<br>> >> community that can start to alter that.If he was that much of a<br>> >> FOSS advocate he would finish his sentence in jail as a protest...<br>> >> (i know I wouldn't!!).What if the guy was convicted of sharing pics<br>> >> of kids??Nice one,Jay<br>> > _________________________________________________________________ <br>> > Feel like a local wherever you go with BackOfMyHand.com <br>> > http://www.backofmyhand.com<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > _______________________________________________ Wolves LUG mailing<br>> > list Homepage: http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/ Mailing list:<br>> > Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk Mailing list home:<br>> > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves<br>> <br>> James,<br>> <br>> Just a heads-up - don't know whether it was your mail client or a server<br>> it passed through on the way, but something's mangling your email<br>> somewhere down the line :-)<br>> <br>> Cheers,<br>> <br>> Chris<br>> <br> Unfortunatly where I am I have only access to Hotmail which sends email as HTML, so Linux clients seem<br> to have a problem with it, Sorry.<br><br>Jay<br><br /><hr />The next generation of MSN Hotmail has arrived - <a href='http://www.newhotmail.co.uk' target='_new'>Windows Live Hotmail</a></body>
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