I'd pay $2 to skip all commercials, forever.

(I do think it amusing that the pollies have basically come out and said: "we're delaying the implementation of this policy, because the public response has been too positive" ;-)

Of course. And if they'd received a high negative response, they'd shelve it for that reason. And if they received little response, they'd decide that the public didn't care that much and therefore shelve the policy for that reason. The public participation is a farce, because whatever the public does, they can come up with a justification based on that response to do what they want anyway.

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Who are the persons? Unelected conspirators govern the EPO? Bilderberg group?

I don't think the staff union of the European Patent Office or the FFII wanted to suggest any kind of conspiracy theory. In my report on the FFII's criticsm of the proposed reform, that thinking is explained under the following subhead:

The theory of a "captive" court system

(contains a reference to what a justice of the SCOTUS said about the patent-specialized CAFC)

Sorry, there is no other explanation! Did you look at the date recently?

I pointed out that liberalization, which is what the EU is now mostly known for, was not the original number one priority.

I generally like the idea of a large European market and it's good if the EU opens up markets that its Member States are sometimes hesitant to liberalize/deregulate.

I think Fox news getting a ruling saying that they are allowed to lie about whatever they want is kinda shitty. I wouldn't force them to give both sides or anything like that. But if you can demonstrate that a person lied factually on something being able to shut them down would be helpful. Or force a public apology for the error.

I was going to make the same complaint about the dynamic typing bit they were criticizing. I personally loved that feature on ICQ and would like to know when the hell every other chat client is going to wise up and reinstate it.

Yeah, it's like saying some ancient tribe washes their hands because a magic goat told them to.
And then hundreds of years later it turns out washing your hands is good for your health.
Then praising their magic goat.

I mean, really. He predicted wireless messages, like AM radio;which makes sense and it's technically true.
He did not predicts Blackberry,s computers, of much of anything digital. His other version was to send messages vie lighting bolts.
Again, not the same thing.

Forget the Gibson, the computer at the school controlled the sprinkler system!

I think JWZ's crucial mistake was in expecting the Mac OS X source to just work out of the box on the iPhone. Apple never made that claim. It's the wrong approach to take.

While there are many conceptual similarities between the two operating systems, they are different enough that they really should have been considered separate platforms from the very start.

I've been doing cross-platform development for twenty years. Don't Even Get Me Started.

The jury is required to not make inferences from non-evidence such as this. The judge, strangely, can make some decisions about if the jury is acting in bad faith; but that only happens very rarely, usually in civil cases.