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While I understand your point. Democracy does not inherently mean that the best result will be the outcome. What percentage of parliament is ever near objective, and full aware of the what is as stake on both sides?

AtomicSnarl writes "Gurlz

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Woymen

Heh, heh, boobies...

3d6 PMS of Doom

How dare you, you insensitive clod!

(Cowboy) Kneel, you worm!

There are women here?"

I hate RIAA's tactics against the common man as much as anyone here, but this is one of the few cases where I have a hard time criticizing them or the legislation being used.

This group are hell-bent on obtaining pre-released music (that the companies have not yet had a chance to recoup their investment on) and making it available for free.

Whether you believe copyright terms should be 99 years or 7 years is immaterial here. Whether you believe an individual should be able to rip their CDs is immaterial here. Whether you believe in teh doctrine of first sale for copyrighted materials is immaterial here. Put aside your hatred of the RIAA for a second and see this for what it really is - one of the few occasions where they have a point.

AtomicSnarl writes "Grass beats Corn by 5:1 for Ethanol according to UDSA and DOE testing. Now maybe we can get paid for our lawnmower clippings and go back to the days of inexpensive tortillas!"

AtomicSnarl writes "BMW may be networking their vehicle controls with IPv6. Lovely — what accessories should we look for to plug into the router? Autobahn WiFi Nodes anyone? How about a portable FPS tournament for the kiddies in the back seat?"
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/01/idrive-via-ip-bmw-uses-internet-protocol-underhood/

AtomicSnarl writes "An accused DUI Driver has won access to the breathalyzer source code by the Minnesota Supreme Court. Voting Machines are already under intense scrutiny — what other police or government tools, like radar units, need to be open for public review?"

AtomicSnarl writes "When the Carlisle, PA, police noticed their traffic stop was being videotaped, they arrested the video taper for felony wiretapping. From the story: 'Kelly is charged under a state law that bars the intentional interception or recording of anyone's oral conversation without their consent.'

Hasn't it already been settled about the 'expectations of privacy' in a public place? What of the next Rodney King tape? What about cell phone video with sound showing up on YouTube? Political Speeches where it's open to the public, but a 'no camera' policy? Newshound video sold to the local TV station — Will/can they then charge you with wiretapping for recording anyway?"