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Comment unless he made the plaintiff post bond, no money (Score 2) 117

That's one reason for the shell companies that patent trolls use. The company that filed suit probably has no money. A ruling that they have to pay the defendant's costs is worthless. That is unless the judge had them put up a bond for that possibility when the case began.

Comment That's the state's job. Also, get a warrant. (Score 5, Insightful) 455

Repeat after me "the federal government does not have general police power". "The federal government does not have general police power".
See United States v. Dewitt, Employers' Liability Cases, Keller and the 10th amendment, which reads:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

"Find scam doctors" is not one of those delegated powers, which are listed in article 1, section 8.

This part of the filing on page was interesting:
The DEA is not required to obtain a court order based on probable cause to issue a subpoena or to have it enforced.

Fourth amendment, anyone?

Comment they do Seamonkey, a better browser than Firefox (Score 1) 115

What else do they do, you ask? They support Seamonkey, Firefox's older brother. Firefox began as a stripped down,lightweight, minimalist version of Seamonkey. Though Firefox is no longer lightweight, Seamonkey is still more capable in some respects. The suite includes an email client and WYSIWYG editor, but I just like the browser.

While Firefox is controlled by the Mozilla Foundation, Seamonkey is community driven now, with hosting and other support from the foundation.

Comment which is quite the point. why use rhino horn? (Score 1) 130

That's exactly when the FDA should step in, and when they have, historically. It doesn't make any sense to try to cure diabetes with lizard tails. If you sell lizard tails as a diabetes cure, the FDA may come knocking. If you sell a magnet hat as brain cancer protection, the FDA may want to talk to you. If you sell a strobe light app as a cure for emphysema, same thing.

Really this is just another case of "on a computer doesn't change anything". If you sell a "cure" for a disease, the FDA may want to have a look.

Comment not quite, see the design document on the wiki (Score 1) 729

The post you linked to said they aren't ONLY planning to remove middle-click paste.
The design document on the Gnome wiki goes into further detail about what they are thinking of doing with middle-click instead.

Another developer in the same thread said this IS the right time to voice objections to removing middle-click yank. It's not out of thin air. Middle-click was already removed, then it was decided to wait on removing it until the new middle click replaces it. The new middle click menu is still being designed.

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