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  1. Re:Supreme Court ruling needed now on Federal Obscenity Rule Nixed In Internet Porn Case · · Score: 2, Insightful

    To extremize, and get modded troll, you could say that just because shrub "won," we don't even know because of lack of receipts, he has a mandate to put judges on the bench that will make our once great country as free as a fourth world. If the judges wanted to make an Orellian state then even if the president was elected she still shouldn't be approved. If a judge will declare laws that you think are in fact unconstitutional then they should not be approved. Regardless of who is president. If I think that gay marriage is not just right but in fact not deniable by the gov't then a judge who will say it, against my interpretation, is not with the Const. then I have a right to not approve them since they really will be activist. That is they will create a ruling that actually is against the Const. instead of the usual so-called activist judges who in fact remove laws that are against it but also against ones created by the legislature.

  2. Re:other titles on FTC Tries to Can Sex Spam · · Score: 1

    No of course not. Similarly putting sex in wouldn't deter them. About 51%. That was just an arbitrary number I made up. Unless 75% of states agree then it doesn't matter if it is 100%.

  3. other titles on FTC Tries to Can Sex Spam · · Score: 1

    Why don't they force all SPAM to have the word "spam" in the title? That would make ot so much easier. Same with viruses. Is sex singled out because 51% of people are against it?

  4. Re:Here we go on Security Researcher Faces Jail For Finding Bugs · · Score: 1

    "and you too can be unique, just like everybody else"
    That is my theory on why people do stuff like get tattoos and piercings. It's not unique if everyone does it.
    I already thought that and trademarked it so come to my country so I can sue you. :D

  5. MLK's speech and happy birthday on US To Push Criminalization of IP Violations · · Score: 1

    Since MLK's speech and the "happy birthday" song are copyrighted I am waiting for someone to say those in public that is obviously illegal so the public know it and thinks "they are not illegal, you can't do anything."

  6. Re:I learned the Golden Rule from my parents, too. on Software Firms Lobby for Stronger Copyright Laws · · Score: 1

    P.S. CT is in my sig.

    Yes but what if you are pro-GPL? I don't mind if someone "takes" my stuff, well only one program and a couple written things, and turns them into something "better." In fact you can ignore the "copyright" notice on my program. It would be interesting to see someone else's take on it. You can go to my website for my program I made a decade ago. Plus if it is people who lived 75 years ago, do CT rights exist for someone who has not been alive for decades. I don't care what happens to anything of mine, CTish or real, after I die in March of 2078. Or before if I am unlucky. Plus if it is something that uses old technology then it is even more likely I don't mind.
    In any case legally I think people should be able to "take" my stuff if it is old enough. I promise I won't sue or have arrested anyone who uses my CT after 10 years after it was made.
    My site is at httphomerochesterrrcom.pjackso2.
    With the applicable periods and other stuff between words to prevent spam I probably can't even access.

  7. didn't you learn to share from your parents on Software Firms Lobby for Stronger Copyright Laws · · Score: 1

    Even if they do get it passed there will still be "sharers." They can be arrested but there will be more. eventuall there will be jails full of sharers whome people will notice. And of course all the poor people who get sued and get their life ruined because of it. They will have to become criminals to pay for living since they have no money left. In other words it will do nothing.

  8. Re:Cloning / Souls on Top 10 Scientific Advances of 2004 · · Score: 1

    Because killing is different than cloning. If you kill the original is gone. If you clone it is not. I don't might collection more stuff but I don't want to throw away the stuff I have.

  9. Re:Great, more units... on Top 10 Scientific Advances of 2004 · · Score: 1

    No, you are confused. A "volkswagen" is a unit of volume. A "boston" is a unit of area. It was talking about the cross-section area. Don't worry it's an easy mistake to confuse "bostons" with "volkswagens." :D

  10. Re:Discrediting mention of junk DNA on Top 10 Scientific Advances of 2004 · · Score: 1

    I do agree that there is likely little useless stuff in our DNA. Junk though is a bad word. I would say it really means "introns." It's a different definition of the word than "useless space taker-upper."

  11. Re:Taxation without representation? No. on ICANN Plans to Charge Fees to .net Domain Owners · · Score: 1

    As a offtopic post I like mentioning. If someone can't elect the gov't that does that mean it they have the right to not be taxed at all?

  12. Re:Registration costs as a deterrent on ICANN Plans to Charge Fees to .net Domain Owners · · Score: 1

    I agree. The problem with non-progressive systems is that money doesn't scale like it seems it should. Similarly with insects. Ants can life 50x their weight because they are smaller. Big corps can by more stuff than you would assume for their worth. Most people spend the same on necessities while richer people spend more on luxuries. Just make a 10^x method. the first domain is $1, the second is $10, the third $100 and so forth. Of course you could also just limit root domains to like 5 per company anyways. Why MS needs mmss.com as well as microsoft.com and ms.com and miscrosoftsucks.com I don't know. They should have to actually use it rather than just point it to another site. I know I would be annoyed if Starbucks or another store bought up all the land in a mall, like the Simpsons, and disallowed anyone else to get commerce to be competitive.

  13. Re:I'm on the fence on USPS Service Kiosks Taking Pictures of Customers · · Score: 1

    First, I think it should be legal as it is. It was in a public place and all. Second, I think it was mean to not give it back. Even "Cops" blurs out people who request it. His attitude notwithstanding why would you keep it? Was he a celebrity and it was for a tabloid? Do you take pictures just for fun of people who don't want it? Assuming he wasn't a "special" person such as a pursesnatcher or something I see no need to keep it.
    Now as for the topic in question. Stamps are different than money. ATMs involve alot of money and can upset a person who might be defrauded. The bank or the person whos card was stolen. Stamps are 37 cent things that don't help anything. Again, I might think it should be legal but I definately don't think it should be done. I mean how can you blacklist, personally, the USPS? IT is possible but annoying. Plus there isn't alot of competition for USPS. Only a few other big names.

  14. tiny house on GEICO vs Google Ads: Google Wins · · Score: 1

    Offtopic but I still want to see the reality show "Tiny House." It must be better than the ones that currently exist. Or at least more funny. Geico's ads are better than most other's regardless of the company itself. At least it isn't "yet another car ad" or "generic medicine curing unknown diseases."

  15. Re:Incorrect assumptions. on Editorial: On the SpikeTV Video Game Awards · · Score: 1

    I personally don't respect the Oscars(tm). Most movies that win are probably bad. I don't care how many people saw Titanic. I am "boycotting" it until I see every other movie made. I only care what I think and not what a random bunch of other people think. Now people in general might but it has also been around since '29. VG's that might win awards like these have only been around 5 years. In 80 years maybe people will respect games more than movies when they figure out they are all repeats. Of course I watch the movies anyways but with the magic of premium. I also don't spend money on VG's SO I don't respect either awards.

    P.S. You must put the "tm" in there or the Academy will hunt you down for diluting their trademark.

  16. Re:best part on Editorial: On the SpikeTV Video Game Awards · · Score: 1

    It'sn't only actors that do work in movies. In games actors do do some work. Yes less than other media but they aren important. You only wouldn't do a "grip" award because there are so many grips. And they are less famous.

  17. Re:Award shows = $$$, Not Art Appreciation on Editorial: On the SpikeTV Video Game Awards · · Score: 1

    Hey people aren't stupid. Unless you include all 6.3 billion people. To paraphrase Marge, "They can't all be stupid." I do agree that people disagree with awards often. I know I put negative faith in the Oscars. A few like LOTR aren't too bad but Titanic winning, blah. The VGA, video graphics adapter hehe, was basically 3 things. Music from metal and rap. Women with little cloths. And 3d games I have never played and don't want to.

  18. accreditedness on PA Sues Online 'University' For Spamming · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why should a school have to be accredited? Doesn't that just mean some people I have never heard of or didn't elect decided that a school is elite enough to join the other schools? Why should I care what "critics" think? If I want to learn then I should get to pick. I know I put no faith in award like Academy(TM) or otherwise. The only award or accretion I care about is my own.
    Now if a school is bad or spams as this one seems to be then that is different. But it is still a university just not one you agree with. It's like the "Time Cube" except not stupid.

  19. Re:The PTC are a PITA on Lone Activist Group Submits 99.8% of FCC Complaints · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Didn't Jesus himself say something like "give unto the Lord what is his and give unto Caesar what is his?" If that or something similar is true then wouldn't that imply that both olden things like tithes and newer ones like theocracies, gov't by theo?, would not be giving what is actually the Lord's but taking what is "Caesar's."

  20. Re:Play OriMazes in JavaScript on Programming Puzzles · · Score: 1

    What is the point? How do I win? I can move the square around but I don't know what to do. And what is the arrow piece? I can move across it in both directions.

  21. Re:Should have had corporate charter revoked... on Bhopal Disaster Revisited [updated] · · Score: 1

    Why don't more countries do that? They put people in jail and even execute them, why not corps? I disagree with allowing shareholders to be responsible. If they were few people would invest. The board, et al, definitely.

  22. Re:New LOW for Slashdot.... on Bhopal Disaster Revisited [updated] · · Score: 2, Informative

    I do agree but there is one problem with number 3.
    Hindus think of "lesser" animals as similar to humans since they could be relatives, though I don't.

  23. Re:Ummm . . . Hasn't TBS been doing this forever? on Network Scheduling to Mess with Tivo · · Score: 1

    They used to start at 5:05 pm and whennot. They changed, here at least, about 6 or so years ago. Fox movie channel though does start at 10:01. D'oh. Alot of the premium stations sometimes are off by a couple minutes.

  24. Re:The compressing of credits isn't fair to actors on Network Scheduling to Mess with Tivo · · Score: 1

    I can't even watch network movies anymore and sometimes shows because of that and super editing. Sometimes stations even "pre-empt" the ending credits in which are actually important with ads. Arg. Well there's always premium which for now at least it free from that [generic bad word].

  25. Re:Actually, I think this is an EXCELLENT idea. on TiVo to Sell Your Fast-Forward Button · · Score: 1

    Which would you rather have, putting tons of advertisments of products on your apartment's walls or being homeless? It's not a duality. There are other possibilities.