I am reminded of the following definitions:

Cult - a small, unpopular religion

Religion - a large, popular cult

Is anyone really surprised by this? (Well, any /. readers?)

Their "we don't your site around here" legislation got kicked to the curb, and because this doesn't give them the power to shut off whatever websites they feel like, "it's too weak".

BULL. SHIT.

Deal with it, RIAA. Deal with the fact that you might actually have to prove your case before hammering someone with punitive fines/jail time/freezing in carbonite. (Sorry, been playing a lot of SWTOR)

Well played, sir.

However, throw another elephant on the barbie.... wow... think of the structural engineering that would require.

Let's see. The gestation period of an elephant is 21-23 months. The interval between calves is as much as five years. And female elephants generally don't even begin reproducing until they are 12-14 years old.

I somehow doubt there will be a plague of elephants. What I imagine would happen is a lot of poached elephants.

After Florida, he could start using Beck's "Loser".

Counterpoint: You still can't put tabs below the address bar in Chrome.

(I didn't say it was a strong counterpoint. It's just something that gets on my nerves.)

Yes, because the other side doesn't want to have their side of the story shown. So really, given a choice on which side to believe, the side that has been presented, or the side that is locked in a desk drawer, well......

Ah, you understand the Republican philosophy perfectly.

Now, before anyone jumps in my shit and stirs, I'm not saying that the Democrats don't pull this kind of crapola too. They just don't tend to do it so overtly.

Actually, I'd rather suspect that the checkbox notifying us of the IT-cornholing Lamo is going to get from Anonymous (or other hacktivist organizations) would trigger first.

Task Forces (pre-50) tend to be easier, and since there's really no "phat lootz" in CoX, you don't have the same mentality as in, say, WoW.