Comment Re:Please Give Wikileaks story A Rest (Score 1) 385
If you don't like it, then don't read Politics stories.
Comment Re:Issue is Privacy from Other Countries (Score 1) 685
They are simply posting details about past things that the mainstream press conveniently "forgot" to tell us.
Interestingly enough, The NY Times has decided it doesn't like WikiLeaks. I would post a link, but they want a login (it's currently in the opinion section, where it belongs, but it may be archived eventually).
Comment Re:Guilty much? (Score 1) 685
POTUS is hardly a "low level bureaucrat".
Comment Re:Precedent (Score 1) 225
Actually, I'm curious: why did you use bing?
Microsoft isn't an advertising company. They don't make 98% of their profit from selling access to your time and information like Google does.
No, they make 98% of their profit wasting your time (and information? I guess that's what BSODs are for!), unlike Google
Comment Re:Dude that would be soo cool... (Score 1) 171
"Dude, you know what would be really awesome?"
"What?"
"If there was a display system that would allow multiple viewers to see a high-quality 3D image projected on a screen without the need for special glasses, regardless of where they are sitting."
"Dude... that would be totally awesome."
"We should totally invent that someday"
"Lets patent it just in case someone really does it!"
"Yeah!"
If you read the patent you'll notice that it has lots of math and such... Apple didn't just pull this out of Steve's ass.
Comment Re:Suspicious patent? (Score 2) 171
The whole point of patenting things (aside from trolling, which is actually contrary to the point, but anyway) is to get to market first because the PTO gives you a temporary monopoly (you're expected to exploit said monopoly, as a subsidy for the effort of invention).
Ergo, Apple filing a patent and then not getting to market promptly is kind of silly.
Comment Re:innovative? (Score 1) 171
It apparently is smart enough to know where the individuals are sitting and makes accommodations for that. Rather than requiring an individual to sit in a particular place like all the other systems like this do.
What about Wii head tracking (Google is your friend)?
Comment Re:Stupid (Score 1) 351
SCOTUS justices serve "during good behavior," not for life, so if the bribes are egregious enough, well...
Comment Re:Considering how long it takes to get a patent.. (Score 0, Offtopic) 142
./ !=
Comment Re:Personality Rights (Score 2, Informative) 172
Not suing is setting a precedent that you can sell, literally, Apple branded merchandise without Apple's involvement.
But the same company is, literally, already doing that!
Comment Re:Funny.... (Score 1) 172
Father? FATHER??
He is our freaking GOD!
How dare you mock us!
...no relation to Lord Xenu then?
Comment Re:TSA Security Theater (Score 1) 609
This assumes that the cabin crew counts the knives when collecting the refuse. Otherwise, the terrorist can just palm it and wait for everyone else to be disarmed.
Simple, don't collect the knives until the plane is on the ground!
UK Law Body Targets RIAA-Style Settlement Letters 95
PerformanceDude writes "The Register reports that a major UK law firm knew it sometimes had no reliable evidence of unlawful filesharing when it demanded hundreds of pounds in damages from internet users, according to the solicitors' watchdog. London-based Davenport Lyons threatened thousands of people with legal action for alleged copyright infringement between 2006 and 2009. They were told that by quickly paying around £500 damages, plus costs, they could avoid court. Following complaints to the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Davenport Lyons now stands accused of deliberately ignoring concerns over the standard of its evidence."
Comment Re:Might I suggest an alternative currency (Score 1) 454
From TFA I think (and this is Google Translate so I don't trust it) the prof. was talking about, you know, cash, not money in general (i.e. everything would happen using credit cards and such).
And yes, I'm quite aware of Douglas Adams and your joke. It's just that it's not relevant. The professor is not suggesting a transition to a Star Trek (non)economy, he's just saying not to bother with physical currency.
Comment Re:Capitalism at work (Score 1) 301
Market manipulation is the opposite of capitalism.
