Norway Attacks

Please spare a thought and prayer for the people affected by this massive tragedy.

I am lost for words.... 

Quoting Berak:

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Norway attacks

"Please Log In" ?!

Sorry - didn't realize that New York Times was a "pay to read" paper... (or whatever the reason for the log-in screen is)..

Here is another link to UK's "The Guardian"

Norway Attacks

Needless to say - you'll only need to check the internet, or a News channel to see what I'm referring to.

A day that will live in infamy... 

A terrible tragedy.  Our thoughts and prayers are with them too.

Quoting Srehtims:

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... On the internet one can learn how to make a bomb...

I am 60 years old. I have done many fine things; things of which I am guilty of the sin of pride; things which people who know me think are good things. But like everyone, I have done evil things. I really do not believe I meant to do anything evil, but they became malignant without my doing anything other than creating what I thought was a report on possibilities.

I high school, I attended summer classes on political science at Stanford University. One class was on revolutions... why they might be neccessary, and why not; how to conduct a revolution and when and how to oppose one. The lecturer was well qualified. We heard more than once each week from Alexander Kerensky. We attended lectures (his and others), turned in notes (evaluated by TAs) and wrote a final paper on some aspect of revolutions.

My paper covered a subject I partially learned from my mother's work at Stanford Research Institute (no not on the location, design or building of Disneyland) and their work in solid fuel propellants. I wrote a detailed paper on various ways to make a basic tool/weapon of revolutions more effective; some ways were very cheap, easily done and would have a huge payoff for the user, others were more expensive (or at least harder to obtain) and therefore would be less effective for a grassroots revolution.

The instant the internet began, back when universities and government agencies were about the only ones involved, a computer programming major I knew showed me a paper he found on the internet. I recognized every word I wrote, every footnote, every citation. As far as I know, it is still stored in many sites on the internet, nearly half a century after I wrote it.

I feel guilty if one person died because of my paper, even if I feel effective weapons are important for a proper revolution. The United States exists because of a revoultion, as does the modern state of France (and others, including many military dictatorships and awfully run repressive countries). I am a source of internet weapon-making information.

I am sorry.

My thoughts go out to Norway. I love the country, it's natural beauty, and it's culture.

Unfortunately there will always be people like this...everywhere. Whether it's clashes from religion, politics, race, jealousy, etc. — or just resulting from pure insanity.

Quoting Kathy:

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I could not believe something like this has happened again. My heart goes out to those who have lost their friends and family.

It's also sad that he'll only ever serve 21 years in jail, at most. That's the maximum sentence in Norway for any crime, unless they change it.

Quoting Katatonia:

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It's also sad that he'll only ever serve 21 years in jail, at most. That's the maximum sentence in Norway for any crime, unless they change it.

If he is sentenced to "forvaring" the sentence can be extended an indefinite number of times.