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Patents.

Just like they stopped cheap AIDS drugs in South America, right? :-) Besides, any Slashdotter will tell you software/internet patents are ridiculous and unenforceable. Patent the hyperlink? Yeah, right. Just try to collect.

Gaming Wire reports that among the steps taken by federal officials was to request the names of guests from hotels and lists of passengers from airlines using McCarran International Airport, which serves lost Vegas.

The story hit earlier, when the FBI started asking for the records of everyone who went to vegas (plane records and hotel records) from Christmas to New Years...

The details are all over the net, but you can start by reading this, this, or this.

No, it's just the life you have chosen.

And what life have you chosen. Tell me about having a life where you have no responsibilities. Tell me about how you can just leave your work at a moment's notice to have a liesurely lunch. Tell me about how you never oversleep, never have to stay up late to finish something, and never have something which forces you to cut your lunch short. And then tell me about the unicorns dancing outside of your window. Come on! Being alive, human, and part of the working world means that you don't always have time for a liesurely meal.

"Fast food" is intrinsically unhealthy--you need to take your time to eat in order to eat healthy.

If eating a salad in 15 minutes is unhealthy but picking over it for 50 minutes (while the airborne bacteria and germs have a chance to settle in) is, then I'll just eat unhealthy.

I think you have a distorted view of where US jobs comes from. Companies like IBM have huge overseas operations. Yet, most of their R&D and high-tech work is still carried out in the US.

Try reading this for a good example.

Pollsters give people a way to make their opinion heard. Telemarketers keep talking after you give them your opinion.

Sometimes, telemarketing disguises itself as polling in so-called push polls, which are used for both political and commercial purposes.

If it wasn't for the ability to distill information about imminent danger into a series of colored lights, the government would be forced to release specific information about upcoming terrorist threats, which could eliminate the advantage they have over less important Americans in personally avoiding those threats.

refers to future article in NY Times

and

Over a year ago on CBS News

Saddam's capture didn't really change anything politically - the criticism of the war that wasn't political goal scoring really concerned the false premise (the WMDs - which have still not been found), the continuing attacks and lack of democracy (this may still be fixable), the extent to which an invasion of an Arab country promotes hostility and encourages terrorism (according to the CIA, this is actively happening as predicted), and the false presentation of the war as somehow being part of the War on Terror, which it isn't.

Saddam's capture removes one bit of meaningless political goal scoring against the current administration. An anti-war candidate ultimately may end up strengthened by it.

video of robots at http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/17/national /main563855.shtml

Starting shortly after the end of the Gulf war in 1991, Marsh Arabs have been singled out for even more direct assault: mass arrests, enforced "disappearances," torture, and execution of political opponents have been accompanied by ecologically catastrophic drainage of the marshlands and the large-scale and systematic forcible transfer of part of the local population.

From CBS

Congressional investigations after the Gulf War revealed that the Commerce Department had licensed sales of biological agents, including anthrax, and insecticides, which could be used in chemical weapons, to Iraq.

Or from The Washington Post.

According to a sworn court affidavit prepared by (former National Security Council official) Teicher in 1995, the United States "actively supported the Iraqi war effort by supplying the Iraqis with billions of dollars of credits, by providing military intelligence and advice to the Iraqis, and by closely monitoring third country arms sales to Iraq to make sure Iraq had the military weaponry required." Teicher said in the affidavit that former CIA director William Casey used a Chilean company, Cardoen, to supply Iraq with cluster bombs that could be used to disrupt the Iranian human wave attacks. Teicher refuses to discuss the affidavit.

That's funny. This AP article says 20%.

Anybody who expects a company to provide support for a 5 year old piece of software (Sub $200) is a moron. If businesses provided support for their products as long as people were using them, they would lose money on their products. Even with a pay per incident support model, Microsoft loses money on support.

I used to be a HUGE mac evangelists. Now I just use it for personal use as a personal choice. I became a sysadmin for Microsoft run businesses (As well as a netadmin) and now I don't have to look very hard for potential employment opportunities. Cheerleaders would call that selling out. Grown ups would call it a wise career move.

All you MS bashers need to get over your alternative OS cheerleading, grow the hell up, and introduce yourself to the real world.

-Lucas

Really?
CBS
And for you Canadians ...
CTV

Again, they're just proving that the best security method is just to not let anyone on the system at all.

Very true! How can you 0wn a box that...isn't there! I saw this interesting report on 60 minutes (an abbreviated version of it can be found here, and the full story I beleive can be found here, but for a fee to Big Bill) a number of months ago showing this interesting photo of the Korean peninsula. It kind of reminds you of the hoax photo of the 2003 blackout, except that I suspect the Korean photo to be legit. Assuming it it is, maybe NK should start thinking about how to get power to most of their city (I could be mistaken, but I think Pyonyang is their only city and even THAT was just built "for show") and towns before they start getting their boxes online to trade e-mail!

But setting up a "secure e-mail" system for boxes that don't exist is the same sort of logic you would expect from a country that has traffic cops in the heart of their city directing traffic...that ISN'T THERE! It's an absouletly amazing society. Crazy. Loopy. But fascinating at the same time.

I saw that bit about the "traffic cop" in the same 60 minutes report and in it there was also someone from the state department claiming that at the time there was probably 5 machines on the Internet in the entire county!

Never formally charged! That's outrageous! When will those Chicoms desist from such tyrannical and autocratic practices and embrace democracy, a proper Bill of Rights and the rule of law like we have here in the good ol' US of A.

And enjoy the rights offered, like those to the people suspected of terrorism? one example of many!

• Aggie walks into a bar with a big, steaming cowchip in his hands and shouts "Look what I almost STEPPED in!"

----- I didn't use to believe in Conspiracies... but that before I witnessed the power of the fully operational battlestation that is the Mass Media. The moment when it finally hit home to me that something sinister was going on was watching the Machine resurrect the career of Meatloaf right before my very eyes. Don't get me wrong, Meatloaf seems like a nice guy, but I'm just saying, "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" How does something like that just happen? His career was deader than Julius Caesar and whammo, suddenly, the song is NUMBER ONE! Hose me down with holy water if I get too hot? Are you kidding me? Number one song in America folks. #1. Meatloaf.

And now we've got things far more nefarious than the lyrics of Jim Steadman to worry about, like a friggin chip that goes under your flesh and tracks every single place you might go and whatever it was you bought when you got there and there are people here so throughly manipulated that they root for it because anything that freaks the Bible-believing Christians out can't be all THAT bad, right?

Wake up and smell what they're shovelling down your throat!

A View to a Shill

Andy Rooney shills the Mark to "the greatest generation." Andy Rooney saying "We need some system for permanently identifying safe people. Most of us are never going to blow anything up and there's got to be something better than one of these photo IDs - a tattoo somewhere maybe."

Thank you Number 89, we'll deposit those work units in your account once we bring the Village fully online.

For the WIRED generation, it's Kevin Warwick and his ilk. In an interview with Geek News, the Jaron Lanier of Cybernetics had this to say "I have read many letters and emails about the 'mark of the beast'. Although I do not consider myself to be a beast, if you actually read the passage in the bible [Heaven forbid!] then there may well be something in it! Essentially, it is saying that those who have the mark will be a part of the action, those that do not will be out of it. This could easily become true."

Or how about this one, the DisInfo entry on Kevin Warwick. And of course, the crazed religious paranoia of religious cults who insist that the 'Mark Of The Beast 666' will take the form of microchips planted on the forehead and right hand of the unbelievers may just have a point after all.

For the Baby Boomers, well, let's telecast the Jacobs' Family getting chipped on Good Morning America, the Today Show, Fox News, CNN, TelefrigginMundo for cielo's sake!

Give it to Mikey. He'll eat anything

In the words of Jacques Ellul "the educated man does not believe in propaganda; he shrugs and is convinced that propaganda has no effect on him. This is, in fact, one of his great weaknesses, and propagandists are well aware that in order to reach someone, one must first convince him that propaganda is ineffectual and not very clever. Because he is convinced of his own superiority, the intellectual is much more vulnerable than anybody else to this maneuver..."

The completion of the Ziggurat...

...establishes our Metropolis | as the world leader...
....in industry, economics and culture.
....Thus is born a state that | will last a thousand years!
....I tremble at the honour | of announcing...
... the culmination of humanity's | long history of intellect and science.
....Our power spans the e

They are already cheering on Israel to accelerate the second coming. (clarification: I think both Israel and Palestine have bloody hands in this conflict, and I support groups that would allow both to exist peacefully). Such a violent attitude only makes it more likely that those RFID tags will be used for big-brother type surveillance.

With idiots that can believe a book with literal contradictions can be absolutely and literally true running around trying to promote policy, you know the execution is going to be fubar. The best we can hope for is that they are NOT at all involved with RFID tags.

yes, the government is playing 'big brother,' seeing what books you read in the library. that's why they said in septermber they've NEVER used this power of the patriot act.

i'll admit the possibilities are scary, but you've gotta have some faith in your government. especially with a matter that is temporary (remember, pat act has an expiration date).

WAY too much attention has been focused on the ballot. I highly suggest reading "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" by Greg Palast which documents Jed Bush's role in election fraud in the presidential election. The ballot was a diversion, in my opinion, for those who really care about free and fair elections. And as an American I am embarrased when the Albanians feel compelled to come and observe whether our elections are free and fair!

The real issue IMO, centers around the way that due diligence was not used when disenfranchising 17000 Florida residents due to the fact that their names were on a list of convicted felons. No verification was ever performed that they WERE convicted felons who could be denied the right to vote. These disenfranchised were largely African-American, and would almost certainly have made the Florida race go the other way.

For additional reading, I suggest the following links:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/06/08/politics /main295656.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/07/14/politics /main301511.shtml

http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=27&row= 1

It seems that electronic voting isn't the only way to get ahead-- the problem is that we have to ensure that it is trackable.

WAY too much attention has been focused on the ballot. I highly suggest reading "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" by Greg Palast which documents Jed Bush's role in election fraud in the presidential election. The ballot was a diversion, in my opinion, for those who really care about free and fair elections. And as an American I am embarrased when the Albanians feel compelled to come and observe whether our elections are free and fair!

The real issue IMO, centers around the way that due diligence was not used when disenfranchising 17000 Florida residents due to the fact that their names were on a list of convicted felons. No verification was ever performed that they WERE convicted felons who could be denied the right to vote. These disenfranchised were largely African-American, and would almost certainly have made the Florida race go the other way.

For additional reading, I suggest the following links:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/06/08/politics /main295656.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/07/14/politics /main301511.shtml

http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=27&row= 1

It seems that electronic voting isn't the only way to get ahead-- the problem is that we have to ensure that it is trackable.

(But which way? Like a pyramid, so air moves faster at the top? Like a rhombus, so air rises away from the chips? Can we apply this idea to our desktop (computer)?)

This is just another example of how dissent in this country is somehow viewed as "undemocratic" or "unpatriotic" (which is quite the oxymoron given that dissent is what DEFINES democracy). More and more often we see cases where the powers that be attempt to marginalize those who don't quite swallow the spoonfed BS. For example:

Diebold Issues Cease and Desist to Indymedia
US Takes Hardline Against Greenpeace
Labeling anti-war protestors as 'unAmerican'

I have no problem with people disagreeing with someone's opinion, but the instant labeling of someone as 'undemocratic' or a 'terrorist' because they are exercising free speech makes me sick.

Not to be a troll or flamebait, but look at Pearl Harbor.

If any country had to be in possession of these things, it should be the US. You don't want it to be the US? Well, let's look at the alternatives:

1. Middle Eastern countries? Yeah, right. Entire place is a hellhole.

2. Russia? If that place is secure, then a kid holding a slingshot and a stone is wielding a WMD.

3. Asia? Countries like Pakistan, India and China? Malaysia? Forget it. Pakistan or India would likely use the bioweapon against each other. China? Not the most friendly to human rights.

4. European countries? Well, maybe, but I'm not terribly happy with that idea.

5. Any country in Africa/South America? You must be joking, right?

It seems Arafat is more dependant on foreign aid than most Palestinians...

Also, ever wonder why Israel who is seemingly the enemy of the multi-billion dollar Arab oil cartel is doing so much more culturally, scientifically, and humanitary than all of them combined? I mean, the amount of money Israel get from the US is pennies compared to the US dollars pouring into these oil rich Arab nations in aid and oil trade. But Israel has world class Universities, research institutes, and a more diverse economy.

But those Arab dictatorships will stay in power as long as they can convince people that Israel and the US are the reasons for their problems.

Sorry, but that story is really old.

Here is a story about the appeal to the US Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court decision was as close and conflict-ridden as nine justices can get: 5 to 4 against Andrade and upholding the three strikes law.

Three strikes is really evil, and needs to be repealed. It's a lot like the rockafeller law in New York.

It also still amazes me that we are the only democracy that executes kids. In fact we join only Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen in the practice.

Inflating SCO's stock price is only an option if IBM could be coerced into buying the company. Once IBM publicly rejected that option, the chances of anyone else buying them at an inflated price dropped to near zero.
* Novell wanted a Linux company, but they went for one with some serious market share who were also cheaper.
* It would be a bad option for Microsoft - then everyone would take it as read that they were behind the whole thing from the word go, something that may well be true anyway.
Unless SCO's price drops through the floor (and once it starts falling, it will probably go all the way) then no-one sane will bite.

If Microsoft wants to get back into the unix game this is the perfect time for them to buy SCO. They can give the thinly veiled excuse that they were being blackmailed like everyone else and had to buy the company. The Republicans will not do a thing to Microsoft even if they simply announced that they are behind this and that they want to destroy Linux and all choice. And if Senator Orrin Hatch has his way we may be dealing with President Ahnold after Bush, which means more leeway for Microsoft.

Honestly I think they probably couldn't get into trouble under this administration if they started kidnapping kids to stuff their XP boxes.

My coworker (a Duke alum) told me that the researchers then tied down the monkey's arm and asked it to reach for the food again. The monkey's arm didn't move, but the robotic arm did. I can't find any articles on that, but here's one about some monkey's playing video games just by thinking it. Cool stuff.

The public is becoming somewhat aware. I remember the seeing topic on TV nightly news recently, and Oct 31 CBS news covered it, Diebold was mentioned..

CBSnews.com link ---
On Edge Over E-Voting

Here's a follow up on this non-story.

Matt Groening says he was only joking about Fox News suing the Simpsons.

So it was a story that was completely made up by one person, and all the lefty blogs were up in arms over it.

Where are the slashdotters complaining that Fox News was thin-skinned, censoring or plain evil now? Hopefully you would think they'd be man enough to apologize and admit they were wrong.

Why is it that we only hear about the 2 troops killed in Iraq and not the fact that roads, schools, factories, and other infracstructure is being improved in many areas of the country?

More troops have died since the so-called "end of major operations" than during the major operations itself! You don't think that's news?

Infrastructure provided by Halliburton. I saw that on 60 Minutes...

Please, do you have any sources to back up any of these "facts" you present?

Maybe you shold open your eyes and read this article among others.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/20/tech/mai n578996.shtml

*snip* One of their first big clients was X10, whose security-camera ads soon began appearing all over the Internet.

"When we found out they weren't paying that bill, we were beyond distraught," recalled Chris Vanderhook. *snip*

Speaking of fascist minds, huh?

Bush is the single most fascist person in charge of a government in the world at this moment, you should know. He was second in running before Sadam was ousted. Not to point out a pebble in one's eye, when you have a log in your own:

Fascism:
1. often Fascism
1. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
2. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
2. Oppressive, dictatorial control.

Fascist: an adherent of fascism or other right-wing authoritarian views

This is the president who is a member of a group of secular fundamentalist hypocrite idiots who wish for nothing more than to take our freedoms, and to suppresses those who do not share their views. Exhibit A: Anti-Terrorism Acts that are overly broad and apply to non-terrorists.

Bush, and his cabinet ignored CIA intelligence that indicated Iraq was not in possession of nuclear or other material, was not seeking any, and was not in the process of disseminating what they didn't have to terrorists. Exhibit B: Here, Here, Here, and everywhere else, damnit. If only you would pull your head out of your ass, you could see it; however, I wouldn't expect that from a Bush apologist.

Nobody agreed that he was in material breech. NOBODY. We still haven't found one indicator of anything related to WMDs of any kind, and I sincerely doubt we ever will. The funny thing is the even the Great United States violates tons and tons of UN resolutions, and is in the top ten violators--right behind Morocco (#3), Turkey (#2), and Israel (#1)--yet we haven't attacked any of these other countries, or stopped violating UN resolutions, ourselves.

I'm not Saddams biggest fan (no fan of him at all, in fact), but you'll have to admit this all looks like the US is a real asshole of a big-brother giving the rest of the world noogies, dutch rubs, titty-twisters, purple-nurples, etc. and only getting rewarded for their actions--if you stick your head up and pay attention to what's going on. I'm glad that Saddam is gone, and that his sons are dead. They were a menace to the people of Iraq, however, all indicators say they were not a direct threat to the people of the United States.

Now, the republicans want to pass laws that make the 10 commandments, and pledge saying mandatory in schools. They hold that the US was created with christian morals, and religion in mind, when in fact, it was not, and when anyone tries to show them the truth, they do the equivalent of putting their fingers in their ears and yell "I CAN'T HEAR YOU LALALALALA!!!" If this sort of behavior is not belligerent nationalism, I don't know what is. And, as Bushie says, if you're not against it, you're for it. If he allows these sorts of laws pass, chalk another one up. He's almost completed every criteria to be a fascist by definition. All he needs to do is convince Congress to eliminate the term limits, and give him all the power, and he will qualify across the board.

Furthermore, I state that you, yourself are a fascist, and therefore your ideas are full of shit. "frogs and krauts", indeed. belligerent nationalism and racism. Check.

It's no wonder the rest of the world won't take Americans seriously, with people like you running about--flapping their gums.

You can add to Bush's list of accomplishments the fake California energy 'shortage' engineered by Enron and Cheney which sent 17 billion dollars from California to Texas. Or how the investigation of the energy policy manipulation which permitted it, is currently being stonewalled by the White House.

You can add to Bush's list of accomplishments the fake California energy 'shortage' engineered by Enron and Cheney which sent 17 billion dollars from California to Texas. Or how the investigation of the energy policy manipulation which permitted it, is currently being stonewalled by the White House.

1. The Department of Commerce; VeriSign's contract to operate .com and .org was originally with them.
2. The Federal Communications Commission, which oversees telecommunications.
3. The Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications; contact the committee itself, the chairman, the ranking member, and any of the other members you'd like.
4. The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, including the committee itself, the chairman, the vice-chairman, and the ranking member. Plus any of the other members you feel like contacting.
5. The Federal Trade Commission, which hears consumer complaints.
6. Your U.S. Representative
7. Your Senators
8. Your Governor
9. Your State Legislators
10. ICANN's wildcard comment address
11. Finally, complain to the media. If they get enough letters on a topic, they'll run stories. Try the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Washington Times, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Fox News, CBS News, ABC News, NBC News and MSNBC.

Remember, VeriSign is busy telling them its side of the story. We need to tell them ours!

Link here: CBS News

Of course maybe it's the bait part of a big plan to caught stupid terrorists such as the ones from the Carmeli Crusade (the ones from True Lies)

He's takling about the United States of America

Look at other countries and how they deal with porn, and how many rapes they have. I dont think that a sex open society is going to have as many rapes as one that isnt.

If Europe is so liberal with their sexual attitudes then why aren't they having more babies? :)

"Ashcroft is actually now teaching local law enforcement how to misapply anti-terror legislation to petty crime"

can you link me to some articles concerning this revelation?

A little Google never hurt anyone.

Not only is Ashcroft spending thousands on drapes to cover lady Justice, but he has printed glossy brochures inviting people to lectures on how to extend the PATRIOT Act! And he's been going on tour on our dollars!

Here are some more choice selections for you. Remember the missing WMD in Iraq? Maybe it was Crystal Meth!

I believe that one of the reasons that labour is significantly cheaper in India is because the socioeconomic system is vastly different. India has government sanctioned bonded child workers. And whenever you can introduce virtual slaves into an economy, you can dramatically drive down the price of everything else.

Bonded child labour? Slaves? In India?

Yes:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/22/60II/mai n71386.shtml

http://www.hrw.org/reports/1996/India3.htm

http://www.anti-slavery.org/global/india/

The argument that we should be more efficient, smarter, better, more competitive against our foreign counterparts -- that's just a red herring until more fundamental human rights issues are addressed.

I'll consider outsourcing to another country economically fair and ethically legitimate when that country meets some minimum (I admit this to be somewhat fuzzy) world standard of human rights.

It should not be difficult at all to build a guidance system that follows the laser and delivers a payload to the plane

What, because it's so much MORE difficult to procure a couple of SAMs (NOTE: EXISTING TECHNOLOGY) and a small, portable launcher (ALSO EXISTING TECHNOLOGY), and drive out in the middle of BFE and start shooting guided missiles at planes?

Please. If you're so worried someone might use the power "conduit" to guide a missile, you have a helluva lot more to worry about RIGHT NOW. Like deranged terrorists with lots of money and a couple Stingers left over from when we gave the Afghanis five bazillion of them to fight Soviet Russia (woohoo, got the joke in!).

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Here's the cbsnews story.

Are you sure it's not been mentioned anywhere?

I think it has...

Mark

(I don't care if I've been trolled, that was silly fun :)

Your security system example provides a good case in point. Many people do buy them out of fear. A security system at best provides a limited time for the intruder to spend on a premises before risking apprehension. For this to be effective the security system has to be monitored, and the security system must be on. This means that the security service must not only monitor for alarms, but must also monitor for system status. For example, an alarm company should know that between the hours of 5PM and 7AM the system should be armed, and if it is not, then someone should be called to find out why not. Not all security services provide this level of monitoring, and those that don't are arguably providing emotional protection from fear, not physical security.

Another example Schnier has cited is guns for airline pilot, which is really a perfect example of fear based policies. The purpose of the pilot is to fly the plane. Simulations in cockpits using real pilots and trained terrorist experts has shown that it is likely that a terrorist will get the gun from the pilot and kill everyone in the cockpit before the either pilot can draw a weapon. OTOH, we realize the value of secure cockpit and are making it happen. The Israeli's have known this for years. If the cockpit is secure, then the pilots can do their job and we will be much less likely to have planes flying into buildings.

And there are other techniques pilots can use to defend the plane. The French in 1994 used such techniques to successfully thwart a plan to crash a hijacked plane into the Eiffel tower which would have killed everyone on board, not to mention many people in the tower and tower area. Instead, the pilots were able to use the physics of the plane to pin the terrorist long enough to land the plane in a French military base where qualified military personnel stormed the plane, killed all 4 hijackers with the loss of (only) three passenger lives. The US knew of that this hijacking could lead to danger for the US, that the anti-terrorist method could be used here, yet even today the best they can come up with is using commercial pilots as police, unworkable passenger screening, and training fighter pilots to shoot down commercial jets. At least it seems that our nations finest are reluctant to commit to such acts.

So I would say Schnier has plenty of reason to assume that people make these decisions based on fear rather than logic.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/11/29/tech/mai n531230.shtml
Dec. 3, 2002: West Virginia will join Massachusetts as the only states to continue the courtroom antitrust battle against Microsoft Corp., pressing a U.S. appeals court to reconsider tougher sanctions against the world's largest software company.

A pro-Microsoft group, the Washington-based Citizens Against Government Waste, quickly attacked West Virginia's decision as improper given that state's economic conditions. The group said the state faces a $200 million deficit and teachers have been warned they may not receive raises next year.

"The taxpayers of West Virginia have every right to question the attorney general's priorities," said the group's president, Tom Schatz. "What is Darrell McGraw thinking by using scarce tax dollars to pursue costly litigation? This appeal is unrealistic, imprudent and irrational."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/11/29/tech/mai n531230.shtml
June 28, 2001: an appellate court's decision to overturn the order to split Microsoft in two

Citizens Against Government Waste, though, took a position much closer to Microsoft. "This decision marks a return to rational antitrust jurisprudence and is a victory for taxpayers, investors, and the entire information economy," CAGW President Tom Schatz said in a statement.

http://news.com.com/2100-1001_3-269198.html

Conservative organizations will always choose industry self regulation over government regulation, even if it's a monopoly.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/11/29/tech/mai n531230.shtml
Dec. 3, 2002: West Virginia will join Massachusetts as the only states to continue the courtroom antitrust battle against Microsoft Corp., pressing a U.S. appeals court to reconsider tougher sanctions against the world's largest software company.

A pro-Microsoft group, the Washington-based Citizens Against Government Waste, quickly attacked West Virginia's decision as improper given that state's economic conditions. The group said the state faces a $200 million deficit and teachers have been warned they may not receive raises next year.

"The taxpayers of West Virginia have every right to question the attorney general's priorities," said the group's president, Tom Schatz. "What is Darrell McGraw thinking by using scarce tax dollars to pursue costly litigation? This appeal is unrealistic, imprudent and irrational."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/11/29/tech/mai n531230.shtml
June 28, 2001: an appellate court's decision to overturn the order to split Microsoft in two

Citizens Against Government Waste, though, took a position much closer to Microsoft. "This decision marks a return to rational antitrust jurisprudence and is a victory for taxpayers, investors, and the entire information economy," CAGW President Tom Schatz said in a statement.

http://news.com.com/2100-1001_3-269198.html

Conservative organizations will always choose industry self regulation over government regulation, even if it's a monopoly.

1. The Department of Commerce; VeriSign's contract to operate .com and .org was originally with them.
2. The Federal Communications Commission, which oversees telecommunications.
3. The Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications; contact the committee itself, the chairman, the ranking member, and any of the other members you'd like.
4. The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, including the committee itself, the chairman, the vice-chairman, and the ranking member. Plus any of the other members you feel like contacting.
5. The Federal Trade Commission, which hears consumer complaints.
6. Your U.S. Representative
7. Your Senators
8. Your Governor
9. Your State Legislators
10. ICANN's wildcard comment address
11. VeriSign itself
12. Finally, complain to the media. If they get lots of letters on a topic, they'll run stories. Try the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Washington Times, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Fox News, CBS News, ABC News, NBC News and MSNBC.

>>"Sharon is no friend of the US, he merely milks the US for foreign aid. "

>No, he is a good ally. What is good for Israel is good for the United States and vice-versa.

Sharon lives up the the Talmud's "All goyim are as cattle" line. Do you really think the war in Iraq (soon to be Syria, Iran) was JUST for oil and corporate interests? Americans are dying for Israel's security. Don't think Sharon ignores how devoted all the Evangelical/Hardline Christians are to Israel (ie Dubya, Ashcroft, my sister-in-law).

>>"Sharon is turning Israel into an apartheid state on the model of the US south during segregation"

>That is just an anti-semitic myth. Moving past your ignorance of history and different racist social structures, you are forgetting the fact that Israeli citizens of Arabic descent have full rights.

Do a google search about Israeli Jews marrying Arabs or Christians. Then tell me its not an apartheid. Then, assuming you aren't Jewish-by-race, try emmigrating to Israel as more than slave labor.

How any Californiaians could vote Republican after what they did to us is beyond my comprehension.