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  1. Re:greedy boomers? on What Could Have Been In the Public Domain Today, But Isn't · · Score: 1

    That interest isn't keeping pace with inflation. The Chinese are losing money on our debt, suckers.

  2. Re:Strange Interpretation of the U.S. Constitution on What Could Have Been In the Public Domain Today, But Isn't · · Score: 1

    18'th century English is not identical to 21'st century. Movies and music would be considered science, useful arts meant patents on mechanical inventions.

  3. Re:Theft on What Could Have Been In the Public Domain Today, But Isn't · · Score: 1

    You mean like all the things that take heavy influence from Shakespeare, such as the whole freaking English language? No modern copyright before 1709, remember?

  4. Re:Law Enforcement usually wins on Warrantless Wiretapping Decisions Issued By Ninth Circuit Court · · Score: 1

    Wait, you think there are ones who aren't?

  5. I used to have a domain with Godaddy on Imgur.com: Why We Dumped GoDaddy · · Score: 2

    But then they took a SOPA to the knee.

  6. Re:secret stimulus package on China Building Gigantic Structures In the Desert · · Score: 1

    Keynesians would suggest a road not a ditch. While the idea is hiring people to do stuff will stimulate the economy, (since those people would spend the money they earn) you would still hope to get something out of the deal. Roads, airports, bridges, parks, ports, canals. Digging and then refilling holes might work but if you make useful stuff then you have it for people to use in transporting goods. Hiring peopel to build stuff you'll use is a better deal than hiring them to pound sand.

  7. Re:Not fear - disgust on Women Arrested For Refusing TSA Search of Children · · Score: 1

    Wrong you must convince enough people to care enough to vote for someone who will undo this airport mess instead of someone promising to do something else that they want. If republicans want it gone but care more about say abortion then it doesn't help. If democrats want it gone but care more about sat abortion then it doesn't help. They'll elect people who will do what the voters want about abortion and what they themselves want about maintaining their own power by setting up a police state. Agreeing isn't enough, it has to be made a major issue.

  8. Re:Palin the Populist Plutocrat on Alaska Must Release Palin E-mails By May · · Score: 1

    3 was mainly in response to "Oh wait. She's a lib so it doesn't count, right? I'm sure it's in the Constitution somewhere that the Speaker of the House can spend thousands on hard liquor while traveling abroad." I wasn't commenting on it being a good idea to do so only that it's disingenuous to suggest the constitution would need to mention booze on airplanes, it is a framework the rest is built on not checklist of every specific allowed expenditure.

    It isn't that I have no concern about government waste. If --and big if since it's uncited-- ArcherB's claims are true I would certainly want to hear some justification for them. This doesn't really justify making the above rant here and now though. There are people I don't like either, that doesn't justify pulling them out as a boogyman and throwing a bitchfest about them every time someone I do like is criticized.

  9. Re:Palin the Populist Plutocrat on Alaska Must Release Palin E-mails By May · · Score: 2

    1 [citation needed] If you must copy and paste from your favorite right wing talking points blog please show your work
    2 How does overspending on flights relate to hypocrisy?
    3 It isn't in the constitution that the capital have bathrooms but it does, this falls under "necessary and proper". Congress is empowered to do things not explicitly listed in order to exercise one of their enumerated powers, this is called implied powers.
    4 Do you have any point at all or was this just an excuse to insult someone on the other side you don't like? Free speech and all that so feel free but it is annoying to see posts like this that are not only off topic but fail to make any point at all.

  10. Re:I've heard that before on Navy Tests Mach 8 Electromagnetic Railgun · · Score: 1

    Yes there's inflation and yes paying unemployment benefits will do better at creating jobs than not doing it. Money moves up not down.

  11. Re:I've heard that before on Navy Tests Mach 8 Electromagnetic Railgun · · Score: 1

    And Why not? Unemployment doesn't sit in bank accounts or go into the stock market, it doesn't get spent on gold. It is used to pay for stuff like food and clothing. Unemployment benefits go directly into the economy. Grocery stores pay their employees who go buy stuff letting more people pay their employees and suppliers. Those people get money and again need to buy stuff, demand goes up, production goes up, employment goes up. Money moves up the ladder to the very wealthy who control the resources.

    It beats the hell out of cutting taxes for the wealthy, where they would just have more money for the sake of having it. It isn't like they create jobs. They just sit on it till they can use it to make more money, that doesn't happen when there's no demand for anything.

    I'd much rather see money sent to where it'll be used for a bit before it makes its way to people who's only use for it is as some kind of +dicksize.

  12. Re:Federal funds used to destroy embryos... on Court Rules Against Stem Cell Policy · · Score: 1

    Cory Doctorow wrote about this in Down and out in the Magic Kingdom including ending the current damaged but still functioning you and replacing it with the freshest backup as a way to avoid having to recover from injuries.

  13. Re:Not sensitive on Thumbprints Used To Check Books Out of School Library · · Score: 1

    In the US the objection is the 4'th amendment. If you'd like the police to have access to any and all of your information go ahead and give it to them. I'd personally rather not have them come bother me because they found my fingerprint in a gas station that got robbed 4 hours after I made a purchase and thus I don't want them to have any data about my fingerprints that's tied to things like my name and address.

    Some of those children might have the same objection.

    If the police or anyone else generate a hash from a fingerprint and compares it to a list of hashes generated by the school then then the school has effectively given the police a database of fingerprints.

    If this doesn't bother you maybe you should be reading foxnews.com instead of slashdot.

  14. Re:Hmmmm on ACLU Sues To Protect Your Right To Swear · · Score: 1

    The 10 commandments would make a stable society? Really? Do you know how many things some fringe or another will consider idolatry? Honor thy father? Who's going to know and how? How do you enforce it? Don't covet? There goes any market for anything besides necessities, do you propose communism? There is one god, so say goodbye to freedom of worship since one god means one church that all must belong to. Don't commit adultery? On a moral level I agree but does a free society regulate what's done by consenting adults in private? I sure hope not. Keep the sabbath? In a free society that's my choice. Do not take the lord's name in vain? Why?.

    Really only three commandments are worth anything, don't steal, don't murder, don't bear false witness.

  15. Re:1984 on Texas Schools Board Rewriting US History · · Score: 1

    I thought that was Starship Troopers.

  16. Re:Fifth Amendement Right on Lower Merion School District Update · · Score: 1

    It appears you've never in your life seen a cop show, let me start you off.

    You have the right to remain silent.

  17. Re:Hope, Transparency, Change. on US Rejects Demands For ACTA Transparency · · Score: 1

    Obama could actually beat Dan Quayle in a game of scrabble.

  18. Re:Then fuck it. on US Rejects Demands For ACTA Transparency · · Score: 1

    The form letter I got back had a typo in it, that's how much my congresscritter cares

  19. Re:Not Trolling ... on Privacy Groups Want Feds To Investigate Targeted Ads · · Score: 1
    Reading information people place in a public place... okay

    Storing said information... well nothing you can do about it really.

    Selling all the data your stored... Ding Ding Ding copyright infringement, bonus points for it being commercial infringement.

  20. Re:Lawyer? on Comcast Disables VCR Scheduling In New Guide · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Libertarians == Sociopaths.

    Fixed that for you.

  21. Re:Why contradictory? on Wisconsin DA Threatens Arrests Over Sex Ed · · Score: 1
    Even if he is guaranteed to lose, what teacher wants to go through all the craziness of a legal case, not to mention the potential costs for the school/teacher. Its ridiculous bullying.

    John Scopes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial

  22. Re:Translation for your average homeowner... on Obama Unveils New Nuclear Doctrine · · Score: 1

    according to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials The indictments were for: 1. Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of a crime against peace 2. Planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peace 3. War crimes 4. Crimes against humanity

  23. Re:So, basically, Stop Brown People For Being Brow on US Changes How Air Travelers Are Screened · · Score: 1

    Apologies to Mr. Godwin but does Hitler count?

  24. Re:Can they have it both ways? on Google Slams Viacom For Secret YouTube Uploads · · Score: 1

    Maybe Viacom kept it in their gmail accounts.

  25. Re:It's Not Going To Make A Difference on 1st Trial Under California Spam Law Slams Spammer · · Score: 1

    File sharing doesn't tend to involve fraud but instead non commercial infringement, for most people profit motive matters.