Doesn't seem to work with zip. Works perfectly with rar though.

Reminds me of some funny answers given by some students:

Q: Expand (a+b)^2

A: ( a + b ) ^ 2

and

Q: x^2 - 2 = 14 find x

A: ^here it is.

That's nothing, some people actually texted a huge 16 digit number in order to get some freebies but found out that it was a handset change code and their numbers got transferred to the bad huys who would use it for intl calls etc till the few hours/days that it takes to get the number/handset blocked !

As long as some holding company up the chain is making profits wouldn't the Tax kick in at that level ? So, it seems that the only 'benefit' is to avoid paying people who were to get % of gross/net/etc. Isn't that a clear fraud ? With the huge tort cases in the US for every small thing, how come this hasn't gotten fixed yet through some judgments etc ?

But it's all public information - google would just make it more accessible. How would they benefit from it ?

Yeah, we have loads of such stupid laws in India which do NOTHING to prevent criminals but just trouble normal citizens. The sheer number of connections makes it impossible for them to do any check of the documents so they audit 1-2% of the documents. Another recent one is that WIFI should be secured since many terrorists were claiming responsibility for bombings over emails sent through unsecured wifi. Next up - ID required for drinking water. That'll stop all terrorists i'm sure, since all of them drink water sometime or the other.

Um.. I would be happy to supply you with all goods/services you need at 2X the prices. What? you would rather pay 1X and buy them yourself. Come on now...

Interestingly, just a few days back the Supreme Court of India banned any forced polygraph/Narco/Brain Mapping Tests as they violate the constitution as well as the privacy of a citizen, are essentially asking a person to testify against himself, are as bad as torture, and are no better than getting a person drunk .

Am I the only one who is an ace driver on real cars but can't do jackshit on almost any car racing game except for road rash which i played when i was young (sigh!) Why don't my real life driving skills translate to in game skills ?

And what about the Navy ? Eh? How come you always leave em out

I propose a public registry of Mod Point Abusers at Slashdot

Not always. Some places with high real estate costs price the takeaways cheaper than dining in rates.

With that age difference I can't even dream of blaming you; Its mostly the fault of your friendly neighborhood teen. ;-)

Just some unrelated info: Wharton Reserach says that even from a business perspective of maximizing profits the labels should reduce prices as the average cost per song is only 15 cents to them