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  1. Re:Why is /. repeating Iran's propaganda for them? on Video Games As Propaganda · · Score: 1

    Most confessions are coerced in on way or another. The police might not be promising not to break the next finger, but they make suspects believe that they will serve more time in jail by staying quiet. Torture should obviously be illegal--admissible or not, some cops would do it fun.

  2. Re:Shorter copyright on Pirate Party Leader: Copyright Laws Ridiculous · · Score: 1

    And that difference, means it would be nearly impossible to monetize anything except physical products.

    Even at the height of the internet (now passed), book, film, and music "properties" were still making 100s of millions and billions of dollars.

  3. Re:It's time to take a historical approach... on Lawmakers Intent On Approving SOPA, PIPA · · Score: 1

    Direct internet democracy. Will have it's problems, but the age of the enlightened statesmen has long passed.

  4. Re:Not surprised... on Lawmakers Intent On Approving SOPA, PIPA · · Score: 1

    Will still probably be used as leverage to greatly restrict what is uploaded to the site. Youtube wants to keep making money too, and could end up with a few hundred vetted "channels".

  5. Re:Can't wait on Lawmakers Intent On Approving SOPA, PIPA · · Score: 1

    Google probably doesn't want to promise jobs to legislators--they have to get work done and don't want those rats underfoot. They could pay a 3rd party handle the whole dirty process, but that's not really better because former Congressmen aren't happy just drawing a paycheck--they insist on wreaking havoc.

  6. Re:There are enough people. on Mouse Sperm Cells Grown In Vitro · · Score: 1
    More people=more food

    a young healthy child, well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food

    --Dr. J. Swift

  7. Re:Positive vs Negative Rights on Vint Cerf On Human Rights: Internet Access Isn't On the List · · Score: 1

    There is no positive right to a lawyer in the Constitution. Public defenders are really mostly for the convenience of the courts, which often force them on people rather than have to deal with them defending themselves.

  8. Re:Well that's funny, cos my country just on Vint Cerf On Human Rights: Internet Access Isn't On the List · · Score: 1

    It's a clearly stated broad right. Only lawyers trying to subvert, pervert, and ignore it come up with absurd distinctions like concealed/non-concealed. Maybe it needs to be updated to exclude things like nuclear weapons, but government won't allow that because its inherent goal is to take rights away, and the best way to do that is to keep a law that it claims is anachronistic and essentially expired.

  9. Re:Fuck America ... on US Threatens Spain For Not Implementing SOPA-Like Law · · Score: 1

    Future of America: Ron Paul, 77 years old!

  10. Re:Eu is US's bitch on EU Moves To Ban Iran Crude Oil · · Score: 1

    Royals don't seem too dedicated to tourism. Install the Beckhams in Buckingham Palace and you'll get better numbers without all the "ceremonial" groveling.

  11. Re:Awesome, but.. on Instead of a Wheel Chair, How About an Exoskeleton? · · Score: 1

    You're going to die anyway: uploading your brain or teleporting could be better than the alternative. Kirk is crying pitifully for you to come and help him--how will you live with yourself if you refuse?!

  12. Re:False connection on Why Richard Stallman Was Right All Along · · Score: 4, Informative

    The war on terror is permanent. Al-Qaeda has no definite membership or identity. So anyone can be detained forever. Impossible to prove you are not linked to a largely imaginary organization even if the evidence against you wasn't classified. As for 1021e, I'm not a lawyer but it seems to protect police and federal agents from having to hand over people they've arrested to the military if they don't want to. The military already has the power to detain or kill Americans abroad, so a new law wouldn't be needed for that.

  13. Re:Geek perspective: websites on Belarus Bans Use of Foreign Websites · · Score: 0

    Obama just signed a law authorizing the military to arrest citizens. The pieces are coming together

  14. Re:Good for New Zealand! on In New Zealand, a System To Watch for Disabled Parking Violators · · Score: 1

    Fines have to be proportional. So violations for speeding or DUI would have to be approaching $100k. Which is unreasonable.

  15. Re:They only check the signals on The 'Cable Guy' Now a Network Specialist · · Score: 1

    Still deserve decent blue-collar salaries for wire installations.

  16. Re:Concerned Women for America (CWA) on EA, Nintendo, Sony Quietly Withdraw SOPA Support · · Score: 1

    Any women's organization is going to oppose pornography. The less availability of pirated porn to their husbands the more leverage their promises of sex have.

  17. Re:Whatever happened to the passport thing? on Is Twitter Aiding and Abetting Terrorism? · · Score: 0

    Dressing in slovenly and vulgar clothes, spending lots of time and money on cosmetics, fucking multitudes until psychologically damaged, breaking up families on the slightest whim is the right path? Men's tendency towards violence is controlled by a whole legal system of prohibitions; the kind of shit women stir up has to be limited too.

  18. Re:Why all the hostility against a la carte pricin on Verizon Backtracks On $2 Convenience Fee · · Score: 1

    If there were another way, they would do that in addition to the payment fee. Responsibility to the shareholders requires it. When you "economize" you steal money from them! If you want the opportunity to pay more, however, Verizon is ready to serve you. Maybe they can arrange a 10% discount if you agree to have your bill doubled?

  19. Re:Nuremburg Defense on Warrantless Wiretapping Decisions Issued By Ninth Circuit Court · · Score: 1

    "Fishing expeditions" are supposed to be illegal. You don't need to be a defendant to be a victim of a crime. When the government refuses to prosecute, citizen advocates should be recognized in that role, and the court should issue arrest warrants making federal officials subject to citizen's arrest.

  20. Re:What's the deal with VIPR? on TSA Got Everything It Wanted For Christmas · · Score: 1

    Could still try to infiltrate the flight crew, though that seems like too much work for terrorists when the US is already spending 110% of the money possible on security and annoying passengers. Maybe a pilot will wait for the copilot to take a piss and "go postal" like a white man, but it probably requires psychological stability to have those jobs.

  21. Re:The Sanctity of Life on How Doctors Die · · Score: 1

    Should start by focusing on the quality of your living. If you're posting on slashdot, I'm pretty sure you are failing...

  22. Re:Ah, America! on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 1

    "Billpay" is typically free. Though you will likely have to deal with a web interface from the 90s and the bank might have to mail a check.

  23. Re:Ah, America! on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 1

    In other words you aren't allowed to use a credit card in socialist Europe, and would report your neighbors and relatives to the secret police if they even thought about it.

  24. Re:Yea, well... on Imgur.com: Why We Dumped GoDaddy · · Score: 1

    Software piracy? What are you on about? That is certainly not what is inspiring SOPA (though I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft were involved). By supporting SOPA DoDaddy came out as a collaborationist in the destruction of the open internet. Some things you can't just take back.

  25. Re:NO. on Ask Slashdot: Is E-Learning a Viable Option? · · Score: 1

    I imagine software that activates an electric shock collar when certain metrics are not met.