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  1. Re:The communists won after all on Are Background Checks Necessary For IT Workers? · · Score: 1

    The Bolsheviks have about as much to do with Karl Marx as the Nazis do with Nietszche.

  2. Re:Kinda funny because... on German Minister Seeks Jail Time For FPS Players · · Score: 1

    The number one case against personal responsibility is the type of people who endorse it.

  3. Re:It's all the games' fault! on German Minister Seeks Jail Time For FPS Players · · Score: 1

    This is Slashdot, not Gateworld. You don't need to censor out "download" here.

  4. Re:It's all the games' fault! on German Minister Seeks Jail Time For FPS Players · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You know who else invoked Godwin's Law? Nazis.

  5. Re:The communists won after all on Are Background Checks Necessary For IT Workers? · · Score: 1

    It's funny how the only aspects of communism widely being adopted are the aspects Marx saw as at best transitional.

  6. Re:It's all the games' fault! on German Minister Seeks Jail Time For FPS Players · · Score: 1

    I've seen faster. Much faster.

  7. Re:This article nearly gave me a heart attack... on Clinton and Lieberman Ally With ESRB · · Score: 1

    ESR is to freedom as McDonalds is to food.

  8. Re:Just wondering (possibly O/T) ... on Why the Novell / MS Deal Is Very Bad · · Score: 1

    There is still a lot of overlap. For example, RMS predicted problems with Linus using BitKeeper long before the actual problems. He predicted that the "Sorta Free" license(which tried to chastise people working on alternatives) BitKeeper switched to would cause problems, and it did. And although I think that people who use the BSD license assume way too much human goodwill, they aren't the ones infringing freedom. RMS has predicted many instances of infringement of freedom, and the majority of them have come true.

  9. Re:Why I don't read Groklaw... on Why the Novell / MS Deal Is Very Bad · · Score: 2, Informative

    Say what you will about RMS but he has been right just about every time he predicts something. Best example: BitKeeper.

  10. Re:Just wondering (possibly O/T) ... on Why the Novell / MS Deal Is Very Bad · · Score: 1

    Call RMS a zealot but every time he has predicted a threat against freedom, he has been right. You probably would have thought that Southern states just claiming that slavery is gone would "be enough" and that the "exploits" in the 13th amendment aren't so terribly bad that the 14th amendment is necessary or even a good idea.

  11. Re:I wish I had that kind of money on Why the Novell / MS Deal Is Very Bad · · Score: 1

    No, I think the man is truly unhinged. And he has money. That makes him very dangerous to us all.

  12. Re:Eban Moglen is our general now on Why the Novell / MS Deal Is Very Bad · · Score: 1

    Say what you will about RMS but he's right.

  13. Re:Get over it, there is no fucking war. on Why the Novell / MS Deal Is Very Bad · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Dude, have you actually heard what Steve Ballmer has to say? He cares less about making money and more about destroying the competition.

  14. Re: Is Google Too Smart For Its Own Good? on Is Google Too Smart For Its Own Good? · · Score: 1

    Nope. It's not enough so, considering it hasn't driven your ilk away.

  15. Re:This just in... on Consumer Ad Blocking Doubles · · Score: 1

    Technically, not only rap, it just has to be offensive. Kurt Cobain, for example. (Except Kurt Cobain's bandmates know how to play music, that can't be said about Tupac's.)

  16. Re:More than that on Consumer Ad Blocking Doubles · · Score: 1

    The last time I went to the theater, the movie didn't actually start until it was 15 minutes after it was supposed to start and then only because I had to ask the guy at the theater, the aspect ratio was fucked up, and the movie wasn't even that good.

    Watching TV on the HDTV upstairs is much more enjoyable.

  17. Re:Yawn on Halo 3 Teaser Aired, Beta Signups Start · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, I thought it was funny.

  18. Re:Such a shame Sergei Korolev died. on NASA Unveils Strategy for Return to the Moon · · Score: 1

    In real wars the one who wins the last battle generally wins the war. Either way, the last battle was the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, which was a win for both.

  19. Re:OK, I'll byte... on Linux Desktops Catching On In Education · · Score: 1

    Hell, even a lot of the lightweight stuff like pekwm looks better than Windows.

  20. Re:This Must Be Nearly A Record on Warner CEO Admits His Kids Stole Music · · Score: 1

    I'd tell you to tell that to Mark Twain but he's six feet under. He might be cremated though.

  21. Re:This Must Be Nearly A Record on Warner CEO Admits His Kids Stole Music · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I want to mention that the proper way to pluralize a proper noun is with an apostrophe.
    No it isn't. The apostrophe is never used to pluralize something. It's occasionally used for acronyms but that's an exception. "Nazi's" is a possessive only. Whatever teacher told you that is dead wrong.
  22. Re:Lets trust the military! on Millimeter-Wave Weapon Certified For Use In Iraq · · Score: 1

    There should be a law against non-media-related companies owning media companies like with GE and NBC.

  23. Re:neat on Warner CEO Admits His Kids Stole Music · · Score: 1

    rap is missing a c. Or an e, at the other end.

  24. Re:Meh...welcome to Real Life on Warner CEO Admits His Kids Stole Music · · Score: 1

    He compared it to the people who just sat by watching as their Jewish friends were carted off.

  25. Re:This Must Be Nearly A Record on Warner CEO Admits His Kids Stole Music · · Score: 1

    Imagine you didn't know grammar. Also imagine that you poorly copied a Mark Twain quote using possessives as plurals. But I repeat myself.