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bradharper

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    Comment #5513071

    3.2 / 14 years

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    Comment #3699557

    Would love for any down-voters to tell me how I'm wrong...

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    Comment #3699492

    That "special power" is commonly referred to as theft.

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    Comment #3535142

    "You've rejecting sipping on one glass of poison, now let's all join in and chug another one!" Sigh...

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    Comment #3196365

    Unless there is a contractual stipulation which pertains to copying. In which case, it is force, and there is loss.

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    Comment #3196338

    Unless that copy originated with permission of the property owner, or a representing legal agent thereof, then it most certainly is.

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    Comment #3196325

    "Do you really consider the act of stealing someone's physical property to be the same?" In principle - absolutely. "Uploading a video of a child dancing to a song should be prosec…

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    Comment #3196030

    "Why on earth should a license violation be considered a criminal offense?" Why shouldn't it? In principle, they are the same - which is my whole point.

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    Comment #3195946

    "There is no loss when something is copied, or the loss is radically different from losing something like your bike..." The question is not about tangible loss, it's about property…

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    Comment #3098852

    I've become accustomed to getting the error when I linger on the page for a bit, and even in that context it's pretty irritating, but tolerable. Just this morning however, I'm able…

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    Comment #3098771

    Why would such a valuable site continue to allow itself to be plagued with this type of repulsive usability issue?

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    "Unknown or expired link." - Why?

    Why would such a valuable site continue to allow itself to be plagued with this type of repulsive usability issue?

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    Comment #2970219

    He couldn't care less about Bitcoin. What he does care about though is the chatter amongst non-Keynesian economists about the need for an objective currency, i.e., a gold standard …

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    Comment #2542057

    Meanwhile, in Rocklin, CA thousands of Propellers (in all eight of their cores) snicker/sob quietly...

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    Comment #2450794

    The damn cat was not both alive and dead simultaneously...