



I. Context When Considering Apple v. Samsung 




Apple D'889 patent




II. Evidence Points to Clear Copying




--Samsung design manager


iPhone -- easily copied
(emphasis on text added, text enlarged)



"[The iPhone is] just plain cool" 
--Samsung market research




i7500 too iPhone like
(emphasis on text added, text enlarged)


Samsung iPhone copying


--Samsung market research


Among the comments shared:
  • Galaxy S looks very similar to iPhone.

--Google to Apple



III. From Imitation to Originality




"Goal of next year -- BEAT APPLE"
--Samsung, Sept. 2011






Dude you're a barista!


IV. Is Copying a Crime?




Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1






Source: The Verge

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RE: Essay
By Mk4ever on 7/27/2012 10:34:11 PM , Rating: -1
Thank you for clearing up how the comments system works! I had no idea!

Ok seriously now, it is clear why I got rated 5 for this comment:

But can you explain why I got a 5 here:
or here:
or here?
What value did these comments add? Why did I get a zero in this comment (was rated 4 initially, then the next day went down to zero):
or this?
didn't they add value to the discussion?

Comments are supposed to be rated like you explained, but it isn't done this way. As far as I remember, only funny comments were given 6+; no really valuable comment ever got that deserved +6, if I remember correctly. Comments are evaluated according to users's beliefs. Want to check that statement? Check any debate between religion and atheism, and refresh the debate every few minutes, to see all the comments supporting religion going up, and contradictory comments going down. Refresh again later, and see the ratings go in the other direction.

I've been here long enough to know how things go. I was here when this site was a part of I was here when Kristopher Kubicki used to write news (If you are reading this, Kristopher, I really miss your articles and the quality of news before). Things weren't that way back then.

With all seriousness, and I am sorry to say it, Jason Mick was, and still is, in my opinion, the worst writer in dailytech's history. I am not the only one to think so, there are others who think so too. A few readers declared they'll find other tech news sites if the quality doesn't return to where it was, and were true to their word. Go read some of his older articles, to know how many negative comments there were about his articles. I'm glad he has improved a lot, and I mean A LOT. His articles used to contain all sorts of silly grammar and spelling mistakes (do you realize how painful this is for me, finding mistakes everywhere, considering that I work in quality assurance and control? and yet I kept my mouth shut, hoping he'll improve, which he did), and sometimes unverified sources or even occasionally wrong information misunderstood from the source.

It's not like I don't complement good writing when I see it. Here:
That was when the site was at its worst point. They got a new news writer, and her articles were and still are excellent till today.

Is my first post related to the article? of course it is. Read it carefully, and you'll find that it is precise and accurate. Writing so many words is a characteristic of a school paper/research, a documentary, or maybe an encyclopedia. But who does that for news? even if you are writing news where some history is necessary, it should be brief. This is not something he is willing to work on, like typos and grammar mistakes; his first articles were reasonable in regards to length. This is something he is doing intentionally, while probably thinking the more the merrier!

As for the second post, it makes sense to get a -1. But see, the thing is, I have a mild case of OCD, so I kept refreshing the page to see how things go with my post. At some point, in less than a minute, the rating changed from 2 to -1. Thinking about it, the only person that can give +6 is the editor. Could it be possible that the editor have the privilege to give a -1? Is it possible that the editor is the one who gave me -1? It is possible. That is why I wrote the second post. I wanted to check my hypothesis. Unfortunately I forgot that replying to a -1 comment automatically grants new comments a 1.

To sum up, I didn't mean to be negative, I really wanted him to look into his style of writing. Also, I don't think you have a good idea of how the comments system is actually (not ideally) being used/abused.

How about this comment for being insightful? Give it time, and let's see how it will be rated, shall we?

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Dear Mk4ever

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Thanks, i really needed the E-Peen story.

