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FreeBSD 10 will be using Clang instead of GCC
Authored by: tiger99 on Tuesday, May 15 2012 @ 01:30 PM EDT
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Very bad, because whether the compiler is better than GCC or not, it us under a BSD-like license, which is why they are making the change. Clearly they are still intent on being unpaid developers for the likes of M$ and Apple....

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How Chief Justice John Roberts orchestrated the Citizens United decision
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 15 2012 @ 02:09 PM EDT
It was once liberals who were associated with using the courts to overturn the work of the democratically elected branches of government, but the current Court has matched contempt for Congress with a disdain for many of the Court’s own precedents.

When the Court announced its final ruling on Citizens United, on January 21, 2010, the vote was five to four and the majority opinion was written by Anthony Kennedy. Above all, though, the result represented a triumph for Chief Justice Roberts. Even without writing the opinion, Roberts, more than anyone, shaped what the Court did.

As American politics assumes its new form in the post-Citizens United era, the credit or the blame goes mostly to him.

Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker

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If dual citizens - like Michele Bachmann - can vote, contribute and run for office: why can't foreign companies donate?
Is not that the natural progression of Citizens United?

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Nokia tests new all time low...
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 15 2012 @ 05:41 PM EDT
$2.88 - only 88 cents away from the pink sheets.
Someone explained to me last time I posted when Nokia set $3.01 as the
new low that that was only because the markets in general were reacting
to worries in Europe. Even so, Nokia is vulnerable to delisting.

Gringo
Sent from my Android phone.

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Psystar Over and Out..
Authored by: Zarkov on Tuesday, May 15 2012 @ 07:33 PM EDT
Computerworld reports that the US Supreme Court has refused certiorari on Psystar's appeal... Psystar Appeal Denied

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Storage Wars and the Credit Practices Rule
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 16 2012 @ 04:05 AM EDT
The law of every state apparently gives the storage unit operator a lien against any property stored in the unit and allows the storage unit operator to auction off this property to recover unpaid bills. These laws are a great deal for the storage unit operator but not such a great deal for the customer. The auctions often must include items of little value to the storage unit operator but of great sentimental value or replacement value to the customer.

There is already a regulation that is supposed to police these sorts of situations, and as a federal regulation, it would control over any contrary state law. Specifically, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) created a rule that bans the taking of a nonpossessory, non-purchase money security interest in household goods.

[...]

The FTC adopted the regulation in 1984 to put an end to predatory lending practices where consumer lenders would routinely repossess household items of little value just to put pressure on the consumer to repay. The regulation now falls under the jurisdiction of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Still, the application of the existing rule to storage unit liens is far from a slam dunk.

Bob Lawless, Credit Slips

Robert Lawless, professor of law and co-director of the Illinois Program on Law, Behavior and Social Science, specializes in bankruptcy, consumer credit, and business law.

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Nokia Reverses Course, Quietly Begins Selling N9 in United States
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 16 2012 @ 08:20 AM EDT
Nokia Reverses Course, Quietly Begins Selling N9 in United States


I s Nokia admitting failure with WP7 by relaunching Meego devices and refocusing on Symbian?

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Off Topic
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 16 2012 @ 11:59 AM EDT
>"So everybody gets to do more briefs, due by 9 PM tonight. Still think
you want to be a lawyer?"

Why not? I'm a computer programmer, I'll still be up hacking code at 2AM the
next morning!

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