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  1. Re:Can you legally sell them on Police Busted When Tracking Device Found On Car · · Score: 1

    Upon a cursory examination of various criminal possession and/or use statutes, one will find boilerplate text at the tail end of the statute stating "The provisions of this statute shall not be construed to extend to persons duly authorized to engage in such regulated occupations (locksmiths, private investigators, etc.) or to law enforcment personnel engaged in official activity." It does seem to enshrine class distinctions on the basis of occupation.

  2. Re:Are we so much different? on New Wonder Weed to Fuel Cars? · · Score: 1

    (Wagging head) Testosterone poisoning...

  3. Re:Actually, no. on Smarter-than-Human Intelligence & The Singularity Summit · · Score: 1

    Cyber Armilus. Machine Antichrist. Al-Dajjal on Silicon.

  4. Re:I, for one... on Help Find Steve Fossett · · Score: 1

    From a state jurisdiction point of view, Nevada is as large as New Jersey. About 84 percent of the land area is some kind of Federal land, whether it be forest, Native reservation, miltary installation, or (yes I gotta say it ) Boom&Shroom (TM) test facility. The dour fact is that the USA is at war and people who fly planes in the wrong places have bad things happen to them. Did he recently or ever express opinions critical of this or any other administration?

  5. Re:Horribly Poor Design: Grease Marks on FAA Gets a Big-Screen Touch Table · · Score: 1

    Waving hands over panels to operate devices? I hope Keith Wilson is reading this post. It's more life imitating art.

  6. Re:In other news.... on G.I. Joe No Longer the Real American Hero? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Please forgive the pedantry.

    The idea of the state policing morality arises from the evangelical Christian view that God judges any nation that refuses to enforce those standards of morality as expounded by the evangelical Christian community's interpretation of the Bible. Therefore it would be possible to view that Al-Qa'ida is America's Nebuchadnetzar. This is the chain of thought. Some time in the past, a covenant was made between America and G-d similar in spirit to the one made with Israel at Mount Sinai. There are problems with this view.

    1. This covenant was made with a specific people. Techncally this covenant is contained in a document named Deuteronomy. The structure of this document is based on second millenium BCE suzerainty treaties. I am aware that some may try to weasel in America in the verses in parshat Netzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20) where it says "I make this covenant with its sanctions not with you alone, but both with those who are standing here with us today before the L-RD our G-d and with those who are not with us here this day" (TANAKH JPS 1985 Deut. 29:13-14). The context is that those yet to be born of those present were included in that covenant.

    2. It was ratified with accompanying signs and wonders. The mountain called Sinai on the eponymous peninsula is not the real Mount Sinai. The real Mount Sinai is in Arabia. The rocks atop of that mountain is charred in a manner not reproduced outside of ground level nuclear tests. No miraculous/supernatural events of the sort recorded or any other were manifested at the founding of the American republic.

    3. This sort of thinking arises from a pernicious doctrine that had infected Christendom since the early second century called supersessionism or 'replacement theology'. However, discussion of this in detail is way beyond the scope of this post.

    I do not dismiss with prejudice the character of the founders of the American republic. Neither do I the same with the fact that apart from a few problems, America has been perhaps the most noble experiment in human history. However, as with any nation, they do rise and fall. What could happen to America would be more of the 'Sin of Sodom' scenario (Ezekiel 16:49-50). This is an attitude of arrogance and haughtyness and that the poor deserve to die and to assist such would be a crime, all in the name of prosperity-- socioeconomic darwinism. That is a more immanent danger. How big should government be to protect us from enemies, foreign, domestic, and Divine?

    As for the G.I. Joe issue, all that Hollywood is doing is showing their true colors. What they do not realize is that the only reason why they have what they have is because the stereotypcal armed forces member: european, african, latino with smaller percentages from elsewhere. Again it raises the spectre (I have spoken on this before on /.) that when one accumulates a threshold of wealth and power, that wealth and power become their nationality. For these, a passport is a mere identity document for which one shops to obtain the best bargain (lowest income taxes).

    5H4L0M

  7. Re:Sun really supports FOSS,,, on Sun CEO Says NetApp Lied in Fear of Open Source · · Score: -1, Troll
  8. Re:That 60s reassurance, "we can always unplug the on Storm Worm More Powerful Than Top Supercomputers · · Score: 1

    That angst gave the late Irwin Allen to give us the Forbin Project. Break out with the COPD (tm) brand Microwave Popcorn!

    Criminals? In a good chunk of the world that could mean anyone with a beef against his/her government or merely being different. Imagine using a botnet to undo tyrants of the world. How about using a botnet to trash the Gr8 F-wall of +86? How about using it to spy on and/or overload the NSA? No, it's all about the fscking money. "I don't care if the brownshirts are marching down my street. As long as I worship the almighty CurrencyMark, the brownshirts will leave me alone." That may be true until a new "enemy" needs to be found.

    f000:fff0 jmp absolute [dvarim_6.4] ; reset vector for the Jewish mind and gentile minds running Apostolic Virtual Machine

  9. Re:It's not hopeless on Copyright Alliance Says Fair Use Not a Consumer Right · · Score: 1

    Whenever that "bully screen" appears upon playing content especially when people are present, I make the statement aloud so all may hear and understand:

    "Only If a Jury Says So!"

    Make a label of the above statement and affix it to the bottom side of one's screen.Jury nullification works. Why? It's because people have been jailed for using it.

    Want justice? Apply AMT rules to royalty income! No representation without taxation.

  10. Re:Now for Congress on Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act · · Score: 1

    COMFORT is defined as possession of the following: cushy jobs, single family homes, SUVs, entertainment systems, 401Ks, vacations, wife, kids, social status, etc. Such are the reasons why law enforcement personnel make Jury Pool Contamination Statements in media events and why jurors have the mentality of "if he/she is here, he/she is guilty". When people have things to lose, they behave. This is how freedom has been subverted.

    Hub: "Honey, where did you put the tritium bottle?"
    Wife: "It's in the kitchen below the sink with the dish detergent..."

  11. Re:Once again, the Patent Question to ask is... on NetApp Hits Sun With Patent Infringement Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Keep the current patent system. What needs to change is to apply the alternative minimum tax system to IP derived income. They must not be allowed to have it both ways. They must not be allowed to claim 'state of society' for the proection of their intellectual property (DMCA,WIPO,etc.) and simultaneously claim 'state of nature' for the fruits thereof (incorporating in Ireland for tax-free royalties). Property should only be as private as the tax payments thereof are current.

    The tragedy is not that the achievers think that they are better than the rest of humanity. It is the fact that the same laws that protect humans protect them too. Therein lies the tragedy.

    To the extent that individuals benefit from the oligarchy (income and/or investments) they become part of the oligarchy (stake in the system). Therefore, the likelihood of such a position to be considered as a troll is directly proportional to the percentage of users having a stake in the system.

    Yes, Virginia, you have answered your own question.

  12. Re:Doctrine of First Sale? on Green Cars You Can't Buy · · Score: 1

    There may be some language on the title and/or MSO (manufacturer's statement of origin) prohibiting sale of such vehicles outside of California.

  13. Re:Yes... on California Blocks RFID Implants In Workers · · Score: 1

    That is why the CIA exists in the first plac~|&*\
    NO CARRIER

  14. Re:I smell something... on Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License · · Score: 1

    As with anything upon which one may place a signature (which is the nexus), never forget those two very important words, "WITHOUT PREJUDICE". It makes it worlds easier to challenge such a policy in court.

    IMNBAL, however liberty is not to be regarded lightly; it is the (alleged) reason why people come to America.

  15. Re:Yes... on California Blocks RFID Implants In Workers · · Score: 1

    California v. Antichrist? Who do they think they are that they can stop prophecy from fulfillment? Watch for the veto/subversion/repeal/judicial review/federal supersession of this law. Schwarzenegger would make one hell of an Antichrist. His film career strongly suggest that sort of role.

    The inane thought is that if Antichrist can't do what he has predicted to do, that means Yeshua can't return and set up the Global Messianic Police State (TM) and so they can have more time to be the tyrants themselves.

  16. Re:Because we all know on Why Are So Many Nerds Libertarians? · · Score: 1

    Any work of literature that can be viewed as a handbook for tyranny MUST be viewed as a handbook for tyranny unless and until it is clearly proven otherwise.

  17. Is this the new 09 F9 11 02...? on Virtual Earth Exposes Nuclear Sub's Secret · · Score: 1

    I can see it now... tee shirts, album covers, beach towels, baby bibs, transit bus banners, etc.

    No, no, no, not that, not that, not that...Yes, THAT!

    All your props are belong to us (Everybody groans).

  18. Re:Sounds a bit too smooth on FBI's Unknown Eavesdropping Network · · Score: 1

    When it comes to making people's lives miserable, the government is ALWAYS capable. There will always be shortages of everything else but prison space.

  19. Re:at least 20 years old on 'Flying Saucers' to Go On Sale Soon · · Score: 1

    Eventually the dour legal stuff would have to show up. If it rolls, driver's license. If it flies, pilot's license. I can't wait until there is the need for a breathing license. Oh $#!+ , I just gave Al Gore an idea! GVDL!

  20. Re:The War on Monotheism^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HTerror on 'Flying Saucers' to Go On Sale Soon · · Score: 1

    Flying car w/ dirty bomb + anti-aircraft gun = doing the terrorists's job for them.

    That's real bright.

  21. Flying Saucers+swarthy_young_males=9/11_repeat on 'Flying Saucers' to Go On Sale Soon · · Score: 1

    These will not be sold on the North American Continent for obvious reasons. The USA will pressure Canada, Mexico, and the mesoamerican republics to prohibit sale, possession and operation of such vehicles. Petroleum refineries and chemical storage facilities would be the first target for this sort of thing.

  22. Re:Check on an airplane? on Student and Professor Build Budget Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    I am surprised that no one has raised the spectre of regulating how much computing power that the general public should be allowed to have. Imagine going to a computer show and having to submit to an instant background check before buying a flagship gaming system or components that can be assembled to give the NSA/CIA/FBI/MI?/CSIS/ASIS/FSB, etc a real hard time. I remember back in the 1990's the call to require U.S. citizenship to legally possess or have access to a computer that can operate over a set speed.

  23. Re:Don't know what to say on DOJ Still Looks To Have Suit Against Verizon Tossed · · Score: 1

    Yoshi Ben Yossi! They have been working on that since 1934, but there are alternatives.

  24. Re:CCTV on Thieves Hacking Security Cameras? · · Score: 1

    Ethnic lightning, anyone?

  25. Re:LITIGATE! on Viacom Says User Infringed His Own Copyright · · Score: 1

    This sort of legal schizophrenia is going to play right into the hands of the patriot (i.e. something happened to USA law in the 1930's) movement. What theory of law will it be now? Is intellectual property self incorporating? There is a legal Frankenstein monster on the loose and we know who is benefitting therefrom. Anyone for applied Shakespeare?