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  1. Personally, I think she's stupid for just having two. I have various positions depending on which variables are in play.

  2. You seem to think that laws magically enforce themselves.

  3. Re:Pointing out what exactly on Spinal Fluid Changes In Space May Impair Astronauts' Vision, Study Finds (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    There are bigger challenges to overcome in space than enthusiasts acknowledge, but you seem to be going beyond that to what exactly?

  4. Re: Common sense thinking on Uber Drivers Demand Higher Pay in Nationwide Protest (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I think the question never even occurred to people then.

  5. You seem to think the law magically enforces itself.

  6. ...and don't need to be downloaded on Facebook Is Bringing Games Like Pac-Man, Space Invaders To Messenger and Your News Feed (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Whatever that's supposed to mean.

  7. I don't know why, but my system never reboots to install the next build and I use the insider builds. Have way too many other bugs I actually want fixed to report it though.

  8. Microsoft will pay you a little bit to use Bing on Google Asked to Remove a Billion 'Pirate' Search Results in a Year (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Sort of, they give you points which can be redeemed for gift cards to the Microsoft store, Amazon, Hulu, among others.

  9. Re:And apparently you're wrong on hardware, too on Morgan Stanley: Pixel Phone Will Generate Google Almost $4 Billion In Revenue Next Year (9to5google.com) · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Microsoft smartphone business on Morgan Stanley: Pixel Phone Will Generate Google Almost $4 Billion In Revenue Next Year (9to5google.com) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft may have left the smartphone hardware business, but as far as I know, they are still in it for the OS business. https://www.bing.com/search?q=...

  11. So much for the Japanese Miracle

  12. Re:Trademarks protect purchasers, not sellers on EU's Law Enforcement Agency Closes 4,500 Websites Peddling Fake Brands (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    ...can sue me for it, rather, to keep the pronouns straight.

  13. Re:Trademarks protect purchasers, not sellers on EU's Law Enforcement Agency Closes 4,500 Websites Peddling Fake Brands (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    There's something to be said about knowing that you aren't getting products sourced from x when you don't want products sourced from x. One aspect of the law that seems little known is that if I buy shoes branded x, and I rebrand them y, company x can sue you for it.

  14. Re:Trademarks protect purchasers, not sellers on EU's Law Enforcement Agency Closes 4,500 Websites Peddling Fake Brands (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    No, the only thing that should be protected is the consumer's ability to determine the source.

  15. But hey, they're not you, so what do you care?

  16. He never said he was quoting Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd doesn't deserve credit for every future sentiment to one he/they expressed.

  17. Re:Seeing most people on AT&T Unveils DirecTV Now Streaming TV Service With Over 100 Channels (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't see most people doing that, because you don't see most people.

  18. Re:Trademarks protect purchasers, not sellers on EU's Law Enforcement Agency Closes 4,500 Websites Peddling Fake Brands (phys.org) · · Score: 2

    Misrepresentation of the origin of a good does not need trademark to have a special protection in order to be illegal.

  19. How this relates to abolishing IP on EU's Law Enforcement Agency Closes 4,500 Websites Peddling Fake Brands (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    I posted in a recent comment about abolishing intellectual property. Misrepresentation of the origin of a good does not need trademark to have a special protection in order to be illegal.

  20. Re:Typesetting on False Porn-on-CNN Report Shows How Quickly Fake News Spreads (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    What are your sources? "Typesetting" may have once been time-consuming and expensive, but where do I go to find out the nature of "typesetting" at the time the memo was made and it's role in the U.S. military?

  21. Re:Something needs to be done on Google Asked to Remove a Billion 'Pirate' Search Results in a Year (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    People don't "create" things. That is a romantic notion with no basis in reality.

  22. Re:Something needs to be done on Google Asked to Remove a Billion 'Pirate' Search Results in a Year (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a good argument for the abolishment of intellectual property.

  23. In some senses it is less accurate, in some senses more. It all depends on what you are attempting to measure. But most of the thread is conflating different issues, like value to a company, risk of loss of life, friendship, lifespan, and quality of life, nonexhaustive.

  24. You are conflating value of life with risk of loss of life, and several other concepts as well apparently.

  25. Re:Money buys safety systems, medicine - LIFE on Scientists Believe There's Finally A Cure For The Common Cold (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    You don't have any friends apparently.