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Comment Re:We don't need legislation (Score 2) 267

This isn't just about media. The bill is also meant to target counterfeit manufactured goods, like fake Prada handbags shipped directly from China. Allowing companies to quickly block the Chinese web sites would curtail counterfeiting, but as many have said, the bill is too broad and too easy to abuse.

It used to be that you had to go to China, or some secret dinky store in Chinatown, to buy fake Chinese-made goods. Thanks to e-commerce, you can do that from the comfort of your own home. Perhaps SOPA needs to apply to credit card companies instead of web sites. Imagine if Prada could just tell Visa to block payments to fake-prada-handbags.cn without going through law enforcement. I bet Visa would hate that, because then Visa would be have to deal with abuses, instead of dozens of small ISPs .

I hadn't thought of that. Are you running for office anytime soon?

Comment Re:Finally (Score 1) 175

Crap. 5:30 am posting bites me in the ass. What I meant to say was "Big Jimbo Speaks and it isn't about feeding his wallet: IT'S SOMETHING REASONABLE".

Yes I know it's an epic fail. Yes I know I should go to bed in disgrace.

Comment This has always confounded me (Score 2) 1319

Preface: I am not religious.

I guess you could call me an optimist or idealist, but I always thought that when you went to college or any university of repute where you CHOOSE to study something like the science of evolution, or you CHOOSE to go to a lecture about evolution, why would you bring your religious baggage with you? I thought the idea of attending a lecture or university was to expand your mind, not defend your beliefs.

Again, maybe it's because I'm an optimist, but shouldn't these "scholars" behave a little more... I don't know... scholarly?

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