That phrase means nothing in this context. "Of course everyone knows how to build an open collaborative encyclopedia. Anyone who disagrees with me is a fool." I don't mean to say that everyone's opinion shouldn't matter. There should be no "caste" system and I understand Wikipedia has a problem with that.
But it's a fallacy to assume there exists some universal "common sense" for a task that's never before been attempted.
Yes, but it makes no sense to make things annoying for 90% of people to please the other 10%, when those 10% can change things to the way they want anyway.
Exactly. If you are a merchant with PayPal, your agreement with them states that any money you take in belongs to PayPal, and that they only allow you to use it at their convenience.
Choosing not to vaccinate your child endangers other people's infants who are too young to receive the vaccine, along with people who have been vaccinated but for whom the protection has diminished over time.
Taking Google's search results and incorporating them into Bing's results is indisputable copying. "We just copied a little bit" isn't an excuse, especially when they could have easily filtered their input to exclude links from other search engines.
Amazon isn't doing anything here to make things difficult for Apple. The Kindle was not designed to have "apps"; it's fundamentally different than the iPad. If Amazon told Apple that "We get 30% of any purchase made via the Kindle's web browser," that would be analogous to what Apple does.
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So the summary is usually just copied verbatim from the article, right?
It sounds like you're describing Citizendium.
"common sense means nothing"
That phrase means nothing in this context. "Of course everyone knows how to build an open collaborative encyclopedia. Anyone who disagrees with me is a fool." I don't mean to say that everyone's opinion shouldn't matter. There should be no "caste" system and I understand Wikipedia has a problem with that.
But it's a fallacy to assume there exists some universal "common sense" for a task that's never before been attempted.
What would you do differently?
Yes, but it makes no sense to make things annoying for 90% of people to please the other 10%, when those 10% can change things to the way they want anyway.
Nobody in Apple's target market gives a shit about this. "Oh, I'd really like an iPhone, but they were mean and made Opera cry!"
Who knew?
No, but you can put his name on a button. Just like you can't write a book and put Tolkien's name on it.
Except "Tolkien" in this case is a dead person's name, not a brand.
That's how credit cards work. If the seller accepts a stolen card as payment, then they lose the money.
Exactly. If you are a merchant with PayPal, your agreement with them states that any money you take in belongs to PayPal, and that they only allow you to use it at their convenience.
Because those are the terms of the license you agree to by purchasing the product.
"Xperia Play"? Are you serious? It sounds like some Chinese knockoff.
Funny how people still think Obama is liberal, when he's actually center-right like Clinton.
Smokers suck because they leave their trash everywhere. God help you if you work with one; they'll be taking a break every 20 minutes.
Choosing not to vaccinate your child endangers other people's infants who are too young to receive the vaccine, along with people who have been vaccinated but for whom the protection has diminished over time.
Taking Google's search results and incorporating them into Bing's results is indisputable copying. "We just copied a little bit" isn't an excuse, especially when they could have easily filtered their input to exclude links from other search engines.
Right, they copy from Google, among other places. Plagiarism is plagiarism, whether in part or in whole.
It is cheating, regardless of the roundabout way they try to justify it.
Sorry, nothing can be done about this because copyright is evil and "information wants to be free!"
What does that make Slashdot?
The effect is that Microsoft copies Google's search results and publishes them as their own. The justification and/or method is irrelevant.
Amazon isn't doing anything here to make things difficult for Apple. The Kindle was not designed to have "apps"; it's fundamentally different than the iPad. If Amazon told Apple that "We get 30% of any purchase made via the Kindle's web browser," that would be analogous to what Apple does.
The thing is, illegal immigration is unregulated labor, which conservatives absolutely treasure.
It just made the decision to copy from Google.