Aaron Swartz ( Cofounder of Reddit) commits suicide
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Suicide is anti-ballsy tho.
Either he was consistent and this was not a suicide, or something made him inconsistant... Either way, there is a war on against privacy and specifically internet censorship. Hmmmmmm.
Either he was consistent and this was not a suicide, or something made him inconsistant... Either way, there is a war on against privacy and specifically internet censorship. Hmmmmmm.
Anti ballsy?. I think taking your own life, a completely irreversible act if done correctly, requires a certain amount of balls to attempt. It certainly wouldnt be an easy decision to make, to take your own life.
Suicide might be selfish depending on the persons circumstances (family etc).... but it would certainly require balls to kill yourself.
I'm sure we'll find out more info on the reasons as it's investigated more though.
Sad news indeed!!
He seems to have accomplished more in just 12 years than 90% of the people in the world do in an entire lifetime. Aaron Swartz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fucking bureaucracy bullshit!! You don't penalized a productive and contributing young man like that with such a severe sentence.
I agree that something else was behind all this. Whether he committed suicide or was taken out is irrelevant to me. It's a tragic waste!!!
R.I.P.
He seems to have accomplished more in just 12 years than 90% of the people in the world do in an entire lifetime. Aaron Swartz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fucking bureaucracy bullshit!! You don't penalized a productive and contributing young man like that with such a severe sentence.
I agree that something else was behind all this. Whether he committed suicide or was taken out is irrelevant to me. It's a tragic waste!!!
R.I.P.
I don't know, I can see the state of Mass taking unauthorized access of MIT's network pretty seriously.
They can't be made to look like assholes, you know.
Unless the Internet Business Nazis behind/in league with the Gov't wanted to Sew this young man up for the full 35 years to keep him and his "ideas" outta the Industry while they pursue their fucked up agendas!!!
ARGH!!
This has PISSED me off today!!!
:Old man shakes his cane violently at the Universe!!:
Lulz
He wasn't looking at 35 years. I hate when the media does that shit, and they do it in just about every criminal case. Here's an example of how it normally works.
Someone is charged with 3 felonies. One of them carries up to 10 years, and the other two carry up to 15 years in prison. The media will add those numbers together and report this as "facing up to 40 years in prison".
In reality, those charges will almost always be run concurrently so however long the longest maximum sentence is becomes the actual maximum sentence. In the example above it would be 15 years.
Now, a person is never sentenced to the max. That number represents how long they can keep someone in prison if they are an institutional threat. So you'll normally see someone sentenced to something like 2-15 years and they will get out in 2 years or less. So when the media says "up to 40 years", it's complete sensationalist bullshit. They are copywriters though, so they write good copy.
I don't know what Swartz was actually facing, but I would put money on it being most likely probation, or at worse a couple of years in prison. Not 35 years. If you read the specifics of the case it's unlikely a settlement would not have been reached.
I don't know why he offed himself and maybe his legal issues played a role, but he definitely wasn't looking at spending anything close to 35 years in prison.
Someone is charged with 3 felonies. One of them carries up to 10 years, and the other two carry up to 15 years in prison. The media will add those numbers together and report this as "facing up to 40 years in prison".
In reality, those charges will almost always be run concurrently so however long the longest maximum sentence is becomes the actual maximum sentence. In the example above it would be 15 years.
Now, a person is never sentenced to the max. That number represents how long they can keep someone in prison if they are an institutional threat. So you'll normally see someone sentenced to something like 2-15 years and they will get out in 2 years or less. So when the media says "up to 40 years", it's complete sensationalist bullshit. They are copywriters though, so they write good copy.
I don't know what Swartz was actually facing, but I would put money on it being most likely probation, or at worse a couple of years in prison. Not 35 years. If you read the specifics of the case it's unlikely a settlement would not have been reached.
I don't know why he offed himself and maybe his legal issues played a role, but he definitely wasn't looking at spending anything close to 35 years in prison.
He wouldn't have gotten the max sentence. Several years in a min security fed prison probably, but not 35 years. He would have ended up in a place like Ft. Supply.
He knew he was risking jail time when he did what he did. That's part of doing things that are illegal (even if it's an unjust law). Should he get several years jail time for what he did? No, he shouldn't in my opinion. His contributions to society should out weight his menial crime, but again he should have known he'd be locked up if caught.
wire fraud, computer fraud, unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer, and recklessly damaging a protected computer
When they charge someone they'll throw a bunch of charges at them in hopes one will stick. It's very likely several of those could have been dropped.
This.
I attended a funeral for a young person who took her own life not long ago, and it was one of the most intense experiences of my life seeing how her choice affected so many people on such a profound level.
