Comment Re:Are you loyal? (Score 1) 391
<astroturf>XYZ App is the greatest thing ever. It completely paradigm shifted my synergy</astroturf>
You've complied with the company request and made it obvious that it is not your own writing/feelings.
if they interpret that as a threat that is their problem.
If you're proud of the application, and you think it might help some people you know, by all means tell people about it.
Until it's an order and you disagree with the text of that order, you don't have a problem.
If it is an order and you disagree with the statement, then you have to consider whether that damage to your reputation is excessive given the consequences of not complying.
Seriously? The North Sea, split between famously cooperative countries like Britain, Holland, Germany, Norway, is better regulated than the interior of the USA?
You guys are in serious trouble.
The poisoning of drinking water is only of interest to lifeforms that depend on water to live.
"spent eight years slaving over a bottle opener that quickly and neatly extracts all the cork along with the wire restraint and foil wrapping from a champagne bottle."
Hardly sounds like an easy job, or much like a buggy whip.
By the way, NZ law specifically excludes inventions that have been patented elsewhere, so patenting 'extrapolate one obscure datapoint to generalise millions' is probably blocked by the yankee precedent.
Most of the best investigative journalism has been thru some form of misrepresentation. Like the journalist pretending to be mad to expose the horrors of early twentieth century asylums...
Ok, I'll bite.
Christ is an inspirational person with some really interesting teachings, but not the Son of God.
Bullsh*t!
Inalienable rights are the basic requirements for all people to have a reasonable chance of enjoying their lives within society.
Religion has absolutely FA to do with it.
Hah! Being America's friend is much better than being his enemy
Work without a vision is slavery, Vision without work is a pipe dream, But vision with work is the hope of the world.