. The Eric Cantor case was an exception, not the rule. In most cases, the politician who greatly outspends his opponent usually wins

But the bigger issue that Lessig doesn't seem to understand is that he's not the only person trying to buy politicians. No matter how much money he raises, there are people out there spending a whole lot more money, a LOT more money, to buy politicians who oppose the political agenda supported by Lessig, the EFF and others.

Although the Internet has certainly put a big dent in all magazine sales, I've been noticing that most magazine publishers are their own worst enemy -- less content, lower quality content, more ads and higher prices.

That's your opinion.

In my opinion there is nothing wrong with Chief Wahoo and the name Redskins. So what make you right and me wrong? And that's the problem here. There is no such thing as a wrong opinion. With all the problems we have in this society, it is absurd that THIS is what people are upset about.

http://esj.com/articles/2010/1...

Oct 19, 2010

" This week the company updated its Libra and Dorado mainframe lines, touting a new all-Intel architecture,"

Yes, this is a shitty thing to do, but, Comcast is a shitty company, so no surprise there. But there is a simple answer. Turn it off. If you don't know how, do a little research and figure out how. If you can't be bothered to expend a little mental energy, then it must not be much of a problem.

Exactly right.

Was Turing Test Legitimately Beaten, Or Just Cleverly Tricked? I see no difference between the two. Beaten is beaten, no matter how it is accomplished.

If the Turing Test can be "cleverly tricked" then it simply demonstrates that the Turing Test is flawed and meaningless.

Sadly I have to agree. All the strips that have been around for a while are on auto-pilot, coasting along on their fame. The creators are putting zero effort into them.

Calvin and Hobbes is still syndicated all over the world and according to sales figure I saw a couple of years ago, he is conservatively pulling in a couple hundred thousand dollars a year from the sales of Calvin and Hobbes books (there are 18 of them).

Not bad for a guy who hasn't worked since 1995.

According to the article, 15 people were fired and this includes some "senior leaders and executives"

He starts off good and makes quite a few good points, nothing terribly new or exciting but valid points still. But then about 3/4 of the way through he goes off the rails and starts ranting about corrupt banks and ends up sounding like just another crackpot.

Will he rename the teams to the Los Angeles Clippys?

Because anyone capable of travelling a few hundred light years has also developed other technologies and doesn't need our mineral and water.

It's there. But newer browsers ignore the blink tag.

So this is just like all the other stories on Slasdot -- nothing actually happened.

So, BigMegaCorp fucks you over and you sue them. They can afford to throw more lawyers at you and you lose. This happens. A lot.

It isn't bad enough that BigMegaCorp fucked you, now you get to pay extra for getting fucked.