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  1. Er.. No other bids because it's a gift? on Microsoft Sinks Teeth Into New Orleans · · Score: 0

    Because these services are considered a gift, the city won't have to publicly bid the project, he said.

    When there are strings attached that later on down the road they'll be forced to buy software, how can they claim it's a Gift?

    I guess since our government is in bed with MS, they'll continue to let MS be anti-competative

    --It's all about maintaining POWER AND CONTROL; what bastards!

  2. Unite behind who and why? on Tim O'Reilly Bashes Open Source Efforts in Govt · · Score: 0

    If everyone was forced to run open source, then how could the hackers send political messages as viruses? Having run linux exclusively for 7 years now, I agree with Tim, Let people choose.

  3. Declan McCullagh is correct on Declan McCullagh On Geek Activism · · Score: 0

    Why waste your time and money lobbying washington, it is truely a waste of time and money.

    The lawyers think they are so damn smart and that they can continue to screw over americans without a revolution; an informed citizenry will crush the blood sucking magots!

  4. The best solution of all on What's (Still) Wrong With UCITA · · Score: 0

    Some people think that if Americans shot all the lawyers in the world, that suddenly America would be a wonderful, less expensive place to live.

  5. AOL/TW stock in the toilet? on MPAA Requests Immunity to Commit Cyber-Crimes · · Score: 0

    Perhaps instead of trying to control content they should GIVE UP; ALL THEIR WORKS ARE GARBAGE ANYWAY.. I wouldn't put any of their shows on my p2p server, why hurt others when you don't have to?

  6. Re:World's biggest secret? on How Italian Police Shut Down U.S. Web Servers · · Score: 0

    So what I'm suggesting is that all these other churches were started by former catholics and there is a very good reason that those spiritually inspired works are kept behind lock and key. The truth is the reason God's works were preverted is because they felt it would be better for the economy if liberalism and jewish controlled tv would put things right, LOL.. how very *wrong* they are!!

  7. World's biggest secret? on How Italian Police Shut Down U.S. Web Servers · · Score: 0

    When the catholic church was "divided" and "split", there was really no split that occured, but rather they sent there own people out to preach the same "justified by works" messages to all the other churches.

    5. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6. And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

  8. Unite behind who and why? on Italian Police Censor "Blasphemous" Websites · · Score: 0

    Perhaps the biggest scam in revisionist history is the story of the "breaking apart" of the catholic church!; Perhaps they really didn't break apart, but rather they continued evangilizing the "works" messages to all the other churches, why does the catholic church lock up those spiritually inspired works so tight??

    Perhaps the motivation for perverting God's word the fact that they were illiterate and they thought liberaliism and good w0rks was better for economics, eh?

    8. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9. Not of works, lest any man should boast.

    5. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6. And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

  9. Trying to make the movies more expensive? on The Future of Digital Cinema · · Score: 0

    When they all upgrade to digital and when the ticket price so outragiousley high; nobody will pay to go see them except the outragiousely rich and outragiousley stupid! As for me, I won't pay another .50 on my ticket price for digital.

    Don't you just love Harrison Ford's Jay Leno's Bull whip routine? Did Harrison mean to break up that glass all over his seat? When man attempts to look tough, sometimes they put themself in a worst position than if they showed some humility. When will man's pride fall? Some people want to do it all; and some people know how to accept a free gift when they get one.

  10. ShrinkWrappy Sux, buy up all old computers! on Selling Your (MMORPG) Soul · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I called a company that advertises to recycle them and give them away to the needy; yet when I called them and talked to the guy in charge he told me it all gets hauled away! I deguised myself as a purchaser of used equipment and he coughed up all of the beans!

    Don't believe your local news about recyled computers, I'm sure it's a scam; they have all lost control of the old technolgy and chances are anything you donate will have a greater chance of ending up in a landfill, than a poor school district!

  11. Re:freenet? on Is China's Control of the Internet Slipping? · · Score: 1

    Wait a minute here!; freenet keeps information closest to where it's most requested..

    ...which is kind of irrelevant with respect to the present discussion, since the information stored on your node is encrypted, and you'll never know what it is.

    Again I'll ask you what city do you live in, The last thing I want is a bunch of reprobate child molestors around family while on vacation; It does matter, it *is* relevant, If you are comming accross child porn, You are obviousley in a local that is a hot bed of reprobates!

  12. Re:about time on The Coming Internet Monopolies · · Score: 1

    What country do you live in? Here in America we have elections every two years.

  13. Lies, Damn Lies and politicians screwing america on The Coming Internet Monopolies · · Score: 1

    Who wants to build a new network -- whether it's DSL, satellite, or "fiber to the home" -- if you then have to share it with competitors? If the government steps aside, they say, robust competition will develop between different technology "platforms" such as cable, phone, satellite and local wireless, giving consumers plenty of choices and stimulating a build-out of broadband infrastructure at the same time.

    What a load of dung! In the first paragraph it assumes that there is not enough profit incentive to deploy high speed access{kinda funny when here where I live TAXPAYERS PAID to deploy the Fiber which makes high speed access offerable and it IS the consumer demand which decides broadband success, not restrictions against consumers}; and when you get right down to it, we all know the fcc suxs and are part of an empire that seeks to kill FREE SPEECH and is part of an evil death star which will reap what it sows. This is the Globalization Plan, ie.. make the USA like China, then it won't matter what country you live in!

    --The "Free Market" is so laughable of a lie, when you have a bunch of greasy knuckleheads constantly screwing consumers and markets up completely; I'll roll my own telecommunications system out thank you very much!

  14. Re:freenet? on Is China's Control of the Internet Slipping? · · Score: 1

    Child porn on Freenet? Funny thing, i've had my freenet node going for over two years and i've yet to come across any child porn!

    Wait a minute here!; freenet keeps information closest to where it's most requested.. What city do you live in{So I know where not to take my family on vacation}

  15. China and America have alot in common on Is China's Control of the Internet Slipping? · · Score: 1

    "Today patriotism in China means loving the Party and loving Socialism," said one contributor. "You can destroy China's environment, but you can't criticise the Party." For the first time ever the internet is allowing people from every corner of China to engage with each other in conversation and debate. And it is changing China in other ways too.

    If the people of China have a revolution and overthrow the tyrants, I hope they decide to have no "government"; a free wide open china, like the wild, wild west. Be Polite or risk getting shot in a duel. Every community is responsible for ensuring it's members are not perkulating nuclear granades. I wonder how China's gun laws compare to the democrats and some republicans ideals of wanting to disarm it's United States citizenry?

    A democrat will tell you that those "militia's" were state run, but we all know from the stories our grandaddy passed onto us, it was the American Farmers who drove the British out, not state run militia's; perhaps this is why both parties love to beat up on American Farmers today?

  16. Linux a tool for freedom or control? on Germany, IBM Sign Major Linux Deal · · Score: 1

    I guess it kind of depends on what side of the fence you are on, eh??

  17. Never? on When Should File Formats Be Placed in the Public Domain? · · Score: 1
    This could be a bad precidence, ie.. if freesoftware {gpl} became public domain what negative impact could this have on public domain software vs. gpl code? How could this effect users of gpl code? ie.. what are the differeces in the restrictions that could be placed on public domain software which cannot be placed on gpl????

    What other impacts if any, does this place on the future of gpl code?

  18. Unite behind who and why? on RMS Condemns "UnitedLinux" per-seat License · · Score: 1

    "UnitedLinux" will pool some resources of SuSE, Caldera, TurboLinux, and Conectiva to produce "a global partnership" creating an LSB-based standard Linux for business.

    Because they claim to be for buisness, I am supposed to run their code? It's all a bunch of hype! Who really cares about standards anyway when all you run is free speech software which has been ported to your particluar architecture. It would be like saying I won't dine out until they standardize all the menu items, LOL..

  19. I hate my epson c80 on HP Must Defend Half-Empty "Economy" Ink Cartridges · · Score: 1

    Epson uses chips to prevent you from refilling in order to protect you from "damaging" equipment{their profits}. It is in Epson's and our government's interest to keep consumer printing cost high, as to prevent every Joe from competing with the crap that is printed now by big publishing houses.

    Congress should pass a law requiring that a each individual cartridge prints a minimum of 1000 pages, and mandate that cartridges not be priced above 10$/cartridge. I'd rather pay 500$ on a printer, than 150$ and getting it up my arz every other week for 30+ dollars!