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  1. Re:Uhhh.... Duhhh..... What???? on Why the RIAA Really Hates Downloads · · Score: 4, Insightful

    the large companies would be blindly signing literally everybody who made music so it could control them. I think a major factor for the music industry is also the control the music played on radio stations. There are few independent bands in the charts because the industry keeps them out of the air waves --> No Competition --> high CD prices ! http://thekeyinfluencer.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/truth-about-the-music-industry/

  2. Re:Secrecy is fine when it protects individual rig on Swiss Bank Secrecy Under Renewed Attack · · Score: 1

    Bill Gates can't afford his own security or his children's education? i suggest you look up where Gates got his first access to a computer ...

  3. Re:Secrecy is fine when it protects individual rig on Swiss Bank Secrecy Under Renewed Attack · · Score: 1

    the problem with this reasoning is of course : the rich get to evade taxes, and the working middle class gets to pay the taxes(which are higher for them because someone needs to pay for roads, education, police, military, ...).

  4. Re:Lay off the weed, man! on City-Provided Wi-Fi Rejected Over "Health Concerns" · · Score: 1

    there is a lot of evidence floating around on the web proving and disproving the safety of aspartame, and i am not inclined believe monsanto on their scientific word. (see roundup)

  5. Re:And you are surprised because ... ? on US Ignores Unwelcome WTO IP Rulings · · Score: 1

    US companies & corporations corporations dont have a nationality . Nationality is used as a means to divide the masses.
  6. Re:Lay off the weed, man! on City-Provided Wi-Fi Rejected Over "Health Concerns" · · Score: 1

    I think you need to learn something from YOUR OWN SIG: PHD's know nobody knows anything. (and I won't ever touch the damn stuff, because it tastes FOUL)

  7. Re:Lay off the weed, man! on City-Provided Wi-Fi Rejected Over "Health Concerns" · · Score: 2, Interesting

    get your facts straight.
    from : http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/aspartame.shtml

    "Primarily, the only research that claims aspartame is safe is that which has been funded and/or controlled by the manufacturer (e.g., Monsanto). They put together convincing-sounding summaries of poorly-designed research in order to present to the public. When the research is examined closely it is found that the testing was often done improperly, the results were often reported inaccurately or in a biased way, and the equivalent of extremely low doses of aspartame was often used even though the summaries reported the use of high doses."

  8. Re:Lay off the weed, man! on City-Provided Wi-Fi Rejected Over "Health Concerns" · · Score: 1

    yes, but now all the buildings equipped with asbestos begin to show their wear and tear ... and those buildings have to be refurbished ...

  9. Re:Lay off the weed, man! on City-Provided Wi-Fi Rejected Over "Health Concerns" · · Score: 3, Funny

    "don't worry, asbestos is perfectly safe"

  10. Re:Lay off the weed, man! on City-Provided Wi-Fi Rejected Over "Health Concerns" · · Score: 1

    I dunno, there are stories that when you hold up a tube lamp under a high-voltage-line, it will light up, anyone know anything 'bout that ?

  11. Re:It's shiney on Mars Rovers Facing Budget Cuts [Updated] · · Score: 1

    let 'em buy aluminum or copper then ... there will never be enough of those materials, and they shine ( a tiny bit)

  12. Re:Simple solutions for NASA on Mars Rovers Facing Budget Cuts [Updated] · · Score: 1

    what's with everyone's obsession for gold ? It's a material that has very few applications

  13. Re:Read some more on IT Workers Split For McCain, Obama · · Score: 1

    realize that the United States doesn't have the right to force everyone in the world
    at gunpoint how to rule their countries. *Applause* from this side of the ocean.
  14. Re:Hillary, anyone? on IT Workers Split For McCain, Obama · · Score: 1

    Enemies at the gates! Barbarians! Terrorists! Godless Heathens! etc etc etc. Yup: that's what nationalism/patriotism is for : it is meant to make you uncritical. divide(the masses into nations) and conquer(their purse). behind the scenes, the corporations,which are international organisations, rule.
  15. Re:Hillary, anyone? on IT Workers Split For McCain, Obama · · Score: 1

    When America attacks Iran, it will LOSE all Allies.

  16. Re:Hillary, anyone? on IT Workers Split For McCain, Obama · · Score: 1

    whoever gets elected, will have NO money to spend. America will feel the effects of the failing dollar and the rising price of oil more and more.

  17. Re:Science of Political Agenda? on How To Communicate Science to a Polarized US Audience · · Score: 1

    I try not to stop thinking. I suggest you look up : "off-grid-living" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-grid and look what kind of ideology is connected to it

  18. Re:Science of Political Agenda? on How To Communicate Science to a Polarized US Audience · · Score: 1

    sure, ecologists *LOVE* big business ... I think you need to do a bit of reading don't you ?

  19. Re:Science of Political Agenda? on How To Communicate Science to a Polarized US Audience · · Score: 1

    proven political reality ??? politics is the number 1 reason NOTHING Happens: the oil-industry is very powerful ... and about the cause of GW: the IPCC states that 'The international body of scientists warned that global climate change was "very likely" to have a human cause.'

  20. Re:Science of Political Agenda? on How To Communicate Science to a Polarized US Audience · · Score: 2, Informative

    maybe you should check this : http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/22/floating-toxic-plast.html out.
    (TWICE the size of texas ...)

  21. Re:Science of Political Agenda? on How To Communicate Science to a Polarized US Audience · · Score: 1

    no, i believe scientists who have done their job; there's a lot of evidence supporting human-caused GW. (And if you're selfish enough not to believe them; why don't you check how much you spend monthly on fuel and heating ?)

  22. Re:Science of Political Agenda? on How To Communicate Science to a Polarized US Audience · · Score: 2, Insightful

    well, sir, if YOU say the AAAS and the NAS are wrong on Global warming, I believe you, because well ... who would EVER believe a large organization of professional scientists above some dude/girl on /.

  23. Re:When does the government get involved? on The Real Body Snatchers · · Score: 4, Funny

    over my dead body !

  24. Re:Pork... on Talk to This Year's Quirkiest Senatorial Candidate · · Score: 2, Informative

    Of course, the defense budget is a relatively small part of the budget, but he won't mention that, err ... I'll give you my source : http://www.warresisters.org/piechart.htm and you'll give yours ?
  25. Re:Comparable Speed/Range? on 100-Year-Old Electric Car Design Makes a Comeback · · Score: 1

    seeing that A LOT of families have 2 cars, it would certainly be good enough for the 'second car'(the one you use the most in the end ...)