...are any of those likely to translate into criminal charges?
You betcha. The SEC is going to have a field day with the pump-n-dump aspect of this, at some point - unless Darl and friends are politically connected, and get protection from prosecution - which is VERY unlikely.
I doubt that it would pass the scrutiny of the courts. Maybe shops like Rockstar don't have the balls, but you can sure as hell bet that shops like EA do.
Seriously. Fuck them right in the ear. This is no different from the PMRC in the 80's, or even back to the Senate hearings on Delinquency in the late 40's that centered on the Comic Book industry. Yes, we had senate hearings about how Comic Books caused delinquency in minors... And this is more of the same reactionary bullshit. This is what happens when you let religious nuts **Cough-The South-Cough** inject their religious beliefs into the public debate. They try to 'protect' the rest of us from ourselves, but limiting our freedom of choice.
If everyone stopped submitting their games to the ESRB, and we pink slipped those censor's like they badly deserve, would anyone even notice?
If you want to find your local congress critter, and ping them on the subject, Go here. This link takes you to a nice little cgi app that takes your zip code, and gives you the phone numbers for your house and senate rep's, along with a short script of talking points. If the Internet Radio Equality Act, (S. 1353 in the senate, and H.R. 2060 in the house) can get some sponsors, and get passed, we're all in much better shape.
It's called "Vote with your feet". Perhaps if the people at XM would do what these people have asked, namely, admit their mistake, and put O&A back on the air, then things would be different. As it stands, this is unlikely, and thus, XM's survivability is also unlikely.
I'm amazed at what you can, and cannot do with the service. Just today, I found that you cannot remove an old bank account from adwords. Amazing. Even Paypal gets that right.
It does not address the RH negative issue, however.
Duh. Rh factor is a combination of several different genes. Blood type isn't controlled by those.
Also, it should be noted that, unlike what several of the replies thus far seem to think, this won't change your blood type - it will only alter blood that has already been removed from the body for future transfusion. Your body will still produce blood of whatever type you normally produce. Also, it basically has the added implication of making more than just O neg the universal donor. After all, if I can 'strip' A, and B off of cells, then A neg, B neg, and AB neg also become universal donors.
And by all means, continue to use Debian. It's great for that. Since you're so big on freedom, please don't try to restrict MY freedom to get what ever I want out of my distro.
Unfortunately, I suspect that HC would say what ever was necessary to win, and then wouldn't follow through on her promises. I'm not a Republican - and if I were (and I could be objective about it) I'd want Clinton to win. Examine her voting record - she's very conservative. I don't think Obama is much of a choice either. Frankly, I'm hoping that Gore runs again.
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You betcha. The SEC is going to have a field day with the pump-n-dump aspect of this, at some point - unless Darl and friends are politically connected, and get protection from prosecution - which is VERY unlikely.
Imagine a Beowolf Cluster of these!
And yet, for some reason, you object when we call you what you are: Nazi's.
I doubt that it would pass the scrutiny of the courts. Maybe shops like Rockstar don't have the balls, but you can sure as hell bet that shops like EA do.
Seriously. Fuck them right in the ear. This is no different from the PMRC in the 80's, or even back to the Senate hearings on Delinquency in the late 40's that centered on the Comic Book industry. Yes, we had senate hearings about how Comic Books caused delinquency in minors... And this is more of the same reactionary bullshit. This is what happens when you let religious nuts **Cough-The South-Cough** inject their religious beliefs into the public debate. They try to 'protect' the rest of us from ourselves, but limiting our freedom of choice.
If everyone stopped submitting their games to the ESRB, and we pink slipped those censor's like they badly deserve, would anyone even notice?
If you want to find your local congress critter, and ping them on the subject, Go here. This link takes you to a nice little cgi app that takes your zip code, and gives you the phone numbers for your house and senate rep's, along with a short script of talking points. If the Internet Radio Equality Act, (S. 1353 in the senate, and H.R. 2060 in the house) can get some sponsors, and get passed, we're all in much better shape.
What shock!
In other news, water is wet, fire still burns to the touch, and we still refuse to make a distinction between Microsoft, and those who harbor them.
It's called "Vote with your feet". Perhaps if the people at XM would do what these people have asked, namely, admit their mistake, and put O&A back on the air, then things would be different. As it stands, this is unlikely, and thus, XM's survivability is also unlikely.
Who saw "Elbonia" instead of Estonia at first?
Very odd. I've used paypal since it's inception, and I've never had that happen.
I'm amazed at what you can, and cannot do with the service. Just today, I found that you cannot remove an old bank account from adwords. Amazing. Even Paypal gets that right.
Most won't see that, and the sig was one letter too long for slashdotter....
Nice... Even the mirror is slashdotted. :-) lol
Duh. Rh factor is a combination of several different genes. Blood type isn't controlled by those.
Also, it should be noted that, unlike what several of the replies thus far seem to think, this won't change your blood type - it will only alter blood that has already been removed from the body for future transfusion. Your body will still produce blood of whatever type you normally produce. Also, it basically has the added implication of making more than just O neg the universal donor. After all, if I can 'strip' A, and B off of cells, then A neg, B neg, and AB neg also become universal donors.
What's the E in E=mc^2 mean, then?
Exactly so, though with a different user id. (I was/am Vladinator)
I got this almost a week ago. Remember when you used to get news like this on Slashdot, first?
Well, that's true - unless you're talking about about perforce. Perforce is just crap.
It doesn't. It makes Visa and Mastercard more profitable, however, which is what they care about.
And by all means, continue to use Debian. It's great for that. Since you're so big on freedom, please don't try to restrict MY freedom to get what ever I want out of my distro.
We use OTRS. It has lots of decient plugins, like a calendar, etc. It was about as difficult to setup as 'apt-get install otrs' which was a plus.
So, I guess this means you're not voting?
Unfortunately, I suspect that HC would say what ever was necessary to win, and then wouldn't follow through on her promises. I'm not a Republican - and if I were (and I could be objective about it) I'd want Clinton to win. Examine her voting record - she's very conservative. I don't think Obama is much of a choice either. Frankly, I'm hoping that Gore runs again.
Not really. My original UID is actually much lower than yours.
Um, HELLO????? So is Fyodor's! I haven't exactly had TIME to find another registrar since this morning! What are all you people retarded???