This fucking shit

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/09/us-busts-google-apple-intel-over-secret-employee-poaching-pact.ars

We have a god damned blown up economy caused in no small part because of rampant fraud and violations of at least the spirit of the law, crony capitalism up the fuckin' yin yang...and these mother fuckers want to bother actual producers of products and real services with this bullshit?

How about go after the damn money handling leeches that were pressing the accelerator after Greedspan steered us toward the ditch.

God damn. We're fucked. Our generation is fucked.

9/24/2010 9:24:25 PM

What is wrong with them going after companies that are in collusion to keep wages down? Please tell me you are joking.

[Edited on September 24, 2010 at 9:49 PM. Reason : .]

9/24/2010 9:48:12 PM

They weren't colluding to keep wages down.

9/24/2010 9:52:05 PM

Clearly that was part of it if there was no poaching of employees. And seriously, the DoJ doesn't just do one thing at a time. This is more important than the EU bitching about Microsoft packing WMP with Windows.

9/24/2010 9:56:54 PM

yeah... violating the "spirit of the law" is not a crime if you didn't violate the actual letter of the law

9/24/2010 10:05:46 PM

your argument doesnt make sense. If this is keeping the DOJ from doing more important things and you can prove it then i support your statement.

Also your argument that they are making money and so should be left alone is exactly how financial institutions were allowed to get away with murder, cause any attempt to regulate them more was met with threats that it will ruin the economy.

9/24/2010 10:06:31 PM

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"yeah... violating the "spirit of the law" is not a crime if you didn't violate the actual letter of the law"

Well god damn, are you the offspring of Captain Obvious and Mrs No Shit?

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"If this is keeping the DOJ from doing more important things and you can prove it then i support your statement"

I can prove the DoJ hasn't done shit to prosecute a god damn single fraud related to the housing market (well, at least not a single high profile one). Nothing. They didn't even sniff around.

9/24/2010 10:13:48 PM

Quote :

"Well god damn, are you the offspring of Captain Obvious and Mrs No Shit?"

well, you are the one saying the DOJ should be investigating these guys for violating the spirit of the law

9/24/2010 10:48:11 PM