well if you directed your words at me first [ which you did by saying 'nice essay mr' ] and then continued to quote what i said [ still implying that your words are directed at me ] the words 'fuckoff' then how do you think anyone would take that?? I came to a conclusion because you lead me to that conclusion.. think about it.. there was no jumping involved.. it was plain that you were insulting me.

sigh.. looking up, all i did was make it clear who i was talking to (you of course, with the compliment) and then i said that i was on the bandwagon, contrary to what your statement would have me believe. No shots were fired in that post, just the tongue out of the smileys mouth. Offense should not be taken from smileys. >:)

you forgot to mention that you used my words out of context, and negatively if i may add.

offense isn't taken from smileys.. offense is taken because of apparent intent. If you desire to show what you actually mean next time, use a better form of inflection, rather than lewd quotes or questionable comments.

Don't you think you took MIK3's words out of context in the first place? Either way, that's been more than enough of he-said-she-said bickering. There shall be no more off-topic posts in this thread.

What makes the TCPA so dangerous, in my opinion, is that we won't have the technology to circumvent these alienations of our rights. A farm of Cray's will need years to break the security that we are paying for them to use against us. I won't be allowed to use the motherboards I want to or the add-in cards I want. This wouldn't be a problem for me if there was a legitimate reason, like radar detectors being illegal in some states so cops can catch law-breakers easier or the FCC only allowing electronics that don't emit more than a certain amount of radiation, but in this case, the reason is to give a monopoly to the biggest companies that can afford to fill politicians pockets. The market will then be a closed one, and this would be the first closed market that doesn't make the cost of equipment artificially high if prices were to stay where they are. And for a company like Intel, this wouldn't be the first time they let their prices soar because of a lack of competition.