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rfctr

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    Comment #6096288

    > 30 foot razor wire fences, and mile wide minefields. LOL OMFG! MILE WIDE !!! MINEFIELDS !!! May be the confusion is with USA-Mexico border? o_O

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    Comment #6096233

    Proof, please? Soviet-designed doesn't mean Russian. Soviet designs are in manufacturing all over the world, including countries much closer to Iraq.

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    Comment #6096226

    Yeah... about as easy as to meet a wild drunken bear with a balalaika on a Moscow street.

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    Comment #6096194

    May be Vatican.

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    Comment #6096184

    Let me think... it would be... the same?

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    Comment #6096166

    Any reasons to believe otherwise? The only thing I hold against him is his failure, as promised, to hang Georgian president by his balls. Eating necktie is a weak substitute.

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    Comment #6096154

    So Russians feel sympathetic and supporting lending a help to a mere human who just tried to help his country and now his country hunts him down like a wild animal. But that is som…

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    Comment #6096100

    Snowden will halt the revelations abruptly. He would be a fool to break the agreement with Putin. Putin is a man of his word, and expects the same from Snowden. Information may con…

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    Comment #6075166

    Working for a year almost full time and get "new car" revenue is not a financial success. Sorry.

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    Comment #6075046

    It may all look like bits to you, but here's something to think about: I have recently bought an electronic product from a company in a different country. The payment processor tho…

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    Comment #6075027

    In other words, is being small & poor a good defense against trolls? Yes, it is. Try to get bigger though or get a investment round, and troll will come after you. It is not a coin…

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    Comment #6075014

    So we has just established that not only hardware companies are at risk. Good. Now, step two: US trolls will not sue a company doing business outside of US; too much trouble. But a…

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    Comment #6075009

    The traffic is not interesting. Business transactions are; incidentally, the transactions are trivially blocked.

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    Comment #6074241

    Right. The troll was just bluffing when he was saying: "You’ll stay in business and license from us, or you’ll go out of business". He's just joking, right? Surely he has neither t…

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    Comment #6074229

    > Anybody who wants to sue you must post a $25k USD bond to the Nevis government before even proceeding. Why would they do that? o_O They will file at their local US court. You're …

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    Comment #6074221

    Wikileaks blockade is a good example of the power that can be used when parties fail to come to an agreement. Most companies though prefer to settle out of court because the court …

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    Comment #6074209

    SaaS are not immune too. Example: http://www.ca.com/ca/en/news/Press-Releases/na/2013/CA-Techn... "... seeking ... an injunction against AppDynamics prohibiting the infringement of…

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    Comment #6073724

    Court order will prohibit the sales. The decision will be delivered to whatever representatives the company has on US soil, as well as to customs, payment processors and whatnot.

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    Comment #6073108

    > “one of the largest surveillance efforts ever launched by a democratic government.” Common, don't be shy! Don't pretend there are some "non-democratic" governments somewhere that…

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    Comment #6073033

    I dunno how it is in US, but in other places all kinds of shady businesses are protected by organized crime. Try to harass their businesses and jokes may end pretty quick.

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    Comment #6072931

    Samsung was in South Korea. Apple blocked Samsung's sales in US based on patent issues. It doesn't matter where you're located. What matters where you want to do business.

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    Comment #6072849

    You can move the company. But as long as you make sales in US, you can be blocked from doing business.

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    Comment #6072835

    What if his daughter really got killed or raped?

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    Comment #6072485

    > how one of these PAE lawyers would react if you told him his daughter's name and the school she goes to They would make sure you're behind bars in no time.

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    Comment #6072479

    A lawyer that may help costs $300+/hr. Lawyers, even when simply reply to your email, charge you for 15 minutes.