Seeing all these frivolous patents being issued I get the feeling I'm really missing out on a good thing here. Trouble is coming up with a really good mundane everyday concept to patent...
This is typical of a bunch of undisciplined fans who want something to make a big deal out of trying to be designers and simply applying cheap Photoshop filters to prove their "point".
The fan alterations looked like s***. And I remember Diablo I & II not being so dark. The frustrated fans who had to wait so long for a sequel had to have something to throw a fit over even if they made that reason up.
I don't even think Blizzard should have addressed the inane complaints. It only makes both sides push back harder towards the other and promotes irrational over-the-top conclusions only for emphasis and not for true critique.
I have a bunch of those glasses here. Some with a greenish blue right ride, some with a more orangeish red left side. Some with true blue and true red sides. But every time I attempt to use them singularly or in combination (best match to the pictures), my left eye always tends to get messed up and I can't look at the pictures too long.:(
...to do something terrible and terroristic to them in the comments section.
It would be an interesting scenario if one of those defendants would be crazy enough to respond with, "In response to your suit claiming infringement on BS patents, we are standing by with several assassins and hired mercenaries, many pipe bombs and powdery white substances in USPS envelopes, and maps to your place of operations. If you would like to go ahead with this lawsuit then we'll consider that an act of war. Proceed at your own risk. *smile* Oh, and I get to personally shiv the guy who thought this particular patent trolling was a good idea. Sincerely, a dangerous individual and quite a good code slinger IMHO."
...in reading what he has to say. I love anything that has to do with Ubuntu or Canonical/Shuttleworth. I gobble it up as soon as I see it. Reminds me of being a Mac addict back in the old System 7 to Mac OS 9 days.:D
I don't see why this is news. My parents have a Toshiba 30" CRT TV with a media card reader in it that plays the cards and any media on it as if it were playing a DVD or VHS tape. Why is this new technology?
Oh... I get it. This is an advertisement disguised as a news item.
But seriously, WTF,/.? I'm fairly new to/. so this s**t may be going on all the time for all I know, but this really is low. Advertisements should be advertisements, news items should be news items (we get it, guys. And we do click ads you know). I hated it when ads did it in magazines, I hate it here too.
I'm growing both annoyed and fearful of these purists who seem to want to force purity upon everybody. "He concludes that, hey, if the code works, use it" That's how I see it. Why cut off the nose to spite the face? Why cripple the OS when no alternatives to some proprietary software exists?
I swear it's becoming a cult these days.
To me, Linux is about possibilities. Not restrictions. Are the purists seriously trying to drive people away to other OSes like Windows? IMO, they need to STFU before they ruin it for the rest of us.
Anybody get this feeling from time to time? That the RIAA really isn't in the business of selling music, but is a front for some anti-music cult who's apocalyptic agenda is the demise of anything melodic?
I thought that was the OLPC and a Microsoft competitor, not Eee PC. I heard from the beginning that the Eee PC was going to be no less than $400 and no more than $700 to $800.
...And specifically the Ubuntu project. If I'm paying for something that I can get for free then the money better go to something good (a modest percentage to BB for putting it on their shelves of course).
Well, if you take two steps forward and one step back then that means you're still ahead but not where you expected to be.
If you take one step forward and two steps back then you actually lose ground. And you keep losing ground by one (compared to where you were previously) every time.
The first one would be a situation where they made software that didn't quite measure up to their expectations but was still a bit better than the last version. Like as if it was version 4.0.5 or something.
The second would be a situation where they made software that actually turned out worse in every way than the last point release. Like version 3.9 or 3.9.5 (or something like that).
To "work in progress." Which doesn't necessarily mean "not ready for mainstream end users/prime-time."
I remember (and let me put on my old-fogey hat)... well, in my day "beta" used to mean something. *harrumph harrumph* It meant that you're using software that may not be all that safe to use and you'd be better off using a stable version, such as the last version released.
The idea of what beta (or alpha) is is lost apparently. It used to be that it meant "tread carefully" and "here there be monsters" and it wasn't a challenge to use it, but a truthful admission that the software sucks because it's not ready so don't use it if you're not willing to work with us to shake out all the bugs.
[If] when WINE reaches a satisfactory point of development, do you plan on marketing WINE in similar fashion to the "Games For Windows" campaign? How do you plan on getting WINE out there into mainstream as a big "name"?
May I add to this question the applications that need low level hardware access? Such as access to machining routers that are controlled through applications that need access to serial ports and parallel ports in a Q&D way that doesn't have to go through a driver first. I know this is a problem in emulation where not all hardware in the host machine are seen and even a problem when moving from Win98 (probably using DOS calls) to WinXP and up where hardware access may have to go through software to use it. My cousin ran into this problem using a vertical market Win98 compatible application for his many machines in his shop. This could be a coup for XP and Vista users who still want to use their still working apps and computer controlled hardware.
I'm not very savvy about what I'm talking about here, but I remember enough from hearing my cousin talk about this problem. He needed low level hardware DOS calls (or whatever they were) to use his shop hardware which was clearly a vertical market solution.
Is that most of us interested in science literature have a somewhat esoteric interest when compared to the mainstream of civilization. It's easy to assume that everybody should be interested in some specialized field of interest when we are interested in it so completely. Which is why I liked Carl Sagan's ability to bring science, and correctly so, down to street level understanding for the masses. He was both entertaining and informative to listen to or read. He was a bridge between the esoteric and the general.
And we have to stop condemning people simply because they don't find science compelling. As far as I'm concerned that's the fault of those in the fields of science for not making it more compelling outside of their circle of peers and fellow enthusiasts.
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Seeing all these frivolous patents being issued I get the feeling I'm really missing out on a good thing here. Trouble is coming up with a really good mundane everyday concept to patent...
This is typical of a bunch of undisciplined fans who want something to make a big deal out of trying to be designers and simply applying cheap Photoshop filters to prove their "point".
The fan alterations looked like s***. And I remember Diablo I & II not being so dark. The frustrated fans who had to wait so long for a sequel had to have something to throw a fit over even if they made that reason up.
I don't even think Blizzard should have addressed the inane complaints. It only makes both sides push back harder towards the other and promotes irrational over-the-top conclusions only for emphasis and not for true critique.
Damn kids... ;)
I mean, logically. There comes a point when patents are meaningless for certain things. This is very ridiculous.
On his part, what a waste of space.
On the part of his family, what a waste of life and potential. :(
I hope hell reserves a special place for him.
I have a bunch of those glasses here. Some with a greenish blue right ride, some with a more orangeish red left side. Some with true blue and true red sides. But every time I attempt to use them singularly or in combination (best match to the pictures), my left eye always tends to get messed up and I can't look at the pictures too long. :(
Oh well, I guess I had to vent. Sorry about that.
...to do something terrible and terroristic to them in the comments section.
It would be an interesting scenario if one of those defendants would be crazy enough to respond with, "In response to your suit claiming infringement on BS patents, we are standing by with several assassins and hired mercenaries, many pipe bombs and powdery white substances in USPS envelopes, and maps to your place of operations. If you would like to go ahead with this lawsuit then we'll consider that an act of war. Proceed at your own risk. *smile* Oh, and I get to personally shiv the guy who thought this particular patent trolling was a good idea. Sincerely, a dangerous individual and quite a good code slinger IMHO."
Or he'll kill Hawking's pet Velociraptor.
And I was lead to think the remote was feature complete. Now this jerry rigging of an add-on? What's next? An add-on that simply adds a W button?
...in reading what he has to say. I love anything that has to do with Ubuntu or Canonical/Shuttleworth. I gobble it up as soon as I see it. Reminds me of being a Mac addict back in the old System 7 to Mac OS 9 days. :D
Nothing new to add. Just had to say that. ;) lol
99, 100! :D
I don't see why this is news. My parents have a Toshiba 30" CRT TV with a media card reader in it that plays the cards and any media on it as if it were playing a DVD or VHS tape. Why is this new technology?
Oh... I get it. This is an advertisement disguised as a news item.
But seriously, WTF, /.? I'm fairly new to /. so this s**t may be going on all the time for all I know, but this really is low. Advertisements should be advertisements, news items should be news items (we get it, guys. And we do click ads you know). I hated it when ads did it in magazines, I hate it here too.
Agreed.
The answer is it should be better than other alternatives like Windows.
This flame war about purity is such a colossal circle jerk. People so myopic that they can't see common sense.
Hear hear!
I'm growing both annoyed and fearful of these purists who seem to want to force purity upon everybody. "He concludes that, hey, if the code works, use it" That's how I see it. Why cut off the nose to spite the face? Why cripple the OS when no alternatives to some proprietary software exists?
I swear it's becoming a cult these days.
To me, Linux is about possibilities. Not restrictions. Are the purists seriously trying to drive people away to other OSes like Windows? IMO, they need to STFU before they ruin it for the rest of us.
At this point, when it involves the RIAA I believe that the problems with them can't be solved by anything other than fire.
Which means I'll be pleasantly surprised when justice is done in a legal fashion. ;)
Nobody seems to ask this. Where's the list? Or is this just futurist speculation masturbation?
On purpose.
Anybody get this feeling from time to time? That the RIAA really isn't in the business of selling music, but is a front for some anti-music cult who's apocalyptic agenda is the demise of anything melodic?
No?
Thought I was on to something there...
I thought that was the OLPC and a Microsoft competitor, not Eee PC. I heard from the beginning that the Eee PC was going to be no less than $400 and no more than $700 to $800.
...And specifically the Ubuntu project. If I'm paying for something that I can get for free then the money better go to something good (a modest percentage to BB for putting it on their shelves of course).
Well, if you take two steps forward and one step back then that means you're still ahead but not where you expected to be.
If you take one step forward and two steps back then you actually lose ground. And you keep losing ground by one (compared to where you were previously) every time.
The first one would be a situation where they made software that didn't quite measure up to their expectations but was still a bit better than the last version. Like as if it was version 4.0.5 or something.
The second would be a situation where they made software that actually turned out worse in every way than the last point release. Like version 3.9 or 3.9.5 (or something like that).
To "work in progress." Which doesn't necessarily mean "not ready for mainstream end users/prime-time."
I remember (and let me put on my old-fogey hat)... well, in my day "beta" used to mean something. *harrumph harrumph* It meant that you're using software that may not be all that safe to use and you'd be better off using a stable version, such as the last version released.
The idea of what beta (or alpha) is is lost apparently. It used to be that it meant "tread carefully" and "here there be monsters" and it wasn't a challenge to use it, but a truthful admission that the software sucks because it's not ready so don't use it if you're not willing to work with us to shake out all the bugs.
[If] when WINE reaches a satisfactory point of development, do you plan on marketing WINE in similar fashion to the "Games For Windows" campaign? How do you plan on getting WINE out there into mainstream as a big "name"?
May I add to this question the applications that need low level hardware access? Such as access to machining routers that are controlled through applications that need access to serial ports and parallel ports in a Q&D way that doesn't have to go through a driver first. I know this is a problem in emulation where not all hardware in the host machine are seen and even a problem when moving from Win98 (probably using DOS calls) to WinXP and up where hardware access may have to go through software to use it. My cousin ran into this problem using a vertical market Win98 compatible application for his many machines in his shop. This could be a coup for XP and Vista users who still want to use their still working apps and computer controlled hardware.
I'm not very savvy about what I'm talking about here, but I remember enough from hearing my cousin talk about this problem. He needed low level hardware DOS calls (or whatever they were) to use his shop hardware which was clearly a vertical market solution.
Moko? ... Uhhh... Ok. lol
Phonetic Spanish = Moco?
Translated English = Mucus?
Snot?
Is that most of us interested in science literature have a somewhat esoteric interest when compared to the mainstream of civilization. It's easy to assume that everybody should be interested in some specialized field of interest when we are interested in it so completely. Which is why I liked Carl Sagan's ability to bring science, and correctly so, down to street level understanding for the masses. He was both entertaining and informative to listen to or read. He was a bridge between the esoteric and the general.
And we have to stop condemning people simply because they don't find science compelling. As far as I'm concerned that's the fault of those in the fields of science for not making it more compelling outside of their circle of peers and fellow enthusiasts.