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Re:EFF Outlines Plan to Fix the Broken Patent System on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @04:39AM (#9099595)
> lacking the capability to invent

citation needed

Re:Iceland to build first temple to Norse gods since Viking age on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @10:55AM (#8991024)
> I think there is considerable evidence that the inclusion of the belief in the existence of God and other similar aspects of religion that are distinct from (but part of the justification for) the behavioral elements you call "the good parts" are an important part of the memetic glue that holds the whole structure together.

The whole structure of what? Europe is largely godless yet the society holds together just fine. There's really no need to confound "treat others as you want to be treated yourself" with anything supernatural.

Re:I Owe It All to Community College on Thursday January 15, 2015 @10:46AM (#8893089)
Everybody knows that it means not (not in regard).
Re:Kim Dotcom: “I'm broke” (german article) on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @08:12AM (#8662150)
i'm attracted to news about him because of my morbid curiosity for the US federal government's all-round illegal behaviors.
Re:GitHub dropped Pygments on Monday November 24, 2014 @11:38AM (#8653144)
nobody's talking about legal contracts. the issue is of good will. the promise github has made is they would provide all kinds of hosting (git, gitsts, pages, whatnot). people move from other solutions to github because the github's promise (again, not a legal contract) is "we're better".

the other half the difficulty of running a business comes from making tacit promises and then acting annoyed that the other side holds you to them.

Re:It’s time to extend the US Privacy Act to EU citizens on Thursday November 13, 2014 @11:34AM (#8602410)
USA supported murderous regimes in Dominican republic, Chile, Haiti, Guatemala, Nicaragua, South Africa, Indonesia, Iraq, and many others.
i'm not saying we're able to do it, but it seems doable:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_Star