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I'd argue that it WOULD be okay to repost sound files. Just because someone was the first to string together a set of information means that nobody else is allowed to share it?

This is one of the most inspiring videos I've had the pleasure of watching. This gives me hope for when (if) I become an old man myself. I do a lot of creative work, and if I ever lost the ability to do or experience those things. It'd just be devastating. Time goes by so quick.

I'm okay with this.

I'm sure if he was capable of upgrading his connection he would. A lot of places (even in the US) are still not equipped with high speed internet. Just a couple of years ago in Washington State I was still on dial up (albiet in a fairly rural area, but still not more than 45 minutes outside Portland, OR.).

I'm not talking about current U.S. copyright legislation.

First off, I don't agree with the concept that anyone has the right to 'own' information in the first place (especially lines of code).

It isn't 'stealing'. It's not as if they have deprived hackermonthly of their site. At worst they copied.

I'm not sure what you are saying in regards to CSS being 'open source'. My point was that between syntax and formatting standards, CSS has very little creative control (in terms of the actual writing of the code). Sure you might decide to do 4 space indents, choose one line rules vs. multiple, etc. But usually there is a best way, or most standards compliant way of structuring and styling the design.

What I'm saying is two people coding the same design could easily produce nearly identical code, with the only differences being small irrelevant differences in formatting.

Uh, so what? It's an incredibly basic design. It's not as if it's some blatant ripoff of an extravagantly designed theme.

They changed the logos and such (so it's not as if they are pretending to BE you), and made the colours their own. I'm not quite sure what you're mad about?

I would disagree with the concept of ownership of any kind of design work. Especially in the case of code considering how one-dimensional CSS is, there's really only one or two ways to build a site like this anyway.

This appears to normalize everything (make the default css consistent across all browsers) instead of removing the defaults altogether.

Ever since I found out about the amazing middle click function, I manage to stack up probably 50-60 tabs by the end of everyday. It's hard to imagine how we managed back when there were no tabs on browsers.

I could understand if it was "AppStore" in one word or something to that effect. "App Store" on the other hand is definitely a generic term.

"Application" has been shortened to app for a long time and it is very generic. And I'm not sure how much more generic you could possibly make the word "store".

Even the "noun store" combination is extremely common and basic, (e.g. computer store, grocery store).

BitTorrent the company is hardly relevant anymore. Even if BitTorrent, Inc. went under tomorrow, I highly doubt the BitTorrent protocol would die anytime soon.

I'm not sure that "killing" is the best word to use here. I would say that it is definitely making a dent. I've been using Netflix (and hulu) more and more, and torrents less and less.

Being able to instantly watch is a huge incentive for me. I also like to think that my views help the show stay on the air. Realistically, Hulu and Netflix viewcounts probably don't count much, but better than nothing right?