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• On the post: Once Again: High Tech Jobs Are Important, Growing And Everywhere

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2012 @ 05:15am

  Re: DEFINE

  From the report:
  The high-tech sector is defined here as the group of industries with very high shares of technology oriented
  workers?those in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math. This definition includes a
  set of industries in what is traditionally thought of as high-tech?manufacturing and services in computers,
  advanced communications and electronics?as well as the medical and aerospace manufacturing,
  engineering services, and scientific research and development industries (see Appendix 1).

• On the post: Author Andrew Piper: Turning Pages Is Important, Therefore Reading Ebooks Isn't Reading

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2012 @ 04:10am

  Re: Re: Piper's Logic Followed To Its Conclusion

  You don't - you just think you do... oh, wait

• On the post: Google Asks Germans To Protest 'Pay To Link' Proposal As It Comes Close To Becoming Law

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2012 @ 12:49am

  Re: Re:

  Google should give a fuck in 5...6...7...8...

• On the post: Bad Reasoning: We Don't Need More High Speed Internet Because People Don't Use Fast Internet Now

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2012 @ 08:25am

  Re: UBB

  There's also the point that most connections come with 'fair usage' limits over 30 days - If you use connection at maximum speed, what are you going to do for the next 29 days?

• On the post: Can't Win 'Em All: Uber Gives Up Attempt To Do UberTaxi In NYC (For Now…)

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2012 @ 12:29am

  Re: Re: Yet another Third World stance for the US

  True, but that's the reason that you shouldn't simply block any new solutions that come along.

• On the post: Why It Could Make Sense To Get Rid Of Patents Entirely, Even If They Work In A Few Cases

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2012 @ 11:26am

  Re: Re: Re:

  You can't get one without creating something.

  
  
  Sure you can:
  Asserting a patent against another
  An animal chew
  Exercising your cat with a laser pointer, which is so original and inventive, it has been patented several times already.
  Fixing a hole in a wall
  Swinging sideways on a swing (can I claim prior art on this? Can't say I've documented it, but I'd certainly done this during my childhood).
  
  It appears that the only thing required to get a patent is money (for the application, and the lawyer to write it).

• On the post: Rep. Lofgren Gives USTR A Simple 3-Point Plan For Real TPP Transparency

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2012 @ 01:39am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Please explain how you jumped from 'a phone call' to 'employed by the government'

• On the post: New Minister Of Culture In Brazil Brings Hope Of Return To Earlier Enlightened Copyright Policy

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2012 @ 01:55am

  Re:

  And you are making it seem like Glyn said this rather than simply quoting President Rousseff.
  
  Anyhow, it's less an opinion, but more a directive to her government.

• On the post: Wikimedia Scandal: Proof Of Unreliability Or Confirmation That Crowdsourcing Works?

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 20 Sep, 2012 @ 12:17am

  Re:

  repeat a lie or an incomplete statement often enough, and people will think it's true

  
  So how's that working out for you? ;)

• On the post: USTR Tells Public Interest Groups They Have 8 Minutes To Talk To TPP Negotiators

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2012 @ 02:44pm

  Re:

  ... served by prostitutes, with coke or crack on offer to everyone!
  
  Let's face it, that wouldn't be any more dishonest than what's going on right now.

• On the post: Duke's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2012 @ 04:37am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Let's see, straight from the filing...
  
  

  Google has conducted a reasonable and diligent search, and has identified specific individuals and organizations in this supplemental disclosure who have commented on the issues in this case. Google did not pay for comments from any of the commenters listed in this disclosure. Nor did Google cite or rely on any of these commenters in its briefing in this case.

  
  
  ... and then from Mike's post...
  
  

  Separately, because all of this struck me as interesting, I remembered that we did some work with Oracle too! And, just as with what we did with CCIA, it was disclosed publicly at the time. Oracle (along with Intel) sponsored a section of our site, and a series of webinars that we did. And yet, Oracle did not disclose me in their original filing and I don't believe that they filed a new filing here either.

  
  
  So I think I can safely call bullshit on your claims.

• On the post: People Are Willing To Pay, Even If You Offer Something For Free

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2012 @ 01:44am

  Re: Re: Framing the pay

  The most clever and subtle thing I find about the bundle is the 'pay more than the average' aspect - as each person pays that extra penny more to get the bonus game, so it drives the average up over time.

• On the post: The Same Day Russia Sentences Pussy Riot, It Condemns The UK Over Julian Assange

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2012 @ 10:50am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Everything so far that Wikileaks has published has been shown to be true, apart from (according to you) this one document that they just made up...
  
  Hmm, who to believe...

• On the post: Honest Mistake: Order A TV From Amazon, Receive An Illegal Assault Rifle

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2012 @ 01:32pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I'm not saying you don't have a point. I'm saying you're being a dick about it.
  
  Hey! I see how that works now - I might try that a little more in future.

• On the post: If The Government Needs To Step In To Help Your Business Model, You Shouldn't Be In Business

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2012 @ 11:03am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  ... and naturally there's a DMCA equivalent in every country in the world for just that reason... oh, wait.
  
  In actual fact, the DMCA attempts to inject some common sense into the 'who to sue' decision - it wouldn't need to exist if some people didn't automatically jump for the money-grab rather than targetting the people that are actually at fault.

• On the post: As Expected, RIAA Threatens Site That Claims To Let You Sell Used MP3s

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 11:51am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Apples and Oranges

  uh... http://www.mrlandlord.com/pages/lease.html

• On the post: Thoughts On The House Judiciary Committee's Hearings On SOPA

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 10:36am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Yeah, and the representatives in congress speak for their constituents too ... or at least the one who can pay enough.

• On the post: A Question For SOPA Supporters: How Will You Gauge SOPA's Success?

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 09:19am

  Re: Re: Re:

  But they're being helpful! They're just ensuring that the file is rewound ready for the next time you watch it.

• On the post: House Judiciary Committee SOPA Hearings Stacked 5 To 1 In Favor Of Censoring The Internet

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2011 @ 06:05am

  Re: Let it pass.

  This.
  
  Every time an ISP or carrier is forced to blacklist a site, they should blacklist both the site (complying with the law), and the requestor's site too (in the case of the RIAA and the MPAA, they could blacklist both that site, and a randomly chosen member of the association) - 'We decline to transport your data'.
  
  A bit of cooperation between say VISA and Google could have a similar effect for payments too - you block via VISA, Google declines to include your site in its search spider, and therefore its search results. You block via Google, Google declines to include you in its search spider.
  
  I wonder how long this nonsense would last if someone like Sony or Viacom got wiped off the UK or US Internet landscape for a few weeks.

• On the post: And Here Comes The Video Game Backlash Due To The Norway Tragedy

  

  Lurk-a-lot ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2011 @ 02:20pm

  Re: Re: It's obvious that violent video games de-sensitize.

  Tom and Jerry

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