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Comment · 14 years ago
>>Because netflix is the biggest and may slowly become the place

The place each person watches is on their personal computers. When a user streams content or "looks" at a webpage, they are downloading it and viewing it on their personal computer. In this context, where is this place of public accommodation?

This case is like suing the sales man on the corner that you buy your newspaper from because he doesn't know sign language.

Of course this is all a rather technical interpretation of the situation, but think about it another way. Should this precedent be set, American businesses could be paying tens of thousands of dollars more than foreign business websites who need not comply with U.S. Law. The best part is closed captioning streaming video is just the tip of the iceberg. Once the ADA patent trolls get moving, we may our see(or what would have been our) tech start-ups incorporate abroad to lesson not only the direct web site costs, but the lawyer fees they will be paying once the ADA trolls think they are richer enough to be extorted.

Ammmerrricca, Fuck Yeah!

Comment · 14 years ago
But Farsi is spoken by millions of people who are not from Iran, many of whom are United States citizens.

So no, it wouldn't make any sense. None.

Comment · 14 years ago
You choose to make an argument around: since you assume I am a man, I therefore do not know and I am wrong.

Learn to form a valid argument before you open your mouth. Your comment is not even deserving of a retort.

Comment · 14 years ago
I'll say again as you appear to have missed it the first time:

"Any professional in her situation, male or female, would have spoken up if they had a problem. Period."

There are no exceptions to this rule. This is not male/female issue. If a male had written that article I would say the exact same thing.

Comment · 14 years ago
-Taxes.

-Don't try to do everything yourself at first, if you can out source it for a nominal fee, do it. Focus on your circle of competence.

-Get a written contract. Always. No matter what. Not kidding.

Comment · 14 years ago
Most people? Who are you referring? Any professional in her situation, male or female, would have spoken up if they had a problem. Period.

Those people may well have stereotyped her, but when she fails to speak up about it and sits there silently giving no indication that something is wrong, what would you expect. This isn't kindergarten. These people don't get paid to read minds. What it sounds like, is at least part of the time these people genuinely thought they were helping her, and she gave no indication yo the contrary.

She is not a professional, pure and simple. If you aren't a professional, then what are you doing at E3? What are you doing in any situation where assertiveness is expected in order to get your job done?

Comment · 14 years ago
"OK, kids, time to stop squabbling in the sandbox and go home."

I could say the same for our judicial system up until now. Slam them all day if you'd like (referring to the judge), but all the patent troll rulings up to this point has precipitated this state of affairs.

Comment · 14 years ago
The purpose of the NSA strategy is not to decrypt all collected data. Its to store all data collected and decrypt priority data.

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