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Comment Re:Simplr math ... (Score 1) 353

So you think that "King Tutankhamun lost the 2008 presidential election" is a true statement.

No, because he never ran. Duh! Just like I didn't lose it, because I didn't run. How many people did not lose at the most recent lottery because they never bought a ticket? You can't say they lost anything - unlike the losers who bought tickets.

Comment Re:Simplr math ... (Score 1) 353

depends on your definition of losing. I see you've chosen - if you don't try, you can't fail. Typical nerd tactic to not try anything out of their comfort zone.

I've had to do plenty of things outside my comfort zone. That's how we learn. A lot of those things I'm now comfortable with.

As for Carly Fiorina, as I said before, the only hope she has of not losing is to not run.

Comment Re:Money (Score 3, Informative) 353

She was stupid enough to say this:

Fiorina said she could appeal to voters with a “deep understanding of how the economy actually works, having started as a secretary and become the chief executive of the largest technology company in the world.”

If she's running on that "record", she's dead in the water.

Comment Re:Should be simple (Score 4, Informative) 92

The problem with that point of view is that Arduino SLR for years paid a royalty to Arduino LLC to use the name and logo. The Arduino SLR trademark was the equivalent of a "submarine patent" - one of the partners in the development of Arduino (who also did the manufacturing) filed a trademark application in his own name, before the group filed their trademark application, then waited years to pull this stunt, all the while paying a license fee so as not to tip his hand.

He only did so because Arduino LLC was going to go to a supplier with a much lower cost, so he was going to lose his profits from manufacturing, which are significant because he's selling them at 4x the cost of clones.

Comment Re:Should be simple (Score 4, Informative) 92

Arduino SLR only filed for the US trademark in September of last year, and it hasn't been granted yet. Arduino LLC (Massachusetts) filed in 2009 and was granted the trademark in 2011. So in the US, Arduino SLR is infringing on Arduino LLC's trademark and their attempts to coerce distributors are tortious interference.

Comment Re:Monopoly (Score 1) 198

The bougon nickname is the same as "Crappy Tire" for Canadian Tire, "WallyWorld" or "WallMutt" for Walmart, "Future Sh*t" for Future Shop, "Worst Buy" for Best Buy, etc. I've bought from all of them.. What I haven't done is succumb to buying on-line. My experience is that if you wait a bit and shop around, you can always get a better deal locally.

Comment Re:My message to SJW (Score 1) 72

The second paragraph makes it clear that the courts haven't "wavered", they've ditched the principle.

More recent cases such as AP Smith Manufacturing Co v. Barlow or Shlensky v. Wrigley suggest that the approach in Dodge no longer represents the law in most states, including Delaware, which regards the balancing of stakeholder interests as within a director's business judgment. Dodge has not been expressly overruled, but ceased to represent the law in most states.

Also, that case never made it to the supreme court, so it never represented the "law of the land" except in Michigan. So, want to try again?

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