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  1. Hey! Is Obama's name in there? on BP Loses Laptop With Oil-Spill Claimants' Personal Info · · Score: 1

    We can find out if he's American or not. He did file a claim, didn't he?

  2. Eh, just another 'leak' of sorts on BP Loses Laptop With Oil-Spill Claimants' Personal Info · · Score: 1

    BP can't contain anything.. except payouts to its victims...

  3. Re:Sure, but the American military has to agree fi on Censorware Vendors Can Stop Mid-East Dealings · · Score: 1

    I cited sections 3 and 9...

    ...It can be one like "vessels used to carry goods must be certified to enter Bahrain docks" (as one example used). Israeli vessels, specifically, don't meet that requirement, so that's an indirect boycott request.

    It doesn't have to be any of that... As I illustrated previously...

    Every person that engages in any export business is covered by the law. The state department dictates how you will do business overseas. One of those dictates is that you cannot refuse to do business with Israel, period. It does not say anything about price. However, if you were caught charging higher prices (which could be construed as 'refusing' business) to Israel, watch out. If such a thing is merely implied, as stated in section 3 and 9, you're can get in a heap of trouble. It's spelled out in black and white. The conditions for considering what a boycott with Israel are intentionally vague.

    More FUD on your part.

    You're astroturffing. Please stop. You shouldn't take that route.. Don't pretend you don't know what's behind this kind of crap...

  4. Re:Sure, but the American military has to agree fi on Censorware Vendors Can Stop Mid-East Dealings · · Score: 1

    Don't be absurd. Nothing about says you have give anything away. Anyway, I thought you read the thing. There are other sections* of the statue that I didn't post, that validate even more my original premise. And... it's not just companies. Read the definitions, specifically "person".

    The 'examples'..."They are illustrative, not comprehensive." nuff said there

    Regardless of what section 10 says, it just means enforcement will not be equitable and politically motivated. In other words, they can just make shit up to put you out of business and in jail if they feel like it. It will be abused just like RICO. It is a law for the specific benefit of one country that is not the United States, or maybe it is now and nobody told us..

    *(9) Agreements under this section may be either express or implied by a course or pattern of conduct. There need not be a direct request from a boycotting country for action by a United States person to have been taken pursuant to an agreement with or requirement of a boycotting country.

  5. Re:Net even a shred of conscience on RIAA Lobbyist Becomes Federal Judge, Rules On File-Sharing Cases · · Score: 1

    Somebody came by with a pair of tweezers..

  6. Re:Sure, but the American military has to agree fi on Censorware Vendors Can Stop Mid-East Dealings · · Score: 1

    Oh come now. You should know how they do it

    15 C.F.R. 760.2 Prohibitions
    (a) Refusals to do business
    (3) Refusals to do business which are prohibited by this section include not only specific refusals, but also refusals implied by a course or pattern of conduct. There need not be a specific offer and refusal to constitute a refusal to do business...
    emphasis mine

    Pretty slick, huh?

    You think these people don't have it all covered? When does the charade end?

  7. Re:Sure, but the American military has to agree fi on Censorware Vendors Can Stop Mid-East Dealings · · Score: 2

    An offer from Israel is an offer no company can refuse. It is illegal to say no. Howdya like that??

  8. Re:So it's a solar cell.... on Artificial Leaf Could Provide Cheap Energy · · Score: 1

    Says they're going to test it with seawater.. I was on another tangent..

  9. Re:So it's a solar cell.... on Artificial Leaf Could Provide Cheap Energy · · Score: 1

    They can compress their smog into briquettes.. for weekend BBQs..

  10. Re:So it's a solar cell.... on Artificial Leaf Could Provide Cheap Energy · · Score: 1

    Sunlight "falls" from the sky every day... and so does clean water, free as can be, and fairly safe to transport.. We don't need no desalination plants,

  11. Re:Oh Noes!!!! on New York Times Paywall Goes Live, Loopholes Abound · · Score: 1

    But where will I get my hard-hitting journalism from now?

    The Washington Post.. The other left wing rag..

  12. Re:Boycott Sony! on Geohot Battles Back Against Sony · · Score: 1

    You're playing whack-a-mole. Tell you what you can do.. Get everybody to take their money out of the bank, so Sony won't be able to find any to borrow. That's about as sensible as missing out on your Spiderman 5 there, don't you think?

  13. Re:Boycott Sony! on Geohot Battles Back Against Sony · · Score: 1

    I dont know why people support Sony.

    Because it's impossible not to, unless you use cash and barter. They have their fingers in the entire economy. They get a piece of the action no matter where it is.

  14. Re:May I be the first... on US Competitiveness Chief Immelt's GE Tax Bill: $0 · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's a great PR trick. MSNBC can spew what it wants. What's gonna come of it?

  15. Re:Courier on Turning Your E-Reader Into a Cheap Tablet · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I just thought responding beyond something like, "shill account, please ignore" is kind of a waste. Makes me wish there was a "spam" mod to eliminate the need to respond at all. It's getting pretty deep in here.

  16. Re:Courier on Turning Your E-Reader Into a Cheap Tablet · · Score: 1

    These posts come from one of those "no-reply" email accounts. Don't seriously expect a response. Unless you're talking to a personal friend, you'll never know if the person on the other end is human.

  17. If the bible were written in modern times on Friends Don't Let Geek Friends Work In Finance · · Score: 1

    It would have Eve chopping down the whole damn tree.

    We are still committing the Original Sin, and you all know what happens afterward. No more Eden for you!

  18. Re:Kitten block on Artificial Clouds To Cool Qatar World Cup Stadiums · · Score: 1

    I am Canadian...

    Is it terminal?

  19. Re:Ugh.. on 'Canadian DMCA' Copyright Bill Dead Again · · Score: 1

    "Good" qualities don't win elections. Except maybe good salesmanship. Beyond that, what else is there? The people are buying they are selling. They need to shop at the smaller stores.. Big box stores only provide very generic products, and usually low quality.

  20. Re:I have news! on German Politician Demonstrates Extent of Cellphone Location Tracking · · Score: 0

    ...you get to follow OUR rules.

    Heh... Some rules you guys made (if you're in the states). Being charged to receive calls and text?

    They will do what they want.. for the children.. and you will like it. In fact, most of you will demand it. The gallup poll says that 80% don't object to this and the other 20% are liars..

  21. Re:Repealing the bill ain't enuf, People of Utah on Utah Repeals Anti-Transparency Law · · Score: 1

    Find somebody you like, and make him an offer he can't refuse. Tell him that either his name or his brains will be on the ballot.

  22. Re:Repealing the bill ain't enuf, People of Utah on Utah Repeals Anti-Transparency Law · · Score: 1

    People of Utah, your work isn't done.

    That's right. They need to remove Hatch from Washington if they can't control him.

  23. Re:Good for US economy on MS Wants Laws To Block Products Made By Software Pirates · · Score: 1

    I think you missed my point. I'm merely saying that this proposal is consistent with that other BS, and more so, in trying to turn information into contraband..

    I didn't mean to sound so "convincing".

  24. Re:What? The author does not understand how it wor on Google Mobile-Payment Patent Raises Privacy Flags · · Score: 1

    There needs to be something done about them.

    Yes, demand legalization of "Drug Paraphernalia", and drugs, for that matter. If you don't, it will only get worse. Don't enable them.

  25. Re:Streisand Effect? on Federal Prosecutors Tempt the Streisand Effect · · Score: 1

    This is so "Prince of Tides"!