Comment Re: Every once in a while- (Score 1) 95
Gamergate was about ethics (or the lack of them) in game journalism.
It only got tarred as misogynistic because one of the biggest frauds was female.
Comment Forgotten Weapons has (nearly) all the answers... (Score 1) 235
Comment Re: Someday, the tables will turn. (Score 1) 56
The patent system allowed Edison access to Swan's design, which Edison improved.
Others improved further on Edison's (also patented) designs.
This is how the patent system works.
Comment Re:Tradition (Score 1) 483
Stuff like philosophy, history, law, theology.
Not crap with "Studies" in the title that lets idiots brandish the BA they got after a successful indoctrination.
Comment Re: 95-year copyright (Score 1) 237
Comment Not so surprising (Score 3, Insightful) 49
Comment Re:Traom Space Development Company (Score 1) 41
Comment Re:People actually still pay for music? (Score 1) 190
I'm now with a "business focused" ISP that sends me an invoice every month and absolutely nothing else.
Comment Re:You can still get that account overdrawn (Score 1) 110
It's even possible to downgrade a full-service account to this level - in fact it's not uncommon if a customer has demonstrated poor financial sense.
Comment Re:Using a phone's accelerometer (Score 1) 63
The workaround of stuffing it into a cubby or glovebox inside a sweater or similar is simply removing these transients, allowing the device to more accurately measure the vehicle's accelerations.
Comment Re:You can't have it both ways (Score 2) 156
Well, the British Government has just pulled that rug from under them. Almost half the population of Hong Kong are Overseas British Nationals, now eligible to relocate to the UK should they wish. The CCP are livid.
If HM Govt wants to twist the knife a bit, they could open the offer to dependents and descendants, too. This would mean that nearly every HK resident has the option of leaving. It's a lot harder to oppress those who don't have to hang around for your oppression.
Comment Re:Jinxed (Score 1) 51
Corporation tax of 12.5%*
A growing tech sector
An English-speaking population
Access to the UK's tech workforce via the Common Travel Area
*Germany's is 29.8%, Frances's is 34.4%. The only EU country with a lower rate is Hungary, at 9%
Comment Re:not exactly (Score 1) 381
You are confusing it with the European Court of Justice, which rules on matters governed by the Treaties of the European Union.
Comment Re:Gay man gets revenge (Score 1) 381
They'll go down for murder, because they could have walked away, or turned you in, but killed someone instead.
A tweet containing some political rhetoric is not an ultimatum, threat, promise or anything else substantial enough to support a charge of incitement.
For balance, would you be seeking to prosecute anyone using the hashtag #killallwhitemen?