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by jmodp 13y ago
>> Exactly which part of investing billions of dollars acquiring and developing a technology and giving it away for free, lowering the price of consumer devices, needs to be prevented? The part where it ends up eliminating competition
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by jmodp 13y ago
When Jobs claimed that Android was a stolen product and that he was willing to go nuclear on it, this is what he meant. And his claims have some merit. It is hard to blame Apple for using legal weapons to go after Google no matter how dis
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by jmodp 13y ago
Actually, when it comes to Microsoft Research, Microsoft does it the right way. Although it is considered a good thing for research projects to be incorporated into products, many projects are free to take a longer view and contribute to b
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by jmodp 14y ago
Comic sans has a place as a font which may be easier for dyslexic students to read.
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by jmodp 14y ago
It is better not to use advance sales funds to run the event. Fund pre event expenses from sponsors and/or a line of credit. Then if, for some reason, you have to refund the advanced sales, the money will still be there. Board of directors
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by jmodp 14y ago
Smaller specialized standard plugins.
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by jmodp 14y ago
Locks don't prevent cars from being stolen or homes from being robbed. Determined attackers have the advantage. The real problem with DRM is the lack of convenience and user unfriendliness. I must say, however, that the DRM in Netflix is n
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by jmodp 14y ago
It should not be a matter of degree. Selective punishment is unjust whether it is done in a courtroom or a kindergarten class.
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by jmodp 14y ago
The death of Aaron Swartz is a loss to his family, his friends, and to society. The focus on the prosecutors, however, makes me uneasy. I can support a review of the conduct of the prosecutors but I can't call for their firing. From what I
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by jmodp 14y ago
Not all prisons are the same. Martha Stewart seems to have survived her felony conviction and her jail time.
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by jmodp 14y ago
By itself this statistic doesn't tell the complete story. For example, according to Wikipedia, the incarceration rate in India is 30 per 100000. By itself, the incarceration rate does not describe the level of justice in a country though i
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by jmodp 14y ago
Hmmm. The place where you get caned for graffiti? Let's institute caning as the punishment for illegal hacking. Problem solved.
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by jmodp 14y ago
Android hasn't worked out well for HTC.
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by jmodp 14y ago
The tools within Word that help with the task of document/story creation are underapreciated. Outline view, spell checking, comments, and synonym/dictionary are very useful for my kids and myself. Even the autocorrect feature that the auth
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by jmodp 15y ago
What you'll be able to download real soon, if not already, are LEGO blocks. I wonder what LEGO is planning to do about it.
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by jmodp 15y ago
Copyleft restricts individuals as well. What about plagiarism? Is it theft? Copyright is about the holder of the IP being able to control the use of the IP. Consumers can either accept those terms or not. I don't know what the penaltie