Lets look at the terms.

Legal tender: when i began my search, i typed in legal tender and the first result was this

"legal tender
noun
coins or banknotes that must be accepted if offered in payment of a debt."

The root meaning of the words themselves are Lawful OFFER. It seems to me that its not just my opinion? Care to counter?

I think that Apple sucks up inventions due to its position and tech ripening, jsut like all the other 'innovators' in the space right now. The only TRUE innovation going on right now is interconnecting users and how to monetize them at chokepoints.

Market SHARE is not the only metric, you have to correlate that with how much the market itself grew.

Google is starting to look like MS. 'Dont code to standards, code to our platform, Chrome'

They didnt go anywhere near far enough. Still no Synology apps for Windows 8 PC.

Paper/Coin is the only LEGAL tender. Electronic forms are NOT legal tender, they are agreements based on trust with private third parties.

they can file a complaint, but ouu would win in court. If you refuse cash for a debt, then person who owes you the debt can legally tell you he considers the matter settled. No court is going ot look favorably on you if you dont take cash for a debt.

And then i will write payment refused on the receipt and never pay you. If you press it in court, a judge is NOT going to like that you refused legal tender to settle the debt, regardless of form. You are right you can refuse, but then the person indebted to you can simply write the debt off leaving you little recourse.

Huh? My Palm Pre Wireless charging base used the standard charging cable that came with the phone to power it. Instead of plugging and unplugging my phone, i jsut set it on the dock, easy-peasy. It even had magnets so it would almost pull it out of your hand and align it. IN my car i had the same usb mini charger i have had for years. Why has it taken so long for anyone else to do this?

And in practice, we see how horrible this is. Citizens have to speak with their OWN voice, not use a profitable corporations as amplification for their voice.

Palm Pre beat them all years ago. I dont understand why it has taken so long for everyone else to offer it.

I get that, I just dont like letting pass the thought that torrent is the only way to obtain a backup. Its popular, so it will always have preponderance, but I want people to know that if they DL it from any tech that doesnt upload, they are in the clear. When it comes to protocols, torrent is the exception (in its mechanism of uploading), not the rule.

Not completely correct. You can do bit for bit copying of a DVD for a backup, keeping the encryption intact, you just cannot break the encryption. They are considered separate issues. The DCMA treats fair use as a necessary casualty. Its an interesting twist, but mostly irrelevant to Sony v. Universal other than encrypted DVDs in particular as a source for backups.

Yes, i know, thats why i phrased it the way i did. Torrent is not the only way to transfer data, just like McDonald's is not the only place to get a burger. Its just popular.

NO. Sony v. Universal (and subsequent rulings) have made it clear, it does not matter where a backup comes from, as long as you dont share it. If he downloaded the movie directly, without uploading anything, hes totally 100% legit in the clear. A backup is a backup is a backup, regardless of origin, you just cant share it.