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  1. Re:Is it still style over substance? on Gmail Goes Public · · Score: 1

    As for me, I got mine just so I could reserve my prefered name, in case in the future, I wish to use gmail.

  2. Gmail public on Gmail Goes Public · · Score: 1

    Except that the links appear broken and everyone on Slashdot who wanted an invite already has at least one.

  3. Re:Disk space is cheap. Why bother deleting? on How Do You Store and Reconcile Email Archives? · · Score: 1

    Well, you aren't very credible, because

    A. That is illegal
    B. You are an Anonymous Retard^H^H^H^H^H^HCoward.

  4. Re:They don't like listening to logic.... on GPL Violators On The Prowl · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There are reasonable people on slashdot

    and the reasonable position is thus

    the RIAA and MPAA are unreasonable for calling me a pirate for making a copy of my cd/DVD for the car/van/boat/kids and securing the other in my closet.

    the BSA are unreasonable for calling me a pirate if I re-sell my copy of office 97 on EBAY

    and companies who use GPL/OSS without following the terms(give credit and open the code) are being unreasonable for not passing on what they got for free.



    NOW, do these reasonable people likely have copies of music or software they haven't paid for? yes, possibly.

  5. Re:One place to look on The Continuing Hunt for PATRIOT Act Abuses · · Score: 1

    Name one person who was executed who went on to kill again.

  6. Re:One place to look on The Continuing Hunt for PATRIOT Act Abuses · · Score: 1

    and IF the cost of execution was 700% of incarceration that would not be too much to ensure that innocents do not receive the ultimate deterrant.

  7. Re:OT: full OED, was Re:It is a Political... on DrinkOrDie Warez Trader to be Extradited to U.S. · · Score: 1

    $248 at amazon still a massive volume, but very much worth having. I must still depend on a 70's version of the OCD or Shorter OED, But soon I will get the compressed version

  8. Re:It is a Political Correctness thing... on DrinkOrDie Warez Trader to be Extradited to U.S. · · Score: 1

    The OCD or Shorter oxford english dictionary is a worthwhile purchase for anyone serious about language who doesn't have $1500 to spare.

  9. Re:According to US Customs on DrinkOrDie Warez Trader to be Extradited to U.S. · · Score: 1

    Of course internet gambling is typically a misdemeanor so not extraditable.

  10. Re:Legos? on Holy LEGO Blocks, Batman! · · Score: 2, Informative

    And of course, in point of fact, and I've tried the minimate, the megablok, and several other "knock off/compatible" and none match the strength and flexibility of Lego.

  11. Re:Execution age, versus voting age, etc on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 1

    WHich is why I have no complaint with spending "millions" of dollars to execute someone, because those appeals tend to weed out the innocent. I mourn for the innocent jailed and executed, but we can only do our best to establish innocence or guilt, and after that, fry them up crispy

  12. Re:Excuse me while I bang my head on the wall on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 1

    Secret Service-- those guys responsible for the president's safety(among other things).

  13. Re:Leaving MS for FOSS on When Should You Quit Your Job? · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know, the military mentions all that stuff before you enlist.

  14. Re:I hate professors on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 1

    If he is your boss. I'm free to practice my religion, but my employer is free to ask me to remove a 6 foot cross from my cubicle. Further, the SCotUS has declared that the state as employer is distinct from the state as lawmaker, such that telling Roy Moore as an employee to take the 6 ton rock out of the workplace is not equivilant to making a law saying that there shall be no 6 ton rocks with the 10 commandments.

  15. Re:EFF on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 1

    Did you write a dead tree letter? or an email? your post wasn't clear. I would suggest that it is possible you fell through the cracks. Stuff happens.

  16. Re:Frivolous abuse of the court's time! on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 1

    By hunting, do you mean killing animals? Perhaps the GP should have said killing. instead of killing people. Either way, the long gun or rifle as a tool is no more or less designed for killing than the hand gun or pistol. In fact, many people hunt with a pistol exclusively because it makes them feel like they are fighting fairly.

  17. Re:Excuse me while I bang my head on the wall on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 1

    Although if you and 3000 of your closest friends want to demonstrate on the steps of the Capitol, Common sense and Common courtesy would dictate that you might want to let the DC cops and SS know before hand so they don't think you are a spontaneous riot.

  18. Re:I'm not confident on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 1

    The "try as adult" bit simply means that killing someone with a butcher knife, carving out his eyeballs, eviscerating him and wrapping his intestines around his throat is sufficiently heinous to indicate that the person who committed the crime must be treated as an adult and punished as such, OH and by the way we think that this 16 year old did it because he gave her a failing grade in english.

  19. Re:Execution age, versus voting age, etc on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 1

    How many serial killers killed again after their execution?

    Ok, this number is zero.

    How many jailed individuals escaped or were released and killed again?

    This number is greater than zero

    So how is execution NOT a deterrent?

  20. Re:I'm not confident -- Oh, The Children, sob... on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 1

    Yes, OBLIGED, whether capable or not. Thank you. You've made my point quite well. Someone can be liable for an action that they aren't responsible for.

  21. Re:I'm not confident on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 1

    And as far as I can tell 2004->Ch0562->Section%2011#0562.11>florida code does not make the parental/guardianship exemption.

  22. Re:I'm not confident -- Oh, The Children, sob... on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 1

    For reasons not clear to me, NO. That may have to do with the intersection of federal and state law. State law defines adulthood, federal law defines voting restritions.

  23. Re:I'm not confident on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 1
  24. Re:I'm not confident on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 1

    sometimes. depends on the base and the base commander. Just like the governor and legislature make the law in the state, the commander makes the law on the base. MOST bases today are "dry" if you are under 18, but I know of one or two CONUS locations that permit consumption by minors on base.

  25. Re:I'm not confident on MGM v. Grokster: Here's Why P2P is Valuable · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And if you want to know the law, check the code, don't go on a feeling or belief.