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  1. Re:Who's Next? on ASCAP Starts To Act Like the RIAA · · Score: 1

    Coolio's label gave Weird Al permission, because they believed it would increase sales, as most songs Weird Al parodies enjoy. Weird Al believed he had Coolio's permission (and legally speaking, he did).

  2. Re:opinion in the summary on Jammie Thomas May Face RIAA Trial Alone · · Score: 1

    that's the part where they extract blood from a stone

  3. Re:The Internet Has Its Merits on YouTube Video Sends Guatemala Into Crisis · · Score: 1

    you are absolutely right

    everyone who stays in an abusive relationship...
    everyone who longs for their childhood days free of responsibility...
    everyone who wants to keep their head down and "just do their job"...
    everyone who feels lost and wants to find someone to tell them the meaning of life...
    everyone who would rather follow the rules then question them...

    longs for a form of dictatorship

    Roman Historian Sallust once said: 'Few people prefer liberty, most people would settle for a fair master'

  4. Re:Hmm on Ultra-Dense Deuterium Produced · · Score: 1

    you fool, obviously diamondillium would be a better choice

  5. Re:Buyout? on Microsoft Raises $3.8B in Bond Sale · · Score: 1

    1 billion to own the company, 3 billion to turn it into something worth owning

  6. Re:How much longer? on MPAA Says Teachers Should Camcord For Fair Use · · Score: 2, Insightful

    actually, in spite of their best (or worst) efforts, most people already do

  7. Re:Of course they did... on College Threatens Students Over Email Addresses · · Score: 2, Funny

    especially when it comes to lawyers

  8. Re:Excuse Me But... on Google Mows With Goats · · Score: 2, Funny

    i would too, but i wonder if a "beware of lawnmower" sign would release you of liability if kids got in it's way

  9. Re:Excuse Me But... on Google Mows With Goats · · Score: 1

    they rented the goats, so the goats would have been alive and creating the methane output anyway, the goats were not created specifically for this task

  10. Re:Let me be the first one to say it ... on Pirate Bay Trial Ends In Jail Sentences · · Score: 1

    you forgot one of the biggest reasons software makers hate piracy - 20% tried it out because they were interested in your product, but decided not to buy it because it turned out to not live up to the hype/marketing/didn't turn out to do what they wanted anyway

  11. Re:Let me be the first one to say it ... on Pirate Bay Trial Ends In Jail Sentences · · Score: 1

    same thing

  12. Re:Wow, I wish I could change to them on Swedish ISP Deletes Customer ID Info · · Score: 1

    Their data center IS "a data center in a Cold War era ex-military command nuclear fallout bunker." It's also been themed to look like an evil villain's lair. They went the extra step to make it REALLY cool, not just reusing an old military building.

  13. Re:What's next? on MP3 of RIAA Argument Available Online · · Score: 1

    hopefully as a divx

  14. Re:Have we learned nothing!? on AP Harasses Own Member Over AP Youtube Videos · · Score: 1

    But if they don't, your next step is lawsuit, or let them walk all over you. C&D's are just legal-speak for "cut the shit out or we'll take you to court." So i would say that they certainly show "intend on following it up with a lawsuit if they don't cease and desist."

  15. Re:How embarassing.. on No More D&D PDFs, Wizards of the Coast Sues 8 File Sharers · · Score: 1

    cheers chummer What the frag do they think? That setting up some black ice on their datastores after the deckers have already walked through will keep the paydata out of the hands of fixers?

  16. Re:lemme get this straight on German Police Raid Homes of Wikileaks.de Domain Owner · · Score: 1

    and those were exactly my points, sorry if i didn't make that clear

  17. Re:Been following this for awhile. on Strip-Search Case Tests Limits of 4th Amendment · · Score: 1

    I say that even you go to far down the slippery slope. I don't think that they should even have the right to "Pat them down" and only have the right to "search their bags" if is likely that they have possessions with them that possess an immediate threat to those around them, i.e. firearms or explosives. The ONLY actions they should have available are "remove them from the general student body, (and) call the police and let them do their thing."

  18. Re:Been following this for awhile. on Strip-Search Case Tests Limits of 4th Amendment · · Score: 1

    As a matter of fact, can you provide an example of when the Second Amendment provided the sort of protection you claim it does?

    the most recent one i can recall is "The Battle of Athens" McMinn County in East Tennessee was the home to a corrupt local political machine that stole elections and whose sheriff fined and beat citizens with impunity. Pretty common stuff, but with one difference: schoolteacher and US Army veteran Knox Henry decided that the freedom he had fought for in Germany should be practiced at home. Organizing veterans into the "G.I. Party" in 1946, he challenged the local Sheriff in an election, lost it due to the usual fraud, protested the results in Federal court, only to be brushed off. The G.I. Party then armed itself, attacked the county courthouse in Athens, Tennessee, deposed the Sheriff, arrested his deputies, and held a new election, with Knox Henry winning the ballot.

  19. Re:lemme get this straight on German Police Raid Homes of Wikileaks.de Domain Owner · · Score: 1

    a CLASSIFIED document is simply information that someone more powerful then you doesn't want you to see. You can be sure that they don't want you to see if for a reason, but you can't be certain that it's a good, or possibly even legal, reason. restricting publication of classified documents is a sure path to government control over what knowledge is legal to know, for any reason they choose.

  20. Re:The 3 patents on Has Microsoft's Patent War Against Linux Begun? · · Score: 1

    well, i know that NTFS was completely reverse engineered without seeing any of the original source, and does not actually use any code from microsoft, not sure if that was done for FAT32

  21. Re:Sloppy work on RIAA Drops Enforcement Case To "Sort Out" Inaccuracies · · Score: 1

    I got the *right* man. The wrong one was delivered to me as the right man, I accepted him on good faith as the right man. Was I wrong?

  22. Re:Net Neutrality on ESPN's Play To Make ISPs Pay · · Score: 1

    I don't hope it fails, i hope it succeeds. I hope it does so well that the telcos push for net neutrality to protect their profits. That would a beautiful piece of irony.

  23. Re:Who wants net neutrality NOW? on ESPN's Play To Make ISPs Pay · · Score: 1

    bump this up, maybe net neutrality will be pushed if not having it costs AT&T and others money

  24. Re:whine... on Italian Red Lights Rigged With Short Yellow Light · · Score: 0

    I agree that it's completely the driver's responsibility to respond to any changes around them, i was just pointing out that you can't even rely on brakelights. with a manual transmission, deceleration can be done very quickly without using the brake, only applying the brake for the last second or two to stop completely

  25. Re:whine... on Italian Red Lights Rigged With Short Yellow Light · · Score: 2, Interesting

    why not rely on brakelights to prevent rear end accidents? because if i need to slow down, i downshift, you don't see brakelights unless i'm slowing down REALLY fast