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  1. Re:In CONGRESS now on Would John Kerry Defang the DMCA? · · Score: 1

    Based on the vote totals, he couldn't even get support in a Democratic Congress. This is understandable, when you look at who Hollywood donates much campain money to.

    Seems to me to be an open and shut case of both parties being the same, just as the PATRIOT ACT.

  2. Re:Not "would" but "could"... on Would John Kerry Defang the DMCA? · · Score: 1

    Uh, how could prohibition be unconstitutional if it was A FREAKING AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION?

    Sheesh.

  3. Re:The Prez is in the executive branch... on Would John Kerry Defang the DMCA? · · Score: 1

    Why would he support a bill that wouldn't get through a Republican Congress?

    It is Senate Bill 1431, which would extent the Assault Weapons ban with added restrictions.

  4. Re:The Prez is in the executive branch... on Would John Kerry Defang the DMCA? · · Score: 1

    The President is also the head of the Executive Branch, so he can basically veto a law by telling them not to enforce it. This has been done in the past, the most recent example of major policy change was Bush's "2nd Amendment means personal guns" change from Clinton's "2nd Amendment means State militias."

    This can have a huge impact on the country.

  5. Re:No differnces? on Would John Kerry Defang the DMCA? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    On a day that it is being reported that Kerry lied in the debate about talking to the UN Security Council, you claim we need a Kerry administration? The Republic has survived 4 years of Bush, it can survive another 4 years.

    Oh, and those 350 TONS were stolen before American troops arrived. I'm sure we should have had troops there before we invaded, right?

    After all Iraq and Afghanistan have been so bad that we've lost 50,000 troops, and Afghans can't hold elections because the Taliban and Al Qaeda are blowing up the polling places.

    Oh, that's right, they held the first democratic election in over 2000 years there, with women voting, in a country that was radically fundamentalist Islam just 2 years ago. Ooops.

    Hmm. And Karsai won...... To bad the Taliban had to sit this one out.

  6. Re:Geek Vote? on Would John Kerry Defang the DMCA? · · Score: 5, Informative
    No, Bush actually said:

    I strongly support efforts to protect intellectual property and will continue to work with Congress to ensure all intellectual property is properly protected. Technology is a critical conduit of information and sometimes can be misused for illegal copyright infringement. Blaming the technology does not address the issue. We must vigorously enforce intellectual property protections and prosecute the violations, not the technology. My Administration has launched the Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP) initiative to do just that. I have also worked to obtain China's support for stricter enforcement and more severe penalties for piracy and counterfeiting of American ideas and innovations.
  7. OK! on Understanding 64-bit PowerPC architecture · · Score: 5, Funny

    Admit it! Some of you send in stories that are on the front page just to see if they get duped, right?

    I'm on to you!

  8. Re:hah on Macs Do Star Wars Dirty Work · · Score: 1

    Someday you'll get a 500TB HDTVD2 that has all possible scenes and shots, and you'll select which Star Wars you'd like: Greedo gets his ass whipped, Jabba++, remove bikini, etc.

  9. Re:Come on, people on How Technology Failed in Iraq · · Score: 0, Troll

    I can't wait to see this place explode after Bush wins - it's not going to be pretty. I predict 2500 posts or more on the thread.

  10. Re:Ain't no choice at all on Medical Care Gets Outsourced Too · · Score: 1

    For vision and medical, I got a few comments from receptionists about how lucky I was to have such a good plan.

    Uh, they ALWAYS say that. No matter what you pick, you're lucky to have the "best plan." Heck, pick the $5 and a shovel plan and they'll tell you that you've picked the best shovel in the industry.

  11. Re:American prices out of line... on Medical Care Gets Outsourced Too · · Score: 1

    Our infant mortality rate is lower - 5 / 1,000 vs. 6 / 1,000 in America.

    I've heard this is because the US will spend much more money and time trying to save a premature child that would be considered a stillborn anywhere else, and the success rate is 50% or so, but all are counted as live births which increases the infant mortality rate.

  12. Re:Murphy's Law Calculator on Slashback: Indymedia, Starfighter, Mozparty · · Score: 1

    The only way it could work is if it was a million to one chance?

    Why?

    Because everyone knows that million to one chances come about nine times out of ten!

  13. Therefore, Mac Piracy is out of this world on Software Piracy Due to Expensive Hardware, Says Ballmer · · Score: 1

    Because they are so much more expensive, so they must pirate so much more. :)

    But that isn't the case, many people admit to pirating less once they get a Mac, for many reasons.

  14. Re:Retaliatory Strike on The Hidden Swing State? · · Score: 1

    (Un)fortunately, Pat Buchanan has reluctantly decided to endorse Bush for President.

    Nader would do no such thing for Kerry, as to do so would kill him politically.

  15. Re:Portion of the donations on Firefox Seeks Full Page Ad in New York Times · · Score: 1

    You can use the direct mozilla.org site info - skip the slashdotted SpreadFireFox.com.

    I'm #1077!

  16. Re:Public needs to change to make the change... on Firefox Seeks Full Page Ad in New York Times · · Score: 1

    Why not tell us who the bank is? I use Washington Mutual and except for a stupid AUTOCOMPLETE=off it works fine. And my CitiBank credit cards through Accountonline.com work find in FireFox, too.

  17. Re:Today's Theme: Enterprise on Apple Announces New iBooks · · Score: 3, Informative

    Get the 17" iMac G5 - it has a 1.8 GHz processor and included monitor. And at $1499 it is the same price as the single G5.

  18. Re:Somewhere in hell on Half-Life 2 Ship Date Confirmed · · Score: 1

    Sata:

    HELL has upgraded to SATA! Parallel IDE is officially dead!

  19. Re:How much does an iMac cost? on Hip-e All-In-One PC · · Score: 1

    It has everything i want and more!

    Hokay, he obviously doesn't want a spell checker or a Shift Key.

  20. Re:uhhh on Bush, Kerry, and Nader Respond to Youth Voter Questions · · Score: 1

    Hmm. Wasn't talking about TV commercials. Your second paragraph is much closer. People have found that you can get your cartoons from the internet, along with news, politics, etc. Movies come from DVDs, and there really isn't much reason to pay $30-$70 for a Cable TV subscription (and OTA really kinda blows now).

    Don't even mention MTV.

    Disclaimer: 24, work for American company owned by Norwegians, and in California, where a Republican vote is worth about as much as an Iraqi Dinar.

  21. Re:uhhh on Bush, Kerry, and Nader Respond to Youth Voter Questions · · Score: 1

    Of the families without TV that I know, none swings Democrat. Not even the kids. Just a data point.

    Disclosure: 24, Republican.

  22. Re:Nothing on What's The Linux Kernel Worth? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You've hit the nail on the head. The Linux kernel is Priceless.

    A DSL connection to the internet: $50
    A decent PC: $500
    Downloading enterprize-class source code: Priceless.

    There is some code you can't buy, for everything else, there's Microsoft.

  23. Re:Proportional Representation on Gerrymandering Using Census Clustering And GIS · · Score: 1

    Then which EU country is it that has this? I could have sworn at least one country uses this.

    Maybe Australia? Japan? North Korea? :)

  24. Re:Distracting the Empire on Indymedia Seizures Initiated In Europe · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Proportional Representation on Gerrymandering Using Census Clustering And GIS · · Score: 1

    I believe this is similar to how it is done in some parliamentary states, such as the UK. But I'm not sure.