Comment Re:So what? (Score 1) 472
No company pays taxes: taxes are part of the overhead which is included in the cost of the product. You pay their taxes.
Zynga and Blizzard Sued Over Game Patent 179
eldavojohn writes "Thinking about developing a game involving a 'database driven online distributed tournament system?' Well, you had better talk to Walker Digital or risk a lawsuit, because Walker Digital claims to have patented that 'invention' back in 2002. The patent in question has resulted in some legal matters for the makers of 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1 and 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: World at War, Blur, Wolfenstein, DJ Hero 2, Golden Eye 007, World of Warcraft and its expansions, Mafia Wars, and many others.' Walker Digital (parent company of Priceline.com) said it's not sure how much damages are going to be, and requested that through discovery in the court. If you think Walker Digital is not a patent troll, check out their lawsuit from two months ago against Facebook for using privacy controls Walker Digital claims to have patented. It would seem that any online competitive game that uses a database to select and reward contestants in a tournament could potentially fall under this patent — of course, those with the deepest coffers will be cherrypicked first."
Comment Re:Options (Score 0) 789
> Cyclists do not belong on the same road with trucks and buses. Cars maybe, not heavy vehicles. It should be illegal.
> One of them can pull out in front of me and it's legally my fault because I hit them from behind.
Great point.
Save thousands of lives more each year than outlawing guns would: OUTLAW CARS.
Great point.
Save thousands of lives more each year than outlawing guns would: OUTLAW CARS.
Comment Re:sounds risky (Score 1) 457
No, we will struggle to determine why they don't like us, then give them money in the hopes that they will like us in the future.
Comment Re:Satellite vulnerability (Score 1) 457
Unlike the NCC1701, airplanes have fuses.
Comment Re:Finally Congress gets down to business (Score 1) 457
Interesting citation re democracy:
http://www.lorencollins.net/tytler.html
Comment Re:Scrum master = Project manager!!!!! (Score 1) 434
So you are saying that a scrum master is supplementary role like grammar-nazi. Little if any added value.
Seems that Continuous improvement would dictate the elimination of that role.
Seems that Continuous improvement would dictate the elimination of that role.
Comment Re:Relitivity (Score 1) 383
Wrong mod: This is FUNNY.
Comment Re:The Odds (Re:Deliberately causing panic) (Score 1) 604
In my best attempt at Spanglish:
Me gusta mucho su sig.
Time to drink...
Me gusta mucho su sig.
Time to drink...
Comment Re:well we're f*****d (Score 1) 325
I'm not sure I would call climate anything a hard science either.
The forecasts of Climate scientists may be as accurate as the Weather scientists.
And they have been studying weather longer.
Plus they are funded better when the cause is popular.
The forecasts of Climate scientists may be as accurate as the Weather scientists.
And they have been studying weather longer.
Plus they are funded better when the cause is popular.
Comment Re:Coming to a disaster near you. (Score 1) 452
Samsung had and has a design center in the US manufacturing in Korea. WD had and has design in the US and pilot production in the US, manufacturing in Asia. As does Seagate.
But then, I only said the US companies as in Seagate, WD, Maxtor... switching to class 10 cleanrooms. In fact WD's San Jose facility completed a "state of the art class 10 cleanroom in their (at that time) new building In south San Jose (1996).
But then, I only said the US companies as in Seagate, WD, Maxtor... switching to class 10 cleanrooms. In fact WD's San Jose facility completed a "state of the art class 10 cleanroom in their (at that time) new building In south San Jose (1996).
Comment Re:Coming to a disaster near you. (Score 1) 452
In '95 Samsung had the same assembler who put the media into the disk stack also placing the foilcal on the completed HDA, without a change of gloves. They also thought a cleanroom was cool curtains in a warehouse. The US manufacturers at the same time were building class 10 cleanrooms.
You have simply been lucky.
You have simply been lucky.
Comment Re:I'm only going to say (Score 4, Insightful) 1912
Would it be so bad if the government were able to do nothing?
Comment Re:I'm only going to say (Score 1) 1912
Can't agree with that.
"The purpose of a system is what it does."
Therefore the purpose of government in the US is to take money from the working masses for the support of government.
What does the government do for us? Our infrastructure crumbles. We shore up failed businesses to the tune of $700 billion...
Oh yea, and kill people in countries that did not attack us.
"The purpose of a system is what it does."
Therefore the purpose of government in the US is to take money from the working masses for the support of government.
What does the government do for us? Our infrastructure crumbles. We shore up failed businesses to the tune of $700 billion...
Oh yea, and kill people in countries that did not attack us.
Comment Re:I'm only going to say (Score 1) 1912
Yea, the government did a great job of maintaining the infrastructure. Oh, but even with all of those taxes the bridges collapse. And the highways decay.
As for security from terrorists, sorry but shit happens. To be safe from that you could be placed in a concrete vault, underground. But then an asteroid would still be able to get you.
No thanks, I will take my chances. I will not give up my freedom for security.
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