looks like we got a narc

cops everywhere must be pissed...

It's hoards of people such as yourself that allow the higher powers to get away with the things that they do.

Just a tid-bit of advice for you, when you go overboard personally insulting somebody in an argument, like you did, you lose credibility. Try staying objective next time.

Have a nice day.

Really? You've met my concern with systematic violation of privacy with that type of an insult?

I get a pamphlet in the mail daily from Verizon as well as weekly phone calls and biweekly door to door salesman visits. Their service costs more than my existing service AND they've become a puppet of the federal government's "war on terror". They cripple the hardware of their cellphones and have in the past charged my credit card without my consent and have denied it. I have plenty of reasons not to use Verizon's fiber optic network.

On a side note: if my existence is insignificant, why bother?

More proof that Jimmy Page was a satanist!

I know Verizon is exempt from any and all cases of domestic spying (which has kept me away from fIoS)

Does anybody know Cablevision's deal with Congress?

Welcome back to 1999

Thank you, thank you very much.

I'm sorry, but if you need to back up a terrabyte of information, optical media is not even a serious option. You're comparing apples and oranges here. People don't buy DVDs to back up their filesysytem, that's just retarded, they buy DVDs for

• DVD movies
• Software

Don't even try to make the argument that a DVD is not a good distribution media, optical media is far from "obsolete". I would NEVER install any peice of software or OS that required 25 gigs, not even 10, 5 I will only allow for an OS but any more than 5 and I question the integrity of the source. I will say it now, if ever there comes a day where new Linux distros require something outrageous like 25 gigs to install, I will never use a [new] Linux distro again.

"Optical media is obsolete", do you have any idea what you are saying? Insightful? Are there that many Macbook Air(tm) users on slashdot?

Try Xubuntu, the minimum RAM requirement is 256 MB.

Xubuntu doesn't use GNOME, but if my options were either to stop using GNOME or to stop using a computer all together, I would chose to stop using GNOME.

Xubuntu 9.04 was released today, check it.

I'm more anxious to see the pompous twats disappear.

Google has way too much invested in the internet to seriously be the target of any similar such lawsuit.

If the RIAA raises one finger, all Google needs to do is discreetly mess with search results and adwords. The message will be loud and clear, one of two things will happen:

• The RIAA backs off.
• Record Companies stop giving the RIAA money.

Nobody can touch Google. They are the world's largest website. They have a string attached to every corner of the Internet, any attempt to pull off a maneuver like this on Google will result in a quick plunge into Oblivion.

Is it a user's fault that software is poorly developed

A pirate, is a user, and as a software developer, it is their responsibility to ensure that their product is suitable for many kinds of use, including use by pirates.

However they choose to do this is up to them, if they want to tie up their product with DRM, then they deserve to be criticized for it, it hampers usability. Stardock has the right idea here. Sure they made a few misguided development choices, but at least they have the integrity to lay blame where it belongs, with themselves.