So, would an infringer have to infringe on all of those claims as narrowly interpreted? If so, it seems like one could avoid patents by making some trivial changes to the code.
Office 2000-2003 Major changes. Office 2003-2008 HORRIBLE HUGE CHANGES.
Office is not Windows. Office 2000 and 2003 will run just fine on the newest version of Windows.
Windows has changed radically every release.
Windows releases are also supported for a long time. 12+ years for XP, and you can still run current and 12-years-old software on it if that's what suits your needs. That's hard to do with Linux distros. You upgrade the OS and it upgrades every other program even if you don't want them to be upgraded.
If you work in health care, at a law office, in insurance, in a financial institution or virtually anything else heavily regulated by the government, you must keep paper copies of most of your stuff. You just can't have a paperless office in those situations.
Not true, at least for health care. I work for a large pharmaceutical company and we use electronic records for nearly everything, including electronic signatures. The document management system has to be Title 21 CFR Part 11 compliant. It's much better than the days of having huge printed docs circulate between offices (sometimes in multiple countries) to get reviewed and signed. The best part is that the documents are fully searchable, so it's much easier to find things in the repository than with paper records.
I am sure you have heard of the saying about what happens when you assume things.
Yes, the saying is: "Assuming is when you make a decision based upon limited information because making no decision at all is not an acceptable course of action."
We never have all the facts about anything so every action and decision makes assumptions to one degree or another.
No. I used an autorooter on my G1. Jacked the phone in to the USB, ran the program... and I was rooted. I don't know how much easier it can get, really.
Bragging about how insecure your computing device is and how fast you can root it is not really a ringing endorsement of the OS's security. I hope the Android developers will start taking security seriously.
Didn't the laws for streaming compensation just change in the US because labels thought they weren't being paid enough? Now they want more money? Oh well, it's their loss. Streaming is the new broadcast radio. It's how people are discovering new music these days. If you don't have your music out on these sites then your artists will have less exposure. This is great news for the other artists (on other labels and independent) who will now have less competition on the streaming sites.
I know that there is some Windows-only software that people need to use, but if you don't need such software, it's worth the effort to switch to Free Software. This issue highlights yet another reason why such a move may be important.
Um, that's most definitely *not* how Windows installs. Not any version ever installed like that.
I disagree. I recently installed Windows 7 on a computer and the GP's sentence sums up my experience. It installed with a minimal amount of clicks. After installation nearly everything "just worked". It also connected to the internet and found drivers for the rest of the hardware. When it was done, everything was working. I was really impressed and told my friends that it's almost as easy to install as linux.
I'm afraid that the KDE brand is ruined only in the head of people who haven't bothered to look at how cool KDE4 is...
I couldn't care any less about how "cool" KDE4 is. I care about stability and functionality and being able to get my work done. What are your opinions on the functionality? Is it working well for you for day to day work? Any glaring bugs or issues? You also mentioned about external projects saying they "are stabilizing." Does that mean that they are not yet stable and have work to do to become stable?
The last time I used KDE was around the middle of 2000. 10 years on I'd like to try out 4.x and see what all the fuss is about. Can anyone recommend a distro that has a good KDE experience? I hear that some distros have screwed up KDE 4.x so I'd like to use one that will give me a decent experience.
Yeah, the more sensible comparison is $2,579 for the subsidized phone+contract, and $2,449 for the unsubsidized phone+contract.
Actually, since there is no contract on the plan he looked at (Unlimited Even More Plus) the more sensible comparison is $2,579 for the subsidized phone+contract and $609 for the unsubsidized phone+one month of service.
According to the FTA, he is paying $529 for the phone, plus $80 per month for an unlimited plan = $1920 over two years, total = $2449. That is the cost of the phone.
Where did you get the "two years" bit? You aren't being subsidized so there's no contract. You can cancel your service with TMobile at any time with no early termination fee.
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In the US it is. Haven't you seen their media? Violence is glorified while sex and nudity is vile and offensive.
So, would an infringer have to infringe on all of those claims as narrowly interpreted? If so, it seems like one could avoid patents by making some trivial changes to the code.
O'Reilly is over here: ftp://ftp.oreilly.com/
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The best part: "Some people have commented that the amount of noise generated by a change is inversely proportional to the complexity of the change."
Office is not Windows. Office 2000 and 2003 will run just fine on the newest version of Windows.
Windows releases are also supported for a long time. 12+ years for XP, and you can still run current and 12-years-old software on it if that's what suits your needs. That's hard to do with Linux distros. You upgrade the OS and it upgrades every other program even if you don't want them to be upgraded.
Not true, at least for health care. I work for a large pharmaceutical company and we use electronic records for nearly everything, including electronic signatures. The document management system has to be Title 21 CFR Part 11 compliant. It's much better than the days of having huge printed docs circulate between offices (sometimes in multiple countries) to get reviewed and signed. The best part is that the documents are fully searchable, so it's much easier to find things in the repository than with paper records.
Yes, the saying is: "Assuming is when you make a decision based upon limited information because making no decision at all is not an acceptable course of action."
We never have all the facts about anything so every action and decision makes assumptions to one degree or another.
Excellent post, BTW.
Why? That sounds like a browser bug. JavaScript shouldn't be executed until the entire page has loaded.
Dear moderators, modding an honest comment made in good faith isn't going to make this phone's OS more secure.
Bragging about how insecure your computing device is and how fast you can root it is not really a ringing endorsement of the OS's security. I hope the Android developers will start taking security seriously.
Because all that AJAX junk can be turned off in the slashdot preferences.
This feature is here now for Firefox users with the Better Privacy extension.
"Some[who?] are wondering..." Would it have killed you to state?
You misspelled "education."
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Didn't the laws for streaming compensation just change in the US because labels thought they weren't being paid enough? Now they want more money? Oh well, it's their loss. Streaming is the new broadcast radio. It's how people are discovering new music these days. If you don't have your music out on these sites then your artists will have less exposure. This is great news for the other artists (on other labels and independent) who will now have less competition on the streaming sites.
I know that there is some Windows-only software that people need to use, but if you don't need such software, it's worth the effort to switch to Free Software. This issue highlights yet another reason why such a move may be important.
I disagree. I recently installed Windows 7 on a computer and the GP's sentence sums up my experience. It installed with a minimal amount of clicks. After installation nearly everything "just worked". It also connected to the internet and found drivers for the rest of the hardware. When it was done, everything was working. I was really impressed and told my friends that it's almost as easy to install as linux.
I couldn't care any less about how "cool" KDE4 is. I care about stability and functionality and being able to get my work done. What are your opinions on the functionality? Is it working well for you for day to day work? Any glaring bugs or issues? You also mentioned about external projects saying they "are stabilizing." Does that mean that they are not yet stable and have work to do to become stable?
The last time I used KDE was around the middle of 2000. 10 years on I'd like to try out 4.x and see what all the fuss is about. Can anyone recommend a distro that has a good KDE experience? I hear that some distros have screwed up KDE 4.x so I'd like to use one that will give me a decent experience.
Surely, you mean they did a 'rollback'.
Actually, since there is no contract on the plan he looked at (Unlimited Even More Plus) the more sensible comparison is $2,579 for the subsidized phone+contract and $609 for the unsubsidized phone+one month of service.
Where did you get the "two years" bit? You aren't being subsidized so there's no contract. You can cancel your service with TMobile at any time with no early termination fee.
Some of us just want to fork then exit without actually spawning a new process.
True, but there's more to OpenOffice than just a word processor.