eRe4s3r wrote on Aug 26, 2012, 15:39:
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I still to this day do not understand what makes Iran a threat to the USA or Europe.. because last time I checked, Iran doesn't give a damn about either. They give a damn about Israel because they attacked Iran before, without provocation and illegally .. but then, when does Israel ever follow international law.
eRe4s3r wrote on Aug 26, 2012, 10:19:While pakistan is funding terrorists, and terrorists against india. Iran is directly funding at least, if not more than 5 different terrorist groups. And belligerently threatening half of the middle east, and has been for nearly 20 years. Heck, most recently, they threatened to bomb Saudi Arabia off the map.
If we sanction Iran for THAT danger why are India and Pakistan not sanctioned then? Pakistan is WAY more unstable than Iran.
... not reading a whole lot of geo political news are you? Otherwise you'd know that India is about as unstable at the borders as Pakistan, you just never hear of it in mainstream media. Or maybe you forgot the Mumbai attacks in 2008 already? Or you think they came out of thin air by magical pixel fairies of doom and huge areas of massive instability at the borders, with, you guessed it, Pakistan?
Steele Johnson wrote on Aug 25, 2012, 20:12:You are wrong about this as well... competition demands innovation.
This kind of copying stalls technology because it does not encourage innovation.
Steele Johnson wrote on Aug 25, 2012, 20:12:No, competition gives me a chance to better someone, showing myself and the world I'm the best.
Think about if it was your idea! You'd be pissed too.
eRe4s3r wrote on Aug 26, 2012, 07:44:
I had this idea that anyone stealing any idea should pay me money because I PATENTED ALL STOLEN IDEAS.. and that is what Apple has done. Apple has 0 innovative patents, its 100% bullshit, that is not just common sense but god damn rectangle tablets. They patented rectangle tablets.. that's not a idea, that is a fucking usability thing. How would you hold anything NOT rectangle.
In a Saturday post on Google+, Gutierrez describes sitting in a Starbucks, and overhearing four separate groups of people make the same conclusion about the Apple-Samsung verdict: that the two companies are effectively one and the same.
“They don’t know the details, they don’t really care, what they know is Apple is saying that Samsung is the same as Apple,” he writes. “And with one simple Google Search, you get prices that are basically half for what seems to be the same products.”
The highly publicized trial involved Apple accusing Samsung of patent infringement.
Two of the four groups that Gutierrez encountered asked him about his Samsung QX410 laptop and Galaxy phone. One husband-and-wife duo expressed shock at the former’s comparatively cheap retail price tag of $700.
The couple even considered returning their iPad after looking up Samsung’s tablet online, according to the post.
“‘Samsung’s iPad is the same as Apple’s iPad, and I paid how much for the Apple one? Honey, I told you they were a rip-off,’” the husband said.
Another man said the verdict made him “‘think twice’” about the amount he paid for his MacBook.
In an ironic twist, Samsung’s loss could be its gain, Gutierrez concludes: “Best billion dollar ad campaign Samsung ever had.”
Flatline wrote on Aug 25, 2012, 23:30:
Google's lawsuits could shut down Apple too. Leaving the industry in a weird no-man's land where nobody can produce smartphones or tablets without permission from Apple, and Google not allowing Apple to make iphones & tablets.
killer_roach wrote on Aug 25, 2012, 17:53:Mr. Tact wrote on Aug 25, 2012, 17:13:
Anyone paying close enough attention to know if Apple's patent suit is anywhere close to having merit? Or is it just normal stupid patent law that would have been thrown out before the trial started if common sense prevailed?
From what I know of patent law, most (if not all) of the patents at the core of the lawsuit should have been invalidated on the basis of prior art (then again, Judge Koh did all she could to bar evidence of this from the trial), obviousness, or triviality.
However, there's a reason why Apple filed the case where they did - Lucy Koh has a long-standing track record of delivering pro-Apple verdicts in lawsuits. I just hope Samsung, on appeal, requests the case be heard before Richard Posner in Chicago, who is likely to throw the case out and invalidate the patents in question.
As it currently stands, so long as the patents are upheld as valid, pretty much no company can make a smartphone or tablet without getting explicit permission from Apple. Scary stuff.
Dades wrote on Aug 25, 2012, 23:03:Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke called, they want their PAAD back.
You can look at most of the court documents online, I was checking out Apples declaration of patent violations earlier. It contained gems like "black and rectangular".
Mr. Tact wrote on Aug 25, 2012, 17:13:
Anyone paying close enough attention to know if Apple's patent suit is anywhere close to having merit? Or is it just normal stupid patent law that would have been thrown out before the trial started if common sense prevailed?
I'd be freakin' pissed if I worked on something for 5 years using my own hard-earned money and all that time, only for someone else (a much bigger company) to come along and blatantly rip off my design and start selling it in just a few months! I'm glad Samsung lost. This kind of copying stalls technology because it does not encourage innovation. Apple and Samsung aside, this shouldn't happen to anyone! I hope the injunction goes through! No one should be able to sell a flippin' copy of my idea!! Think about if it was your idea! You'd be pissed too.