If you discover a profitable business model for TV/movies that doesn't require commercials, you would be providing a valuable service to people, and you would become rich. That would be heroic (as opposed to simply bitching and moaning *Gimme Gimme ... I want ... I want*)

Hillary made "I don't recall" a house hold phrase.

-- amazed? Microsoft says something about a product of theirs to try and generate hype and interest in it. This is news? OMG!

Non-evil? Are you kidding?

It's just part of a greater Microsoft strategy to get and keep the Microsoft brand in front of people. It's the same evil, different day.

-- they really need to use John Deere or Massey Ferguson tractor beams....

Protect it from who, what and why?

Why, our enemies, of course. ;)

Oh, yeah "Internet license" -- that sounds good, huh? OMFG

-- for the U.S. to immediately cease funding the United Nations. As in right f*cking now!

I was called to jury duty once, 1994. During the questioning of prospective jurors, I was asked a question about whether I could follow the judge's instructions on how to apply the law to the the case. I answered "There are two schools of thought on this, 1) that the jury must follow such instructions and 2) that the judge has no business instructing the jury on anything. I subscribe to the later." This got me a very dirty look from the judge, followed by her furiously typing something in about my answer. Needless to say, I was not picked as a juror that day. And, 16 years later, I have never been called back for jury duty. That may just be the odds of being called, however, I think the judge's note (whatever it was) was probably along the lines of "Never, ever summon this person for jury duty ever again!!!!"

-- just citing DSM-IV-TR, all by itself, is hardly a valid source either. The alleged maladies are simply voted on. No scientific proofs or tests to determine of someone is schizophrenic as opposed to OCD, manic or whatever.

"Jackassery", I kind of like that word. By your leave, I will utilize it, where appropriate, as much as possible.

He now rates having the name of Paul "iStash" Devine putting him in company with Bill "Cold Cash" Jefferson and others.

Unless the sub is surfaced, this broadcast will be of absolutely no use. And, surfacing a sub is not something that is done on a routine basis at all, as it rises the possibility that the sub will be detected and can then be tracked. It is sometimes necessary to surface a sub for communications, but for the most part it is extremely infrequent. Communications in the LF, ELF or VLF would be more useful while the sub was submerged.

Copyright is not working for the people it is supposed to serve, namely, the public at large.

And that, is a bunch of bull. I am a Libertarian and, in my experience, the Libertarian point of view is more along the lines of "It's my (and your) personal decision on whether or not to share". *Enforced* sharing, under threat of duress, punishment, fines, jail sentences, etc. *is not* sharing. Taxes for things that pay for things or services that a particular individual never uses falls into the category of *enforced* sharing. Get the government out of things it not constitutionally mandated to do, cut the size of government, put more money in people's pockets (as a result) and let them decide where and how they want that money spent. The U.S. Federal government, in particular, is and has done a piss poor job spending your and my money. Oh, and our kid's and grand kid's money too.