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Commerce Department Cool to CBDTPA
L. J. Beauregard writes: "Wired reports that the Commerce Department is not too thrilled about S.2048. Commerce Secretary James Rogan claims that 'the DMCA carefully balances the interests of all stakeholders,' a claim that marks him for a corporate whore, but it seems that there are some things even whores won't do."
Commerce is the realm of the shadowy kike.
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There are many ways to enjoy the anus erotically. The most common techniques include touching the anal opening while masturbating or stimulating a partner's anus during intercourse or oral sex.
Some people enjoy the sensation of a finger - their own or a lover's - insinuated into their anal opening and gently rotated. Others may prefer the insertion of a dildo or vibrator beyond the anal opening and short anal canal into the larger rectum. Many men, including hetereosexuals, prefer this form of penetration.
Oral-anal lovemaking is popularly known as rimming. The very idea disgusts some people. Others enjoy performing it or allowing themselves to be probed in this special way.
2. Anal stimulation, including intercourse, is not painful if done properly.
The belief that anal stimulation, especially intercourse, has to hurt is a persistent and dangerous myth. Just as pain anywhere in the body indicates that something is wrong, so is the same true of the anal area. With its high concentration of nerve endings, the anus can produce extreme agony when it is mistreated. Yet it can be a source of great pleasure.
When a finger, object or penis is intorduced into the anus, the anal muscles go into spasm, as if fighting off an invasion. Pain will result if the partners do not wait for these muscles to relax. Under sufficient stress they will eventually collapse and the pain subside, unless further damage is done. But, any 'pleasure' afforded from this kind of activity derives mostly from the absence of discomfort.
Maximum anal pleasure requires the elimination of all pain or physical trauma from the anal experience. Self-protection on the part of the passive partner involves being ready to say "no" until he or she is ready to proceed. Readiness is a combination of physical relaxation, usually helped along by plenty of leisurely anal touching, and desire.
Occasionally the anal muscles are relaxes, but the passive partner is still not in the mood. Stimulation should mount only in proportion to the degree of receptivity.
3. Anal sex can be enjoyed even if it has been consistently uncomfortable in the past.
Sufficient desire alone does not necessarily guarantee pleasurable anal sex. Nor is an uncomfortable previous experience always the reason for a lack of interest in or desire for anal sex.
Chronic anal tension is the most common cause of anal discomfort during sex. Hemorrhoids and constipation are usually a sign of this condition. Tension can be relieved by touching the anus and becoming more familiar with it. An ideal time to explore the anal opening is while taking a shower or bath. Deep breathing also affects the anal muscles. Tensing the anus and the letting go in another way of learning to relax it. Anyone who enjoys masturbation might want to experiment with some form of anal stimulation, though he or she should stop if any discomfort occurs.
For many people the turning point in anal sex is when they allow a partner to massage the anus with the understanding that intercourse will not be attempted. Then the recipient of anal caresses can concentrate solely on the pleasure that this erogenous zone is capable of generating.
4. Two muscle rings called sphincters surround the anal opening. Each functions independently.
If you insert a finger about one half-inch into your anus and press your fingertip against the side, you can clearly feel the two sphincter muscles. There is less than a quarter-inch between them. The external sphincter is controlled by the central nervous system - just like the muscles of the hand, for example. You can readily tense and relax this sphincter whenever you want.
The internal sphincter is quite different. This muscle is controlled by the involuntary or autonomic part of the nervous system, which governs such functions as heartbeat and stress response.
The internal sphincter reflects and responds to fear and anxiety during anal sex. It will cause the anus to tense up automatically even if the passive partner is trying to relax. Thus, precautions about safety and comfort are essential here.
Even if a person does feel comfortable during anal sex, he or she may still need to learn voluntary control over his or her internal sphincter in order to relax it at will. Doing so requires regularly inserting a finger, perhaps in the shower each day, and feeling the internal sphincter. The muscle changes spontaneously and in response to behavior. In this instance, simply paying attention is more important than trying to relax. Anyone can gradually learn to control the internal sphincter at will.
5. Anal stimulation provides many kinds of pleasure
The highest concentration of nerve endings is around the anal opening itself. A finger can focus on them especailly effectively. When an object or penis is inserted beyond the anal opening into the rectum, other pleasures are involved. The outer protion of the rectum, like the vagina, has several nerve endings. The inner portion responds mostly to pressure.
Some people enjoy the feelings of pressure and fullness once they understand that these sensations do not presage an impending bowel movement. Rectal pressure is especially important to enthusiasts of "fisting," a form of anal sex in which several fingers or een the entire hand and forearm are inserted into the rectum and sometimes into the lower colon.
In men, the protate - which is just beyond the rectal wall, a few inches in, towards the front of the body - can be a source of pleasure when massaged by a finger, an object, or a penis. Also, the lower end of the penis, or "bulb," is near the anal opening opening. It is stimulated indirectly by most types of anal sex.
Anal pleasure can be psychological as well as physical. The anal taboo adds to the thrill of the forbidden. The most common anti-anal message (it's dirty!) sometimes returns as a source of raunchy, sleazy excitement. Rimming enthusiasts may enjoy the feeling that they are being disgustingly - and delightfully - perverse. Other people regard the anus as a secret, special place. Sharing it with a partner is an act of openness and giving.
6. Anal stimulation can lead to orgasm
A minority of men and women can respond orgasmically to anal sex without direct genital stimulation. Women probably do so through pelvic muscle contractions - and a small minority even though the sheer excitement of being anally penetrated. When men expereience an orgasm from anal stimulation, they tend to focus on the prostate. No doubt they are also responding to indirect stimulation of the penile bulb.
Orgasms from anal stimulation are most likely to occur when the participants become thoroughly absorbed in their sensations and fantasies. An lmost certain way to prevent such an orgasm is to be become determined to have one. Seeking an anal orgasm will create new pressures and disrupt the pleasure.
It must be remembered that most people require direct genital stimulation in order to climax. On the other hand, a few people have orgasms only with anal stimulation.
7. Diet contributes to the enjoyment of anal sex
Regular bowel movements are the major function of the anus and rectum. There must be sufficient fiber in a person's diet to make his or her feces soft, bulky and well formed. This allows a bowel movement to be produced without force or effort. Forced evacuations irritate anal tissues, causing discomfort and adding to muscular tensions. Fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains or unprocessed bran are important sources of fiber.
8. Different rules of hygiene apply to the vagina and rectum
Since intercourse can be vaginal or rectal, many people assume the the same rules apply for the penetration of the vagina and rectum. Although both are lined with soft tissue and are capable of expanding, they are radically dissimilar.
The rectum is not straight. After the short anal canal which connects the anal opening to the rectum, the rectum tilts toward the front of the body. A few inches in, it curves back - sometimes as much as 90 degrees. Then, after a few more inches, it swoops toward the front of the body once again. A person can learn about the shape of his or her rectum by gently inserting a soft object, trying different angles and body positions and concentrating on how it feels. Make sure the object has a flared base so that if you loose your grip, it won't slip into the rectum and become irretrievable.
The rectum does not produce lubrication like the vagina but only a small amount of mucus. Therefore, rectal penetration always requires a lubricant. Chemical additives should be avoided. Water-based lubricants are latex-compatible.
The main function of the rectum is to act as a passageway for feces. But feces are not normally stored in the rectum except just prior to a bowel movement. Yet small amounts may remain in the rectum, expecially if the feces are not well formed. Anal douching before lovemaking will help some people especailly concerned with cleanliness to relax. For others the idea of dirtiness heightens the joy of the forbidden; for them, douching is anti-erotic.
9. Anal intercourse is not necessarily an act of dominance and submission.
The top-bottom imagery associated with anal intercourse is widespread. No doubt the belief that anal sex has to hurt contributes to this notion. And in fact some people are intensely excited by top-bottom fantasies about anal sex. The thought that they are submitting to such a degrading act is a terrific thrill. However, actual, not fantasized, anal pain can lead to trouble.
For others, the enjoyment of anal sex is inhibited by top-bottom imagery. The idea of surrendering control, and perhaps submitting to humiliation, causes immediate, protective tensing of the anal muscles. These individuals are more likely to relax and enjoy themselves if they can learn to regard anal sex as pleasurable rather than as an expression of power.
10. Anal sex can be perfectly safe, even beneficial.
The taboo against anal eroticism is perpetuated by the almost universal belief among physicians that anal sex is inevitably dangerous. No physical injury from anal stimulation results if both partners refuse to tolerate pain, never use force and avoid the use of drugs.
All the other risks center on sexually transmitted diseases. Each of the common STDs - gonorrhea, syphillis, herpes - can affect the anus. Intestinal parasites, bacteria or tiny bugs are usually passed along when fecal matter finds its way into someone's mouth or vagina, most likely through rimming.
AIDS has complicated the matter. The HIV virus can pass from the semen or blood of an infected person to the bloodstream of a partner through a tiny break in the rectal tissue during anal intercourse.
To avoid this risk, anal intercourse and rimming should not be practiced casually. Those who do enjoy anal intercourse should always use a condom. Rimming should always be accomplished by a latex barrier. Of course, in a monogamous realtionship with two healthy people, the risk of disease transmitted anally is reduced.
Thousands of men and women with chronic anal medical problems have restored their anal health by challenging their negative attitudes. This approach is indespensible for full erotic enjoyment of the anus.
Myth:In Amazing Spider-Man #1 Peter Parker, or Spider-Man, coins the phrase "With great power comes great responibility," in reference to his super-powers and crimefighting.
Spider-Man feels that his super-powers give him a greater civic responsibility than the rest of us, and because of this, he fights crime.
Fact: Spider-Man actually said, "With great power, comes...Oh good god! I'm so fucking hard right now!"
Being bitten by a radioactive spider didn't just give Peter Parker amazing spider-powers. Nope, it also kinked his brain in a very unique way: crimefighting became an aphrodisiac to him.
Myth: Spider-Man's costume was designed to strike fear into the hearts of criminals.
Admittedly, many people are afraid of spiders, but the blue and red tones don't exactly strike fear.
Fact: Spider-Man's costume was designed to downplay the bulges in his crotchocological region.
Notice the busy black "webbing" pattern that steers the eyes to the middle of the chest, and the gentle color sloping that brings the eyes down towards the boots without emphasizing the crotch. This is because Spidey's chronic ( and often painful) priapism is linked to his career as a costumed do-gooder. He doesn't want anyone to see his perpetual crime-fighting inspired erection, but there it is, poking out underneath his tights despite his greatest efforts. And thus, the expression "Spider-Man" boner was born.
Myth: Spider-Man has sexual intercourse with his enemies.
So, you see Spidey happily webslinging from building to building, just after trapping Doctor Octopus and saving the city. You see the erection, and perhaps even an unfortunate stain, and you think, "He and Doc Ock probably had some rough sex just like Michael Douglas!"
Fact:Spider-Man is faithful to his wife.
Besides some drunken, clumsy rooftop sex between he and Felicia Hardy (aka the Black Cat) after an office party in 1999, Spidey has always remained faithful to Mary Jane, his bride. While fighting crime remains an incredibly arousing experience for the wall-crawler, his outward expressions of lust remain limited to his marriage partner. Mary Jane herself has no problem with this-"As long as New York has muggers, we'll never need Viagra!" she quipped in a recent interview with Vogue.
When you go to see the Spider-Man feature, remember that Spidey isn't completely altruistic-he does get quite a charge out of it. And if you ever get a chance to see him, be sure to tell him, "Great job fighting crime!" and let him know that you don't mind that he has a big boner-it's all part of God's plan.
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Look at CowboyNeal... now there's a whore who will do anything! (watch at the polls)
On a side note, at least one arm of the executive branch doesn't like the CBDTPA... maybe that'll mean a veto if it gets to the Prez.
"Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives" should be a convenience store, not a government agency.
You don't understand just how far this government goes. It goes all the way to the president!
This is perhaps *the* most boring and lame post I have read on Slashdot.
And that is saying alot, because Slashdot is *REALLY* sucking lately.
James Rogan is the Under Secretary of Commerce.
A whore gets money for doing their master's bidding.
A slut does stuff without monetary compensation.
I propose his title be changed to Slutty UnderSecretary of Commerce or 'SUC' (ok, I'm reaching here) for short.
Seeing as he is also the Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office, I'd also suggest his title to be extended to 'SUC US PTO'.
What we need to do is capitilize on this opportunity and expose the radical enemies of the public for the political radicals that they are. In addition, the MPAA is showing us exactly how to take the steps necessary to defend our fourth amemndment rights under the US Constitution in regard to digital media and privately owned digital devices.
NY Fairuse is willing, with the help of it's sister organization, NYLXS, and with broad co-operation, it begin in Manhattan in May to gather together a broad coalition of IT Industry members, Librarians, Educators, Free Software Advocates, musicians, artisits, actors, and Internet Information Providers the Digital Property Protection Discussion Group.
The purpose of forming this group is to draft and pass legislation which protects individuals 4th amendment rights with regard to their digital devices and media.
The legislation to be drafted will accomplsih the following main stream objectives which all reasonable people can expect:
All copyrights to individual scores, writings, and recordings will be returned to the original artist after a period of 10 years.
No technology can be deployed which spies on, wiretaps or descloses privately owned information which is stored on digital devices by any government agency or private 3rd party without the issuance of a publically pronounced annd disclosed warrant l limited to a specific criminal investigation.
All copyright cases must prove, prior to a judgement of guilt, proof that the actions in question did not infringe on Fair Use, and the individuals rights under the 4th and 1st ammendment of the Bill of rights US Constition.
Ownership of all physical media and devices to read such media, is the sole property of the purchaser of the media, without an expressely negotiated and signed contract between both the copyright holder and the purchaser.
No technological software or hardware method can be deployed in a digital product available for normal retail sale which inhibits in any way the full enjoyment of the property by the purchasers, regardless of any agreement between the designer of the hardware or software products. Such agreements are null, and not contractable.
Copyright is an exception to Fair Use as it limited the ability for individuals to enjoy their private property and express themselves with the use of such copyrighted materials. Fair Use is a doctrin to be based on the 4th and 1st amendments of the Constitutions.
Individuals have the right to express themselves to others about the means, mechanism and workings of all digital devices, including but not limited to discussion on how to make fair use of media, how to improve such devices, or to reverse engineer all such devices and the allgorithims which are used to help them display, copy or run media.
We need to get as many big guns on this as possible and then relentlessly campaign, actively working to elect supporters and unelect opposition. In fact, we should look to defeat, not just the proposed spyware legistlation, but also defeat Senator Hollings
WE CAN force him from office, because he's a radical.
Ruben
http://www.mrbrklyn.com/amsterdam.html http://www.brooklyn-living.com
hhmmm, 2048, multiple of 8... as in bits in a byte. Consipiracy or coincidence?
What the really want is MORE money, lots more...." William S Burroughs.
I think the use of that word shows more bias than any statements this guy possibly could have made.
"Before Congress rushes into the imposition of a legislative solution," Rogan said, "I hope its members will grant more time for the free market to find its own middle ground."
Thank the gods for that. Its about time somebody stands up and says "Hold on a second, lets give business the chance to make their own decisions,
before we step in and legislate for them." I hope that more of this sort of thing happens in the future. I sincerely hope that those in congress decide
to heed Mr.Rogan's words, and their voing reflects it.
I hate to say this, but it seems as if the USA is becoming increasingly fascist every day. It has a deified leader (as is typical of US presidents) who was not democratically elected; a legislative body that passes laws to promote and protect big corporate interests over citizens, in total disregard of the constitution; belligerent, jingoistic politics that is focussed on an outside "threat" (which was actually created by them in the first place) in order to deflect interest away from problems at home; a Department of Juctice that capitulates to illegal monopolists despite having the upper hand; law enforcement agencies that spy on and censor people; a social policy that leaves people hungry, homeless, undereducated and in poor health; and a whole lot more.
This doesn't sound any different from Nazi Germany. Oh wait... Hitler actually <i>created</i> jobs and <i>improved</i> the standard of living. I guess it's worse then.
OLPC Australia
but it seems that there are some things even whores won't do.
Just keep tacking zeroes on the end of the pricetag.....everyone has their price for everything.
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Well, fuck me in the ass with a 72" dildo!
-- Mr. American Consumer
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Commerce Secretary James Rogan claims that 'the DMCA carefully balances the interests of all stakeholders,'
Of course it carefully balances the interests of all stakeholders. Thing is, they don't see customers as stakeholders. An argument could be made that customers aren't stakeholders in this sense -- after all, they have no financial stake in whether most CBDTPA-protected works succeed or fail. Never mind the principles that are involved, it's all about money to corporations and to Congress.
a claim that marks him for a corporate whore, but it seems that there are some things even whores won't do
Like pay any attention to whether their customers care about what they're being exposed to? You could make some interesting comparisons here. The corporate whores are exposing their customers to CBDTPA; the rest of the analogy is left to the reader's imagination.
I pledge allegiance to the flag...
of the Corporate States of America...
I'd love to read this, but I'm too busy downloading pictures of strap-on anal action to care!! Wow, chicks with rubber dicks!!
STOP ME BEFORE I POST AGAIN!
Maybe he's honest. You know, an honest politician is one who, once bought, stays bought.
Remove the caps and hold to a mirror.
Man sex... or MONKEY sex!?
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Man fæces... or MONKEY fæces!?
(CmdrTaco prefers Monkey. How about you?)
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This isn't a time to rest on our laurels. Congress could still pass this thing. A simple majority wins, and Congress has passed many an unpopular act (USA Patriot anyone?) We still have to email and write letters and protest this thing and reach every single person we can.
We keep recieving good news, but that doesn't mean we should slack off... it means that we should work harder and spread our message. Advocacy works.
Take a look at:o l-intel_critique.html
http://www.eff.org/IP/SSSCA_CBDTPA/20020322_eff_a
[my comments in brackets]
Sig: What Happened To The Censorware Project (censorware.org)
a claim that marks him for a corporate whore, but it seems that there are some things even whores won't do
Allright, now listen - I hate the CBBLAH & DMCA, etc like everyone else. But, come on now, is it REALLY necassary to call them whores when posting this news to the site? ATTENTION SLASHDOT EDITORS: it doesn't make you look very professional or worthy of respect when you result to cheap tactics like this.
Leave it to people like ME to call them whores but please not on the main page. it just doesn't give us a very solid position to argue from if you result to name-calling on the main page.
Yeah, don't hate me just because you're stupid.
Hate me because I am always right and YOU are always wrong.
It's becoming very fashionable to bash Senator Hollings "brain"-child. It's was so outragous a proposal that anything less(no matter how badly it bodes for us) would seem "reasonable" by comparison.
I wouldn't fear the current legislation, I'd watch out for the seemingly more moderate bills that are sure to follow. If our beloved under-secretary of commerce (or whatever) thinks the DMCA is well-balanced, then we're sure to see more of the same in coming days.
Be on your toes and don't let down your guard.
Remember: when they want you to "comprimise" it really means they want you to give up half of what you have. All they need is a few cycles of that, and pretty soon, you have nothing.
The anti-gun crowd has been using that tact for quite a while and painting those who refuse to play the game as unreasonable. Expect the same treatment.
They'll get my Linux Distro when they pry it from my cold, dead disk drive!
Don't anthropomorphize computers, they don't like it.
Fascism is a brand of socialism. If you want to fear Fascism, go fear your nearest socialist getting any more power then they already have.
The Pres is NEVER voted in by popular vote. To become POTUS, the delegates of the Electorial College have to elected the person. Nixon could have been a soar loser to JFK, but he bowed out of it in an honorable method. No demanding recounts in Chicago which could have thrown Ill back Nixon because Nixon didn't want to look like a soar loser. Pity Gore didn't have that type of style.
The whole issue of IE intergration is a red hearring. Dual Boot issue should have been the main charge of monopolistic practices. IMO, I really don't care if M$ walks cleanly away. I have Linux, what the hell do I need M$ for?
As far as the other charges of homeless, hunger, health, you better look at the previous administration cuz Bush hasn't changed a damn thing yet as he is continuing Clinton/Gore's policies. That's right, Clinton signed all the above into law. After 8 years of Cliton, the US has nothing to show for it, and that is real shame.
Dammy
Replace "customers" with "citizens". The DMCA is not just anti-consumer (which some could legitimately debate), but removes rights that citizens previously had (reverse engineering, study, personal use, etc.) You can infringe and be guilty, even without ever having a "customer" relationship with the sellers (you may just be curious).
"It's overkill, of course. But you can never have too much overkill." - Anonymous Slashdot Coward
Tammy woke me up and was changing my diaper before I was fully aware of my surroundings. "Wake up sleepy head." I yawned and Tammy carried me to the kitchen and put me in my highchair. Tammy fed me some oatmeal and orange juice in my baby bottle. Mom said good morning to me and gave me a hug. Dad was home from work today. He had some extra vacation time and so he took off so He could work on a few things around the house.
After I was done eating I got my backpack and walked down the street to the bus stop. When I got their I saw Laura standing their. "Hi Laura. How are you? Where is Emily?" "I'm good. I don't know where she is." "Oh here she comes." "Hi Emily." I shouted. "Hi Laura, Hi Tiffany." We talked for a while and the bus came and we got on and took our seats.
"Hey you know what Tiffany?" "What Laura?" "Halloween is this Friday. What are you going to dress up as?" I thought for a second. "Oh, I know, I will dress up as a baby. I mean I will wear my diaper and plastic pants with nothing over it, I will wear my baby clothes, and have my bib on and my pacifier around my neck. I will even put my hair up in pig tails." "Hey that sounds so cute. Maybe all three of us can be babies for Halloween." "Yeah that'd be so cool!"
When we got to school we went to our class and sat down. Our teacher took attendance and then began teaching. We went to recess and then back to class. Before lunch our teacher talked to us about something special we were going to do this week. "As you all know, Friday is Halloween. I thought it would be nice if we had a Halloween party on Friday afternoon after recess. A lot of the other classes are going to have parties too. We will dress up in our Halloween costumes the whole day and I will even read a ghost story to the class after lunch before recess, and before the Halloween party. So how does this sound to you all?" The whole class was excited and we all agreed that'd be really fun!"
Soon it was lunch. Laura, and Emily and I all three had wet diapers and so we went to the nurse's office before going to lunch. When we got there Mrs. Peters was back. "Hi Mrs. Peters, we missed you a lot. I am glad you are better." "Well thank you Tiffany. I missed you all. What is this? There is a third person to be changed?" "Um yeah, this is my Friend Laura. She was sick for a few days and her mom let her be in diapers because it was easier for her to go in her diapers than to get up and go to the potty when she wasn't feeling well. Now she likes them and her mom said she could be in diapers along with Emily and I." "Well welcome aboard Laura!" "Thanks Mrs. Peters." So why don't you three come back here and I will change you. As usual we lined up, Laura, then Emily, then me. I don't know why I was always last. Probably because I was in diapers the longest, and Emily second longest, and Laura was new at it. Sometimes we'd line up depending on who had poopy diapers and who just had wet diapers. But anyway we got changed and went to lunch.
When we got to the cafeteria there was no line. So we went right through and got our food and found an empty table in the corner. After we were eating a while some kid threw a French fry at Laura. "Hey stop that!" "No you big baby, come over here and make me." "Just ignore him Laura, he's a jerk!" Just then a french-fry hit me in the back of the head. "Ok, I've had it. You people always make fun of me and my friends just because we are different. Well no body is perfect. Everyone has differences. So stop being such a jerk!" The boy got up and pushed me down and I fell on the floor. "Oh hell no you don't!" Emily yelled as she got up and threw her roll at the boy and then came up and hit him. "ALRGIGHT! That will be enough of that. Go to the office, and NOW!"
I was crying and Emily was really mad. They sent Laura down there too and the boy that started the fight. When we were in the principals office I kept crying. "So what happened here?" Laura spoke up. "We were sitting at our table and he threw a french-fry at me. I told him to stop. Then he threw one at Tiffany. Then tiffany got upset and yelled at him and his friends. Then the boy pushed her. She fell down and started crying and then Emily got up and threw a roll at him and punched him in the face." "Ok thank you Laura. You and Tiffany may go outside and wait for Emily. I need to have a talk with her." "Yes sir." We both left. I was still sobbing.
We sat in the secretary's office and Laura held me as I was sobbing and laying my head on her shoulder. She comforted me and I started to feel better. "That boy was mean. I hope Emily doesn't get in trouble for hitting him, because he started it first." "Yeah I know."
A few minutes later Emily came out of the office. She had tears coming down her face. "Come here Emily." I said as I walked up to her and gave her a hug and held her. Laura came to the side and put her arms around both of us. "Everything will be ok. Don't cry Emily." "So what happened?" "He told me that I have to stay after school today and write an apology to that boy." "No way! He started it." I said. Emily was still crying. "Ok look, let's just go back to class. It will be ok Emily. If your mommy asks what happened, we will tell her. Ok?" I hugged Emily and we both walked to class. By this time lunch was over.
At afternoon recess Emily was still mad. "Hey Emily, you know what?" "What Tiffany?" "You need to forgive him for getting you into trouble. Because that's what I learned in Sunday school. Jesus wants us to forgive our enemies and to do good to those that hurt us. I have forgiven him for being mean to me, and now you should let it go to. It will make you feel better, I promise." "Yeah, maybe you're right, but I'm still mad though." "I know, it's not easy, but you can do it." I gave her a hug. When we were on our way back to class Emily came over to him and said that she forgave him. "I didn't apologize you dork, go away." He said. "Well either way, I am not gonna get upset over someone like you. But just leave me and my friends alone. We don't bother you, so don't bother us ok?" "Yeah I guess so. Ok fine." "Thank you." "Yeah whatever."
"Well that didn't' really go as well as I hoped but at least I forgave him and it's not my problem anymore." "Yep, see, I told you." "Thanks Tiffany, for everything." "Aww, you are welcome." We finished our class work and went home. Emily stayed and went to the office. As Laura and I boarded the bus we both realized that our diapers were pretty soaked but it was to late to go for a change or we'd miss the bus.
So we sat down and as the bus started going, so did we! We both wet our diapers more and they felt so squishy. We kept checking our bottom's to see if it leaked. Laura was a little bit wet on her tushie. I told her I'd walk behind her when we got off the bus so no one could see. Finally we got off.
We walked to my house and Laura wet again and this time her diaper leaked and she got soaked. I did the same. Now we both stood there on the side of the road with soaked diapers and wet pants. We both said by and hurried home before anyone noticed us.
I came in the door and mom was on the couch. "My goodness, what happened to you?" "I peed my diaper so much that it leaked." "Well I see that. Why didn't you go to the nurses office and get changed?" "We had just got on the bus and it was to late to go back. Laura leaked too." "Oh my. Well come on then let's go get you changed into a dry dipee." "Otay mommy." "So how was your day?" "it was ok accept for lunch time. Some kid started a fight with us and Emily punched him in the mouth and had to stay after school. He deserved it too because he threw food at Laura and I. He pushed me and I fell on the floor too mommy." "Oh my goodness, what a terrible day, you poor baby. Come here let mommy cuddle with you and make it all better ok?" "Otay mommy, me like that.
I cuddled in her arms and she held me and rocked me to sleep and put me in my crib for a nice nap. Tammy came in and woke me before dinner. "Hey I heard about your day. I'm sorry you got picked on. How's Emily?" "I guess she's ok. She was mad at him and hit him. But I told her to forgive him like Jesus taught us to in the Bible." "Well good. I am glad. She needs a friend like you. I am glad you didn't hit him when he pushed you. That really made me proud, and also God too." "Aww thanks Tam Tam. I love you." "OH baby, I love you too." She gave me a kiss and a hug and then took me out to the living room and sat on the couch with me and waited for dinner to be ready.
Mom called us a few minutes later. Tammy put me in my highchair and we ate. It was so yummy! After a while I began to squirm around in my highchair. "I bet I know what you're doing." Tammy said while feeding me my peaches. I blushed and looked down at the tray. "Oh honey, are you gonna make poo in your diaper at the dinner table?" "Yes mommy." I leaned back and pushed on my tray with my hands and made faces as I pushed and finally loaded my diaper. "You're gonna have to sit in that messy diaper until after dinner because I'm not changing that or I'll lose my appetite." Tammy said. "Oh yucky, but ok I don't really mind. Sometimes me like to sit in it for a lil bit but not too long though ok?" "We'll be done soon honey." Mom said.
We had desert and then Tammy got me out of the highchair and took me to my room and took off the yucky diaper and wiped me and then carried me into the bathroom and sat me on the floor while she drew my bath water. Once it was just right I hopped in the tub. "Now there will be no splashing me this time you hear me?" I grinned at her. She gave me my bath and then dried me off and diapered me. She put me in my jammies and then went to finish some of her homework.
I called Emily to see how she was doing. Her mom answered and I explained everything that happened. Her mom was sort of upset with Emily but I told her that Emily defended me because that boy was pushing me and I fell on the floor." "Well I can understand that. I am not really mad, I just don't like to see Emily get into trouble." "I know." "Well anyway here is Emily, you can talk to her. She is doing ok now, but she was upset that she had to stay after school today." Her mom thanked me for talking to her and then handed the phone to Emily.
Emily and I talked and then mom told me I needed to get ready for bed. Tammy stopped working on her work for a while and got my teeth brushed and made sure I was dry and ready for bed. I told her that I needed a hug. She held me and rocked me a while and hummed softly to me and then put me in my crib. I fell right to sleep.
The next day went by very slowly because we were anticipating Halloween and the party at school and also the party that I was going to after school. Emily and Laura were excited too. After school that day we all met at my house and with my mom's help we got our costumes ready for school and for the party tomorrow. We ordered pizza and watched a movie too. When it got dark my mom piled us all in the car and took Laura and Emily to their houses. They each had their costume in a paper bag so they could get ready the next morning.
After dropping them off, we got home. Tammy gave me a bath and got me ready for bed. "You're going to have to get up a little earlier tomorrow so we can get you in your costume." I smiled and I could hardly wait. After Tammy tucked me in I couldn't fall asleep. She read me 2 stories and hummed to me. "Well I see you won't go to sleep so why don't you just come over to my room and lay in bed with me and watch TV for a little while. Then we can just fall asleep and I'll wake you up when I get up. That way you can get ready for your big day ok?"
So off we went to Tammy's room. I watched TV and fell asleep by 10 o'clock. The next morning I woke up and Tammy changed my diaper and mom came in to the room and they both got my costume on me. Then I had breakfast. Tammy left for school and I left early too. I went to Laura's house and she was ready early so we both went to Emily's house. We waited for her for a couple minutes while her mom was getting her costume on. "You girls will be the cutest in the whole school today." We smiled and thanked her.
Five minutes later we left and went to the bus stop. When the bus pulled up and we boarded, the kids laughed at us. "Wow Is this the pre-school stop or the elementary?" the bus driver said jokingly. We smiled. We took our seats. A lot of kids had costumes. Some were princesses, some were animals and different cartoon characters and so on. A lot of the girls commented on how cute we looked when we dressed as babies.
We got off the buss and as we were walking to our class many teachers and students gave us compliments on our outfits. Some kids made fun of us but it was Halloween so we got away with this. "Don't you wish we could dress like this all the time Tiffany?" "Yeah Laura, this is great!" Emily smiled and agreed with us. As class started the teacher was looking at all of us in our various costumes. "Wow you three girls really look cute!" our teacher said to us.
We had classes as normal, then recess and more classes then lunch time. Of course as usual we went to get our diapers changed. Laura did number two in her diaper as I was on the changing table and Emily was already changed and standing there. "Um Laura? You're going poo aren't you?" She blushed. Mrs. Peters overheard her and said, "Oh my goodness, I better get some more wipies for those poopoo dipees." We all giggled. Finally, we were all changed and went to lunch and ate.
After lunch our teacher read us some ghost stories and stuff. It was pretty neat. We even had the lights turned off and had some pumpkins lighting up the room. Later we went to recess and when we came back in the room was rearranged and we had all our desks put into a long table with a table cloth and candles and decorations. The teacher and some other people from the office got all the rooms ready for their different Halloween parties.
We all sat down and they gave us some candy and some cupcakes and we even had some prizes for different games we played. We had lots of punch and I wet my diaper several times as did Emily and Laura. The bell rang and we left and went to our bus. Again we forgot to go get changed and it was to late. This time we all three leaked even while on the bus. And since we were just in diapers and rubber pants you could see the yellow area where our pee was in the bottom of the diaper. As we got off the bus a lot of kids were like "Eww, your diapers are soaked and leaking!" We even had wet areas on our seat. We giggled and tinkled our diapers some more. By the time we got home, pee was running down our legs. We stopped at my house and my mom saw us. "OH my gosh! You girls are soaking dripping wet in your diapers! Come in here and Ill change you." She had us all three lay down at the entrance because it was tile and she didn't want us to leak on the carpet. It was cold laying on the tile. Tammy came over to us and took off our diapers and mom came back out with more and they diapered us again. "Wow you girls need to make sure you stop at the nurse's office before you come home when your diapers are already wet." "Yeah we will mom." "Thanks for changing us." Laura said. "Yeah thanks." Emily said. Emily and Laura left and I took a nap because I was going to go to a party after dinner. I fell right to sleep.
Tammy came in and got me up from my nap. We had dinner and Tammy put me in double diapers and my pink plastic pants. This way if I wet or messied in my diaper it wouldn't be as noticeable. I even carried a diaper bag with me in addition to my other baby stuff. Emily was going the same way. Laura was also in diapers but she didn't have a diaper bag. We said we'd share ours with her.
Mom dropped us off at the party. All the parents and kids thought we were so cute. We even one prizes for our costumes being original. We had a lot of fun hanging out and playing games. Towards the end of the party we all had our diapers pretty soaked. We went into a room off to the side and were playing spin the bottle. We made up a rule that if the bottle pointed to Laura, Emily or me, that that person would have to change our diaper, and then give us a kiss. It was so funny because this one boy that gave us a hard time the other day had to change Emily's soaking wet diaper. We all laughed at him and he was embarrassed. "I bet he'll never mess with us again." I whispered in Laura's ear. She nodded.
Finally we all went home. Emily's mom came to pick us all up and we went to get some ice cream and then went home. I had lots of candy and prizes from today. Tammy tucked me in for bed. I was so tired I didn't even want a bath. Since I was in double diapers I talked Tammy into letting me stay in my soaking wet diapers over night so I could enjoy them more.
She finally got me to go to sleep which was amazing because of all the sugar in my system. I woke back up in the middle of the night and had to go poo really bad. I held it a while and then totally messy din my diapers. I was tinkling a lot too from all the soda and punch I had the day before. My inner diaper was totally soaked through and my second diaper was beginning to swell up to. I felt the huge thick bulge of the diapers between my legs. Not to mention having my whole bottom loaded with mushy poo and soaked with my warm pee trapped in those thick diapers. For the first time that night I felt some sensations in my diapers that I never had felt before. My body was shaking. I moved my legs apart and then together. I finally went back to sleep.
By the time I woke up Saturday morning I couldn't even close my legs because the diapers were swelled up. I had poo all up my back and it came out of the diaper and onto my jammies. I felt all itchy and yucky. I smelted so terrible too. "Mommy! Help me! I got really gross diapers!"
Shortly after that mom came in. "Oh my, does it smell in here! YUCK! Honey you really loaded your diaper didn't you?" I was blushing. "What are you still doing in your diapers from last night?" "I wanted to keep both of them on." "They were already wet though before you went to bed." "I know but I liked it mommy and I wanted them to get thick and soaked over night."
She picked me up and saw that I had poop all over my back and my shirt and in the crib. "Oh my! Tammy!!!! Tammy!!! Come in here I need help. Your sister has a horrible mess in her diapers and in her crib!" Tammy came in the room and smelled the smell like mom did. "Eww! Tiffy, you are yucky. "You get the bedding off of her crib and I'm gonna take her outside and take off the diaper and take the hose all over her and then I will come in and you can bathe her while I treat these sheets to get the stains out." "Ok mom." Tammy was half asleep still but she went ahead and did as mom asked her to.
Mom held me away from her as she carried me to the back door. We went out behind the porch. She took the hose out. "Ok Tiffany, I want you to turn around as I soak you down and get you cleaned up. She turned the hose on and wet my shirt and put the hose down the front of my diaper. "mommy this is cold!" "I know honey, I'm sorry, but you are so messy."
Then mom sat the hose down and pulled off my shirt. Then she slid off my jammies and my rubber pants. She took the hose and squirted them off. "Ok honey now I want you to squat down over here in the flower bed." She then unpinned my loaded diapers and they fell to the ground. She sprayed my hiney with the hose. It felt weird being naked in the backyard getting sprayed with the hose. "Ok now lay down on your tummy on the grass honey." I laid down she took the hose all over from my back down to my legs making sure she washed away all the yucky poo. "Ok now turn over on your back and spread your legs. This is gonna feel weird but it'll get you clean." "Ok mommy." I rolled over and she took the hose and sprayed from my chest down to my tummy and then between my legs. I giggled because it tickled me a lot and I started to squirm around. "You're ticklish there aren't you honey?" mom said teasingly.
She had me stand up and she gave me a good soaking from head to toe. Tammy came out with a towel and dried me and wrapped me up and carried me inside to get re-diapered. Tammy then put new sheets on the crib while mom prepared to wash the messy ones. Tammy fed me breakfast and we watched cartoons together. "Honey, I think that was the yuckiest diaper you've ever had." I blushed. "Yeah it was. I sowwy." "It's ok. Not your fault. I mean when you gotta go, you gotta go. Right?" "Yeppers."
Tammy put me down for a nap. I slept great. She came in and changed my diaper. "Did you sleep well baby?" "Yes I did." "Very good. Well it's din din time." "Otay Tam Tam." We Sat down at the table and I was in my highchair. We had a yummy dinner and desert was yummy too.
After dinner I went to Emily's house. I talked to her about my day and she talked to me about hers also. I went home later and Tammy got me ready for bed. She tucked me in and we talked for a little bit. "Well you'd better get some sleep. We have church tomorrow." "Ok. Goodie. "Ok sweetie, now go to sleep." She gave me a kiss and left the room.
You RAGING moron. Fascism has no relation whatsoever to socialism. Missed out on PoliSci 101, did you?
Do please go kill yourself and do the world a favor.
Oh, I see, anyone who doesn't agree with you is a whore. That's a great way to win over people's minds. yup.
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
I came, I conquered, I coredumped
The comic strip User Friendly has a great strip today about the DMCA..
:-P
Spoiler: It is 'violate the DMCA' sung to the theme song of YMCA...(Muh haw-hahaha)
Poop!
STOP ME BEFORE I POST AGAIN!
Good lord, no wonder Ralph JewHater Nader reads slashdot so much. With a wife like this, who can't blame him! Everyday, i'm sure it feels like: HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM...
Goodnight!
It has to be. Hollywood and RIAA flunkys end up
looking good to their masters, everyone else can
vote against it and claim to be watching out for
consumers.
Is this just a bit of theater for our benefit?
But not in this country when all taxes originate @ their doorstep. I'm going to log an objection simply because I believe that the investment in said legislation will cost MUCH more than any benefits gained by supposed resultant increases in security. The government is simply too far behind the curve to craft a document that might possibly have a deterring effect, and are attempting to make up for being technically illiterate via creative writing. I'm really happy to see you guys flapping your arms around, but the vast majority who get their nuts cut off by these efforts are overwhelmingly law abiding, tax paying citizens. *RING* - oh wait, satan just called and said it's a groovy idea, but can we add FTP, rcp, scp and the entire UDP protocol to the list of illegal online activities, right after ping and any response which can be interpreted as ACK? So what the hell, I resind the above comment...
Just wait till the apply it to portscans. But hey, there's a war against terror! You can be an Enron exec and squander the life savings of thousands of employees away, but I doubt that there will be more than 10 years of jail time done between the lot of them. However, a 19 year old script-kiddie gets a little full of beans and brings down a couple Exchange servers, and it's a lifetime of forced sodomy for him. Yet people still believe in the "justice" system - why the hell not, we get the best justice money can buy!
Now maybe not too polite to call the guy a whore but it's not really stretching the truth either.
This just strikes me as more of the predictable political stances we've come to expect over the last two decades or so. Let's see... a Republican president/administration voicing concern about a bill that is headed up by a Democrat.
I don't give any single politician points for standing on principle here or an iota of credibility. IMO, it's more of the standard attitude, that "it's coming from the other guys so we're suspicious of it" posturing that is so typical.
Just be thankful for now that a Democrat is the one behind this bill (gah... never thought I'd hear myself say that!) If this were a bill being pushed by a Republican, we'd be in deep shit right now.
--Rick
--Rick "If it isn't broken, take it apart and find out why."
I loaded up slashdot, and at the top it said...
This page was generated by a Squad of RIAA Goons for NoMoreNicksLeft (516230).
It's too late, they've already taken over.
If the CSEA passes, all Americans should start worrying. It would indicate our government composed of unreasonable men. Or sufficiently ignorant to be a threat to the way of life we are accustomed to living.
Maybe this will turn out to be just another strawman law, that will be knocked down to
create the appearance of moderate thinking.
This time though we should be producing 'stickers' , 't-shirts' and stuff that people can show and wear in the real world where it will get off-line people taking notice.
Any ideas for a mascot or a logo?
Jumpstart the tartan drive.
Check your history books. Your fascist example, Hitler, was democratically elected by the people of Wiemar Germany. Whether a leader was elected by a majority of the people or not has little or no bearing on whether that government or leader is considered fascist. Instead, consider the actions and the policies of that government.
As far as I'm concerned, with the exception of environmental and science issues, the current government is better than life under Clinton. Having to deal with the likes of Boxer and Feinsten in the Senate is enough - no need to give them free access to the White House!
Supposing that this legislation did pass, how the hell would you enforce it. Obviously it would push many legitimate programmers "underground" but isn't the underground big enough already?
An whats to stop someone from opening a shell account offshore and building their software on that server. Can they legally restrict telecommunications to such a server? If not maybe I should invest in off shore shell accounts for development...
I was crazy back when being crazy really meant something. (Charles Manson)
Don't threaten doing a "Alec Balwin" and move away without fighting. At the risk of sounding like a rah-rah flag-waver, this is still the best country on the planet(although there might be an intelligent civilization elsewhere in the galaxy).
Running away means you're taking yourself out of the fight (sheep-like behavior at best).
The only way to beat these idiots and corporate whores is to become very vocal and present a well-reasoned arguement against these encroachments.
If we act like immature jerks, we invalidate our own arguements and give the win to them.
Don't anthropomorphize computers, they don't like it.
/me prepares to get modded to -infinity....
:-P, and I think it
I should start by saying that I loathe the idea of the SSSCA/CBDTPA totally, since it would kill open source, and grant MS a monopoly as they
own the patent on DRM tech in computers. Well, more of a monopoly than they already have =)
But really, how bad is the DMCA (not CBDTPA)? Please correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think that the DMCA affects me personally, and
doesn't have to affect most GNU/Linux users.
It seems to me that most posters here talk of the DMCA as if it is something which is impossible to escape. Its not. No one here relies
on DVD movies, or the latest tasteless music from the record companies FOR THEIR SURVIVAL. There are alternatives. There is genuinely
free music from the 'net (mp3.com, etc), or an indie movie festival. Maybe ifilm.com. You can avoid being affected by the DMCA simply
by refusing to make use of protected content.
So, the movie studios and recording industry want the DMCA to protect their content.... Blizzard wants to protected their game server....
So what? Don't like it? Don't buy it, don't pirate it, and DON'T LISTEN TO/WATCH IT. You DO have a choice. Yes, that may mean not having
Tron 2 (when its out) or LOTR, or Warcraft 3 or whatever the latest fad is, but if you really want to take the moral high ground with
these people (media industry), simply crying "I like shiny things" wont help.
For the record, I do think changes need to be made to the DMCA to prevent future cases like the Skyralov case or the Felten case. These
are quite franly sickening; you should not be on dodgy legal ground just for doing encryption research. Some provisions need to be made
for this.
Otherwise, let them keep their stupid DMCA. =) It doesn't affect me, and it WONT AFFECT YOU IF YOU DON'T LET IT. =) The DMCA can ONLY be
applied to specific works, unlike say software patents for instance.
- MrMeanie
P.S. Personally, I use GNU/Linux almost exclusively. I am currently coding an open source program. (not affected at all) I don't have
any illegal MP3s on my system. (I like to take the moral highground and criticise the music recording industry
would be hypocritical of me to complain about their efforts to 'protect' their content if I had illegal music on my system) Despite
having a DVD drive in my computer, the only DVDs I have are cover discs from Linux format magazine. I have no DVD movies, because of
the DMCA and lack of fair use rights; to play a DVD any way I want (ie on Linux) I would have to break the law, therefore I boycott
them. I will continue to boycott any medium which disallows what is commonly called fair use. As far as I can see, I make use of NO
protected content, therefore the DMCA has NO effect.
Those negotiations are the BPDG, a consipiracy of 15-some tech and entertainment companies. They're writing a "standard" that they've asked Hollings to give the FCC the power to give the force of law to. It will be illegal to manufacture or distribute any device or software that can access digital broadcast TV if it doesn't meet the "standard."
And what will the "standard" require? Well, for starters, all tech will have to be "tamper-resistant," which means that you won't be able to tinker with the hardware and software you own. Open source will be illegal.
Those devices that are allowed will only be permitted to incorporate cables and media that limit copying. And new technologies will only be added to the list of permitted tech if Hollywood says so (the standard that the studios have proposed for evaluating new tech is "We'll know it when we see it").
Imagine it: HDTV devices and computers that interface with them will only be allowed to incorporate broken technologies that Hollywood permits. If your computer monitor doesn't include the "approved" inputs, it will be against the law for your computer to output a digital video stream to it. The manufacturer will have two choices:
We all got upset about the Hollings Bill because it would use the force of law to control how a computer could be made. The BPDG will do exactly that -- it's not a "free market middle-ground," it's Hollywood's absolute dominion over your machine.
Don't let 'em fool you -- CBDTPA is just another way of spelling BPDG, and it's a-comin' soon. The BPDG says it'll have its standard finalized by May 17, and no one's even noticing. The BPDG meetings are public (though they cost $100 to attend). There's one coming up in LA on Monday, and wouldn't it be sweet if a couple hundred of us showed up to tell 'em what we think?
If they think the DMCA is "balanced" and that CBDTPA isn't...
Actually, there IS some balance in the DMCA, at least in the text (such as it's reverse-engineer for interoperability clause), but unfortunately, in the DeCSS case, Hillary Rosen and her merry bunch of IP cartel mangates were able to get the DMCA rewritten to not include that.
The CBDTPA doesn't even have any pro-forma acknowlegement of ANY existance of "fair use". But, again, as the DMCA has been enforced so far, there has been NO balance.
Why the commerce department is concerned, is very simple. This law would put the USA at a SERIOUS disadvantage in the world IT marketplace. It would with a stroke of a pen, put the slide rule makers in charge of the computer industry.
It would make open source and free software as we know it illegal. And OSS is where much of the world's software marketshare growth has been occurring...
It's also an incredibly dumb and bad law, one which will likely be almost universally disobeyed. Joe Consumer, who may not yet have been affected by the DMCA will be totally pissed by this.
Indeed, even AFTER CBDTPA OS's and hardware comes out, it should be possible for an OS like Linux to completely bypass any such restrictions, as it is the OS, after all, that controls the hardware.
Frankly, I'm amazed that this thing is even being introduced. There is already a lot of resistance to the DMCA, that is already opposed to this law. Also, academia is starting to get involved. The DMCA has already caused:
1. A respected professor (Felten) to fear presenting an ACADEMIC PAPER.
2. A whole application (DeCSS) to be banned simply because it COULD be used to break CSS encryption for the purpose of burning DVD's without it, ignoring the fact that *EVERY* DVD player ever sold does just this, and the fact that it's purpose was to allow the creation of an open source OS DVD player...
Indeed, the introduction of DVD-R drives to the market, and the ease of copying DVD's on them pretty much destroys the circular logic used to convince "judge" Kaplan (who needed little convincing, he rather was looking for an excuse) to ban DeCSS.
3. Has resulted in LINKS to sites not liked by the IP cartel being banned. This despite there is no legal precedent, and nothing in the DMCA that specifies this. This is by far the weakest part of so-called "judge" Kaplan's ruling.
The Commerce department is more concerned with the market implications. No matter how much the US strongarms, there will be some place that doesn't have this law, and that country will have the chance to surpass ALL countrys with CBDTPA in IT, the largest growth industry in the world.
=== The price of freedom is eternal vigilance
This is highly speculative and relates to economic science, so please disregard the comment if you don't see my point. Here it is...
I think the US economy needs it's people to pay $20 for 1 or 2 songs on each almbum that they like. They need you to spent $600 on office. In fact, they need you to spend most of your money on high profit consumer goods.
Why? You that you can earn such a high income as a society. Because they can sell you 100^20 copies of office, 100^20 madonna CDs, and 100^20 CPUs without pushing the real sources much. On the other hand, real resources (food, houses, cars) can't grow much easily. They have a lower profit and really limited resources.
So you can earn $20.000 a month, but if you don't spend much of it in stupid stuff (high profit = low marginal cost) then prices of real stuff would LIKE IT OR NOT, skyrocket. And you'll find you are all poor guys like in many countries. So to be rich, you need to HAVE TO PAY $20 a CD, $600 for office, $500 for photoshop and $20 a DVD. Then that money goes back to some coporations that buy REAL resources aboard. And you can then dominate.
So my conclusion is that people in the US are better off buying CDs at $15 or $20 a piece, and paying a lot for software and anything that has huge profit margins. That dilutes the REAL spendings (low profit stuff, pushing resource limits) and allows the dolar and the US to "_expect_ this and that" from the rest of the world "or face the consecuences".
Bottom line: don't complain, it's in your best interest to pay a lot for what IS CHEAP.
unfinished: (adj.)
That the Founders weren't wise enough to end the Bill of Rights as it started:
"Congress shall make no law"...
Every law passed (and there are thousands every year), at the state, local, and federal level creates a new crime and takes away some freedom. And people wonder why we are becoming a Lawyerocracy?
With the million or so laws on the books nationwide, it's IMPOSSIBLE for even the most law abiding citizen to go though any given day, week, month, or year without breaking many...
Which is slavery. The law should be simple, and understandable by all.
We are supposed to be a Republic, based on majority rule through representatives, with civil rights protected by a Constitution. Tell me, anyone, how the DMCA or CBDTPA serves the majority interest, or isn't contrary to the Constitution?
=== The price of freedom is eternal vigilance
I don't know if i understand this well. You mean, for example, that any country could (as an example) grow it's nation per capita income in $20, provided everyone in their society buys one more CD that previusly they previously bought?
Then what matters next beign what the companies selling those CDs do with their money (taxes, pushing patent laws in other countries, etc?).
Seems like a nice point i have never seen before...
Do yourself a favor and check out a new month-old internet site called Serence. Since April 2002 they have had a free / no ads / no spyware download for your Windows desktop called Klipfolio and this thing is great. According to the site statistics 3400+ slashdotters have already downloaded the Slashdot Klip and after joining them today, I can see why. (No, I don't have any personal vested interest in this, I just think it's cool.) The Slashdot Klip stays on your desktop and downloads the XML feed from Andover/Slashdot containing current article headlines, alerting you when there is a new one. Klips from a few dozen other founding news sources with XML newsfeeds are also available in a scrolling, dockable, resizable, skinnable package. In the lower left corner of the previous link you can suggest a new klip feed to Serence you'd like to see - a great thing for you to do, the more sites that use this, the better for all of us. You can even start up your own personal Klip feed! Rack up your favorite sites in one desktop package and you are really in control...click on a headline, up comes the article, click on the site symbol, up comes the home page. Like any dot-com, Serence's success depends on market penetration and this is one idea I think deserves to be slashdotted so it has a shot at succeeding...
Offtopic? Not really, the article I'm posting under went out as a Slashdot Klip headline. And what good is maxed out karma if not to risk it in spreading the word about a cool new Slashdot feature?
The CBDTPA essentially says: The RIAA and MPAA are good entities, and are being ripped off by the Internet, that was solely created for piracy. So, the only real solution is to turn the computer in to an expensive TV, and making anything that COULD be used for piracy, but probably isn't, illegal. Sad, but thats how the bill reads to me. THe average American would probably say the same thing. But guess what? Most don't even know what the CBDTPA is. FoxNEWS, CNN, and ABC are all owned by companies that back the CBDTPA. Its not going to get reported, and when geeks like us blast this bill after it passes(God Forbid), the news will tell people that piracy is a massive problem and that this bill doesn't do anything but eliminate it. If it passes, I'm convincing all my friends and family to buy brand-new state of the art systems that will last for many years and installing all the software I can get my hands on on these PCs. They can't take away those rights, can they? Then, when the bill becomes active, I'm sitting pretty with high-tech hardware, a DVD burner, Linux and many bits of software that the CBDTPA would outlaw. Of course, it may effect OSS, but since the code is available, you can just remove the offending code. Is it even enforcable? There are thousands of programs available at Sourceforge alone. Come on, the CBDTPA would require TETRIS games to have copy protection inside. If the bill passes, stock up on software and hardware. I mean, get a 1/2 terabyte RAID 0 array. Use Sorcerer/Gentoo and make a 100% updated version of Linux. Buy hundreds of CD-Rs. Build/Buy an MP3 Player. Get Filesharing programs, and share like mad. Buy any commercial software you need/want. Move, do whatever it takes to avoid the bill. Don't buy CDs. Don't buy movies. Go to concerts, and record your music live. There is NO way I want my computer to become an expensive TV. That can't record content. Send your senators mail, telling them to vote against it, or lose their jobs. It isn't the tech industry's job to solve another industry's problem. This bill would give them full rein over OUR computers and technology. Imagine going into a store, buying a CD, going home, putting it in your PC, and your PC tells you that you can only listen to it on a $200 CBDTPA CD Player. You can't rip the songs, and burn them to custom mixes or anything. And you can't play a DVD on your computer, but they have DVD-ROM content. Go figure. FIGHT THIS BILL, SINCE IT TURNS PCS INTO EXPENSIVE TVS!
Slashdot is a waste of time. I enjoy wasting time.
And let the PEOPLE do the PEOPLE's business, which is passing laws. We need a Tammany Hall like operation
http://www.mrbrklyn.com/amsterdam.html http://www.brooklyn-living.com
This shows (again) that the political system called by Americans as Democracy is not that democratic. Where is the statement "From the people, for the people"?
The representatie system the way it is implemented today only represents big corporations and business associations, both capable of keeping expensive lobbies so the legislators can legislate as their will, not as the people needs.
The status quo are supported including for those who controls the media. Ideas like this will never become popular. Don't let them control your opinion, think for yourselves.
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I know life isn't fair, but why can't it ever be un-fair in MY favor!?
So, the CBDTPA, so ridiculous it has me wondering whether it's nothing more than a distraction from
focusing on the DMCA. I mean, it seamed as things were starting to move or focus on the validity of the DMCA and then the CBDTPA came along... and then comments like this guy made proclaiming the DMCA as 'middle ground'. ugh.
So, instead, paying attention to this comment:
In a speech last week, Rogan said that "negotiations are presently underway among hardware manufacturers and content owners to develop improved means for protecting online content," and legislators should wait for results before voting on a proposal such as the Hollings bill.
We see that the Bush administration instead wants this settled out of public view, in secret negotiations.
Yes, that would technically leave hardware manufacturers free to produce unencumbered devices, but that won't do any good when the mainstream media has copyright protections in the path of accessibility. Then it just becomes the whole deCSS case to view DVD's on unencumbered Linux all over again.
As long as so-called content providers (MPAA, et al) can get a reasonable majority of the mainstream manufacturers to go along, there will be insufficient public outcry to stop them and those who don't wish to give up their fair use liberties will be left out in the cold.
-Robert
"...a claim that marks him for a corporate whore, but it seems that there are some things even whores won't do."
Nice way to earn allies, asshole.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
Do you people not read Lawyerpoint? Rogan is working in the background to get most of CBDTPA accepted without passing CBDTPA (through voluntary standards-setting, but with that legislation hanging around in the air, how much of the tech industry's involvement is 'voluntary' and how much is 'I will participate to prevent a worse disaster')
Sex workers provide a valuable service to their clients, harming nobody else in the process. A site like Slashdot shouldn't insult them by comparing them to the scum that run corporations and the government.
(I don't normally post this kind of thing so bare with me this time...)
That's the most intelligent piece of political commentary I've ever seen on the Net. Send it to 5!
Especially: The law should be simple, and understandable by all. Is that not the truth?
If you don't like the bias here, it's simple, go somewhere else. Slashdot has always had an anti-corporate stance, so if you like being a whore, why don't you visit imacorprateshill.com instead, fatboy?
God is real unless declared integer.
Go to DC. Find yourself a Sentator. 'Nuff said.
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
From the actual text of the bill:
(3) DIGITAL MEDIA DEVICE. -- The term "digital media device" means any hardware or software that -- (A) reproduces copyrighted works in digital form; (B) converts copyrighted works in digital form into a form whereby the images and sounds are visible or audible; or (C) retrieves or accesses copyrighted works in digital form and transfers or makes available for transfer such works to hardware or software described in subparagraph (B).
Seems to me the only software that would be effected would be CD/DVD writers, media players, web/mail servers, ftp and napster like stuff, mails clients, web browsers, and possibly other stuff I'll think of once I hit the sumbit button.
The great advantage of having a reputation for being stupid: People are less suspicious of you.
Refugees exist because smart people know when to get the hell out of the way. You don't call a smart pesant a coward because they managed to get out while the rest of the village has been neatly killed and buried. You call them smart. Smart AND lucky.
Every new form of media has it's own Requirimento
Metal and Wood
It is a rare person who does not attach some sort of value or emotion to some physical object or to an event. A home becomes more than a building. A statue of the Virgin Mary, a crucifix, a flag or a song, or even a photograph can stir emotions greater than the value of the material item.
I have a piece of paper showing I served in the military until I was discharged honorably. But, oh, the memories that piece of paper conjures up. The friends, the fun times. The bad times. The times when we were bound closer to strangers than to our own families and, in frightening chaos, our lives hung by a thread. Many of our friends died far from home. Ask us about the feeling of "American soil" upon returning to the land we loved. Ask those returning soldiers about America.
Remember the old, faintly humorous band of American Legionnaires, wearing out-dated military uniforms straining at the buttons. But, God how proudly they marched. Grinning, waving to friends and families, and always, always "The Flag!" Ask them if the flag is mere cloth, I dare you.
See the elderly lady sitting in a lawn chair watching the fourth of July parade. Three flags carefully folded some forty years ago into triangles now rest in her lap - one for each lost son. Ask her if those flags are mere cloth, I dare you.
Look at the old man quietly crying, leaning against the Iwo Jiima Memorial at Arlington Cemetery. As he turns to you, smiles with some embarrassment, and says in a choked whisper, "I was there." Ask him, "Is it just metal and clay?" Ask him. I dare you.
The Wall. My God, the Wall. See the young man lightly tracing the name of his father there inscribed. Ask him if its just rock. Ask him. I dare you.
My guns? They're of little real value compared to my family and my home. They are toys, or tools, or both. But what those guns represent to me is greater than all of us, greater than myself, my family, indeed greater than our entire generation. What could be of such value?
The freedom of man to live within civil, self-imposed limitations rather than under restrictions placed upon him by a ruler or a ruling class.
Imagine the daring, the bravery of a few men to declare they intended to create a new country, independent of the burden of their established Rulers!
Those men we call our forefathers were brilliant men. They could have maneuvered themselves into positions of influence within the structure of the times, but they did not. They struggled to free themselves from tyranny. They wrote the Declaration of Independence. And they backed up their words and ideals with metal and wood.
They knew the dangers of such dreams and actions. They knew it was a frightening and dangerous venture into the unknown when they dared reach beyond their grasp for a vision - for an ideal. But they dared to dedicate themselves to achieve Liberty and Freedom for their children, and their children's children, through the generations.
Imagine the dreams and yearnings of centuries finally being reduced to the written word. The Rights of "We the People!" instead of the "Powers of the Monarchy."
Our forefathers dared to create a new government - a new form of government. And they knew that any organization has, as its first and foremost goal, its continued existence. Second only to that it strives to increase its power. It plots, it devises, it maneuvers to achieve control over its environment - over its subjects.
Our Forefathers decided to make America different from any country, anywhere, at any time in the entire history of the entire world. This country, this new nation of immigrants, would be based upon the concept that people could rule themselves better than any single person or small group of persons could rule them.
Other countries have had outstanding documents with guarantees for its citizens - but the citizens have become enslaved. How, these great men pondered, can we ensure this new government will remain subject to the will of the People?
They wanted limits upon this new government. Therefore, our forefathers wrote limitations into the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. And one of those Rights was that metal and wood, as the final power of the people, would secure this country for the future generations.
Metal and wood were the means by which we won our freedom.
Metal and wood were the means by which we kept our freedom.
Metal and wood may be the means by which we regain our freedom.
Metal and wood are the final power of the people. Take away the metal and wood and the people become powerless - they can only beg, they supplicate for favors.
We are unique in our ability to rule ourselves but we are letting it slip away. Today we compromise. We try to appease man's insatiable appetite for power by throwing him bits of our freedoms. But the insatiable appetite for power can not be appeased. The freedoms we feed him only make us weaker and him stronger.
We must conquer him and again ensure the "Blessings of Liberty" won for us by our forefathers.
We must be ready to use metal and wood again, for if we are ready, truly ready, we may be able to conquer the monster with words - for in its heart it is a coward. But if we continue to feed the monster our freedoms, we will become too weak to win, to weak even to fight, and we will become a conquered people. We will have sold ourselves and our future generations into servitude.
If words fail us, we will use metal and wood, we will regain what we have lost, we will achieve what we seek, we will guarantee the America of our forefathers for the future generations.
So you see, our guns are more than metal and wood. They are our heritage of freedom. They are the universally understood symbol that the government, no matter how big and strong it may be, answers to us! They are the tools we will use to prevent tyranny in the land of our forefathers and our children. So, ask me what my guns mean to me. Ask my children what our guns mean to them. Ask us. I dare you.
Dennis Bateman
Nice try, thanks for playing.
/., Mr. Baldwin.
I wasn't born with privledge, nor was my family wealthy. I earned my own way. In this country such things are possible and happen every day.
All that it takes is the will and to refuse to play the victim. With your defeatist attitude, you've lost before you even begin to compete. Don't think like a sheep. Be a wolf. survive. win. sheesh.
And on that note, Welcome to
Don't anthropomorphize computers, they don't like it.
Delivery boys for the DMCA as bought and paid for by the MPAA and RIAA. You think it's no coincidence that Hollywood gives about 10 times as much money to Democrats than Republicans?
And when the shit was about to hit the fan, Enron called Reich and got him to try and call off the dogs since he worked at one of the banks Enron owed a lot of $$$$ to.
That doesn't seem to be in the NYT. But then again neither does the DNC chairman's affiliation with the Global Crossing bankruptcy get much press, either.
Before you get on your high horse, you would do well to remember that it was your pal Slick Willie who signed the DMCA into law. [...] Left-wingers have never been known to let the truth get in the way of an argument, though...why do you think we had eight years of lies, quibbles, and equivocations?
... one man was even drawn and quartered for copyright violation in merry old England back in the 17th century IIRC).
For the same reason we had 12 years of lies, quibbles, and equivocations before that [Reagan-Bush Sr] (including the sale of what were likely CIA drugs on American streets, Iran-Contra, and a war in the middle-east that was either engineered or a result of amazingly incompetent diplomacy), 4 years of the same before that [Carter], Eight years of the same before that [Nixon-Ford], etc. ad nauseum, back to probably within a generation or two of the founding of the Republic.
The draconian controls Copyright Cartels enjoy under the current legal regime over our popular culture, the draconian laws being enacted to impose an unnatural economic regime (capitalism as envisioned through monopolistic intellectual property regimes) on a domain with no inherent scarcity (electronic media and, specifically the internet) that will likely make the old Soviet attempt at doing something similiar (trying to impose an unrealistic communisim on a world of natural scarcity) look postively liberal in comparison, and the unconstitutional precedence copyright is taking over freedom of speech (despite the fact that virtually every constitutional scholar will point out that Amendmensts, even the first one, always take precedence over their antecedents when they conflict, and thus freedom of speech should constitutionally trump copyright every time) are neither a democratic or republican issue, and attempts to argue this in those terms are bound to result in failure.
Both parties have colluded in passing numerous extentions to the duration of copyright since the 1970s, legislatively robbing the public domain of its constitutionally guaranteed material.
Both parties passed the Sony Bono copyright extention act, which retroactively and unconstitutionally removed material from the public domain.
Both parties passed the DMCA, criminalizing copyright violation for the first time in American history (though not for the first time in western history
Both parties have been in bed with the Moghuls of Old Guard Media, be they recording companies, Hollywood Studios, or television networks stealing billions in public airways for a pittance.
Both parties have blatently accepted legalized bribes and allowed their respective interests to purchase legislation in flagrant contradiction to the public interest, and with open scorn for the same.
In short, politicians in both parties have earned the moniker of "whore" quite publicly, and the only real criticism of the term that is warrented is the lack of the adjective "cheap." How else can one describe selling out one's multi-trillion dollar nation, and multi-billion dollar growth industries, for a few hundred thousand in campagin donations (a total of a few tens of millions for the party, including all soft monies). These people, democrats and republicans alike, are not just whores, nor are they just "corporate" whores, they are cheap whores, who have sold every American man, woman, and child down the river for a pittance.
That all having been said, may I suggest you concentrate on fighting together to prevent further ravagement of our freedoms by both parties. The struggle for freedom of thought and expression, against the copyright and intellectual property regimes being forced down our throats by a particular, concentrated special interest, is a non-partison one, and the enemies to the same are most emphatically non-partison, for they encompass many in BOTH parties. This partisan bickering of conservatives vs. liberals misses the whole point, is divisive and hell, and quite frankly undermines your ability to act effectively in countering these attacks.
In other words, if you remain partisan and distracted from the issues you will have not only been divided, but very effectively conquered, before the battle is even joined.
The Future of Human Evolution: Autonomy
Great. Restrictions on people are OK but restrictions on non-natural entities are BAD? Please!