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Comment Re:This isn't the best way to handle the problem (Score 1) 445

I own a green laser pointer refereed to as a star pointer since the beam is easier to follow into the night sky. I use it to point to stars and constellations to educate my daughter. When I see an aircraft, I turn it off. What if someone observes me and thinks I'm shining it at an aircraft and wrongfully reports me?

Comment Re:Next step after that... (Score 1) 143

Software patents need extreme reform. In their present form, It's like Tylenol patenting the concept of ingesting substance to relieve pain. The patent office would never permit that. Tylenol has to patent the specific formula of their pain reliever. This allows other companies to create a competing product that is a completely different formula but produces the same effect. Software patents should be the same. Company A's 4*5=20 should not infringe on company B's 10+10=20. Unfortunately, that is how software patents are being treated.

Comment anti-competitive business practices (Score 1) 383

Though the ISP could throttle, demand a ridiculously expensive network usage fee to make the service unaffordable or even block services all together such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime, I doubt they would. Any of those services would likely sue the ISP for anti-competitive practices.

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