To say the PC-era has ended you need to look at application usage. For example: What percentage of web browsing is done via PC, cell phone, tablet, etc? I would guess the overwhelming majority is done by the PC. Likewise look at email, word processing, games....
"Typically, however, a patent application must include one or more claims defining the invention which must meet the relevant patentability requirements such as novelty and non-obviousness."'
Because these software patents do not really meet the requirements of novelty and non-obviousness. If you hadseveral software programmers attempt a solution, many would come up with something the same or similar.
Straight Talk is not unlimited everything. The consensus is that there is roughly a 2Gb data limit. Straight Talk has an extremely restrictive Terms of Service--for example downloading video is not allowed.
"Business does not upgrade unless it absolutely has to do so"
I would like you or anyone else here to look at the company cars the CEO and other top management are driving. Are you really certain business does not upgrade until it absolutely has to?
Anyone have numbness in the little finger and the finger next to it (apparently caused by problems with the ulnar nerve)? Ergonomically, did anything help?
This individual gives his real name and states that he is an employee of the State Department on his blog.
Suppose instead he was a private employee of Firm X and stated so in his postings, and posted something strongly critical of Firm X? Doesn't everyone here expect he would be reprimanded or fired because of his behavior?
I thought the general rule was that if you identify yourself as an employee of Firm X, then anything you say publicly should be consistent with what the management of Firm X would say. That if you wish to criticize Firm X then you do it anonymously.
Can anyone clarify this about general business policies?
If ISPs offer these at reasonable prices, they will probably add a data cap--like Comcast's 250 GB data cap--much like the new 4th Generation mobile networks, which have a 2GB, 5GB, or 10 GB data cap.
No, it's not. Have you ever heard of the famous novel "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac? "Though Jack Kerouac began thinking about the novel that was to become On the Road as early as 1947, it was not until three weeks in April 1951, in an apartment on West Twentieth Street in Manhattan, that he wrote the first full draft that was satisfactory to him. Typed out as one long, single-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets of tracing paper that he later taped together to form a 120-foot scroll, this document is among the most significant, celebrated, and provocative artifacts in contemporary American literary history. It represents the first full expression of Kerouac's revolutionary aesthetic, the identifiable point at which his thematic vision and narrative voice came together in a sustained burst of creative energy. It was also part of a wider vital experimentation in the American literary, musical, and visual arts in the post-World War II period." http://www.amazon.com/Road-Original-Scroll-Jack-Kerouac/dp/067006355X
There are huge numbers of different places one can hang out on the internet and anyone can choose to limit themselves to non anonymous internet places: people can choose to be on Facebook or Google+ and forget about Slashdot.
By 2025 the economy will be in such bad shape that only a very few will be able to afford new cars; everyone else will drive their old gas guzzlers--when they can afford to drive at all.
". A Google bot that automatically scans Picasa for illegal images flagged something Marcheschi had posted as child pornography."
Frankly this sounds to me like something that would be impossible to do. Some of you here write software. Could you give a few inklings of how you would write such a bot?
It would be nice if Slashdot editors would run a post on this bot.
I just can't believe the monthly bill went from almost nothing to $1100 in a month. I would have expected there to have been significant bills in previous months--which the parents could have dealt with then by changing plans.
With only 731,000 online subscribers that is only a very small fraction of the online audience. If the WSJ had been free they could have owned the online financial/business news audience and made a forture in advertising.
In the real world only a very small proportion of purchases (in total dollar value) sell via flea markets. If eBay continues its model of being an online flea market, then it is going to be seriously restricted in how big it can become, because of the same flaws that limit the growth of real-world flea markets--lack of guarantees being a major one. So eBay has the option of either staying relatively small as an online flea market where used and liquidation goods are sold, or switching its model to include guarantees if it wishes to be a major seller of new products.
Are there any sources of statistics on the popularity of various distributions?
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To say the PC-era has ended you need to look at application usage. For example: What percentage of web browsing is done via PC, cell phone, tablet, etc? I would guess the overwhelming majority is done by the PC.
Likewise look at email, word processing, games....
Anyone have these kind of numbers?
"Typically, however, a patent application must include one or more claims defining the invention which must meet the relevant patentability requirements such as novelty and non-obviousness."'
Because these software patents do not really meet the requirements of novelty and non-obviousness. If you hadseveral software programmers attempt a solution, many would come up with something the same or similar.
Really? I think you will find IBM is still among the largest sellers of mainframes in the world.
Straight Talk is not unlimited everything. The consensus is that there is roughly a 2Gb data limit. Straight Talk has an extremely restrictive Terms of Service--for example downloading video is not allowed.
Smartphones getting a little bigger could kill the tablet. I just don't think consumers want three separate devices: smartphone, tablet and laptop.
No loss? Have you ever returned something? There is a substantial time expenditure and well as the cost for your transportation.
"Business does not upgrade unless it absolutely has to do so"
I would like you or anyone else here to look at the company cars the CEO and other top management are driving. Are you really certain business does not upgrade until it absolutely has to?
Is it true that headline features for Firefox 9.0 include adding Slashdot as a search bar option?
Anyone have numbness in the little finger and the finger next to it (apparently caused by problems with the ulnar nerve)?
Ergonomically, did anything help?
This individual gives his real name and states that he is an employee of the State Department on his blog.
Suppose instead he was a private employee of Firm X and stated so in his postings, and posted something strongly critical of Firm X? Doesn't everyone here expect he would be reprimanded or fired because of his behavior?
I thought the general rule was that if you identify yourself as an employee of Firm X, then anything you say publicly should be consistent with what the management of Firm X would say. That if you wish to criticize Firm X then you do it anonymously.
Can anyone clarify this about general business policies?
So who will buy a copy? I expect the major audience--hackers--will universally pick up a copy off torrents, Usenet, IRC or a cyberlocker.
Don't worry; they will undoubtedly do this too.
You do realize that the only thing the overwhelming majority of computer users use is the default--as they can't figure out how to change it?
If ISPs offer these at reasonable prices, they will probably add a data cap--like Comcast's 250 GB data cap--much like the new 4th Generation mobile networks, which have a 2GB, 5GB, or 10 GB data cap.
No, it's not. Have you ever heard of the famous novel "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac?
"Though Jack Kerouac began thinking about the novel that was to become On the Road as early as 1947, it was not until three weeks in April 1951, in an apartment on West Twentieth Street in Manhattan, that he wrote the first full draft that was satisfactory to him. Typed out as one long, single-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets of tracing paper that he later taped together to form a 120-foot scroll, this document is among the most significant, celebrated, and provocative artifacts in contemporary American literary history. It represents the first full expression of Kerouac's revolutionary aesthetic, the identifiable point at which his thematic vision and narrative voice came together in a sustained burst of creative energy. It was also part of a wider vital experimentation in the American literary, musical, and visual arts in the post-World War II period."
http://www.amazon.com/Road-Original-Scroll-Jack-Kerouac/dp/067006355X
So who exactly would be interested in licensing Web OS?
With the forthcoming economic catastrophe the world will shortly face, almost nobody will be able to afford to launch any more satellites.
There are huge numbers of different places one can hang out on the internet and anyone can choose to limit themselves to non anonymous internet places: people can choose to be on Facebook or Google+ and forget about Slashdot.
By 2025 the economy will be in such bad shape that only a very few will be able to afford new cars; everyone else will drive their old gas guzzlers--when they can afford to drive at all.
". A Google bot that automatically scans Picasa for illegal images flagged something Marcheschi had posted as child pornography."
Frankly this sounds to me like something that would be impossible to do. Some of you here write software. Could you give a few inklings of how you would write such a bot?
It would be nice if Slashdot editors would run a post on this bot.
I just can't believe the monthly bill went from almost nothing to $1100 in a month. I would have expected there to have been significant bills in previous months--which the parents could have dealt with then by changing plans.
With only 731,000 online subscribers that is only a very small fraction of the online audience. If the WSJ had been free they could have owned the online financial/business news audience and made a forture in advertising.
In the real world only a very small proportion of purchases (in total dollar value) sell via flea markets. If eBay continues its model of being an online flea market, then it is going to be seriously restricted in how big it can become, because of the same flaws that limit the growth of real-world flea markets--lack of guarantees being a major one. So eBay has the option of either staying relatively small as an online flea market where used and liquidation goods are sold, or switching its model to include guarantees if it wishes to be a major seller of new products.
Are there any sources of statistics on the popularity of various distributions?
If you are interested in continuing these discussions after Slashdot archives this one, try the Usenet newsgroups alt.internet.p2p and alt.gnutella. Note that many ISPs only add new alt.* groups on user request so if they are not available write to the news administrator at your ISP (address news or usenet) or contact the support people (address support) and ask that the newsgroups be added.