Something's wrong here... we're getting far to many new copyright powers laws being proposed in Congress, and this sort of nonsense is supposed to be dead in committee and not brought to the floors. Is Hollywood sending too much money to Congress and we're not sending enough?

Okay, mods, that's a new one... you can't call the First Post "Redundant".

Not funny, not an answer to the question... please try again.

Okay... why is Hobbit Pub worth mentioning on Slashdot in the first place?

It's basically saying "If you don't work on software for Apple hardware, don't expect us to buy you a toy."

The summary makes it clear that the employees just can't use company funds to buy Apple products... and the programmers who make Microsoft's software for Apple platforms are not in the group this affects. It's basically saying "Don't use your expense account for toys we don't need." The employees involved are free to spend their paycheck at the Apple Store however they want... not really a ban as much as it's adding these two items to things Microsoft won't pay for.

Why do politicians think they know more than scientists about reaching biology? They're wrong on this one... to much science to say evolution happened and the only support the creationists have is one book that's proven to be mostly fiction. If Adam and Eve were the first humans, then who wrote the biblical story?

Bonds are debt, stock is ownership.

If they charge 130 to get a 100 investment... the business must go up 30% in order for the investor to make a profit. Better off taking that money to another market where you can get 130 for your 130. This idea stinks.

It appears that the cameras for this system are already in place, they just need a software update to judge speeds in addition to the red light function they already have. This should be cheap to do, so how much is the city of Chicago paying this politically connected man to do this? Is it a fair price, or payback for campaign contributions?

I had submissions rejected in the past for referencing Slashdot in them. Have the rules changed?

And while we're at it, would DuckDuckGo's "small following on Slashdot" please enter and sign in with a few posts?

Call it freemium, call it widget frosting, call it whatever you want... giving the core item away and selling the addons has always worked in the gaming industry and this is just another victory for the concept.

Is there anybody running a 3rd party campaign that has managed to get themselves onto enough ballots to potentially capture enough electoral votes to win?

He's not in the lame duck second term yet... he could be out of office as early as January 2013 if he keeps this {bleep} up.

Where was I January 29.... that's the day Obama signed ACTA and now we've only got the Senate remaining for a chance to keep the ball out of the end zone.