* Posts by HunterofSnarks

6 publicly visible posts • joined 17 Jun 2015

Caltech to Apple, Broadcom: You know that $1.1bn you owe for ripping off Wi-Fi patents? Double it, hotshots

HunterofSnarks

Re: Apple? Broadcom? Being jerks? Inconceivable!

Nature's engineers (the dams and all that)

Awarding the Beaver of the Week for the football (real football, not American) team was the highlight (and sum total) of my journalistic career.

-- Beaver emeritus

Lyft, Uber drivers boost app surge prices by turning off, tuning out – and cashing in

HunterofSnarks

Given that lyft/Uber take a percentage of the fare regardless, increased surge pricing means more revenue to booking parasites. Don't expect them to be in a hurry to stop it.

In hilariously petulant move, Apple shuts Texas stores and reopens them few miles down the road – for patent reasons

HunterofSnarks

Re: Perhaps an empty gesture

Actually, the current Senate leadership has ended that tradition, and the local Senators no longer have hold power. But for most judges currently in office, that was true.

Meet the woman with a supernatural affinity for stiff lovers

HunterofSnarks

Clearly anything by the Grateful Dead -- she seems to think they are grateful, anyway.

Chap fails to quash 'shared password' 'hacking' conviction

HunterofSnarks

The right decision here, but some caution required as the CFAA is still ripe for abuse. For example, have you ever copied contact information from Linked-In? You have technically violated the CFAA (at least if you are unfortunate enough to be in the US) because the LI terms of service say you cannot copy their data.. See

https://www.aclu.org/cases/sandvig-v-lynch-challenge-cfaa-prohibition-uncovering-racial-discrimination-online

Foxconn's going to 'exploit' Indian labour? SCORE! Bye, poverty

HunterofSnarks

Regarding services and trade agreements: Hidden under TPP, which is getting all the media attention, is TISA. This seeks to do for services what the 'free trade" agreements have done to manufacturing. There may be some shadenfreude to be had watching the overpriced legal suits squirm as lower cost sharks come swimming in.