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  1. Re:Irony not lost on The Case For Targeted Ads · · Score: 1

    Our representatives should be relying on their staffers for this kind of information, one man can't know everything and expecting such is foolish. Unfortunately staffers are chosen for more political reasons, and not for any expertise or knowledge they bring to different fields. There are two solutions that could fix this neither of which will ever happen, one simplify the our laws and regulations no more 2000 page bills, the other expect politicians or their staff to start reading and fully understanding the bill they are supporting.

  2. Re:Taunting on Can a Court Order You To Delete a Facebook Account? · · Score: 2

    Turn the fake outrage meter down a few notches, she may be guilty of being a dumbass but how did she taunt the victims?
    Was the post directed at them?
    Lets pretend like the message was intended for the victims is "My dumb bass got a DUI and I hit a carLOL" even considered taunting?

  3. Re:Not sure if you can post anonymously early or n on Are SSDs Finally Worth the Money? · · Score: 1

    Some of these rural areas people still think dial up is not only an option but they still think it's normal.

    Have you seen the other options in rural areas, satellite $60 for 1Mbps down and 0.2Mbps up, DSL if the phone lines are newer but typically they are not, LMDS systems are also available but spectrum costs money so it's fairly expensive too. There is not a really good option for getting the internet out in rural areas.

  4. Re:"Teach the controversy" my ass. on Science Wins Over Creationism In South Korea · · Score: 1

    Exactly right, the textbook claims that life can be created synthetically using Natural means is a joke, we are no where near achieving this or evening proving that it is possible.

  5. Re:don't you know? on Science Wins Over Creationism In South Korea · · Score: 1

    This might be one of the greatest arguments for the process of evolution, but by the time it becomes convincing to the fundamentalist and die-hard I.D.ers, there may no longer be the need to make that argument as the next generation would be so overwhelmingly against such anti-science.

    So IDers are anti-science because they accept scientific theories but do not accept the notion that God had no hand in creating life which science currently can not explain. One of the many large hurdles with life spontaneously generating lies with amino acids, in order to from protein they all need to be left handed and only 6% right handed can be present for a protein to form. The problem is that when amino acids are generated in nature you end up with equal number of left and right handed ones. There is no known natural way separate the left and right handed amino acids to get the concentration of left to 94%, currently the best natural separation method allows for a 68% left handed, these concentrations were found on a meteorite but no proteins were found. There is no anti-science in that statement just the citing of facts and where you draw the conclusion that God didn't play a role IDers draw a different one.

  6. Re:You can't patent an idea on Samsung Beats Apple In Tokyo, Itching To Sue Over LTE Patents · · Score: 1

    your forgot and wear a turtle neck.

  7. Re:Universal service. on Would You Pay an Internet Broadband Tax? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So they are far left and far right at the same time?

    Do you have no idea what those words mean, or are you out of your damn mind?

    They have problems, but you using these words as namecalling is not helping anyone.

    Do you know what they mean? Socialism is a system where the government owns/controls the means of production. A fascist government is authoritarian government where production is owned by individuals but controlled by the government. The far Left in the US is defiantly socialist but the far right (Libertarians) are not fascists they are not for government control of private business. It would be very easy for a government to have both Socialists and Fascists traits as some privately owned business could be controlled by the state and other means of production owned by the state. That would satisfy requirements for both and is very possible.

  8. Re:But that's a valid case... on Apple and Samsung Both Get South Korea Bans · · Score: 1

    If I invent something and make sure I document the device, such as sending the plans to my self registered mail and not opening it up I can sit on a patent until I release my product maximizing the time I am protected. If someone invents the same thing and claims a patent I can simply show the sealed letter with the time stamp open it and claim the patent and start my protection time then. The new system would start my protection at the time I mailed the letter so their is less of a benefit to slow releasing patents.

  9. Re:Ex-military, current paranoid schizophrenic on Judge Orders Release of Ex-Marine Detained Over Facebook Posts · · Score: 1

    Mentally ill people are put into observation against their will all the time even though they have not committed any violent crimes. It has nothing to do with his training and everything to do with his mental state.

  10. Re:Federal Supremacy on Location Privacy Act Approved By California Legislature · · Score: 1

    The federal government rarely trumps state law, the feds can not compel the state to follow federal law but can cut their funding if they choose not too. If the feds were in California breaking California law, or snooping on someone in California outside of California, then there would be a new case for the supreme court regarding the 10th amendment. Too bad Jerry Brown will never sign it, it would be an interesting case, and I would hope that the Supreme court would rule correctly.

  11. Re:Software, or design patents? on Apple and Samsung Both Get South Korea Bans · · Score: 2

    All patients have long been abused look at Polaroid, they got in on the ground floor and would release new patients only after the old ones were to expire. Their competition was one patient term behind them and they did not have to innovate much to stay ahead of the curve.

  12. Re:Not I on Apple and Samsung Both Get South Korea Bans · · Score: 2

    You owe for 3 e's EdwinFreed

  13. Re:Ex-military, current paranoid schizophrenic on Judge Orders Release of Ex-Marine Detained Over Facebook Posts · · Score: 1

    All rhinos are not unicorns some are either bicorns or ducorns, are bicorns extra magical or evil?

  14. Re:Ex-military, current paranoid schizophrenic on Judge Orders Release of Ex-Marine Detained Over Facebook Posts · · Score: 2

    He's mentally ill

    How, exactly, do you know this? You have the qualifications to set a diagnosis and have enough data to comfortably do so?

    The guy seriously believes that George W. Bush is living in a secret castle in Colorado where he rapes and sacrifices children. He also believes that Bush not only planned 9-11, but serves a world shadow government who also seem to spend most of their time raping and sacrificing children (when they're not planning world domination, I guess).

    Again, how do you know this?

    The pope is secretly an ant-eater, and Neil Young planned the invasion of Kuwait.

    There. You now think you have enough evidence to conclude that (a) I believe that, and (b) are insane?

    Leave the diagnoses to the professionals, please.

    (a) No you don't believe that, I can tell by the context of your statement.
    (b) You seem rational enough, but if you truly did believe that the pope is secretly an ant-eater, Neil Young planned the invasion of Kuwait, and you posted violent rhetoric I would be worried about the safety of you and others around you.

    There are two kinds of people that post crazy stuff on the internet the people that truly believe it and the trolls, his posts do not seem like the work of a troll unless he was trolling people into believing that he is nuts in which case he was wildly successful. You do not need a medical degree to realize he is severely out of touch with reality. I hope that if a family member of yours started acting like he did you would try to do something instead of letting a loved one go about their business because you are not qualified to properly diagnose them so you do nothing.

  15. Re:FDA on Should Medical Apps Be Regulated? · · Score: 1

    There is very little grey area as long as the apps are seen as an extension of current methods and regulated as such. Unfortunately I have serious doubts that the FDA will take this pragmatic approach and over regulation will be their approach.

  16. Re:BOFH on Ask Slashdot: Recording Business Meeting Audio On an Intranet? · · Score: 1

    Credit where it's due. The BOFH did this many years ago, back when his column was funny.

    You forgot weekly as well.

  17. Re:It's okay on The Mathematics of 'Legitimate Rape' and Pregnancy · · Score: 1

    If the sex weapon is used on you long enough over a relatively short period severe chaffing can occur!

  18. Re:Seems like the truthers are trying to make a st on Ex-Marine Detained For Facebook Posts Deemed "Terrorist in Nature" · · Score: 3, Interesting
    His quote that landed him a mental evaluation.

    On August 9 he talked about severing heads and told the generals he was coming for them. On August 13, he wrote, 'Sharpen up my axe; I'm here to sever heads.' On August 14, Raub wrote, 'The Revolution will come for me. Men will be at my door soon to pick me up to lead it.'"

    His knowledge in weapons and demolition is not the worry, his repeated calls for violence coupled with the testimony of one of his friends who brought his behavior to light is the reason he is being evaluated. If Jared Loughner had posted his crazy rantings on facebook, called multiple time for violence, and his friends reported his strange and dangerous behavior to the authorities and nothing was done, the people that ignored it would and should be held accountable. The crazy tin foil shit has nothing to do with why he was detained the violent rants do. You infrastructure knowledge and any tinfoil hat ideas you might have will not put you on watch, when blowing up bridges becomes a recurring theme in your rants and people close to you start to think you are serious and report it you will get a visit from the authorities.

  19. Re:Recourse on Joyent Drops Lifetime Account Holders · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You haven't looked at any of the documents. You don't know FACT ONE about how this all transpired.

    Did Joynet purchase textdrive?
    The answer is YES

    Did the lifetime customers receive service from Joynet after the purchase?
    Again the answer is Yes for the last 7 years they have

    Now we have established that Joynet purchased Textdrive, and that the customers were acquired by Joynet so please explain to me how it would be possible for joynet to claim that Textdrive sold the Lifetime customers when provided services? Or that Textdrive did not become a part of Joynet even though they were purchased by Joynet and the services remained.

  20. Re:Recourse on Joyent Drops Lifetime Account Holders · · Score: 1

    Unless you know for certain that it was purchased, you can't make blanket assertions. Two guys form a company with a "as long as we exist" clause.

    We will call that Company A

    One departs. Did he sell his share or just walk away? Was it a corporation, or an informal partnership? If a partnership, and the remaining partner chooses to pick up the pieces of the defunct business, its no longer a case of "WE existing. The original partnership is dead.

    It's still Company A the remaining person A simply acquired person B's shares liability does not disolve when that happens

    The "WE" ceases to exist.

    May be different if it were a corporation. But without wading through records (some of which may not be public) you can't be sure.

    It doesn't matter what textdrive's ownership was just that it was purchased by joynet the liability started with textdrive and moved to joynet when it was purchased. If two people start a company and one leaves the company's liability is not washed away.

  21. Re:Recourse on Joyent Drops Lifetime Account Holders · · Score: 1

    -When the sale is fraudulent, which often arises when the seller is left with insufficient funds or other assets to pay its debts, and so the seller's creditors can't be paid off

    Did they Lifetime subscribers get refunded?

    When the buyer does not comply with the state's "bulk sales law," which requires the buyer to notify the seller's creditors within a specified period before it takes possession of the assets or pays for them

    When did Joynet notify the lifetime subscribers before the purchase?

    The bottom line is that they inherited the commitments neither of these clauses were met.

  22. Re:Recourse on Joyent Drops Lifetime Account Holders · · Score: 1

    Joynet purchased textdrive, kept their customers and offered the same services, textdrive still exists through joynet. They set a precedent by accepting those customers they would have a hard time explaining why they choose to honor the contract for so long and then decided not to especially since they had the same offer as joynet that they are welching on.

  23. Re:Ask for a refund on Joyent Drops Lifetime Account Holders · · Score: 4, Informative

    Bingo. Wish I had mod points for you. His agreement was with Joyent. I do not believe the new owners have to honor that agreement as Joyent no longer exists.

    Absolutely Not, the only way to get out of that agreement is a refund or bankruptcy, you can't just buy the assets when you buy a company, liabilities and commitments both are transferred to the purchasing company. Before the Rickets bought the Cubs the Cubs filed for Bankruptcy so that any liens from the Tribune could not follow the Cubs to their new owner. When Fiat bought Chrysler they still have to honor all commitments that were not wiped in the bankruptcy pensions, warranties, loans all were honored if the bankruptcy didn't release them from it. If the world worked the way you think it does I could get a loan from the bank for my LLC then sell the company to my brother for $1 but the debt would not follow and since it was an LLC I would not be personally held liable and my brother would get the pile of cash.

  24. Contact Your attourney General on Joyent Drops Lifetime Account Holders · · Score: 1

    Your State's Attorney General has the power to prosecute the company, get in contact with them, and the BBB. Essentially they are stealing $500 from you, the AG office may advise you to file a claim in Small Claims court. Don't worry about the arbitrator clause because they voided the contract the second they broke the terms by discontinuing the service so you are no longer bound to the contract.

  25. Re:Recourse on Joyent Drops Lifetime Account Holders · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It doesn't say anything of the sort under their Terms of Service at the time, available through the wayback link.

    It says"

    How long is it good for? As long as we exist.

    The original company no longer exists, and only half of the principals there of, are participants in the new owners.

    Still, one wonders why he can't move all of that into a virtual machine and put the storage in his cloud. That is after all their current line of business is it not?

    Unless a bankruptcy ruling released them from those lifetime commitments there is no way out, when you purchase a company you don't just purchase its assets you get everything including any commitments they made and any liabilities they have.