Finally, somebody in Congress is actually trying to do what we put them in office to do...to satisfy their constituents.
How many people have complained regarding the adequate labeling of copy-protected CD's? Tons. Hopefully labeling these CD's will make users aware of them and choose not to buy them. I think it's utterly ridiculous how the EMC (Evil Music Corporations) are trying to tell the users how they can (or rather cannot) use the product they just shelled out 18 dollars for.
Can this guy just go out and buy all the CD's he had downloaded the songs from and claim that he did not know how to rip the CD's into MP3's...so instead he downloaded them?
About an hour ago, I saw one of those commercials from the President's Ass...err...Ad Council. It was that commercial where you first see a neighborhood with no flags in it, then the commentator says something like, "Terrorists thought they could change America on nine-eleven...they did", and then you see the same neighborhood, only this time covered in American flags. The next message on the screen is, "Freedom. Cherish it, Protect It."
What a bunch of BS. Here they sit preaching freedom when, in fact, we are losing freedom with such questionable practices like the US Patriot Act, Homeland Security Act, TIPS, and now TIA.
I guess all it takes is a few airplanes hurtling from the sky to push the American people into submission and toss aside the rights that so many fought so hard for in the past.
Don't be a scared sheep, contact Congress and voice your opinion, for whatever it is worth. You can fax Congress and the President here -> www.truemajority.org
Today, Indian government officials examined the Microsoft Windows source code and realized that 99% of the code, when printed in landscape, formed an image that faintly represented a fat, sweaty, balding man screaming around a stage like a monkey.
Oh really? Then can you explain how the government can detain Jose Padilla...aka the Dirty Bomber?! He was a U.S. citizen who was immediately taken into military imprisonment WITHOUT the premise of "INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY"! They had no proof that he had any plans to detonate a "dirty bomb".
When somebody can take arrest a citizen without due process of law and detain that person for as long as "they feel like it", there comes a point where freedom is no longer truly freedom, just a pretend term used to appease the masses.
Just look at the wave of "patriotism" after September 11th. It became more like, "If you question anything the President says, you're considered a terrorist too...".
The big American media companies are just a tool for the government to push people onto "their" way of thinking.
It's all a game of give and take. The media conglomerates contribute big to campaign funding and biased media coverage in return for tax breaks and favors.
I guess it's more important to feed "War on Terrorism" and "Attack on Iraq" garbage to people than actually concentrate on real issues like the economy.
"It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth."
These are the words Morpheus uses in "The Matrix" to describe the alternate reality of the Matrix to Neo.
But think about it, how far from the truth are we?
One year ago exactly, a terrible tragedy occurred which destroyed almost 3000 people. Airliners were hijacked and made into missles to destroy only the largest building in the US and supposedly the most safest place in world, the Pentagon. If this was a movie scenario, it would seem too grand and absurd to be real; however, it is real.
Suddenly there is a war in Afghanistan. A war against terrorism, a obscure and blurry enemy, who never remains fully visible or even the same.
Flash forward to the ousting of the Taliban. US and Northern Alliance forces seize back Afghanistan from "terror". Now there is a controversial oil pipeline running through that country and the rights of American citizens being taken away here in the States. Wire taps, invasion of privacy, and the new ability to imprison American citizens (ala Jose Padilla) without a trial or the premise of "innocent until proven guilty" takes precedence to "fight terror". The American President is looking to start a new war on a country that poses no evident threat to the US. It also turns out that this country has the second largest reserves of oil in the world.
What has happened? Was 9-11 a terrible tragedy commited by heinous madmen using Islam for their justifications, or is it a convenient vehicle somehow construed to enable future wars to occur? Did somebody let 9-11 go by with the understanding that Americans would lose more rights after this tragedy and be easier to monitor and control? Does "fighting terrorism" offer enough support and justification for bombing other countries for no valid reason?
Is there another world out there that only the rich elite in higher power know about and manipulate every day?
I don't know, but if there is, 3,000 lives are not worth it.
You can flame me and call me a nut if you want, but all I ask is that you think about it.
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From article: "Tablet is the wrong medicinal analogy: suppository more adequately describes the Smart Display experience."
Hmmm...a suppository goes up into your backside, doesn't it? That thing seems pretty big, I would imagine some chafing to occur.
It's not the size...it's how you use it.
If only somehow we could harness the power of all the people surfing for pr0n on the net...
Finally, somebody in Congress is actually trying to do what we put them in office to do...to satisfy their constituents.
How many people have complained regarding the adequate labeling of copy-protected CD's? Tons. Hopefully labeling these CD's will make users aware of them and choose not to buy them. I think it's utterly ridiculous how the EMC (Evil Music Corporations) are trying to tell the users how they can (or rather cannot) use the product they just shelled out 18 dollars for.
Good, this tells John ASScroft and John Poindexter to FUCK OFF!!!
"And from this day on, all the bathrooms in the kingdom shall be known as...JOHNS!"
-- King Richard from "Robin Hood: Men In Tights"
Looks like the RIAA just lost 200 pounds of ugly fat...too bad they still need to lose about a thousand more.
Hey Hilary, I'll save you a spot in the unemployment line, bitch.
Good point...I guess it's easier to blame the sign of the times rather than what has always been in place.
It seems lately that the laws passed in the USA are only passed because they benefit the small minority of rich assholes who run everything.
Damn the man.
Can this guy just go out and buy all the CD's he had downloaded the songs from and claim that he did not know how to rip the CD's into MP3's...so instead he downloaded them?
This is SexxyStud91134:
You mean HotMamma92394848 is....not really an 18 year old Asian girl who has difficulty with her nymphomania problem?!
Dammit, now those penis enlargment pills I ordered from a link in my AOL mailbox are forfeit!!!!
People enjoy movies. Enjoyment is addicting.
And we all know how an addiction is hard to break.
About an hour ago, I saw one of those commercials from the President's Ass...err...Ad Council. It was that commercial where you first see a neighborhood with no flags in it, then the commentator says something like, "Terrorists thought they could change America on nine-eleven...they did", and then you see the same neighborhood, only this time covered in American flags. The next message on the screen is, "Freedom. Cherish it, Protect It."
What a bunch of BS. Here they sit preaching freedom when, in fact, we are losing freedom with such questionable practices like the US Patriot Act, Homeland Security Act, TIPS, and now TIA.
I guess all it takes is a few airplanes hurtling from the sky to push the American people into submission and toss aside the rights that so many fought so hard for in the past.
Don't be a scared sheep, contact Congress and voice your opinion, for whatever it is worth. You can fax Congress and the President here -> www.truemajority.org
Today, Indian government officials examined the Microsoft Windows source code and realized that 99% of the code, when printed in landscape, formed an image that faintly represented a fat, sweaty, balding man screaming around a stage like a monkey.
Check this out:
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www.theregister.co.uk/media/926.jpg
That's a HELL of a case mod
Putting too much M$ in Linux makes bitter WINE.
Of course, anyone with an IQ over 80 would also realize that 'fucktard' is not a word. Try again, RETARD!
Oh really? Then can you explain how the government can detain Jose Padilla...aka the Dirty Bomber?! He was a U.S. citizen who was immediately taken into military imprisonment WITHOUT the premise of "INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY"! They had no proof that he had any plans to detonate a "dirty bomb".
When somebody can take arrest a citizen without due process of law and detain that person for as long as "they feel like it", there comes a point where freedom is no longer truly freedom, just a pretend term used to appease the masses.
Here's the link asshole:
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http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/11/06/gen.attack.on.te
Just look at the wave of "patriotism" after September 11th. It became more like, "If you question anything the President says, you're considered a terrorist too...".
The big American media companies are just a tool for the government to push people onto "their" way of thinking.
It's all a game of give and take. The media conglomerates contribute big to campaign funding and biased media coverage in return for tax breaks and favors.
Corporations hate bad publicity...
I guess it's more important to feed "War on Terrorism" and "Attack on Iraq" garbage to people than actually concentrate on real issues like the economy.
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"It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth."
These are the words Morpheus uses in "The Matrix" to describe the alternate reality of the Matrix to Neo.
But think about it, how far from the truth are we?
One year ago exactly, a terrible tragedy occurred which destroyed almost 3000 people. Airliners were hijacked and made into missles to destroy only the largest building in the US and supposedly the most safest place in world, the Pentagon. If this was a movie scenario, it would seem too grand and absurd to be real; however, it is real.
Suddenly there is a war in Afghanistan. A war against terrorism, a obscure and blurry enemy, who never remains fully visible or even the same.
Flash forward to the ousting of the Taliban. US and Northern Alliance forces seize back Afghanistan from "terror". Now there is a controversial oil pipeline running through that country and the rights of American citizens being taken away here in the States. Wire taps, invasion of privacy, and the new ability to imprison American citizens (ala Jose Padilla) without a trial or the premise of "innocent until proven guilty" takes precedence to "fight terror". The American President is looking to start a new war on a country that poses no evident threat to the US. It also turns out that this country has the second largest reserves of oil in the world.
What has happened? Was 9-11 a terrible tragedy commited by heinous madmen using Islam for their justifications, or is it a convenient vehicle somehow construed to enable future wars to occur? Did somebody let 9-11 go by with the understanding that Americans would lose more rights after this tragedy and be easier to monitor and control? Does "fighting terrorism" offer enough support and justification for bombing other countries for no valid reason?
Is there another world out there that only the rich elite in higher power know about and manipulate every day?
I don't know, but if there is, 3,000 lives are not worth it.
You can flame me and call me a nut if you want, but all I ask is that you think about it.