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by drcube 13y ago
You're right, maybe that does make it a good example. No criticism intended. This wasn't a one time thing, by the way. There were a whole bunch of suits between the two companies over the years, I think starting way back in the 70
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by drcube 13y ago
> A counterexample is Apple Computer and Apple Music (the latter owned by the Beatles). In this case it was decided that, because they were in different businesses, there was no great likelihood of public confusion. That's a bad exa
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by drcube 13y ago
>I can't agree with the view that people should have the right to decide what they put in their bodies, because it is based on the idea they are making a rational decision. No, it isn't. It's based on the idea that people
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by drcube 13y ago
No, you have to defend trademarks , or else eventually lose them. Was "It's the real thing" trademarked? And furthermore, trademarks are only usually enforced among competitors. Apple Computer can't sue Apple Dry Cleani
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by drcube 13y ago
"That promise I made a few years ago and then did the exact opposite? Would you believe me if I made that same promise again, this time with even less incentive to follow through on it?"
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by drcube 13y ago
I don't know about you, but in the lower class area where I grew up, every teenage boy was expected to know about engines and pistons and cam-shafts and gaskets and whatnot. Not that they did, mind you. It was enough to know a few make
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by drcube 13y ago
Give me Adblock for Reality and I might think about it. http://chromeadblock.com/freedom/
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by drcube 13y ago
Funny, I was just told a company could be charged with obstructing justice if they shut down in the face of NSA requests[1]. I too, obviously, believe Lavabit's choice was noble and to be emulated. If every company did this, we'd
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by drcube 13y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)
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by drcube 13y ago
> The collected data can be used to prosecute you but it can not be used to innocent you. If you're innocent, you're innocent, no matter what the cops and courts say. I think the verb you are looking for is "acquit".
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by drcube 13y ago
At least his kids' futures are secured. Good job, dad.
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by drcube 13y ago
> ... received more than $2.6 million ... > ... forced to pay $1 million ... Moral: crime pays.
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by drcube 13y ago
> The distorted sound of rock ’n’ roll guitar aggression was born in Nashville, in 1960. That's not the way I heard it. Snoddy might have introduced the Fuzz-Tone in the 60s, but the distorted guitar sound began with Link Wray pokin
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by drcube 13y ago
He's already solar powered. http://joey.hess.usesthis.com/
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by drcube 13y ago
I'm on XP at work. I get a new computer in January though and all the new ones have W7. I must have been one of the last people to get an XP computer here. This OS is what, 12 years old now? Linux was on version 2.4.x when XP came out.
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by drcube 13y ago
It kind of does. No one is hurt by bad smells, and at the very worst, you have to deal with a few unpleasant moments before your senses recalibrate, and then you don't notice the odor anymore. And when everybody smells more or less the
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by drcube 13y ago
Not at all. I bought a System 76 laptop that came pre-installed with Ubuntu. But I don't like Ubuntu. However, I knew that Linux ran on it out of the box, and that meant I could run Slackware without worrying about missing drivers, etc
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by drcube 13y ago
The clause in question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_or_Debate_Clause "...shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony, and Breach of the Peace , be privileged from Arrest during their attendance at the Sess
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by drcube 13y ago
"...shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony, and Breach of the Peace,..." Leaking classified documents is a felony, and potentially could be construed as treason. Since the executive decides what is or isn't classified, it
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by drcube 13y ago
> All things that Google would not get any revenue (advertising or otherwise) if they let that happen Wait, is Google Fiber free now? I'll never understand why ISPs can't just tell you the bandwidth you get and let you use it.
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by drcube 13y ago
"By using the word ether in its name, the PARC people alluded to the possibility that Ethernet could be based on coaxial, twisted-pair or optical fiber wiring and, eventually, on Wi-Fi." Still waiting on that last one. ;) Hooray f
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by drcube 13y ago
How about we just don't backup anything? That's the user's job, and if they didn't do it, they know their data is 100% gone, no backsies, when they delete it. So maybe they'll be more careful. Backups are a moral ha
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by drcube 13y ago
I'm not entirely sure this behavior is US-specific.
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by drcube 13y ago
>how do you recommend making sure your flawed moral compass isn't going to cause something immoral to happen? Careful reflection. Self examination. Dialog and debate with others I consider intelligent and ethical. Certainly not a po
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by drcube 13y ago
Go to jail. Guess who's got a lot of goodwill from people like me when you get out? You'll be right back in business in no time. Take the long view, folks, and stop rolling over for bullies. MLK and Gandhi both went to jail rather
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by drcube 13y ago
So they're going to play censor for "business sense" but it's not about money? Morals outrank money. And it's not even economically a bad decision on a long enough time scale. What's going to make your compan
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by drcube 13y ago
If enough companies had the courage to just shut down their networks when the NSA threatened them, we wouldn't have this problem. But the dollar outranks morals, I understand.
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by drcube 13y ago
Why is the Treehouse CEO saying "Man, this is ridiculous" while still playing along with Apple's bullshit? Might as well compromise your product and your users to make a few extra bucks, right? Grow some balls and stand up to
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by drcube 13y ago
This is why we have morals. So we don't have to conduct opinion polls to see what's right and wrong. Plenty of atrocious things were wildly popular. They get absolutely zero extra legitimacy for being so.
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by drcube 13y ago
I've never read this book but of course now I have to. I'll suggest reading Henry Petroski's stuff, too. "The Evolution of Useful Things", "The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance", and "To E

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