"Civil Servant often equates to Civil Master"
-R. Heinlein.

As for tasers being harmless? As someone with a heart condition, they'd probably kill me just as fast as a bullet. Nice that I have to live in a police state where these kinds of thugs are growing to be more common.

Okay... try 2 for this comment.

I think that while the tool bar thing was a joke, it might not be far from something comcrap would try to pull. I remember when I first started with then years ago, they told me I couldn't get internet access without their software on my machine. I laughed at them, and never once let any of their so-called techs get near my computer equipment. Not even to plug in the network cable.

Still, considering all the slimy crap their pulling, doing a tool bar like this isn't too far fetched. Unfortunately.

Sheesh, I never thought I'd be wishing Verizon would cut through the deal that Comcrap forced on my neighborhood and put up FIOS...

I'm sorry JoshuaZ, but you have no idea what you're talking about.

The DHS is dangerous. If you think that fascism cannot happen in the US, you are not correct and have read no history. It not only is possible, it's actually happening.

I was in the USSR in the 1970s, and let me tell you, I'm starting to see a lot of parallels. Random check points, the complete freedom of the government to spy on anyone they wanted to with no repercussions. Secret laws. Any of that sound familiar?

In the USSR, you needed 'papers' to move between the provinces. Here, you will need papers to fly, but other movement will soon be restricted. If you don't want a revolution, you have to do things in small doses, otherwise the sheep get upset and bolt.

If you aren't alarmed by what's going on in the US. you are either part of the problem or blind. Part of that "If you have nothing to hide..." group. Friends who visit Europe are telling me they certainly aren't laughing, or at least, the Germans aren't.

Yeah, this is an old story -- well, old in internet time, and it does seriously suck for those of us affected by it.

I'd like to get the latest Ubuntu, but I won't be able to share the image out. Nice, eh?

Comcrap, of course, denies everything, but we've known they're full of shit.

As for easily circumventing it? Not so easy. They're using a piece of hardware that basically snoops the packets, then sends out a spoof saying there was a disconnect. Way illegal, but hey, corporate America does what they want. If you don't like it, too bad for you!