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+1 : It is interesting to see a view like that although I don't agree with it. I don't see alot of people who think deeply about issues like this these days. Quote:
Heck if it goes through touchscreen smartphones will be monopolised by Steve Jobs. And there goes the free market and chances of technological innovation. Quote:
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2010-03-04, 16:45 | Link #6382 | |
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Your idea of ideologically similar, would have ripped the united states of america into three distinct nations by now, if the rhetoric used by the tea party is to be believed. And if it were true that ideologically disimilar would be splintered, than for the most part the world would be filled with countries dedicated either to their town/village or the family level, because if you just look at the diveristy in china, there are 55 smaller sub groups within the chinese population that are distinctly unique to those regions, yet they all live under the chinese government whether it was during the feudal period or modernization via communism and puppet government established after the withdrawal of the super powers post opium wars. |
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2010-03-04, 18:37 | Link #6383 | ||
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Not *new* news.... but the weight of the evidence is pretty solid at this point. This is the sort of disaster that is nearly impossible to conceptualize (most people can barely conceptualize a local disaster).
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2010-03-04, 18:54 | Link #6384 | |
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As for "xerox," there's a feature of trademark law that reduces the trademark owner's ability to protect the mark if it becomes a generic term. Kimberly-Clark lost control of "kleenex" for this reason, I believe, and Xerox Corp. has been concerned about losing its trademark for decades. I remember advertising in the 1980's telling people not to use "xerox" instead of "photocopy."
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2010-03-04, 22:30 | Link #6387 | |
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Just before touchscreens, TiVo won over the patent war over DVRs... Like touchscreens, TiVo shouldn't be allowed to keep this patent since it become too general. This ruling might impact all Dish DVRs and disabling them, giving other competitors a competitive advantage.
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2010-03-04, 23:53 | Link #6388 | |
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Unless you want to take into account the bits of China the Tibetan Empire occasionally conquered, Tibet and China become more or less linked only in the XIIIth century when both were conquered by the Mongol Empire, afterward those relations were much more flimsy: changing from tributary, rebellion, and de facto independance troughout the Ming and Qing. As for Taiwan, Europeans had administrations there before Koxinga kicked them out to establish a kingdom for himself, the Qing annexed it only in the XVIIth century before losing it to the Japanese two centuries later, and it was almost a century after that that the ROC reclaimed it. And if we start using past tributary relations as jurisprudence, what about Japan and Vietnam or even most of Eurasia if we were to take the Mongol Empire as a reference... power games and claims of sovereignty are one thing, not inherently bad in my regard, but going all the way to the First Emperor and "All United Under The Sky" is more than a stretch in this case (on the other hand, Xinjian...). I don't know where you are coming from to use the Alpine border between Switzerland and France as a comparison, but it cannot even be used as a similar case, because it has nothing to do with the Church powers, and the cultural differences there are almost non existent. These borders are mostly if not uniquely the result of the political history of Europe, as on one side communities congealed within or were conquered by the Swiss Confederacy, and on the other side those culturally close communities were transferred to France only in the second half of the XIXth century, from the House of Savoy (which held them for more than 5 centuries) in compensation for the assistance in conquering and unifying Italy. It's even a little more complicated, as some parts of Switzerland belonged to the Savoys, and borders moved quite a lot until the Congress of Vienna following the Napoleonic Wars. Sorry if I get touchy here, but being fond of History, especially European and East Asian History, I cannot stand it when I see incorrect facts used in and argument.
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2010-03-05, 00:13 | Link #6389 | |
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2010-03-05, 01:15 | Link #6393 | |
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2010-03-05, 10:09 | Link #6395 | |
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After the recent Earthquakes and subsequent Tsunamis, the Sea is decidedly quite angry these days:
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2010-03-05, 13:44 | Link #6399 |
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Its almost a 100% correlation that extreme homophobes are closeting their own tendencies on the matter. Same goes for "pedo-witchhunters" -- they see horrors that most normal people realize aren't there.
And yeah... the Democrats have a long long historical tradition of graft, political machines, and tax cheating. Womanizing as well. What it boils down to is that no matter what the party -- many politicians are borderline or full-blown sociopaths. A great many leaders in history show all the symptoms of sociopathic behavior. The majority of us who don't actually want to be in charge and just want to get along with everyone just make it easy for the cwazy-people-in-big-hats. (1) failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest (2) deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure (3) impulsivity or failure to plan ahead (4) irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults (5) reckless disregard for safety of self or others (6) consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations (7) lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another
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2010-03-05, 17:40 | Link #6400 | |
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Indian toddler Gurshan Singh death mystery in Melbourne deepens
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