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Miscellaneous => Intellectual Property & Law => Topic started by: Laukev7 on 29 January 2005, 07:38

Title: US Congress proposes to tax the Internet
Post by: Laukev7 on 29 January 2005, 07:38

Worst. Idea. EVER. (http://news.com.com/Congress%20proposes%20tax%20on%20all%20Net%2C%20data%20connections/2100-1028_3-5555385.html)

Title: US Congress proposes to tax the Internet
Post by: Fett101 on 29 January 2005, 21:28

What are you, unamerican? We've gotta win the Spanish American War, and we're not gonna do it with your cheap liberal belly-aching!

[ January 29, 2005: Message edited by: Fett101 ]

Title: US Congress proposes to tax the Internet
Post by: Refalm on 29 January 2005, 23:42

Taxing the Internet decreases economic progress.

Why are both Rebublican and Democrat senators for this really stupid idea?
This is an idea that would typically come from the Democrats, but, since the Republican and the Democrat party are now one giant mess with religious groups and corperatism involved in them, there's no telling what these crazy people will do next.

Title: US Congress proposes to tax the Internet
Post by: Orethrius on 30 January 2005, 03:21

Good God, didn't we try this a few dozen times already?  As I recall, it didn't go over so well.  Let's just hope it stays an option, not a reality... as to the part regarding voice packets being indistinguishable from data packets... no shit, Sherlock?  IT'S IN THE IP SPEC for Christ's sake... that is to say, that packets aren't supposed to be distinguishable in regards to content, as this is a HUGE security violation.  I say to my Congress, get your heads out of your asses and try to figure out WHY this didn't work out ten years ago, and won't work today.

Title: US Congress proposes to tax the Internet
Post by: solemnwarning on 30 January 2005, 07:32

/me prays to tux and the freebsd devil, "Dont let this shitty idea happen please"

Title: US Congress proposes to tax the Internet
Post by: MrX on 30 January 2005, 10:05

things we take for granted for not being taxed get taxed stupidly, all the time. get over it.

Title: Re: US Congress proposes to tax the Internet
Post by: Giorgi on 2 February 2005, 22:14

That is a joke or what?
I don't understand: they will make american people pay for each megabyte of dl? That's ... HORRIBLE
Hopefully i'm far away guys, that law won't touch me  :rolleyes:

Title: Re: US Congress proposes to tax the Internet
Post by: Annorax on 3 February 2005, 08:49

Quote from: Giorgi

That is a joke or what?
I don't understand: they will make american people pay for each megabyte of dl? That's ... HORRIBLE
Hopefully i'm far away guys, that law won't touch me  :rolleyes:

Nope... 3% on all internet services. They can't know what traffic is VOIP and what is data, so they're just going to tax everything.

Strange, I thought the Spanish-American War was all paid for by now.

Title: Re: US Congress proposes to tax the Internet
Post by: Orethrius on 3 February 2005, 09:20

Didn't you forget that the Cold War is still on?

It's just Reader's Digest, until you eliminate the third, fifth, and sixth letters.  Then it's Red's Digest, comrade.

Title: Re: US Congress proposes to tax the Internet
Post by: JanusChrist on 15 February 2005, 12:17

Found this story while I was there:

http://news.com.com/Ask+Jeeves+mulls+Firefox-based+browser/2100-1032_3-5576335.html?tag=st_lh

That's a pretty stupid idea too. Why doesn't Jeeves just create a search engine option for Firefox that Ebay and Google already have so that people can add it to their browser and then delete it when they realize that Google is the best and that Ask.com couldn't search for its own ass with both hands, a map, and a flashlight?

Title: Re: US Congress proposes to tax the Internet
Post by: Kintaro on 28 February 2005, 15:10

Holy shit, thats the best quote... ever.