Comments by "GH1618" (@GH-oi2jf) on "Newsthink" channel.

  1. Fermi is as well-known as Oppenheimer to anyone who is interested in the history of science.
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  2. Even if some of the details here are a little off, without question Hamilton was a key player whose brilliance helped the Apollo program succeed. Mission-critical systems were relatively new and sound intuition and insight were necessary to write the AGC code. And diligence.
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  3. A life sentence is warranted because he was a kingpin for the distribution of contraband. The biggest dealers always get the biggest sentences.
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  4. @valcaron — Her judgement was motivated by the law, specifically equal justice under the law. He doesn’t get a pass just for being a young, educated white boy. Some people think crime bosses have to be Mexican, Sicilian, or Chinese. They’re wrong.
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  5.  @noweare1  — Half a dozen people died using contraband from his site.
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  6. You and everyone else.
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  7. That is often quoted out of context by people who know nothing of the circumstances or what he meant by it.
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  8. Do not engage in criminal conspiracies.
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  9.  @anthonyv6962  — El Chapo has also been sentenced to life.
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  10. He is a libertarian. They are idealists, not pragmatists.
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  11. GM should have kept the Volt in production.
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  12. “Mastermind,” my eye. This guy was smart enough to get a real job in technology, but so stupid he became seduced by not only libertarianism, but by criminal enterprise, and not nearly smart enough to get away with it. He threw away his entire adult life for nothing.
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  13. They were just ordinary criminals. There is no comparison in the scope of their crimes to Ulbricht’s.
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  14. That is hard to understand. I have an undergraduate degree in Computer Science (1971), as well as an M.S., and Information Theory was part of my B.S. curriculum. I thought everybody with a degree in Computer Science knew who Claude Shannon was.
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  15. El Chapo also received a life sentence. I don’t think Ulbricht is capable of learning the lessons he needs. Instead of writing essays, he should be reading Locke, Mill, and other writers who are the foundation of modern liberal society.
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  16. And many others. Atanasoff was important.
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  17.  @bdubs8921  — It’s more about the selling than the using. Ulbricht did not go to prison for using contraband.
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  18. kiss it goodbye
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  19. He is not in prison for his mindset. He is in prison for his criminal acts.
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  20. Do you mean “greatest”? Why not correct it? In my opinion, it is pointless to try to rank the great scientists. Remember each for his or her contribution.
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  21. Oppenheimer did make the world a better place as an educator and as director of the Institute for Advanced Study. He was a theoretical physicist. That was his role and he did it well.
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  22. This question does not even deserve an attempt to answer it. Fischer was clearly the strongest player of his time. He wanted to be recognized as the strongest player ever, but he was unwilling to prove it by defending his title. That doesn’t work for me.
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  23. The FBI certainly had a warrant to search his computer.
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  24. The trial was in New York.
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  25. George Boole. Of course Boole is the father of Boolean algebra, but Shannon realized it could be implemented electronically.
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  26. Not a genius at all. There are plenty of legal ways for enterpreneurial geniuses to succeed. He chose a business which landed him in federal prison because he thought if he didn’t like the laws he could just circumvent them. Dumb.
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  27. You should read Locke and Rousseau.
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  28. The Eniac was influenced by the Atanasoff-Berry Machine. That is part of the reason its patent was invalidated.
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  29. High cost and lack of motivation.
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  30. A small irony in this case is that this libertarian depended on the publc library to give him free wi-fi. I doubt there is free wi-fi at USP Tucson.
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  31. Society decides what is wrong. You don’t get to decide for yourself.
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  32. Clearly, he wasn’t one of the smartest guys.
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  33. Insane is the wrong word. That is a legal term meaning not responsible for criminal acts due to inability to tell right from wrong. Fischer was just plain nuts.
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  34. El Chapo got life. Why do people keep repeating this lie?
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  35. He wasn’t just your neighborhood dealer. He was the kingpin of an enterprise for delivering dangerous illegal drugs in large quantities. Masterminds deserve the harshest sentences.
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  36. He isn’t even close to having done his time.
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  37. I definitely agree with this sentence. Ulbricht is a menace to society, because he was not merely trying to get away with his criminal conduct, he believed he had a right to do so. I think he belongs in the supermax.
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  38. I don’t think they get to keep their loot.
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  39. Ulbricht got life for running an ongoing criminal enterprise. Alcohol and firearm companies are not criminal enterprises. The people who run them operate under their own names and file financial reports (if they are public companes).
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  40. What do you mean that? Life is normal for conviction as a criminal kingpin.
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  41.  @bd3707  — He did it on a large scale. He was sentenced the same as other drug lords. The illegal drug trade is a violent business, and this was no exception.
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  42. She was actually a mathematcian. She did not have a Computer Science degree. CS was a new field at that time. I don’t see why you think “software engineer” is an insult. It is an apt term. She was Director of the Softwae Engineering Division when she worked on the Apollo Guidance Computer.
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  43. Do what? “Dumb” is dealing in contraband in any way. Legitimate businessmen conduct business openly.
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  44. It was, coupled with his goofy ideas about “alternative medicine.”
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  45. John Gotti was sentenced to life and died in a prison hospital.
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  46.  @christophernivkor4901  — You compared him to mobsters. Gotti was a mob boss. The reason mob bosses often don’t go to prison for life is because they are more experienced at criminal enterprise and have a lot of people working for them to do the dirty work. And they tend to be low-tech. Even so, mob kingpins do get life sentences when sufficient charges can be pinned on them.
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  47. A life sentence is normal for a drug kingpin.
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  48. If so, that’s ok by me.
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  49.  @user-fl8yv7rz6f — No doubt he was trying to explain rounding. However many digits of the infinite fraction you choose to write, the last numeral should be "7."
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  50. Antisemitism refers to ill treatment of Jewish people, wherever it occurs, regardless of the meaning of "Semite."
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