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Comment Re:Posting data, is now illegal (Score 1) 116

Of course.

The OP wanted to know what law (not necessarily for the complaint, but the previous OPs post), so I provided one possibility. That's why I said it might be a good place to start. Not definitive, not a precident, not right, not wrong, but a possibility.

Comment Re:Posting data, is now illegal (Score 2) 116

Well, the suit claims "The conspiracy Plaintiffs challenge is unlawful under Section 1 of the Sherman Act" (page 4, lines 23-24).That might be a good place to start.

The actual rents charged (as specified in individual lease agreements) are probably fairly reasonably considered private. Advertised rental rates are not, but actual rates may differ from advertised rates considerable.

Consumer protection laws often dictate how different corporate entities can set prices. Natural competition between different companies should result in lower average prices, while collusion will artifically raise them. Reading published ads and setting prices *after* is ok. Robber-Baron-1 calling up Robber-Baron-2, Robber-Baron-3, Robber-Baron-4 and Robber-Baron-5 and all agreeing on minimum prices before-hand may not be, though I'm no lawyer, don't play one on T.V. and didn't stay in a Holiday Inn Express anytime recently.

Comment Comparing to Android and IOS (Score 5, Insightful) 182

"Updates are distributed as a complete image, like they are today with Android or iOS. "

Well, if those are considered examples of Images based systems, then I can't think of any better proof of why *not* to do this. I'm not about to RTFA, but IOS updates are only successful because Apple rabidly controls the hardware. Google does not control Android hardware, and as such Android updates are among the most nororiously farked in the industry. Slow up dates? Lack of updates? That's android for you. If either of those scenarios are likely outcomes of non-package based update systems, then, whoo-boy, keep that nasty shit to yourselves,
Data Storage

To Keep Track of World's Data, You'll Need More Than a Yottabyte (wsj.com) 81

An anonymous reader shares a report: In 10 or 15 years, Dr. Brown, who is head of metrology at the National Physical Laboratory in the U.K., anticipates the amount of computerized data worldwide will exceed 1 yottabyte in size, and without expanding the list of prefixes, there will be no way to talk about the next great chunk of numbers. Even worse, dilettantes could fill the void by popularizing glib prefixes such as bronto or hella -- terms that have already won fans. Without professional intervention, Dr. Brown fears, the next numerical prefix could become the Boaty McBoatface of weights and measures.

[...] For the record, there is an argument to be made for adopting a prefix like bronto: giga and tera are based on the Greek words for "giant" and "monstrous." Why not make bronto, named for the brontosaurus, official, perhaps along with tyranno, stego, colosso or even yeti? Dr. Brown is sympathetic to the argument but unconvinced. Instead, he proposes four prefixes that adhere to recent naming conventions [Editor's note: the link may be paywalled; an alternative source was not available.]: ronna and quecca for octillion (27 zeros) and nonillion (30 zeros), along with ronto and quecto for their fractional counterparts, octillionth and nonillionth. Like the latest sanctioned prefixes, Dr. Brown's proposals are loosely related to Latin and Greek words for numbers (in this case, nine and 10). And like most of the prefixes, his suggestions end in "a" or "o." But the process of expanding, or even amending, the official measurements is lengthy.

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