In Communist Wisconsin, government censors YOU!

Maybe I'm being a fool here but... they wouldn't steal copper if there weren't corrupt metal buyers out there. I mean, why the heck would a scrap yard accept X feet of copper wire if he shows up in his pickup? For all the press on this issue (and there's a lot of it here in Detroit), there's never any real discussion of fining or doing ANYTHING to discourage the metal buyers from accepting obviously stolen materials. Until such steps are taken (i.e. real penalties for accepting stolen cable, pipes, etc), then any licensing isn't going to much help, is it?

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If a tree falls in the woods, and no one is around, does it make a sound? If a camera is pointed at an explosion in space, you're watching it, does your brain think it made a sound? Is there any difference at all between these two questions?

What if I attend all my classes, but wrap my RFID card in tinfoil. No jammers needed. That way, I'm attending and if the teacher doesn't notice... that will confirm the cattle comment, won't it?

Internet filtering is a false promise. It provides a false sense of security: no one will be able to look at naked women and Goats.cx with filtering on. Its a business function completely based upon a false premise.
Many tools exist that even kids can understand to bypass filtering. For example, Circumventor. Totally simple way to bypass lots of security filters. URL obfuscation. Sites exist to HELP you obfuscate URLs.
In the vein of the article... assuming you MUST use filtering (and many libraries must in order to get state/federal funding... ) its entirely correct: the decision on what is obscene and what is not should not be made by a system admin or more specifically, by a software developer who may exist in a completely different community with entirely different views on what is obscene and what is not.
Oh, and I AM thinking of the children. I don't want my kids growing up to be afraid of swear words, naked people, or other obscenities, and retreating from society to hide in a Pakistan cave... Technology cannot cure society ills. At least not until we can effectively erase free will and turn everyone into automatons...

cspell: Faux "News" Why do millions of people think a comedy channel provides real news? Faux "news" is NOT a news channel. It's a comedy channel using absurdity as a comedic take on American society.

I asked this question myself once. I was told: Supply and Demand. There aren't that many deaf people, per se. At least not at my level. (I require amplification at 120db in the "low to mid range frequencies with no high frequency capability", so yes, I'm essentially deaf.) My current BTE pair cost me $2400 EACH. I was given a $1,000 discount as a repeat buyer, so I still paid $4000 for a pair in 2007... $1200 would be cheap. I'm not really happy with the digital quality, either. These aren't high end in detail or capability, only high end in amplification. (Phonak Supero +). Since the purchase, I've completely lost hearing in my left ear... furthering the monetary wastage. I should get, maybe, another hearing aid for my right ear next year... Will obviously go Analog as the price on a single analog in my range is only $650. Taken into perspective: my hearing began to fade around 1980. The first pair of BTE's my parents bought cost $1,000 each (analog, obviously)... so this is not a sudden thing. Hearing Aids have always been very expensive, and are almost NEVER covered in any fashion by health insurance. YET... Health Insurance would have paid for a full dual Cochlear implantation that costs over $50,000 (except Cochlear implants do nothing when your auditory nerve is toast). THAT is even more ridiculous IMHO.

Mod +1 insightful and hilarious :)

No, I'm almost completely nerve deaf, but drilling ones tooth is VERY LOUD for some reason. I wouldn't want this done, simply because it doesn't seem logical to carry electrical components (the amplifier) in my mouth.

As a deaf person, I can tell you that the sound of a drill in my tooth is one of the few sounds I can hear exactly as well as you can, so this is probably a pretty decent idea.

Some of us are deaf, and would much rather Youtube caption their videos. You don't HAVE to watch it. That's why it's called CLOSED CAPTIONING. Don't like it? TURN IT OFF.

You insensitive clod... I am a Native American!