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811.
by waqf 15y ago
In a case I read about recently, the megacorp sent a paralegal with zero pertinent knowledge to represent them in small claims. (I think it was on HN — does anybody remember what I'm talking about?)
812.
by waqf 15y ago
Yes. I was thinking of the case where if you win, thousands of people will file similar suits against the same company. In such a case, the company has more at stake than you do. It's more likely that it's not worth your while to get a
813.
by waqf 15y ago
As I understand it, what usually happens to small-claims cases against large, well-funded corporations is that you win the first round, then the corporation appeals and suddenly you're in grown-up court and have to pay a lawyer.
814.
by waqf 15y ago
Actually lots of American schools have metal detectors now at all the entrances.
815.
by waqf 15y ago
I don't think that what is being condemned here is flow. When I used to practice the piano several hours a day I was in flow, but I wasn't running through my pieces. Flow was what made me able to play through the same measure thirty times
816.
by waqf 15y ago
Don't on any account do that. First, he is quite likely to label you a nutjob and automatically ignore everything you say. This may be true even if he agrees with you. Second, even if he is sympathetic to SkyMartial's points, from the cong
817.
by waqf 15y ago
It's called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_cradle .
818.
by waqf 15y ago
Ice is made of small molecules like water, methane or carbon dioxide.
819.
by waqf 15y ago
Ironically, even if Tor becomes illegal , the effect of SOPA passing could be millions of people flocking to Tor (or other onion projects such as I2P). This would be a net positive for internet freedom: Tor would work better, using Tor w
820.
by waqf 15y ago
Inasmuch as that's true Tor will still be unstoppable. It'll just be illegal, which makes it that much easier to stop Tor by the brute-force method of arresting every single user (and seizing their computer).
821.
by waqf 15y ago
" somewhat secondary " ... that's what the MPAA etc. want Congress to think, so that their Internet-destroying legislation gets in under the radar.
822.
by waqf 15y ago
> I was rather disconcerted to see that Elsevier was on this list :( Back when I was in academia, Elsevier had a clear reputation as the most "evil" academic publisher, because of its extortionate journal prices and its active resista
823.
by waqf 15y ago
My point is that by your own admission, a 2:1 requires little effort and therefore is not to be considered "doing well".
824.
by waqf 15y ago
If it was so easy, why didn't you get a First? Sounds like you chose low standards for yourself.
825.
by waqf 15y ago
In the US the tying of funding to results is accomplished by market forces (which also favour, say, campus facilities) whereas in Britain it's administered directly by the government (which also favours "research", that is, publication coun
826.
by waqf 15y ago
The article addresses you advisedly. Unfair as it may seem, Congress has the potential to screw up the internet for the entire world.
827.
by waqf 15y ago
Congress: "No, we are all very aware of how the Internet works. OMG P1R4CY!!!1"
828.
by waqf 15y ago
Funnily enough, individual Americans also have little control over Congress. I think we're all in the same boat here (and I don't even think the article implied otherwise).
829.
by waqf 15y ago
My understanding is that UMG has an arrangement with YouTube whereby they make a request (which is not a DMCA request) that a video be removed, and it is removed. You and I don't have that arrangement with YouTube, so we can't make those re
830.
by waqf 15y ago
Would you mind giving examples so we can understand what scale of problem you're alleging?
831.
by waqf 15y ago
I don't think mike-cardwell deserves downvoting either, but I don't think your (and his) characterization was quite fair. mseebach didn't intend to make a convincing anti-SOPA argument, he was commenting under the assumption that his audi
832.
by waqf 15y ago
Right, and " 22. If I’m careless with my driving it won’t be attributed to my sex. " Supposing you are caught speeding down the freeway at 110mph on Saturday night. What sex is everyone going to expect you to be?
833.
by waqf 15y ago
Tor? Why not I2P? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I2P http://www.i2p2.de
834.
by waqf 15y ago
Are such briefings classified, or is there some chance of a citable reference?
835.
by waqf 15y ago
Don't forget Lebayg integration.
836.
by waqf 15y ago
Well, it's certainly the case that there's more than one kind of politicized: for example Wikimedia is a 501(c)(3) organization, a status which prohibits certain kinds of political activity. But what I have in mind here is that this is a l
837.
by waqf 15y ago
I've been hearing that story about the FBI remotely activating cellphone microphones for several years now, but do you have a credible source for it?
838.
by waqf 15y ago
I notice that they don't say that they don't provide Carrier IQ data to third parties, just that they don't sell it.
839.
by waqf 15y ago
I'm glad you stated that argument, because it's kind of what I suspect a lot of people think so it gives me something to attack ;). My specific concerns are: a. I think politicians can ignore something that "a majority of the Internet-usi
840.
by waqf 15y ago
> I find it interesting that many of the commenters would rather see legislation passed that could harm Wikipedia than see the site "politicized" in any way. That's a false choice. Many of the commenters would rather take the small

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