I've had a similar idea. Inflate the stock as part of the settlement. When a corporation is sued (by an individual or in a class action) determine the damages as additional stock in the company and distribute that stock to the winners of the suit. This deflates the value of the current stock witch will upset any current stock holders. If a company continues to screw up and gets continually sued then you can bet that the primary stock controllers are going to either pull out or get rid of the dumb execs that are making their stocks take a nose dive.
Not in the media. Like the pork industry pushed the media into properly calling "swine flu" H1N1, the power people need to get the word nuclear off the air and out of the minds of the paranoid populous. At least when referring to power production.
You know, maybe we need a new word for nuclear. A good old rebranding like corporations do when their name is now met with general public distrust (regardless if the distrust is warranted). We can still call all bombs nuclear, but from now on we should use the term Hydro-Exothermic power plants to describe new power plants. Or something that makes people think of steam instead of ZOMG radiation and bombs.
What also sucks is when systems don't allow you to begin and/or end a password with a numeral. I hate restrictive password policies that make lame assumptions about the security of my password based on the fact that the first/last character is a number.
Must be too early in the morning and not enough coffee. When I saw 3g/$100 I didn't think 3g meant grams, rather I thought that you meant 3 gold (as in WoW currency) was $100. I was thinking that I was about to become a very rich man for about a fraction of a second.
Inaccurate analogy.
This isn't Ford telling you that you can't shop at Autozone, This is Autozone telling you they won't sell you parts cause you own a Ford.
A business has the right to refuse to serve you if they want to, it may be dumb but there it is.
Agreed. Except I can't help but feel they conflict themselves when they say "less invasive" and "applied directly to the surface of your brain". Is there any non-invasive way to touch your brain?
Electrocorticography ! Apply directly to the brain! Electrocorticography ! Apply directly to the brain!
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You're in luck /.ers! A girl out there is satisfied by only 3.25 inches!
Even you? But that means...now I have a headache.
I've had a similar idea. Inflate the stock as part of the settlement. When a corporation is sued (by an individual or in a class action) determine the damages as additional stock in the company and distribute that stock to the winners of the suit. This deflates the value of the current stock witch will upset any current stock holders. If a company continues to screw up and gets continually sued then you can bet that the primary stock controllers are going to either pull out or get rid of the dumb execs that are making their stocks take a nose dive.
Not in the media. Like the pork industry pushed the media into properly calling "swine flu" H1N1, the power people need to get the word nuclear off the air and out of the minds of the paranoid populous. At least when referring to power production.
Or maybe we should just realize that apples and oranges are just to dissimilar to compare effectively.
You know, maybe we need a new word for nuclear. A good old rebranding like corporations do when their name is now met with general public distrust (regardless if the distrust is warranted). We can still call all bombs nuclear, but from now on we should use the term Hydro-Exothermic power plants to describe new power plants. Or something that makes people think of steam instead of ZOMG radiation and bombs.
Wow! So I can type 12345 and you don't see anything but stars? Cool!
What also sucks is when systems don't allow you to begin and/or end a password with a numeral. I hate restrictive password policies that make lame assumptions about the security of my password based on the fact that the first/last character is a number.
Must be too early in the morning and not enough coffee. When I saw 3g/$100 I didn't think 3g meant grams, rather I thought that you meant 3 gold (as in WoW currency) was $100. I was thinking that I was about to become a very rich man for about a fraction of a second.
1) Patent Suckiness
2) Sue people that make sucky products
3) Profit!!!
I figured out number 2!
I'm a porn actor that got fired for reading Slashdot at work you insensitive clod!
Inaccurate analogy.
This isn't Ford telling you that you can't shop at Autozone, This is Autozone telling you they won't sell you parts cause you own a Ford. A business has the right to refuse to serve you if they want to, it may be dumb but there it is.
"I'm not reading the EULA, I'm only looking at it for the pictures!"
Dutch Rock?
Seems like we here at Shashdot wouldn't be very good at determining how to tell if a person is female. Seeing as we never get to see them.
I'd take that laptop to court if I were you.
WTF? How is that possibly acceptable?
Because there isn't any real competition.
Just because a wrench is designed for a 5/8" bolt doesn't mean you can't use it as a pry bar
Craftsman would like to have a word with you regarding their EULA on wrenches.
That'd be a cheat since he'd solve all problems. Right?
If they are not fucking then why does it seem that they are reproducing on a exponential scale?
Agreed. Except I can't help but feel they conflict themselves when they say "less invasive" and "applied directly to the surface of your brain". Is there any non-invasive way to touch your brain?
Electrocorticography ! Apply directly to the brain! Electrocorticography ! Apply directly to the brain!
I'd mod this offtopic, but I can't see the header to see if it is already.
I still use my old 1984 IBM Model M Keyboard. I will weep when/if that keyboard ever dies.
Not in Tabula Rasa. Though I will always love Lord British of Ultima fame over the space British.
Nor was he after he died.