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  1. China also says there's no.... on China Says There's No Antitrust Probe On Microsoft · · Score: 3, Insightful

    1) Tibet
    2) inherent right to free speech
    3) right to decide how many children you have
    4) rights inherent to human beings.

    I don't think I'm going to trust China on what it says does or does not exist.

  2. Re:No Child Left Behind on Helping Some Students May Harm High Achievers · · Score: 1

    Yes, because seeing that the next generation is clearly not a worthwhile use of my tax money. I'd much rather have it so I can spend it on the latest electronic from China.

  3. Re:No Child Left Behind on Helping Some Students May Harm High Achievers · · Score: 3, Funny

    However, it's unpopular cause of having to employ more teachers, have more classrooms, etc. Yes, employing more people is clearly a terrible thing.
  4. Re:No Child Left Behind on Helping Some Students May Harm High Achievers · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Well if they did that there would be classes with mostly whites and classes with mostly blacks. Which on face value would look racist. Face value is all that matters.

  5. Re:Also in the news on Helping Some Students May Harm High Achievers · · Score: 1

    Why the hell is this flamebait? Quite insightful Chris.

  6. Re:Free speech. on Indefinite Imprisonment For Web Site Content · · Score: 1

    Nowadays, in all Australian states, truth is an absolute defence.

    Great to hear :) I'm glad my teacher taught me out of date info (that or they changed it since).
  7. Re:Free speech. on Indefinite Imprisonment For Web Site Content · · Score: 1

    1) I learnt that from university.
    2) Are you talking about Australian law or American law?
    3) Got any cites to back up your claim that I'm wrong?

  8. Re:Ummm on Indefinite Imprisonment For Web Site Content · · Score: 1, Insightful

    If that's the best response you can come up with then I finally understand why people rail against the American education system.

  9. Re:And keeping the site up is illegal on Indefinite Imprisonment For Web Site Content · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Tell that to Ghandi.

  10. Re:Free speech. on Indefinite Imprisonment For Web Site Content · · Score: 5, Informative

    In Australia it is. It has to be not only true, but in the public's interest to know it.

  11. Re:The AP Has Retracted Its Complaint on AP Files 7 DMCA Takedowns Against Drudge Retort · · Score: 1

    If this is true, I think I'll follow the same approach. I'm going to copyright the word "the", which I've used several times in this article. If I see an AP article using "the" without my permission, I'll send them a DMCA takedown notice. If they persist, I'll take them to court.

    And that's exactly what the AP is going to do (the rest of your paragraph was rubbish and didn't seem based on any evidence but simply your wish to paint the AP as bad as possible. Which admittedly isn't hard to do thanks to this event). If the AP's guidelines are as ridiculous as yours, they'll be laughed out of court just as you would be.
  12. Re:Trespassing? on Geohashing Meets an Angry Rancher With Firearms · · Score: 1
    A quick google indicates it is decided by the state here, and it does require a fence to be partitioned around an area for it to be private. A quick quote from one of the laws:

    Penalty for unlawful entry on enclosed lands
    (1) Any person who, without lawful excuse (proof of which shall lie on
    the person), enters into the enclosed land of any other person,
    without the consent of the owner or occupier or the person in charge
    of those lands, commits an offence

    highlights that the law only concerns enclosed land.
  13. Re:Overreactions on Geohashing Meets an Angry Rancher With Firearms · · Score: 1

    It's highly unlikely that a rancher will shoot you Wasn't the implication I got from what you said. Glad to see I was wrong.
  14. Re:Overreactions on Geohashing Meets an Angry Rancher With Firearms · · Score: 1

    So you shouldn't go around on public land because a farmer with a gun might shoot you? However if you see an angry farmer with a gun roaming a particular area, you shouldn't warn people who are planning to go there because if you do you're overreacting?

    Hilarious!

  15. Re:Trespassing? on Geohashing Meets an Angry Rancher With Firearms · · Score: 1

    Wow, how backwards is that. "Something is private unless otherwise marked" seems like a terrible solution.

  16. Re:And remember on RIAA Says "Wanna Fight? It'll Cost You!" · · Score: 1

    If you commit murder against someone I love I can sue you for wrongful death.

  17. The first blog posted today on UK's House of Lords Speaks To Voters Via YouTube, Blogs · · Score: 1

    I wonder if we can expect other branches of the government to follow suit?

  18. Re:Ironic.. on SCOTUS Grants Guantanamo Prisoners Habeas Corpus · · Score: 1

    So you can plead the fifth then?

  19. Re:Ironic.. on SCOTUS Grants Guantanamo Prisoners Habeas Corpus · · Score: 1

    Don't NDA's infringe on my right to free speech? They seem legal.

  20. Re:Sudden? on SCOTUS Grants Guantanamo Prisoners Habeas Corpus · · Score: 1

    If they don't like it, many can vote for someone else next election once they're released.

  21. Re:The EFF sure taught the industry a lesson! on EFF Wins Promo CD Resale Case · · Score: 1

    Seems simple to me. Require radio stations sign a contract or they don't get the free CD. No free CD means their competitor (for those that actually have one) gets to play music they can't.

    Now any CDs are solicited.

  22. Re:opera is faster on Firefox 3 Release On Tuesday · · Score: 1

    I'm not willing to devote the necessary time to get that working correctly when NoScript is much more user friendly.

  23. Re:How to get it almost like the FF2 Adress Bar on Firefox 3 Release On Tuesday · · Score: 1

    The Awesome Bar is a major change and it should be pretty obvious that not everyone is going to like it. As such including the traditional bar as an option should be done through the GUI. In later versions, if its found the majority do use the Awesome bar then you can take it out.

  24. Re:How to get it almost like the FF2 Adress Bar on Firefox 3 Release On Tuesday · · Score: 1

    Having to open up about:config is not a solution.

  25. Re:opera is faster on Firefox 3 Release On Tuesday · · Score: 1

    Alright, tell me how to disable scripts from external sources before they load. Otherwise known as NoScript in Firefox.