I would take that a step further. Any company private or public which holds a government contract should report their labor figures. If you are essentially being funded by my money, I should know how that is being used, if I so choose.
Technically HTC is Taiwanese, which although it is near China, it is NOT China. The Taiwanese are not known to be causing the same issues that the Chinese are.
From what I can gather regarding General Code, they have copyright on the code that assembled the laws. The article stated that if someone were to copy the laws to word, it would be ok. They don't have a copyright on the laws, just the code to the program they are gathered under.
I was in a similar position with an EDMS with a city. We had the copyright to the EDMS system, not the documents stored in it. We did not have to give free access to the EDMS, but if someone requested content from it, it was up to the city workers to export data from the system.
On the satellite question, why are satellites a distant second? Well, the answer is right there, distance. Geostationary satellites orbit at 35,000 KM above the earth. So, if you wanted to send a signal from california to the satellite and have the satellite send it to Japan (assuming one satellite positioned perfectly could hit both locations) you'd at a MINIMUM have to travel 70,000 KM. that is 7 times the distance that a signal travels on the undersea line. I think it is pretty self explanatory from there.
Actually, what you are proposing is more appropriately a patent. Which, assuming the current culture of the USPTO, is pretty much a 50/50 shot that you could get it. scary huh.
If you really believe that, I have some land in Alaska for sale, don't worry, Palin is a really nice neighbor
Google may run around with that motto stapled to their chest, but you are delusional if you believe they are not actively working in Washington to get their way. Is it right/wrong? I will abstain from judging and just state that this is the way the system currently works. Google is very concerned with Microsoft, you don't run a successful company without knowing every step your competition is making, burying your head in the sand is not a successful business strategy. They are both out there, both "watchdogging" each other, and that might actually be good, neither company should run rampant, both need to be kept in check.
As a software developer, I of course feel that I deserve to be compensated for my work, why shouldn't I? If what I do brings value to others, and they are willing to pay for my services, why should I bow to a fruitcakes belief that I should give away my hard work for free?
Of course, if they were to truly point out where Microsoft might be in the wrong, I could support that. But to bash companies because they *horror* sell their products for profit, it's just pathetic.
Come on please. Learn a new OS? Win7 takes no time to "learn", it's flat out easy to use, and anything that takes a minute to adjust to will save you hours down the road. Vista was crap, just terrible. I'd like to see these "studies" you mention, because for example: http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/01/03/windows-7-beta-1-vs-windows-vista-vs-windows-xp seems to disagree with your posturing.
But, you do end it by flying the colors of your flag, yes, you are a mac fan, you are blind to all the changes since OS9. Apple tinkers more than anyone, sorry but your strawman is burning.
You say that, but did you look at the numbers on that page? The OpenOffice recommendation has more than 100,000 upvotes. Why would 100,000 people who don't care show up on Dell's webpage to click on that arrow?
Before your misinformation gets too far, a little clarification, Dell's IdeaStorm increments by 10 for each vote, meaning it has received 10,000 upvotes, not 100,000.
That's actually a pretty good example. We wouldn't necessarily want to 1) have our home videos exposed to the web and 2) have to deal with the latency of a connection, or other technological limitations.
As I do some audio creation on my computer (mostly bad music for fun, i admit), I can see no reason why a cloud style OS would improve my experience.
(the thought of now more windows makes me giddy though)
Not that the anti windows sentiment is a suprise, but giddy? Seriously, I wonder if _insert diety_ is ever up there wondering why he/she/whatever went through the trouble of creating multiple genders when just having made an OS that wasn't windows was apparently enough to make some people happy.
Can we please tone down the anti-capitalist rhetoric on slashdot? Every time there's a patent article on slashdot, the summary and comments all just ooze with thinly-veiled contempt for our free market system.
I'm sorry that you guys don't like it, but it's OK for people to want to make money off their ideas. Wanting to make lots of money is at the core of our system. You aren't going to change that.
I fully endorse our free market system, but, what BB has done is simply absurd. I previously maintained an online learning management system which at the time was in danger of being sued by BB for simply being a tool to manage distance learning. BB got away with the equivalent of Amazon selling books online. Getting a patent on selling a type of item over the internet would be absurd. Having a patent for something as generic as online learning is ridiculous.
Remember, Verizon Proper and Verizon Wireless are somewhat separate entities. It could be that Verizon Wireless threw a tantrum about mobile devices using the network, that means less money for their Mobile Broadband. Someone at Verizon somewhere is responsible for this "douchery". Its nothing to get surprised about, its pretty much business as normal at our lovely TelCo's.
you've got to be doing something wrong.
I'm not a vista hater, nor a lover, it does what it does, and the 64 bit that came with my newer desktop runs acceptably. I regularly connect to multiple machines through my home network, I connect to another Vista machine (32bit), an XP machine, a Win98 VM (web testing environment), a Win 2k3 server, an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop and 8.10 server. I have never once had vista corrupt a file, and I move things around A LOT.
As the other poster said, Chrome has incognito, IE released private browsing with v.8 and firefox did the same with 3.5. The browsers today are doing what they can, but when sites require specific tracking to function, the browser is limited in what it can do.
Also, the thinly veiled jab at IE was appropriate for/. yet factually untrue,
That is great to hear. Can we get EA, Activision/Blizzard, etc... on board with this?
Yes, I did use this current game as an example, but clearly it's more of an industry problem than a Stardock problem. Again, it doesn't make piracy right, but the game/entertainment industry is protected by law from regular consumer rules. To use the vacuum cleaner argument again, if I don't think it sucks the cat hair out of my carpet well enough, or it falls apart in the first hour of use, I'm entitled to a refund. If I buy a game for my xbox and features don't work, or its just plain awful, unless the company is extremely benevolent (which is the extreme minority), I'm SOL.
I don't pirate games, but I might buy more if I had the option of 1. better chance to try it before I buy it, or 2. chance to return it if its just awful.
Unfortunately its not as cut and dry as you'd like to think it is. The fact is that multiplayer is broken, something you paid for is not functioning as intended. The problem is, you have no recourse to return said broken item.
If I were to go to target and buy a vacuum cleaner and found that an attachment was broken when I got it home, I could go back to Target and return the defective item. Games offer no such resolution. I can't take demigod back to Target and demand a refund because the multiplayer is broken, i have to suck it up and use "what works"
Pirating games may not be right, BUT when I buy something that doesn't do what it says on the box, I expect to have rights as a consumer. The game industry is screwed up because once you buy it, no matter how terrible it is, you are stuck with it.
I'd mod you down if I could.
How is missing the entire point informative at all?
The parent was stating that of the people that use a search engine(not how MANY), other engines users rate the engine just about as good as google's users rate it.
btw, stating a site is suspicious, and then linking to it yourself as proof is probably not an effective argument.
On point, this lends some thought to the idea that users may not be using google because its "the best", but because of other factors, ease of use, convenience, its "the thing". This could stand to reason that its not impossible for another browser to take over if it positions itself right.
Now, thats pretty rational, since Sony's initial industries, audio/video hardware was strong and still is to the most part.
Its when they grew too big for their own heads that they got sloppy and disgusting. Anything they make other than AV stuff is pure garbage. We buy Sony earbuds because they are top notch, sometimes the best. Their phones, oh lord how they suck. And if these hardware/software amalgamies of suck wasnt bad enough, taking hardware right out leaves them with SOE and Sony Music, two of the most idiotic concepts in the entertainment industry./rant
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I would take that a step further. Any company private or public which holds a government contract should report their labor figures. If you are essentially being funded by my money, I should know how that is being used, if I so choose.
Technically HTC is Taiwanese, which although it is near China, it is NOT China. The Taiwanese are not known to be causing the same issues that the Chinese are.
From what I can gather regarding General Code, they have copyright on the code that assembled the laws. The article stated that if someone were to copy the laws to word, it would be ok. They don't have a copyright on the laws, just the code to the program they are gathered under.
I was in a similar position with an EDMS with a city. We had the copyright to the EDMS system, not the documents stored in it. We did not have to give free access to the EDMS, but if someone requested content from it, it was up to the city workers to export data from the system.
On the satellite question, why are satellites a distant second? Well, the answer is right there, distance. Geostationary satellites orbit at 35,000 KM above the earth. So, if you wanted to send a signal from california to the satellite and have the satellite send it to Japan (assuming one satellite positioned perfectly could hit both locations) you'd at a MINIMUM have to travel 70,000 KM. that is 7 times the distance that a signal travels on the undersea line. I think it is pretty self explanatory from there.
great point, but seriously, this guy clearly has to be Mr. Right, it's pretty insensitive of you to deflate his ego like that.
Actually, what you are proposing is more appropriately a patent. Which, assuming the current culture of the USPTO, is pretty much a 50/50 shot that you could get it. scary huh.
So its still more open than the iPod. For the record, every time I grab an iPod I feel like I'm prying it from Steve Jobs cold dead hands.
hehe, Stallman, that you?
aw crap, wrong place to post that...
If you really believe that, I have some land in Alaska for sale, don't worry, Palin is a really nice neighbor
Google may run around with that motto stapled to their chest, but you are delusional if you believe they are not actively working in Washington to get their way. Is it right/wrong? I will abstain from judging and just state that this is the way the system currently works. Google is very concerned with Microsoft, you don't run a successful company without knowing every step your competition is making, burying your head in the sand is not a successful business strategy. They are both out there, both "watchdogging" each other, and that might actually be good, neither company should run rampant, both need to be kept in check.
Which part is truth, and which is FUD?
As a software developer, I of course feel that I deserve to be compensated for my work, why shouldn't I? If what I do brings value to others, and they are willing to pay for my services, why should I bow to a fruitcakes belief that I should give away my hard work for free?
Of course, if they were to truly point out where Microsoft might be in the wrong, I could support that. But to bash companies because they *horror* sell their products for profit, it's just pathetic.
Stallman can bite my shiny metal ass.
Come on please. Learn a new OS? Win7 takes no time to "learn", it's flat out easy to use, and anything that takes a minute to adjust to will save you hours down the road. Vista was crap, just terrible. I'd like to see these "studies" you mention, because for example: http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/01/03/windows-7-beta-1-vs-windows-vista-vs-windows-xp seems to disagree with your posturing. But, you do end it by flying the colors of your flag, yes, you are a mac fan, you are blind to all the changes since OS9. Apple tinkers more than anyone, sorry but your strawman is burning.
You say that, but did you look at the numbers on that page? The OpenOffice recommendation has more than 100,000 upvotes. Why would 100,000 people who don't care show up on Dell's webpage to click on that arrow?
Before your misinformation gets too far, a little clarification, Dell's IdeaStorm increments by 10 for each vote, meaning it has received 10,000 upvotes, not 100,000.
That's actually a pretty good example. We wouldn't necessarily want to 1) have our home videos exposed to the web and 2) have to deal with the latency of a connection, or other technological limitations. As I do some audio creation on my computer (mostly bad music for fun, i admit), I can see no reason why a cloud style OS would improve my experience.
(the thought of now more windows makes me giddy though)
Not that the anti windows sentiment is a suprise, but giddy? Seriously, I wonder if _insert diety_ is ever up there wondering why he/she/whatever went through the trouble of creating multiple genders when just having made an OS that wasn't windows was apparently enough to make some people happy.
Can we please tone down the anti-capitalist rhetoric on slashdot? Every time there's a patent article on slashdot, the summary and comments all just ooze with thinly-veiled contempt for our free market system.
I'm sorry that you guys don't like it, but it's OK for people to want to make money off their ideas. Wanting to make lots of money is at the core of our system. You aren't going to change that.
I fully endorse our free market system, but, what BB has done is simply absurd. I previously maintained an online learning management system which at the time was in danger of being sued by BB for simply being a tool to manage distance learning. BB got away with the equivalent of Amazon selling books online. Getting a patent on selling a type of item over the internet would be absurd. Having a patent for something as generic as online learning is ridiculous.
Remember, Verizon Proper and Verizon Wireless are somewhat separate entities. It could be that Verizon Wireless threw a tantrum about mobile devices using the network, that means less money for their Mobile Broadband. Someone at Verizon somewhere is responsible for this "douchery". Its nothing to get surprised about, its pretty much business as normal at our lovely TelCo's.
you've got to be doing something wrong. I'm not a vista hater, nor a lover, it does what it does, and the 64 bit that came with my newer desktop runs acceptably. I regularly connect to multiple machines through my home network, I connect to another Vista machine (32bit), an XP machine, a Win98 VM (web testing environment), a Win 2k3 server, an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop and 8.10 server. I have never once had vista corrupt a file, and I move things around A LOT.
As the other poster said, Chrome has incognito, IE released private browsing with v.8 and firefox did the same with 3.5. The browsers today are doing what they can, but when sites require specific tracking to function, the browser is limited in what it can do. Also, the thinly veiled jab at IE was appropriate for /. yet factually untrue,
Howard? got a new nick? Seriously though, where did you get these numbers, other than sheer Wii hate, what proof do you have.
Mike Judge is seeming more and more like a visionary than a comedic writer right about now.
I'm sorry, I can't find your version of /. Maybe we're on a different internet, can you give me the address of yours?
That is great to hear. Can we get EA, Activision/Blizzard, etc... on board with this?
Yes, I did use this current game as an example, but clearly it's more of an industry problem than a Stardock problem. Again, it doesn't make piracy right, but the game/entertainment industry is protected by law from regular consumer rules. To use the vacuum cleaner argument again, if I don't think it sucks the cat hair out of my carpet well enough, or it falls apart in the first hour of use, I'm entitled to a refund. If I buy a game for my xbox and features don't work, or its just plain awful, unless the company is extremely benevolent (which is the extreme minority), I'm SOL.
I don't pirate games, but I might buy more if I had the option of 1. better chance to try it before I buy it, or 2. chance to return it if its just awful.
If I were to go to target and buy a vacuum cleaner and found that an attachment was broken when I got it home, I could go back to Target and return the defective item. Games offer no such resolution. I can't take demigod back to Target and demand a refund because the multiplayer is broken, i have to suck it up and use "what works"
Pirating games may not be right, BUT when I buy something that doesn't do what it says on the box, I expect to have rights as a consumer. The game industry is screwed up because once you buy it, no matter how terrible it is, you are stuck with it.
I'd mod you down if I could. How is missing the entire point informative at all? The parent was stating that of the people that use a search engine(not how MANY), other engines users rate the engine just about as good as google's users rate it. btw, stating a site is suspicious, and then linking to it yourself as proof is probably not an effective argument. On point, this lends some thought to the idea that users may not be using google because its "the best", but because of other factors, ease of use, convenience, its "the thing". This could stand to reason that its not impossible for another browser to take over if it positions itself right.
Now, thats pretty rational, since Sony's initial industries, audio/video hardware was strong and still is to the most part. Its when they grew too big for their own heads that they got sloppy and disgusting. Anything they make other than AV stuff is pure garbage. We buy Sony earbuds because they are top notch, sometimes the best. Their phones, oh lord how they suck. And if these hardware/software amalgamies of suck wasnt bad enough, taking hardware right out leaves them with SOE and Sony Music, two of the most idiotic concepts in the entertainment industry. /rant