Why support artists and not other independent workers? What is so special about a musician or a writer which makes him deserving of more protection than say a plumber or a shopkeeper?

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For that there is pr0n.

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Since he proposes it's punishable by death, a graveyard would do just fine.

Prior art to when the patent was issued? Doesn't prior art need to be from before the date of the application?

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Both. From the french side, an arrow was shot resulting in the death of a person. From the german side, a person was killed on german soil following the shooting of an arrow.

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By deflecting the protons towards themselves?

Agreed. This patent is not about sudo. It's about setuid.

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Careful. With enough lobbying money, he might...

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An informed decision with minimal effort. You just gave me the oxymoron of the day.

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So you mean that a company that releases a firmware update for the sole purpose of screwing up homebrew "actually LIKES homebrew"? I'm left to wonder about the logic behind that. If they really liked homebrew, they would follow on the footsteps of Microsoft and release something along the lines of XNA Game Studio. That would show official support for legit homebrew while getting them more community support when dealing with the shadier elements of the current homebrew scene.

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That goes a long way towards explaining the current state of healthcare...

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Isn't that what courts are for?

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Oh! You mean like an iPod Touch.

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Not all employees. Just those "who knowingly support an illegal action". If Suzy the receptionist, Bill the janitor and Jake the help-desk guy know nothing about the illegal actions they are clear.

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I don't know where you get your facts, but as a Chilean citizen who actually lives in Chile I can tell you these "natural rights" are not hard to claim at all.

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