Savings, taxes, and money spent overseas come out in the form of leakage, reducing the amount of money in the system for everyone. Offshoring provided a way to leverage existing developer teams, he said. Nobody is going to pay attention the ad subject, it'll all be focussed on the inevitable "Jim is gay" hacked messages. The winner, they say, will be broadband and hard drive. They would ask female volunteers to give a saliva sample and have their picture taken. You can't get in trouble for downloading it because the copyright holder is the one offering the file. Patents are never in the interest of the general public. Big businesses are just as protectionist as everyone else. We use it to show the customer what their display is capable of . This is just like that. "And to that tailgating prick behind you:"Back off, fuckface! If I copy someone's design, he still has it and can still utilize it. homeawardscontribute storyolder articlesOSTGadvertiseaboutterms of serviceprivacyfaqrss The patent machine is a nice little money maker for Uncle Sam and the patent lawyers. Or a husband and wife who both own minis, but are driving in one car? Offshoring IT means new people will never get into the industry at all. But porn is different. It's no longer fashionable to look out for your own interests. I just see no point in anyone ever having to contribute to this. When I'm not, looking pretty is much less of a hassle. It drove all those poor naval architects nearly bankrupt. If their software doesn't know to account for two different DST rules, then two of those years will be comparing the wrong hour of the day. They earned those patents. We aim for maximum political impact; this means our interface is identical to Wikipedia and usable by non-technical people. At other companies, that ain't gonna happen. It would be a sign of good will to past and hopefully future customers, and it just plain looks bad for unofficial sources to be offering patches for Windows. So, not exactly rocket science here. I'd have thought they'd have a hard time arguing that they didn't intend the content be distributed in the case that they place it readily available on a file sharing site. Investment, government purchases, and exports inject money into the system, making more money available for everyone in the economy. : "Wikileaks has developed a prototype which has been successful in testing, but there are still many demands required before we have the scale required for a full public deployment. Much like you wouldn't be able to "hold" an idea and get license fees as a patent troll.