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Re:Steve Jobs licensed Amazon’s one-click patent for $1M in ... by marssaxman on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @11:09PM (#18021367)
Since when does hacking necessarily involve benefit? It's a clever exploit, getting by without license plates, and I can imagine how that might be satisfying on its own, for purely aesthetic reasons; it doesn't need to be practical.
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Re:Steve Jobs licensed Amazon’s one-click patent for $1M in ... by cdcfa78156ae5 on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @02:51PM (#18026693)
By your definition, wearing a wig and sunglasses to get away with shoplifting is a "clever exploit." Refusing to put license plates on your car so you cannot be identified for breaking the law is antisocial criminal activity.
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Re:Steve Jobs licensed Amazon’s one-click patent for $1M in ... by marssaxman on Thursday September 20, 2018 @10:48AM (#18032796)
"Clever" is a matter of opinion; it's hard for me to imagine what aspect of a wig-and-sunglasses stunt there could be which would make it seem clever, but I suppose it's possible.

Perhaps Jobs' strategy for avoiding license plates was "antisocial criminal activity" and perhaps it wasn't; I'm not a lawyer, and I don't really care - but what does that have to do with the question of whether or not it was a hack?

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Re:Steve Jobs licensed Amazon’s one-click patent for $1M in ... by smittywerben on Thursday September 20, 2018 @12:46AM (#18029849)
"Refusing to put license plates on your car... is antisocial criminal activity." - cdcfa78156ae5

Of course there's no name.

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Re:Steve Jobs licensed Amazon’s one-click patent for $1M in ... by cdcfa78156ae5 on Friday September 21, 2018 @03:11PM (#18041931)
> Of course there's no name.

That's because this is an Internet post, not a car that can be used to maim and kill people.

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Re:Steve Jobs licensed Amazon’s one-click patent for $1M in ... by smittywerben on Saturday September 22, 2018 @03:04AM (#18044880)
Thanks. That didn't cost a new car; you missed the point.
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