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  1. Re:Rather wrong headed, in spots on Taking Aim At The Mod Squads · · Score: 1, Troll

    Stupid microshaft. Now the mod chips will be sold at flea markets and swap meets instead of conventional retailers. They will be a bigger hit than ever.

  2. Re:One Step at a Time on OpenOffice Beta for Jaguar/X11 Released · · Score: 1, Troll

    Some Windows XP fans were going to write more about why XP is all that, and Macs just aren't any good, but their PCs all crashed, and are stuck on the blue screen of death. They will have to reboot before we will hear from them. Oh well. If it weren't for Macs costing more than PCs. PC would be a dead platform like the Radio Shack TRaSh-80.

  3. Re:Punish the lawbreakers! on Leak Star Wars, Go To Jail · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The song or the whole cd?

  4. Posting comments here won't cut it. on Copyright Office Asks For Public Comments On DMCA · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We all enjoy posting comments here, but they won't be read by the copyright office. Carefully craft your words, and write them.

  5. Re:"lost income" on Australian Anti-Spammer Wins Court Case · · Score: 2

    T3's business model: 1. Sue anti-spammer for lost income. 2. ??? 3. Profit.

  6. Re:You are confusing science with engineering on Tracking People Via Cell Phone · · Score: 2, Funny

    They'll never track me. I drive a Dodge Stealth.

  7. Re:1.8ghz..... on Apple Is Buyer of New 64-Bit IBM Chips · · Score: 2

    And will run for five minutes before melting down from the heat they generate.

  8. Re:Not good news for terraformers on Possible Signs of Life Detected On Venus · · Score: 1, Troll

    Terraforming is science-fiction. Why debate whether or not to do something that simply isn't possible.

  9. Re:Somebody explain this on The Case of the Missing Rocket Belt · · Score: 2

    Disney eh? Did anyone else notice how much this story reads like the plot of The Rocketeer?

  10. Re:New Campaign on Dealing with the RIAA? · · Score: 2

    The RIAA and affiliated labels are a trust, that is, a network of businesses in the same industry colluding instead of competing. This is illegal, except for Major League Baseball to which Congress has granted an exemption. Since the govenment isn't enforcing anti-trust laws very well there is something consumers can do. Boycott the recording indusrty. Don't buy CDs.

  11. Re: Pax Americana on More on Underwater Gliders · · Score: 2

    Americanes Eunt Domus

  12. Re:Eco tax evasion? on Batteries Powered by Leftover Food · · Score: 2

    I'm not saying that the fuel tax itself is a bad thing, or that tax revenue is handed to the cartels, but using the fuel tax as an excuse to squash the pioneers of alternative fuels is absolutely doing the bidding of the oil cartels, who won't tolerate any competition. The UK could tax cooking oil used as fuel, instead of busting people who use it. I suspect that the fossil fuel cartels won't like bio batteries any more than "grease cars." It may take the oil wells running dry before alternative fuels are taken seriously.

  13. Eco tax evasion? on Batteries Powered by Leftover Food · · Score: 2

    Will the British government bust people who use these batteries for evading the UK's fuel tax? They are busting the drivers of "grease cars." The oil mafia will crush alternative fuels at every turn, and they have governments in their back pockets.

  14. Re:don not call list on Fighting Telemarketers with Technology · · Score: 2

    Some states, like Kentucky, have a do not call list anyone can sign up for maintained by the attourney general's office. All telemarketers must check it before calling. I joined the list as soon as the law was passed, and never got a single call again. The list works. We don't need no stinkin' gadgets!

  15. Re:A link to his book on Open Debate Between RIAA VP And DMCA Critic · · Score: 2

    I'll bet that public domain book is one about the public domain, but not in the public domain. How ironic.

  16. A name for your major. on A Name for My Major? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Since you are studying several sciences that are not directly related, call your major Liberal Sciences.

  17. Every time I see the moon... on New Moon for Uranus · · Score: 0

    ... I see uranus.

  18. Re:napster movie?! on Napster: The Movie · · Score: 2

    I hope it has a happy ending, such as a crazed music fan, yelling "You killed Napster!" and gunning down Lars Ulrich. Some scenes of Hilary Rosen snorting coke would be a good thing to include, too.

  19. Re:Don't cross the beams... on Lofgren's Anti-DRM Bill · · Score: 2

    Zoe Lofgren is in the House of Representatives, not the Senate. They are not the same thing.

  20. Re:Is Berman walking both sides of the fence? on Howard Berman Talks About P2P Piracy Prevention Act · · Score: 2

    Is Berman walking both sides of the fence? Yes. He is now backpedaling as a result of the pubic's backlash. His article is an attempt to hide an iron fist in a velvet glove. I am not fooled, and I hope the voters in his district aren't either. I would like to see him lose his job on November 5, along with all those in Congress who sell us out to the highest bidder. Don't vote for these crooks, and don't buy CDs.

  21. Re:I'll support anything that gets rid of Billy Ba on Fritz's Hit List · · Score: 2

    I don't think that list included the telephone. I could play music over it, and someone on the other end could record it. I'll bet Fritz wants to ban phones now.

  22. Re:Hmm on Music Industry Pays $67M Fine For Price Fixing · · Score: 2

    When businesses in the same industry collude instead of compete, that is called a trust. It is illegal and wrong no matter what they are selling. Some people might consider food beyond bread and water "not a necessary part of life." Would you let the grocery stores conspire to fix prices on all foods but bread and water? I'm glad you're not king!

  23. No surprise here. on AOL: Lindows Is Misleading People · · Score: 2

    What do you call the claims Lindows made about AOL? Marketing. What's a synonym for marketing? Lying. No surprise here.

  24. Re:Pete Steele of Type O Negative on Which Artists Support Music Swapping? · · Score: 2

    The recording companies continue to rake in billions, and artists continue to starve. The labels are the real pirates! Any RIAA affiliated artists who publicly voice their support for file trading face retaliation from management. Boycott the Recording industry.

  25. Re:Whats wrong with this law? on Eldred vs. Ashcroft · · Score: 2

    "Limited time" is terribly vague, but "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts," is clear. Extending copyright so that a corporation which did not create a work, can continue to rake in bucks, and prevent artists from producing similar works, does not promote the progress of Science and the useful Arts It stifles those things. Arguing this point may serve the public domain better than arguing over what "limited time" meant.