Thank you. That is exactly the point, regardless what other pro-IP spin journals, Wall Street, or investors might be putting on this. The problem is yes, it can be used as a bludgeon. It can also suddenly walk away elsewhere, apparently like research and work, payment, and credit.
Yeah, this was a hoot. It's a nothing being used to bolster another nothing that isn't even what they say it was.
Just wait for the next half-baked script kiddie to poke some other completely un-baked (in fact we haven't even bothered to mix the ingredients yet) system security.
I don't know about ring around the collar. I couldn't be arsed to contact Whisk, and they probably fudge their stats anyway. So no, this is the insidious terror from which the nation has been distracted too long! Fire up the $17bn Pretreatment And Detergent budget. Deport the dirt.
In fact, the patent in question wasn't granted until 2014
Aw. Awwww. When a patent is granted is irrelevant. Not being patented does not stop anyone from innovation or implementation. (Or is it one of those mere suggestion "a method for" patents with no actual ... anything to it?) This is just a bad argument and contrary to what many around here would see as a reasonable view of patents. Although, for a lawyer... Not that in i would defend this foolish lawsuit in any way.
But it does show vehicle manufacturers could do more to prevent distracted driving.
Yeap, a congested evening rush hour highway in the dark of winter, thousands of cars running with hazard lights on. I can picture it now. Much less distracting.
Re: 'Who needs honor and integrity when you've got money?!' -Prenda
I think another element with this, and a lot of other things lately, it that so many outright insane behavior can be gotten away with, and bullshit has become a whole new class of both wild and accepted. So what you have are your classic crap scam artists gone large, and continue to keep right at it in one form or another after they are finally called on it by courts, and long after they are well enough know to a bit of the public.
The worst sorts of half-assed scammers have been emboldened by the climate of overwhelming bs from ever sector, passivity, and outright acceptance from enough people.
In a remotely sane world, a judge would have handed these guys a serious zomglolwtf sanction the first case they ever brought, when it is clear they are just not bad attorneys or disorganized or new (but even then, really...), but are clearly trying to game the system and extort people. Those sitting behind the bench seem to be rather free with slapping people and lawyers with contempt threats or charges over far less.
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Like if ICANN-MONITOR.ORG were, say, some group against the USG officially cutting ties with ICANN or some watchdog group?
All sorts of names may be registered and there is nothing to stop that. Even domain squatting. You can try to go through ICANN or sue over trademark or just try to buy the domain from the holder. But there isn't something that is going to stop one from registering almost any sort of name, whether used for nefarious purposes or not.
I love how recording and/or transmitting public happenings is _disorderly_. Cops. Congress. (It's more fun because almost always it is perfectly legal and no one is interfering with or disrupting anything.) But actually invasive surveillance in a plethora of forms, including those allowed by the same Congress, are totes OK.
We are definitely in a how-stupid-can-we-get contest. It doesn't matter who the challengers are because first and foremost, one must compete against oneself.
What, are the options for a response too boring if the targets purportedly hacked by purported Russians are not "critical infrastructure"? Smells more like an excuse du jour for expanding the definition for other reasons. And the Obama administration seems like it just wants to make absolutely sure that anyone paying the slightest bit of attention, and who was not already wildly disappointed with it, will be so by the time they pack their desks.
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Everybody say, "Hi Mickey!"
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At least you younger ones. :D
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Just wait for the next half-baked script kiddie to poke some other completely un-baked (in fact we haven't even bothered to mix the ingredients yet) system security.
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War on Libel?
I don't know about ring around the collar. I couldn't be arsed to contact Whisk, and they probably fudge their stats anyway. So no, this is the insidious terror from which the nation has been distracted too long! Fire up the $17bn Pretreatment And Detergent budget. Deport the dirt.
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In fact, the patent in question wasn't granted until 2014
Aw. Awwww. When a patent is granted is irrelevant. Not being patented does not stop anyone from innovation or implementation. (Or is it one of those mere suggestion "a method for" patents with no actual ... anything to it?) This is just a bad argument and contrary to what many around here would see as a reasonable view of patents. Although, for a lawyer... Not that in i would defend this foolish lawsuit in any way.
But it does show vehicle manufacturers could do more to prevent distracted driving.
Yeap, a congested evening rush hour highway in the dark of winter, thousands of cars running with hazard lights on. I can picture it now. Much less distracting.
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One of the benefits of free speech is the ability to easily identify the fsckwits.
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Re: 'Who needs honor and integrity when you've got money?!' -Prenda
The worst sorts of half-assed scammers have been emboldened by the climate of overwhelming bs from ever sector, passivity, and outright acceptance from enough people.
In a remotely sane world, a judge would have handed these guys a serious zomglolwtf sanction the first case they ever brought, when it is clear they are just not bad attorneys or disorganized or new (but even then, really...), but are clearly trying to game the system and extort people. Those sitting behind the bench seem to be rather free with slapping people and lawyers with contempt threats or charges over far less.
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Re: Re: Freedom of expression - until you don't like it
All sorts of names may be registered and there is nothing to stop that. Even domain squatting. You can try to go through ICANN or sue over trademark or just try to buy the domain from the holder. But there isn't something that is going to stop one from registering almost any sort of name, whether used for nefarious purposes or not.
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Feeding. Pigeons.
What are you, some kind of terrorist? Probably a communist, too.
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We are definitely in a how-stupid-can-we-get contest. It doesn't matter who the challengers are because first and foremost, one must compete against oneself.
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...and we'll likely have to wait until Windows 11 to see if any lessons were actually learned.
Aha. Ha. Hahahahahahahaha.
You, sir, win today's internets.
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