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Absolutely. I should make it clear: I am not defending Yahoo's behavior here. Just trying to keep the facts factual.

No, they didn't. Your memory of history is incorrect. Overture, a completely different company, sued Google in 2002, two years before their IPO. Yahoo purchased Overture in 2003. A…

No, this is not accurate. Overture sued Google in 2002. Yahoo bought Overture in 2003, at which point Google settled. Google's IPO was in 2004. Yahoo did not initiate the lawsuit a…

VISA merchant rules generally guarantee that the plastic price will match the cash price. It's true that the merchant raises prices to compensate, but paying cash doesn't avoid tha…

With 1% cash back, no less. I try to funnel all my expenses through a card -- and pay in full each billing cycle naturally.

And a difference of opinion: I want to see the exchange as work for time, because I work much more effectively than many other people. An hourly-rate job is simply not attractive t…

"That's a bad deal for Tesla. It could mean financial ruin if there are too many irresponsible owners." On the contrary, if there are too many irresponsible owners then Tesla is ru…

This is covered by 18 USC 6002: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/6002 In short, a judge will grant a person legal immunity from prosecution. This removes the fifth amendme…

Yes, I mentioned the gas/rust/coagulation issue in the post you replied to. I should mention that I have been through this process myself and I am well aware of the steps necessary…

You said: "Actively impeding the prosecution, in the form of refusing to decrypt a drive known to contain inculpatory evidence, is in many ways tantamount to destroying that eviden…

No, there is no such requirement. Fair Use is judged on a four prong test, none of which involve crediting the author: the purpose and character of the use, including whether such …

Yes, it isn't recommended as it may cause the tires to fail. But, this is very, very rare. The manual recommends all manner of preventative measures and while they're all good idea…

I've run down the battery on my car, motorcycle, mower, or other vehicles I don't often use. It is not an expensive ($40,000) fix -- often it just takes a recharge because lead-aci…

It's irrelevant what the people here or elsewhere think -- as you say there are many dissenting opinions but very few professional legal opinions . Rather than dally with opinions,…

I'm not too close with that side of the family, all I know is what I've gleaned during some extended visits. However, this looks like it might be a good starting point: http://www.…

It seems your issue is with the concept of single family homes and urban sprawl, not this particular method of building. That's a bit of a different issue -- many people don't want…

As I said, I have people in my family who have built strawbale houses to code (California code including earthquake provisions, no less). The stylized aspect is distinct from the s…

anthonyb is saying that logs and stray bales are available in large quantities. And he's right, there's no issue of scale here, other than labor. I have family who have built straw…

This is quite simply false. Reddit has always banned child pornography. The post we're discussing is quite clear on this point. There would be absolutely no outage if this was abou…

Indeed, it is quite clear this content is not illegal -- and does anyone think the authorities are not aware of these subreddits? Anderson Cooper mentioned this stuff on television…

You went from "Child porn is not really a hazily defined legal gray area." to "Anything that vaguely smells of child porn is no longer allowed." Do you see that "anything that vagu…

Well, that's not what he's saying, did you read the article? His point is that these employment questionnaires are designed to filter out people who tell the truth about fairly com…

I realize this isn't quite the point of the article, but I have a $29.99 Nokia phone I've been using for years and I'm pretty sure I can resell it for at least $20. Non-smart phone…

To be fair, exposing a snake oil salesman is a morally sound undertaking.

Very insightful comparison, thank you. The push is not only coming from the IFPI, however. There is also the movie industry, which is a much larger industry. I can't find exact num…