Copyright is backed up by courts, which are protected by men with guns. And if you have an idea, you don't have to patent it. And if you have a patent, you don't have to protect it (making it public domain like status). We don't have to have patents, that is also a choice.

Corporations have a lot in common with Patents, protecting property rights with public charters defended by the state (people with guns). We don't have to have those either. I'd be okay with taking government out of the Corporation business, and start holding corporate boards accountable for the corporation itself.

Don't mind that you contradicted yourself here in ways you probably don't realize.

"There ought to be a law" isn't a double sided sword, but you're wielding it that way. Why do we have to figure out anything? Do you want to protect Nintendo (and all the corporations you derided in your post) or do you want liberty to use your "hobbyist PCS" as you see fit?

Freedom is scary. People will do shit you (and me) won't like.

Here is my take as a Libertarian. Copyrights and Patents ought to be taxed by the holders of those protected classes. Choosing to not pay those taxes liberates those patents and copyrights to the public domain. How this works in Nintendo's case here is ... I doubt they'd be spending millions protecting old titles in perpetuity and they'd be released to the Public. Copyrights and Patents ARE a creation of the state, protected by laws of the state, enforced by the power of the state and ought to be paid for by those it protects. These taxes could pay for a great deal, and once they no longer benefit the holders, become public and benefit everyone everywhere equally. This is the one kind of tax that I can get on board with, because it is 100% voluntary and doesn't force anyone to do anything.

In this case here, what I run on my PC is my business. The tools for allowing me to run Nintendo's "Property" aren't Nintendo's, and they have no control over my stuff at all.

Mr. Universe, a technophile and information broker who broadcasts uncensored truths across the system, telling Captain Malcolm Reynolds: "Can't stop the signal, Mal. Everything goes somewhere, and I go everywhere." - Mister Universe

(see also, Streisand Effect)

If you've never had a boss like this -- a lazy narcissist -- you're lucky. But if you have, the pattern is familiar and unmistakable:

* Doesn't understand the issues.

* Doesn't do his homework.

* Believes he's a genius whose "gut" overrules people who do understand and do do their homework.

* Plays his subordinates off against one another.

* Highly susceptible to information from random sources: thing he saw on TV, or heard on the golf course.

* Not particularly fussed about contradicting himself because he doesn't care about being right, but does care about being in charge.

* The more chaotic he can make things, the more in charge he feels.

* Has a cynical view of the people he works for but has a genuine gift for flattery when it suits his purposes.

Once you've seen this up close it's really obvious when you come across it again. You can't *not* listen to a lazy narcissist boss because he absolutely will try the stupid shit he says he will. But you can't count on him either, because he has no commitment to anything other than how he looks and feels *right now*.

Neither. Commerce didn't drop it, it got taken away and given to DoJ, but not because Commerce couldn't handle the invetigation of where the chips were going. The case goes to DoJ because we're talking about criminal charges of smuggling, corporate fraud, violation of national security statutes. Also because the Commerce investigation was tained by potential political interference. And possibly because it ran afoul of a counterintelligence operations siloed in the DoJ -- although by this point the cat is so out of the bag everyone must assume they've got a FISA wiretap warrant on them.

However, the *effect* may be to slow the progress of the investigation and delay any actions being taken.

The first reason for this is that criminal investigations are slower, the standards of proof higher, and potentially involve a criminal trial. Commerce could simply make an administrative law determination that put Megaspeed on some shit list and come to some kind of agreement with NVIDIA.

The second reason is that putting this into DoJ's hands is putting it into a department that has had staff turnover and loss of institutional knowledge, strife between career personnel and political appointees, and difficulty replacing lost employees. It's also led by lame-duck appointees, facing turnover in the next administration. So if they don't make progress in the next two years, allowing for transition delays, it could be years before anything gets accomplished. By then a lot of people will have left their jobs, memories will get hazy, evidence will go missing, and defensive positions constructed.

So while the investigation hasn't been *killed*; it has been delayed so long that it's effectively in suspended animation. It's not possible for Commerce to sanction anyone because the investigation is out of their hands.

Money may be an aphrodisiac but come on, Jensen, look in the mirror. There's limits to anything.

I asked my neighbor who has one a polite version of "Why did you buy it?". He said it makes him feel like a superhero. He volunteered that the suspension is software controlled so you can dial in the kind of handling you like.
But I can't really answer your question, being far from the target market.

How much has your government money grown in that time?

So, Three companies good, four is anti-competitive? When T-Mobile bought Sprint, where you for or against that merger?

Just wanting the logic here.

People work after sunset and before sunrise all over the place. Some places are open 24/7. And yet, people manage it just fine. And some places are dark for large portions of the year, and bright for large portions of the year. It's almost like the world is a sphere or something and no two places are the same! Some places are summer at the same time other places have winter. Weird huh?

UTC everywhere, all the time and just be done with Timezones and DST forever!

Illegal doesnâ(TM)t mean I donâ(TM)t have the right to record, tho. Government doesnâ(TM)t give rights.

AI Scenario

User to AI: Is this mushroom safe to eat
AI to User: Yes it is!

RIP User

AI to nobody: Oops, sorry. This was not safe to eat. Here is a list of how to identify poisonous mushrooms.

at least he Lived long and Prospered

I'm sure that someone is running an AI agent on Office right now. Word and Excel are the real enemies of switching.

Simply stating: We Do Not Accept DOCx or XLSx formats, forces compliance. Since MS can produce ODF (allegedly), that's how you get compliance.