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by eurleif 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Products_produced_from_The_Simp...
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by eurleif 13y ago
>a la the plain English terms of service site that was set up a year or two ago (that I've lost the URL for) I believe you're referring to: http://tosdr.org/
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by eurleif 13y ago
And I'm sure thankful formats like HTML aren't patented.
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by eurleif 13y ago
>I can understand patenting things like file formats (e.g.: PSD) but general computer operation "controlling tones over a device connected to telephone lines to initiate a connection between a remote computer and a local one" The former
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by eurleif 13y ago
>It's free marketing. Expensive marketing.
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by eurleif 13y ago
>The difficulty level adjusts to the mining power. But difficulty adjustments occur every 2016 blocks, not instantly. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Difficulty#How_often_does_the_dif...
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by eurleif 13y ago
>some company's walled garden is an arbitrary private interest by definition. It's also something people voluntarily choose to use. How about you delete your Facebook account if you don't like their business practices?
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by eurleif 13y ago
>Its not unreasonable to believe that if I'm regulating the storage of personal data that I can also slip in a requirement that allows easy mechanical transfer of that data. Regulation leads to more regulation, and you're calling that a
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by eurleif 13y ago
Eric Schmidt also wants to ban consumer drones[1]. When he said that, I couldn't help but wonder if it had something to do with protecting Street View from competition. [1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/21/drones-goog...
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by eurleif 13y ago
Is some UI duplication really so terrible, especially on a desktop with a big screen? There are times when putting something where the user expects to find it should trump reducing clutter.
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by eurleif 13y ago
This reddit thread is not at all hard to find: http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/mfswi/eli...
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by eurleif 13y ago
If only one person has a security camera, his buddy can go in the room and mess with the money, and he can splice in fake footage so no one finds out.
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by eurleif 13y ago
>Yes, but it doesn't cost money to view the network's history, which is analogous to purchasing a security camera. It works if you assume everyone who purchases a security camera makes their video feed/history publicly available for fre
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by eurleif 13y ago
How about: Anyone can place a security camera in the room, but maintaining one costs money. The lottery goes to the security camera operators.
735.
by eurleif 13y ago
Well, I'm not sure about 7 year olds, but it's the first explanation of Bitcoin I've seen that I think my father may be able to understand. I'm going to link it to him.
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by eurleif 14y ago
But if I'm worried that I might become suicidally depressed in the future, and I don't want to have ready access to a gun, I can choose not to buy one. I don't think it's the government's job to protect me from myself.
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by eurleif 14y ago
The Web.
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by eurleif 14y ago
Kind of like how somewhere, within the digits of pi, there's all sorts of criminal data. http://everything2.com/title/Converting+Pi+to+binary%253A+Do...
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by eurleif 14y ago
>But it seems dangerous to me to start with a native format with this behavior and attempt to clean it up later. File formats don't have behaviors. Programs do. Lots of binary formats, including PNG, will ignore any extra junk after the
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by eurleif 14y ago
It could be defined in the format spec that applications should VACUUM the database after every save.
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by eurleif 14y ago
If this sort of behavior is really being pushed by investors, it kind of makes one wonder about the corporate veil shielding investors from liability.
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by eurleif 14y ago
>My understanding is this is one eventual goal of Street View database: to be able to use image recognition (street names, street numbers, buildings, landmarks, etc) to more correctly locate pins. They're now using reCAPTCHA to assist w
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by eurleif 14y ago
>who should decide if not the majority (or their elected representatives)? How about 2/3 of congress and 3/4 of states, which is the standard for amending the constitution, not a simple majority? If you really think what the constitutio
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by eurleif 14y ago
Impugning peoples' motives like that should require some justification, even if it's labelled as "just an opinion".
745.
by eurleif 14y ago
Strong atheism is the belief in the lack of a higher power. Weak atheism is the lack of belief. Agnosticism is the lack of proclaimed knowledge, regardless of belief.
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by eurleif 14y ago
How do you know that's what they were doing?
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by eurleif 14y ago
As far as I'm concerned, that justification should fail on first amendment grounds, since it would banning them based on the message they (allegedly) communicate.
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by eurleif 14y ago
You mentioned a moral difference, not a business difference.
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by eurleif 14y ago
>the illusion that sharing is somehow worse than this sanctioned exploitation is pure hypocrisy. Consent makes all the difference in the world.
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by eurleif 14y ago
But the trademark is on "eat mor chikin", not "eat more". IANAL, but the article gave me the impression that the USPTO has some discretion in determining how much similarity makes a violation.

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