allochthon

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by allochthon 15y ago
bleachers, n., "Usually, bleachers. a typically roofless section of inexpensive and unreserved seats in tiers, especially at an open-air athletic stadium."
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by allochthon 15y ago
India harbors a large percentage of the world's population; it's not surprising that it has many of the world's poor people. That India is poorer than the US and western Europe cannot be denied. I've been there, and I've seen the poverty.
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by allochthon 15y ago
It's got many, many more people. I'm sure I would be boggled by the logistical problems simply of running the public transportation system in a large city. It's not easy to do things at large scale, as we've learned with Web development.
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by allochthon 15y ago
I agree that India is not simply becoming like the US. And I would hope that it wouldn't -- among the many reasons are that we've got lots of problems in the US, including social dislocation and isolation, high rates of divorce and so on.
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by allochthon 15y ago
You seem to imply that none of the "elites" in India have sought to improve the situation with regard to poverty and literacy. This is an unfair position. There may be corruption, apathy and so on, which impede progress along these lines.
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by allochthon 15y ago
Not sure if you're Indian or not. But if you're not, your reply seems mean-spirited and misses the point of the article. And as an American, I want to distance myself from this attitude. Each country has its issues that it is dealing wit
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by allochthon 15y ago
More worrisome, it could be used to block political speech and the recording of embarrassing or retaliatory actions taken by regimes around the world. I really hope Apple is merely filing a defensive patent here.
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by allochthon 15y ago
It's a joke, guys.
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by allochthon 15y ago
The real fix is to change patent law so that it's not broken. The USPTO is now trying to solve the wrong problem.
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by allochthon 15y ago
I understand why there would be so much English search traffic in New York. But what's going on with Florida?