LancerSykera

>normally someone in the audience says, 'Oh, this makes perfect sense."

This is exactly what I was thinking when I saw Pennsylvania cut in half (actually, I said "well no shit"). Those of us on the eastern side of that line generally regard western PA as a whole different state.

Ten years before bitcoin, we had e-gold. And it was good. And now the government owns it anyway.

Okay, I give up. It's either Kutztown or Lock Haven. I've been to Lock Haven, it's not an amusing place to navigate (especially the campus).

A good five years ago I got two phishing emails to two unique addresses that I had used to contact a local bank. They also refused to believe me, and it was basically my fault for not securing my computer. Somehow.

They took it by force. If I took your car by force, what would you call it?

About as much as putting a gun to one's head is a form of negotiation.

"Had not sought the maximum penalty" and "offered a plea bargain" are two very different things.

An online community I used to frequent had a Christmas card exchange every year, with roughly 200 people participating. One year, someone's cards made it to almost nobody, because apparently the envelopes that came with the cards were garbage. I got a swell torn-up front of an envelope in a plastic bag in the mail, and so did most everyone else on the list.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is pretty easy to remember.

Best use of my freewheel Logitech "Marathon Mouse" M705 yet.

stolenbicycleregistry.com is already pretty well established.

Chris, I think you missed the part that they don't know why the app is considered immoral. They're just making a guess that it's that particular message. If they take it out, and the app is still immoral, then what?

I never condemned anyone, nor did I say that I support suicide. What I support is the ability to choose freely the course of one's life.

I'm curious to know what percentage of the general population suffers from mental and/or substance abuse disorders, in comparison with that 90%.

And no, I have not known anyone personally who has killed themselves, at least not to the best of my knowledge. I do know, however, that I myself suffer from a number of "mental disorders" and at one point found myself a good bit suicidal.

If someone close to me did kill themselves, of course I wouldn't just say "ah well," that's being unrealistic. I'd be just as affected by it as if they got hit by a bus. My views on death are much different than most, though, so regardless of the manner or intent, it wouldn't affect me anywhere near the same way as you. No position changed, you lose your bet.

Suicide isn't a mental illness like depression and OCD and Schizophrenia. While I do agree that this isn't the best time for "ethical theory," I also agree with thomasgerbe in that suicide is a fundamental human right. If one has no desire to continue living, who are you to force them to?

What's so scary about it? It's no different than meeting someone in a park, or the basement of a bar, to do the exact same things. Places where "highly illegal" services are offered where only a select few can access have been around for ages. It's just much more convenient to do it on the internet.

Even better - I was recently filling out a form that tabbed in such an incomprehensible manner that I think the tab order number was used to count fields as they were added.

For those of us who breeze through signup forms with Olympic speed, it's sort of like Garfield getting out of bed and stepping on to a cold floor.