Maybe this will help:
1. Open and Standardized is good.
2. DRM is not Open. (This is simply its nature.)
3. DRM can be Standardized with HTML5 extensions.

The problem is confusing point one with the FOSS attitude of wanting systems that are open. Standardization is not advocated by any open source group or in any open license. Standardization is an artifact commonly associated with free/open systems, but it's presence doesn't mean the system is free or open.

Intel should make a new architecture that's better than ARM (battery life, performance/watt) and then work with Microsoft for Windows support. Atom+Windows is a delaying tactic, letting Intel and Microsoft collect as much rent as possible. Making a new architecture would be a savior for both companies:
* Intel can gain market share from exclusive Microsoft support. Notice how Windows doesn't really support ARM because the device has to be locked down; so you can't just throw Window on whatever cheap hardware you buy from Taiwan.
* Microsoft can gain near-monopoly status in small devices by tying Windows support on the new architecture to their other software (Office/AD/Exchange/.Net/SqlServer) rather than supporting open standards. All they need to do is use "unique" hardware features as justification, i.e. the encryption/network transport/cross chip memory access system/etc.. only works with Windows on the new architecture.

Ironically, Intel and Microsoft would be called "innovators" for recreating their monopolies like this.

No, not when it comes to the internet. If hotmail.com was sold and became a p0rn site, it'd be a media apocalypse. Eventually people would understand the difference but they don't today.

What should be done, relative to the popular ignorance on this subject, is simple: the buyers of used domains should be careful to guard their reputations, allowing caches to expire, 404'ing inbound links from old affiliates, etc... A more interesting discussion would be, What technical steps should be taken when buying a used domain?

Thank you. I've changed my mind because of this.

Anchoring also explains hive-mind voting: the higher score is read as a signal of the "appropriate" score.

collusion: Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, esp. in order to cheat or deceive others.

So you were arguing that we should "expect collusion" and that it's OK? That might account for the "Troll" mods...

Irony: denying the collusion of money and power, regarding the occupy wallstreet protests.

Almost all market value is derived from future earnings; it's the potential that drives stock price.

Yes and they're quite common. Companies call them 'projects'.

Steve Jobs made it clear that the donor matching system is corrupt: if you're rich you can register at many transplant locations. Having enough money to travel should not be a basis for medical decisions. The donor match system is national, and we should evaluate donor matches nationally. Optimizing matches by location does not have to be changed, only the influence of money.

http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/about/transplantation/matchingProcess.asp

What are passing scores for users of Windows/Mac/Linux/BSD? What about programmers of C/Python/Java/PHP/Basic?

From (emp mine) http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/vpndevc/ps10128/ps10154/dlp_overview.html

Key management would also be better, both easier and safer.

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/join/corporate

DRM/Walled gardens "protect" the user (yea right), but when it comes to protecting the users files it's useless, and somehow blameless: Nobody in this thread blames the phone manufacturer or Verizon for not locking down the software and protecting the user. We know it's hypocrisy to say DRM and walled gardens benefit the customer, but they still deserve the blame for events like this -- they want to control the device, they should get the blame.