They should get rid of it, instead of just removing it from the menu. While there could probably be legitimate uses, it is obviously intended to block advertising. This is not right. Some content on the internet is free, but some content you must pay for. Viewing advertisements it paying with your time. If you can block out advertisements, you are no longer paying. You are essentially stealing. Obviously this isn't going to be a problem if a few people do it, but if it becomes a major feature in a lot of browsers, it's going to get pretty annoying. They'll have to find new ways to make us pay for content, and they might be less benign than banner ads.
Of course you don't fricking care who has the rights to what technology any more. You don't have the rights to any of it. The patent system is designed to allow a person to protect their ideas. If I invent a new and better widget and start selling them, my patent on my widget technology is the only thing to stop the big widget manufacturers from making copycat widgets. And since they already have the widget making machines, they can sell them for way less than I can until I go out of business.
Obviously the lawsuit in question is just 24/7 seeing an opportunity to hurt a legitimate competitor, but don't badmouth the system just because some of the people in it are jerks.
I'm having trouble seeing any irony in this. I mean, it would be ironic if a company that filed a lot of silly patents was being sued for infringement, but Doubleclick wasn't doing that, were they? Sure they were tracking people and infringing on privacy, but that's a totally different and unrelated form of evil.
What do you mean "goes the way of the DAT tape"? DATs (Digital Audio Tapes, no need to put "tape" after) are still around, still legal, and still work really well.
Uh... I think a lot of people have had this idea. Nobody's done it because the technology didn't make it useful until just recently. What exactly would your brother have "gotten in a claim" for? The concept of a barcode? Or maybe URLs?
This is not a legitimate concern. You are an idiot. Even if it were possible to print up a custom barcode for each subscriber, what's to stop them from essentially doing that now? Every URL mentioned in the magazine could require you to enter your subscription number. Some people are so stupid...
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You're sort of missing the point here. They upgrade the Color Classics because they like the form factor. The point isn't to make them as fast as a brand new machine, just to allow them to use somewhat modern applications. Upgrading an Apple IIe is cool, but then you're still not using a Color Classic. And there is some hardware hacking involved - did you read the part about adding a capacitor to increase screen width?
By the way, "$3 crack" doesn't make sense. You can't buy a "crack" (assuming you're referring to cocaine) so you really should specify quantity.
Does anybody else think it's weird that the Giant Artichokes as Fuel article talks about an Irish plan to burn cannabis as fuel? Interesting that they refer to it as a "scheme".
Cool song, but I think it says something (bad) about Slashdot and the Slashdot readership that as I write this, the Trollers' Paradise post is the highest scored post on this article. I mean, it's pretty good as trolls go, but still, I'd hope there would be a meaningful, on topic comment somewhere on this thread deserving a better rating.
You're missing the whole point here. Groupthink isn't a specific philosophy which applies in every instance - it is merely a reflection of the ideal held by the majority of members of a group. In this case, though, the majority squashes the minority. True, your post didn't reflect one of the obvious pillars of Slashdot groupthink (for instance "Linux is good" or "Corporations are bad") but it nevertheless fit in with what the majority of Slashdot readers think is a good post. The moderators did all agree with your post (you moron) they just couldn't agree on whether it deserved the highest rating or merely the second highest. When I get a turn as a moderator, I moderate fairly and try to be unbiased. And I always lose karma as a result.
Man, did you just read the total and not read what the moderation was for? Nine were positive for various things and four were negative because it was "overrated". You said something that fit in with the "groupthink" mentioned earlier, and the only debate was whether it was deserving of 4 points for near total submission to the desired thought pattern or 5 points for absolute homogeny.
Uh... I wasn't talking about pidgin dialects. I was talking about adopting one language, whether it be a pidgin dialect or a natural language or an artificial language like Esperanto.
And I think my point applies to New York pretty well, seeing as even though people from all over the world live there, most of them understand English.
Fun story, but totally irrelevant. How can you possibly predict what will happen to language as a result of technology? Never before in human history has near instant communication with anyone in the world been a practical reality. Maybe you've noticed that people put in constant communication by their geographical situation (ie. a small village) tend to adopt compatible languages. Something like this is bound to happen on a global scale since it is now no more difficult to speak to someone on the other side of the planet than someone down the street - and it's only going to get easier. I don't know if it's going to be really excellent translation devices or just a general adoption of an existing (or new) language worldwide, but something is going to happen. Personally, I hope they adopt English because it means less work for me. You can talk all you want about language in romantic terms and compare it to a Mother, father, or chum, but the fact is that language is just a tool. When the old tool doesn't work any more, you get a new one.
I think more likely he's trying to make the point that when just about everyone is doing something, it ceases to seem wrong. Not to mention that he probably couldn't sue everyone who downloaded his music (would this be like a reverse class action suit?), or even track them down, so he'd have to single out individuals which wouldn't seem fair.
Returning snail mail doesn't inconvenience them. They just throw it away. It inconveniences the postal service of whatever country you live in. It's a lousy thing to do, and you ought not to do it. On the other hand, dropping their "Business Reply Mail" envelopes in the box affects the company directly, as they're paying the return postage. The postal service gets paid, so they don't mind.
Why would they have to use it in an episode to trademark it?
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foolish people investing their entire retirement stash in internet stocks (invest-and-forget investors)
Maybe I'm missing something here, but this situation doesn't seem so bad for "invest-and-forget" investors. Sure, they lost some imaginary value, but the companies they invested in are still around, and their stock value could (and probably will) eventually climb back up. The people who are screwed are those who bought at the top and can't afford to wait five or ten years for the stocks to go back up in value before they get their money out.
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They should get rid of it, instead of just removing it from the menu. While there could probably be legitimate uses, it is obviously intended to block advertising. This is not right. Some content on the internet is free, but some content you must pay for. Viewing advertisements it paying with your time. If you can block out advertisements, you are no longer paying. You are essentially stealing. Obviously this isn't going to be a problem if a few people do it, but if it becomes a major feature in a lot of browsers, it's going to get pretty annoying. They'll have to find new ways to make us pay for content, and they might be less benign than banner ads.
Of course you don't fricking care who has the rights to what technology any more. You don't have the rights to any of it. The patent system is designed to allow a person to protect their ideas. If I invent a new and better widget and start selling them, my patent on my widget technology is the only thing to stop the big widget manufacturers from making copycat widgets. And since they already have the widget making machines, they can sell them for way less than I can until I go out of business.
Obviously the lawsuit in question is just 24/7 seeing an opportunity to hurt a legitimate competitor, but don't badmouth the system just because some of the people in it are jerks.
I'm having trouble seeing any irony in this. I mean, it would be ironic if a company that filed a lot of silly patents was being sued for infringement, but Doubleclick wasn't doing that, were they? Sure they were tracking people and infringing on privacy, but that's a totally different and unrelated form of evil.
What do you mean "goes the way of the DAT tape"? DATs (Digital Audio Tapes, no need to put "tape" after) are still around, still legal, and still work really well.
Uh... I think a lot of people have had this idea. Nobody's done it because the technology didn't make it useful until just recently. What exactly would your brother have "gotten in a claim" for? The concept of a barcode? Or maybe URLs?
This is not a legitimate concern. You are an idiot. Even if it were possible to print up a custom barcode for each subscriber, what's to stop them from essentially doing that now? Every URL mentioned in the magazine could require you to enter your subscription number. Some people are so stupid...
What sucky lyrics! Must be a lousy band.
That's not funny.
I don't know about the others, but Home Director uses X-10 modules and X-10 machine code.
May 03 00:59:34 testsys kernel: Network support sponsored by Pepsi - choice of the GNU generation.
To activate network support, enter proof of purchase number from 6 pack or 2 liter bottle:______________
Looks like the irony was lost on you. Sorry.
You're sort of missing the point here. They upgrade the Color Classics because they like the form factor. The point isn't to make them as fast as a brand new machine, just to allow them to use somewhat modern applications. Upgrading an Apple IIe is cool, but then you're still not using a Color Classic. And there is some hardware hacking involved - did you read the part about adding a capacitor to increase screen width?
By the way, "$3 crack" doesn't make sense. You can't buy a "crack" (assuming you're referring to cocaine) so you really should specify quantity.
Does anybody else think it's weird that the Giant Artichokes as Fuel article talks about an Irish plan to burn cannabis as fuel? Interesting that they refer to it as a "scheme".
Cool song, but I think it says something (bad) about Slashdot and the Slashdot readership that as I write this, the Trollers' Paradise post is the highest scored post on this article. I mean, it's pretty good as trolls go, but still, I'd hope there would be a meaningful, on topic comment somewhere on this thread deserving a better rating.
You're missing the whole point here. Groupthink isn't a specific philosophy which applies in every instance - it is merely a reflection of the ideal held by the majority of members of a group. In this case, though, the majority squashes the minority. True, your post didn't reflect one of the obvious pillars of Slashdot groupthink (for instance "Linux is good" or "Corporations are bad") but it nevertheless fit in with what the majority of Slashdot readers think is a good post. The moderators did all agree with your post (you moron) they just couldn't agree on whether it deserved the highest rating or merely the second highest. When I get a turn as a moderator, I moderate fairly and try to be unbiased. And I always lose karma as a result.
Man, did you just read the total and not read what the moderation was for? Nine were positive for various things and four were negative because it was "overrated". You said something that fit in with the "groupthink" mentioned earlier, and the only debate was whether it was deserving of 4 points for near total submission to the desired thought pattern or 5 points for absolute homogeny.
You'd have to know every European language to carry on a conversation. Why not just pick one?
Uh... I wasn't talking about pidgin dialects. I was talking about adopting one language, whether it be a pidgin dialect or a natural language or an artificial language like Esperanto.
And I think my point applies to New York pretty well, seeing as even though people from all over the world live there, most of them understand English.
Fun story, but totally irrelevant. How can you possibly predict what will happen to language as a result of technology? Never before in human history has near instant communication with anyone in the world been a practical reality. Maybe you've noticed that people put in constant communication by their geographical situation (ie. a small village) tend to adopt compatible languages. Something like this is bound to happen on a global scale since it is now no more difficult to speak to someone on the other side of the planet than someone down the street - and it's only going to get easier. I don't know if it's going to be really excellent translation devices or just a general adoption of an existing (or new) language worldwide, but something is going to happen. Personally, I hope they adopt English because it means less work for me. You can talk all you want about language in romantic terms and compare it to a Mother, father, or chum, but the fact is that language is just a tool. When the old tool doesn't work any more, you get a new one.
VB does cheesy database UI better than anyone out there.
What about Hypercard?
I think more likely he's trying to make the point that when just about everyone is doing something, it ceases to seem wrong. Not to mention that he probably couldn't sue everyone who downloaded his music (would this be like a reverse class action suit?), or even track them down, so he'd have to single out individuals which wouldn't seem fair.
Returning snail mail doesn't inconvenience them. They just throw it away. It inconveniences the postal service of whatever country you live in. It's a lousy thing to do, and you ought not to do it. On the other hand, dropping their "Business Reply Mail" envelopes in the box affects the company directly, as they're paying the return postage. The postal service gets paid, so they don't mind.
I guess Troops could be considered fan fic, and that's damn cool.
I thought troops was a parody - a totally different animal, legally.
Why would they have to use it in an episode to trademark it?
foolish people investing their entire retirement stash in internet stocks (invest-and-forget investors)
Maybe I'm missing something here, but this situation doesn't seem so bad for "invest-and-forget" investors. Sure, they lost some imaginary value, but the companies they invested in are still around, and their stock value could (and probably will) eventually climb back up. The people who are screwed are those who bought at the top and can't afford to wait five or ten years for the stocks to go back up in value before they get their money out.