Hackers=bad but we'll make movies about swashbuckling pirates until the wheels fall off.

It's wrong to do it. It's more wrong to NOT do it.

Doesn't the justin.tv app stream to a remote server while it's recording? Good luck deleting the video there, officer.

I expect the settlement (whatever the end value is) to be 90% cash to the plaintiff attorneys and 10% to be distributed to the plaintiffs in the form of AIG stock.

Same song, different band.

Upon rereading, it appears you're right. I can't even spot satire anymore.

Fuck it, I'll blame autocorrect.

So we should believe the metric when it works in your favor but disbelieve it when it doesn't. Are you running for public office? And your metric is bullshit. "Superiority" is subjective and best left to the individual. That's what choice is all about.

Sammy probably buys several of every new cellphone to examine them for unlicensed IP to keep the lawyers busy. I'm pretty sure all of them do this.

Or, it's good for the marketplace in that there will be more choice for consumers and lower prices all around, with a lower cost of entry to those who wish to produce. The industry will also have a larger, cheaper talent pool to select from, lowering their costs. Markets will open up for custom parts that didn't exist before. LOTS of money will change hands, stimulating the economy. Lawyers will benefit because this surely will be a hotly litigated subject for the next few decades.

Those who already work in the industry probably won't be supplanted by this anyway. Designing for a run of 10,000 is a different skillset than designing your own Iron Man Mark 1 action figure and hoping it doesn't crash your MakerBot.

Really, why does this matter?

That just means they'll try harder next time.

it would have been great if he had simply blanked the memory card and handed it back. It would have given a forensics app something to work with.

Rounded to the nearest cent, it's $0.00 per unit. Maybe they're hoping to write Apple a check for zero dollars and zero cents.

I'd bet most of Apple's customers don't even know what EPEAT is. Or anyone else's customers, for that matter.

"Oh my word, this product lacks EPEAT certification! I cannot purchase this!" -- absolutely no one in an Apple store, ever.

Hey, you're right. You're a nobody and you noticed. Attaboy, AC!