Now when I illegaly download the newest DVD screeners, I can do it with a clear conscience knowing that I'm not congesting the network!

Seriously though, this is a good thing. I don't know why the story is tagged "your rights online"

There's no purpose for it.
They should stop teaching cursive in schools, and start teaching typing instead.

They let you "return" the online version for a full refund within 14 days if you haven't accessed more than 20% of the book.

Personally, I've never needed more than just the homework problems for a few chapters, and that's easily less than 20%

Anyway at some point they might catch on, so this should be a last resort. Check out the torrent sites first.

It's been 4 semesters since I decided I wasn't going to be scammed anymore, and it feels great.

This is basically just a useless semantics argument.

Especially in the case of the Esc key, the size doesn't really matter. My fingers know that Esc is the upper-leftmost button. If my finger feels another button further left or further up, I know there's a problem. The Esc key could be half the size, and it wouldn't make a bit of a difference.

I can understand changing the Delete key though, because it's so close to the enormous Enter key*. Anytime you're trying to press "delete," "enter" is probably the last key in the world that you want to press. I can't count how many times I've been talking to somebody on AIM/MSN, typed something I didn't actually want to say, then accidentally pressed "return" instead of "delete"

*I use a Mac

Smart people. Wouldn't that be awesome?

why is this tagged !gonnahappen?
The "open source" part is a little silly, but the "anybody can use technology in inovative ways to harm others" part is very reasonable

Seriously. Think about any world leader/other person in the world. If you didn't care about getting caught, don't you think you could engineer something to make them wind up dead?
given the resources available today (especially the internet), it's not that far-fetched

From what I have read, it is just about anybody that is being sued by the RIAA. You don't have to be downloading music, you don't have to own a computer, you don't have to know how to use a computer, and heck... you don't even have to be alive to get sued. (and be forced to settle. Or, in cases where the RIAA has no evidence, at least have your day ruined.)

And furthermore, the law does not support the RIAA's methods. They have been specifically ordered to stop abusing the system by grouping all their "John Doe" suits together, yet they blatantly ignore those orders.

That is the problem with the RIAA lawyers being in the DOJ.