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by gergles 14y ago
I especially enjoy the University's ludicrous overreaction (seriously, read the letters they sent this guy; specifically the one where they demand he do the job of the "myUCF" team and come up with how he would update the application -- whe
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by gergles 14y ago
The patent office will grant you a patent on $anything, as long as you add "...on a computer" or "...on the internet" or "...over a cellular network".
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by gergles 14y ago
That's great and grand that you've decided that's what they mean. That's not what the forced license grant actually says .
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by gergles 14y ago
https://www.dropbox.com/help/175/en and a symlink?
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by gergles 14y ago
No, it can discriminate on other protected statuses as long as you can prove that the test has a direct correlation to work performance. (Actually, the decisions require 'a strong basis in evidence' of 'business necessity', which you woul
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by gergles 14y ago
> and it is currently for sale in any configuration your heart desires. ... except for the one with a retina display and room for a mechanical HDD in addition to the SSD, which is what the OP was complaining about? Seriously dude, read
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by gergles 14y ago
Also one in Millbrae, which might be faster - just a zip up the 101.
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by gergles 14y ago
The Supreme Court did rule on it. In the 60s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._virginia "Marriage is one of the "basic civil rights of man," fundamental to our very existence and survival.... " There is also a significant differen
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by gergles 14y ago
Really? Pretty sure they do: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._virginia
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by gergles 14y ago
From the "stunningly obvious" department... Seriously, college is practically useless for what people are using it for today (vocational training.) It was not intended to serve that purpose. The reason that everyone started going to college
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by gergles 14y ago
They don't wish any ill will on them, they just want to deny them a civil right. You know, no big deal.
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by gergles 14y ago
It's only in the downtown core, and you have to sign in to a Google Account (and agree to god-knows-what in the way of tracking of your use.)
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by gergles 14y ago
No, they've been winning on patents on round rectangles and lack of bezels.
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by gergles 14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intellige...
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by gergles 14y ago
The whole point is that 'clearance' barcodes don't have a price stored in the database. Every grocery store I've consulted for or worked at in my youth was operated the same way - there were "manager special" barcodes where the price was pa
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by gergles 14y ago
Writing skills are clearly a BFOQ for an organization where your entire work product is written; there is absolutely nothing illegal about a writing test for a programming job.
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by gergles 14y ago
So the answer is "he did a ton of work for free and without authorization or permission to speak on behalf of the company"? Come on. I know we worship technologists and hate businesspeople here, but that's not an answer for anybody. Busines
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by gergles 14y ago
While a reading of the letter of the law seems to indicate that you would be correct and would be able to pass on/differentiate charges ("The customer CAN'T 'elect' to use a credit card because we don't take anything else! Suck on that, leg
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by gergles 14y ago
I'll echo what Dan said for their consumer accounts as well. I always get excellent, fast, friendly, competent, empowered customer service any time at all I have the slightest problem with a transaction on my American Express cards. So, I u
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by gergles 14y ago
The reason listing fees exist is to reduce the amount of dumped crap onto eBay. Besides, for individual sellers, listing fees are basically gone (or de minimis) anyway. There's a perpetual 'promotion' for your first N listings a month to be
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by gergles 14y ago
That's incorrect. The copy is: "1. Getting your Developer ID. Mac Developer Program members can get their Developer ID now. If you’re not already a member, join today." "Join today" links to https://developer.apple.com/programs/mac/ , wher
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by gergles 14y ago
You need to install 64-bit Windows to use anything beyond ~3.5GB of RAM.
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by gergles 14y ago
Wait, so the idea is that you're going to charge for Twitter, without the network that makes Twitter worth anything at all? As far as I can tell from the video and FAQ, that's what it is. A twitter clone that costs $50 a year. If this is NO
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by gergles 14y ago
Why is this bullshit platitude always a response to anyone complaining about a patent? The claims for software patents almost never provide anything more than the abstract, just in a few hundred more words. As an example, let's take the fir
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by gergles 14y ago
There is no display on the gamepad.
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by gergles 14y ago
I find it humorous that someone claiming the throne of righteousness and correctness about rising above the evil men dominating the world of video games has reacted to criticism by posting a drawing branding men (and ONLY men) as "trolls" (
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by gergles 14y ago
No, you can't, because that generates one-off links with gibberish in the URL and forces the disposition to "download" instead of just sending the file.
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by gergles 14y ago
Do you really think that LinkedIn could completely redesign their entire site in 3 weeks? I consider that completely outside the realm of possibility.
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Don't waste your time in crappy startup jobs(michaelochurch.wordpress.com)
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by gergles 14y ago
Only if you pay for an annual subscription (seriously! - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Plus#PlayStation_Pl... )

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