People don't pass laws, governments do. They are seldom the same.

To bad the people who are voting on this are (A) morons who don't have a clue as to what it's about and/or to busy selling out their constituents to give a crap about the implications of it all. It really is time to throw all of them out and start from scratch.

Still got that link?

So there's an app for that?

Well that explains why my search engine changed. It looks like Firefox did a drive by update over night and switched my settings. I have tried Bing, but wasn't that impressed with it. I still find Google gives me better results. And that, after all, is what counts when using a search engine.

The FEDs must be using some of that "Obama" math to make their case.

Sorry, I guess I read that wrong. It looked to me that Microsoft was using Linux and charging for it in violation of the GPL.

The public should have the same right the police have (not necessarily accepted by the law enforcement community) to video and record for the same reasons the police use them in their day to day activities. Protection. And to answer the question of why it should be allowed is the same reasoning given by police when they want to search you, your car or house without a warrant. What do you have to hide? Nothing if you didn't do anything. Police are not regular people. They are PUBLIC SERVANTS. And unless there is a compelling reason not to (undercover investigation would be one) there is no good reason for them to NOT be recorded. What are they trying to hide? As a public servant they should be accountable for what they do, just like any other employee. And as an employer (that's right, I pay taxes and so I employ them) I have a right to know what they are doing on my dime. Secrets have no place in government with the exception of the armed forces for protection of the country.

No.

This is true, but the only thing I think Microsoft does right is that you can get the service pack on CD for free from them. If you don't wait too long after it comes out. As a hopefully responsible computer repair person I try and keep these on hand for such an occasion. And yes, for those in the business that complain it is "cost prohibitive" to their business, I know this as well. I admit I work out of my house and have a much smaller overhead to cover. Just saying.

To "upgrade" an operating system so it doesn't work with your hardware and has less features than the one you have is ludicrous. And asking you to pay almost the price of a PC every couple of years adds insult to injury. I don't think it's hard to hold Microsoft accountable at all. While not everyone has the cash to "upgrade", being without a PC in todays world is becoming less and less an option, especially for those in school. And while Linux is still a good option for those with some skills, it still isn't user friendly to the masses.

I knew this. Comparison still valid.

The Privy Council Office. If any of you remember what a Privy is, that should explain it. For those who don't see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privy, bullet #4.

This will change when we allow the people to actually vote. Our "vote" is manipulated by "drawing" districts to favor a certain political group or by letting anonymous "electoral" voters decide who will win what elections. When our system was first designed it may have been necessary for this to decide elections. Today this is not the case. We have the means to count and register every vote for who it was meant for. Until we change our way of "voting", our vote will always be manipulated and our rights trampled on..

Which is why I have always maintained that lawyers and former lawyers should be forbidden to run for office.