The sad thing is you rarely if ever hear any of this in a politician's campaign promises, as if erosion of people's rights and privacy are a non-issue or can't be helped.

What really pisses me off is Sony changing the EULA on a product I already use (Playstation Network). I _had_ to "agree" to the EULA in order to continue to play online games. However, I emailed a complaint to them and refuse to make any more purchases on PSN. New games - no problem - they are on my do not buy list.
If Microsoft and Nintendo decide to go this way, then my console options are pretty much zero.

Even if this is somehow "legal", it's a slimy enough move that I refuse to buy from EA or anyone else who wants to use this tactic (most recently, Sony). Bring it! I will spend my money on things that don't require me to waive my rights.

What would that mean if Neo (from The Matrix) were to ride a Tron Lightcycle.

Organic world -> Matrix Simulation -> Electronic Tron world inside a simulation -> Build a Matrix Simulation -> Pick up a phone

Anyway, cool looking bike...

1. I want to see a completed Death Star roam into the Borg home world (as seen on Voyager's "I, Borg") and fight it out

2. http://spacebattles.com/
   

How about a tax scale that accounts for the current unemployment rate? Higher unemployment = higher taxes for corporations and rich, lower unemployment is lower taxes for corporations and the rich. Hell of an incentive to create jobs.

Thank you for the informative response! I need to see an audiologist.

Yes, it's funny to hear people tell you to watch loud power tools and music until... your hearing is 1/2 gone!

Just curious, the doc says hearing aids only amplify the volume of sounds. I'm only deficient in hearing in a certain small range but it makes talking to certain people (usually women and kids) a chore. Isn't there _something_ that can shift the pitch of a certain frequency into another frequency so I can hear it without amplification?

I've been running a web proxy at home for awhile now and the more I review the logs, the more I see that the entire WWW is a massive data collection engine. Trying to keep up with blocks is like playing whack-a-mole (albeit similarly satisfying).

I agree with their call to action to have FaceBook links removed, but I'd also add that this is only the tip of the iceberg.

Yes, I know. Slashdot is well beyond the personal blog stage, as the about page clearly states!

What's the brand they're building, Cmdr. Taco or Slashdot? Headline should read something like "Slashdot visits Kennedy Space Center", and mention in the article that it's Cmdr. Taco who's covering it, IMO.

More ASSumptions from Mr. Belits. Again, all wrong. You go girl! Do something about your anger issues instead of wasting time trolling on slashdot.

I filed a bug against an ATI driver and provided all the relevant info. Go look up driver bugs if you want to see what's out there.

If you think power management is just for suspend functionality, then you have no business commenting on this issue. The topic has been fully covered on slashdot for crying out loud.

I run several operating systems under VMware so running without VMware isn't an option.

Using a LiveCD would be simplest for sure, but it's a lot slower than running a virtualized environment.

I use Linux all day under VMware on Windows. For awhile I ran VMware on Linux, but on my laptop the power management and video drivers had fairly significant issues. Now, running under Windows, everything works fine. I rarely have to interact with Windows so it's not a big deal.