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by phowat 14y ago
Interesting, I know that in Brazil the same law applies even if both products are immaterial. For example, it was common for nightclubs here to give you an option of charging less (or nothing at all) for the entrance into the nightclub if y
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by phowat 14y ago
IANAL, but I think the key difference is that these operating systems are not sold as a standalone component you can buy and install on any pc you like. That's why it applies to a Windows license and not to a Mac OS license for example.
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by phowat 14y ago
What is illegal is not selling a computer without an operating system. From what I understand, brazilian law considers the PC and OS two different products and it is illegal for a company to only sell you one product if you also buy another
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AOL Turns in Solid Q4 Earnings, With First Year-Over-Year Growth in Eight Years(allthingsd.com)
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by phowat 14y ago
It works on some alpha release of both Firefox and Chrome. There are already some file transfer apps if you're curious, although I haven't tested myself: https://github.com/lindstroem/FileTransfer and https://github.com/peer5/sharefest
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by phowat 14y ago
So true! I bought a license for WebStorm on that end-of-the-world sale they had a while ago and never cared to actually install it. Definitely going to check it out now.
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Time Warner Cable Claims Netflix Isn't Playing Fair(huffingtonpost.com)
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PicoLisp compiled to Android and running a web server.(picolisp.com)
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EyeIO promises high-quality streaming using 20-50% less bandwidth.(gigaom.com)
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by phowat 15y ago
there's naclbox: http://www.naclbox.com/ for google's native client.
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by phowat 16y ago
I got "Sell actual androids to motorola." . And as a milestone owner I approve this plan.
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by phowat 16y ago
Yes, using OpenBTS ( http://openbts.sourceforge.net/ ) . It's quite a cool project. Unfortunately, it would be illegal to use here in Brazil.
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by phowat 16y ago
Are you from Rio de Janeiro? If so feel free to email me.
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by phowat 16y ago
I took ritalin for about a month to be able to play longer stretches of online poker. During the time I thought I was doing great but after reviewing my sessions later I discovered I was making a bunch of silly mistakes I don't think I woul
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by phowat 16y ago
I'd love to have something similar here in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If anyone else is interested drop me an email.