Re:I like it, but I also have questions and doubts
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Except for the fact that the heavy lift component has higher tonnage. And that all this technology is directly derivative of the Shuttle Technology. (SSME = Space Shuttle Main Engine) (SRB = Solid Rocket Booster). Basically, they took the good stuff from the Shuttle (the rockets) and dumped the bad parts (the Shuttle).
You can't have your cake and eat it, too. If OSS wants to play with the big boys at Redmond, they cannot dismiss any criticism as "it's just a hobby!" How seriously can anyone take software that's just a hobby?
Hasn't Bush supplied us with many reasons to bitch over? He said Iraq had WMDs, that Saddam Hussein was a clear and immediate threat to the United States, and that we had to take action now. He led the US into a preemptive invasion of Iraq. He made a mistake and now we are liberating Iraq. Imagine if he had decided to preemptively nuke Iraq...
I patent printing with a cartridge of my design, not the process of making that cartridge. You refill that cartridge and use it according to my patented device and process. You are directly infringing my patent. The exception is if you are repairing the device through normal wear and tear, but I said it's only one-use. Since you bought, you implicitly agreed.
Of course, unlike RIAA, they won't sue end-users. They'll sue makers of refill kits that indirectly infringe by enabling it.
According to the GAIM webpage, GAIM received the second most applications for Summer of Code, first place being Google itself. Market driven, it seems like, and not a plan by Google.
I saw the system on the local news, since I live in New York City. The system automatically, and in real time, tracks individuals by putting a box around each person as they move. The system can detect changes from normal, such as a stationary object that was not there previously. This could help prevent terrorism. Or if someone got mugged, and then fell on the floor. Lots of uses, actually.
Privacy concerns should be minimal. If you are doing something private on the subway sytem, you should be arrested.
"most of the people developing Linux probably sit at night writing up malicious code for windows!"
Actually, most of the people developing Windows probably sit at night writing up malicious code for Windows! Or is Internet Explorer a very successful third-party trojan?
I had some rattling with my case, and tightening screws didn't completely address the problem. I caulked the surfaces that were the culprit (nearly everything) and that did the trick. Of course, everytime I open the computer case I have to cut the caulk open and make sure to vaccuum out chunks before turning on the computer. However, I rarely open the computer and I vaccuum it anyway after such a long time (~1 year) for the dust bunnies, so I don't think it's such a big tradeoff.
Re:Still a single point of failure
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That and when a RAID controller breaks, you can replace it with another one with down time but no data loss. When a hard drive breaks, you can replace it but you lose the data.
The tort, I believe, is called tortious interference with contractual relations. There are generally five elements to this tort: (1) a contract between the plaintiff and the third-party, (2) knowledge by the defendant of the existence of the contract, (3) intentional acts on the part of the defendant designed to disrupt the contract, (4) actual disruption of the contract, and (5) damages to the plaintiff proximately caused by the acts of the defendant.
Pretend I have a ten-year contract to sell hot dogs to a stadium. Five years into the deal, another vendor who knows of the contract undercuts my prices and thereby induces the stadium to break its contract with me. Now, I can sue the stadium but it is not good to develop a reputation for suing customers. Kind of scares them away, you know? So in this case, assuming the element are met, I can sue them for interfering with my contract.
Winning a lawsuit is the worse ways to go bankrupt because you know you're right. Licensing is an insurance scheme that businessmen are more than happy to pay because it is a mechanism for managing risks. The businessmen don't have to worry about a huge judgment against them two weeks before the quarterly reports are due.
That's how many patents are issued. The entire process is quite helpful to alleged infringers, because they can tease through the entire process and find what the patent does NOT cover. If the PTO makes Amazon give up five claims, as it did in this case, then an infringer can practice these claims without fear of suit. So it's complicated but helps everyone figure things out.
Excuse me, mods, but parent is a member of anti-slash. Read his freaking signature. How insightful is it to suggest the Shuttle gas up halfway on its path to orbit?
It's stupid shit like this that makes other nations despise you.
I think most American citizens are fine people. It's time for you citizens to wrest control back from the evil scum who run your country.
If you do not, the inevitable outcome will be further degradation of your personal safety. You can not afford to let this happen.
What are you, a terrorist? Look at the morons running your country before you bitch about the morons running ours. Most of humanity are decent blokes trying to eke a living while their government messes everything up. Do you think the Islamic terrorists aren't pawns of their leadership? Come on.
I am running the 1.1+ nightlies and I have to say that it is not bloatware. I do not know why, but it does run faster--in terms of load time and rendering. I do not remember any features that they've added in 1.1 that isn't cosmetic, such as rejiggering the control panel. So wait for 1.1 final to be released. You will be quite glad with that product.
Intel clearly has a monopoly on x86 chips. The FTC got Intel to join a consent decree because Intel had responded to a patent infringement suit by Intergraph by cutting off data and data kits to Intergraph. So Microsoft has been sued, now it's Intel's turn.
The West is no longer producing anything except government. So, we are now spending our accumulated capital for imported consumer goods and government services. This can last for about 10-15 years, then the economies of the U.S., Western Europe, will have spent all their accumulated captial and will colapse.
I think that the Western powers will not yield their economic position so readily. The population will eventually "get the message" well before any significant loss. But in any case, don't you think the "developed" nations will simply get the UN to declare the other countries terrorists and invade them or economically sanction them? Think about Cuba, Iran, and Iraq for examples. I am actually quite serious, thank you. China is being demonized as violators of human rights (such as Falun Gong). What if the world said that they will not trade with human rights violators? Instant justifiable boycott.
In summary, the rich (nations) will get richer, and the poorer (nations) will get poorer.
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Except for the fact that the heavy lift component has higher tonnage. And that all this technology is directly derivative of the Shuttle Technology. (SSME = Space Shuttle Main Engine) (SRB = Solid Rocket Booster). Basically, they took the good stuff from the Shuttle (the rockets) and dumped the bad parts (the Shuttle).
You can't have your cake and eat it, too. If OSS wants to play with the big boys at Redmond, they cannot dismiss any criticism as "it's just a hobby!" How seriously can anyone take software that's just a hobby?
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Hasn't Bush supplied us with many reasons to bitch over? He said Iraq had WMDs, that Saddam Hussein was a clear and immediate threat to the United States, and that we had to take action now. He led the US into a preemptive invasion of Iraq. He made a mistake and now we are liberating Iraq. Imagine if he had decided to preemptively nuke Iraq...
There ain't no money on Mars yet. And won't be in the near future. If you have a patent dispute on Mars, sue the people on Earth.
I patent printing with a cartridge of my design, not the process of making that cartridge. You refill that cartridge and use it according to my patented device and process. You are directly infringing my patent. The exception is if you are repairing the device through normal wear and tear, but I said it's only one-use. Since you bought, you implicitly agreed.
Of course, unlike RIAA, they won't sue end-users. They'll sue makers of refill kits that indirectly infringe by enabling it.
According to the GAIM webpage, GAIM received the second most applications for Summer of Code, first place being Google itself. Market driven, it seems like, and not a plan by Google.
I saw the system on the local news, since I live in New York City. The system automatically, and in real time, tracks individuals by putting a box around each person as they move. The system can detect changes from normal, such as a stationary object that was not there previously. This could help prevent terrorism. Or if someone got mugged, and then fell on the floor. Lots of uses, actually.
Privacy concerns should be minimal. If you are doing something private on the subway sytem, you should be arrested.
What if some guy uses your WAP to download child pornography or illegal music files? Do you really know your neighbors that well?
"most of the people developing Linux probably sit at night writing up malicious code for windows!"
Actually, most of the people developing Windows probably sit at night writing up malicious code for Windows! Or is Internet Explorer a very successful third-party trojan?
Do you Americans build any of the space hardware you use?
Uh, besides the Space Shuttle?
Yes. But Firefox is an open-source imitation of Opera that allows all sorts of useful plug-ins, from Ad-Block to WeatherFox.
A whole bunch of lawyers, actually. So essentially, yes, a roomful of monkeys.
Over at Tom's from a few weeks ago. http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20050525/index.htm l Redundant yet?
No. The story will not be redundant until next week, when the story is duped on Slashdot.
I had some rattling with my case, and tightening screws didn't completely address the problem. I caulked the surfaces that were the culprit (nearly everything) and that did the trick. Of course, everytime I open the computer case I have to cut the caulk open and make sure to vaccuum out chunks before turning on the computer. However, I rarely open the computer and I vaccuum it anyway after such a long time (~1 year) for the dust bunnies, so I don't think it's such a big tradeoff.
That and when a RAID controller breaks, you can replace it with another one with down time but no data loss. When a hard drive breaks, you can replace it but you lose the data.
The tort, I believe, is called tortious interference with contractual relations. There are generally five elements to this tort: (1) a contract between the plaintiff and the third-party, (2) knowledge by the defendant of the existence of the contract, (3) intentional acts on the part of the defendant designed to disrupt the contract, (4) actual disruption of the contract, and (5) damages to the plaintiff proximately caused by the acts of the defendant.
Pretend I have a ten-year contract to sell hot dogs to a stadium. Five years into the deal, another vendor who knows of the contract undercuts my prices and thereby induces the stadium to break its contract with me. Now, I can sue the stadium but it is not good to develop a reputation for suing customers. Kind of scares them away, you know? So in this case, assuming the element are met, I can sue them for interfering with my contract.
Winning a lawsuit is the worse ways to go bankrupt because you know you're right. Licensing is an insurance scheme that businessmen are more than happy to pay because it is a mechanism for managing risks. The businessmen don't have to worry about a huge judgment against them two weeks before the quarterly reports are due.
That's how many patents are issued. The entire process is quite helpful to alleged infringers, because they can tease through the entire process and find what the patent does NOT cover. If the PTO makes Amazon give up five claims, as it did in this case, then an infringer can practice these claims without fear of suit. So it's complicated but helps everyone figure things out.
Excuse me, mods, but parent is a member of anti-slash. Read his freaking signature. How insightful is it to suggest the Shuttle gas up halfway on its path to orbit?
Sigh.
What are you, a terrorist? Look at the morons running your country before you bitch about the morons running ours. Most of humanity are decent blokes trying to eke a living while their government messes everything up. Do you think the Islamic terrorists aren't pawns of their leadership? Come on.
I am running the 1.1+ nightlies and I have to say that it is not bloatware. I do not know why, but it does run faster--in terms of load time and rendering. I do not remember any features that they've added in 1.1 that isn't cosmetic, such as rejiggering the control panel. So wait for 1.1 final to be released. You will be quite glad with that product.
The Anonymous Coward link is a troll. (Duh, read the link, mods!)
Intel clearly has a monopoly on x86 chips. The FTC got Intel to join a consent decree because Intel had responded to a patent infringement suit by Intergraph by cutting off data and data kits to Intergraph. So Microsoft has been sued, now it's Intel's turn.
I think that the Western powers will not yield their economic position so readily. The population will eventually "get the message" well before any significant loss. But in any case, don't you think the "developed" nations will simply get the UN to declare the other countries terrorists and invade them or economically sanction them? Think about Cuba, Iran, and Iraq for examples. I am actually quite serious, thank you. China is being demonized as violators of human rights (such as Falun Gong). What if the world said that they will not trade with human rights violators? Instant justifiable boycott.
In summary, the rich (nations) will get richer, and the poorer (nations) will get poorer.