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Cisco locks customers out of their own routers, only lets them back in if they agree to being sp
Authored by: JamesK on Thursday, July 05 2012 @ 07:44 AM EDT
Another reason for building a firewall/router with Linux on an old computer.
That's what I use. In addition to not having to worry about this, I can build
it my way. My firewall/router includes DHCP server, caching DNS server, 6in4
IPv6 tunnel and VPN.

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Judge Posner (interview): It's not clear that we really need patents in most industries
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 05 2012 @ 09:40 AM EDT
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bu si ness/breaking/chi-judge-posner-us-patent-system-out-of-sync- 20120705,0,48148 25.story

Posner said some industries, like pharmaceuticals, had a better claim to intellectual property protection because of the enormous investment it takes to create a successful drug.

Advances in software and other industries cost much less, he said, and the companies benefit tremendously from being first in the market with gadgets -- a benefit they would still get if there were no software patents.

"It's not clear that we really need patents in most industries," he said. Also, devices like smartphones have thousands of component features, and they all receive legal protection. "You just have this proliferation of patents," Posner said. "It's a problem."


PJ said it before, software and patents need to get a divorce...

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The Gates Foundation's Leveraged Philanthropy: Corporate Profit Versus Humanity on Three Fronts
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 05 2012 @ 11:41 AM EDT

From the article:

Donor nations were shocked last month, when UNICEF disclosed that it has been forced to pay artificially elevated prices for vaccines under an arrangement called the Advance Market Commitment, which was brokered by Gates Foundation-dominated GAVI alliance, to greatly increase drug company profits.
As I said previously, the Gates Foundation is very easy to understand if one just opens one's eyes instead of accepting what the Gates Foundation PR presents:
    Investment for personal enrichment purposes masquerading as philanthropy!
Is anyone really going to try and defend the Gates Foundation by claiming that charging UNICEF more for vaccinations then they would otherwise be paying is somehow helping those in need?

And just to clarify "in need" I'm refering to the poor that UNICEF helps, not the wealthy who are "too poor to buy their own island".

RAS

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VICTORY! ACTA Suffers Final, Humiliating Defeat In European Parliament
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 05 2012 @ 04:41 PM EDT
European Parliament after ACTA voting: Picture. Should. the Parliament (Congress) listen to the People or Big Companies ?

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Apple's Siri hit with infringement lawsuit in China
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 05 2012 @ 07:04 PM EDT
Looks like patent issues exists in China as well.

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