Huh... I thought it stood for WISE Is Space Exploration. Picture Yoda saying this and it all makes sense.

This seems like some best-case-scenario-wishful-thinking to me. I really don't think this is Google's actual opinion on the issue, IMO.

I find this perfectly acceptable. The prices of college books are absolutely insane, and forcing college students to pay such ridiculus prices is perhaps just short of extortion.

I could easily see this irritating most professors to no end.

I can also confirm this works, although not well.
As soon as you give the OS a fair amount of filesystem activity (ie decompressing, installing etc.), it locks up. Vmware complains about something related to filesystem activity/read&write/something (can't remember, really), and the only option is to turn the virtual machine off at this point.
This is only my experience, of course. I have only tested this on Linux with host filesystems reiserfs and ext[3,4], and have not used a dedicated hard drive, only seperate partitions.
It's probably worth noting that it was also under Arch Linux, which requires a certain "hack" for installing VMware (Vmware requires sysv init scripts, Arch uses BSD-style).

If you think about it, the "right" here is the right to access the largest database of information the world has ever known. I would say that the ability to attain knowledge falls under "inherent in the nature of the human being" as well as "an integral part of human dignity".
It's not really about the technology, being broadband. It's about access to knowledge which is, as far as I'm concerned, an inalienable right.

Sure, but when I get there is there anyone I can marry for citizenship?

Reading this reminded me why I cringe when I hear people say their major is "Something in business... Marketing, maybe."
Can you really not think of anything better to do with your life?
I suppose if your intent is to work for a nonprofit that might be legitimate, but I don't think that's the idea running through most marketing majors' heads.

Spot on, crackah!

Change "windows" to "Linux" and throw in some beer and "party" becomes applicable.

Um, we also use them to snap shots of boobs at parties.

I'm number one!!!!!!!!11

*WHOOSH!*
A joke just flew directly over your head. Nice "reading comprehension skills".

Very good points.
I certainly couldn't have said it any better.

Are you really of the opinion that sexual relations outside of marriage should be regarded as criminal?
I mean, really?
I think I speak for about 2 billion people when I say that you are absolutely clueless.