Go Microsoft! You show em. You'll be able to help the RIAA out! I mean, look at how good a job you've done with your own stuff. You've prevented soooo many people from pirating windows and office. I'm -sure- you can help them out!
All you who are saying, "Sue his pants off." You deeply sadden me.
Sure this guy is an asshole, maybe he deserves some punishment. However, if you allow people to punished for what they say at human digression, where does it end?
Luckily, this is in an american court. Hopefully the court will see that it is indeed speech, and have to decide whether or not the person was slandering. Unfortunately, after lots of legal fees.
There will always be people you don't like and don't want to hear. On the flip side, there will be those that you do want to hear. Unfortunately they're mutually inclusive. If you want one, you have to swallow both. Tough. That's the price of free speech.
Sure, this was a privately owned bulletin board. So it's not really a question of free speech. But that just makes it their job to moderate his posts, and ban him if they don't like it.
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The simpsons did it ....
No really, IBM has been working on this stuff for a couple years now, the projected release date is 2004.
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Frankly, I'd rather see him take the position of president.
Poor Commander Data almost got dissected because of him! Peh!
Go Microsoft! You show em. You'll be able to help the RIAA out! I mean, look at how good a job you've done with your own stuff. You've prevented soooo many people from pirating windows and office. I'm -sure- you can help them out!
All you who are saying, "Sue his pants off." You deeply sadden me.
Sure this guy is an asshole, maybe he deserves some punishment. However, if you allow people to punished for what they say at human digression, where does it end?
Luckily, this is in an american court. Hopefully the court will see that it is indeed speech, and have to decide whether or not the person was slandering. Unfortunately, after lots of legal fees.
There will always be people you don't like and don't want to hear. On the flip side, there will be those that you do want to hear. Unfortunately they're mutually inclusive. If you want one, you have to swallow both. Tough. That's the price of free speech.
Sure, this was a privately owned bulletin board. So it's not really a question of free speech. But that just makes it their job to moderate his posts, and ban him if they don't like it.