The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government
It seems to me that the courts have the authority (per above) to fix the gerrymandering issue. Fix that, and a lot of the other problems will resolve themselves.
Short of the courts fixing it, I am not optimistic.
"Contract" is one of those educationese words that don't mean the same thing as in the real world. (Another favorite of mine is "rubric".)
In educationese, "contract" means "pledge", sort of. It'something you're pressured to agree to in exchange for nothing, with no stated penalties for breach (but horrible implied ones having to do with your immortal soul).
I'm thinking that I don't want my children, and all the other children in the world, to grow up enslaved by "the greatest weapon for oppression in the history of man".
All I care to know is that a man is a human being--that is enough for me; he can't be any worse. --Mark Twain
They are human; nothing more and nothing less. Don't blame them for being human, blame the politicians who set up the insane incentives that make them want to this.
Aren't there supposed to be some kind of penalties imposed by a court for filing meritless lawsuits obviously intended to simply harass the defendant, without making any valid claims of harm?
I'll be the odd man out and disagree with Mike (and most of you).
None of the toothpicks in the photo have those exact size grooves in that exact position.
It LOOKS different. Which is the criterion for a design patent.
All the design patent does is let the holder prevent other people from making toothpicks that LOOK EXACTLY like those.
They can't prevent people making toothpicks with:
* 1 groove * 3 or more grooves * 2 grooves that are not equally wide * 2 grooves equally wide but in a different position * 2 grooves equally wide but in the same position, but with both ends pointy
Etc.
To my mind this is exactly like a trademark, and is fine.
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Re: Re: Geez.
Because I'd be terrified that if they had to pay, they might stop.
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Geez.
When Google sends users to my companies site - for free - I'm happy about it.
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Say: "to amicus curiae briefs (friend of the court briefs) which are briefs from parties not actually engaged in lawsuits".
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
I wonder what is wrong with a plain old massive overdose of morphine? That's not hard to get. What does your wife say?
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Re: WHAT “Enormous Explosion”?
"Old bang-bang" does involve explosions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion)
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The courts are the best hope
It seems to me that the courts have the authority (per above) to fix the gerrymandering issue. Fix that, and a lot of the other problems will resolve themselves.
Short of the courts fixing it, I am not optimistic.
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Re: What type of moron puts the type of idiots who don't understand A&B in charge of teaching monkeys, let alone children.
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Re:
But you can punish attempted suicide. With the death penalty.
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Re: Contract
"Contract" is one of those educationese words that don't mean the same thing as in the real world. (Another favorite of mine is "rubric".)
In educationese, "contract" means "pledge", sort of. It'something you're pressured to agree to in exchange for nothing, with no stated penalties for breach (but horrible implied ones having to do with your immortal soul).
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This is a shot across the bow of Apple & Google
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Re: "think of the children"
I'm thinking that I don't want my children, and all the other children in the world, to grow up enslaved by "the greatest weapon for oppression in the history of man".
(quote from Ed Snowden's first email to Laura Portias; see http://www.wired.com/2014/10/snowdens-first-emails-to-poitras/)
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Re: patent minefield
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Re: It takes a special kind of scum...
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Re: Re: Re: Pick two.
...for those rounded up.
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Legal sanctions?
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Re: Talk is likewise the bane of private life
My in-laws don't speak English, nor I their language.
We get along great!
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Re: Pick two.
You mean I get get Liberty and Security at the same time, if only I give up Equality?
Please do explain!
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This is OK
None of the toothpicks in the photo have those exact size grooves in that exact position.
It LOOKS different. Which is the criterion for a design patent.
All the design patent does is let the holder prevent other people from making toothpicks that LOOK EXACTLY like those.
They can't prevent people making toothpicks with:
* 1 groove
* 3 or more grooves
* 2 grooves that are not equally wide
* 2 grooves equally wide but in a different position
* 2 grooves equally wide but in the same position, but with both ends pointy
Etc.
To my mind this is exactly like a trademark, and is fine.
We have bigger fish to fry.
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Re: Half the companies don't want Google to steer traffic their way, and half of them do.
Step 1 - Government forces Google to send traffic to them.
Step 2 - Government forces Google to pay for the 'privilege' of sending the traffic.
Step 3 - Profit!!
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Re: I'd think that the FBI would WANT this
It's them against us, you know.
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