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It would be a mistake to overlook what nashp is writing.

5 days ago on Fountain of youth: with Tumblr, can Yahoo buy a new generation of users? 1 reply 12 recommends

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Do you want advertisers to not be able to anonymously target more specific ads to you? Or do you want cheap/free content?

8 days ago on Mozilla delays blocking advertisers' cookies in Firefox 2 replies 1 recommend

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What “firearm” tax are you speaking of? If you are merely speaking of sales tax this argument seems beyond laughable.

14 days ago on 3D-printed gun files pulled offline at State Department's request

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Well, not “untraceable”. Forensic analysis can confirm bullet to gun. But it’s like fingerprints in that you need to already have the gun (or original fingerprint) at your disposal.

14 days ago on 3D-printed gun files pulled offline at State Department's request

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Well, I suppose it’s time for the state department to learn that the internet doesn’t have a delete button.

16 days ago on 3D-printed gun files pulled offline at State Department's request 2 replies 23 recommends

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It’s not April 1st.

16 days ago on Amazon building smartphone with a 3D screen, says WSJ 3 recommends

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Pretty sure this will simply be used by pirates to profit on their wares. (and in any case, what BitTorrent the company does is comletely immaterial to how people use BitTorrent the protocol)

18 days ago on BitTorrent goes legit with new ‘gated’ file format 3 replies 15 recommends

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Fortunately there is plenty off-the-shelf software that does this for you.

19 days ago on Senate passes nationwide online sales tax bill 3 replies 4 recommends

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IP douchebags rear their selfish and aholish little heads again.

23 days ago on Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat creators sue 'Scribblenauts' studio for using their memes 1 reply 4 recommends

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Businesses exist to make money. That’s why they’re for-profit and have responsibilities to their shareholders to maximize it. If you agree they are the most profitable company then it is dubious to also claim that their success is merely a matter of opinion.

30 days ago on Amazon earnings: revenues continue to grow, but profits prove elusive

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Blu-Ray is “more popular” than HD-DVD in the same sense that MP3s are more popular than betamax.

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