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Comment Nothing new (Score 1) 311

Everybody "recognizes that we do not err out of laziness, stupidity, or evil intent," but those are still the reasons behind most errors. I don't think the society has imposed an "impossible burden of trying to be permanently right" on anybody; it just imposes a reasonable burden of trying not to make mistakes because they are lazy, stupid, incompetent, untrained, evil, etc... AFAIK, that's the whole point behind trials and parliament hearings. One more thing, we can't rule out the fact that some people are stupid. To put it in the theory's lingo: the inductive reasoning of those people generates conclusions are probabilistically false.

Comment The cap size is not the problem (Score 1) 3

Actually, the caps are not the problem. The problem is having the same caps and prices enforced by all ISPs in Egypt, and having no true unlimited option anywhere across the country. Also, this has been applied on existing customers who have signed contracts for unlimited bandwidth with no caps. This is a clear breach of contract. Problem is, a court decision wouldn't be reached before a year or 2.

Comment They are not copyrighting Geometrical shapes (Score 1) 393

I know that this is /. and nobody reads tfa, so here is what every other comment missed/ignored:
Egypt is not copyrighting the pyramids. They are copyrighting exact replicas of any Egyptian monument.

From tfa :

the monumental Luxor Hotel in the US gambling capital of Las Vegas ... was "not an exact copy of pharaonic monuments despite the fact it's in the shape of a pyramid." On its website, the luxury hotel describes itself as "the only pyramid shaped building in the world," but Hawass said its interior was entirely different from an ancient Egyptian setting.
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Submission + - OLPC fights cheap laptops

egNuKe writes: According to DailyTech, Nicholas Negroponte, founder of OLPC is criticizing Intel for offering The Classmate laptop at a competitive price. Negroponte even accused Intel of trying to "drive him out of market". He claimed that Intel is doing so because OLPC uses AMD processors. Negroponte also accused Intel of exposing the OLPC's shortcomings when they compare it to their Classmte in their presentations. So in a nutshell, OLPC creator has the nerve to ask for a product removed just because it is a viable competitor to his (charity?) product.

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