You'll get a lot of anti-google replies - but you're absolutely right. Some people dont want their data used for advertising research, and in their twisted logic they think they should still be allowed to access google's services for free, even if google can't profit from it. There are paradoxes everywhere if you go down this path. So someone doesn't like advertising, but wants the company to survive, but then they dont want the company to survive, but they still want to use Gmail...its real confusing.
But if you ignore all those people (they live in a cave anyway, for fear that someone might see the real "them") I agree with your post.
Facebook can re-use your data and images however they please - its in their T&C's. Everything you post to facebook is theirs. So if your photos of your family end up on a billboard somewhere, well, you agreed to that when you signed up to facebook. Well, maybe they cant go that far...but facebook seem to act first and worry about the law later. By the time you are aware of your data being misused, its already too late.
Google on the other hand have offered photo sharing for a little longer, and with none of the same privacy issues. You can download your data whenever you want...and Google wont be using your data for anything other than statistics and adjusting their rankings etc.
There's a difference, and its why I dont post photos to my facebook account, well, not photos I wouldn't post publicly.
patents only serve the interests of the individual who owns them.
On the other hand, the removal of patents would probably de-motivate people from releasing inventions at all.
We need some middle ground, most likely in the form of a maximum patent term of only a couple of years so that the inventor gets a head start, but no more...and after 2 years, everyone benefits.
Why should everyone benefit? because technological advancement is a higher goal than just getting rich.
So if I steal someone's camera and take photos on it, can I legally require that they return the photos to me once they reclaim their camera? can I stop them publishing the photos even though I took them on their camera?
The monkeys dont own the camera. Its exactly the same issue.
Take the monkeys out of the picture, and suddenly its not a confusing problem any more.
can I guarantee that my family can always see my photos from anywhere in the world?
is uploading the photos as easy as selecting photos in picasa and clicking "upload"?
I've paid for cheap hosting in the past, and without fail there is unexpected downtimes, the sites are slow to load, and then you have the extra hassle of doing everything by hand.
When free sites like picasaweb allow you to do everything you need and better and easier than stuff you pay for, why not use them?
jeebus cristo, you people are TECHIES. act like it. 'big content' hosting sites are not the only way to serve your own photos and html, even free forum software.
lazy. do your own site and html. its not rocket science!
stop giving all your content to the big corps.
How much do you need to PAY in web hosting for a service that is as convenient and reliable as picasaweb?
Sure, you can do it yourself, but it wont be as easy, as quick, or as reliable. Good web hosting costs too much for stuff you're not profiting from.
Lastly, if someone chooses to give their content to the big corps, is that wrong?
I agree, but it seems that people just want to do the minimum required to get a pay check and survive on peanuts. Those are the jobs being replaced by machines.
There are only a minority who look at the world and grasp the opportunities presented to them. Even with these changes, the facts remain that those who will be successful, will still be successful, as they will move and adapt with the times.
Those who choose to complain rather than act, will just keep on complaining...one day its machines stealing their jobs, the next day its the person 3 spots down on the production line stole their carpark.
My argument is still the same, if a computer can do your job, then you need to get a better job (whether there are computers or not). Its that simple. Challenge yourself and grow. Dont just become a monkey.
When people cry that machines are stealing our jobs its just a cop-out.
If a machine can do a job, then what human in their right mind would want to do that job anyway?
Machines aren't stealing our jobs...they're just doing tasks that humans should never have had to do in the first place.
Its time we realised that machines can do the mundane stuff so that we can do the interesting stuff... someone needs to create, program, and maintain the machines, so wherever jobs are lost, others are created.
As technology is able to do more things, new markets emerge. If you think you're only destiny on this earth was to be a bank teller, then you are placing huge limits on your abilities. Think outside the box, and aim higher. Machines cant replace humans. They just do repetitive tasks. You dont want their job.
I realise that there may come a time when robots can "think" and take on more complex roles, but we're a long long way from that and to this day robots are still "tools" and no more than that.
Abandon general prior art and go on first to file?
There appears to be a common misconception that adoption in the United States of the more common "first to file" rule will end the role of prior art in determining what is patent-worthy. But as I understand it, a "first to file" rule affects only interference (patent application vs. patent application) disputes, not novelty (patent vs. prior art) disputes.
in any case, even with that distinction, the GP is right in saying that this decision would never have happened, and the invalid patents would be valid. The fact that the prior art check is only done when the first patent is filed, means that it is not done when the 2nd patent is filed.
And from experience, I can tell you that roundabouts ONLY work when none of the joining roads are main roads. If just one of the roads were a major road, the joining road immediately "downstream" never gets to go. Unless there is a break in the traffic - as is usually created by....you guessed it...traffic lights.
Also, what happens when there are cars waiting at all roads joining onto a roundabout? who goes first? I've seen some cars wait for several minutes because the law says you must give way if there is another car already on the roundabout. Most people apply common sense and just go when there is a gap big enough, but I've seen the concept fail many times.
That said, for quieter backstreets etc, or any set of roads where there are frequent breaks in the traffic, roundabouts make good sense.
I thought it was about a couple of kids playing in the sandpit...
Apple: Hey where'd you get that yellow tractor from? Samsung: I invented it. Apple: But it looks like my yellow tractor. That's not fair - only I'm allowed to have a yellow tractor. Samsung: Well it might look similar because its yellow and its a tractor...but its mine - I made it. Apple: No, no, its not fair!! That's it, I'm telling mum...
Which is why the courts got involved.
Now its up to mum to decide who hit who first and who is allowed to keep their yellow tractor...
Your "private" data (that you have willingly shared with a 3rd party already) must be pretty important to warrant the level of paranoia you're displaying there.
The world is a scary place, but do you:
1. hide in your house and never go out for fear of bad things happening... OR 2. accept that there is a risk and just do the things you want.
Or we could, you know, just use more secure operating systems.
I dunno - even the most secure OS is still vulnerable to social engineering attacks.
The onus is on Microsoft to make windows more secure, rather than the ignorant users. Expecting everyone to research the security of every OS before buying a computer is not realistic.
It's the polar opposite of Buzz. You have to add friends manually, and manually assign them to one of four "circles" (Family, Friends, Acquaintances, Following.)
Then with EVERY damn thing you post, you have to assign to one or more groups.
So you get very fine-grained control, but at the cost of usability. It really is the opposite of Buzz in that way.
Sounds like what I've been wishing facebook would adopt for ages...
hopefully it works well..although they will most likely continue to make changes throughout the "beta" period.
Even the poor guys, CIA / Pentagon doesn't hold anywhere near the amont of data Google holds on us, including our day to day, hour by hour interests, our thoughts over the web, our contacts, our position, and every single web you visit (DoubleClick / Analytics / ReCaptcha), (and if you use Chrome/Android), then pretty much your entire life including your where abouts and who you associate with and the types of people.
And yet it shocks me that among the geek population, very few I know or seen over various website recognise the threat of Google.
So you're concerned about the data they collect from search and web browsing? Chrome and Android dont actually give them anything other than a few bits of browsing history (if you have search suggestions turned on) and location data (if you have that turned on).
In any case, all of this data is and has only ever been used to produce ads that they think you're likely to click on. oh, how sinister of them!!
Google also tell us that they cant identify an individual from this data because it has been anonymized. Whether that is true, we may never find out - but the fact is that until now there has been no reports of Google misusing that data. Not that I'm aware of anyway.
Of course, there are people who consider targetted advertising a misuse of their data...I'm not sure what they'd prefer...either they buy the products they like (because Google and others found out what they like and connected buyer with seller) OR the companies who produce products they like go out of business because they cant get enough sales. How else do companies get the word out?
but surely we already have enough motivation....although on second thoughts, you are probably correct in that it is the governments and the general populous that need to be convinced, rather than scientists and engineers. The governments (and by extension, the people) need to allocate funds and resources for such things to happen...fair enough.
laugh man, its good for you. clearly I was just poking fun at it.
I use windows 7 at home and I agree its pretty stable. However if you want to argue the point, windows DOES still need rebooting after certain software installations and settings changes. Far more often than the equivalent operations under MacOS or Linux.
Slashdot Mirror
You'll get a lot of anti-google replies - but you're absolutely right. Some people dont want their data used for advertising research, and in their twisted logic they think they should still be allowed to access google's services for free, even if google can't profit from it. There are paradoxes everywhere if you go down this path. So someone doesn't like advertising, but wants the company to survive, but then they dont want the company to survive, but they still want to use Gmail...its real confusing.
But if you ignore all those people (they live in a cave anyway, for fear that someone might see the real "them") I agree with your post.
Facebook can re-use your data and images however they please - its in their T&C's. Everything you post to facebook is theirs. So if your photos of your family end up on a billboard somewhere, well, you agreed to that when you signed up to facebook. Well, maybe they cant go that far...but facebook seem to act first and worry about the law later. By the time you are aware of your data being misused, its already too late.
Google on the other hand have offered photo sharing for a little longer, and with none of the same privacy issues. You can download your data whenever you want...and Google wont be using your data for anything other than statistics and adjusting their rankings etc.
There's a difference, and its why I dont post photos to my facebook account, well, not photos I wouldn't post publicly.
Lets hope G+ doesn't copy facebook tooo much.
patents only serve the interests of the individual who owns them.
On the other hand, the removal of patents would probably de-motivate people from releasing inventions at all.
We need some middle ground, most likely in the form of a maximum patent term of only a couple of years so that the inventor gets a head start, but no more...and after 2 years, everyone benefits.
Why should everyone benefit? because technological advancement is a higher goal than just getting rich.
the whole issue is just silly.
So if I steal someone's camera and take photos on it, can I legally require that they return the photos to me once they reclaim their camera? can I stop them publishing the photos even though I took them on their camera?
The monkeys dont own the camera. Its exactly the same issue.
Take the monkeys out of the picture, and suddenly its not a confusing problem any more.
sure, and what are the ping times?
can I guarantee that my family can always see my photos from anywhere in the world?
is uploading the photos as easy as selecting photos in picasa and clicking "upload"?
I've paid for cheap hosting in the past, and without fail there is unexpected downtimes, the sites are slow to load, and then you have the extra hassle of doing everything by hand.
When free sites like picasaweb allow you to do everything you need and better and easier than stuff you pay for, why not use them?
get your own website and put your photos there.
jeebus cristo, you people are TECHIES. act like it. 'big content' hosting sites are not the only way to serve your own photos and html, even free forum software.
lazy. do your own site and html. its not rocket science!
stop giving all your content to the big corps.
How much do you need to PAY in web hosting for a service that is as convenient and reliable as picasaweb?
Sure, you can do it yourself, but it wont be as easy, as quick, or as reliable. Good web hosting costs too much for stuff you're not profiting from.
Lastly, if someone chooses to give their content to the big corps, is that wrong?
Did you teleport here from the stone age?
Welcome to sales and marketing dude.
The robot does what the robot has been programmed to do.
I agree, but it seems that people just want to do the minimum required to get a pay check and survive on peanuts. Those are the jobs being replaced by machines.
There are only a minority who look at the world and grasp the opportunities presented to them. Even with these changes, the facts remain that those who will be successful, will still be successful, as they will move and adapt with the times.
Those who choose to complain rather than act, will just keep on complaining...one day its machines stealing their jobs, the next day its the person 3 spots down on the production line stole their carpark.
My argument is still the same, if a computer can do your job, then you need to get a better job (whether there are computers or not). Its that simple. Challenge yourself and grow. Dont just become a monkey.
When people cry that machines are stealing our jobs its just a cop-out.
If a machine can do a job, then what human in their right mind would want to do that job anyway?
Machines aren't stealing our jobs...they're just doing tasks that humans should never have had to do in the first place.
Its time we realised that machines can do the mundane stuff so that we can do the interesting stuff...
someone needs to create, program, and maintain the machines, so wherever jobs are lost, others are created.
As technology is able to do more things, new markets emerge. If you think you're only destiny on this earth was to be a bank teller, then you are placing huge limits on your abilities. Think outside the box, and aim higher. Machines cant replace humans. They just do repetitive tasks. You dont want their job.
I realise that there may come a time when robots can "think" and take on more complex roles, but we're a long long way from that and to this day robots are still "tools" and no more than that.
you're on weed mate. You were offtopic mentioning the GPL, and you're still offtopic. take a walk.
If you're going to troll, at least put some effort in.
Abandon general prior art and go on first to file?
There appears to be a common misconception that adoption in the United States of the more common "first to file" rule will end the role of prior art in determining what is patent-worthy. But as I understand it, a "first to file" rule affects only interference (patent application vs. patent application) disputes, not novelty (patent vs. prior art) disputes.
in any case, even with that distinction, the GP is right in saying that this decision would never have happened, and the invalid patents would be valid. The fact that the prior art check is only done when the first patent is filed, means that it is not done when the 2nd patent is filed.
Either way there are flaws.
Well in Australia, we have a lot of roundabouts.
And from experience, I can tell you that roundabouts ONLY work when none of the joining roads are main roads. If just one of the roads were a major road, the joining road immediately "downstream" never gets to go. Unless there is a break in the traffic - as is usually created by....you guessed it...traffic lights.
Also, what happens when there are cars waiting at all roads joining onto a roundabout? who goes first? I've seen some cars wait for several minutes because the law says you must give way if there is another car already on the roundabout. Most people apply common sense and just go when there is a gap big enough, but I've seen the concept fail many times.
That said, for quieter backstreets etc, or any set of roads where there are frequent breaks in the traffic, roundabouts make good sense.
I thought it was about a couple of kids playing in the sandpit...
Apple: Hey where'd you get that yellow tractor from?
Samsung: I invented it.
Apple: But it looks like my yellow tractor. That's not fair - only I'm allowed to have a yellow tractor.
Samsung: Well it might look similar because its yellow and its a tractor...but its mine - I made it.
Apple: No, no, its not fair!! That's it, I'm telling mum...
Which is why the courts got involved.
Now its up to mum to decide who hit who first and who is allowed to keep their yellow tractor...
Your "private" data (that you have willingly shared with a 3rd party already) must be pretty important to warrant the level of paranoia you're displaying there.
The world is a scary place, but do you:
1. hide in your house and never go out for fear of bad things happening... OR
2. accept that there is a risk and just do the things you want.
??
Oh yeah, I use facebook too. sue me.
I think what you meant to say is they could roll it into a "premium" version of MSSE and then charge you for it.
Or we could, you know, just use more secure operating systems.
A technological solution to a technological problem? Surely you jest!
Even if it were possible, its still cat and mouse between OS creators and malware writers.
Or we could, you know, just use more secure operating systems.
I dunno - even the most secure OS is still vulnerable to social engineering attacks.
The onus is on Microsoft to make windows more secure, rather than the ignorant users. Expecting everyone to research the security of every OS before buying a computer is not realistic.
hypervisors are nowhere near good enough to do all the things the GP mentioned. so yes, the 3d performance would suck!!
There are linux boot disks available that will fix that up.
I'm betting that a good many of us have had to fix the MBR/bootloader on linux before.
It's the polar opposite of Buzz. You have to add friends manually, and manually assign them to one of four "circles" (Family, Friends, Acquaintances, Following.)
Then with EVERY damn thing you post, you have to assign to one or more groups.
So you get very fine-grained control, but at the cost of usability. It really is the opposite of Buzz in that way.
Sounds like what I've been wishing facebook would adopt for ages...
hopefully it works well..although they will most likely continue to make changes throughout the "beta" period.
Even the poor guys, CIA / Pentagon doesn't hold anywhere near the amont of data Google holds on us, including our day to day, hour by hour interests, our thoughts over the web, our contacts, our position, and every single web you visit (DoubleClick / Analytics / ReCaptcha), (and if you use Chrome/Android), then pretty much your entire life including your where abouts and who you associate with and the types of people.
And yet it shocks me that among the geek population, very few I know or seen over various website recognise the threat of Google.
Several people have already pointed out https://www.google.com/dashboard/
So you're concerned about the data they collect from search and web browsing? Chrome and Android dont actually give them anything other than a few bits of browsing history (if you have search suggestions turned on) and location data (if you have that turned on).
In any case, all of this data is and has only ever been used to produce ads that they think you're likely to click on. oh, how sinister of them!!
Google also tell us that they cant identify an individual from this data because it has been anonymized. Whether that is true, we may never find out - but the fact is that until now there has been no reports of Google misusing that data. Not that I'm aware of anyway.
Of course, there are people who consider targetted advertising a misuse of their data...I'm not sure what they'd prefer...either they buy the products they like (because Google and others found out what they like and connected buyer with seller) OR the companies who produce products they like go out of business because they cant get enough sales. How else do companies get the word out?
but surely we already have enough motivation....although on second thoughts, you are probably correct in that it is the governments and the general populous that need to be convinced, rather than scientists and engineers. The governments (and by extension, the people) need to allocate funds and resources for such things to happen...fair enough.
dude.
you realize that blogspot blogs are not the best blogs, right? and that they pop up top 10 for a very specific reason, right?
that seems like a generalization.
sure, most professionals apparently choose wordpress, though I see no reason why someone could not create more relevant content on blogspot.
Google search is about relevance, so "best blogs" to Google search may well be different to "best blogs" according to you.
Of course, you could be correct too, but we cant deduce that just because of search placings alone.
laugh man, its good for you. clearly I was just poking fun at it.
I use windows 7 at home and I agree its pretty stable. However if you want to argue the point, windows DOES still need rebooting after certain software installations and settings changes. Far more often than the equivalent operations under MacOS or Linux.