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E.U. Commission Suggests Permissive Copyright Rule

Posted by timothy on from the no-harm-no-foul dept.

An anonymous reader submits "ITworld.com is reporting: 'The European Commission on Thursday presented a draft directive that punishes copyright infringement for commercial purposes, but leaves the home music downloader untouched, infuriating the entertainment industry.'"

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  1. From DK, EU by MtZ · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yah00000

    Hmmm... to dl or not to dl.

  2. Why TI Calculators Suck... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...They don't have RPN!

    Find the equiv resestance of 3 resistors in parallel (4,5,6 ohms), then take the square root

    alg: sqr ( 1 / (1/4 + 1/5 + 1/6)) =

    19 keystrokes

    RPN (where # is the 1/x key):

    4 # 5 # 6 # + + # sqr

    10 keystrokes

    No wonder HP calcs rule!

    1. Re:Why TI Calculators Suck... by khuber · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      ...and if you make a mistake on the HP with keystroke 10 you probably have to reenter the entire thing.

      -Kevin

  3. The real question is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    who wants to lick on my sweaty nutsack?

  4. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please, don't give me this shit.
    Russia is beyond any sort of norm and frankly, the only reason it is considered superpower is because of their nukes.
    Without that, it slides back to the third world category.