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1995 was 17 years ago. Why did it take 17 years to start the suits? It's not like any of this was hidden in those 17 years. Google's been around since 1998. Amazon was from 1995. Yahoo was from 1995. What part of these companies took 14-17 years to finally bring a suit to? Until I see that, he's a damn dirty patent troll taking advantage of the status quo.
Child porn is how .au passed their censorship stuff and it has quickly expanded. Child porn is already illegal and, in my opinion, doesn't need deep cutting censorship bills to combat.
"So if a company starts infringing trademarks, polluting search engines en masse, tricking people into buying their rubbish"

eBay? also, already illegal based on trademarks, copyright, etc etc.

"What about people who DDoS attack you? Is that fine? No need to have any recourse there?" "How about those that hack DNS to dupe people into visiting their site etc"

already illegal

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from my understanding, SOPA is more about removing due process than making bad things illegal

Re:IOS App Store Submission Checklist - anything else to add? on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @11:13AM (#3295489)
I often have my iPad with the home button on top while on the stand. Easier for charging...

(Just in case anybody wonders why they'd want both orientations...)

Re:Hug an OSS Developer or just don't be a dick on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @11:06AM (#3295442)
Oh wow. I've used your work almost every day for many years now. Thank you.
Re:How to forcibly eject a CD/DVD from a MacBook Air USB SuperDrive on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @11:02AM (#3243605)
Why does your country require clearance to let people rate apps?
Re:SendWrite launches API for physical mail on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @09:51PM (#3214014)
PostalMethods has been doing this for years. http://www.postalmethods.com/
Re:Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new movies on Thursday September 01, 2011 @08:28PM (#2952392)
They don't bother me either. The torrent sites always have content available minutes after broadcasts conclude. Hours for 1080p.

Shocking how much the content providers fail to provide content.

Re:Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new movies on Thursday September 01, 2011 @08:26PM (#2952388)
Yup, it's shocking how much content providers fail to provide content.

I love Amazon Prime and I've been considering getting a Netflix sub as well.

Re:$25 PC priced like a textbook, works with old analog TVs on Thursday September 01, 2011 @10:21AM (#2950102)
Where do I get $25 textbooks?
Re:ITerm2 1.0 Released on Thursday July 07, 2011 @03:43PM (#2740000)
What are these downvotes you speak of?
Re:Important Safety Notice from WakeMate on Friday December 31, 2010 @04:15AM (#2054973)
I love my WakeMate and the Wakelytics web app. It's super cool.

My only complaint is that it seems the wristband can be a bit tight, but I suppose this is necessary to provide accurate movement calculations.

Good job WakeMate team. I know it's been tough, but I'm proud of you! Thank you for handling this situation in such an appropriate manner.

Re:Important Safety Notice from WakeMate on Friday December 31, 2010 @04:10AM (#2054963)
I think your battery might be defective. My WakeMate loses about 19-20% battery life each night. I was using the original black charger... looks like I'll be using the real brick from Apple now.
Re:"Francisco's Money Speech" by Ayn Rand on Tuesday March 03, 2009 @11:11AM (#501537)
The company was going to be nationalized, essentially stolen from him, anyway. Thus, investors didn't matter in his decision to give the nation nothing in return for stealing his company.
Re:"Francisco's Money Speech" by Ayn Rand on Tuesday March 03, 2009 @11:06AM (#501526)
I'd argue that Jobs is more of a "Randian hero", by far, since it seems that Apple refuses to release hacks, only good and solid code, products, etc. It also has infinitely better customer service than Microsoft, which can be seen on Consumerist.com as well as just interacting with the company.

I also get the feeling that Gates falls more to the altruistic side of things.

Re:"Francisco's Money Speech" by Ayn Rand on Tuesday March 03, 2009 @10:51AM (#501510)
That's for you to decide, based on your other values.

Some people value adventure and risk-taking in order to bring about new rewards and feel proud of them. They accept the risks which could shorten their life.

Other people want to live a long time and see a lot of things. They would not be risk-takers and thus would be happier with a longer life.

Does this make sense?