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  1. Re:Guiltless pirate. on Why Recordings From World War I Aren't Public Domain · · Score: 2, Informative

    That's not whats being said. He is taking this on a personal level. There is a mechanism for protesting these laws - appeals, lawsuits, higher courts, legislation, etc.

    Even Cicero knew a thousand and change years ago that even when unjust laws were past, that the courts would turn around and agree that the state has the right. Unjust laws are a matter of perspective, but it seems to me that there's a clear number of people worldwide that agree that the current state of copyright is bad. Especially if we go by the tired RIAA stats.

    There is also a difference between laws on a populace, and laws of populace. The two of which you're confusing.

  2. Re:And the point of this article is? on Coronal Mass Ejection Hits Earth · · Score: 1

    I'd be more interested to know if anyone saw it in their area. I'm around London, Ont. I didn't see any this morning, but my buddy directly across the lake in Michigan did, and a bit further north his friends saw it as well. I'm sure one of these days, when it's not cloudy, humid, raining, snowing, or anything other than a semi-clear sky I'll see them around here. Because every time we have one, it's not really the best viewing weather.

  3. Re:Similar to color... on Filmmakers Resisting Hollywood's 3-D Push · · Score: 1

    BRB vomiting on the guy in front of me while watching a 3d flick. I'm sure that it's going to work out very well for the future.

  4. Re:There is also a correlation on Tracking the Harm Games Do · · Score: 1

    Yep. Just remember the science is settled!

  5. Re:Counterfeiting is Ok. on $200B Lost To Counterfeiting? Back It Up · · Score: 1

    Simply? You get deflationary spirals, much like with what we're seeing now.

  6. Re:Counterfeiting is Ok. on $200B Lost To Counterfeiting? Back It Up · · Score: 1

    Perhaps he was just using hyperbole to distance himself from socialism as much as possible.

    That's pretty obvious when you compare his ideas to Keynes ideas on how to stabilize failing or stalled economies.

  7. Re:About time. on Obama Sets End of Iraq Combat For August 31st · · Score: 1

    Considering European policy was built around US policing Europe and the Soviets(and still Russia today), there's no difference.

  8. Re:Study done with crystal ball and star charts. on Electric Car Subsidies As Handouts For the Rich · · Score: 1

    Maybe if you live in a place with price controls on electricity(I do). But you'll find that most places are somewhere between 20-35c/kwh or higher.

  9. Re:About time. on Obama Sets End of Iraq Combat For August 31st · · Score: 1

    Conducting counter-insurgency operations in a nation with an unstable government? No, they're not.

    Doing the primary policing role between Europe and the Soviets? Well yes. Still doing the police role between Europe and Russia. Yep. Still being a stabilizing factor between various countries within Europe. Yep.

    If you compare Iraq now, Europe then(and still somewhat now), there really isn't much of a difference.

  10. Re:About time. on Obama Sets End of Iraq Combat For August 31st · · Score: 1

    If you don't think that it was playing police between Europe and the the Soviets...well there's a fairly large military history section for you to read.

  11. Re:About time. on Obama Sets End of Iraq Combat For August 31st · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Well the US have been in Europe for 60+ years doing exactly that. I suppose you could say the same thing.

  12. Re:Study done with crystal ball and star charts. on Electric Car Subsidies As Handouts For the Rich · · Score: 1

    10 years seems about right on the soft-fluffy side(figuring out a breakthrough in +2000 year technology(batteries). It took nearly 30 years before the gasoline auto became common place. But the real issues with electric vehicles are charging(or lack of it), and electricity costs way, way, way more per-unit of energy then gasoline.

    And until the electrical generation, and distribution issues are solved. These will continue to be out of reach for the common folk.

  13. Re:arrested/detained? on Tor Developer Detained At US Border, Pressed On Wikileaks · · Score: 1

    "Enemy Combatant" is much much older then that, the only thing that's changed from 1000 years ago is the name. But every convention on the rule of war has had something covering people who attack others, or aren't part of a marked standing army.

  14. Re:Yes sad indeed on UK Government Rejects Calls To Upgrade From IE6 · · Score: 1

    Well what an excellent idea. I hereby support IE6 be standard in order to kill facebook.

  15. Re:Trinidad & Tobago on The Canadian Who Holds the Key To the Internet · · Score: 1

    Wait. Canada and the UK aren't separate countries, and let alone on different continents. Man the drift has really been warming up this year, and running backwards.

    Be right back, walking across the atlantic pond.

  16. Re:My only question is... on HDMI Labeling Requirements Promise a Stew of Confusion · · Score: 1

    I obviously got into the wrong business. I should be selling $4.99 patch cables to suc...I mean enthusiasts at $499 and up.

  17. Re:If you've nothing to hide... on Facing 16 Years In Prison For Videotaping Police · · Score: 1

    Why did off-duty officer

    Police are never off-duty, they're either on active call service, or not. But there is no off-duty. Going to active means making a dispatch call and logging it.

  18. Re:Will it delete your data? on Facebook Adds Delete Account Option · · Score: 1

    Who knows for sure. While I don't have an account there, I'm guessing this is about the Canadian and German governments starting up the lawyers. In which case it'll be a full-on delete.

  19. Re:Worthless summary on Superheroes vs. the Westboro Baptist Church · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I saw kdawson and just ignored the entire thing...up until I saw your comment. Then I just *had* to say something...but I forgot what.

  20. Re:Time to jump ship on Rogers Shrinks Download Limits As Netflix Arrives · · Score: 1

    That's good if one lives in Toronto. But sadly as much as some people think, Toronto is not the centre of Ontario, or Canada. :)

  21. Re:Time to jump ship on Rogers Shrinks Download Limits As Netflix Arrives · · Score: 1

    That's correct. I live in Ontario, and I have two ISP choices really. Rogers, or Bell. Maybe a 3rd party DSL service which is still on bell's backbone, and which bell still throttles. I'm still paitently waiting for some form of competition against rogers. But right now, I'm screwed and getting pillaged. Oddly enough my sister who's moving out to Alberta is getting cable internet $20/mo less and 20gb more on the cap.

    Since Teksavvy is opening into cable markets it's looking promising but the rollout is slow. And because I don't live in a major metro centre I might be waiting awhile.

  22. Re:As an Australian... on Australian Enterprises Block Sex Party's Political Site · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I couldn't care if it was 14, 14,000, 14,000,000 or just 1 person. Blocking a political party because "sex" is in the name is wrong. If you can't figure out why, you're part of the problem with those that want to stomp on democracy.

  23. Re:Wow! on Study Finds 0.3% of BitTorrent Files Definitely Legal · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It would be higher if they were doing it from a country where TV/music sharing was legal.

  24. Re:Still labs around for color (and even real b/w) on Last Roll of Kodachrome Processed · · Score: 1

    Well processing b/w film on your own is easy compared to even colour. Even if you can't buy the chemicals directly from a company to do it, you can make them yourselves by buying the base. The paper is the hard part. And if you don't have a slide enlarger you can make on of those too. People seem to like colour pictures a lot, personally I've always found that b/w pictures done properly will win every time.

    The only thing that I like about digital photography is that you have the picture instantly. With say doing your own b/w pictures, there's something special about seeing it develop in your own lab and getting the balances right.

  25. Re:Incredibly useful human group dynamics experien on World of Warcraft Can Boost Your Career · · Score: 1

    Wait. You mean people actually believe not putting club presidencies on your resume? Is a good idea. I guess they don't teach how to write cover letters these days giving concrete explanations of the skills you hold either.