This story has it all: Microsoft, evil money-grabbing record companies, encryption, the steady erosion of fair use, proprietary codecs and a link to a ZDNet story.
The only thing it's missing is a link to a certain adult entertainment provider.
Troll? Hell that should have been marked +5 FUNNY!!!
HINT: you should be able to tell that this was joke because the goatse.cx link was clearly marked as "adult entertainment".
I don't see how someone could mistake this post as a troll, unless they were an idiot or something.
Hmmm... more idiot at Slashdot, more idiot moderators. Maybe someone should write a "Slashdot Moderating for Dummies" book... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Well, the good news is that you wouldn't need to compromise much longer.
BZZZT! Wrong! You still have to compromise your ethics and morality if you want to use M$ products... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
After 120 days, if I like Win2K I will need to give Bill Gates $$$ if I want to continue using his product. Plus I will need to pay various vendors for the "new, improved" Win2K programs (Office2K, Photoshop2K, PageMaker2K, etc.).
Let's see, as a poor college student do I a) send $$$ to Bill G. and his henchmen [LOL], b) download a cracked Win2K ISO from Russia and keep running Win2K "illegally" or c) wipe the partition and put a free OS like Linux or BSD on it?
Why would I try Win2K if I need to get newer, faster hardware just to get it to run acceptably? Why would I try it if I need updated apps get the best performance out of it?
And most importantly, if I am going to put a free OS on it four months later, then why should I waste those 120 days messing around with Win2K if I am eventually going to get rid of it?
Try Win2k? No thanks, I don't need another monkey on my back... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Your in a tight spot if you're trolling for 'Microsoft Fans', sorry.
On the contrary, the some of the posts by the truly committed defenders of the M$ faith here on Slashdot are among the funniest I have ever read on the entire internet. That Jeff K is a regular laugh riot... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Giving credit where credit is due? Man, that's just not the Slashdot way! -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
If cocaine and crack weren't two different things, then yes.
But they are the same thing. IANA chemist, but IIRC crack is simply cocaine with the hydrochloride removed... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
How could someone mod this to +1 Funny? There is absolutely NOTHING Funny about that comment.
I think someone forgot to #include <sense_of_humor.h> when they compiled your brain! -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Just becuase I post on slashdot with a strong opinons that entices people does not make me a
15 year old high schooler.
It's not your strong opinions but your juvenile ones that lead us to believe that you are 15 years old!
And I believe that the word you are looking for is incite, not entice... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Also someone sent a whole pumpkin to a guy in the office she was having an affair with.
She had an affair with a WHOLE office??? She must have been pretty popular around there! -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
it's probably something that you unknowingly agree to when you ship with usps.
Wouldn't it be simpler to get a drug-sniffing dog to examine the brick BEFORE destroying it? Anyway if it had contained drugs, wouldn't it better to ship it and then arrest the recipient AFTER delivery?
Packages in the USPS care are supposed to be Constitutionally protected from illegal search and seizure, but search warrants are all to easy to obtain. All it takes is a cop lying about probable cause and one conservative "law and order" "tough on crime" judge who has never heard of the Fourth Amendment... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
The broken brick pieces are funny, Go War on Drugs!!! Shouldnt they be actually patrolling the streets instead of looking for drugs in a brick! Guess thats why we're losing that war.
This is probably a troll, but what are you, some 13-year-old DARE honor graduate who swallowed the propaganda hook, line and sinker?
Nope, the reason we are losing the "War on [Some] Drugs" is because it is stupid to involve cops/judges/jails in a futile attempt at changing people's behavior. Drug use (not all use is abuse) should properly be a medical issue not a legal issue.
Then there is the racial aspect, where Blacks and Latinos are thrown into prison for drug violations on a disproportionate basis. Most of the violence that comes about from enforcing drug laws takes place in the barrios and ghettos of AmeriKKKa. If there are valid scientific reasons for this racist policy, where are the scientific studies showing that Whites are not affected by drugs at the same rate that minorities are?
The "War on [Some] Drugs" is just the White man's way of maintaining power over minorities. The crime rate is going down, so why on earth would "fiscally conservative" Whites throw and more more money at the "law enforcement/criminal justice" complex if not to continue suppressing this country's minority citizens? -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
I kept hearing SNL's Subliminal Man when I read the following:
apparently bully tactics (Microsoft)
and ridiculous lawsuits over trivial matters (Microsoft) are wrong only depending on who is doing it. (Microsoft) If a corporation (Microsoft) does it, you all cry bloody murder, (Microsoft)
Hypocrisy?!? Slashdot?!? Nope, no hypocrisy here!!!:-> -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
shit. if that happened, i'd make t-shirts: "I helped kill slashdot." I'd put it on my resume too.
LOL! Where would it go on your resume -- under "achievements" or "hobbies"? -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Do you have any idea how much it hurts to see a community that you are part of
(Slashdot/Linux/Open Source) shouting outrageous slander against you...
If they get slandered then they can always take them to court -- recursive lawsuits!:-> -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Also to be noted is the fact
that the reasons for a Marxist society are for sharing, where nothing is hidden. Marxism is something that benefits everybody, unlike capitalism, and
any distortion of that instantly makes it not Marxism.
Well put. I keep telling people that China and the former Soviet Union were communist, not Marxist states. Most Americans look at you blankly and say "what's the difference?" ignoring completely the corrupt totalitarian regimes that have distorted what may have been a true Marxist movement at one time.
Once again we must look at the basic requirement that we must act as ethical human beings,
nothing more.
If we had perfect people (no greed, no selfishness, etc.) then maybe true socialism would be possible. As long a people are greedy and selfish then capitalism will work best.
The funny thing here is that many modern religions
teach that humans cannot be perfect. We are supposed live imperfectly and wait for perfection in the afterlife. In essence, religions are support the status quo, no matter how inequitable or unjust the distribution of economic benefits are.
I guess that is why Marx called religion "the opiate of the masses". Get rid of the "imperfect human" dogma and teach people to strive for perfection in the here and now, and maybe then people will not settle for a less than perfect social/political/economic system... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
wars are won by killing and maiming foot soldiers.
Then I guess by that measure we really won in Viet Nam, and we are winning the "War on Drugs"... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Well, this IS happening... People are leaving the liberal-fascist Northeast
and moving to the conservative-fascist
South and West, where some freedom still exists.
ROTFL! That's some funny stuff there...
My question is: what exactly is the freedom that the South and West have that is unavailable to the rest of this country? -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Government schools serve none other than the government. Government control and funding of schools have
increased inversely porportional to the rate of decline of learning... So long as education is run by the government, it will continue to decline.
Care to point links to any information supporting your dubious assertion? Facts, statistics, anything solid? Or have you swallowed Conservative/Libertarian propaganda hook, line and sinker?
Knowledge of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, particularly Amendments 9 and 10 has been supressed. Instead,
students are taught how great government "intervention" and "help" is [sic]
Supression == Censorship! If the Consititution and Bill of Rights are supressed, why are they found in the back of every American civics book? Why are they found all over the internet if one only cared to search a little?
Besides, most people think the government is GREAT. They want social security checks, interstate highways, meat inspections, national defense, etc. The only thing that national education policy has brought us is standardization of the curricula throughout the nation. Don't you think it is important to speak a common language and to believe in a common culture?
the "war" on poverty (lost), and the "war" on
drugs (also lost). Funding of BOTH those "wars" account for most of the rising tide of confiscatory taxation, and loss
of civil liberty.
Come on, how about a few facts to buttress your hypotheses?
If you do a little research you will find that the reason individuals pay lots more taxes these days is because corporations are paying much less than they did when the income tax was first instituted. Also, compared to national defense, fighting poverty and drugs are small potatoes in the grand scheme of things...
The elimination of government as advocated by the Libertarians is hardly a panacea. Who is going to defend the nation from foreign enemies? GM? AT&T? AOL? Who is going to ensure your meat has no e-coli? Ronald McDonald? The Taco Bell chihuahua? Who is going to defend your civil rights? Microsoft? -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Looks like the only law this kid broke was 'contempt of cop'..
How very true. Apparently people in New Hampshire love their cops, as ex-Rep. Tom Alciere found out... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Because that's exactly what police departments everywhere are prone to believing,
that they as professionals know who the law-abiders are and who the criminals are -- and that to arrest an
'obvious' wrong-doer like this kid, they shouldn't have to wait for a technicality such as him actually committing
an arrestable offense.
You are correct in your assertion that the police want us to believe that they are infallible when it comes to identifying "criminals", but many of us know that some of the biggest criminals are wearing blue themselves. To tell you the truth, if I was innocent I would prefer a bogus arrest to the alternative any day... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
One probably 1 out of 10 stories on "Cops" you will observe blantant abuse by police of Constitutional Rights ranging
from illegal searches and excessive force upward.
That is a low-ball estimate if anything. I estimate that close to half of the stories have such abuse.
I agree that the biggest abuses are the illegal searches and the excessive force. However many suspects allow themselves to be abused simply because they don't know their Consititutional rights.
Many times the cops ask to search a person or vehicle and the occupants don't know that they can say no. Let the cops arrest you first before allowing a search, that way if the arrest is bogus the search is too.
As for the excessive force, the best advice is "DON'T RUN". Just relax and let it happen. Let them arrest you straighten it out later. If the cop screws up in the slightest, go to Internal Affairs and lodge a complaint. If you are in the right, you should be vindicated.
One should not have to resist overtly, but at the same time one should not do anything which will make it easier for the cop to make a case against you... -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Earth to IronChef: Dirty Harry Callahan is a MOVIE character!
You know, like those commercials were the guy goes "I am not a doctor, but I play one on TV":-> -- You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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HINT: you should be able to tell that this was joke because the goatse.cx link was clearly marked as "adult entertainment".
I don't see how someone could mistake this post as a troll, unless they were an idiot or something.
Hmmm... more idiot at Slashdot, more idiot moderators. Maybe someone should write a "Slashdot Moderating for Dummies" book...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Let's see, as a poor college student do I a) send $$$ to Bill G. and his henchmen [LOL], b) download a cracked Win2K ISO from Russia and keep running Win2K "illegally" or c) wipe the partition and put a free OS like Linux or BSD on it?
Why would I try Win2K if I need to get newer, faster hardware just to get it to run acceptably? Why would I try it if I need updated apps get the best performance out of it? And most importantly, if I am going to put a free OS on it four months later, then why should I waste those 120 days messing around with Win2K if I am eventually going to get rid of it?
Try Win2k? No thanks, I don't need another monkey on my back...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Giving credit where credit is due? Man, that's just not the Slashdot way!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
And I believe that the word you are looking for is incite, not entice...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Packages in the USPS care are supposed to be Constitutionally protected from illegal search and seizure, but search warrants are all to easy to obtain. All it takes is a cop lying about probable cause and one conservative "law and order" "tough on crime" judge who has never heard of the Fourth Amendment...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Nope, the reason we are losing the "War on [Some] Drugs" is because it is stupid to involve cops/judges/jails in a futile attempt at changing people's behavior. Drug use (not all use is abuse) should properly be a medical issue not a legal issue.
Then there is the racial aspect, where Blacks and Latinos are thrown into prison for drug violations on a disproportionate basis. Most of the violence that comes about from enforcing drug laws takes place in the barrios and ghettos of AmeriKKKa. If there are valid scientific reasons for this racist policy, where are the scientific studies showing that Whites are not affected by drugs at the same rate that minorities are?
The "War on [Some] Drugs" is just the White man's way of maintaining power over minorities. The crime rate is going down, so why on earth would "fiscally conservative" Whites throw and more more money at the "law enforcement/criminal justice" complex if not to continue suppressing this country's minority citizens?
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Examples of true Marxism do occur. A good example is the EZLN, the Zapatista liberation movement in Chiapas Mexico. To more fully understand why the EZLN exists, read Chiapas: The Southeast in Two Winds, A Storm and a Prophecy
The funny thing here is that many modern religions teach that humans cannot be perfect. We are supposed live imperfectly and wait for perfection in the afterlife. In essence, religions are support the status quo, no matter how inequitable or unjust the distribution of economic benefits are.
I guess that is why Marx called religion "the opiate of the masses". Get rid of the "imperfect human" dogma and teach people to strive for perfection in the here and now, and maybe then people will not settle for a less than perfect social/political/economic system...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
My question is: what exactly is the freedom that the South and West have that is unavailable to the rest of this country?
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
Besides, most people think the government is GREAT. They want social security checks, interstate highways, meat inspections, national defense, etc. The only thing that national education policy has brought us is standardization of the curricula throughout the nation. Don't you think it is important to speak a common language and to believe in a common culture?Come on, how about a few facts to buttress your hypotheses?
If you do a little research you will find that the reason individuals pay lots more taxes these days is because corporations are paying much less than they did when the income tax was first instituted. Also, compared to national defense, fighting poverty and drugs are small potatoes in the grand scheme of things...
The elimination of government as advocated by the Libertarians is hardly a panacea. Who is going to defend the nation from foreign enemies? GM? AT&T? AOL? Who is going to ensure your meat has no e-coli? Ronald McDonald? The Taco Bell chihuahua? Who is going to defend your civil rights? Microsoft?
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
I agree that the biggest abuses are the illegal searches and the excessive force. However many suspects allow themselves to be abused simply because they don't know their Consititutional rights.
Many times the cops ask to search a person or vehicle and the occupants don't know that they can say no. Let the cops arrest you first before allowing a search, that way if the arrest is bogus the search is too.
As for the excessive force, the best advice is "DON'T RUN". Just relax and let it happen. Let them arrest you straighten it out later. If the cop screws up in the slightest, go to Internal Affairs and lodge a complaint. If you are in the right, you should be vindicated.
One should not have to resist overtly, but at the same time one should not do anything which will make it easier for the cop to make a case against you...
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!
You know, like those commercials were the guy goes "I am not a doctor, but I play one on TV"
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You think being a MIB is all voodoo mind control? You should see the paperwork!