I believe that if my wife wants to wreck her life, that's her choice. I can try and talk her out of it of course. But not put her in jail. Because I can always just walk away.
Though there aren't many countries allowing you to buy it legally, I agree that it SHOULD be legal. Let people take responsibility for their own lives and allow them to kill themselves if they wish to.
There's no such thing as legal "social responsibility". Just because you wish it doesn't make it so. There's no "society". We're just a bunch of individuals living together. That's it.
All that is speculation. When it happens we'll see. As of now, all riots in India are politically motivated and take place only because people are not afraid of the consequences. If every rioter knew that he would be jailed and made to pay for the damage out of their own pocket swiftly and without hesitation, good bye to all violence and hello peace:)
Syria is not a democracy. People there have to riot to be heard. They can't just vote out the dictator. India however has many mechanisms in place for change to occur without violence.
Ask any Indian if they've ever seen a riot without political backing of some kind or the other. And ask them if the perpetrators of those riots were afraid of punishment. Bingo. You have your answer.
Nonsense. Just ensure that people are swiftly punished for violence and see how quickly all riots stop. Right now riots are politically motivated and the perpetrators are not afraid of the law. Change that one little aspect and everything falls into place. Regular people don't care about rioting. If there's a mob you can be sure it's political.
Don't underestimate India's capacity for Internet censorship even though it's not run by a dictator. You need countries that fight against censorship, and don't care about "protecting people's sentiments". Only those countries deserve the stewardship of what is arguably on the greatest inventions of mankind.
Keep in mind that the current lawsuit is about "form factor" and not touch based devices. So your point is moot. Start talking about rounded rectangles instead and we can go from there.
I have no hesitation in acknowledging that Apple popularized touch based devices. But that doesn't mean it invented them. Guess what you need to validly patent something? Yup.
It was stylus based. And I was doing everything with it that I use a modern smartphone for. Certainly more than is possible with an iPhone given the locked down nature of iOS.
I meant "keyboardless" devices with a large screen taking up almost all real estate. My first one was a Palm, my second ran Windows CE and the third was an HTC OS. This lawsuit is about form factor not "finger touch" technology. And there were plenty of similar form factors before.Just because the iPhone was very popular doesn't mean they invented the form factor.
A time comes for every electronic device where the basic form factor becomes obvious. Let me tell you that I was using pure touchscreen devices with rounded corners long before Apple came out with the iPhone. Apple was the only company dickish enough to patent the designs the industry was already converging on. For that they should be sanctioned.
I mean, even in a world where corporations are generally assholes, Apple managed to outdo the other players in the industry in sheer assholery. That's the only thing they deserve a patent for.
Agreed. To my mind, this trial should NOT be about whether Samsung "copied" Apple designs. It's about all of Apple's smartphone "design patents" being invalidated and them being sanctioned for misusing the judicial process by applying for frivolous patents. Then they should also pay Samsung's legal fees and a public apology for being dickheads.
I know right? Apple holds a PATENT after all. That must mean DECADES of research, and the blood sweat and tears of its TOP engineers. To develop searching multiple sources at the same time. Yeah. Right. Ok then.
Oh Apple invented local search didn't you know? They have a patent after all! That MUST mean they invented it first and spent BILLIONS of dollars in R&D developing it. Right? RIGHT?
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I believe that if my wife wants to wreck her life, that's her choice. I can try and talk her out of it of course. But not put her in jail. Because I can always just walk away.
There are costs to prevention that we might not be willing to pay. Why not ban alcohol?
Though there aren't many countries allowing you to buy it legally, I agree that it SHOULD be legal. Let people take responsibility for their own lives and allow them to kill themselves if they wish to.
Entitlement?. How the hell am I feeling entitled to anything? Am I asking for something for free?
There's no such thing as legal "social responsibility". Just because you wish it doesn't make it so. There's no "society". We're just a bunch of individuals living together. That's it.
All that is speculation. When it happens we'll see. As of now, all riots in India are politically motivated and take place only because people are not afraid of the consequences. If every rioter knew that he would be jailed and made to pay for the damage out of their own pocket swiftly and without hesitation, good bye to all violence and hello peace :)
Syria is not a democracy. People there have to riot to be heard. They can't just vote out the dictator. India however has many mechanisms in place for change to occur without violence.
Ask any Indian if they've ever seen a riot without political backing of some kind or the other. And ask them if the perpetrators of those riots were afraid of punishment. Bingo. You have your answer.
Nonsense. Just ensure that people are swiftly punished for violence and see how quickly all riots stop. Right now riots are politically motivated and the perpetrators are not afraid of the law. Change that one little aspect and everything falls into place. Regular people don't care about rioting. If there's a mob you can be sure it's political.
Don't underestimate India's capacity for Internet censorship even though it's not run by a dictator. You need countries that fight against censorship, and don't care about "protecting people's sentiments". Only those countries deserve the stewardship of what is arguably on the greatest inventions of mankind.
Keep in mind that the current lawsuit is about "form factor" and not touch based devices. So your point is moot. Start talking about rounded rectangles instead and we can go from there.
I have no hesitation in acknowledging that Apple popularized touch based devices. But that doesn't mean it invented them. Guess what you need to validly patent something? Yup.
Your claim was that it wasn't like an iPhone. I just showed you it was not only like an iPhone, but better in many ways.
It was stylus based. And I was doing everything with it that I use a modern smartphone for. Certainly more than is possible with an iPhone given the locked down nature of iOS.
I meant "keyboardless" devices with a large screen taking up almost all real estate. My first one was a Palm, my second ran Windows CE and the third was an HTC OS. This lawsuit is about form factor not "finger touch" technology. And there were plenty of similar form factors before.Just because the iPhone was very popular doesn't mean they invented the form factor.
It's amazing how deep you're encased in Apple's lies to the extent that you can't even believe that there were other similar phones before. Tut tut.
A time comes for every electronic device where the basic form factor becomes obvious. Let me tell you that I was using pure touchscreen devices with rounded corners long before Apple came out with the iPhone. Apple was the only company dickish enough to patent the designs the industry was already converging on. For that they should be sanctioned.
I mean, even in a world where corporations are generally assholes, Apple managed to outdo the other players in the industry in sheer assholery. That's the only thing they deserve a patent for.
Agreed. To my mind, this trial should NOT be about whether Samsung "copied" Apple designs. It's about all of Apple's smartphone "design patents" being invalidated and them being sanctioned for misusing the judicial process by applying for frivolous patents. Then they should also pay Samsung's legal fees and a public apology for being dickheads.
Given the fact that Ebola is:
a) Highly contagious
b) 70-90% fatal
It's scary enough to be on Slashdot.
He's talking zero tolerance for harassment. Somehow even though we can't define it, everyone knows when a line is being crossed.
I seriously doubt if humanity can survive an ice age today. I certainly wouldn't.
Oh, I'll blame them alright. In fact, I like doing business with ethical companies. And I boycott those who're overtly unethical.
How did "law" come into this? We're talking about being a dick. Not breaking the law.
Yeah right. As if companies have no business behaving ethically.
I know right? Apple holds a PATENT after all. That must mean DECADES of research, and the blood sweat and tears of its TOP engineers. To develop searching multiple sources at the same time. Yeah. Right. Ok then.
Oh Apple invented local search didn't you know? They have a patent after all! That MUST mean they invented it first and spent BILLIONS of dollars in R&D developing it. Right? RIGHT?
This isn't about Samsung. It's about Apple behaving like a dick.