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Reddit only exists because of Digg 4.0. Let them find out the hard way.


Recipes, that is, lists of ingredients and preparation instructions, are specifically uncopyrightable. Perhaps that’s why they used it as an example.


This is evil. I love it.

I once pranked my boss by renaming the internal DOS command “dir” to “duh” on his PC. I loved watching him type in “dir” and getting “Bad Command or Filename”.


Likely selling the whole kit. Dude is 75. Anything he gets will be a life sentence.


It lost the bite that bit the hands that feed IT. The Buzzard is bummed.


Some folks apparently need to familarise themselves with El Reg's slogan.


Since Kurtz was the CTO of McAfee when they did the same back in 2010, we now have two points in time. Those two points define what I propose we call the Kurtz Line.


Seconded.-

  PS. Only wishing *no other points* further define it. 
  This last occurrence should be the last. An ... endpoint? 
  Pun intended. Seriously.-

  PSS. The "Killer Klutz Kurtz" line would also work.-


Embrace, extend, extinguish. IBM invented vendor lock-in. Microsoft perfected it.


No. The remedy Congress has is impeachment, not “change the Constitution”. Even if Congress could easily change the Constitution (they can’t), it would not apply to actions taken previous to the change.


Whether laws can be applied retroactively is decided by the constitution :)

But yes, what I meant is that the supreme court has the power to interpret the law and uphold the constitution, but it is on the legislation to draft precise laws.


Don’t hit me with those negative waves so early in the morning!


He’s just waiting for a refresh.


Or he didn't get refreshed in time. I knew this joke would be here.


Let's make a minute of silence for... Oh.. what are we making a minute of silence for?


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