That's odd, because one of the advanced settings in early versions of IE was to make each window run in its own process. I found it quite useful while testing things.
Of course the current version has a much more sophisticated model.
So with patents, I have the incentive to invest time and money in the creation of some widget, and to publish how said widget is created, because I have a possibility to get a return on that investment due to the exclusivity granted me by the law. I also have the incentive to come up with a new way of doing what someone else did, possibly improving it, for the same reason (you called this part waste).
What are my incentives without patents? I can come up with "do nothing, since I don't have to" and "hide my work, since I have no protection."
Can you point me to the positives? Stick to reality, please, and don't assume that all humans will magically conform to some utopian ideal of behavior.
Yeah, the tech industry is totally dying... it's only bigger than it's ever been, and growing faster than it ever did before. Clearly being eaten from within by this scourge.
You can't talk to Slashdotters about patents. Save your fingers. They all start from the wholly unproven principle that the only thing stopping them from being masters of innovation is that the law prevents them from copying the works of others, and they brook no interference with that viewpoint.
It's kinda like trying to get a toddler to understand why he doesn't own the seesaw in the playground.
What kind of government isn't run by private interests? Have you somehow constructed an AI to control us all?
Oh, wait, you meant "corporations" as private interests, right? Because you don't understand that corporations, like governments, are run by powerful people. You have this weird delusion that you can take the corruption out of the exercise of power simply by... I don't know what. You never explain that part. Care to fill it in?
Yeah, and if the building burns down, there will be even more problems. Doesn't mean there's a point to being afraid of a few nerds armed with policy and bad hygiene.
You missed the big picture in your haste to get your rant off - RIM plays in a market that is growing rapidly, but their competitors are driving all that growth while RIM is lagging behind. This means that they are not as effective as their competitors, hence they are being marginalized. It has nothing to do with requiring steady growth year over year and everything to do with the fact that RIM is falling off in a market this is growing without them.
You can't expect to win a race when you're slower than everybody else, basically. I don't know what economic model you think would fix this problem.
Well poop on the government for following the will of the people when you clearly know best. Let's just make a Slashdot poll the electoral process and everything will be grand.
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I think the government should make that decision. I mean, Obama killed Osama. Clearly he knows best.
What I want to know is who's gonna save me from people like you who want to save me from myself?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but fuck right off. The only life you should be running is your own.
Do you give happy endings after the adjustments? My current chiropractor was offended by that question.
Don't bother asking that sort of question around here. The tinfoil types will dogpile on you for not being properly paranoid.
That's odd, because one of the advanced settings in early versions of IE was to make each window run in its own process. I found it quite useful while testing things.
Of course the current version has a much more sophisticated model.
And all it cost were our civil liberties, national character, and trillions of dollars...
Obviously you didn't just try to use the argument that Sony was planning ahead when they implemented PSN? I just misread you, right?
So with patents, I have the incentive to invest time and money in the creation of some widget, and to publish how said widget is created, because I have a possibility to get a return on that investment due to the exclusivity granted me by the law. I also have the incentive to come up with a new way of doing what someone else did, possibly improving it, for the same reason (you called this part waste).
What are my incentives without patents? I can come up with "do nothing, since I don't have to" and "hide my work, since I have no protection."
Can you point me to the positives? Stick to reality, please, and don't assume that all humans will magically conform to some utopian ideal of behavior.
Yeah, the tech industry is totally dying... it's only bigger than it's ever been, and growing faster than it ever did before. Clearly being eaten from within by this scourge.
You can't talk to Slashdotters about patents. Save your fingers. They all start from the wholly unproven principle that the only thing stopping them from being masters of innovation is that the law prevents them from copying the works of others, and they brook no interference with that viewpoint.
It's kinda like trying to get a toddler to understand why he doesn't own the seesaw in the playground.
In any case, the only people this "wrongs" are those who want the right to plunder the creative output of the entertainment makers.
You'll have to forgive me for saying "whoopdee shit."
What kind of government isn't run by private interests? Have you somehow constructed an AI to control us all?
Oh, wait, you meant "corporations" as private interests, right? Because you don't understand that corporations, like governments, are run by powerful people. You have this weird delusion that you can take the corruption out of the exercise of power simply by... I don't know what. You never explain that part. Care to fill it in?
Well it's kinda like how there are people who will equate wanting to play games online with getting raped.
Takes all kinds of jackasses to make up a world, son.
Are you parodying something?
Don't let facts stop you from accusations of trolling. We wouldn't want the Linux fanboys to start acting reasonably.
Yeah, and if the building burns down, there will be even more problems. Doesn't mean there's a point to being afraid of a few nerds armed with policy and bad hygiene.
Innovation does not mean breakthrough. I'm pretty sure the confusion between those two concepts explains about 25-40% of the posts on this site.
Is that supposed to be a witty retort? Clearly you're a common thief, you just admitted to it. Do you want a prize of some sort?
Yeah, people who aren't like you are faking it. Clearly a healthy perspective.
You missed the big picture in your haste to get your rant off - RIM plays in a market that is growing rapidly, but their competitors are driving all that growth while RIM is lagging behind. This means that they are not as effective as their competitors, hence they are being marginalized. It has nothing to do with requiring steady growth year over year and everything to do with the fact that RIM is falling off in a market this is growing without them.
You can't expect to win a race when you're slower than everybody else, basically. I don't know what economic model you think would fix this problem.
When you put it like that, it's hard to just bash things.
Stupid facts.
There's something endearing about all the Slashdot luddites wishing things would move to the past.
Well poop on the government for following the will of the people when you clearly know best. Let's just make a Slashdot poll the electoral process and everything will be grand.
You're lying. You have to be rich to be a corporation. It's in the populist bullshit charter.
What magically bizarre definition of technology do you have?