Congress needs to hire some professional scumbag assholes--somebody who (unlike the normal Congressional scumbag assholes) isn't there to pretend to do good things. This person's job would be to read proposed laws and tell the normal Congress-persons how'd s/he'd use this law to screw people over and make a lot of money...
The idea being, if the Professional Congressional Scumbag Asshole(s) couldn't find a way to use the law the screw anybody; then it's a passable law.
Likely we'd want to recruit able-minded con-persons from prison as we'd want to get those who are provably talented. And, we'll like need more than one so they can be played against each other--thus not having opportunity to con Congress.
"In what world is it a smart business strategy to keep prices high if it's guaranteed to make you less money... all because you want some perceived "value" to be higher, even if fewer people want to buy it?"
DARPA made the internet (not Al Gore) and I'm pretty sure there's a proviso in every Law textbook ever since the 1970's which says something like "thou shalt not attempt to sue DARPA, under threat of painful near-death" (or something like that).
(If you give a child who is throwing a tantrum more attention, you reinforce that behaviour. If, on the other hand, you ignore them when they throw a tantrum they'll learn it is not longer a good way to get attention. In other words, don't feed the trolls.)
Thrusting truth upon the unprepared like that is rude and possibly damaging.
As with all mentally-impaired people, one must gently and carefully guide them to the correct answer, making sure they themselves see the truth of each step and reach the conclusion on their own.
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Re: Humassery
The amazing part is how we accomplish this without killing bystanders in the process.
Being a dumbass sometimes isn't a huge character flaw, it just means you're human.
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Nobody buys counterfeit CDs any more--nowadays it's all about the counterfeit mp3s.
;-P
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Random Thought
The idea being, if the Professional Congressional Scumbag Asshole(s) couldn't find a way to use the law the screw anybody; then it's a passable law.
Likely we'd want to recruit able-minded con-persons from prison as we'd want to get those who are provably talented. And, we'll like need more than one so they can be played against each other--thus not having opportunity to con Congress.
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"I'm not your guy, buddy!"
...
I wonder how long until the MAFIAA (et al) decide to just institute the death penalty for any almost-provable infringement?
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One word:
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Re: Re: Typical Salesman-speak
Maybe it just needs a slash: "indoctrinated to think/view the world this way."
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Well, you asked.
You're welcome.
On the post: Sen. Feinstein More Worried About Reaction To The Leak About Stuxnet, Rather Than Reaction To Stuxnet Itself
Incontingencies?
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Re: Better imho
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Re: The beuracracy is expanding to support the expanding beuracracy.
(dangit! not awake enough to spell yet.)
On the post: A Big Victory For Fair Use Via South Park, What What (In The Butt), Numa Numa, Afro Ninja, Et Al.
The beuracracy is expanding to support the expanding beuracracy.
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Re: But experts also scoffed at the first chess-playing computers, too.
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Electric Gonorhea, the noisy killer.
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Re: infrngment!
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As with all mentally-impaired people, one must gently and carefully guide them to the correct answer, making sure they themselves see the truth of each step and reach the conclusion on their own.
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Well, I'll accept a physical book without complaint, thank you very much.
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/bob
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