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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Getting the train back on the track, there's definitely a generational disconnect between Congress and the people who live on the Internet (as opposed to just using computers), which is being exploited by certain companies. It's another case of Congress simply not having anyone to voice the views of the affected segment, with additional problems from the lobbyists being heavily paid to back the anti-piracy stuff.
Though I'm surprised that we simply don't see the lobbies of the pro-piracy set in action, given that the entire issue began, way back in the mists of time. As some of you may know, the Napster case was originally a turf war between two divisions within Sony. You'd think Silicon Valley (as in Google, Microsoft, and other companies that have a stake in seeing people pirate as widely as possible, legally or illegally) would have a proper lobby in place by now to clue Congressmen in to how toxic these bills are, but it seems that the Beltway Reality Distortion Field is keeping these big, evil companies out too.
Another thread for it, mainly.
edited 24th Mar '13 3:59:12 PM by Ramidel
Senator Paul (R-KY): Obama, Bush ‘lucky’ they weren’t arrested for smoking pot as kids
Micheal Bloomberg on assault weapons ban: ‘We’re going to get the vote’
NRA chief LaPierre: Bloomberg ‘can’t buy America’ with ad blitz
Karl Rove: ‘I Could’ Imagine A GOP Presidential Candidate Supporting Gay Marriage
Rove and the GOP establishment are starting to realize that far-right positions on social issues are a lost cause that will only hinder their economic and foreign policy agendas. This realization and attempts to reform the party will invariably lead to conflict with the Tea Party and Evangelical factions of the party. As was seen when Rove got photoshopped onto a picture of Heinrich Himmler.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.We'll see. The Republican party is losing at this point but they're not out yet. The Democrats still have time to screw up and if they don't retake the House in 2014 then they could be in trouble in 2016.
edit: Dammit, isn't the "War on Christmas" enough for you idiots!
edited 24th Mar '13 5:11:38 PM by Kostya

All I know is, my father, a computer programmer, tended to refer to himself as a nerd as a positive sense. Maybe that's a completely unusual way of handling it, but it's hard for me to get indignant about congress calling "the smart people that know stuff that we don't" nerds.