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  1. Re:I don't see a problem on FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Is Under Investigation Over $3.9 Billion Media Deal · · Score: 1

    At the rate their going now, he might be proven right in the end. Unless you're a first class passenger anyway.

  2. Re:Copyright law not are not just for elecronic me on Federal Judge Says Embedding a Tweet Can Be Copyright Infringement (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    They can make a living the same way other contract workers do. Charge a higher fixed fee for services rendered rather than try and claim ownership of all work created and charge fees for use or reproduction.

  3. Re:Really? Let me know... on How Delivery Apps May Put Your Favorite Restaurant Out of Business (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    The same way the restaurants do, cook it ahead of item and freeze it. Then reheat when ready to eat. You don't really think they're going to make your individual serving of lasagna on demand do you? You'd be waiting an hour at least for food.

  4. Re:I'm shocked (Not!)- a plague they are on Hackers In Equifax Breach Accessed More Personal Information Than Previously Disclosed (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless you specifically used their service for something like a credit check or whatever, you don't really have any legal standing to sue them.

    All the data they collect on you, is gathered from 3rd parties and shared with/purchased by them. Any time you got a loan are signed up for a credit card, you agreed to allow the entity to share data with Equifax.

  5. Re: Security? on Apple Intern Reportedly Leaked iPhone Source Code (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean like installing apps from the playstore that have malware hidden in them?

  6. Re:Net Neutrality on Google Just Broke Amazon's Workaround For YouTube On Fire TV (cordcuttersnews.com) · · Score: 1

    How about costco? They sell a very limited brand selections along with their own products.

  7. Someone had to report it stolen, how else would police have tracked them down through the phone? They didn't report it stole, the carrier didn't, the only one who could have was Apple.

  8. This was likely a crime of opportunity more than anything else. Someone grabbed a box of phones off unsupervised UPS truck in a mall parking lot. That hardly requires a criminal origination to accomplish. Just grab the boxes that came from apple and run.

  9. Re:Priorities on iPhone X Purchase Leads To Police, Battering Ram, and Handcuffs (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It wasn't a violent theft though. Unless they had good reason to believe their suspects were violent or had some criminal history, there was no justification for the tactics they used.

    High dollar amount just raises the penalties, not the force used to apprehend them, if it was we'd have seen tanks knocking down the Enron headquarters.

  10. It doesn't matter what info Apple gave them.

    Did they have a criminal history of any kind? Anything to suggest they we're possibly violent criminals? If not then there is no cause for the police action here. Just because you have a battering ram doesn't mean you use it all the time.

  11. Re: Yes. Yes it is. on Is Finland's Universal Basic Income Trial Too Good To Be True? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Life experience.... When you're poor you tend to better appreciate the stability of not having to choose between housing and/or food, whereas a trust fund baby who has no experience with that difficulty doesn't appreciate that stability.

  12. Re:Then stop using wholesalers on Google Works With Hotels To Hurt Travel Competition (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously, I'd prefer to visit and purchase directly through the hotels themselves rather than a 3rd party, but the prices are no better.

  13. Re:Copyright violates the Constitution in this cas on DMCA Exemption Sought to Save 'Abandoned' Online Games (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course when the constitution was written, there was no intellectual property, everything was a physical item in the real world that anyone could see and figure out how to duplicate so by default everything returned to the public domain.

  14. https://www.snopes.com/643000-...
    Based on finding before ACA was implemented, and it's not entirely clear how accurate the number is but it is based off a real study.

  15. More importantly, you don't need a new prescription if you want to try another brand of lens. In the US your prescription is product specific and can't be used to buy the same thing from another manufacturer.

  16. Re:because what you want to watch isn't on netflix on Netflix Is Not Going to Kill Piracy, Research Suggests (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd rather have my own personal digital copy that isn't encumbered by drm to only work with certain players, or require an internet connection. It's the only way to be sure I'll actually have access to it down the road maybe 10 - 15 years.

    How many shows will never get a dvd or blue ray release because there isn't a wide enough audience to justify the licensing costs?

  17. Re: "in the vicinity" on Justices Ponder Need For Warrant For Cellphone Tower Data (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    "You created that information. You did not create the location information that the cell phone company measured."

    I'm pretty sure I created the data by having my phone in the vicinity of that tower at that time. The phone company is simply logging it, just like the credit card company is simply logging your transactions.

    Try again.

  18. Re: "in the vicinity" on Justices Ponder Need For Warrant For Cellphone Tower Data (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    That didn't work for pots lines why should it work cell phones?

  19. Re:"in the vicinity" on Justices Ponder Need For Warrant For Cellphone Tower Data (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Why should that be fine though? You can only see your IMEI information. You can't see that information for anyone else so why should the police get it with no warrant?

  20. Re:"in the vicinity" on Justices Ponder Need For Warrant For Cellphone Tower Data (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I really don't see how that passes muster though. If the phone company wanted they could record your calls and turn them over as well because of the third party rule, but that was decided when we were far more reasonable about privacy rights.

  21. Re:Does anyone not already know the answer to this on Why Do Employers Require College Degrees That Aren't Necessary? (thestreet.com) · · Score: 1

    Or get out of the loan business entirely. If we stopped guaranteeing loans for every student, tuition wouldn't be rising faster than inflation, and kids wouldn't be going to college for no reason than to check a box on an application.

  22. Re:Many Problems with this Story on iPhone Encryption Hampers Investigation of Texas Shooter, Says FBI (chron.com) · · Score: 1

    Wrong, Just because you're dead doesn't mean you loose all rights. Else copyrights would end at death.

  23. Re: It died long ago on Is the Optical Cable Dying? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    You must not be looking to hard then. Just go look at bestbuys website, nearly every receiver has at least 1 toslink.

  24. Pretty simple really, CBS used the entirety of his work for commercial purposes.

    He used a single frame to comment on a commercial work.