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Comment Re:just.. wow (Score 1) 246

Flamewar time!

BSD is concerned about the end users: "I want Microsoft to ship my TCP stack with their OS. At least it'll have one part that works." Of course, the people involved often forget that so they end up both feeling smug about being "more free" than GPL and whining about getting ripped off.

GPL is concerned about the software development process: "I scratch your back, you scratch mine." Of course, the people involved often forget that so they end up both feeling smug about being "more free" than BSD and whining about how nobody else uses their code, and how the forest should be GPL because they saw a squirrel looking at their screen once.

Comment Re:Credit card fees (Score 1) 187

A competitive market should result in enough profits going to owners of capital that keeping their capital in that market makes sense.

Staying in business is not guaranteed in a free market. A truly competitive market would result in minimal profit margins for all companies involved.

Comment Re:Purpose and intents (Score 1) 270

Back in high school, the cops did a drug sting on campus.

Thankfully, copyright infringement is not a criminal category yet.

They busted the drug dealers AND the people that told them how to find the drug dealers.

By that reasoning, we could lock up most politicians. They've been telling me there's child porn on the internet for years.

being part of the problem means you are part of the problem.

Are you sure?

Comment Re:Added bonus: (Score 1, Insightful) 148

Satellites are irregularly-shaped and have flat reflective surfaces.

How is this not +5 Insightful already? Does anyone really think we can split or stop metal parts by shining light on them? It was a slightly less retarded idea when all they wanted to do was burn a tiny little hole into aircraft and nukes, but this is ridiculous.

Since when does NASA take their knowledge of physics from Star Trek?

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