Paper books don't require local bookstores. That's what my line "books as quality collector's items" was referring to - shipped books, for people who want a paper book for reasons other than just "to read".
What are you talking about? I like Rand's books, but it's not generally a good idea to go shoehorning them into every situation you come across. To paraphrase, This Is Not The Crash You're Looking For. It would be far more spectacular.
It makes sense for Borders to go out of business. I don't expect B&N to last forever, either. Books as reading material are vastly more practical to deliver digitally, and books as quality collector's items have no big rush that requires a local supplier.
Many people have their browsers set to search Google or some other engine if they type an invalid address into the address bar. Those often only work if they get a 404. It sounds like these guys are just doing what almost every annoying internet provider does and redirecting 404 errors. I don't think that deserves a class-action lawsuit, however annoying it may be.
To be clear: That wouldn't be hijacking searches. It would be redirecting 404 errors, which are not directed at any provider in particular at that point in the process.
That's a typo, not a grammar error. It's very rare for us to go so far as to correct Mike's grammar. Spelling problems and typos are obviously minor errors and easily fixed.
The main reason for correcting them is so that we don't get ignored as idiots if someone quotes or references the site. Better quality-of-writing gets you taken more seriously. Read the story about the Mechanical Turk rewrites of reviews leading to an increase in sales.
Of course, they don't want to allow recordings, because then you could prove what they did and did not say. I wish everyone would record their trips through security.
To be clear, I'm still not endorsing that this behavior should be against the law. I do not think it should. If he had done the exact same thing to another male student, this would never have gone to court. Friends and enemies play pranks like this on each other all the time. I do not think that it should be criminal just because the victim was female and was upset by it.
Also, I seriously doubt he had to reset her Facebook password. She probably used the same password for both accounts, as most people likely do.
One of the only games I've ever downloaded a cracked/illegal version of was Need For Speed: Most Wanted on PC, sort-of-long ago. After playing through it (and deleting it), I ended up buying the collector's ("Black") edition for Xbox and then the regular edition for Xbox 360. I would never have purchased add-ons for my illicit PC version. Sometimes you really will have better luck with conversions than trying to sell side-things, especially with such transient culture as video games.
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Im way smarter sinse now I can reed all the stuff people put out hear on the internet and no stuff I never even thot a bout
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Borders
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Doesn't sound like searches
To be clear: That wouldn't be hijacking searches. It would be redirecting 404 errors, which are not directed at any provider in particular at that point in the process.
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The main reason for correcting them is so that we don't get ignored as idiots if someone quotes or references the site. Better quality-of-writing gets you taken more seriously. Read the story about the Mechanical Turk rewrites of reviews leading to an increase in sales.
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Recording
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Minor typo
Also, this judge is awesome.
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And even that's only a big deal if the customers actually think they're buying the real thing.
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No reference to the song?
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091130/0445237119.shtml
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Odd first sentence
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Also, I seriously doubt he had to reset her Facebook password. She probably used the same password for both accounts, as most people likely do.
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It certainly happens
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