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you are correct to point out the "flaw" in what s/he said. I don't know the actual answer (and it would be difficult to convince me that anybody has all the data either) but many p…

ponzi's are illegal, and not for being misleading, for having the financial structure of a "pyramid scheme". "disclosing" the structure makes it easier to prove that they fit what …

These things have changed dramatically in the last couple generations, in Europe and in the US, and Asia. I would caution you against thinking that things will stay as they are. He…

Yeah but the world is not a pretty place, at home we have monopolistic unicorns, and abroad we have unfair business practices... I'm not shedding any tears for Apple, screw'em. Eve…

actually, i would say yours is the narrow point, and it's also a POV whose reach you are looking to broaden. The negative aspect of your POV is that some of us get tired of hearing…

thanks, that's very good. quick critique (wanted to contribute to this conversation while it's active rather than delve deeply into LLVM for the rest of the day :) it's (naturally …

like you are saying "it's a problem", and like I'm saying "that's the problem I'd like to see solved" as an example, what they teach us in school, and what large projects like NASA…

more detailed question please? I'm happy to discuss but I'm not sure whether you are looking for bottom up nitty gritty details or more top down grounded philosophizing.

the computer science / computer programming problem I'd like to see solved is, keeping projects "fresh" and open/accessible enough that people like this could feel like they were l…

the language was already in the founding documents. yes, with hindsight, more language could have been added; but what I'm saying is, the language that was there is perfectly clear…

thanks for asking what does "constitutional right to petition" have to do with this, by thinking about how to explain it I figured out what I meant overall. I meant it in the sense…

| Gawker wasn't guilty of either libel or slander because they didn't publish anything about Hogan that was false. ...not to mention, Hogan's public persona and living he has earne…

they took a gamble and lost, that's business != good riddance

I think they wanted you to notice the design and the thinking lines. They didn't set out to invent the world's best chess player.

what would make it much better along those lines (are you listening designers?) would be if it drew its thinking lines on the board but under the pieces. because I can't study the …

it's like you are explaining how somebody can invent a new alphabet that is "evocative" so we should accept using it instead of the alphabet we already know. or to put it another w…

There is no answer, there is no law, no standard, no precedent, which any "unusually sophisticated" lawyer looking at it for a few minutes would realize. But instead of informing t…

I was pointing out a thought process that I thought would work better and more rationally (it's the way parents adjudicate disputes, i.e. what's really at stake here, and yes, pare…

In my cases, I felt that the court spent time on issues that were not only minor, but the court left them unopined. This just encourages laywers to keep doing it, it earns them mor…

Negative PR is used; unfortunately, it's used on the judge to turn the judge against the other side. It comes so thick and fast the judges get sick of it... yet, they are influence…

ha ha, good one! :) but my personal peeve is actually a little different: regardless of whether I'm part of a unique group or it works this way for everybody, the different parts o…

| We do not have equal access to our judicial system in the United States. If you have money, you have the power... Your POV that money distorts and helps determine winners, while …