What do you want them to replace it with? hundreds of.conf files scattered randomly about the filesystem, with no standard format? That will be much easier for the user than a centralized, standardized configuration system.
Why should you be able to enjoy the fruits of my labor and sweat of my inventive brow without paying me a reasonable license fee?
Why would you expect to get anything from me when we never met, I never saw your invention, I used my own materials, my own "labor and sweat", to create something for my own person use? I could understand if I tried to then sell my stool to others, but barring personal use just blows my mind.
I'd get the cost of one stool out of you.
I'd at least hope to have the cost of the physical materials I used taken in to account.
If your stool were made of solid gold and cost $100000, and i made mine out of wood that cost me $5, i would expect that I not have to pay $100000.
For example, if I patent a stool, and you improve it by adding a back, you've just innovated. And if someone else improves yours by adding arms, they just innovated. And because you and I both published, they can leapfrog on our innovations. This is how the patent system is supposed to work.
As a person who is handy carving things out of wood who might happen to one day create a sitting device for my own person use that is identical to your stool, would I be expected to have to pay you, even if i had never seen your stool?
I don't see how, as an individual, I would not be allowed to make for my own use anything i am physically capable of making with my own materials and tools.
The patent doesnt stop some other company from building and using a device exactly like this internally for thier own use. It only stops them from taking the idea and selling a product based on it.
I know exactly how you feel. One of the moments of my life when I really felt the glory was a fairly simple thing. I wrote a program to help with the visual layout of the menu system for an Ultima Online emulator. Once day While randomly googling I ran across a plugin that i had never heard about that someone had written for my program to make it work with a different emulator. Just the fact that someone choose to use my program, liked it enough to use it, and then decided it was worth while enhacning with a plugin made me feel fantastic. This is just one of the reasons I love programming.
They announced the RTM of the the English version only. The EU version was supposed to be a different version that doesn't fall under "English". You can see this pattern if you look at MSDN, thier special EU editions are marked with (EU), just like the other language editions.
Bypassing the crappiness of this article - all of these systems are run by computers. Assuming a hacker could bypass security, could install software that interfaced with the weapons software then the hacker would not need CO, XO, or the weapons officer...the hack would (presumably) bypass these needs similar to hacks which bypass the need to use a password to activate software.
Except the need for the CO / XO is implemented in the form of a physical key, that actually closes the electrical circuit, something that can't be bypassed with software.
"There is an alternative choice that does the right thing technically (single data set, multiple renderings for different use cases and GPS devices), is free to use, and based on open standards. I can extract the dataset for any area I'm planning to visit, and render my own Garmin compatible maps, highlighting whatever I want. If the dataset is incomplete or buggy, I can fix it. IMHO, this is better than any of the proprietary Garmin options."
Ooo, please share. This sounds like something I could use.
No thanks, I'll stick with my Garmin please. I've used the GPS on my phone, and it takes over 5 minutes to get a lock. My 60CSx can get a lock in under 30 seconds, from INSIDE my house. It's batteries last all day too! My phone loses GPS signal under heavy cloud cover (or at least it seems like it), and it sucks the battery down like crazy. After using the phone's gps for an hour the battery is comepletely drained. Ohh yeah, the handheld GPS has magnetic compas and altimiter that can be used when standing still. Plus it's more rugged, water proof, and it floats, I feel much safer about taking my GPS into the woods, over rocks and streams, kayaking and boating than I do with my phone.
"Our studies show that globally, volcanoes on land and under the sea release a total of about 200 million tonnes of CO2 annually...the global fossil fuel CO2 emissions for 2003 tipped the scales at 26.8 billion tonnes."
If you are playing on the same physical console you do not have to be logged in. If you do something like switch consoles, or upgrade to say, the Elite Version of the xbox, the downloaded content will not play on that xbox unless the account that purchased it is logged in and signed in to live.
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Registry items can already be locked down by ACLs, and the physical structure is already split in to machine and user specific files.
It would be nice if the ACLs were configured sensably by default though.
What do you want them to replace it with? hundreds of .conf files scattered randomly about the filesystem, with no standard format? That will be much easier for the user than a centralized, standardized configuration system.
Why would you expect to get anything from me when we never met, I never saw your invention, I used my own materials, my own "labor and sweat", to create something for my own person use? I could understand if I tried to then sell my stool to others, but barring personal use just blows my mind.
I'd at least hope to have the cost of the physical materials I used taken in to account.
If your stool were made of solid gold and cost $100000, and i made mine out of wood that cost me $5, i would expect that I not have to pay $100000.
wow, i really messed up my reply there.
I'm honestly interested in how this whole process would work.
I recomend Polywell. I've gotten great hardware, and fantastic support from them over the last 2 years.
apparently I was wrong about this. I will now commit rutual seppuku to prevent the savage flaming i am no doubt abount to receive.
Hmm, seems you are right...
our patent system is really screwed up, isnt it?
The patent doesnt stop some other company from building and using a device exactly like this internally for thier own use. It only stops them from taking the idea and selling a product based on it.
I beleive you missed the virus he just sent you. :)
I thought we were running out of coal and oil. Won't the problem sort of solve it's self once that happens?
Wikipedia has some great pictures of the different layers of undersea cables.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable
I know exactly how you feel. One of the moments of my life when I really felt the glory was a fairly simple thing. I wrote a program to help with the visual layout of the menu system for an Ultima Online emulator. Once day While randomly googling I ran across a plugin that i had never heard about that someone had written for my program to make it work with a different emulator. Just the fact that someone choose to use my program, liked it enough to use it, and then decided it was worth while enhacning with a plugin made me feel fantastic. This is just one of the reasons I love programming.
It doesnt matter who's fault it was. The end result was that more people got hurt WITH the feature than without.
it can't be the first time for a mammal. It specifically mentions past experaments with rats.
I've rented 4 apparetments in 3 states in the past 8 years. Every one specifically allowed "Pizza box" sized satalite receivers in the lease.
They announced the RTM of the the English version only. The EU version was supposed to be a different version that doesn't fall under "English". You can see this pattern if you look at MSDN, thier special EU editions are marked with (EU), just like the other language editions.
Except the need for the CO / XO is implemented in the form of a physical key, that actually closes the electrical circuit, something that can't be bypassed with software.
Ooo, please share. This sounds like something I could use.
No thanks, I'll stick with my Garmin please. I've used the GPS on my phone, and it takes over 5 minutes to get a lock. My 60CSx can get a lock in under 30 seconds, from INSIDE my house. It's batteries last all day too! My phone loses GPS signal under heavy cloud cover (or at least it seems like it), and it sucks the battery down like crazy. After using the phone's gps for an hour the battery is comepletely drained. Ohh yeah, the handheld GPS has magnetic compas and altimiter that can be used when standing still. Plus it's more rugged, water proof, and it floats, I feel much safer about taking my GPS into the woods, over rocks and streams, kayaking and boating than I do with my phone.
Keyword there is "Decided". He knew that if he took the work it would be protected information, yet he decided to do it any way.
As opposed the volcanoes in other places?
Damn you! I had to go and look that up. What has been seen can never be unseen.
and a lot of dead people, don't forgot about all teh dead people your plan would create.
If you are playing on the same physical console you do not have to be logged in. If you do something like switch consoles, or upgrade to say, the Elite Version of the xbox, the downloaded content will not play on that xbox unless the account that purchased it is logged in and signed in to live.