First, BT that the summary refers to is the name of an ISP in the UK, not bit torrent. Second, downloading 'just a tiny bit' of a file, then taking a screenshot of peers proves nothing except that the list of peers has 100% of some file who's name is similar to the name of a copyrighted work. Also, that 'tiny bit' of a file very likely does not constitute distribution of said file since, in and of itself, it is utterly useless.
Yeah, I don't need any new computers or cell phones or clothes or tv's or stereos or desks or lamps or chairs or furniture or carpeting or silverware or appliances or calculators or notebooks or pens or pencils anyway. Or anything else.
Maybe he didn't intend to have a message. Maybe he made a game that was somewhat tasteless for the hell of it. Maybe he wasn't analyzing it like some holier-than-thou English lit major.
Using sunspots as an indicator of overall climate change is the same as using weather records for the past hundred years. Can you tell me for certain that a lack of sunspot activity for 30 days is any indication of climate change? Otherwise, the mid-west flooding is just as responsible for global warming (or cooling?) as the alignment of the stars.
Previous cooking techniques may have made humans more intelligent, but anything eating a Big Mac spends too much time on the can to learn anything worthwhile.
And its always bothered me that a Wendy's Double doesn't trash the colon like a Big Mac does. I'd investigate further, but as a Subway guy I've been busy working at CERN on the LHC.
Well that first line *was* funny. But you're serious, so then so will I be. In a country based on the Rule of Law, the Law *always* applies. No one is above the law. Ever. Period.
Are you living in the United States? President Bush has broken the law on several occasions. He will never be held accountable for his crimes. So where exactly does the law apply? Ever? Period?
Wiretapping and torture alone are reason enough for him to be prosecuted, and those are just the most visible and egregious offenses. That is not an agenda, it is fact. If the law is as infallible as you think, our President should be prosecuted. If he isn't, it's political.
Do you really think the leaders of either party, or most notably the President himself, might get shafted for blowing a red light?
With enough political power, everything becomes partisan and the law doesn't apply. If Democrats tried to impeach Bush for his crimes, it is political. It shouldn't be, and legally it isn't, but it still ultimately is. He will never be impeached or even charged for his crimes and it is for one reason only: politics.
If the crime leads to the GOP leadership it automatically becomes partisan. I mean, Pelosi has publicly stated that the Democrats will not try to impeach Bush, who is unequivocally a criminal as far as the law is concerned, and that is not even counting his extra-legal Iraq invasion.
Not that I think it should be partisan, or even agree with that mindset. That's just the way American politics plays.
I get an assload of 'tormenting' phone calls every day (i.e. "courtesy calls"). They're pitching ideas that I fundamentally disagree with. If I'm so offended by this that I kill myself, are they guilty of a crime? NO! If that were the case, every billboard, television and magazine ad in the world would be guilty of murder. It's stupid and absurd.
If it is true harassment, there are already laws in place to take care of it. Otherwise, it's just political pandering and blaming society for the idiocy of the suicide-ee
If Megan Meier had killed herself based on a series of phone calls she received, would we even be debating this? And regardless, if you off yourself because someone on the internet turns out to be a liar, you're an idiot. Slashdot would be considered a mass murderer if that were the case.
If they're selling me X bandwidth, and I use X bandwidth, and I'm penalized for using X bandwidth that I've paid for, the government needs to step in and punish the ISP.
It's the same as pulling up to a drive thru window, ordering a burger, paying for the burger, then being told "oh, you've been ordering a lot of burgers, you can't have anymore."
Slashdot Mirror
UAC???
I knew Microsoft was behind all of this!!!
First, BT that the summary refers to is the name of an ISP in the UK, not bit torrent. Second, downloading 'just a tiny bit' of a file, then taking a screenshot of peers proves nothing except that the list of peers has 100% of some file who's name is similar to the name of a copyrighted work. Also, that 'tiny bit' of a file very likely does not constitute distribution of said file since, in and of itself, it is utterly useless.
Yeah, I don't need any new computers or cell phones or clothes or tv's or stereos or desks or lamps or chairs or furniture or carpeting or silverware or appliances or calculators or notebooks or pens or pencils anyway. Or anything else.
Don't use math as punishment - she will only grow up hating it and probably end up as a hairdresser.
Bullshit. She'll grow up to be a dancer.
Ever hear of murder one, murder two, murder three, manslaughter, etc?
Law takes circumstance into account. It's not as cut and dry as you make it out to be.
...protecting pornography under the federal-granted right to free speech.
Of course, it's awfully hard to speak when you've got a.... never mind.
Maybe he didn't intend to have a message. Maybe he made a game that was somewhat tasteless for the hell of it. Maybe he wasn't analyzing it like some holier-than-thou English lit major.
Seriously. I mean, 8/5000 is practically nothing.
Using sunspots as an indicator of overall climate change is the same as using weather records for the past hundred years. Can you tell me for certain that a lack of sunspot activity for 30 days is any indication of climate change? Otherwise, the mid-west flooding is just as responsible for global warming (or cooling?) as the alignment of the stars.
I knew it!!! Reiser didn't kill Nina, he killed La Nina!!!
...or something.
Why not? It's worked for the last 8 years.
Horseshit! I voted for Michael Phelps on my AT&T wireless 3G Verizon Blackberry McDonalds Southwest Style Chicken iPhone!
200+ comments and no mention of a Big Mac?
Previous cooking techniques may have made humans more intelligent, but anything eating a Big Mac spends too much time on the can to learn anything worthwhile.
And its always bothered me that a Wendy's Double doesn't trash the colon like a Big Mac does. I'd investigate further, but as a Subway guy I've been busy working at CERN on the LHC.
Well that first line *was* funny. But you're serious, so then so will I be. In a country based on the Rule of Law, the Law *always* applies. No one is above the law. Ever. Period.
Are you living in the United States? President Bush has broken the law on several occasions. He will never be held accountable for his crimes. So where exactly does the law apply? Ever? Period?
Wiretapping and torture alone are reason enough for him to be prosecuted, and those are just the most visible and egregious offenses. That is not an agenda, it is fact. If the law is as infallible as you think, our President should be prosecuted. If he isn't, it's political.
Do you really think the leaders of either party, or most notably the President himself, might get shafted for blowing a red light?
With enough political power, everything becomes partisan and the law doesn't apply. If Democrats tried to impeach Bush for his crimes, it is political. It shouldn't be, and legally it isn't, but it still ultimately is. He will never be impeached or even charged for his crimes and it is for one reason only: politics.
...bribery was involved in winning the contracts.
No, no, no. They were campaign contributions!
In Soviet Russia, Premiers are elected!
Errr...wait, what?
If the crime leads to the GOP leadership it automatically becomes partisan. I mean, Pelosi has publicly stated that the Democrats will not try to impeach Bush, who is unequivocally a criminal as far as the law is concerned, and that is not even counting his extra-legal Iraq invasion.
Not that I think it should be partisan, or even agree with that mindset. That's just the way American politics plays.
Apparently someone doesn't have a sense of humor...
So a virus is infecting a virus?
Precisely. In fact, it's the story behind my sig.
I get an assload of 'tormenting' phone calls every day (i.e. "courtesy calls"). They're pitching ideas that I fundamentally disagree with. If I'm so offended by this that I kill myself, are they guilty of a crime? NO! If that were the case, every billboard, television and magazine ad in the world would be guilty of murder. It's stupid and absurd.
If it is true harassment, there are already laws in place to take care of it. Otherwise, it's just political pandering and blaming society for the idiocy of the suicide-ee
If Megan Meier had killed herself based on a series of phone calls she received, would we even be debating this? And regardless, if you off yourself because someone on the internet turns out to be a liar, you're an idiot. Slashdot would be considered a mass murderer if that were the case.
If they're selling me X bandwidth, and I use X bandwidth, and I'm penalized for using X bandwidth that I've paid for, the government needs to step in and punish the ISP.
It's the same as pulling up to a drive thru window, ordering a burger, paying for the burger, then being told "oh, you've been ordering a lot of burgers, you can't have anymore."
Would that be considered ok?