Let them think they can patent this stuff. When they are done, then tell them the bad news. A few lawsuits later, and they realize the futility. If that doesn't work, then it will be time for some public outrage. The whole notion is ludicrous. 2
A group of individuals without accountability is a mob. The purpose of a corporation is to encourage/allow greater risk, and thereby glean greater rewards. It does this by removing the risk to the individual, making it to purely financial, and in the case of a public corporation, spreading the risk out among many. People tend to be less ethical when they know they can't be blamed. That's the crux. tea out
daveo is not a liberal, he is a libertarian and believes people should be [able] to do what[ever] it is that they want I am a liberal. I agree people should be [able] to do what[ever]it is that they want...except for those that refer to themselves in the third person. That's annoying. The problem with libertarians is they have this bizzarre notion that a corporation is an individual; other than that, we get along fine.
One more thing I'd like to add to this. All people rise to their own level of incompetence. i.e. a person will continue to be promoted until they get into a position they can't handle. On another track; pretty people will ALWAYS be the most popular. Ugly people want them; fat people want them, stupid people want them; and geeks want them. Not to mention other pretty people. If this makes no sense, it's because I didn't read the article. My kneejerk opinion is based on the title and is entirly my own.
Look bub, I was a geek and a nerd for years before the PC was invented. You want to alienate others, feel free. you can have your own "special" g33k club, dude. As far as I'm concerned, 12 year olds should be out buying crack. 6 year olds should be getting hammered on Old English. 'Your' world sucks. Mine is better. If you don't get this, TSOL.
First off, the quote is not stupid. Second, ALL liberties are essential. I well remember when many things we accept today would have been viewed with terror, and argued as bad for the precedent alone. "The Slippery Slope" was a well understood concept. It certainly wasn't necessary to define all words longer than two syllables to state something as well understood as this simple and founding concept...unless your point is simply to baffle with bullshit. btw, I'm not that old.
You're confusing yourself with a bad analogy. The simple facts are: the plural of letter is letters; the plural of mail is mail, not mails. 'The mail must get through' is the same as 'the messages or letters must get through.' Your argument regarding service vs. piece of mail is shown bogus by referring to "pieces of e-mail." If the word were not already plural, you would not need to clarify your meaning this way.
Hmm? I thought the nit was his misunderstanding and misuse of the word 'Robust'. Robust has more to do with Adaptability, than Reliability ( though who wants unreliable code). KDE and GNOME? these are becoming more robust, and more reliable, on a daily basis.
What if you simply posted the web address without the href so people could cut and paste it into the address bar? You're not actually linking, you're simply mentioning a radio station. And you could say you are not linking to any music sites.
That site should be blocked! First of all it's hideously ugly. Second it drags you all over the place, opening new browser windows. And worst of all, it opens pop-ups when your trying to leave. The equivalant of the salesman sticking his foot in the door.
If someone can't resist telling me how to avoid these things, don't bother. That's not the point.
Yep. I don't believe it's possible to state you own all rights, but have no responsibility, to the content of electronic/printed media. Sounds to me like they just opened up their deep pockets to an attack.
Inate paranoia makes me suspect of anything that MS touches. Personally, I hope you're right, and I also hope that people simply won't use anything that creates incompatabilities. I do know it can be complicated writing cross-platform code in MS J++. Small changes can be as problamatic as big in that they seem innocuous.
May the corporate world wake up and accept the future that benefits all.
I remember, must've been 10 or 15 years back, they had a flying car on the cover of popular science. This one was described as having 4 jets (though it would only need two to stay aloft) and triply redundant computer systems for safety. The computers controlled the attitude of the jets etc... The guy hadn't actually built one, but he had the same claim; that a million or so in research funds would result in a mass produced air car for about $100,000. I remember thinking 'Cool, but who's gonna insure it?' Anyone else remember this? tea
Although completely purile, it was, without a doubt in my mind, a legitimate parody. I don't know copyright law, particularly regarding the use of the original images but, the devices used in orginal dilbert comics were still there. A mean spirited, utterly clueless, PHB stomps all over his employees. One can see Dilbert getting fired up to ask for a raise, then ending up blowing the boss as a pure Dilbertism carried to the nth degree. It's extreme but, parody (and literature in general) often makes its point with exageration. This is just an extreme case.
I get similar responses with my nick. teasea; it's my initials, say it out loud if that will help. But as long as I stay out of #largethrobbingmember or its ilk, no one bothers me. Never been on AOL. Sounds terrifying. Freshmen in a drunken stupor: isn't that redundant?
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Let them think they can patent this stuff. When they are done, then tell them the bad news. A few lawsuits later, and they realize the futility. If that doesn't work, then it will be time for some public outrage. The whole notion is ludicrous. 2
A group of individuals without accountability is a mob. The purpose of a corporation is to encourage/allow greater risk, and thereby glean greater rewards. It does this by removing the risk to the individual, making it to purely financial, and in the case of a public corporation, spreading the risk out among many. People tend to be less ethical when they know they can't be blamed. That's the crux. tea out
daveo is not a liberal, he is a libertarian and believes people should be [able] to do what[ever] it is that they want I am a liberal. I agree people should be [able] to do what[ever]it is that they want...except for those that refer to themselves in the third person. That's annoying. The problem with libertarians is they have this bizzarre notion that a corporation is an individual; other than that, we get along fine.
One more thing I'd like to add to this. All people rise to their own level of incompetence. i.e. a person will continue to be promoted until they get into a position they can't handle.
On another track; pretty people will ALWAYS be the most popular. Ugly people want them; fat people want them, stupid people want them; and geeks want them. Not to mention other pretty people. If this makes no sense, it's because I didn't read the article. My kneejerk opinion is based on the title and is entirly my own.
Look bub, I was a geek and a nerd for years before the PC was invented. You want to alienate others, feel free. you can have your own "special" g33k club, dude. As far as I'm concerned, 12 year olds should be out buying crack. 6 year olds should be getting hammered on Old English. 'Your' world sucks. Mine is better.
If you don't get this, TSOL.
First off, the quote is not stupid. Second, ALL liberties are essential. I well remember when many things we accept today would have been viewed with terror, and argued as bad for the precedent alone. "The Slippery Slope" was a well understood concept. It certainly wasn't necessary to define all words longer than two syllables to state something as well understood as this simple and founding concept...unless your point is simply to baffle with bullshit. btw, I'm not that old.
You're confusing yourself with a bad analogy. The simple facts are: the plural of letter is letters; the plural of mail is mail, not mails. 'The mail must get through' is the same as 'the messages or letters must get through.' Your argument regarding service vs. piece of mail is shown bogus by referring to "pieces of e-mail." If the word were not already plural, you would not need to clarify your meaning this way.
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Hmm? I thought the nit was his misunderstanding and misuse of the word 'Robust'. Robust has more to do with Adaptability, than Reliability ( though who wants unreliable code). KDE and GNOME? these are becoming more robust, and more reliable, on a daily basis.
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I see a dramitc increase in "product placement." this would mean increasingly blurred lines between program and advertising, merchandising etc...
What if you simply posted the web address without the href so people could cut and paste it into the address bar? You're not actually linking, you're simply mentioning a radio station. And you could say you are not linking to any music sites.
Actually, bashing the French is an Inter-national hobby. As is bashing americans. Namely because we both deserve it.
If someone can't resist telling me how to avoid these things, don't bother. That's not the point.
Yep. I don't believe it's possible to state you own all rights, but have no responsibility, to the content of electronic/printed media. Sounds to me like they just opened up their deep pockets to an attack.
Inate paranoia makes me suspect of anything that MS touches. Personally, I hope you're right, and I also hope that people simply won't use anything that creates incompatabilities. I do know it can be complicated writing cross-platform code in MS J++. Small changes can be as problamatic as big in that they seem innocuous.
May the corporate world wake up and accept the future that benefits all.
I remember, must've been 10 or 15 years back, they had a flying car on the cover of popular science. This one was described as having 4 jets (though it would only need two to stay aloft) and triply redundant computer systems for safety. The computers controlled the attitude of the jets etc... The guy hadn't actually built one, but he had the same claim; that a million or so in research funds would result in a mass produced air car for about $100,000. I remember thinking 'Cool, but who's gonna insure it?' Anyone else remember this?
tea
Although completely purile, it was, without a doubt in my mind, a legitimate parody. I don't know copyright law, particularly regarding the use of the original images but, the devices used in orginal dilbert comics were still there. A mean spirited, utterly clueless, PHB stomps all over his employees. One can see Dilbert getting fired up to ask for a raise, then ending up blowing the boss as a pure Dilbertism carried to the nth degree. It's extreme but, parody (and literature in general) often makes its point with exageration. This is just an extreme case.
Yep. But Rob's gonna test it for us. Right Rob? Let us know how you're doing after a few months of intensive testing.@)
make that 1000 to 1.
I get similar responses with my nick. teasea; it's my initials, say it out loud if that will help. But as long as I stay out of #largethrobbingmember or its ilk, no one bothers me. Never been on AOL. Sounds terrifying.
Freshmen in a drunken stupor: isn't that redundant?
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Not likely. They still don't understand why no one has copyrighted breathing air. Just another setback in the 'game' of accumulation.