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• Comcast to make monthly Internet use cap official

  Thu Aug 28, 2008
  • Anyone who does more than 250Gb of monthly downloading needs to either (a) stop pirating and/or (b) address their pr0n addiction and definitely (c) turn off the computer and get a life once in a while.

• Seinfeld to be pitchman for Microsoft

  Thu Aug 21, 2008
  • I have little use for marketing; give me spec sheets any day.

• Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles

  Fri Aug 15, 2008
  • JC, the U.S. only bullies the bullies. If you want to argue that that is a crime, then you have the starting point for a potential discussion, and I would be curious to see where you choose to take it.

• Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles

  Fri Aug 15, 2008
  • Russia is paying close attention to Western responses to the Georgia situation, and it seems to smell weakness--enough weakness to allow it to feel comfortable making this sort of inflammatory statement regarding yet another Western ally.

• Tiny suburb fights Chicago over airport project

  Thu Aug 14, 2008
  • I can't imagine being forced away from 52 years of memories. This woman has lived there since 1956, which was about the time when O'Hare was born of its predecessor.

• West warns Russia over military push into Georgia

  Wed Aug 13, 2008
  • Russia is simply following the example of Iran, the latter being the poster child for doing whatever the heck you want, even if it is in violation of countless agreements and standards, while the international community does little beyond sending an occasional scathing memo.

• Alleged smugglers of ancient artifacts to be tried

  Thu Aug 7, 2008
  • Good. They should be prosecuted. Artifact theft is simply unacceptable, both for moral and scientific reasons. Hopefully others who might be sympathetic to these ten will think twice about doing anything similar in the future.

• Morocco sends moderate Muslim preachers to Europe

  Thu Jul 17, 2008
  • It's good to see that moderate Muslim leaders are trying to address ongoing challenges. And if the distribution figures reflect reality, then France and Belgium must have more than their share of problems these days.

• Cuomo: AT&T and AOL block child porn newsgroups

  Thu Jul 10, 2008
  • Unlike AOL and others, they did not ban all of Usenet, and they didn't even ban all of the alt.* hierarchy. They went as far as they had to go in order to balance protecting themselves with protecting their subscribers and the services offered to those subscribers. It's not perfect, but I blame Mr.

• Cuomo: AT&T and AOL block child porn newsgroups

  Thu Jul 10, 2008
  • As an AT&T subscriber and a Usenet user, I am glad to see that AT&T is taking responsible and restrained steps to address the concerns of Mr. Cuomo et al.