And wouldn't this make a ton of people liable. For example, the people who write software that enables ripping DVDs and CDs, the people who wrote the file sharing software, the people who wrote the OS used to run the software rip and share the content, the people who built the computers and servers used, the ISPs, and the telcos and fiber owners. They all have about the same role if not more in facilitating the copyright violations than the The Pirate Bay does in practice. After all, after finding peers, the tracker could go down and piracy could still be committed, leaving only these parties liable.
I'm also worried about the precedent potential here. For example, what happens if an IT manager accidentally sets up an automated distribution system for his corporation that breaches some obscure part of the EULA of the software he is deploying? Other than the fact you could argue he was acting in good faith with the system, he seems to be in the same boat as TPB guys.
Many other scenarios. Its easy to forget that copyright violation takes many forms.
I find it amazing that a country accused of being a hopeless capitalist pig like the USA would not allow such conditions under its labor laws, and yet a country that constantly points such a finger is behind enforcing such conditions.
I still think from a game theory perspective, it is best to go after the platform you are best at pwning if you assume all the other participants are about as skilled as you are. This is because time is a factor, and so you are better off making sure you hack first and get something than trying hack the best prize if there is a better chance one of the other hackers is more experienced at it than you. A good chance of getting something bad is usually better than a bad chance of getting something good.
I would be much more worried about some of the stipulations of the GPL v3 being called into question. Some of its restrictions that helped cure the "hacks" for the GPL v2 could also be used for pure evil in other essentially restrictive licenses. And since some of these do cover actual usage of the software, there might be issues.
There is some Chinese innovation, but most of it is in tooling and manufacturing technology, which if you think about it is their main area of experience. In fact, much of the product design innovation over the past few years that Western engineers have been able to devise have directly exploited new Chinese materials and manufacturing techniques.
But being innovative when it comes to the actual product design is greatly helped by a consumer culture, which is a very very infant concept in the PRC.
Well, its is basically a case study class. Many college and especially grad school classes are case studies. I don't see a problem in studying game mechanics of a successful game any more than studying the engineering of a successful rocket or studying the economic policies of a successful empire. All the same academic role, or course, assuming a similar degree of rigor.
Part of the problem with your idea is it is not easy to enforce, as pay and employee quality vary quite a bit in any industry. If this policy was put into effect, companies would still try to use the H1B to snag top foreign talent for the price of average US talent, or foreign talent with certain training rather than paying to train US employees.
The easiest way to stop the H1B problem would be to improve America's down in the dumps education. When our workforce education rates match up with the rest of the first world, it will be much more difficult for companies to argue they have to look abroad for skilled workers.
1000 years is a very long time to be making any assumptions. Another climate-influencing catastrophe or major geological event is quite possible in this time that could completely overshadow the current atmospheric composition.
The human factor shouldn't be ruled out either. Technology could similarly make the natural influences on the climate irrelevant in such a span.
The interesting thing is, to assuming that geoengineering as a solution is impractical as much of the scientific community seems to suggest strikes me as odd being we have basically accidentally geoengineered ourselves into this mess, assuming the current causation theory is correct.
Just hope we don't act carelessly in trying to come up with a fix and end up making the problem worse.(see the park service fighting small forest fires in Yellowstone for about a century...)
This is even more confusing, since Apple bought the Fingerworks technology which already had a bunch of this technology in effect, well before the patent. I believe you are not allowed to publicly disclose a technology before filing for a patent if you want protection in most cases.
Also, What is Apple Trying to accomplish? All I can see coming of this is a patent cold war, where companies like Palm and RIM will use their patents on obvious basic functions to threaten Apple similarly. Not to mention, some of the pioneers of PDA Phones like Kyocera who might see Apple messing around with lawyers as an invitation to sue them for the very basis idea behind their phone. Nothing good can come of this for anyone, Mr. Cook.
The point of rapid obsolescence is exactly why O'Reilly needs to restructure and remarket its Safari Books Online service. If this service was more affordable and well known to the average technology interested person, they could have a wide profit margin goldmine on their hands. They also need to make it more accessible, think Safari Books iPhone apps and more of that like.
O'Reilly needs to become the Netflix of tech books if they want to survive. They can't compete against lower quality but free, searchable, internet tutorials otherwise.
Transistors, especially MOSFETs are quite capacitive by nature of functioning by P-N junctions. MOSFETS have fairly considerable gate capacitance due to the fact that the gate is insulated by a layer of gate oxide, forming a quite apparent capacitor. This is indeed why your computer has a clock speed limit, it takes time to charge up these capacitors due to an RC time constant.
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And wouldn't this make a ton of people liable. For example, the people who write software that enables ripping DVDs and CDs, the people who wrote the file sharing software, the people who wrote the OS used to run the software rip and share the content, the people who built the computers and servers used, the ISPs, and the telcos and fiber owners. They all have about the same role if not more in facilitating the copyright violations than the The Pirate Bay does in practice. After all, after finding peers, the tracker could go down and piracy could still be committed, leaving only these parties liable.
So when do all the hopelessly fanatic anti-MS people set up a Boycott Red Hat site? Waiting.
I'm also worried about the precedent potential here. For example, what happens if an IT manager accidentally sets up an automated distribution system for his corporation that breaches some obscure part of the EULA of the software he is deploying? Other than the fact you could argue he was acting in good faith with the system, he seems to be in the same boat as TPB guys. Many other scenarios. Its easy to forget that copyright violation takes many forms.
I find it amazing that a country accused of being a hopeless capitalist pig like the USA would not allow such conditions under its labor laws, and yet a country that constantly points such a finger is behind enforcing such conditions.
I still think from a game theory perspective, it is best to go after the platform you are best at pwning if you assume all the other participants are about as skilled as you are. This is because time is a factor, and so you are better off making sure you hack first and get something than trying hack the best prize if there is a better chance one of the other hackers is more experienced at it than you. A good chance of getting something bad is usually better than a bad chance of getting something good.
I would be much more worried about some of the stipulations of the GPL v3 being called into question. Some of its restrictions that helped cure the "hacks" for the GPL v2 could also be used for pure evil in other essentially restrictive licenses. And since some of these do cover actual usage of the software, there might be issues.
There is some Chinese innovation, but most of it is in tooling and manufacturing technology, which if you think about it is their main area of experience. In fact, much of the product design innovation over the past few years that Western engineers have been able to devise have directly exploited new Chinese materials and manufacturing techniques. But being innovative when it comes to the actual product design is greatly helped by a consumer culture, which is a very very infant concept in the PRC.
Well, its is basically a case study class. Many college and especially grad school classes are case studies. I don't see a problem in studying game mechanics of a successful game any more than studying the engineering of a successful rocket or studying the economic policies of a successful empire. All the same academic role, or course, assuming a similar degree of rigor.
Part of the problem with your idea is it is not easy to enforce, as pay and employee quality vary quite a bit in any industry. If this policy was put into effect, companies would still try to use the H1B to snag top foreign talent for the price of average US talent, or foreign talent with certain training rather than paying to train US employees. The easiest way to stop the H1B problem would be to improve America's down in the dumps education. When our workforce education rates match up with the rest of the first world, it will be much more difficult for companies to argue they have to look abroad for skilled workers.
1000 years is a very long time to be making any assumptions. Another climate-influencing catastrophe or major geological event is quite possible in this time that could completely overshadow the current atmospheric composition. The human factor shouldn't be ruled out either. Technology could similarly make the natural influences on the climate irrelevant in such a span.
The interesting thing is, to assuming that geoengineering as a solution is impractical as much of the scientific community seems to suggest strikes me as odd being we have basically accidentally geoengineered ourselves into this mess, assuming the current causation theory is correct. Just hope we don't act carelessly in trying to come up with a fix and end up making the problem worse.(see the park service fighting small forest fires in Yellowstone for about a century...)
This is even more confusing, since Apple bought the Fingerworks technology which already had a bunch of this technology in effect, well before the patent. I believe you are not allowed to publicly disclose a technology before filing for a patent if you want protection in most cases. Also, What is Apple Trying to accomplish? All I can see coming of this is a patent cold war, where companies like Palm and RIM will use their patents on obvious basic functions to threaten Apple similarly. Not to mention, some of the pioneers of PDA Phones like Kyocera who might see Apple messing around with lawyers as an invitation to sue them for the very basis idea behind their phone. Nothing good can come of this for anyone, Mr. Cook.
Ok, think of this as an upgrade to your IE Tab extensions then.
The point of rapid obsolescence is exactly why O'Reilly needs to restructure and remarket its Safari Books Online service. If this service was more affordable and well known to the average technology interested person, they could have a wide profit margin goldmine on their hands. They also need to make it more accessible, think Safari Books iPhone apps and more of that like. O'Reilly needs to become the Netflix of tech books if they want to survive. They can't compete against lower quality but free, searchable, internet tutorials otherwise.
Transistors, especially MOSFETs are quite capacitive by nature of functioning by P-N junctions. MOSFETS have fairly considerable gate capacitance due to the fact that the gate is insulated by a layer of gate oxide, forming a quite apparent capacitor. This is indeed why your computer has a clock speed limit, it takes time to charge up these capacitors due to an RC time constant.