and gee, if we had a beowulf cluster of hotgrits and natalie portman we could slashdot trolls and first posts all the while pointing out repeated stories from 2 weeks back which would still leave time for some good old microsoft bashing and a little linux gooseschlepping. phew.
unfortunately 75% of the audience who hasn't read the books and can barely remember the last movie won't care nor even notice. most people i know that saw it because everyone else saw it were confused and bored. not enough explosions, sex, profanity, and crappy music to suit their tastes i suppose. oh well.
good point. however i can see, to a small degree, why longtime readers such as myself (have ya gotten a look at the user id numbers out there these days? sheesh! hehe) would get tired of hearing the same crap year after year. but i digress. =)
you've got a point with number 2, however i would hope that people who go ahead and patent something w/o doing an extensive search would think twice as it might end up with a very expensive lawsuit that might bankrupt the company.
consider this situation: joe bloe patents his latest "lefthanded stickshift" and decides to go out and have them manufactured. two years later, ford discovers that joebloe.com is using their lefthanded stickshift design patented under a different name back in 1948 as a "reverse shiftlever mechanism" and decides to sue the pants off joe bloe. after joe pays his lawyers fees and loses his house, he discovers dumpster diving. yum.
okay, so that is a little silly, however it isn't impossible. 'course, ianal so ymmv. =)
higher fees mean that the invention i have in my desk drawer will never see the light of day because i barely have the money to patent it as it stands now. (i am not speaking hypothetically, i really do have something i'd like to patent)
sadly, and a little humorously, this sounds like a simple case of a lack of education of their users. it's sad/funny because it is happening at a learning institution. if they throw all of their first year students (or anyone that transfers in) to a basic computer class and instruct them on simple things like updating their system and pass out a guide, i think many students wouldn't have this kind of problem...
say what you will about his music, but yeah, he definitely understands the importance of cherishing his audience. in fact, i have (amusingly enough) an mp3 of him speaking on the radio in the early 70's talking about how he really digs that his fans have been bootlegging his stuff and people are listening to his stuff more. more recently, i have another interview of him where he was talking about how he really doesn't see the harm in trading music files of his stuff...
i wouldn't say she was anti-riaa, but against some of the more bonehead things they are doing nowadays... she hasn't really advocated getting rid of them.
exactly. phish for one spent much more time touring than they did in the studio. i think it'd be safe to say they made most of their money on their tours rather than cd sales.
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done.
yep. ;)
i'd hardly call that competing though...
neato. i'm in :)
well, when you look at apple's osx design layout, qt is clearly labeled as an internal component, and not an addin.
and gee, if we had a beowulf cluster of hotgrits and natalie portman we could slashdot trolls and first posts all the while pointing out repeated stories from 2 weeks back which would still leave time for some good old microsoft bashing and a little linux gooseschlepping. phew.
BEST MOVIE EV-VER.
i think a quality os that is a pleasure for the whole family to use is worth the difference in cost and frustration.
i'll double that.
unfortunately 75% of the audience who hasn't read the books and can barely remember the last movie won't care nor even notice. most people i know that saw it because everyone else saw it were confused and bored. not enough explosions, sex, profanity, and crappy music to suit their tastes i suppose. oh well.
goals are nice, however results are better. opensource is cool when it delivers.
ascii art?
how about animated ansi!
jeeze, quit complaining and install qt6. =)
good point. however i can see, to a small degree, why longtime readers such as myself (have ya gotten a look at the user id numbers out there these days? sheesh! hehe) would get tired of hearing the same crap year after year. but i digress. =)
and yes, i know he's the chairman, however that doesn't mean he might not like the way the organization works.
would be that he found some good people to take the roll of icann instead of the current bunch of jokers...
if you're so smart, why ain't you rich?
you've got a point with number 2, however i would hope that people who go ahead and patent something w/o doing an extensive search would think twice as it might end up with a very expensive lawsuit that might bankrupt the company.
consider this situation:
joe bloe patents his latest "lefthanded stickshift" and decides to go out and have them manufactured. two years later, ford discovers that joebloe.com is using their lefthanded stickshift design patented under a different name back in 1948 as a "reverse shiftlever mechanism" and decides to sue the pants off joe bloe. after joe pays his lawyers fees and loses his house, he discovers dumpster diving. yum.
okay, so that is a little silly, however it isn't impossible. 'course, ianal so ymmv. =)
has to be reinvested in the USPTO.
in other words, everyone gets a new office chair, coffee cup and a better parking spot.
higher fees mean that the invention i have in my desk drawer will never see the light of day because i barely have the money to patent it as it stands now. (i am not speaking hypothetically, i really do have something i'd like to patent)
i can't see that it will have any effect on the opinions of joe sixpack unless it's on cnn.
sadly, and a little humorously, this sounds like a simple case of a lack of education of their users. it's sad/funny because it is happening at a learning institution. if they throw all of their first year students (or anyone that transfers in) to a basic computer class and instruct them on simple things like updating their system and pass out a guide, i think many students wouldn't have this kind of problem...
good album, but they released it in relatively low bitrate so it is awfully noisy...
say what you will about his music, but yeah, he definitely understands the importance of cherishing his audience. in fact, i have (amusingly enough) an mp3 of him speaking on the radio in the early 70's talking about how he really digs that his fans have been bootlegging his stuff and people are listening to his stuff more. more recently, i have another interview of him where he was talking about how he really doesn't see the harm in trading music files of his stuff...
i wouldn't say she was anti-riaa, but against some of the more bonehead things they are doing nowadays... she hasn't really advocated getting rid of them.
exactly. phish for one spent much more time touring than they did in the studio. i think it'd be safe to say they made most of their money on their tours rather than cd sales.