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by htsh 17y ago
I can see that. We thought we'd keep it wiki-style at the beginning, possibly setting it up as a foundation. we think its more likely that legal clinics & others are more likely to trust it & use it that way. We would start as na
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by htsh 17y ago
transitioning away from my legal work back to startup work, learning rails while working on 2 early ideas and 1 underway. the 2 ideas i'm at will to share: 1 - .org - wikipedia-style database of case-law commonly used by pro-bono lawyers --
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by htsh 17y ago
I'd love to hear other people's speculation as to what they're doing. I think that they're going to build a massive suite a cloud-based apps, potentially even offering things like your iTunes library wherever you are on the internet. And I
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by htsh 17y ago
If its Google we're talking about even if the youtube portion of the company is losing money, does it matter? I think its pretty safe to assume that youtube will survive. I mean, I'd assume that the idea of a loss leader somewhat applies h
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by htsh 17y ago
Agreed, but I'm not going to forget how bad it was even 2 years ago when wifi & graphics drivers made for a pretty rough experience. I agree, though, we've come a long way already but at the same time I would be happier if I knew for su
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by htsh 17y ago
I'm not clear on this -- how can it be open source without allowing programmers access to the underlying OS? Also, I would be surprised if the OS doesn't allow for running any local apps but you may be right. Also, I guess some Linux folks
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by htsh 17y ago
Its still going to use the Linux kernel, and that makes it Linux I think, though we're messing with semantics. Regardless, I agree with your view that the blowback is ridiculous. The more people that are using free software, the better for
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by htsh 17y ago
My view is that Ubuntu has a long way to go in terms of brand recognition before non-tech folks will jump in. But I agree with your positive view of this news. I think more people would be likely to jump into a Linux-based os with the Goog
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by htsh 17y ago
still doesn't work for me. I get the first paragraph and that's it.
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by htsh 17y ago
Is there a way to read this article without subscribing? It sounds fascinating and I would love to read it. I'd even pay to read the individual article, but that doesn't appear to be an option.
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by htsh 17y ago
Agreed, I had to stop reading when the drawing of the pyramid scheme came up, as its complete speculation based on a move Ning made to email all users of the site, even those who are members of paid sites (who pay specifically to avoid adve
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by htsh 17y ago
well said, exactly the same experience here. I looked all over that first page for an idea of what it did before clicking on "About." In general, leaving a page to figure out what it does is simply not what I expect to do anymore.
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by htsh 17y ago
a couple of questions out of curiosity: first, why would facebook do this? Is it anything more than negligence? Second, what are the consequences besides some facebook messages ending up truncated? Do excessive messages of this type choke
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by htsh 17y ago
Agreed. I posted that hastily. I think your posts shed some light on the situation even further, in that usually when you don't need mens rea we're talking of minor or petty crimes.
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by htsh 17y ago
Wow. Unduly lenient for disagreeing with $80,000 per track? As you can see from the above conversation, I'm fine with something like $10 and then perhaps a $100 administrative fee.
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by htsh 17y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea
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by htsh 17y ago
Again, if we're talking crime, you have to have an intent to commit that crime. If she wanted to listen, she gets punished for it. If she shares unintentionally (which is likely the case as most p2p applications share everything you downl
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by htsh 17y ago
Well its about the fact that there's no cap on statutory damages, and that when you string together multiple infringements, how out of hand things can get. I don't think her poor defense changes this concurrent conversation. Regardless of
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by htsh 17y ago
Again, doesn't every p2p application share by default? Is there any evidence that she wanted to share? And unless there's another motive here besides her wanting to listen to the music, I still don't think we shoult treat her like some bo
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by htsh 17y ago
Isn't this the issue everytime someone downloads a song since every p2p & torrent client automatically shares the stuff you download? It seems silly to punish her for a systematic feature of the software she used to download the tracks
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by htsh 17y ago
24 tracks, how about $24 dollars? I'd even give them double, or $48. For the 1700 tracks (that she allegedly downloaded but was not tried for), $3400. The extra dollar for each song goes towards the administrative costs of tracking them d
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by htsh 17y ago
It seems pretty gutless of the "artists" on this list, like Gwen Stefani, to sit by and watch someone's life get ruined for downloading their music. I would love to hear their take on this. We can blame the extortionist middlemen all we w
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by htsh 17y ago
1. You might be right that its too easy to get, but that's changing, and Adderall is a class 2 controlled substance. By the books, it should not be easy to get. 2. Completely agreed -- if you take a lot of Adderall, it can be bad regardles
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by htsh 17y ago
You might be scientifically right in questioning the veracity of that specific statement but at the same time its generally true and good advice. In other words, Adderall is a powerful drug with some potentially serious side effects. If y
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by htsh 17y ago
Agree completely. The catch-22 here is that if you're not getting good sleep as it is, Adderall is most certainly not going to help. And not sleeping over time has some pretty hefty consequences.
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by htsh 17y ago
That's the exception more than the rule. And frankly, what you say happened is illegal in America. Adderall is a schedule 2 controlled substance, which means no refills at all, much less for a year. edit: I can't reply below so I'll do it
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Cyberwar guide for Iran elections(boingboing.net)
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by htsh 17y ago
Here you go: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/16/cyberwar-guide-for-i.ht...
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by htsh 17y ago
Be careful. I had a nightmare of a time with Adderall, which led to a manic episode and a year of my life lost to recovery. Whatever you do, don't ask us, ask your doctor. Its a rare side effect but it happens for folks who are susceptibl
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by htsh 17y ago
I'll doublecheck my IM logs. I know the slashdot thing was on the frontpage yesterday, but the other info I've been getting via IM from several friends with family over there.. This is kinda cool: http://blog.austinheap.com/2009/06/15/how

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