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MobileDigit

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About MobileDigit

I am a libertarian anarcho-capitalist and geek. I disagree with intellectual property rights.

Comics I find amusing: http://qwantz.com/ http://xkcd.com/ http://killnine.com/ http://f8d.org/.

Contact me: mobiledigit at gmail

Recent public activity

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    Comment #71101

    Because the law is bad.

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    Comment #67180

    If only public schools spent as little per pupil as private schools!

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    Comment #24534

    Please tell me why you think they are if you disagree.

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    Comment #24372

    I don't think patents are legitimate.

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    Comment #24350

    "my own position is we ought to have a temporary moratorium until we finally resolve the issue of how the states are going to support public services with an eroding tax base predi…

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    Comment #24306

    "Which makes the transaction costs higher than the idea is probably worth." These costs could surely be lowered if there was demand for ideas in the first place. I think this is mo…

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    Comment #24297

    "How would a market for ideas work, in any case? How could you prevent someone from listening to a bunch of ideas and just walking away with the ones they like?" -- your blog post …

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    Comment #24232

    If something is worthless because people will not give you money for it ("make something people want"), then there is nothing inherent in ideas that makes them worthless. It is sim…

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    Comment #23909

    Is this inherent in the human mind or are you making an untestable claim?

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    Comment #23493

    If they get there first how are they stealing?

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    Comment #22620

    Has that happened?

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    Comment #22619

    How is bankruptcy different from stealing?

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    Comment #21650

    Imagine I see you take a rock and stick and tie them together with sinew, which you then use as a hammer to break apart rocks. After seeing you build this device, I then build my o…

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    Comment #21239

    Why is it unethical?

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    Comment #21229

    You're fine with information being given to thieves and murderers but not to a company that wants to improve your experience so you'll voluntarily give it more money?

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    Comment #20819

    You can download the PDF from: http://www.scribd.com/word/download/48387?extension=pdf If you download it you can then use Foxit Reader or this online viewer: http://view.samurajda…

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    Comment #19338

    There is a Firefox extension to do this: http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3997

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    Comment #18433

    You can also use the mouse's middle button.

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    Comment #18356

    I was watching a Google video ( http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Designing+Next+Gen+Web+Apps) about designing the user interface for web apps and it talked about Measure Map (…

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    Comment #18178

    "if I were launching a new website, here's what I'd do. Instead of hiding the Feedback link in the upper right hand corner, I'd place a form right on the main page. A big form. And…

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    Comment #18079

    What is 'fuck-you money'?

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    Comment #16609

    I used IDLE when I was learning Python, but I like PyScripter now: http://mmm-experts.com/Downloads.aspx?ProductId=4