It's honestlly sad when "for the people, by the people", means nothing more than that our government can control our lives without our consent. They make decisions that put people away for a lifetime for doing nothing more than looking somewhere they might not normaly be allowed, not even hurting or stealing things. More and more our government feels that it has the responsibility to decide everything for us and the fact that they can bypass all sorts of civil liberties, like being able to tap phones without reason, track web activities, search employee databases, to name a few, worries me conciderably. Why doesn't anyone stand up? Do you risk looking like a terrorist for standing up for your rights? Is fighting the unlimited government/congress support of the people against anti-terrorism, that is obviously taking things too far, so wrong? The power-grabbing government/congress of anti-terroristic, super-hero lore is going too far. The "hacker" that they're putting away for life has no option. No case by case basis or verdict. In effect, no trial. According to the EFF, specifically the lawyers working on the 2600 DeCSS/DMCA case, the judges don't understand in the least bit about computers in their most basic sense, but the are putting people away for their entire lifetime. It's time that we do something, or they are going to take away free speech, the right to a fair trial, the right to vote, or conciderably worse.
It's mostly the business scheme of a bacterium. Seek and destroy, eliminating the competition; This is the only way they see it possible for them to maintain control and make the most cash. Little do they know that they are fighting a battle that cannot be won.
I know we all thought filesharing was doomed after Napster ate the bullet, but it has come back strong like some kind of Music file sharing hydra. Kill one, 8 more suddenly appear. The RIAA might realize one day or another that the more p2p file sharers they kill off, the more consumers get upset, and the more people will want that music without supporting them financially.
To the RIAA, "Greed is never good." - Linus Torvalds
Welcome to 1984 ladies and gentlemen. For some reason companies feel they have the right to make us watch ads they put on TV for their convience. Don't they make money? Don't we have to buy their retarded products anyway. I don't know about you but, I can't live without toilet paper. The fact they feel we owe them something by watching is total bull. I admit, I skip commercials when they come on, but that's because they offer me no incentive. Maybe if every commercial had a contest where if you were the 100021st to call in you'd win their product. I might just watch then. I guess we just have to admit that companies are controlling our lives now-a-days. The Constitution is slowly shifting toward Big Business and away from the people. And we thought robots would control the world...boy were we wrong.
Do I have a Sig?
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It's honestlly sad when "for the people, by the people", means nothing more than that our government can control our lives without our consent. They make decisions that put people away for a lifetime for doing nothing more than looking somewhere they might not normaly be allowed, not even hurting or stealing things. More and more our government feels that it has the responsibility to decide everything for us and the fact that they can bypass all sorts of civil liberties, like being able to tap phones without reason, track web activities, search employee databases, to name a few, worries me conciderably. Why doesn't anyone stand up? Do you risk looking like a terrorist for standing up for your rights? Is fighting the unlimited government/congress support of the people against anti-terrorism, that is obviously taking things too far, so wrong? The power-grabbing government/congress of anti-terroristic, super-hero lore is going too far. The "hacker" that they're putting away for life has no option. No case by case basis or verdict. In effect, no trial. According to the EFF, specifically the lawyers working on the 2600 DeCSS/DMCA case, the judges don't understand in the least bit about computers in their most basic sense, but the are putting people away for their entire lifetime. It's time that we do something, or they are going to take away free speech, the right to a fair trial, the right to vote, or conciderably worse.
It's mostly the business scheme of a bacterium. Seek and destroy, eliminating the competition; This is the only way they see it possible for them to maintain control and make the most cash. Little do they know that they are fighting a battle that cannot be won. I know we all thought filesharing was doomed after Napster ate the bullet, but it has come back strong like some kind of Music file sharing hydra. Kill one, 8 more suddenly appear. The RIAA might realize one day or another that the more p2p file sharers they kill off, the more consumers get upset, and the more people will want that music without supporting them financially. To the RIAA, "Greed is never good." - Linus Torvalds
Welcome to 1984 ladies and gentlemen. For some reason companies feel they have the right to make us watch ads they put on TV for their convience. Don't they make money? Don't we have to buy their retarded products anyway. I don't know about you but, I can't live without toilet paper. The fact they feel we owe them something by watching is total bull. I admit, I skip commercials when they come on, but that's because they offer me no incentive. Maybe if every commercial had a contest where if you were the 100021st to call in you'd win their product. I might just watch then. I guess we just have to admit that companies are controlling our lives now-a-days. The Constitution is slowly shifting toward Big Business and away from the people. And we thought robots would control the world...boy were we wrong. Do I have a Sig?