They claim to have cleaned up some code that prevented gcc optimizations from being used. If they check it in, builds with the standard toolchain can be improved as well.
Even the name sounds like White IT, another recent attempt to indroduce blacklists in Europe. Last time it was child porn, now it's the terrorists. This gets old fast.
When Dresden was bombed in 1945, the war was pretty much over. Largely destroying the city was hardly relevant to winning the war against Germany. It's more than plausible that the air raid was mostly a demonstration aimed at Stalin, who was provided with a nice photo book of the results.
The interview leaves a bad aftertaste for me. It looks like the school experiment is a publicity stunt of a company producing genetically modified soy beans.
Your last idea is too easy to game. The companies would just "sell" the patents to shell companies, but would receive a share of everything earned through litigation. Apparently IP Ventures is already doing this and set up between 1600 and 1800 such companies.
The implementation remains copyrighted even if the interface (API) is not covered by copyrigtht. And I'm not even certain if the Linux kernel does have an API.
No worries, Firefox won't have a Twitter button. What you see in the mockup are a number of App tabs. You can simply right-click a tab and tell the browser to keep it there. The tab title gets reduced to the icon. This is a generic mechanism and not specific to any webpage or service. The mechanism already exists in the current versions of Firefox.
The protocol only gets hidden for http / https and the rest of the features are all there.
If you complain without bothering to check the facts, you do, indeed, sound like a cranky old man.
We only need to combine this with another initiative to make patent infringement a crime. Then finally people will realize the value of patents and the US will become a leader in innovation again.
What if it's not about raking in a few more nickels in the short term? The means to record, edit and and publish both music and video of good quality are now available to mere hobbyists. If the publishers can no longer control the outlets, their importance will dwindle. At least over in Germany, we're already seeing movies that were crowd-sourced or created by hobbyists on the big screens of movie theaters.
The patent was filed March 19, 2009 and only describes the basic steps to display avatars in a MMO setting. WoW was released in 2004 and it certainly hasn't been the first (3D) MMO. The abuse seems so obvious that I don't think a trial would last long. And AFAIK the loser now has to pay the costs of the proceedings.
Any savings will not be with the initial purchase. Maintenance, however, may be cheaper. A properly sandboxed platform that is always up to date and stores all user data on servers may be attractive to libraries, schools and even large companies.
The personal computer was introduced when network infrastructure was typically limited to single buildings. We can now have a fast connection pretty much anywhere, even with mobile devices. Because of that, thin clients / terminals may have become a viable option again.
I just tested the new Google Play apps. Here's what I found:
Google Play Books: This item cannot be installed in your device's coutry Google Play Music: This item cannot be installed in your device's coutry Google Play Movies: This item cannot be installed in your device's coutry
That's utterly horrible, but I do undestand where it comes from. I've had cars put their headlamps on high beam when they approached me on my bicycle. This does blind you completely, even if you do have a good headlight yourself. Being suddenly blinded while riding a bicycle on high speed is mortally dangerous - even more dangerous than being blinded in a car.
The idea is probably not revenge, but to teach car drivers that they're endangering the bicyclists. It's still a horrible idea, but drivers need to be educated about this in a better way.
And if after the reporting on slashdot and other sites, a lot of first-time users had a look at the page, their browser history would be dramatically different than that of regular users.
The idea of an unpressurized space suit is not entirely new. The Space activity suit has been developed in the late 1960s and was able to prove the concept. I'm glad it's on the table again. I've seen videos showing someone wearing an SAS running on a treadmill in a big vacuum chamber. However, I can't find it on the net.
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They claim to have cleaned up some code that prevented gcc optimizations from being used. If they check it in, builds with the standard toolchain can be improved as well.
Even the name sounds like White IT, another recent attempt to indroduce blacklists in Europe. Last time it was child porn, now it's the terrorists. This gets old fast.
When Dresden was bombed in 1945, the war was pretty much over. Largely destroying the city was hardly relevant to winning the war against Germany. It's more than plausible that the air raid was mostly a demonstration aimed at Stalin, who was provided with a nice photo book of the results.
The interview leaves a bad aftertaste for me. It looks like the school experiment is a publicity stunt of a company producing genetically modified soy beans.
Yep. Other sources suggested that this is the relevant patent.
Did I get the title right?
Your last idea is too easy to game. The companies would just "sell" the patents to shell companies, but would receive a share of everything earned through litigation. Apparently IP Ventures is already doing this and set up between 1600 and 1800 such companies.
Source: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/when-patents-attack
The implementation remains copyrighted even if the interface (API) is not covered by copyrigtht.
And I'm not even certain if the Linux kernel does have an API.
No worries, Firefox won't have a Twitter button. What you see in the mockup are a number of App tabs. You can simply right-click a tab and tell the browser to keep it there. The tab title gets reduced to the icon. This is a generic mechanism and not specific to any webpage or service. The mechanism already exists in the current versions of Firefox.
The protocol only gets hidden for http / https and the rest of the features are all there.
If you complain without bothering to check the facts, you do, indeed, sound like a cranky old man.
The Wright brothers did spend most of their lives fighting a patent war.
We only need to combine this with another initiative to make patent infringement a crime. Then finally people will realize the value of patents and the US will become a leader in innovation again.
What if it's not about raking in a few more nickels in the short term? The means to record, edit and and publish both music and video of good quality are now available to mere hobbyists. If the publishers can no longer control the outlets, their importance will dwindle. At least over in Germany, we're already seeing movies that were crowd-sourced or created by hobbyists on the big screens of movie theaters.
The patent was filed March 19, 2009 and only describes the basic steps to display avatars in a MMO setting. WoW was released in 2004 and it certainly hasn't been the first (3D) MMO. The abuse seems so obvious that I don't think a trial would last long. And AFAIK the loser now has to pay the costs of the proceedings.
Any savings will not be with the initial purchase. Maintenance, however, may be cheaper. A properly sandboxed platform that is always up to date and stores all user data on servers may be attractive to libraries, schools and even large companies.
The personal computer was introduced when network infrastructure was typically limited to single buildings. We can now have a fast connection pretty much anywhere, even with mobile devices. Because of that, thin clients / terminals may have become a viable option again.
...they'd damned well make sure it only listens to me. (Or else I *will* troll everyone wearing one of these.)
"Browse goatse" will be the new battle cry.
Only available to people in the U.S. and Canada.
Nuff said.
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The article states that the pimp had already been under house arrest and was conducting all of his business over the phone.
Sounds like an opportunity for a 3rd party 3D API or a simple gaming engine that takes care of these issues.
I just tested the new Google Play apps. Here's what I found:
Google Play Books: This item cannot be installed in your device's coutry
Google Play Music: This item cannot be installed in your device's coutry
Google Play Movies: This item cannot be installed in your device's coutry
(German user)
That's utterly horrible, but I do undestand where it comes from. I've had cars put their headlamps on high beam when they approached me on my bicycle. This does blind you completely, even if you do have a good headlight yourself. Being suddenly blinded while riding a bicycle on high speed is mortally dangerous - even more dangerous than being blinded in a car.
The idea is probably not revenge, but to teach car drivers that they're endangering the bicyclists. It's still a horrible idea, but drivers need to be educated about this in a better way.
And if after the reporting on slashdot and other sites, a lot of first-time users had a look at the page, their browser history would be dramatically different than that of regular users.
I found a relevant video. If you want to see the suit in action, jump to the 4:00 mark.
The idea of an unpressurized space suit is not entirely new. The Space activity suit has been developed in the late 1960s and was able to prove the concept. I'm glad it's on the table again. I've seen videos showing someone wearing an SAS running on a treadmill in a big vacuum chamber. However, I can't find it on the net.