Or perhaps it is a problem that we have politicians that are easily bribeable. Sure corporations should be to blame for initiating the bribery, but the other side of the equation, those who accept the bribes, are just as guilty, if not even more so.
I think the only way to get the patent system perfect (or any other endeavor that man engages in to bring order to society) is to either have robots rule us (*insert memes here*), or make it profitable for the politicians to not accept sums of money (or campaign donations) to make loopholes. That would probably mean that we vote out everyone who engages in such behavior, no matter how good a leader they may otherwise be. A tall order.
I had been toying around with Linux for a few months, in the days of Fedora Core 4, seeing if this whole Linux thing was worth my time. I had never used Linux before, and found it lacking support for various things, such as my wireless card. So I went back to XP x64.
Vista changed all that. Suddenly, my computer went from pretty fast to pretty darn slow. Removing needless services, slimming everything down, and other optimization didn't do the trick. UAC is annoying, even when turned off; I don't want it to constantly remind me it is turned off.
Linux on the same hardware was much faster, and I tried other distros and got everything I wanted working. Openoffice, though not my preference, was workable and I used it for college. I got all the eyecandy that Vista was supposed to bring but with an increase in the speed and usability.
Now I'm even considering putting Ubuntu or Mandriva or some other easily Linux distro on my grandma's old computer. She has had serious mental problems due to the barbaric practice of electroshock therapy. If she can figure it out, I'm sure all the other techonophobes can.
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Or perhaps it is a problem that we have politicians that are easily bribeable. Sure corporations should be to blame for initiating the bribery, but the other side of the equation, those who accept the bribes, are just as guilty, if not even more so.
I think the only way to get the patent system perfect (or any other endeavor that man engages in to bring order to society) is to either have robots rule us (*insert memes here*), or make it profitable for the politicians to not accept sums of money (or campaign donations) to make loopholes. That would probably mean that we vote out everyone who engages in such behavior, no matter how good a leader they may otherwise be. A tall order.
Perhaps they could call this "Moore's Law." (Yes, it doesn't apply to networks, but whatever)
I had been toying around with Linux for a few months, in the days of Fedora Core 4, seeing if this whole Linux thing was worth my time. I had never used Linux before, and found it lacking support for various things, such as my wireless card. So I went back to XP x64. Vista changed all that. Suddenly, my computer went from pretty fast to pretty darn slow. Removing needless services, slimming everything down, and other optimization didn't do the trick. UAC is annoying, even when turned off; I don't want it to constantly remind me it is turned off. Linux on the same hardware was much faster, and I tried other distros and got everything I wanted working. Openoffice, though not my preference, was workable and I used it for college. I got all the eyecandy that Vista was supposed to bring but with an increase in the speed and usability. Now I'm even considering putting Ubuntu or Mandriva or some other easily Linux distro on my grandma's old computer. She has had serious mental problems due to the barbaric practice of electroshock therapy. If she can figure it out, I'm sure all the other techonophobes can.
No r there, ae there?