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  1. They Should Copy All Of The Web Site on The Internet Archive Has Saved Over 10,000,000,000,000,000 Bytes of the Web · · Score: 2

    I have never understood why the few archive sites, that I have been to, never back up the entire web site, instead of just a few important pages and images. I can understand not accessing pages that are supposed to be secure, but all other pages should be fair game. This is most important for product knowledge. Some times a company takes down its site and images. It would be nice to have an archive to go to.

  2. Re:Does this affect legitimate online pharmacies? on Visa and MasterCard Take Fight To Scammers · · Score: 1

    And to add to that, we should consider the nocebo effect.

  3. Re:It's a feature not a bug on Eben Moglen Explains Freedom and Free Software in Two Video Interviews · · Score: 1

    You're welcome. Thanks for the opportunity.

  4. Re:It's a feature not a bug on Eben Moglen Explains Freedom and Free Software in Two Video Interviews · · Score: 3, Informative

    There is a link under the video to hide or show a transcript.

  5. Re:Unfortunately, Ariel has an install base of .00 on In UK, Apple Must Run Ad Apologizing to Samsung · · Score: 1

    Maybe the install base will increase, when people finally hear about Linux.

  6. Re:who cares? on OpenOffice Is Now, Officially, Apache OpenOffice · · Score: 1

    Well, a good reason to use AOO is because of the KDE integration. It seems to be more seemless than LO. This is more apparent in the open and save dialogues.

  7. Re:How would you feel if the USA were banned on Iran Running Out of Physical Currency, Satellite Broadcasts Dropped in Europe · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I saw that video. It's very demoralizing.

    As I said to your sibling poster, after receiving 14 trillion in taxes, they could shred the money, and then continue. Wouldn't that bring things back to normal, except for the fact that the dollar is destablized?

  8. Re:How would you feel if the USA were banned on Iran Running Out of Physical Currency, Satellite Broadcasts Dropped in Europe · · Score: 1

    After they get their 14 trillion in taxes, they could just shred it up. Wouldn't that 'revalue' the currency? I suppose that that would destablize the economy, though.

  9. Re:How would you feel if the USA were banned on Iran Running Out of Physical Currency, Satellite Broadcasts Dropped in Europe · · Score: 1

    Unless I am missing something, debt doesn't come from printing money.

    Maybe the solution is to print 14 trillion, and then, when the books are settled, tax the banks for 14 trillion.

  10. they be telling you and me that we can't print currency anymore either

    Oh, no. I just got here. Somebody debrief me. Did somebody make another movie? Did western currency offend somebody?? ;^)

  11. Re:To WHOM is this OWED? on US Presidential Debate #2 Tonight: Discuss Here · · Score: 1

    I think that you are right. At least, I believe so, but the US does owe China money, so obviously, it can't only look to the reserve, or it can look to reserve, but doesn't. The fact that US owes China money shows that, in theory, it is possible for each country to loan and borrow money.

    Also, I just discovered via a brief Google search that China owes the US money. Money could be cancelled out, if it only involved 2 groups, but the fact that the money can't be cancelled out shows that it is not so simple.

  12. Re:To WHOM is this OWED? on US Presidential Debate #2 Tonight: Discuss Here · · Score: 1

    Are you kidding me?

    I don't understand the problem fully, so please correct me if I'm wrong. However, I assume that the government borrows from a bank of a country, and that country borrows from the bank of another. Even though 2 countries might borrow the same amount from each other, they don't cancel each other out, because of the banks.

  13. Re:It's all tied together on Teen Suicide Tormentor Outed By Anonymous · · Score: 1

    Okay, but I have debated with women who said that women can't give consent when drunk, and seen a site that said likewise [I tried finding it for you, but can't]. So I don't get how drunken sex fits into the picture for those people. The decision always relies on the woman, even after the act. Even if she said that everything was okay going in, it is almost as if she could revoke the consent retroactively.

  14. Re:the maiming and killing must be ok with them on Shut Up and Play Nice: How the Western World Is Limiting Free Speech · · Score: 1

    :^D I felt a sense of relief and revenge, when I read that.

  15. Re:It's all tied together on Teen Suicide Tormentor Outed By Anonymous · · Score: 1

    So, do you agree that drunken sex should be illegal?

  16. Re:This is what Benjamin Frankin warned us about.. on Shut Up and Play Nice: How the Western World Is Limiting Free Speech · · Score: 1

    Interesting. Thanks for clarifying.

  17. Re:the maiming and killing must be ok with them on Shut Up and Play Nice: How the Western World Is Limiting Free Speech · · Score: 1

    Hi MH. Long time, no chat.

    I think that you are joining in late. The actors that we were originally talking about and then joking about were proposed actors for a test to see if an immigrant is violent and reactive. The user suggested that we put actors behind a plexiglass window, and then have the actors be disrespectful to tempt the immigrant into throwing a blunt object. Then the conversation began to stray.

    Regarding the actors in the movie, yeah, I heard that too.

  18. Re:This is what Benjamin Frankin warned us about.. on Shut Up and Play Nice: How the Western World Is Limiting Free Speech · · Score: 1

    Honestly, I assumed that it was possible to shoot a gun out of a hand once in a while. I allowed it for stories like the Lone Ranger, in the same way that I just believed that Superman could fly. I didn't need the physics or anything like that.

    That being said, I never thought about caliber. That should make for interesting information for novels that I hope to write.

    As for shooting to wound, and resulting in a death, I think that I was speaking more of intent. Even though a bullet can kill, there is the option of shooting a limb, when the stakes aren't very high. At least, that was what I was trying to say. Now that I've read what you wrote, I think that I would need to see an expert marksman get into a high adrenaline situation to be sure.

    Thanks for the info regarding the adrenaline.

  19. Re:the maiming and killing must be ok with them on Shut Up and Play Nice: How the Western World Is Limiting Free Speech · · Score: 1

    I think that there is miscommunication. Joking about the Dutch was pretty obvious without the search. However, I assumed that the responder was also joking by adding more Dutch humour. I just assumed that the second guy wasn't funny and that he was trying to be. If he is using his own humour, then chances are a Google search doesn't turn up anything. In short, absense of a search result doesn't prove that he is humourous or serious.

  20. Re:the maiming and killing must be ok with them on Shut Up and Play Nice: How the Western World Is Limiting Free Speech · · Score: 1

    :^D Yeah, you have a point. Maybe those actors were just starving actors, and only took the gig because of the money. Your polite rational argument has won me over.

    How about putting Michael Bay and George Lucas in front of the plexiglass? Would that be a reasonable compromise?

    Oh wait. I just realized that the immigrant might throw blunt objects at the directors before noticing the actors and their antics. If the immigrant threw blunt objects as soon as he sees the directors, then we'd never know if we should applaud him or get rid of him. :^/ ;^)

  21. Re:This is what Benjamin Frankin warned us about.. on Shut Up and Play Nice: How the Western World Is Limiting Free Speech · · Score: 1

    By the way, I think that you and I read it in Malcom Gladwell's book, "The Tipping Point" or "Blink".

  22. Re:This is what Benjamin Frankin warned us about.. on Shut Up and Play Nice: How the Western World Is Limiting Free Speech · · Score: 1

    I vaguely remember reading about the topic. There was some honour to protect, and they literally had a measurable physical response to bad behaviour. The author of the book that I read mentioned a story, where a mother told her son to be a man and fight, or something like that, even after he was wounded.

    If I recall correctly, the author also mentioned that an outside could leave a bike unlocked, and it would still be there, a week later. Also, there was very little theft.

    It would explain why gun control would do very little in that society. There would always be blunt rocks.

    On an interesting note, in western Canada, and I assume most other parts of Canada, it is very common for strangers to nod or wave at each other, as they pass each other on a sidewalk or in a hallway. A Quebecer asked me about this once. I found it odd that she felt no need to wave back.

  23. Re:This is what Benjamin Frankin warned us about.. on Shut Up and Play Nice: How the Western World Is Limiting Free Speech · · Score: 1

    Shooting to wound is enough to prevent a successful attack. That still allows for justice according to the law. That seems pretty defensive to me.

  24. Re:This is what Benjamin Frankin warned us about.. on Shut Up and Play Nice: How the Western World Is Limiting Free Speech · · Score: 1

    He's probably talking about sending soldiers into a war to free a people, and then hand them over to a worse government. It would be like all the world powers fighting to free you, and then handing you over to Islamic rule.

  25. Re:the maiming and killing must be ok with them on Shut Up and Play Nice: How the Western World Is Limiting Free Speech · · Score: 1

    You definitely can. You just have to fight for your right to be heard! ;^P