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  1. Re:47%? on Poll Finds Mixed Support for Domestic Wiretaps · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that's what I said. His executive powers are for enforcing the laws of the land, whether they be delegated to him by Congress or the Constitution

  2. Re:47%? on Poll Finds Mixed Support for Domestic Wiretaps · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wow. That's truly f'in brilliant. He can't ignore a law, no matter who passed it. The murder analogy above works well. His executive powers are for enforcing the laws of the land, whether they be delegated to him by Congress or the Constitution. Those powers not delegated to him are not expressly given to him. The President can't say "oh I don't like habeus corpus" and suspend it just because there's a war on (just ask Lincoln). Or well, at least he couldn't until we all became whimpering babies. Read your intro US Government book again, and this time take notes.

  3. Dont waste my life on Would You Use Ad-Supported Windows? · · Score: 1

    There are actually a few places where I could see this working. Instead of having the user name on top of the start menu, put an ad there. It's not really targeted, but it's not obtrusive. Another way? Take control of the users background picture. Make sure they can still see their icons, but other than that how many people really notice their background (though I don't see that happening on the enterprise level). Users don't want to see the ads, advertisers want to ensure that the users see the ads. My guess is that Microsoft would have a real hard time finding a good balance. Take up my screen space? No. That's why I auto-hide the google sidebar. I see a two-tiered pricing system: enterprise with no ads, and personal with small initial investment and advertisements.

  4. Re:I know the problem! on OpenOffice Bloated? · · Score: 1

    I thought Java was the answer.

  5. Re:Cost to hire? on The H-1B Swindle · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You know, in the past this was called indentured servitude. You can come to America, but you have to work here for a while for the man getting paid little or nothing. Oh, and don't complain, or we'll ship you back.

  6. Mooooooom, I want to be the one to censor content on Behind the Fight to Control the Internet · · Score: 1

    From a cnn.com article yesterday: In an interview, Coleman said a bureaucratic body like the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union would slow innovation and extend its reach beyond the domain-name system. Countries that censor online content could use the forum to ban free expression elsewhere, he said. followed by: ICANN agreed to suspend work on a proposed .xxx domain name for sex sites after the Bush administration objected in August.

  7. Re:Its all just talk. on Apple/Intel Speculation Running Rampant · · Score: 1

    It's all just talk, huh? Press Release here.

  8. Re:What about compilers? on G5 vs. x86 and Mac OS X vs. Linux · · Score: 1

    Oh but it was. RTFA. How frickin lazy are you? Software: common MySQL 4.0.18, 32 en 64 bit, MyISAM engine Gcc 3.3.3