People who say it's only $10 per year obviously don't run web businesses of any significant size. It is $10 per year for one domain, but in practice most companies will have dozens is not hundreds of domains registered to prevent counter typo-squatting and to protect domains that we may use in the future.
When designing a new product or service one of the first questions is "What domains might you want?" and then you need to grab them now. And I mean NOW before an employee or dumpster diver grabs them (it can be really hard to track down who bought the domain, even if it is the guy working in the next cubical).
Besides, it is the general principle. Yes, people in business do have principles. They especially have principles if they are the ones being ripped off.
I have long maintained that the label's real concern is loss of control, not the money that is lost. The major labels have managed to snuff out the minor labels and effectively control the industry. Once they got control they have perpetuated formula bands and contracts that favor the label over the artist (it has always been that way, but the current contracts pretty much reduce the "artist" to a minor contract employee).
The Internet is a huge threat because it is hard to control. The labels did manage to get rid of a lot of the small music streaming sites, leaving them with a smaller number of larger players. But P2P and torrents are largely uncontrollable and represent the major threat.
If you are using PowerPoint with your tablet then I suggest that you leave lots of blank space on each slide. This leaves you room to use the tablet to draw live illustrations on the slides.
It sounds like you have blown your tech budget for a while, but I suggest a document camera as your next acquisition. It has a lot of potential uses, but one of my favorites is to give in-class problems and then collect up the papers. You can put them on the doc camera and go through several of them with the class. You can do demos on the projector and illustrate calculator use.
Most of all, don't let the neo-Ludites discourage you from trying new methods. Remember that there was a lot of controversy about putting blackboards in classrooms at one time. There was even opposition to putting textbooks in the hands of students.
I wonder how much of the decision has to do with some practical issues with Vista "features." If they are hooking up equipment like timers and cameras, then the current state of Vista drivers could be a huge issue.
I am definitely not a Microsoft basher, but anyone who views the situation objectively can see that there are issues of media content on Vista. A lot of Olympic workers probably move around media files. Have you ever tried to move around media files in Vista? It takes forever because of the DRM. And if they want to play their video out to a live video feed they may have to degrade its quality unless they are doing output that is certified as having proper DRM. In my opinion MS's biggest mistake in Vista was treating the recording industry as their best buddies and treating their customers as the enemy. They have managed to make Vista useless for media production or management.
The burden is SUPPOSED to be on the applicant to determine prior art. However, applicants often ignore prior art of don't look very hard to find it. USPO examiners don't have time to do much research themselves.
What we need is a serious penalty for any applicant that ignores prior art in the application. If someone files a patent ignoring prior art then potential competitors should be able to sue under the Sherman Antitrust Act for trying to restrain trade. Anyone who tries to enforce a patent that is bogus should have a counter suit filed under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
"I had no choice but to break down and launch my dusty copy of IE on my laptop."
At least in the long term you did have another choice. Move to a different company. The old saying is "Vote with your feet." Perhaps this should now be "Vote with your click."
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People who say it's only $10 per year obviously don't run web businesses of any significant size. It is $10 per year for one domain, but in practice most companies will have dozens is not hundreds of domains registered to prevent counter typo-squatting and to protect domains that we may use in the future. When designing a new product or service one of the first questions is "What domains might you want?" and then you need to grab them now. And I mean NOW before an employee or dumpster diver grabs them (it can be really hard to track down who bought the domain, even if it is the guy working in the next cubical). Besides, it is the general principle. Yes, people in business do have principles. They especially have principles if they are the ones being ripped off.
I have long maintained that the label's real concern is loss of control, not the money that is lost. The major labels have managed to snuff out the minor labels and effectively control the industry. Once they got control they have perpetuated formula bands and contracts that favor the label over the artist (it has always been that way, but the current contracts pretty much reduce the "artist" to a minor contract employee). The Internet is a huge threat because it is hard to control. The labels did manage to get rid of a lot of the small music streaming sites, leaving them with a smaller number of larger players. But P2P and torrents are largely uncontrollable and represent the major threat.
Mac is not technology. It is a religion.
If you are using PowerPoint with your tablet then I suggest that you leave lots of blank space on each slide. This leaves you room to use the tablet to draw live illustrations on the slides. It sounds like you have blown your tech budget for a while, but I suggest a document camera as your next acquisition. It has a lot of potential uses, but one of my favorites is to give in-class problems and then collect up the papers. You can put them on the doc camera and go through several of them with the class. You can do demos on the projector and illustrate calculator use. Most of all, don't let the neo-Ludites discourage you from trying new methods. Remember that there was a lot of controversy about putting blackboards in classrooms at one time. There was even opposition to putting textbooks in the hands of students.
I wonder how much of the decision has to do with some practical issues with Vista "features." If they are hooking up equipment like timers and cameras, then the current state of Vista drivers could be a huge issue. I am definitely not a Microsoft basher, but anyone who views the situation objectively can see that there are issues of media content on Vista. A lot of Olympic workers probably move around media files. Have you ever tried to move around media files in Vista? It takes forever because of the DRM. And if they want to play their video out to a live video feed they may have to degrade its quality unless they are doing output that is certified as having proper DRM. In my opinion MS's biggest mistake in Vista was treating the recording industry as their best buddies and treating their customers as the enemy. They have managed to make Vista useless for media production or management.
The burden is SUPPOSED to be on the applicant to determine prior art. However, applicants often ignore prior art of don't look very hard to find it. USPO examiners don't have time to do much research themselves. What we need is a serious penalty for any applicant that ignores prior art in the application. If someone files a patent ignoring prior art then potential competitors should be able to sue under the Sherman Antitrust Act for trying to restrain trade. Anyone who tries to enforce a patent that is bogus should have a counter suit filed under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
"I had no choice but to break down and launch my dusty copy of IE on my laptop." At least in the long term you did have another choice. Move to a different company. The old saying is "Vote with your feet." Perhaps this should now be "Vote with your click."
You're right. This is all hype. It reads like it was written by the PR department of a paint maker.