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longtimeyisland68 karma

There's no guarantee he's still alive. Unless something has changed since the end of Series 3. There's a computer image of him, he hasn't actually shown up.

longtimeyisland62 karma

Yeah, but then again your cost of living is considerably higher. I mean I've got friends in Oz from debate and when they come to America they stock pile on jeans. "Woah, you can get jeans for twenty dollars? We pay eighty? Video games for 30? WTF is this? Crickey mate." I added the last part. For authenticity.

longtimeyisland3 karma

Moriarty was a huge defeat for Sherlock, driving him into exile, humiliating him, etc. What better way to strike fear into the heart of your enemy then by invoking the last man to so thoroughly and publicly defeat him?

Also: Ratings and build interest.

longtimeyisland1 karma

Two questions:

1: How does your company determine the "most useful references". I assume that in the world of crowdsourcing some people have to submit redundant information, how do you then determine who gets rewarded? Do both people? Further, how do you sort through the information. I assume you aren't getting piles and piles of briefs, but how many FTEs are needed to verify and validate information?

2) You claim that you help defend companies from patent trolls, which is clearly a good thing, but how do you differentiate between a patent troll and an individual who had a legitimate idea and is now being pressed out by a wealthier company.

Your company checks the validity of a pre-existing patent this kind of crowdsourcing has the potential to be abused to invalidate patents to favor a corporation over an individual. I mean we all know Apple's 'rounded corners' probably wouldn't withstand a validity search if Apple didn't have billions of dollars.

How do you, if you do that is, differentiate between patent trolls and legitimate patent holders that stand in the way of a business and a profit?

longtimeyisland1 karma

I know its not Chinese. However, it is a staple of most American Chinese food.