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Re:Samsung/Apple Jury Foreman Shows He Doesn't Understand Pr... by spenrose on Friday August 31, 2012 @03:19PM (#4461243)
The logic of your comment depends on there existing a value of "as much time as they needed" which is significantly longer than the time they took and significantly shorter than, say, their lifespans. The point of earlier comments is to say that one does not exist. If you wish to rebut those comments persuasively, you might consider directly addressing that point: how much more time should they have taken, and what difference would it have made?
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Re:Samsung/Apple Jury Foreman Shows He Doesn't Understand Pr... by adgar on Friday August 31, 2012 @03:25PM (#4461267)
> how much more time should they have taken, and what difference would it have made?

Enough time to read the fucking jury instruction about prior art, challenge the foreman's assertions about it, and ask for instruction or clarification as needed.

You seem to think this is too much to ask of laypeople with a billion dollars on the line. I think people are capable of much better.

Edit: Consider that the foreman himself said that things were looking in Samsung's favor before his "aha" moment.

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