Sandisk (and I believe the pre-spin-off Sundisk) was making flash 3.5" IDE drives in the early 90's. The IDE interface is so crude and obvious that there is no way a patent on it can be enforced. Once you get past the physical interface the data handling in a SSD is completely different from a mechanical drive. Unless Seagate has active patents on SATA that they are sitting on I can't imagine they will be able to do anything about the rise of SSDs.
Obviously this is a preemptive posturing by a potential buggywhip manufacturer. Frankly I don't know what they are scared of. The data density and profit margin are still much better for mechanical drives. They stand to lose out on the consumer market with the shift to portable computers where SSDs really shine on power consumption and capacity can be sacrificed. However, there will always be a need for mass storage in data centers.
If New Jersey owns the machines then the right of first sale rule applies and they can do anything with them unless bound by contractural restrictions. Sequoia can just go suck it. This letter is just the opening salvo in the usual SLAPP antics these companies play when they can't bribe to get what they want.
Hand everything over to the USENET cabal. They can surely whip this internet thing into shape. Okay. The "cabal" is probably down to one 40yr old guy still living in mom's basement. But we can dream can't we?
The US government already has publicly available (for a fee) map data. This is the Census bureau's TIGER database. The problem is that it isn't entirely accurate or up to date. This is where the private map data companies come in. They all based their data sets off of TIGER but they send people around to correct errors, add new roads, and add metadata for better auto routing. This process isn't easy or cheap. The bureau is also working with the private companies to develop an enhanced TIGER database.
It's not like he had much to lose except for time if he made a mistake. He was wholly in the right so there is no way the claims against him would be substantiated. He probably doesn't have a 9-5 job and has the freedom to pursue this sort of thing for the challenge and learning experience. Believe it or not, most judges are not idiots. They can generally see who is in the right from early on but they have to follow procedure and give everyone due process.
I know the CoS is manned by a bunch of persistent barratrous bastards but it is absolutely ridiculous that eBay would cave into them this way. It's lazy and irresponsible for a company the size of eBay to let CoS have their way once again when they have the resources to fight their crap.
It's one thing for the scientologists to claim copyright protections on their literature but restricting the sale or e-meters is something they don't have the right to do. E-meters are hard physical items that are subject to the right of first sale doctrine. There is no copyright violation going on with their resale. Likewise, there should be nothing wrong with people reselling original copies of CoS literature provided they aren't bound by a contract that says otherwise.
The funny thing is it would be great if some of the athletes played entirely by the rules like this and really laid on the sarcasm. That would make the best statement of all about how ridiculous the IOC has become.
I'm atheist, and I'm anti-gay marriage. Not in the ceremonial sense of the word. I think you can do whatever you like as far as ceremonies are concerned. However, I do think that the gov't should encourage breeding amongst people who are productive as they tend to produce more productive people. (There is a bell curve here, the 2nd generation wealthy tend to be schleps.) Gay's have a particularly hard to cross threshold regarding the breeding thing. It's inconvenient and inefficient for them.
Marriage isn't just about breeding. Our society has a lot of fringe benefits that go along with marriage. There are tax advantages. Spouses have the right to make medical decisions for each other and are the default executors of each other's estate. There is no valid reason to prohibit gays from enjoying these benefits. Arbitrarily preventing some couples to enjoy the benefits others are allowed to have is the same as forcing black people to sit in the back of the bus because 'whites are naturally superior'.
As for the yahoos that want a constitutional amentment to prohibit gay marriage, I say we should strip these people of their right to vote and hold elected office. These people exhibit a complete lack of understanding of the purpose of the constitution. It it solely intended to restrict the powers of government and not supposed to be a tool to restrict the liberties of the citizenry. This mistake was made once with prohibition. We don't need to do it again.
Remember, Bush the elder once stated that he thought atheists should be deported. Just because. These are the sort of people you are allying yourself with.
The UI was smooth and fast on my 486/33 running Windows 3.11. It's still quite capable running a no-frills X window manager and Pentium Overdrive. The Apple ][GS was reasonably snappy when it didn't have to access a drive. The only reason why a multi-hundred MHz device could be slow is programmer laziness.
All of the major studios are publicly traded companies. You would think that the SEC would see to it that the shareholders aren't cheated by enforcing reasonable accounting practices. Especially so in the wake of Sarbanes-Oxley.
The city I live in provides all that for free (minus the GPS connectivity). They have their GIS online and you can select any plot of land to see data on it. What it's assessed value is, when was it last sold and for how much, whether the owner has paid their taxes or water bill, it's all there where it should be.
This has long been a sore point with me. The term "Open Source" has been in use for more than 10 years. The first software related occurence on Usenet occured in the early 90's. This co-opting of the true history of the term has been orchestrated by ESR with his self-biased jargon file. He likes to demurr by saying that the foundation of OSI represents a true beginning but this is just a buch of phony chest thumping to make himself seem relevant.
And who do you suppose created those pictures of the great prophet in the first place? It's ridiculous that some of today's muslims are so wound up in the rhetoric of our era that they conveniently forget that the creation of "graven images" wasn't always prohibited in islamic culture. This is doubly silly since these most inflexible people are generally the same ones who want everyone to go back to living like it's the year 599 where such practices were commonplace.
You've identified a significamt limitation in current electro-mechanicical prosthetics. I suggest you take out a patent on an 'apparatus for enabling gestural espression by amputees'.
Japan had already walked down the path toward democratization in the Meiji era. It's also worth pointing out what Japan has today is something of a sham democracy (not that the US isn't either). There are multitudes of battling special interests that work in the classical mold of Japanese clan society. The only thing that prevents them from bursting apart, Kenya-style, is their tendency to patiently wait while consensus building.
If the size of the screen is the problem then just show the game on a multi element video wall. Problem solved. Certainly the mega-churches can spare a dime for this.
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Sandisk (and I believe the pre-spin-off Sundisk) was making flash 3.5" IDE drives in the early 90's. The IDE interface is so crude and obvious that there is no way a patent on it can be enforced. Once you get past the physical interface the data handling in a SSD is completely different from a mechanical drive. Unless Seagate has active patents on SATA that they are sitting on I can't imagine they will be able to do anything about the rise of SSDs.
Obviously this is a preemptive posturing by a potential buggywhip manufacturer. Frankly I don't know what they are scared of. The data density and profit margin are still much better for mechanical drives. They stand to lose out on the consumer market with the shift to portable computers where SSDs really shine on power consumption and capacity can be sacrificed. However, there will always be a need for mass storage in data centers.
If New Jersey owns the machines then the right of first sale rule applies and they can do anything with them unless bound by contractural restrictions. Sequoia can just go suck it. This letter is just the opening salvo in the usual SLAPP antics these companies play when they can't bribe to get what they want.
Questioning authority is unchristian. That's reason enough for GOD-addy.
Hand everything over to the USENET cabal. They can surely whip this internet thing into shape. Okay. The "cabal" is probably down to one 40yr old guy still living in mom's basement. But we can dream can't we?
The on board electrolysis is handled by the rooftop, solar panel covered windmill you have to install.
The US government already has publicly available (for a fee) map data. This is the Census bureau's TIGER database. The problem is that it isn't entirely accurate or up to date. This is where the private map data companies come in. They all based their data sets off of TIGER but they send people around to correct errors, add new roads, and add metadata for better auto routing. This process isn't easy or cheap. The bureau is also working with the private companies to develop an enhanced TIGER database.
Some non-cabbage based kimchi is okay but we should never let the Swedes send up Surströmming. That stuff is like a biological weapon.
It's not like he had much to lose except for time if he made a mistake. He was wholly in the right so there is no way the claims against him would be substantiated. He probably doesn't have a 9-5 job and has the freedom to pursue this sort of thing for the challenge and learning experience. Believe it or not, most judges are not idiots. They can generally see who is in the right from early on but they have to follow procedure and give everyone due process.
What do you mean? Don't most music pirates aspire to be international gun runners?
Judging from your sig it seems you may have experience in this sort of thing.
Somewhere out there, somebody's saying "Jackpot!!"
I know the CoS is manned by a bunch of persistent barratrous bastards but it is absolutely ridiculous that eBay would cave into them this way. It's lazy and irresponsible for a company the size of eBay to let CoS have their way once again when they have the resources to fight their crap.
It's one thing for the scientologists to claim copyright protections on their literature but restricting the sale or e-meters is something they don't have the right to do. E-meters are hard physical items that are subject to the right of first sale doctrine. There is no copyright violation going on with their resale. Likewise, there should be nothing wrong with people reselling original copies of CoS literature provided they aren't bound by a contract that says otherwise.
The funny thing is it would be great if some of the athletes played entirely by the rules like this and really laid on the sarcasm. That would make the best statement of all about how ridiculous the IOC has become.
I'm atheist, and I'm anti-gay marriage. Not in the ceremonial sense of the word. I think you can do whatever you like as far as ceremonies are concerned. However, I do think that the gov't should encourage breeding amongst people who are productive as they tend to produce more productive people. (There is a bell curve here, the 2nd generation wealthy tend to be schleps.) Gay's have a particularly hard to cross threshold regarding the breeding thing. It's inconvenient and inefficient for them.
Marriage isn't just about breeding. Our society has a lot of fringe benefits that go along with marriage. There are tax advantages. Spouses have the right to make medical decisions for each other and are the default executors of each other's estate. There is no valid reason to prohibit gays from enjoying these benefits. Arbitrarily preventing some couples to enjoy the benefits others are allowed to have is the same as forcing black people to sit in the back of the bus because 'whites are naturally superior'.
As for the yahoos that want a constitutional amentment to prohibit gay marriage, I say we should strip these people of their right to vote and hold elected office. These people exhibit a complete lack of understanding of the purpose of the constitution. It it solely intended to restrict the powers of government and not supposed to be a tool to restrict the liberties of the citizenry. This mistake was made once with prohibition. We don't need to do it again.
Remember, Bush the elder once stated that he thought atheists should be deported. Just because. These are the sort of people you are allying yourself with.
The UI was smooth and fast on my 486/33 running Windows 3.11. It's still quite capable running a no-frills X window manager and Pentium Overdrive. The Apple ][GS was reasonably snappy when it didn't have to access a drive. The only reason why a multi-hundred MHz device could be slow is programmer laziness.
All of the major studios are publicly traded companies. You would think that the SEC would see to it that the shareholders aren't cheated by enforcing reasonable accounting practices. Especially so in the wake of Sarbanes-Oxley.
I'm frustrated that XP SP3 hasn't been released yet. That's what we really need.
The city I live in provides all that for free (minus the GPS connectivity). They have their GIS online and you can select any plot of land to see data on it. What it's assessed value is, when was it last sold and for how much, whether the owner has paid their taxes or water bill, it's all there where it should be.
This has long been a sore point with me. The term "Open Source" has been in use for more than 10 years. The first software related occurence on Usenet occured in the early 90's. This co-opting of the true history of the term has been orchestrated by ESR with his self-biased jargon file. He likes to demurr by saying that the foundation of OSI represents a true beginning but this is just a buch of phony chest thumping to make himself seem relevant.
Always remember. The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many.
And who do you suppose created those pictures of the great prophet in the first place? It's ridiculous that some of today's muslims are so wound up in the rhetoric of our era that they conveniently forget that the creation of "graven images" wasn't always prohibited in islamic culture. This is doubly silly since these most inflexible people are generally the same ones who want everyone to go back to living like it's the year 599 where such practices were commonplace.
You've identified a significamt limitation in current electro-mechanicical prosthetics. I suggest you take out a patent on an 'apparatus for enabling gestural espression by amputees'.
What? No kung fu grip? What a gyp.
Japan had already walked down the path toward democratization in the Meiji era. It's also worth pointing out what Japan has today is something of a sham democracy (not that the US isn't either). There are multitudes of battling special interests that work in the classical mold of Japanese clan society. The only thing that prevents them from bursting apart, Kenya-style, is their tendency to patiently wait while consensus building.
If the size of the screen is the problem then just show the game on a multi element video wall. Problem solved. Certainly the mega-churches can spare a dime for this.