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  1. Re:From a Mainer's perspective... on U.Maine Law Clinic Is First To Fight RIAA · · Score: 1

    "Rights" they gained by breaking the Constitution. Sounds like they don't truly have those rights.

  2. Re:still stealing music? on U.Maine Law Clinic Is First To Fight RIAA · · Score: 1

    Spoken like someone who doesn't create. Thanks for being a leech on society.

  3. Re:Educational TV on Many Analog TV Watchers Aren't Aware of Upcoming Switchover · · Score: 1

    You mean take away the tv and people will no longer seek out any of the mass media? They will, sounds like those important lessons could be migrated to other mediums then, one that doesn't require the government to subsidize televisions.

  4. Re:'*free* converter boxes..." on Many Analog TV Watchers Aren't Aware of Upcoming Switchover · · Score: 1

    You're saying they can't sell off the spectrum without subsidizing tvs? They can, sounds like they could be spending that money on more important things then.

  5. Re:There is always stupid people on Many Analog TV Watchers Aren't Aware of Upcoming Switchover · · Score: 1

    No, I'm more then happy for people to eavesdrop on my personal conversation if it [b]enters their private property[/b].

  6. Re:'*free* converter boxes..." on Many Analog TV Watchers Aren't Aware of Upcoming Switchover · · Score: 1

    Its really quite sad to see this money wasted on television when the government could instead be using it on health care or education. I guess keeping the masses docile is more important then educating the next generation. A lesson that will unfortunately go unlearned for most kids.

  7. Re:There is always stupid people on Many Analog TV Watchers Aren't Aware of Upcoming Switchover · · Score: 1

    People should be able to view anything that willingly enters their property. If they don't want me freely using their satellite tv, they should find a way to send it to customers without invading my airspace.

  8. Re:There is always stupid people on Many Analog TV Watchers Aren't Aware of Upcoming Switchover · · Score: 1

    Telephones can be crucial to saving peoples lives (911 anyone?). Television, while it can be helpful, isn't anywhere near as crucial.

  9. Re:You gotta be poor or rich. on Many Analog TV Watchers Aren't Aware of Upcoming Switchover · · Score: 1

    Can't have the people go without their circuses. They might actually start paying attention to politics!

  10. Re:Might have a right to privacy on No Right to Privacy When Your Computer Is Repaired · · Score: 1

    If this happens a lot, it becomes expected that they will search hard drives, and turn over evidence. At that point, could it not be said that they are 'working at the behest of the police'?? Why would they do that if they were sued everytime for infringing on someone's privacy? Just because something should be allowed in a criminal case doesn't mean the party that illegally took the information should be allowed to get away with it civilly.
  11. Re:Ah, teh good old days on Which eBook Reader is the Best? · · Score: 1

    The correct URL is http://manybooks.net/

  12. Re:And free content....well, sort of. on Which eBook Reader is the Best? · · Score: 1

    I'm currently up to my ears in paper books. E-books do away with this problem. But of course, I MUST be rationalizing my need for one.

  13. Re:And free content....well, sort of. on Which eBook Reader is the Best? · · Score: 1

    Its available in almost all of them.

  14. Re:Might have a right to privacy on No Right to Privacy When Your Computer Is Repaired · · Score: 1

    Both should be allowed in if either: a) The thief stole the photos and handed it to the police b) A warrant was issued based on the thief's report and the house searched and the photos obtained.

  15. Re:This is a funny excerpt on No Right to Privacy When Your Computer Is Repaired · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Next you'll be saying that eyewitnesses reporting what they see to police is infringing on someone's privacy.

  16. Re:Idiot... on No Right to Privacy When Your Computer Is Repaired · · Score: 1

    You mean you don't think this child porn is authentic?

  17. Might have a right to privacy on No Right to Privacy When Your Computer Is Repaired · · Score: 2, Insightful

    He might actually have a right to privacy, however he would have to sue circuit city to get restitution for it being infringed. IANAL but I am a human being, and if someone who is not working at the behest of the police infringes on someone's rights but also discovers evidence and turns it over to the police, that evidence should be admissible. For example if a thief breaks into someone's home and discovers child porn and hands it over to the police, the prosecutor should be allowed to use that evidence. Now if there was evidence that the thief was working for the police (for example they routinely handed over evidence to the police) that would be a different story.

  18. Re:At least Apple didn't really win on Think Secret Shutting Down · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A harmful precedent being that encouraging people to break their NDA and then publish what they is actionable? I'm guessing that precedent has already been set.

  19. TAG PARENT censorship on Think Secret Shutting Down · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wouldn't that be censorship?

  20. Re:$100 million, eh? on HP & Staples Collude On $8,000/Gallon Ink? · · Score: 1

    See the difference. One is a case of rental of space, where it's possible for Big/mega cola to rent all the space. The other is a retail product sales. You skip over the point that university cafeterias also stock fridges of bottles of pepsi or coke, but never both. You also seem to have forgotten the fastfood franchises which also have fridges of pepsi or coke but never both.
  21. Re:Hmmm... on First Look At Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 · · Score: 4, Interesting
  22. Re:Would anyone mind if.... on IE 8 Passes Acid2 Test · · Score: 1

    Its their own fault for doing it.

  23. Re:Never understood wasted ink... on HP & Staples Collude On $8,000/Gallon Ink? · · Score: 1

    Clearly he works for HP.

  24. Re:$100 million, eh? on HP & Staples Collude On $8,000/Gallon Ink? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How about paying a university not to stock Pepsi? Or a franchise not to stock Coke? Oh wait, both these things happen all the time. Where's the news here again?

  25. Do they have a monopoly? on HP & Staples Collude On $8,000/Gallon Ink? · · Score: 1

    Does HP have a monopoly on ink cartridges? In Australia they certainly don't (when I think ink cartridge they're not a company I typically think of) and TFA merely says they're dominant.