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  1. Re:Microsoft & its Shareholders on Microsoft Has Lost $5.5 Billion On Bing Since 2009 · · Score: 1

    Actually, Microsoft has given ~$2.00 per shareholder since 2007 (The same time period as bing). With 8.38B shares, that's $16.76B dollars... So yeah, they actually gave about 86% more to the shareholders than they invested in Bing.

  2. Re:Slashvertisement on Blizzard Aiming For Q3 Diablo 3 Beta, 2011 Release · · Score: 1

    Actually, in this particular context, I believe he was speaking to the lord of terror. Offering his soul for D3 beta.

  3. Re:Warning, noobish question ahead. on Is Cyberwarfare Fiction? · · Score: 1
  4. Re:There's a problem with games "with a purpose." on Design Contest Highlights Video Games With a Purpose · · Score: 1

    This is great advice for a writer, but the problem with game design is that there are many people working on the same text and story. So there are many different visions of the world working on a single video game, and it's difficult to get a team to have a unified sense of meaning. Possible, but definitely difficult.

  5. Re:Steaming? on Cisco's New Router — Trouble For Hollywood · · Score: 1

    Everyone sing: The internet is for.... steaming video-on-demand services

  6. Re:Not first-sale doctrine: Psystar altered OS X on Psystar Crushed In Court · · Score: 1

    part (b) requires the permission of the copyright owner. Not permission from the owner of a copy.

    True. But since you aren't selling a derivative work, you don't need permission. The idea is this: Once the customer has the exact copy, you sell them your own, unique patch that does not violate any copyright laws. Essentially making 2 separate sales that accomplish the same thing. I think this could be a way around the issue, but only in a very dry reading of the law. It's pretty clear what the spirit of this law is, despite the loopholes in the letter. As such, I doubt the courts would let such a defense succeed.

  7. I don't know on Save the Planet, Eat Your Dog · · Score: 1

    This Proposal seems rather Modest.

  8. Interested in copyright? on YouTube Yanks Free Tibet Video After IOC Pressure · · Score: 1

    If anyone is interested in some serious copyright reading, check out Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig. Given the current state of copyright issues in the U.S. I would not be at all surprised if YouTube did not put the video back.

  9. Public education on Physics Nerds Rap About the LHC · · Score: 3, Insightful

    could learn a lot from CERN. I think I just learned more in 5 minutes than I did in high school.