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  1. Re:So..... on Record-Breaking Model Rocket Launch Set For April 25 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, in theory the civilian FAA should have more authority over domestic airspace in peacetime. And until a formal declaration of war is in effect, we are at "peace". The FAA decides what airspace is restricted, not the military.

  2. Re:Wow.... on Swedish Pirate Party Gains 3000 Members In 7 Hours · · Score: 1

    Alcohol, Cars...close enough...You could say the manufacturer of the car you used to drive to the liquor store is aiding and abetting illegal activity under these insane laws. It all makes me wonder if some governments aren't trying to provoke armed resistance. Let's charge the politicians with inciting a riot if it happens.

  3. Re:Obama administration on NSA Overstepped the Law On Wiretaps · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The NSA/CIA/DEA/FBI will always do what it wants. And unless you have clearance, you will know nothing about it. The things you learn about now have been going on for decades. Nothing has/can/will be done about it, and they will continue to operate as always...in secret. Is there anybody here who actually believes we voted in a new/different government? That would be very naive.

  4. Re:Damn on Louisiana Rep. Preps State Bill Banning Human-Animal Hybrids · · Score: 1

    Hmmm ... now what makes a human being a 'person' --- I honestly don't know.

    When he's off your car insurance. And I believe that, according to the car rental industry, 25 years would be the correct answer. Pretty good guidelines to go by. So anything before that, and they're fair game. Smoked, marinated and/or seasoned as desired.

  5. Re:"On another ethical issue..." on Louisiana Rep. Preps State Bill Banning Human-Animal Hybrids · · Score: 1

    Any place that wants to force you to practice medicine against your will is no place to practice at all...

    I believe that's what I said. Don't take the job, if you find it objectionable

    ...its your license, not theirs.

    Remember that. It's a license. One issued by the authorities and that you signed. They can't tell you where to work, but they can tell you the scientific and legal principles you will work under. Can't say I always agree with that, but there it is.

  6. Re:"On another ethical issue..." on Louisiana Rep. Preps State Bill Banning Human-Animal Hybrids · · Score: 1

    :-) Ah, but now you're forcing me to keep employees who can refuse the job they were hired to do. Who's freedom do you prefer to restrain? 'Salright, now they will just have to sign a waiver as a precondition. Somebody's always gonna get stepped on. And feel free to tell me what makes "un-American" so evil.

  7. Re:Such hybrids have been made... on Louisiana Rep. Preps State Bill Banning Human-Animal Hybrids · · Score: 1

    A hybrid politician escaped from the lab. He was found to suffer frequent attacks of hoof in mouth disease.

  8. "On another ethical issue..." on Louisiana Rep. Preps State Bill Banning Human-Animal Hybrids · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...House Bill 517 that would protect from being fired or demoted people who refuse to participate in any health care practice that violates their conscience...

    Now way! You serve everybody without prejudice. If you can't/won't, then find another line of work. I don't want witch doctors in the operating room. I can go to the mountains for that.

  9. "The archbishop asked me to file it..." on Louisiana Rep. Preps State Bill Banning Human-Animal Hybrids · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ahem.. Aren't we supposed to ban government-religion hybrids?

  10. Re:What the hell on Appeals Court Says RIAA Hearing Can't Be Streamed · · Score: 1

    No sir/ma'aam, you must stop to avoid the infraction. failure to yield is another thing entirely:

    A cop stops a man for running a stop sign and the guy gives the cop a lot of grief explaining that he did stop.
    After several minutes, the cop explained to the gentleman that he didn't stop, he just slowed down a little.
    The gentleman said 'Stop or slow down, what's the difference?'.
    The cop pulled the guy out of the car and hit him with a nightstick for about a minute and then said, 'Would you like for me to stop or just slow down?'

  11. Re:No Justice in the legal system. on Appeals Court Says RIAA Hearing Can't Be Streamed · · Score: 2, Informative

    If it's music and poetry you're after, then:

    I am the very model of a modern-day solicitor,
    The type that you'd display to an enquiring Martian visitor.
    In all the courts of judicature I delight to play and sing
    And I know everything there is to know about conveyancing.
    In wills and probate I am versed, 'cos death is where the future lies,
    And everything that humans do I'll presently computerize;
    In that respect my hopes and dreams will scarcely need enlarging, for
    There'll be no limit to the items I can then be charging for.

    I rip you off and lose your deeds and spend your cash and lie to you
    And if you write in to complain I doubt if I'll reply to you.
    The simple I make complex till there's nothing clear and plain in it.
    I write you yards of gibberish, then charge you for explaining it.
    And though you sit in silence and observe your savings dwindle, you
    Still give me full discretion both to fleece you and to swindle you.
    And nervous children point at me and ask their mothers "Is it a
    Foul monster from the Black Lagoon?" "No, dear, it's a solicitor"

    But while our legal system's still a cesspit and a mockery
    And England's not a garden but a weed-infested rockery;
    And while we hold each problem must contain a germ of fault in it
    And while we seek to heal a wound by rubbing loads of salt in it;
    And while we're bound by precedents (that's cock-ups folk have made before)
    And while the courts are all for sale and there's no justice, only law,
    And while the graft and cheating in the system are implicit - ah!
    There'll always be a living for the modern-day solicitor.

    For trouble is my business; so, however things may run with you,
    You know that they'll be ten times worse when finally I'm done with you.
    Although you'd rather take your chances with the Grand Inquisitor,
    You know that you're in trouble when you go to a solicitor.

    Credit goes here

  12. Re:No Justic in the legal system. on Appeals Court Says RIAA Hearing Can't Be Streamed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't harsh my high, man. Please permit me my Shakespearean romantic fantasies.

  13. Re:What the hell on Appeals Court Says RIAA Hearing Can't Be Streamed · · Score: 1

    It's like saying the STOP sign is merely a suggestion. Don't try to get out of a ticket with that...

  14. Re:Yay, we get Soviet Show Trials now in America on Appeals Court Says RIAA Hearing Can't Be Streamed · · Score: 1

    Yes, but please don't make like it's happening just now. The more cynical, but truer description would be , just another day in paradise, or business as usual, or SNAFU. We need another gimmick to get a reaction out of the public, unfortunate as that seems.

  15. Re:Yay, we get Soviet Show Trials now in America on Appeals Court Says RIAA Hearing Can't Be Streamed · · Score: 1

    Show trial? Not even close!

  16. So what are the options? on Appeals Court Says RIAA Hearing Can't Be Streamed · · Score: 1

    Is there another court to appeal to before the next hearing?

  17. Re:No Justic in the legal system. on Appeals Court Says RIAA Hearing Can't Be Streamed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    *In this life there is no justice, only law. In the afterlife there is justice.*

    Don't remember who said it, and I probably mangled up bad enough to make it unrecognizable.

  18. Re:Another use on A Monster LED Array For Irresponsible Fun · · Score: 1

    How can somebody post a link to this?

    Years of practice

  19. Re:nuclear power on Energy Secretary Chu Endorses "Clean Coal" · · Score: 1

    If we were to expose petroleum to real market forces, you can bet it would not appear nearly as "attractive" as it does today. Help from the government don't always come in the form of cash money, though oil still receives plenty of that. So if we are to cut subsidies from the alternatives, let's be sure to do the same for crude and coal. Fair is fair, no?

  20. Re:Sigh on Zombie Macs Launch DoS Attack · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ever heard of Disinfectant?

  21. Re:In other news... on Tesla CEO Says Gov't Loan Is 99% Sure and Deserved · · Score: 1

    :-) Define "incremental"

  22. Product placement rules on Lose Your Amazon Account and Your Kindle Dies · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Amazon gets their name of the front page yet again. What is this place? Amazon/Twitter/Microsoft/Apple Dot? Why is this here if the story sounds so fishy? I mean I know why, but I see plenty of submissions that are much more newsworthy, but they aren't selling anything and offer no fiscal return. The old adage of, "No such as thing as bad publicity" certainly holds true. Just make sure to spell the name right... Why not rename "submissions" to "Place your ad here"?

  23. Re:How about those hidden linux taxes? on "Apple Tax" Report Backfires On Microsoft · · Score: 1
  24. Hmmm on Sophisticated Balloons Could Help Steer Spacecraft · · Score: 0

    Sounds familiar

  25. Re:Unfortunately I'm a Bit Skeptical on Quantum Theory May Explain Wishful Thinking · · Score: 1

    No. I'm just saying I have seen no conclusive proof.

    Well, there you go...