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RIAA, MPAA Instigate U.S. Naval Academy Raid

Posted by timothy on from the and-thank-you-for-your-service dept.

LaikaVirgin writes "After receiving a letter from 'four entertainment-based lobbying associations', the U.S. Naval Academy has seized nearly 100 midshipmen's computers that allegedly had pirated media. It's good to see that the armed forces know who's really in charge."

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  1. Re:How? by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 0, Troll

    the same how the FBI can take your computer from you if there is significant evidence that you are comitting a crime with it....SEARCH WARENTS

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  2. Well by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Soon as I saw the story on the front page I knew what awaited inside. Hundreds of posts from zitty geeks trying to be punker-than-thou by coming up with ever-more-obscure namedropping to make up for their lack of real style (or to pretend that they are actually old enough to have been involved). Drop the pretension kiddos. We all know that your Blink 182 CD is older than your copy of Bollocks.

    I love how a whole new level of conformity has been created by the average bozo's efforts at individuality. It might almost work if your personal definition of individuality didn't depend so heavily on how you present yourself to others. I mean, what's the sense of being into bullshit like [insert pseudo-non-mainstream hobby here] if you can't talk about it to make yourself superior to your peers?

    Kinda sounds like the Linux crowd, huh? "I'm so ALTERNATIVE by patching my kernel every day while you brainwashed Windows sheep meander in unenlightened tedium." Funny to think that if you had back all the time you spent tweaking and patching (for no good reason other than to say you have the latest version), you wouldn't know what to do with the workstation on your desk.

    *sigh*

    excuse the rant. caffiene has yet to be digested.

  3. But if they weed out *all* the morons by myowntrueself · · Score: 1, Troll

    Who will be left to defend us?????
    It takes more than a few good men to man an aircraft carrier!

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  4. Re:Sad news ... Stephen King dead at 55 by jacquesm · · Score: 0, Troll

    just an idea, I know that we have the moderation system and all that but how about a simple text based filter that we can apply from our preferences to filter out trolls.

    I still browse at -1 because every now and then I find something worth reading that has been modded to pieces because moderation failed.

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