I'm not aware of any laws against threatening the President, any more than threatening the life of any other person.
Here you go: Section 871, Title 18 of the United States Code.
Section 871. Threats against President and successors to the Presidency
(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President of the United States, or the Vice President-elect, or knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President, President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President, or Vice President-elect, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Obviously you've never played many X-Box titles. Some weren't bad for that, but others like Ninja Gaiden sometimes took several MINUTES to load (generally first load of a level in a new session).
I remember load times approaching 30 minutes on my family's C64 when we had the tape deck rather than the 1541 disk drive. To play a game you'd start the load, then go eat dinner or watch tv or something, then come back.
That way, we could have the transformers cannibalize people, the bad guy could be a Catholic priest Decepticon, etc. The Autobots can use guns, axes, etc to hack their opponents to death, all while smoking and hanging with prostitutes. I think Optimus Prime would look awesome chopping up a bunch of people in the crotch with an axe while on drugs.
So, we're going to have UN "Peacekeepers" starring in the movie?
Created vaccines? For one thing vaccines didn't come around until the 20th century dude... Fact!
Wrong. The smallpox vaccine was invented in the 18th Century dude... Fact!
Dr. Jenner researched and experimented with the Cowpox disease for several years. He found out there were actually two forms of the disease, but only one form could possibly provide a human body with an immunity to Smallpox.
On May 14, 1796, a milkmaid named Sarah Nelmes visited Dr. Jenner for the treatment of Cowpox. Dr. Jenner decided it was time to test his vaccination, and he tested it on his gardener's son, an eight-year-old boy named James Phipps. (He got the term "vacca" from the Latin word for "cow.") The boy did contract Cowpox, but he recovered from it within a few days. Dr. Jenner then waited eight weeks for the boy's body to build an immunity. To complete his experiment, Dr. Jenner exposed James to Smallopx. Amazingly, the boy did not contract the deadly disease, and the doctor claimed success.
Running Linux on XBOX violates Microsoft's IP rights and they should prosecute everyone who attempts it.
Removing Windows XP from a newly-bought PC and installing your OS of choice as an alternative can be argued to do the same. Should Microsoft prosecute everyone who uses GNU/Linux or *BSD on their property?
Once a person purchases hardware [such as the X-Box], that hardware becomes his property, and he can do with it as he pleases - calling modding it "piracy" is no more than an egregious violation of consumer rights.
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First, you have no idea how UK people love pets.
So? Parents make identical decisions for their children - there's no consent from the child in those cases either. And as a cat-owner, I consider my cat to be my baby... if she needed a transplant, you're damn right I'll make the decision for her. This [the "ethical concern"] is an absolutely ridiculous argument that has no bearing on how people feel about their pets.
The difference between the US and Iraq is... we know the US has weapons of mass destruction...
Of the two, who would you trust more with WMDs?
A tyrant who's used chemical weapons against an entire village of innocent civilians, who's used chemical weapons in violation of the 1925 protocol of Geneva of which Iraq is a signatory against Iranian soldiers, who's defied the world for 12 years, who caused the world's worst environmental disaster, (ad nauseum)
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Hmmm... wikipedia, or the Jargon File...
Yeah, Jargon File wins out in terms of geekosity.
/me cuts up your geek card.
You mean you don't know Liz? Man... you're missing out...
The Apple IIe was not a Mac.
So, we're going to have UN "Peacekeepers" starring in the movie?
One button is better than none also...
Wrong. The smallpox vaccine was invented in the 18th Century dude... Fact!
Edward Jenner invented the smallpox vaccine
A lot of good radar did for the USS Cole.
Removing Windows XP from a newly-bought PC and installing your OS of choice as an alternative can be argued to do the same. Should Microsoft prosecute everyone who uses GNU/Linux or *BSD on their property?
Once a person purchases hardware [such as the X-Box], that hardware becomes his property, and he can do with it as he pleases - calling modding it "piracy" is no more than an egregious violation of consumer rights.
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Only because Gaia was the greek goddess of the earth =)
Gaia
n : (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn: {Gaea}, {Gaia}, {Ge}]
Ever notice that all the other planets in the solar system are named after gods, but we call our homeworld "dirt"?
Me ;)
/me runs and hides from the impending C&D
So? Parents make identical decisions for their children - there's no consent from the child in those cases either. And as a cat-owner, I consider my cat to be my baby... if she needed a transplant, you're damn right I'll make the decision for her. This [the "ethical concern"] is an absolutely ridiculous argument that has no bearing on how people feel about their pets.
Of the two, who would you trust more with WMDs?
A tyrant who's used chemical weapons against an entire village of innocent civilians, who's used chemical weapons in violation of the 1925 protocol of Geneva of which Iraq is a signatory against Iranian soldiers, who's defied the world for 12 years, who caused the world's worst environmental disaster, (ad nauseum)
Or...
The US.
Think about it...
Heh. Sneaky bastard that RMS is ;)
The GPL.
The filming of Lord of the Rings is already finished, and has been since last year.
You mean like this article?
If people are going to criticize others' spelling, then they should make damn sure that they're correct.