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Why can vandalism result in a prison term? I'd expect paying damages is a sufficient punishment for stupidity. Genuinely curious why the consequences are structured this way.
Deterrence. To some, the damages are pocket change.
Prison certainly didn't seem to deter this guy, nor does the death penalty deter murderers.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/files/DeterrenceStudy2009.pd...
Long ago, I worked for my uni's departmental IT group. We made our own etherkiller, hung it on the wall with a sign "USE IN CASE OF SUN". Never used it in anger, but it was fun to dream about...
> USE IN CASE OF SUN What does it mean?
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Totally off-topic question to this thread, but what's the reason for being kicked out of those stores for saying "bong"? I would have guessed that as long as employees don't use the term, it's fine for the company for the customers to suggest what they'll actually be using it for.
Going to throw out a guess and say it's because selling you an item after you called it a bong is admitting that it's indeed a bong.
My second question is that if bongs and water pipes are the same thing, why does the law distinguish their purpose by their name? It seems like given "I want to buy a water pipe for smoking the marijuana" and "I want a bong to smoke tobacco", the second should be legal to request, not both.
[1] https://kukuruku.co/post/usb-killer/ [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9176195 [3] https://habr.com/en/post/251451/
Also, isn't ten years too much for just destroying a property? It's not like anyone got hurt.
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If you use that word again, we'll have to ask you to leave. They're water pipes .
Totally off-topic question to this thread, but what's the reason for being kicked out of those stores for saying "bong"? I would have guessed that as long as employees don't use the term, it's fine for the company for the customers to suggest what they'll actually be using it for.
Long ago, I worked for my uni's departmental IT group. We made our own etherkiller, hung it on the wall with a sign "USE IN CASE OF SUN". Never used it in anger, but it was fun to dream about...
> USE IN CASE OF SUN What does it mean?
The machines were badly laid out, poorly specced, and prone to annoying failures.
They deserved, but did not receive, mains power right to the ethernet port.
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>The manufacturer calls it an "ESD tester" yet there is an "anonymous" version available plausible deniability. selling devices specifically for committing crimes is illegal. that's why all the bong shops say it's "for tobacco use only".
If you use that word again, we'll have to ask you to leave. They're water pipes .