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  1. Re:Optimistically... on New Australian Laws To Censor Terror DVDs · · Score: 2, Informative

    But also look at the American Revolution- setting up the Constitution in reaction to what they saw as broken about the Magna Carta. Actually it was the broken Articles of Confederation that the current US Constitution is a reaction too.
  2. Re:People are finally starting to get it on NC State Stands Up to RIAA · · Score: 1

    Sometimes its the only place you can find a copy of a 30 year old song no ones heard of. This probably one of the better examples of the effects of abusive copyright legislation. Copyright can make a pretty effective memory hole.

    If I had the time this morning, I would numerous(sp?) examples of how copyright has been used as a tool for censorship in the last century. I have a feeling that this topic will appear again, so maybe I'll have more time then. I do want it to be known now that greed is not necessarily the primary motivation for eternal copyrights. From my perspective, control is a more likely motivator, with greed as a fringe benefit (or lure, if you will).
  3. Re:What? on Norway Liberal Party Wants Legal File Sharing · · Score: 1

    Considering the federal budget and what it is being used for, I would rather have government subsidized movies for the public domain. Copyright is already a government guarantee of a market advantage, a subsidized movie wouldn't need this protection.

  4. Re:Of Course They Should on Should Schools Block Sites Like Wikipedia? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You could hit rock bottom a lot faster by asserting your rights, rather than waiving them.

  5. but this does not suffice, however, on EFF Jumps in Against RIAA for Copyright Misuse · · Score: 1

    for they may be brought back to life by means of a secret rite, which can be performed once a century, when the moon is in the eighth house of Aquarius.

  6. Re:20 minutes on How Long Does it Take You to Tweak a New Box? · · Score: 5, Informative

    For replicating the package list, try this:
      dpkg --get-selections > packages.txt on old machine,
    then do:
      dpkg --set-selections packages.txt on new machine,
    then do:
      apt-get dselect-upgrade on new machine.

  7. Re:Early Adoptor == Burned on Survey Finds Few Intend to Upgrade to Vista · · Score: 2, Funny

    I keep hearing a faint ticking noise in the background everytime
    I see the phrase "RAID 0".

  8. They had to find a way ... on College Demands RIAA Pay Up For Wasting Its Time · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... to let Godwin slip through the cracks. :)

  9. Re:Wa la is cute on DSL Gateways to Fight Piracy by Marking Video · · Score: 1

    I think you really mean "voila"

  10. Re:XXXX XXXX! on Web Censorship on the Increase · · Score: 1

    AAA, AAA AAAA AAAA.
    http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/AAAAAAAAA!
    AAAAA!

  11. Re:MAFIAA gets their way on DoD Warez Leader Faces 10 Years in Jail · · Score: 1

    And since probation isn't considered 'punishment', you can have all sorts of normally unconstitutional strings attached to it. If he doesn't like them, he's always free to go to prison. Holy Cow! Have people actually fooled into believing that probation isn't considered punishment?

    Also, the practice of administering unusual punishment by having the punished 'volunteer' not to be more strictly punished is a form of coercion.

    Hey, these aren't the robots you're looking for. :)

  12. Re:Try to interpret "right thinking" by this guide on UK Woman Charged As Terrorist For Computer Files · · Score: 1

    I use debian. The package is bible-kjv.
    It's not the spiffiest prog, but it works pretty well, especially for console.

  13. Try to interpret "right thinking" by this guide on UK Woman Charged As Terrorist For Computer Files · · Score: 1

    or find a similar one, if this reference doesn't suit you.

    umeboshi@bard:~$ bible ja1:25

    James 1

        25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein,
    he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be
    blessed in his deed.
    umeboshi@bard:~$

  14. Cheap jewelry ... on How To Make a Green Lantern Ring · · Score: 1

    like this will turn your finger green.

  15. That is a scary article on Computer Analysis Sets NASA History Straight · · Score: 1

    The scariest part is "The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office has declined to file charges."

  16. A good time to remember who taught us on Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day, Me Hearties · · Score: 1

    how to talk like a pirate

  17. Re:Not truly anonymous surfing on The Drawbacks of Anonymous Surfing · · Score: 1

    A 1x1 gif with a funny filename (uid) can be stored as a cache file. When that filename is requested from the server again, the client is known as a previous visitor.

  18. Re:The Perceived Threat of Science on Did Humans Evolve? No, Say Americans · · Score: 1

    Absolutely, you should be freed of the taboo that keeps you from eating the kids in your family. They are yours and you and your mate made them. If you don't subscribe to that view, you should still not have problems with those that hold that view.

  19. Re:Tuesday morning sarcasm on The UK's Total Surveillance · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The goal is not to piss the cop off, but to make him/her see their role in the enslavement of humanity. A policeman's greatest weakness is his pride. Most of them believe they do the right thing, and desire to do the right thing. You must keep in mind that all people have consciences.

    It has been stated in a previous comment that most people (these days) will support fascism. This is primarily because they have been sold this idea under another name for many years. This is clear evidence of a system of deception that has taken place for many years.

    The police control the most critical borders between the government and it's citizens. Educating the police may require more personal sacrifice than other methods of interacting with the government, but it can be one of the most effective. We must keep in mind that jail/prison is the last resort for a government. Those who are imprisoned have effectively shown (for possibly many reasons) that they are resistant to control by the government.

    Most of the police I have talked to in my area are convinced that they can arrest (they call it detain, but it has the same meaning) a person and hold them in jail until they are positively identified. The actual meaning of the 4th amendment is foreign to them, as they have a 'loose interpretation' of probable cause. Basically around here a law enforcement officer has probable cause if they believe they have probable cause. They generally get away with this.

    I've talked to a sheriff's deputy before and was appalled to find that he believed that the bill of rights only applies to federal cases. According to him, the state government can limit constitutionally protected rights, but the federal government is not allowed to. The state governments actually did try to do exactly this, and were subsequently told not to in the form of the 14th amendment.

    I have lived through multiple beatings at the hands of our police. One of them nearly killed me. The biggest lesson that I learned from it is that they will back down. I can't overstress this fact. They will back down. It does take persistence and personal sacrifice, but eventually they will back down. My only fear is that they backed off of me, but are continuing to pick on others.

    I only ask that you think about the children. Think about the world that you are preparing for them. Discover what your parents/grandparents did in preparing this world for your generation. Everything they either fought for or submitted to is already expected of you and will be treated as tradition to your children.

    Sorry if this post is too disjointed, but I'm more in the mood for a rant, rather than a cohesive essay.

  20. Re:Tuesday morning sarcasm on The UK's Total Surveillance · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What's that - the Supreme Court Rolling Over The United States?
    It probably fits.
    Maybe 'Reaming Out'?

  21. Re:I wonder what reasonable is? on GPL Causing Problems for Derivative Linux Distros · · Score: 1

    It's not double billing. Time spent on processing requests could be better spent elsewhere. It could be time making money at 50/hr or it could be time spent freely. If the person's time is worth 50/hr to him/her, they would charge you that rate for consulting, or for sand the floor or wax the cars. I certainly would. If I was feeling generous, I would make cd's or dvd's, else I would just charge for distribution on a usb external drive. For larger distro's, the external drive would be the least time consuming.

  22. Re:3 straight months! on Man Arrested for Wireless Piggybacking · · Score: 1

    Just because wrong things are being done by many people and accepted by many people doesn't make it right. Slavery was commonly accepted by many people for many years.

    detain and arrest are synonyms of each other. Calling one action 'detain' and another 'arrest' trying to create a distinction between the two is a mind control trick. The underlying idea is the same. It easier to conquer those who already believe that they are conquered.

  23. Re:3 straight months! on Man Arrested for Wireless Piggybacking · · Score: 1

    Utter baloney. Physically detaining someone without charge is prohibited behavior. Believing otherwise is akin to rolling out the red carpet for a police state.

  24. Re:Un-American on Microsoft Misrepresenting WGA's Functionality? · · Score: 1

    What these super-companies can't fully comprehend, however, is that any little startup business with an innovative can change everything. History suggests that they do fully comprehend this. Venture Capital is used to either co-op or kill possibly threatening startups.

  25. Re:Oblig: ClamAV on Best of the Free Anti-virus Choices? · · Score: 1

    I think you missed: I believe any others are only on-demand scanners

    But, it's not the scanner's job to schedule scans, or monitor changed directories/files. There are other programs for that. The scanner could just as easily scan the results of an IDS. The OP probably doesn't see the benefits of have a collection of more "narrow-minded" tools that can work together.

    I apologize for not knowing windows enough to suggest a solution using a scheduler and filesystem monitor. I think this is a more ideal solution, because you are not putting all of your eggs in one basket. I personally would not trust any scanner that wasn't open source.