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Diebold Sues Massachusetts for "Wrongful Purchase"
elBart0 writes "Diebold has decided to sue the commonwealth of Massachusetts for choosing a competitor to provide voting machines for the disabled. Diebold wants to force the state to stop using the machines immediately, despite the upcoming municipal elections in many towns. The commonwealth chose the competitor based on an open process that included disabled groups. Diebold executives appeared confused when encountering election officials who made an intelligent choice."
But... i'll respond anyway...
When creative sued id to include eax in doom 3, some convoluted something or other, i don't know of anybody who used eax instead of the original doom3 sound engine. So the whole "use my products or i'll sue" thing didn't really work out.
Especially since vista nerfed eax like there's no tomorrow.
I wanna see that lawsuit, where creative sues microsoft to make eax work, but alas, no suit, only workarounds.
Is it sad that I am more likely to recognize you and your posts by your sig than your name or UID?
This is off-topic, but worth pointing out:
I know this may sound perverse, but I use commas to reflect how I speak and not how they "should" be used to form a grammatically correct sentence.
In this day and age where a high percentage of correspondence is done via computer, it becomes more and more important to accurately reflect the tone and meaning of what one types; at the cost of correct grammar.
On IRC, instant messaging, e-mail, and whatever methods that exist where one person has a 'discussion' without being able to hear the tone, inflections, and facial expressions - all we have left is using punctuation to emulate these vital components of speech.
I am open source, and Linux baby!
You mean like how Apple sues its customers? Seems to help them too.
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Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
Well, that didn't work...
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
eh, is it an exploding rocket?
Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris.
An obscure Ariane 5 reference?
Quidnam Latine loqui modo coepi?