Simply coming back with "ok, we get the message - you don't like SOPA. But i don't hear you jackoffs coming up with any better ideas, do I?" is bully psychology. it is a sorry attempt to rephrase the conversation as "well, do you prefer A or B?"

but that's not the issue. the issue is, "does this problem need to be solved at all?"

because if we simply accept the choice between horrible implementation that infringes on our rights A and horrible implementation that infringes on our rights B, we're not actually thinking about all of the possibilities. maybe piracy, ultimately, is better for the public than either choice A or choice B.

just a thought.

Not in Austin. That's more down on the coastline, 3.5-4 hr away.

Primary source:
http://www.un.org/millennium/law/xxvi-18-19.htm

And, links to the wikipedia articles (if that's not considered too circular):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_on_Blinding_Laser_Weapons

Isn't the use of lasers for blinding enemy personnel against the Geneva Convention? What makes it sound like a good idea for use on your own Citizens if you can't use it against enemy infantry? Not to mention the lawsuits resulting from failures that wind up permanently blinding people.

What a bad idea.

it's easier to get your own citizens to remain complacent about being spied on than the enemy agents.

I believe that one of the account options is that you can opt-out from moderation. Check that and see if that's what's going on...

1) You should probably delete your profile ahead of time, then.
2) I'm pretty sure that if you took the action to "delete your profile" with such a short turnaround time, then the spouse's login to your FB account would undo the "delete" action, anyway. Logging in to a FB account during the "deletion waiting period" cancels the deletion.

i think the only reason ps2 backwards compatability was included in the ps3 was to help drive adoption rate for the ps3. as ps3 adoption went up, then ps2 backwards compatability was phased out, until it was gone and the ps3 stood on its own.

it's not like sony really wants you to have a single device to play all their games on - they just wanted the new item to have a better sales ratio until a critical mass of buyers had been achieved.

mod parent up.
first you give them generous caps.
then, once they're used to it, you crank it down and siphon out the money from their pocketbooks.

You know, I had a salesperson at Best Buy try to charge me a higher price than what was marked on an item as well, until I spoke up and made them correct it. I wonder if this is a standard practice at Best Buy now...

http://www.bash.org/?244321

... is that 80% of America's work gets done between 4:55p and 5:00p on Friday.

I'm sure you already know this, but...

Yojimbo (1961)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055630/

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058461/

Last Man Standing (I) (1996)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116830/

And while we're on the topic, Sanjuro is also a great flick. "It is a sequel to Kurosawa's previous film Yojimbo, with Mifune reprising his role as a wandering ronin."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056443/

Dave Barry's already gotten that experience.

http://www.npr.org/2010/11/15/131338172/humorist-dave-barry-and-the-tsa

something that brings up vastly different search results than expected.