The whold leaving your doors unlocked & open and then people walking into your house is a bad analogy. A better one would be:
You leave your T.V. pressed up against your window, and then people walking down the street watch it.
Or...
You put a speakerphone in the middle of the street, and then yell out your window whenever you make a call... and then people can listen to your conversation, and even add some comments in.
First, I was mainly commenting on how I think it should get more and more expensive the more times the patent needs to be submitted. This will put a financial burden on bad patents that try to get pushed through, and give a reward for ones that make it on the first try.
The silly method for rejecting patents was just that, silly. I didn't really mean for people to focus on that!
Third. That being said, I think the function to determine patentability should be a boolean one-time shot. So if it doesn't pass the patent for any reason (bad patent, improperly filed, not enough details, etc.) the cost for that patent doubles. There shouldn't be any "Please clarify section X" or "Section Y is too broad, please update"... we restart the process every time.
And obviously, the base fee should be slightly less than the cost of the patent application. (so the patents at 2x and 3x could make up for the shortfall)
I think the way fees are done for the patent office should be changed. Something that rewards good patents, and penalizes bad ones.
$patentCost = (some constant);
while( patentIsRejected() ) {
$patentCost *= 2; }
And then we need to reimplement patentIsRejected() to something like:
1) flat-out-reject anything that's already patented. 2) reject anything with prior art 3) Have a QUALIFIED examiner spend some time looking it over. 4) Have a certain public review periond (6 months?) that anyone can register complaints 5) Review complaints (possible reject) 6) Have another, different qualified examiner check it out for an extended period of time.
I knew this was fictional before all of you, because, I am in fact, from next Wednesday! I traveled back in time several days just to get the first post here telling you all it's false.
But alas, my internet connection was too slow and I couldn't get FP!
That's one of the main complaints about these new laws. Normal things like NAT aren't allowed.
The proposed MA (massachusetts) one is slightly less worse... it at least says you have to do it with the intent of performing unauthorized actions.
Unfortunatly, they don't define unauthorized, so it's assumed your service provider determines what's authorized. Your ISP says no nat.. BAMN you're breaking the law. Someone else's ISP is ok with it, they're not (even tho they're doing the same exact thing).
Well.. it could be *so* good that our permanent perception of what to expect in a movie changes. Then, anyone with this new perception that hadn't seen the other movie, and sees it for the first time would have it "shamed" for them.
Or it could be **so** good, to retroactively change our perceptions of movies.
or it could be ***so*** good, to change our perception of life.
I want a tivo that comes with network ports, but is completely hackable with full source. I want it to ship with ssh access turned on, and tivo not to care if I play with it. I'd be happy if they offered no support other than hardware help and a restore disk.
But I do want to be able to choose to keep the TIVO software and the monthly access.
I love my tivo for it's great software & useability.
I love home-brew PVR's for their customizeability.
Why can't I have both? (And no, I'm not popping the case on my tivo)
Software engineering rarely has anything to do with complex math. (Computer Science occasionally does). If you can do simple algebra, you can probably write 90% of all end user applications out there. There's no calculus in a web browser, there's no trignometry in an email client.
The only place I can think of that does involve some hard math, is in 3d engines for games, or highly technical/scientific applications that deal with math. (CAD programs, MAPLE, MathCad, etc.)
I know the post was meant as a joke... but really... does it? I know all the great things freenet accomplishes. Freedom of information, letting people access it, stuff like that. But what about when it does get used for "bad" things. Are there any moral (or even legal!) consequences to running a node that this information is served off of? Does just because you don't know what is served off your node, make it ok?
If the full set of XML is too hard to use, then don't use the full set of features! I regularly write programs that read/write xml style documents, but with only the most basic xml functionality. The main benefit is so that other programs can also read & write these files. It's stupid to have a general purpose XML parser, when you only need a small subset of functionality.
So let me get this straight. The FCC gave the bells a monopoly on data to further the development of broadband, and now it's not being furthered? No crap! I mean, what's a monopoly's motivation to innovate? THANK THE TECHNO GODS that at least there are alternative ways of getting broadband in some places. Perhaps this will at lease case *some* competition.
A method and system for conducting an electronic discussion relating to a topic. The discussion system of the present invention receives a selection of an item that is to be the topic of the discussion. The discussion system then receives comments relating to the selected item and generates a message that includes a description of the selected item and the received comments. The discussion system then sends the generated message to participants of the discussion. The discussion system receives from a participant who received the generated message additional comments that are to be added to the generated message. The discussion system sends the generated message along with received additional comments to the participants of the discussion.
That describes Slashdot. Where the Item to be discussed is a news story.
Slashdot Mirror
That's not 2 wrongs. It's 1 wrong that avoids another.
2 Wrongs would be if the terrorist blew up the world, so then you kill him.
I guess 1 wrong can make a right!
The whold leaving your doors unlocked & open and then people walking into your house is a bad analogy. A better one would be:
You leave your T.V. pressed up against your window, and then people walking down the street watch it.
Or...
You put a speakerphone in the middle of the street, and then yell out your window whenever you make a call... and then people can listen to your conversation, and even add some comments in.
But the thing to notice:
apache@localhost' (Using password: NO)
All the evil crackers out there are plotting already... passwordless sql.
First, I was mainly commenting on how I think it should get more and more expensive the more times the patent needs to be submitted. This will put a financial burden on bad patents that try to get pushed through, and give a reward for ones that make it on the first try.
The silly method for rejecting patents was just that, silly. I didn't really mean for people to focus on that!
Third. That being said, I think the function to determine patentability should be a boolean one-time shot. So if it doesn't pass the patent for any reason (bad patent, improperly filed, not enough details, etc.) the cost for that patent doubles. There shouldn't be any "Please clarify section X" or "Section Y is too broad, please update"
And obviously, the base fee should be slightly less than the cost of the patent application. (so the patents at 2x and 3x could make up for the shortfall)
I think the way fees are done for the patent office should be changed. Something that rewards good patents, and penalizes bad ones.
$patentCost = (some constant);
while( patentIsRejected() )
{
$patentCost *= 2;
}
And then we need to reimplement patentIsRejected() to something like:
1) flat-out-reject anything that's already patented.
2) reject anything with prior art
3) Have a QUALIFIED examiner spend some time looking it over.
4) Have a certain public review periond (6 months?) that anyone can register complaints
5) Review complaints (possible reject)
6) Have another, different qualified examiner check it out for an extended period of time.
um... why not just use VNC? Then I can actually use the app in real time with just about any OS.
I knew this was fictional before all of you, because, I am in fact, from next Wednesday! I traveled back in time several days just to get the first post here telling you all it's false.
But alas, my internet connection was too slow and I couldn't get FP!
Yup, it was DMB (dumb)!
A lot of people when they see MA, they think Maine... so there's the reason I did it.
When I did it, I thought I was going to use MA again... which I didn't end up doing (which is why it was dumb!)
Guess I should read my own posts.
That's one of the main complaints about these new laws. Normal things like NAT aren't allowed.
... it at least says you have to do it with the intent of performing unauthorized actions.
The proposed MA (massachusetts) one is slightly less worse
Unfortunatly, they don't define unauthorized, so it's assumed your service provider determines what's authorized. Your ISP says no nat.. BAMN you're breaking the law. Someone else's ISP is ok with it, they're not (even tho they're doing the same exact thing).
Good thing Microsoft JRE is so broken, that all exploits ended up not working!
Write once, debug everwhere.
Well.. it could be *so* good that our permanent perception of what to expect in a movie changes. Then, anyone with this new perception that hadn't seen the other movie, and sees it for the first time would have it "shamed" for them.
Or it could be **so** good, to retroactively change our perceptions of movies.
or it could be ***so*** good, to change our perception of life.
or it could suck.
Does this mean that future armor will be super shiny mirrors? Sweet.
Too bad it's so horribly slashdotted, we can't read it.
oh yeah... it's free (as in beer) to everyone!
In case anyone is in the Worcester, MA USA area tonight, Maddog is giving a talk about just this kind of thing.
Guest Speaker
Jon 'maddog' Hall
Linux in Emerging Economies
Wednesday
March 26th, 2003
Kinnicutt Hall - WPI Campus
(Salisbury Labs 115
aka the usual place)
Worcester, MA USA
7:00 PM
More info at: http://www.wlug.org/
great, talking about web site slow downs, and then we go slashdot them!
I want a tivo that comes with network ports, but is completely hackable with full source. I want it to ship with ssh access turned on, and tivo not to care if I play with it. I'd be happy if they offered no support other than hardware help and a restore disk.
But I do want to be able to choose to keep the TIVO software and the monthly access.
I love my tivo for it's great software & useability.
I love home-brew PVR's for their customizeability.
Why can't I have both? (And no, I'm not popping the case on my tivo)
Software engineering rarely has anything to do with complex math. (Computer Science occasionally does). If you can do simple algebra, you can probably write 90% of all end user applications out there. There's no calculus in a web browser, there's no trignometry in an email client.
The only place I can think of that does involve some hard math, is in 3d engines for games, or highly technical/scientific applications that deal with math. (CAD programs, MAPLE, MathCad, etc.)
I know the post was meant as a joke... but really... does it? I know all the great things freenet accomplishes. Freedom of information, letting people access it, stuff like that. But what about when it does get used for "bad" things. Are there any moral (or even legal!) consequences to running a node that this information is served off of? Does just because you don't know what is served off your node, make it ok?
If the full set of XML is too hard to use, then don't use the full set of features! I regularly write programs that read/write xml style documents, but with only the most basic xml functionality. The main benefit is so that other programs can also read & write these files. It's stupid to have a general purpose XML parser, when you only need a small subset of functionality.
In case you don't read the story... check out this link from it.
http://www.xxxchurch.com/default.asp
One of the funniest things I've seen in a while.
(It's not porn, and is workplace-safe!)
Can I go through the drivethrough, park in the lot, and get access?
Hey, I'm a good programmer, and I have ... hmmm... well at least I'm a good programmer!
So let me get this straight. The FCC gave the bells a monopoly on data to further the development of broadband, and now it's not being furthered? No crap! I mean, what's a monopoly's motivation to innovate? THANK THE TECHNO GODS that at least there are alternative ways of getting broadband in some places. Perhaps this will at lease case *some* competition.
A method and system for conducting an electronic discussion relating to a topic. The discussion system of the present invention receives a selection of an item that is to be the topic of the discussion. The discussion system then receives comments relating to the selected item and generates a message that includes a description of the selected item and the received comments. The discussion system then sends the generated message to participants of the discussion. The discussion system receives from a participant who received the generated message additional comments that are to be added to the generated message. The discussion system sends the generated message along with received additional comments to the participants of the discussion.
That describes Slashdot. Where the Item to be discussed is a news story.