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  1. Re:"Because You're Popular, You Get a Free Pass!" on Swedish Court Orders Detention of Wikileaks Founder Assange · · Score: 1

    Actually, in the US it would be considered rape to sleep with a woman that was so drunk that she couldn't consent. However, she'd have to be really drunk and it would likely be difficult to prove unless you gave her something to sleep.

    But, from what I gather, the definition of rape in Sweden is quite loose and seems prone to abuse.

  2. Re:By all means, question him on Swedish Court Orders Detention of Wikileaks Founder Assange · · Score: 1

    Actually, in the US, the prosecutor would face a hearing to explain why she shouldn't be disbarred. The closest case I can recall to this in the US involved the alleged rape of a woman by some Lacrosse players from Duke. In that case after smearing them the prosecutor was ultimately disbarred for his various actions in the case.

    We aren't as strong on privacy as some other countries are, but they're not supposed to release a name to the public until the individual is charged.

  3. Re:Legal response on Swedish Court Orders Detention of Wikileaks Founder Assange · · Score: 1

    Strictly speaking you ought to do both, particularly if you're having sex with a man. Given that the person who might end up with sperm in them after a broken condom is more likely to end up with HIV.

  4. Re:Smear campaign on Swedish Court Orders Detention of Wikileaks Founder Assange · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    It discredited itself in the mind of small minded hicks that can't imagine that the US would ever do anything wrong. The only way they could've avoided what you're accusing them of is by not releasing any materials related to the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan.

    It's really not their fault that both the most numerous and the most interesting information happened to have to do with the US' involvement in those areas.

  5. Re:[frost pisst] on Swedish Court Orders Detention of Wikileaks Founder Assange · · Score: 1

    Interesting, but if that's the case, then why is it a criminal matter and not a civil one like in the US?

  6. Re:"Theft"? "Stealing"? No. on MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, lying is protected free speech under most circumstances. Unless it crosses the line into fraud it's perfectly legal. Which is why you haven't seen any of the Republicans sued or imprisoned for lying about the death panels that were allegedly included in drafts of the healthcare legislation.

  7. Re:It's not a law, or even a treaty on MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns · · Score: 1

    The President lacks the authority to do such a thing. Executive Orders are limited to things which the Executive Branch can do. While the President has in the past been given great leeway, he does still have to keep it within his powers. Meaning that he can issue an order that institutes a dress code for officials and prevent the CIA from assassinating foreign officials, but he can't order the DoJ to block websites as that requires a court order and executive orders don't extend beyond the Executive Branch.

  8. Re:Pisano ducked the question. on MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns · · Score: 1

    Technically speaking, that's not quite correct, as prison officials can hold a person in solitary confinement indefinitely, which would effectively prevent an individual from free associate, assembly and most speech of any sort.

  9. Re:Of course they'd say that on MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns · · Score: 1

    Why is this dribble being modded up? The proposed legislation is a very clear violation of the first amendment as it would involve the legislature censoring web sites which are accused of piracy without due process from the court.

  10. Re:Jack said it best ... on MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns · · Score: 1

    Well Bob Crane was beaten and strangled in connection with the production of hardcore pornography, so clearly it is dangerous.

  11. Re:You can't steal from corporations on MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns · · Score: 1

    We should just call that what it is mandatory sexual acts for money. That way the "religious" "conservatives" will want it banned because a subset of the people being molested might like it.

  12. Re:You can't steal from corporations on MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns · · Score: 1

    Most of those are colloquial in nature. Stealing ones words, ideas and code are legitimate as you're claiming ownership over something which deprives the owner of it's use in many cases, which would make it a reasonable assertion to call it stealing.

    There is no requirement that something be physical to be stolen, however it's unusual for a non-physical item to be stolen. The main reason being that conversion doesn't normally take place.

  13. Re:Excellent on UK Minister Backs 'Two-Speed' Internet · · Score: 1

    So in the future some people are deprived of ads for G3ner1c V1a6@ra at L0vv prices? That's horrible.

  14. Re:BBC and Virgin Media on UK Minister Backs 'Two-Speed' Internet · · Score: 1

    Well, at least it's not Iran or North Korea, every time they try to enrich, they get in serious trouble with everybody else.

  15. Re:Consensus? on UK Minister Backs 'Two-Speed' Internet · · Score: 1

    We used to have that, it was called caps, and a lot of the world still has it. You get a certain amount of bandwidth with the account and when you go over, they charge you for it.

  16. Re:Consensus? on UK Minister Backs 'Two-Speed' Internet · · Score: 1

    FTP needs to die. It was fine in the early days, but it doesn't really handle NAT or firewalls very well and there's a lot of modern technology that could do wonders for improving the reliability which can't easily be done without introducing incompatibility.

  17. Re:Confused. on UK Minister Backs 'Two-Speed' Internet · · Score: 1

    His ISP is being paid by him to deliver whatever he wants, and Google is paying its ISP to deliver it to the point where his ISP takes over. Between the GP and Google the bandwidth is paid for.

  18. Re:NC State too on Rural North Carolina Experiences Data Center Boom · · Score: 1

    That's pretty much always the case. That's why so much of the tech industry is in WA state. We've got some of the cheapest power in the country. Plus our courts tend to be pretty friendly to tech companies and hell, the state looks the other way as tech firms opt out of paying their taxes.

    We've got MS, Google, Amazon.com, Nintendo Of America, and Popcap to name a few. All of which have a presence here, and for most of them that's their main presence.

  19. Re:Funny names on Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book? · · Score: 1

    Do what I do, crack open the OED. It's not quite as amusing, but it's less likely that you'll get caught making fun of somebody's relative.

  20. Re:nostalgia on Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book? · · Score: 1

    But if they eliminate the phonebook, what will we have to rip apart to show how strong we are? Because the ASPCA is on to me when it comes to most of the other options.

  21. Re:I'm torn on Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book? · · Score: 1

    Not if it's a cordless phone. The current that's in the phone line is pretty much just enough to cover a limited number of phones with ringer, it's not going to do you any good at all if you're using a cordless phone.

  22. Re:Suprised! on Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Come with me if you want that listing.

  23. Re:I simply throw them away or recycle on Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book? · · Score: 1

    I was getting a lot of offers for somebody with a misspelled version of my last name. So, I started sending the paperwork back to them without filling in any information and eventually they stopped sending me anything.

    Most of the time there's some place to opt out as it's a waste of their money to send things to people that definitely aren't interested.

  24. Re:Good riddance on Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book? · · Score: 1

    Not true, you can't exclude the cost of planting, harvesting and transporting the products. Weyerhauser isn't going to just strip the ground of trees and other vegetation and keep it that way if they can't sell wood for paper. More likely they'd find another use for it such as burning to produce clean energy.

  25. Re:Simple option? on Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Except that anybody that can use the CD can already access it online. I'm sure there's probably a few people who can't, but they can use a paper version along with the folks who don't have a computer at all. I'd wager that it's a similar group of folks.