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  1. Re:Their network, their rules on Legal Actions of School Against a Proxy's Host? · · Score: 1

    That policy needs to be changed. School are an institution of education, police are the institution of enforcement. Police have rules and courts to protect the people they are enforcing against. Schools make up whatever they want and call it policy.

  2. Re:awwwww poor RIAA on Viral Music Videos A Problem For RIAA · · Score: 1

    I give you the 'GOVERMENT.' The source of all your hardships and evils. Someone steals something from you, The goverment doesn't have enough police. Can't afford gas, the goverment isn't managing it's oil resources. Can't get a trial in order to get out of a secret prison, blame your goverment. Disclaimer - if at any time you are able to purchase said goverment, you are now free to blame the public for all your hardships and evils.

  3. Sports? on Congress Sets Sights on Videogames · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I think that sports are way to violent. I think we need to tack an amendment that prohibts all children from watching sports. And makes it a federal offense to let a child play football. Think of the Children. Can someone get me the data for how many children that play sports in school have any sort of illness or injury before they graduate so we can get this passed.

  4. Re:Investigators liability? on The Pirate Bay Is Back Online · · Score: 1

    Congress member cannot be detained if on the way to vote. They might have to pay for it later, but they could do anything they wanted in that brief period of time. It use to be a far fetched idea that it would be abused, but with the rest of the stunts being pulled, I could see it happening.

    The legal system in America is dependent on money. I have personally seen several people (me included) get railroaded in court because they didn't have enough money for an attorney, or the required court fee to file an appeal. The country is run by lawyers, and they don't look kindly to you interfering in the legal system unless you are a layer or paying one. FYI - I had my Drivers license pulled in civil court for a traffic accident. No one wea hurt, but they rang up sever thousand dollars in medical bills. They kept saying it was for different people, and people that were not even in the car. They filled under a new law that the judge was not familar with. The judge asked the other attorney what the law said he had to do. The only chance I had to protest anything, I showed the judge where the names on the bills I was sen't didn't match, the other attorney told the judge that those were medical bills, and that I didn't have a right to look at them, even though they sent them. So they were deemed inadmisable. The guy before me had 17 DWI convictions and walked with a fine because he had a good lawyer.

  5. Re:SSN? on 'Destroyed' Hard Drive Found At Flea Market · · Score: 1

    Taxcut, anything with my student identification number that was my SSN, autosaved userId for my healthcare webpage which forced use of my SSN.

  6. SSN is an issue on A DNA Database For All U.S. Workers? · · Score: 1

    The reason that we are faced with so much "indentity theft" is that banks and credit companies are using SSN as id even though it was never supose to be used that way. My social security card specifically says that it is not to be used as ID. When I went to college it was my student number. Other countries have an immigration status for americans inflicted with identity theft because the social security office does not consider it a problem and won't issue a clean number. Your only choice is to move out of the country. I do not look kindly to any invasion by the goverment that is just as safe as social security numbers.

  7. Re:Radioactive plumes on New Sensor Technology Looks at Molecular 'Fingerprint' · · Score: 1

    When was the last time you have seen something that always properly functions. When something goes wrong they flood the reactor. They have to vent the gas at the top so that they completely flood the chamber. It does create a radio active plume, but it is mild compared to a complete meltdown.

  8. Re:Hard to cancel, hidden fees involved on Ahead of IPO, Vonage Faces User Complaints · · Score: 1

    A few years back, I had VOIP. When I was looking into it, I noticed that most of the companies had some kind of cancellation fee. I felt that was just dishonest and refused to do business with them. I ended up with Ameriphone because they had a clause that the fee was only charged if you failed to return the equipemnt. Once things were set up I was happy with the quality and service. I did get some static around 5-7 pm when I usually lost bandwith on the cable modem, but no worse than I get with my cell. The only thing that I didn't like, is that they didn't have any phone numbers listed for support. They did respond well to emails, but I would like a number to call. I guess they figure that if your phone is having problems, you can't call anyway, but more people have a cell than a blackberry. Only cancelled due to a move in an area with no broadband.

  9. Won't be easy? on Back to the Moon · · Score: 1

    It's not like it's rocket science!

  10. Re:Obsession with small business on Google's Love For Small Businesses · · Score: 1

    Most large american companies are owned by stockholders. This means that by law they are required to do what is in the stockholders intrest, i.e. make money. Many small business have goals other than making money. A lot of people start there own business because it gives them the chance to do something they like, and make enough money to survive comfortably. The only comfortable for a large corporation is everything. The few companies that do start out with something better in mind than making money, will probably be bought out by a larger more successful company because the larger company has an advatage by only carring about money. It is my experience that it is the good companies that are the rare exception to the rule.

  11. Calls go both ways on The NSA Knows Who You've Called · · Score: 1

    Everyone is making comments about what if they called someone who called someone. With this system, if they want to get a warrent for you, they just have to have someone with the same name as someone on the "no fly list" to call you at 2:00 am every morning for a couple of days. You can control who you call, but you can't control who calls you.

  12. Re:Reminder from history on U.S. Government Moves To Dismiss EFF Case · · Score: 1

    I believe the word is plurality not majority. Majority would requier > 50% of the votes cast.

  13. Re:I'll take a stab at this ... on Do Kids Still Program? · · Score: 1

    unfortunately it is not obvious to all. And when you get someone tell the kids it is easy to program, once you understand the virtualization layer to the hardware, you probably just lost one more kid that might have liked programming.

  14. Re:More idoitic nonsense from US politicians on Texas Senator Proposes Game Tax · · Score: 1

    It is the more pressing issue. The current method of taxing for schools was declared uncostitutional (state constitution) They are having a special session to figure out where to get the money for next year before the judge's order kicks in, and they lose the school funding.

  15. Re:I'll take a stab at this ... on Do Kids Still Program? · · Score: 1

    It is not just about software. I remember one of the great things about programing was that you were controlling the hardware directly. If Basic didn't have what you needed, it was time to learn asembly. Now days it is just how to access an API made by someone else. You get hardware, you load drivers, and if it doesn't work, you call tech support. You don't have enough information to make the hardware do anything without the drivers so why try. There are people out there writing their own drivers, but it is not something that the average kid in highschool can tackle easily.

  16. Spammers? on Australian Parliament Approves Email Snooping · · Score: 1

    So, anytime you need to check on someone you investigate a spammer, then have open season.

  17. Re:"Copyright holders" don't give a fuck ... on DRM More Important Than Life or Security? · · Score: 1

    I have to agree that terminating a license already given would be very bad. At that point the value of anything creative effectively goes to $0 because you don't know how long you have it. Perhaps a better idea would be that no contract could take away the orignal creatures right to sell additional licenses to other people. Still somewhat risky if you plan on reselling it for way more than it should be worth, because someone could under bid you, but not as nearly catastraphic as canceling an existing license.

  18. Re:Wouldn't that be ironic. on Are Marines Censoring Web Access for Troops in Iraq? · · Score: 1

    Would you please be a little more specific about how long ago this was. I only see "28 years later", and am not sure if that is your age, or the time since you have moved out. Either way, that puts you past the era of most of the people enlisting today. I am glad that it worked out for you, but things have changed a little. I have helped many a young kid starting out get a car for several hundred dollars. With that said and done, it was time to pay for registration and insurance. I know a lot of people that were left with the choice of living at home and getting a job in walking distance or joining the service because they just could not afford the insurance. The ones that have joined the service did so in order to create their own opportunity. It was a choice, but not much of one.
    Now, Why does this choice take away ones basic constituitional rights like freedom of press? Was there a disclaimer in the fine print I missed that said only for people not enlisted?

  19. Re:As my civics teacher always said... on Diebold Whistle-Blower Charged With Felony Access · · Score: 1

    The problem is that he is not being sued. He is being charged.

  20. Re:Memories on Flashback NES · · Score: 1

    Your home or your mom's?

  21. Re:How hard is it? on Florida Voting Machine Logs Reveal Anomalies · · Score: 1

    But then they would complain because people that voted for Democrates would get twice as much beer from the built in despensing unit.

  22. Re:Cops removed from reality on Houston Police Chief Wants Cameras in Homes · · Score: 1

    In a small town nearby, there was an issue a while back about the police pulling over drunk drivers and issuing a Public Intoxication ticket instead of a DUI. Of coarse the people that got pulled over were overjoyed to get a misdameaner ticket with a small fine, instead of a fellony and possible loss of license. The motivation: all fines from misdomeaners go to the city instead of the state like DUI. Don't assume the cop let you off easy to be nice to you.

  23. A little History on Houston Police Chief Wants Cameras in Homes · · Score: 4, Informative

    This guy makes for an interesting goolge search.

    Disappointed about not having anyone to arrest they arrest everyone at K-Mart. They actually practiced at a Wendy's restraunt the week before. I believe with the mayor and police chief watching. They even arrested families that had a receipt showing that they were waiting for food, for tresspassing. In order to crack down on groups of youths collecting in high crime areas where they might cause trouble. They needed a scapegoat, and so after the backlash, it became the officer in charge at the scene decided to do it on his own. The test a Wendy's was determined to be an "unrelated" incident

    And we can be sure that he would protect are constitution rights. Just like he would for his own officers. So why not put the cameras in. You can't talk to anyone if you criticize my department

    But he just wants to make sure that everyone is not breaking the law. Unless they are an illegal immigrant. The police chief has issued a direct order to police that they cannot enforce any immigration laws because it creates to much political conflict with city officals getting relected. I just have trouble with the police being told they cannot enforce a law. At this point the Police chief has become lawmaker & enforcer. If they want the illegal immigrants to stay, they need to change the laws, not give the police chief the right to do whatever he wants.

  24. How much $ on Unlimited Legal Music Downloads for $3.95 a Month? · · Score: 1

    How much does the avererage downloader pay to have broadband instead of dial-up? I think that people have already shown they are willing to pay a reasonable price to get what they want.

  25. Re:Risk Analysis on Sony Profits Conundrum · · Score: 1

    ""Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"" Ya, they think a lot about how people might react to thier point of view when considering making more profits.