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rarw
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Comment #6601342
A privacy pledge, how cute! The problem with stuff like this is not knowing the third, fouth, and fifth party uses. Granted most user's don't read these disclosure and even more do…
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Comment #6587213
Which is why I said "articles like this" and not "this article." Your quote is correct. My comment was on the general scope of anti-surveillance writing.
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Comment #6586211
Articles like this pop up all the time. The problem is that they never address (1) the legitimate need for surveillance; (2) dangers of an internet (or other communications network…
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Comment #6522978
#1 bugs me the most. False urgency is the name of the game everywhere I've ever worked. From my experience it's a problem of how the company is structured. When everyone thinks wha…
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Comment #6514400
You're right. The comment that you should buy stock with legal income and pay back a mortgage with the illegal income misses the point completely. Buying stock was just one example…
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Comment #6510606
I think the seizure of Silk Road absolutly had an impact on the value of BitCoins. The benefit of using BitCoins is that they provide a way to operate outside of traditional curren…
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Comment #6508346
The more interesting question regarding this seizure is whether the FBI can compell the creators of BitCoin to assist in decrypting what they have just seized. For example, there a…
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Comment #6508284
The current valuation is irrelivant. Federal seizure laws allow the government to seize any property, money or bitcoins included, that were used in or generated from some illegal a…
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Comment #6469597
Turning one's passion into a job almost always has this result. Work is never as exciting as doing something for the sake of doing it because work always has a finite list of thing…
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Comment #6456594
You could almost certainly find a away to pierce the corporate veil in this case so that's not really a concern.
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Comment #6456591
Good luck finding a cheap patent attorney. All those admitted to the patent bar must have a technical background. That only raises the price.
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Comment #6456584
Just wanted to note that there are frivolous litigation rules that allow for sanctions against the party bringing a bogus suit and allow the target of the suit to recover attorneys…
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Comment #6456561
Sure in some cases. Don't forget that patents cover a diverse array of innovations. What exactly is being infringed upon is not always that obvious.
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Comment #6453099
Sure, there are always risks with litigation but in general it is not as unpredictable as outsiders think.
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Comment #6453088
That's not really how things work. Not only is that sanctionable but extremely unethical and would result in diciplinary action if reported.
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Comment #6452933
It actually happens all the time. The heightened pleading standard comes from two cases - Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007) and Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct.…
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Comment #6452849
Probably not. Enforcing a patent is expensive (as most litigation is). If this law penalized trolls who filed worthless claims but rewarded those who were legitimately being infrin…
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Comment #6452242
As a lawyer I'm always concerned about changes designed to make it harder to sue someone. You almost always end up with unintended consequences. Take for example the heightened ple…
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Comment #6451685
I think the point of the article is more that it's a problem when something that contains these drugs lables itself as a "natural supplement" when in fact it is not. The issue is n…
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Comment #6448113
I applaud the writer for his approach to making his own hub for his team. However, this is not a real 1-1 swap. In terms of pure functionality this may be an even exchange; his own…
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Comment #6321025
Aside from fighting over whether Android is closed or not this is an interesting solution to dealing with the inconsistencies present in the Android universe. The freedom everyone …
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Comment #6304571
Poor guy. I wonder how many light bulbs he had to screw in before people learned his name.
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Comment #6303130
Reverse Polish Notation - sounds like the punch line to a really bad math joke
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Comment #6303121
That's gotta be the hackiest hack ever - write it on the outside. Genius.
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Comment #6302767
Yea that or just some dude selling K2 out of his basement would have been fine by me