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  1. When will we see... on Ask Jeeves Gives Up On Banner Ads · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    When will we see the story about /. taking money for story listings. Like the slash-ads we are seing more and more of.

  2. Re:Speed bumps on Hollywood's DRM Agenda Moving Forward · · Score: 2

    Why does it have to happen? Why doesn't the goverment just inforce the current laws?

  3. Re:No reason given? on Oregon Considers GPS-based Road Taxes · · Score: 1

    You can buy gas in the states that border Oregon

  4. Re:Oregon California on Oregon Considers GPS-based Road Taxes · · Score: 1

    The goverment pays for nothing. Taxpayers pay for everything.

  5. Re:where? just a troll perhaps? on Going Through the Garbage · · Score: 2

    That is because he deleted the entry.

  6. Re:They have every right on Going Through the Garbage · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you are a cop they why do you have the following posted in your Journal?

    "There is a kid at my school who has a badge on his backpack (attached with a safety pin) with the words "Superjew" on it. What should I do?"

    Doesn't sound like much of a cop to me.

  7. They are having a great day! on Top 25 Science Stories of 2002 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The managed to spell most of the words the correct way!

  8. Re:waste of money? on CDMA 2000 1x Comes to India · · Score: 3, Funny

    So Reliance know who to bribe and by how much?

  9. Re:Ok, And I Should Caaaree......Why? on Indian Government Moves to Let Linux In · · Score: 2

    Sorry, you have the wrong site. Free Republic is at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/browse?ao=1 . :->

  10. Re:Isnt this plan an impossible boondoggle? on Deliberation of "National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Since when did something being impossible stop a goverment agency? It's all about making people 'feel' safer. If, as a side effect, it makes the people safer that is OK also...

  11. Re:Don't look for McCain to do good. on Hollings vs. McCain on Broadband and Copyrights · · Score: 2

    So only the rich pay sales tax, gas tax, property tax, car reg tax, amoung other taxes?

  12. Re:Not to be a grinch... on Xmas Lights + X10 + Webcam = Fun · · Score: 1

    No. I think a large portion of the tech community is working on finding work/better paying work.

  13. Re:Computers...crashess...life threatening... on New Jersey Enacts 'Smart Gun' Law · · Score: 2

    But you can not just snap your fingers and make all the 'bad guys' guns turn into donuts. If they have ranged weapons I will have them also.

  14. Re:Computers...crashess...life threatening... on New Jersey Enacts 'Smart Gun' Law · · Score: 2

    If a gun is the only way I can protect my family from a person breaking into our home in the middle of the night....It is a life sustaining piece. What else am I susposed to do? Say please leave, I just dialed 911 and the police will be here in about 10 minutes?

  15. Re:What happens when you forget your smary ring on New Jersey Enacts 'Smart Gun' Law · · Score: 2

    About you second point. Yes, if he posed a threat to my family. And being in my home in the middle of the night talking my property is about as threating as you can get.

    I live in Texas, you can shoot people who break into you home and threaten your life and/or property.

  16. Re:interesting... on New Jersey Enacts 'Smart Gun' Law · · Score: 2

    Please do not apply logic to this. This is not about safety or logic. It is about getting votes...

  17. Re:No contest... on Vote for 2002's "Best" Vaporware · · Score: 1

    You mean a 6.50 USD per hour job doesn't have the same effect on the economy as a high paying tech job? But the unemployment rate is still so low...

  18. The Economy on Vote for 2002's "Best" Vaporware · · Score: 5, Funny

    Recovery of the American Economy.

  19. Re:Trade off ? on Bochs 2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Take the MHZ of you system and divide by 1000.

  20. Re:DMCA Violations on OptimumOnline Bans uploads to P2P networks · · Score: 1

    I am talking about the right of the accused to provide a sworn statement they did not do what they are accused of to have service turned back on.

    From: http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/

    "While the safe harbor provisions provide a way for individuals to object to the removal of their materials once taken down, they do not require service providers to notify those individuals before their allegedly infringing materials are removed. If the material on your site does not infringe the intellectual property rights of a copyright owner and it has been improperly removed from the Web, you can file a counter-notice with the service provider, who must transmit it to the person who made the complaint. If the copyright owner does not notify the service provider within 14 business days that it has filed a claim against you in court, your materials can be restored to the Internet."

  21. Re:DMCA Violations on OptimumOnline Bans uploads to P2P networks · · Score: 2

    Do you also grant your paying customer his full rights under the DMCA?

  22. Re:Big deal on FCC Rule Cuts Bandwidth For 72-Mile 802.11b · · Score: 2

    No. Some/most FCC regs exist for a reason. Others, like the propose anticopy regs, exist for no good reason.

  23. Re:What's the problem? on Taxing Text Messages? · · Score: 1

    First my car get between 27-30 mpg. Second, it would be rather hard to drive from Texas to Arkansaw on a segway with my wife and kids.

  24. Re:ABOVE commercial traffic? on Wi-Fi From The Sky · · Score: 1

    And they will never be proven safe. It they were proven safe then the airline would not be able to chage 1.00+ USD per minutes for the airphones...

  25. Re:What's the problem? on Taxing Text Messages? · · Score: 2

    What is the USA susposed to do? Shrink our country so we can afford to pay the tax? It's not like we a re a small country like the european countries...