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floofyfloofer
9y ago
* The "22 Million" joke: https://youtu.be/vxV2t1RX1SE * The "Collusion" joke and Verizon skit: https://youtu.be/Yf7XfY_uVtY (Edit: Why was this submission flagged?)
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floofyfloofer
9y ago
False, since 2013, when the Supreme Court held that remaining silent wasn't sufficient to invoke your right to remain silent. "suspect did not sufficiently invoke the right to remain silent when he stubbornly refused to talk:"
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floofyfloofer
9y ago
Unbridled greed is pretty grotesque.
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floofyfloofer
9y ago
It could work, but it's a lopsided feedback system: EA can't count the number of people who didn't buy their game, they can only count the number of actual purchases. So, voting with your wallet leads to underperforming sale
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floofyfloofer
9y ago
I think Mozilla ran the numbers a year ago and found that all the advertising on the internet only nets about ~$11/person/month. Though, hell, I'd pay 10x that to be rid of that malware vector.
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floofyfloofer
9y ago
Has anyone done a TCO of the NSA? Like, if the NSA takes $X bn / year to run, and has $Y bn / year in negative externalities for US companies by leaking their malware, then just how much have they cost the US economy?
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floofyfloofer
9y ago
Any book worth reading should be worth reading because of that insight. Which might be a way to say that most words aren't writing, and especially these.
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floofyfloofer
9y ago
This boggles the mind, and the lack of communication makes it feel like the work of a new lawyer used to corporate law, where the rules are to strike first and communicate later. Outside of new counsel, we might be able to get more insight