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Comment #16835298
This whole argument about copying is rather silly, at some point the text must be transmitted in a human readable form. At which point it can be recorded either electronically, or …
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Comment #16616476
To what end? A shot across the bows of screen manufacturers? I suppose that's possible, to try and force screen manufacturers (i.e. Samsung) to cooperate on production costs for ex…
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Comment #16180544
I find it unexpectedly hilarious that we now have issues that cannot be fully described without running the risk of crashing our machines. Its as if there are certain unholy words …
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Comment #15872132
I think its the amount of time taken for the price of Bitcoin to rise from the first amount to the second.
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Comment #15152605
Because if you have a cool name you can sell it solely based on the name. A bill with a boring name must stand on its own two feet to pass.
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Comment #15152575
Could some of this also result from the contractual nature of using Chinese suppliers? I know that from my own experience with contracting, that proposing an improvement can be dif…
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Comment #15128894
Well an existing gem might not. But a gem you use has could have a developer's computer get compromised and could publish a malicious update. If you inadvertently download it while…
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Comment #15016841
Does the Chinese government often approve such protests? What would they allow their citizens to protest?
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Comment #14870122
> This might also be another avenue for causation. If people with mental disorders were more sleep-deprived and then consumed more sugar, wouldn't that also show up in the data? > …
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Comment #14480989
What was the list of speakers?
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Comment #14480987
What was the list of speakers?
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Comment #11694848
I'm getting a 500 error when the page tries to load the blog. I can't see any text at all.
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Comment #10483703
How did you arrive at that conclusion? You could make an investment now in infrastructure to reduce your long term costs. It's not about the cost of delivering service, it's about …
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Comment #10332998
That seems silly to me. Is every bill supposed to be perfect the first time? Amendments exist so that people concerns with a bill can be addressed. Getting rid of them would simply…
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Comment #9987262
Yeah what if the website isn't finished? Does the seller still get paid? I really wonder how they plan on solving conditional logic that depends on programmatic sources. What happe…
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Comment #9927353
Japan has something similar to this. You can build buildings of a higher restriction (residential being more strict then industrial) in a lower restriction zone. This article descr…
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Comment #9909308
I think you should reconsider reading the article. It presents an interesting viewpoint on the benefits of passing judgement in domestic abuse situations. I think that "passing jud…
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Comment #9889856
Really? Aren't you going to use the browser in about 5 seconds? I'm sure the NSA cares that I checked my mailbox yesterday as well.
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Comment #9526178
Yeah, until the retraction mechanism breaks.
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Comment #9016530
I found this PDF: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/budget/fy2015... that says it cost ~2 million to integrate in 2013.
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Comment #8624893
It's on a slope I believe.
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Comment #8602786
Well that's the point that he/she is trying to make isn't it? States in the US are more like to countries within the EU. That's in part why I think a lot of people from the US refe…
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Comment #8534214
I really like this idea. Not only does it force you to increase the volume of your writing, giving you more practice, but it also forces you to try to immediately use what you've l…
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Comment #8468585
I like how you assume that he/she is white, or even a man at all.
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Comment #8462162
Here's a similar site for Canada: http://geogratis.gc.ca/geogratis/search?lang=en