JAL CEO did something similar and took a paycut as well. Cold day in hell before any american CEO would do this. Even if one were willing, the others would kill him in the country club locker room and bury his body on the links.
Or spend time living in foreign countries. Or buy a version of a movie from another country because it is cheaper or better in some way. Or who live in countries with extremely delayed release windows. or...
I think it is predicated on your definition of "The U.S.".
I'd agree that the U.S. in terms of its population being well-off and educated and having a decent standard of living is falling apart, and likely has a generation left.. In terms of its corporate power structure and elite holding sway over the world, that part is probably doing OK.
A lot of recent studies have shown that those under 30 are deeply in debt and so aren't paying for any of their home media.
So only people aged 30+ have money and buy music, which means they're all still listening to the stuff from the 70s and 80s because new music all sucks. Ergo, copyright needs to be 30 years or more.
But when you're moving around millions or billions of dollars, opportunities for personal interest and corruption are around many corners.
I would go farther than that and say when your charity work reaches that scale, the corporate interests inevitably show up and give you the choice of taking that route, or being obstructed or eliminated (the effectiveness of your organization, not necessarily you personally) by them.
Why does he need to stop running around and be extradited for them to charge him? Surely extradition would be easier if there were charges already in place?
That's a mischaracterization. Patents that are knowingly included in a standard are typically subject to FRAND, and this is agreed to by all parties voting on the standard usually because the patented method is desirable. The standard itself is required as it benefits all to have interoperability in a given field, i.e. cellular communication. To preclude the patented method, the group would need to find an alternate to base the standard on, which is jut as likely to be patente by someone.
The idea is then that the FRAND rates are low enough that no one will object to them. Nokia's assertion here is that ASUS and Google have failed to license the patent at all.
Assuming there are to be patents at all, without standards essential patents and FRAND, standards could not effectively exist, as no one would submit their methods to standards bodies. They'd duke it out with incompatible systems until one prevailed (like beta/VHS, BD/HDDVD, etc.)
Now if you want to talk about overhauling patents as an overall concept, I'm with you. But FRAND for standards essential patents in one of the few aspects of patents that makes good sense within the current framework.
It is an invasion of privacy, but arguably no worse than the one you have already submitted to by your ISP, especially if they are your television service provider as well. They can certainly track your activity level and habits as they correspond to time of day as well.
No, it is no boost for people already using ios. The boost is the additional people it will spur to take up ios devices who might have been otehrwise satisfied with skype.
No, you have to choose between the spiffy new thin MBP, or the newly revised regular MBP that still has an ethernet port and optical drive for people like you who insist that everything they need is inside the aluminum body.
Not sure what you're talking about. The previous 13" model GPU was described as "Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory", it had no Nvidia card.
The old core 2 duo had the Nvidia 9400 thing, but the Intel 4000 stuff in the new one is pretty significantly more capable than that.
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No. But you may have mistaken his sig for an attack on the poster above.
In the same way they like unicorns and Santa Claus, yes.
JAL CEO did something similar and took a paycut as well. Cold day in hell before any american CEO would do this. Even if one were willing, the others would kill him in the country club locker room and bury his body on the links.
Or spend time living in foreign countries. Or buy a version of a movie from another country because it is cheaper or better in some way. Or who live in countries with extremely delayed release windows. or ...
Only.
I think it is predicated on your definition of "The U.S.".
I'd agree that the U.S. in terms of its population being well-off and educated and having a decent standard of living is falling apart, and likely has a generation left.. In terms of its corporate power structure and elite holding sway over the world, that part is probably doing OK.
Harrier = farrier (crafter and installer of horseshoes)?
Trying to figure out which definition of harrier you would have meant here.
A lot of recent studies have shown that those under 30 are deeply in debt and so aren't paying for any of their home media.
So only people aged 30+ have money and buy music, which means they're all still listening to the stuff from the 70s and 80s because new music all sucks. Ergo, copyright needs to be 30 years or more.
Did I get RIAA logic right?
Invest in nylon!
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Wait, what do we make nylon out of again?
So why doesn't he buy his hooks at Walmart?
No, but now we know what will happen when Buckzilla attacks and we attempt to use directed energy weapons against him.
So I can choose not to provide any funds to the state if I don't like their actions like I can with a corporation?
Corporate employees can wreak havoc with my life like the police can?
While your statement is true, it does not reach the level of equivalency.
But when you're moving around millions or billions of dollars, opportunities for personal interest and corruption are around many corners.
I would go farther than that and say when your charity work reaches that scale, the corporate interests inevitably show up and give you the choice of taking that route, or being obstructed or eliminated (the effectiveness of your organization, not necessarily you personally) by them.
Why does he need to stop running around and be extradited for them to charge him? Surely extradition would be easier if there were charges already in place?
Or perhaps the optional remote to the rumored Apple TV.
Tablets have created, and filled, an entirely new niche in computing, and done so very well, but they aren't PCs.
That "niche" is what 80% of people use their computer for 100% of the time though. So what does that do to the PC market.
Great post. I applaud your impartiality and objectivity, defending MS and showing Jobs in a positive light in the same breath.
That's a mischaracterization. Patents that are knowingly included in a standard are typically subject to FRAND, and this is agreed to by all parties voting on the standard usually because the patented method is desirable. The standard itself is required as it benefits all to have interoperability in a given field, i.e. cellular communication. To preclude the patented method, the group would need to find an alternate to base the standard on, which is jut as likely to be patente by someone.
The idea is then that the FRAND rates are low enough that no one will object to them. Nokia's assertion here is that ASUS and Google have failed to license the patent at all.
Assuming there are to be patents at all, without standards essential patents and FRAND, standards could not effectively exist, as no one would submit their methods to standards bodies. They'd duke it out with incompatible systems until one prevailed (like beta/VHS, BD/HDDVD, etc.)
Now if you want to talk about overhauling patents as an overall concept, I'm with you. But FRAND for standards essential patents in one of the few aspects of patents that makes good sense within the current framework.
It is an invasion of privacy, but arguably no worse than the one you have already submitted to by your ISP, especially if they are your television service provider as well. They can certainly track your activity level and habits as they correspond to time of day as well.
the 4G iPad supports native 4G connections in most (but admittedly not all) countries that offer them
Umm, I like apple stuff, but MOST?! Come on. From the ipad page at the Apple store:
"4G LTE is supported only on AT&T and Verizon networks in the U.S. and on Bell, Rogers, and Telus networks in Canada. See your carrier for details.".
Two countries. And the second is really just our hat.
Since this is a discussion about the buying power of wages, how much of it goes for gas versus tax is irrelevant.
No, it is no boost for people already using ios. The boost is the additional people it will spur to take up ios devices who might have been otehrwise satisfied with skype.
No, you have to choose between the spiffy new thin MBP, or the newly revised regular MBP that still has an ethernet port and optical drive for people like you who insist that everything they need is inside the aluminum body.
Humor?
Or did you want them to specify the atmospheric pressure they are rated for?
Not sure what you're talking about. The previous 13" model GPU was described as "Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory", it had no Nvidia card.
The old core 2 duo had the Nvidia 9400 thing, but the Intel 4000 stuff in the new one is pretty significantly more capable than that.
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