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• On the post: USPTO Issues Final Rejection Of Apple's Rubberbanding Patent, Which Were Among Those The Jury Said Samsung Infringed

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2013 @ 01:12am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I agree. There should be no software patents. I saw this rubber banding in a DOS text editor I downloaded from a BBS in the late 1980's.

• On the post: Team Prenda Shows Up In Court, Pleads The Fifth… Angry Judge Ends Hearing In 12 Minutes

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2013 @ 12:36am

  Re: Re: Now this is popcorn worth...

  Screw the insightful or thumbs up button, what I want is a ...
  
  Lethal injection button for these idiots.

• On the post: Is Google Regretting Paying Off Belgian And French Newspapers Yet? Other Newspapers Demand Their Cut

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 31 Mar, 2013 @ 12:31am

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  "And when people learn that Google has nothing, they'll migrate back to the papers."
  
  Bob, my very deluded friend. Who wants to carry a newspaper? The last time I bought a newspaper was for spray painting. The only reason was, it was 11 PM and the hardware store was closed.

• On the post: Feds Take A Step Closer To Trying To Regulate Bitcoin

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2013 @ 04:55am

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  "How does any of this concern the US government? That is what I do not get."
  
  Anything outside the control of the US government, scares the US government.

• On the post: Feds Take A Step Closer To Trying To Regulate Bitcoin

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2013 @ 05:01am

  The inventors dilemma is something that hasn't been discussed where Bitcoin is concerned. People have also not discussed exponential rates of growth where Bitcoin is concerned.
  
  All in all this is a slow motion pass the popcorn moment.

• On the post: Peter Hansmeier Denies Connection To Prenda Cases Via Document That Shows He's Connected To The Cases

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2013 @ 10:57pm

  Re: Re: This never wears out for you, does it?

  I had a flash of Darth Vader standing there, hand outstretched saying ... "The desperation is strong in this one"

• On the post: Taxi, Limo Trade Group Hates Innovative Upstarts, Labels Them 'Rogue Applications'

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2013 @ 10:53pm

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  History always repeats itself. The Catholics had the Index Librorum Prohibitorum which was a list of banned books. People in the taxi and limo business have this report.
  
  I do believe, much like the best sellers the Catholic church created with their banned book list, this will be the go to guide of Taxi services of the techno literate.

• On the post: If Your Kid's Playing M-Rated Games, You Can't Blame The Retailer

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2013 @ 04:47am

  It seems obvious after the fact. The reason there are so many drone strikes, that kill innocent civilians and children, is politicians played to many video games as children.
  
  Who knew?

• On the post: If Your Kid's Playing M-Rated Games, You Can't Blame The Retailer

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2013 @ 04:47am

  It seems obvious after the fact. The reason there are so many drone strikes, that kill innocent civilians and children, is politicians played to many video games as children.
  
  Who knew?

• On the post: Crazy Idea Of The Month: Allowing Patents On Mathematics

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2013 @ 11:36pm

  Re: Illegal numbers

  That would be Imaginary numbers and copyright, not illegal numbers.

• On the post: Crazy Idea Of The Month: Allowing Patents On Mathematics

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2013 @ 11:33pm

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  i would patent i which is the square root of -1. Then sue all the electrical companies world wide.
  
  Think about the fun that will ensue. Injunctions against delivering energy unless they pay a seriously over the top licencing fee.

• On the post: One Step Closer To Sales Taxes On All Internet Purchases

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 26 Mar, 2013 @ 02:41am

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  In the UK we have to deal VAT at 20%
  
  Does that include tea? If it does you should follow your what the Colonies did.

• On the post: Copyright Lobby: The Public Has 'No Place In Policy Discussions'

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2013 @ 10:43pm

  Re: Projection

  I think it is more along the lines of ...
  
  "We have lied a thousand times over the past one hundred years, and we do not want the 'cretinous scum of the earth' pointing that out."

• On the post: Copyright Lobby: The Public Has 'No Place In Policy Discussions'

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2013 @ 10:30pm

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  The content industry blogs are nothing more than press releases that they can point to in emails, news stories, and other blogs.
  
  see - http://www.mpaa.org/blog

• On the post: Leaked! MPAA Talking Points On Copyright Reform: Copyright Is Awesome For Everyone!

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2013 @ 07:31pm

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  I will join you after I go support the farmers and microwave some popcorn.

• On the post: MIT And Aaron Swartz's Lawyers Argue Over Releasing Evidence

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2013 @ 09:22pm

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  He probably took one of these pills
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=z9pD_UK6vGU

• On the post: Register Of Copyright Suggests That Personal Downloading Should Not Be Seen As 'Piracy'

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2013 @ 09:06pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: one small thing...

  Hey look something shiny, something shiny, and it will hide something much more nefarious. Like removing safe harbors.

• On the post: Register Of Copyright Suggests That Personal Downloading Should Not Be Seen As 'Piracy'

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2013 @ 09:04pm

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  They will blame her layoff on the sequester ....

• On the post: Register Of Copyright Suggests That Personal Downloading Should Not Be Seen As 'Piracy'

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2013 @ 09:03pm

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  Copyright is not a religion it is a cult.

• On the post: No, The Death Of Google Reader Doesn't Mean 'Free' Doesn't Work

  

  Hephaestus ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2013 @ 11:47pm

  Being a Window VS type and a huge Google fan, this sucks stating this ... Google is doomed. :p

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