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Published on August 14, 2006
RIAA owns your money even if you think you are getting away with it. For every CD Burner you buy, $2 is going to the RIAA. There are thousands of CD burners being bought everyday and the RIA cashes in on each one! Oh , don’t forget teh media that you buy too. They cash [...]
Published on July 31, 2006
I was reading on digg.com about the national group that is Pro-Life is going to fly a billboard sized image of an aborted fetus. This is just ridiculous. I was actually driving by a local mall here and there was a young man standing with a sign that said “Warning, graphic images of American atrocities”, [...]
Published on June 28, 2006
I know this is a little far fetched but I took a quiz with qestions that might be on the naturalization test and my ass might as well be deported. I scored a paltry 70%. Remember, as with all multiple choice tests or quizzes go with your first instinct. It’s just sad when I know [...]
Published on June 5, 2006
The airlines have been saving money by buying fuel at a capped price for years. So, I say why don’t us normal consumers get teh same benefit. If the consumer is willing to sign an agreement for 6 months of gas for a fixed price, then allow us to do it. Well The CEO of [...]
Published on April 27, 2006
UPDATE: The GOP has canned the idea. What in the hell were they thinking in the first place?
The Republicans in Congress want to pass a $100 gas rebate to offset the rising costs of gas. BUT, this opens up the possibility to “explore” for oil in the wildlife refuge in Alaska. I find this utterly [...]
Published on April 21, 2006
Long long ago, when there were wars going on here in the United States, the government had to find unique ways to fund the wars and military. During the Spanish American War, our government came up with this fantastic idea to come up with a tax to fund the war in 1898. Little did we [...]
Published on April 7, 2006
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is trying to file suit against AT&T to stop them from forwarding all of the Internet traffic to the NSA. This is a major privacy concern for millions of Americans. The NSA could technically search through all of the data and pick out individual Internet transactions, whether it be FTP [...]
Published on March 24, 2006
Just when you thought that the online bookstore wars was over, Barnes and Noble comes up with a way for you to sell your books online! I don’ t know how much they might pay for your books, but I can’t imagine too much. The cool thing about this is that your shipping is paid [...]
Published on March 21, 2006
I would like to think that you are, but it depends on several factors. Let’s say that you and your roommate share a wifi connection in an apartment and one or both are doing illegal activity, then you are liable. But, if you are sharing your wireless and some person finds your wireless connection and [...]
Published on February 9, 2006
This year is the 10th anniversary of the case that struck down Internet censorship. The Communications Decency Act was passed by Congress on February 8th, 1996. The law aimed to extend to the internet the same “decency” statndard that applies to broadcast TV and Radio, and is now beginning to be famous for leading to [...]