I don't see how many people would like being forced to a completely different operating system in 10 days. For windows power users it's like being forced to speak a different language in 10 days, it takes time. For people who barely know how to use windows (like just IM, web surfing, music playing, and email), it'll take a lot less time to learn how to barely use linux.
All your white space are belong to microsloth. Now_I_can_only_talk_like_this_without_any_spaces_o r_tabs. Whats_next?_patenting_letters/characters?_Soon_we_ will_only_be_able_to_talk_in_binary. Since they only patented white space, maybe we could move to beige space... Though, since parts of DNA and skin have been patented, white space isn't that big a deal. Soon someone is going to be able to patent the patenting system, if they just word it obscurely enough. I think when patents were first invented, they weren't meant to be made by the thousands by multi-billion companies. I think they were meant for indepentant people/small companies and protect them FROM the multi-billion companies.
As long as there is free porn and sex is still legal, if teens want to see pr0n they can. For example, anyone can find free pr0n on google and other search engines. There is also lots of pr0n on p2p networks. So the tax is just going to hurt the pr0nographers that make people pay with a credit card. Since most teens don't have a credit card or the money, they don't go to the pr0n paysites. So really this is just going to hurt the paysites and their customers, most of which are 18+. If anything, it'll encourage more p0rn sites to be free (so there's no tax), and allow more free pr0n sites and/or pr0n on p2p networks to teens and adults alike.
Also, it doesn't make sense to force people to be 18 to visit pr0n sites while the age of consent is 16 in many states, and is the average age of consent worldwide. So if teens have to be 18 and have to pay lots of money, plus tax, to see pr0n, what's to stop people 16+ they from doing it with their girlfriend instead? You have to be at least 16 to have sex, and at least 18 to see sex. What if a 16-18 couple video tape themselves having sex. If they watch themselves is it illegal? The point is that laws just don't make sense there.
Of course it's good that you'll be able to dial 911 with your VOIP phone in an emergency, but, what is the FCC going to try to regulate next?
In my opinion, regulations are usually bad, and not good at best. It would have been better to let the VOIP subscriber DECIDE what he wanted to have available in case of an emergency. Why in the world would he want to pay more for 911 support when he already has a land line going straight to his house? He could even have a big sign over it saying "USE OTHER PHONE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY". The VOIP phone doesn't need to be able to dial 911 because everyone has a phone line. Even if you cancel the normal phone's subscription, it still works for 911 (just like cell phones should still work for *67).
I guess the real solution would be to connect the VOIP phone to the internet AND the phone line, and when the person dials 911, use the normal line, else use the internet for VOIP. Of course, it might need a battery or something for when the power goes out, but it's still better than REGULATING an entire business to be forced to do something really stupid when what I mentioned above would do the trick perfectly.
In the long run, the more regulations mean a higher cost because it costs the company money to support 911 and obey all the other regulations I'm sure the FCC will invent. It's also bad for when someone like janet jackson shows a tit on a halftime show and people get sued tons of money for a freakin tit.
Now that the FCC is getting the authority to regulate VOIP, I have a feeling it just going to be a downward spiral until VOIP costs $100 a month and nobody wants to use it. Did I mention that I'm 100% against the FCC?
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I don't see how many people would like being forced to a completely different operating system in 10 days. For windows power users it's like being forced to speak a different language in 10 days, it takes time. For people who barely know how to use windows (like just IM, web surfing, music playing, and email), it'll take a lot less time to learn how to barely use linux.
SCO, you make me laugh. You claim others of stealing from you, and then you steal from others. How ironic. Hypocrites.
All your white space are belong to microsloth. Now_I_can_only_talk_like_this_without_any_spaces_o r_tabs._ will_only_be_able_to_talk_in_binary. Since they only patented white space, maybe we could move to beige space...
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Though, since parts of DNA and skin have been patented, white space isn't that big a deal. Soon someone is going to be able to patent the patenting system, if they just word it obscurely enough.
I think when patents were first invented, they weren't meant to be made by the thousands by multi-billion companies. I think they were meant for indepentant people/small companies and protect them FROM the multi-billion companies.
Maybe people will someday rethink the flawed patent system. Either that or the patent system might eventually stop: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/29/1
As long as there is free porn and sex is still legal, if teens want to see pr0n they can. For example, anyone can find free pr0n on google and other search engines. There is also lots of pr0n on p2p networks. So the tax is just going to hurt the pr0nographers that make people pay with a credit card. Since most teens don't have a credit card or the money, they don't go to the pr0n paysites. So really this is just going to hurt the paysites and their customers, most of which are 18+. If anything, it'll encourage more p0rn sites to be free (so there's no tax), and allow more free pr0n sites and/or pr0n on p2p networks to teens and adults alike. Also, it doesn't make sense to force people to be 18 to visit pr0n sites while the age of consent is 16 in many states, and is the average age of consent worldwide. So if teens have to be 18 and have to pay lots of money, plus tax, to see pr0n, what's to stop people 16+ they from doing it with their girlfriend instead? You have to be at least 16 to have sex, and at least 18 to see sex. What if a 16-18 couple video tape themselves having sex. If they watch themselves is it illegal? The point is that laws just don't make sense there.
Of course it's good that you'll be able to dial 911 with your VOIP phone in an emergency, but, what is the FCC going to try to regulate next? In my opinion, regulations are usually bad, and not good at best. It would have been better to let the VOIP subscriber DECIDE what he wanted to have available in case of an emergency. Why in the world would he want to pay more for 911 support when he already has a land line going straight to his house? He could even have a big sign over it saying "USE OTHER PHONE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY". The VOIP phone doesn't need to be able to dial 911 because everyone has a phone line. Even if you cancel the normal phone's subscription, it still works for 911 (just like cell phones should still work for *67). I guess the real solution would be to connect the VOIP phone to the internet AND the phone line, and when the person dials 911, use the normal line, else use the internet for VOIP. Of course, it might need a battery or something for when the power goes out, but it's still better than REGULATING an entire business to be forced to do something really stupid when what I mentioned above would do the trick perfectly. In the long run, the more regulations mean a higher cost because it costs the company money to support 911 and obey all the other regulations I'm sure the FCC will invent. It's also bad for when someone like janet jackson shows a tit on a halftime show and people get sued tons of money for a freakin tit. Now that the FCC is getting the authority to regulate VOIP, I have a feeling it just going to be a downward spiral until VOIP costs $100 a month and nobody wants to use it. Did I mention that I'm 100% against the FCC?