Sounds like a perfectly valid argument to me.

"Esp. if one lives in a state that is comfortably R or D, there is no excuse to not make your conscience felt at the polls."

There's no excuse regardless of whether that state leans far to one side or another. Many of those republicans are holding their noses and voting for their party just like many of the democrats are. If every one of them voted their conscience, those heavily-leaning states would shift toward other parties pretty fast.

"Despite his close ties to industries he will soon regulate, some media watchdogs are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt."

Chumps.

"there will be an adaptation of society."

Sure just like the Segway "will be to the car what the car was to the horse and buggy," right?

Maybe Glass will be more important than the internet and bigger than the Beatles, too.

"The fact of the matter is BitTorrent is in it for themselves, they're not in it for the health of the industry."

The irony is so heavy it could shift Jupiter from its orbit.

Good luck with that, DOD. CenturyLink *sucks*.

Since the law is never going to go back to the original 14 years intent, it's up to independent content creators to voluntarily release their work into PD after that time. The real question is how many of them are willing to let Disney sell their ideas once they are PD.

Here's a simple rule-of-thumb to keep in mind: whenever a politician opens his or her mouth, things are about to get worse for common citizens.

"There's a reputable cable provider?"

Yes. I find monoprice supplies me with decent quality cables at pretty good prices.

Western Union and AT&T also used to provide "cables," and were considered quite reputable in their time.

We are in total agreement here. I *can't count* the number of times I've gone to the market and seen someone watching videos of goat porn.

(Literally.)

"Slashdot has reached a new low."

Not really. Just the usual bottom-of-the-barrel standards I've come to expect from this editor.

Or Richard Jewell.

"If you want congressmen to take your opinion seriously, you need to speak in the only language they understand... votes."

That's an odd way to spell "dollars." Is it a foreign word?

Just as long as they fund it.

As long as it doesn't embarrass or incriminate my friends or family members, why would I give a shit? I'd be dead.