Well, I agree that proprietary software is not preferable, but if you'd bothered to RTFA, you would have seen that RealPlayer can (apparently) play back Ogg Vorbis files.
This point of view is difficult to justify to others, as anyone who shares it already knows that material wealth isn't that big a deal (as long as you're comfortable with your current situation), and anyone who doesn't share it will immediately see you as a "weakling", a "loser", a "slacker" or someone to take advantage of.
It's rather funny seeing how much espousing your belief in the pointlessness of pursuit of material wealth can piss off those who worship money, advancement and recognition, though.
Indeed. It seems that every company has exactly the same cliques as high school - the Jocks (usually the sales team, out to all hours of the night drinking hard with clients), the Geeks (any development team or IT division), the Preppies (PR/advertising), etc.
Within these cliques there are usually furthur subdivisions, just as in high school - everybody knows who the "Alpha male/female" of their clique is, and they're generally the only ones who are permitted to associate with other cliques, as well as being the ones who get the biggest raises, best offices, and so on.
Of course, this status has little to nothing to do with who *actually* does the work, and everything to do with who gets to claim the credit for work done.
The problem was that MelbourneIT transferred the domain *without* any approval from the domain *owner*. In that case, it doesn't matter what the original registrar does...
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Sorry for the thermite reply, but suggesting the oldest ISP on the East Coast can't find their own asses with a flashlight and a map is a bit insulting.
Nice post - don't bother looking into the facts yourself, just start spouting wild speculation and slander.
If you'd actually got off your fat ass and done some research, you'd know that the domain did NOT expire, and in fact the registrar still thinks it's registered with them (when it obviously isn't).
I hope we see a retraction and apology for that smartass remark. If you'd bother to look into the situation, you'd know that the whois info most likely has nothing to do with the person/people who hijacked the domain.
It's spin, pure and simple. The reaction of the press in Japan to Nakamura's announcement seems to tend toward criticism of his lack of taste in saying that he considers a settlement of $8 million to be a loss. The Nichia CEO knows it and is trying to play up that angle.
But the income would be foreign, and earned abroad. This income is generally not taxed as income in the US.
Not true if he has permanent residency in the US.
Instead, he'll wind up paying Japanese taxes.
If that does happen, it's not so great for him, though - for a sum this large, Japanese tax rates (including the equivalent of US state taxes) on this sort of income are around 50%...
In his modesty, he also failed to mention that Nichia, far from being the money-grabbing bunch of wankers they appear to be to the casual observer, is actually one of the world's largest charitable organisations, responsible for donating millions of dollars from its billion-dollar profit to worthy causes, purely for the satisfaction making other people happy gives them.</sarcasm>
Please note that under Japanese law, there is a provision for employees to be compensated for exceptional performance (which I would hope few people would deny was true of Nakamura's discovery).
So his lawsuit was based on a legal requirement for the company to pay him fairly.
No, there was a Japanese law enacted a while back that entitled employees to "fair compensation" for discoveries that result in large profits for their employer.
Of course, like most Japanese law, it lays down no guidelines whatsoever as to the meaning of terms like "fair", which is why Nakamura got the shaft and Nichia stands to make over a billion dollars.
In actual fact, the company tried for several years to abandon the line of research that eventually lead to his breakthrough, in favour of pursuing the same methods that other researchers had completely failed to get working.
Not to mention that he also spent his own money on some of the equipment used.
On top of which the company offered him a $200 "bonus" for his patent, which is estimated to be worth $1.2 billion to the company (in profit).
Meanwhile, the CEO of Nichia held a separate press conference where he announced that real researchers do it for the joy of technical achievement, and not for mere monetary compensation. What an asshole...
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Well, I agree that proprietary software is not preferable, but if you'd bothered to RTFA, you would have seen that RealPlayer can (apparently) play back Ogg Vorbis files.
Yes indeed.
I'm trying to track down PC133 ECC Registered SDRAM for something less than an arm and a leg, but it's proving difficult.
"Everybody knew things were falling apart," recalls Larry McVoy, a programmer who played peacemaker.
That's not how I recall it - Larry was responsible for some of the biggest flamewars ever on the LKML.
Like this...
This point of view is difficult to justify to others, as anyone who shares it already knows that material wealth isn't that big a deal (as long as you're comfortable with your current situation), and anyone who doesn't share it will immediately see you as a "weakling", a "loser", a "slacker" or someone to take advantage of.
It's rather funny seeing how much espousing your belief in the pointlessness of pursuit of material wealth can piss off those who worship money, advancement and recognition, though.
Indeed. It seems that every company has exactly the same cliques as high school - the Jocks (usually the sales team, out to all hours of the night drinking hard with clients), the Geeks (any development team or IT division), the Preppies (PR/advertising), etc.
Within these cliques there are usually furthur subdivisions, just as in high school - everybody knows who the "Alpha male/female" of their clique is, and they're generally the only ones who are permitted to
associate with other cliques, as well as being the ones who get the biggest raises, best offices, and so on.
Of course, this status has little to nothing to do with who *actually* does the work, and everything to do with who gets to claim the credit for work done.
How depressing... *sigh*.
The problem was that MelbourneIT transferred the domain *without* any approval from the domain *owner*. In that case, it doesn't matter what the original registrar does...
If you're going to do that, do it right...
export A=0;while true;do lynx -dump http://www.american-redcross.org/ >/dev/null & usleep 100000;export A=$[ $A + 1 ];echo $A;done
Not that I'm suggesting anyone should run that of course, but if you do, adjust the usleep parameter according to your taste and bandwidth.
You're probably correct... googling for lovelele brings up ~70% Chinese sites, so it may indeed be a joejob.
Whois info:
Admin ID:C110581683433396
Admin Name:Elizabeth Cantrell
Admin Organization:Elizabeth Cantrell
Admin Street1:409 Pleasant Road
Admin Street2:
Admin Street3:
Admin City:Dothan
Admin State/Province:AL
Admin Postal Code:36301
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.3347939768
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:lovelele25@yahoo.com
And guess what... their registrar is MelbourneIT. Hmmm, now where have I heard that name recently?
Sorry for the thermite reply, but suggesting the oldest ISP on the East Coast can't find their own asses with a flashlight and a map is a bit insulting.
In any case, I apologise for overreacting.
Nice post - don't bother looking into the facts yourself, just start spouting wild speculation and slander.
If you'd actually got off your fat ass and done some research, you'd know that the domain did NOT expire, and in fact the registrar still thinks it's registered with them (when it obviously isn't).
now that you know the email address...spam away!
I hope we see a retraction and apology for that smartass remark. If you'd bother to look into the situation, you'd know that the whois info most likely has nothing to do with the person/people who hijacked the domain.
It's spin, pure and simple. The reaction of the press in Japan to Nakamura's announcement seems to tend toward criticism of his lack of taste in saying that he considers a settlement of $8 million to be a loss. The Nichia CEO knows it and is trying to play up that angle.
But the income would be foreign, and earned abroad. This income is generally not taxed as income in the US.
Not true if he has permanent residency in the US.
Instead, he'll wind up paying Japanese taxes.
If that does happen, it's not so great for him, though - for a sum this large, Japanese tax rates (including the equivalent of US state taxes) on this sort of income are around 50%...
That would be true, except for the fact that he now lives and works in California (specifically, at UCSB).
Precisely.
In his modesty, he also failed to mention that Nichia, far from being the money-grabbing bunch of wankers they appear to be to the casual observer, is actually one of the world's largest charitable organisations, responsible for donating millions of dollars from its billion-dollar profit to worthy causes, purely for the satisfaction making other people happy gives them.</sarcasm>
A lower court awarded him $200 million.
When Nichia appealed, the higher court capped his compensation at a maximum of 5% of that, so he really had no choice other than to settle.
Please note that under Japanese law, there is a provision for employees to be compensated for exceptional performance (which I would hope few people would deny was true of Nakamura's discovery).
So his lawsuit was based on a legal requirement for the company to pay him fairly.
No, he settled because his lawyer told him he had "less than zero" (actual quote) chance of winning any more money if he took it to the Supreme Court.
No, there was a Japanese law enacted a while back that entitled employees to "fair compensation" for discoveries that result in large profits for their employer.
Of course, like most Japanese law, it lays down no guidelines whatsoever as to the meaning of terms like "fair", which is why Nakamura got the shaft and Nichia stands to make over a billion dollars.
In actual fact, the company tried for several years to abandon the line of research that eventually lead to his breakthrough, in favour of pursuing the same methods that other researchers had completely failed to get working.
Not to mention that he also spent his own money on some of the equipment used.
On top of which the company offered him a $200 "bonus" for his patent, which is estimated to be worth $1.2 billion to the company (in profit).
Just so you know, Nakamura is absolutely livid about the reduction from $200 million to $8 million, and considers himself to have lost.
...Nakamura held a press conference (Yahoo Japan link) after the settlement was reached, where he said he considered the result to be a "total loss", described the Japanese legal system as "rotten", and urged researchers in technical fields to move to the US (he currently works at the University of California).
Meanwhile, the CEO of Nichia held a separate press conference where he announced that real researchers do it for the joy of technical achievement, and not for mere monetary compensation. What an asshole...