Comment: Re:Can't wait (Score 1) 513
the implications of huge companies with lots of economic power targeting key politicians is kind of scary.
You mean like massive campaign contributions from the recording and motion picture industries?
Comment: Re:Better option -- Targeted blackout (Score 1) 507
As Google is already under some anti-trust scrutiny, selectively blocking results for specific companies for any reason would not be the smartest move for them.
Comment: Re:Oh no! (Score 1) 273
Don't worry, you can sue them for unlimited amounts for IP, piracy and unauthorized use charges. You know, because they want to make sure you don't have to give that up:
The only disputes that are not covered by this Section 17 are the following:
1. a claim to enforce or protect, or concerning the validity of, any of your or EA’s (or any of EA’s licensors’) intellectual property rights;
2. a claim related to, or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, or unauthorized use;
Comment: Re:Stupid Zuckerberg (Score 2) 350
Sounds to me like money doesn't change people.
Comment: Re:First (Score 1) 327
You don't receive any income after you're dead, which is all that's been extended since 1976.
Comment: Re:Not terribly novel (Score 1) 111
I think you mean the 1870s.
Comment: Re:Antidepressants can make people suicidal (Score 1) 182
Pharmaceuticals mostly get into the water through people's urine. The only way you could avoid that would be to not take them (or some really expensive solution, like distilling all the wastewater).
Comment: Re:I like holding the mouse over fake holding one! (Score 1) 292
For one, I find that the teflon pads on my mouse glide across the surface of my desk more easily than does the skin on my hand.
Comment: Re:Grandfathered in (Score 1) 875
Think about it. That would actually result in people exhaling CO2 that wasn't already part of the biosphere. Plus, I imagine a power station would emit far more than even a very large greenhouse would consume.
Comment: Re:Domestic vs. Foreign (Score 1) 776
As a member, I'm okay with my organization of half a million spending more time on all the other amendments when there's an organization of 4 million (the NRA) that focuses on the second amendment alone.