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Comment Re:Contract law actually does care if it's impract (Score 1) 159

The reason they aren't doing that is because they'll make a lot more money releasing on streaming.

And that's where the Impracticability clause fails. It is being shown in theatres, it's not impractical to do as it's already being done. They violated the clause to get more money. That should entail appropriate compensation.

Comment Pandemic (Score 1) 159

"Disney intentionally induced Marvel's breach of the agreement, without justification, in order to prevent Ms. Johansson from realizing the full benefit of her bargain with Marvel,"

Uh... I was onboard as it sounds like they actually violated the contract, until I read this sentence. No, Disney didn't do it to spite her. They did it because of the pandemic.

Comment Correlation is not causation (Score 2) 202

"We compared birth and death data from humans and non-human primates and found this general pattern of mortality was the same in all of them," said Aburto. "This suggests that biological, rather than environmental factors, ultimately control longevity."

Statistical analysis on the current situation doesn't prove that it's impossible to manipulate the biological factors. 500 years ago, nobody was flying in the air, so a comparable study would have proven that we'd never fly.

Comment Re:Play stupid games (Score 2) 132

It's only a derivative if you actually copy something. If you independently create something equivalent then it's a standalone piece of work. That's partly why software patents have gotten out of hand - copyright doesn't protect against independent implementation, so companies try to exploit patent law.

Comment Re:Grounding! (Score 1) 72

The NBN system in Australia (sans fixed wireless and satellite) runs fibre from exchange to premises (FTTP, all underground), or fibre from exchange to curb (or kerb, FTTC), then POTS copper into premises (also all underground), or fibre from exchange to a node - a green above ground cabinet in your street or nearby street, then POTS copper underground to your premises.

That's just a subset. NBN uses other mixed technologies too, including HFC and Wireless.

Comment Re: Ten thousand modems and a pandemic (Score 1) 72

2 - NBN is the term for the government rollout of tax payer funded fibre - not the people who provide you internet- you are free to choose from many many ISP's who operate over fibre.

NBN Co is still a company who runs the infrastructure, ISPs are just resellers. NBN Co provides the hardware in most cases.

Comment Re:Salary Surveys FTW (Score 3, Insightful) 89

Not always true. Some people are very good at their jobs but are terrible negotiators or have some kind of personality trait that makes it difficult for them to be assertive (introvert or social anxiety). I fit in that category. I've also been in a performance review where my boss flat out told me I was worth more and that he wanted to give me a raise but there wasn't any budget.

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