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Comment This is true of all crimes (Score 1) 687

"There is not a legal solution that is going to work. People just don't get it. Throwing people in jail doesn't solve the problem."

Tell me about all the types crimes that have been eliminated from throwing people in jail. So I guess we should legalize rape and murder.

Deterrence is but one purpose of the criminal sanction.
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Submission + - Owners of 2011 Motorola models furious their phones won't run Ice Cream Sandwich (cnet.com)

unassimilatible writes: Owners of three 2011-launched Motorola phones are furious that the company has reneged on its vow to support their models with the latest Android version, Ice Cream Sandwich. Models affected are the Photon 4G, the Electrify, a re-branded Photon available on the US Cellular network, and the Atrix 4G, a flagship phone that debuted on AT&T in the United States in 2011.

The result is that thousands of people in the middle of two-year carrier contracts will have to use Android 2.3, known as Gingerbread, for the foreseeable future. Motorola had promised owners Android 4.0 support, which would bring a host of new features and security updates. Instead they are stuck on Gingerbread, an operating system that was already a year old when some bought their Moto phones.

Meanwhile, iPhone 3GS users are reporting that iOS 6 works great on thier 2009-era phones.

Comment Stop quoting Groklaw for crissakes (Score 1) 387

Groklaw is an obviously anti-patent site. Don't quote them as authority on mainstream patent law.

The whole point of this article is that the average juror isn't smart enough for these cases (forgetting the 7th Amendment).

Now we have a foreman with a patent, and he's too smart? Catch-22 much? I guess we need these ivory tower philosopher kings to administer your "software and hardware should be free, fuck Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution" ethos.

"The foreman told a court representative that the jurors had reached a decision without needing the instructions."

Fucking lie. Stop relying on Groklaw and listen to the actual foreman's interview:

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/apple-vs-samsung-foreman-we-focused-on-evidence-eRnU07ChTjeV8MuvEiBSxw.html

Comment CEO's do not equal rank-and-file employees (Score 4, Insightful) 272

So, why not reassure those worried about the situation by publicly tracking Page's location via Maps Coordinate?

Uh, because there would be no point? What does the CEO's location have to do with stock performance?

And I'm no Google fan (I'm an Apple stockholder), but there are obviously some security issues involving the whereabouts of a famous billionaire CEO (e.g., kidnap and ransom?) that don't apply to the rank-and-file employee.

Comment Your ethics are my ethics? (Score 1) 559

Quite presumptuous. Right or wrong or a matter of opinion, your ethics are not mine, and therefore not "ethical." It sounds like you are some left wing guy, and I admire you for trying to walk your. But your ethics are not mine, and your assumption thereof is arrogant. As an aside, it is funny that you expect to be paid, an ethical leap for such a principled man.

My ethics say you should work for Big Pharma and the DOD. Work for you?

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