Tom Morris



2003.08.23

This is why the Internet exists. --TZTitled entry permalink

Not to provide information to people around the globe. Not to provide global communication at a low cost. No. It's so you can see stick figures impersonating Christopher Walken in the Weapon of Choice video. (Thanks, MeFi)

Write a story, go to jail 2007-05-05T10:38:27ZTitled entry permalink

According to a recent Wired News article, a guy is being tried in Oklahoma at the moment for writing a story. While I think it's a load of poppycock, it does raise an interesting legal point. The statute states an almost incohate offence. In Britain we have the incohate act of attempt and to prove it, it must be shown that you committed an act "more than merely preparatory". This is the sort of situation that is not even "merely preparatory" - it doesn't prepare for the act. He was just screwing around.

 

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Tom Morris
Currently in: East Sussex, England
Usually in: East Sussex, United Kingdom
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I am a , an , like to code in and noodle about with and the . I also have a BA in philosophy from London, and am studying for an MA. My philosophical interests are in Victorian-era German philosophy, Kierkegaard, Robert Nozick, hermeneutics and current approaches to the demarcation problem in the philosophy of science. Musically, I like jazz fusion, soul and P-Funk. My musical nirvana would be a mixture of Beethoven, Miles Davis and George Clinton topped with a side-serving of Erykah, Jill and Angie.

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