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  1. FBI said the internet was not covered by CALEA on FCC To Require Backdoor Network Access for Feds · · Score: 1
    The law was passed with the understanding that the internet was not covered. If the FBI wants the internet included then get congress to change the law.

    Until then the FCC and FBI can piss up a rope.

  2. Isn't calculator hacking a DMCA violation? on Calculator Flaw Forces Recall in Virginia · · Score: 1

    I'm sure lawyers could find a way to make the kid pay for the cost of the recall.

  3. We need the BF to fight terrorism - game over on MPAA Giving Up on Broadcast Flag... For Now? · · Score: 1

    The MPAA/RIAA will sell copyright violations as a form of terrorism. If you're against the broadcast flag then you must be supporting Osama.

  4. Replace what DLL to 'fix' the cpu discrimination? on Windows XP Starter Edition Snubs P4, Athlon · · Score: 1

    ... and get a call from MS' lawyers for violating the DMCA.

  5. Time to start rooting for the Dallas Mavericks on Mark Cuban to fund Grokster vs. MGM case. · · Score: 1

    Mark's quite the maverick himself.

  6. But can they do wireless electricity too? on Japanese Firms Claim 170Mb/s Service Via Powerline · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's next, wireless electricity and cordless extension cords.

  7. And that is just the beginning of the nightmare on Congress to Investigate ChoicePoint · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Washington Post has an article(reg required) today about Beth Plowman, a Damascus international public health adviser, was shocked when she discovered that a $27,240 arbitration judgment had been levied against her for credit card charges incurred by an identity thief who bought sporting goods all across Europe.

  8. Canon i865 Been Printing to CDs for Some Time on Disc Writers Now Print the Label Too · · Score: 1, Informative
  9. Why not use a privatized system similar to Chile's on Mathematics of the Social Security "Crisis" · · Score: 0
  10. Washington Post also Pans Media Center: 2004.12.12 on Windows Media Center Edition vs. The World · · Score: 0
  11. Where are the lawyers? on How Craigslist Costs Newspapers Money · · Score: 0

    How come the print media hasn't hired the MPAA/RIAA lawyers to save their outdated business model. We can't have the buyers(eq. to listeners?) giving money directly to the sellers(eq to artists?) now can we?

    Craigslist should be taken down with the FBI's help and the operators brought up on some bogus terrorism charges.

  12. Re:And still on Quake and Tsunami Devastate South Asia · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Cigarettes don't kill, people kill. It's your own fault if you treat your body like a sewer.

  13. Re:standard equipment on Using GPS to Track Teens · · Score: 1

    A gas tax is better. It's the typical no-brainer use fee. Our entire tax system should be based upon use fees scaled to pay for the resources consumed.

  14. DL Standards already in the works on Driver's Licenses with Digital Watermarks · · Score: 1
    The AAMVA: American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators(AAMVA) has submitted its recommendations on uniform drivers licensing and licenses. Lots of good stuff and common sense for consistency of design, processes and procedures. Some items are of concern, especially the 'requirement' that the SSN be used as a person's personal identifier. The AAMVA does say that biometrics is not ready for prime time. More recommendations need to be requirements when it comes to sharing data outside of law enforcement. They do recommend not giving undocumented aliens a drivers license. This would seem to be a no brainer after 9/11. Wouldn't it also be abetting a crime?

  15. Re:Yasser Arafat... dead at age 75 on Will Wind Power Change Earth's Climate? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Good riddance. If hell exists he is certainly there.

  16. FTTP service Questions on Verizon Taking FTTP Installation Orders · · Score: 1

    Do I need a land line? How do you check for availability if I only have a cell phone? Is the monthly price higher for non-verizon phone users? What about cell phone users(Verizon or not)? What are the minimum system requirements? What brand and model of router? Is the Verizon installation free? How much is the FUSF(Verizon Online monthly Supplier FUSF recovery fee)?

  17. Re:Why didn't he fly on Apollo? on Astronaut Gordon 'Gordo' Cooper, 1927-2004 · · Score: 1

    I meant to say 7 if you include Skylab(Conrad and Bean). All of the Apollo 10 crew flew twice, as did Scott and Lovell.

  18. Why didn't he fly on Apollo? on Astronaut Gordon 'Gordo' Cooper, 1927-2004 · · Score: 1

    He was the backup commander for Apollo 10. 5 other astronauts flew twice on Apollo, 7 if you include Apollo-Soyuz.

  19. Re:The problem is not the issue. on Kryptonite U-Lock Security Flaw · · Score: 2, Funny

    You forgot the George Lucas part where 10 years later he changes the movie's sound of the lock being picked to that of a .44 Magnum.

  20. Can Verizon legally still call it Bluetooth? on Verizon Crippled Bluetooth Features in Motorola V710 · · Score: 1

    Seems to me that these missing features are some of Bluetooth's core capabilities. How many features can they remove before it is no longer Bluetooth?