But the use to which they are put can be. Remember, this is a country that issued a patent to a bank for putting out toys for kids to play with, seeing a bank doing it as distinct from a restaurant doing it.
"On the Internet!" is patentable.
Maybe this MS/Novell thing will be the darkness before the dawn, when the utter farce of software patents and "intellectual property" are laid too bare for even the emperor's new clothes to cover.
The problem being that America as a nation has dressed itself in these new clothes. America as a nation would rather defend a farce rather than admit it was acting silly. Especially if there is a monetary cost involved in acquiring new new clothes.
It's not that paying companies for good work is even an issue. It's the fact that companies insist on perverting the legal system to effect the information age equivalent of highway robbery that is particularly disgusting.
Welcome to the new fuedalism. You're just a serfer on the Information Super Rice Paddy. All hail the Daimyos of Microsoft and Sony/BMG.
"First, in spite of it's name, XML is not a markup language. ..
OK[delimiter],[/delimiter] so now it's a spec so bad they even named it wrong and a standard data exchange format with no standard[stop].[/stop] [sarcasm]Muuuch[/sarcasm] better[fullstop].[/fullstop]
More or less; and no. Let's just say they left room for improvement the first time around.
To use the ever popular car analogy, networking as an infrastructure is about where the automotive infrastructure was about WWI. It exists on a largish and commercial scale (the French were able move the army to the front lines overnight by rounding up all the taxi cabs in Paris), but it's still largely piggy-backed on older infrastructures (the first roads make expressly for automotive use were not made until just before WWII).
Traffic control is still being worked on as the roads/tubes get cloged up or get washed out/go offline.
And just wait until you see what they come up with as the net version of the roundabout/cloverleaf. It won't be any prettier, but at least only the admins will have to look at it.
As I posted just yesterday, ATX power supplies are available off the shelf in 12/24/48VDC, they are, however, pricey per unit. I imagine Google buys direct in bulk.
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for blindness. . . made me take an olive fork and start stabbing.
Good to hear from you. Give my love to your mother. - Dad
KFG
They are so deep in the trees that they can't see how much Myspace can help smaller bands, and artist discovery.
The hell they can't. That's exactly what they're trying to prevent.
KFG
They are the driving force behind the broadcast flag.
KFG
Algorithms cannot be patented, right?
But the use to which they are put can be. Remember, this is a country that issued a patent to a bank for putting out toys for kids to play with, seeing a bank doing it as distinct from a restaurant doing it.
"On the Internet!" is patentable.
Maybe this MS/Novell thing will be the darkness before the dawn, when the utter farce of software patents and "intellectual property" are laid too bare for even the emperor's new clothes to cover.
The problem being that America as a nation has dressed itself in these new clothes. America as a nation would rather defend a farce rather than admit it was acting silly. Especially if there is a monetary cost involved in acquiring new new clothes.
It's not that paying companies for good work is even an issue. It's the fact that companies insist on perverting the legal system to effect the information age equivalent of highway robbery that is particularly disgusting.
Welcome to the new fuedalism. You're just a serfer on the Information Super Rice Paddy. All hail the Daimyos of Microsoft and Sony/BMG.
KFG
If someone is willing to pay for a service and someone is willing to perform that service, whats ugly about that?
Have you seen her?
KFG
Novell can cram all the MS crap they want into the common Linux repositories,
but it doesn't mean that we - the Linux community - have to accept it.
How would you propose to know it when you saw it?
KFG
do they think that eu will just let them force people to use their own 'partner''s distro just like that ?
For the moment at least, the EU does not even recognize the IP in question.
KFG
This isn't about code. It's about method.
KFG
A more accurate answer to your question would be:
lkajt;oq iuj4 tylkmeafngm/lahtoi[quypitjnqw;lkrgejq;lk
KFG
It's also a binary format.
KFG
She's a witch! Burn 'er! Burn 'er!
KFG
"First, in spite of it's name, XML is not a markup language. . .
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.be a hell of a shock to my family.
OK[delimiter],[/delimiter] so now it's a spec so bad they even named it wrong and a standard data exchange format with no standard[stop].[/stop] [sarcasm]Muuuch[/sarcasm] better[fullstop].[/fullstop]
I'm certain your indian replacement will . .
. .
KFG
KFG
This is a spec for structuring data
No, it's a spec for text markup.
Cultural Effects?
Rampant spec abuse. 10 years old and still looking for a problem to solve.
KFG
Or maybe BBN is admitting failure. . .
More or less; and no. Let's just say they left room for improvement the first time around.
To use the ever popular car analogy, networking as an infrastructure is about where the automotive infrastructure was about WWI. It exists on a largish and commercial scale (the French were able move the army to the front lines overnight by rounding up all the taxi cabs in Paris), but it's still largely piggy-backed on older infrastructures (the first roads make expressly for automotive use were not made until just before WWII).
Traffic control is still being worked on as the roads/tubes get cloged up or get washed out/go offline.
And just wait until you see what they come up with as the net version of the roundabout/cloverleaf. It won't be any prettier, but at least only the admins will have to look at it.
KFG
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=20692 0&cid=16871482
KFG
I wonder why there are making such a fuss about this
The Feds did not ban Internet gambling. They banned certain wire transfers of money.
Follow the money.
KFG
RTFA?
KFG
When's that being released? Where can I get in the line?
KFG
I eat a lot of beans. He should be grateful that I didn't just fart in his general direction.
KFG
Call me a dummy too then.
Now you're just being silly. You're a hockey puck.
KFG
Dude, you're a dummy. You wouldn't understand anyway.
KFG
Whatever you say about him, he's donated more to charity than you and your children will ever earn combined!
Steal from 100 widows, support 1, collect humanitarian award.
Refuse to steal from widows, get arrested for indigence.
Such it has always been, so it shall always be.
KFG
To me it looks like an attempt for the search engines to get content providers to make the search engine's job that much easier.
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Yeeeeeeeeeeeah, and. .
KFG
The money motivator is there, but it's not like he needs more.
I'm not sure you understand what motivates people who are motivated to acquire that sort of money.
Hint: it is not the need for money as most of us understand it.
KFG
As I posted just yesterday, ATX power supplies are available off the shelf in 12/24/48VDC, they are, however, pricey per unit. I imagine Google buys direct in bulk.
KFG