"If math gives you a raging brainer"

I must be getting old. I haven't had a raging brainer in years, unless you count that 'morning logarithm' a couple of weeks back...

Whatever happened to honor among thieves...err I mean dopers...err black marketeers?

Yeah when I read the headline, "What Cybercrime Stats Have In Common With Sexual Braggadocio 25," I thought they were going to find a link between bragging about sex and committing Cybercrime.

I really thought that "The People VS Larry Flynt," had decided this.

From the article:
In 1988, Flynt won an important Supreme Court decision, Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, after being sued by Reverend Jerry Falwell in 1983 over an offensive ad parody in Hustler that suggested that Falwell's first sexual encounter was with his mother in an out-house. Falwell sued Flynt, citing emotional distress caused by the ad. The decision clarified that public figures cannot recover damages for "intentional infliction of emotional distress" based on parodies.

"on the side of following HIPAA regulations and not being personally liable for million dollar lawsuits, fines, and criminal charges"

I think what is being overlooked here is the CRIMINAL charges. The company will pay millions. You will lose your job. I will go to PRISON. I am not willing to play pick up the soap with a 200 pound man called "Betty" just because you wanted to hang an unauthorized server on the network!

I typed in my Mother's address. She lives 40 miles outside of Dallas, and can only get 3G wireless from a couple of providers. Even then she rarely gets faster than 720 Kbps. It listed two "Fixed Wireless" providers with speeds up to 6 Mbps. I went to their web sites and typed in her address. They say, correctly, that she is outside their coverage area.

"Bullshit, I used to call all the time. Not letters call. You get some staffer who does not care and an email that says they agree with you and support $the_opposite_of_what_you_said 100%."

What did you expect. Do you want you senator answering the phone all day or do you want them to govern? Personally I send emails. I always get a policy paper back. Sometimes they support my viewpoint and sometimes they do not. What I do know, is that someone on the staff is keeping a record of the opinions that are coming in. That is what your congressman ultimately sees. the totals, not individual opinions.

Also, on occasion I bring up an issue that is completely off the radar of my representative. Sometimes that requires a few emails to school my elected official about why this issue is important. After all they are only human.

Finally, I would like to suggest that some creativity can be helpful. In this last election I sent my congressman a photocopy of the $25 cheque I sent to his opponent. I had warned him in an earlier email that failure to support a piece of legislation would result in my supporting his opponent. Idle threats are pointless. Follow through gets noticed.

You know I have every version of OS/2 from 2.0 through 4.0. I really wish it would make a comeback.

"the new naked scanners and the alternate aggressive groping search"

I vote for the aggressive groping search.

Monday Monday, can't trust that day, Monday Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way. Oh Monday morning, it gave me no warning of what was to be; Oh Monday Monday, how could they downsize and not take me.

Every other day, every other day, Every other day of the week is fine, yeah. But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes, You can find me cryin' all of the time.

Monday Monday, so good to me, Monday Monday, my career's not what it could be. Oh Monday morning, Monday morning couldn't guarantee, That Monday evening my job would be with me.

"each element is an LED, each Number has 7 elements, plus the :"

How did I know someone would go there? Oh wait! It's slashdot.

"I will happily curse in Spanish, French, German, and a little bit of Russian."

I am fond of saying "I can get into a bar fight in five languages."

Shouldn't the EULA that I agreed to when I bought the hardware apply

What they are really saying is, "If you want continued access to online content, you must agree to our conditions." That is within their rights. What is within your rights is to tell them to p**s off! What is needed is an open gaming platform. Open means anyone can provide content. We are probably a few years from it. Japan or China will probably lead the way. It will more likely happen on you phone than your console. Welcome to the next generation!