My God, are you saying that people should use the right tools and techniques for the job at hand, rather than applying the same limited ones to every problem they come across?
Indeed. In fact in the patent itself you are supposed to describe the invention in enough detail that an expert in the field could implement it from that description. That's the deal - you get a government-mandated, limited-time monopoly, we get the full details of your invention so we can utilise it when that monopoly ends.
I am not a lawyer or a patent examiner, but it sounds like bullshit to me.
This is correct; I also have reason to have some understanding of correct handling and storage procedures for materials covered by the GPMS and those laptops should be encrypted. If not then someone will be facing a shitstorm for it.
The button is not called CEOP. CEOP is the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. The button is apparently called "CLICKCEOP", but is mostly referred to as the "paedophile panic" button in the press or simply the "button" on the CEOP site.
You mean, big thanks to Apple for preventing anything capable of interpreting arbitrary scripts to be installed or run on the iPhone so they can ensure that any apps (and especially games) used on the device came from their app store.
Don't get me wrong I don't condemn them for it, but they are most certainly not doing it to be altruistic, or for the good of the Internet as a whole.
That was my first thought. My second was that I don't see how fishing my iPod/iPhone/other device out of my pocket and entering a pass code is any easier than fishing my keys out and unlocking the door normally.
Cooler, yes, and one less thing to carry around, but easier and more reliable?
Prison is meant to protect society from the people being imprisoned as well as serving as punishment and deterrent.
If there is no need to protect society (or conversely, protect them from revenge/vigilante attacks) then seeking other forms of punishment that are less costly seems to me to be a good idea. While someone is in prison not only are they not contributing to society (if only by paying taxes on the things they buy), but society is paying to house and feed them. Why not keep the non-dangerous criminals in the community, and perhaps force them to work off their crimes?
I think the key there is the visibility of the terms:
But in this case the court found the terms and conditions (including the forum selection clause) to be enforceable. In contrast to Specht, the ServiceMagic site did give immediately visible notice of the existence of the terms of the agreement.
If I write a robot to crawl a site looking for certain keywords (e.g. Metallica), I will not necessarily ever have had visibility of those terms.
On the other hand, that's an utterly asinine comment to have made (the one you quote, not yours). Of course they'll ignore it, why on Earth wouldn't they? It is in no way binding, and robots are free to ignore it, just as site owners are free to block connections from specific incoming IP addresses, the owners of those IPs are free to switch to new ones, and so on, ad infinitum.
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You also should have mentioned that IE8, the browser, is completely discoupled from Windows 7.
That is correct.
In fact, in the EU if you buy Windows 7 it comes without IE.
That is not correct, or if it is it is a recent development.
I live in the UK, which is an EU member state. I bought Windows 7 Home Premium late last year, and it most definitely shipped with IE 8.
My God, are you saying that people should use the right tools and techniques for the job at hand, rather than applying the same limited ones to every problem they come across?
Film at 11.
Seriously, who is this guy and why do I care what he says? Because he's at a prestigious university? Wooo, so was I, whoopy-fucking-doo.
I have to wonder if seeing abandoned laptops laying around is commonplace there.
I've never seen a laptop just lying around unattended somewhere, so no, it is far from commonplace.
A religion is a belief in and worship of a god or gods.
A cult is a religion that is considered extreme or strange by many people.
Or in other words, a religion is a cult that has found mainstream acceptance.
Indeed. In fact in the patent itself you are supposed to describe the invention in enough detail that an expert in the field could implement it from that description. That's the deal - you get a government-mandated, limited-time monopoly, we get the full details of your invention so we can utilise it when that monopoly ends.
I am not a lawyer or a patent examiner, but it sounds like bullshit to me.
This is correct; I also have reason to have some understanding of correct handling and storage procedures for materials covered by the GPMS and those laptops should be encrypted. If not then someone will be facing a shitstorm for it.
Don't care? Don't read it. This site may be based in the US and heavily biased towards it, but it has an international readership.
Well that would certainly get rid of lawyers; then who would defence the innocent?
In case anyone thinks he's joking, he's not. "Tons" means lots in the UK. (Though personally, I like "shedloads" or "shitloads" more)
The button is not called CEOP. CEOP is the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. The button is apparently called "CLICKCEOP", but is mostly referred to as the "paedophile panic" button in the press or simply the "button" on the CEOP site.
Which is not at least negligent, how?
No, the correct analogy would be every person who recklessly drives and kills their child should be let off the hook.
Killing a stranger would make me feel horrible; killing my daughter? I can't even begin to imagine.
Not saying that I agree with the original assertion, but your analogy is a little off.
It's not difficult or time consuming to read a couple articles a month.
And then promptly forget all of the details as you don't even so much as think of it again for months on end.
Lynnfield core Intel's are dual-channel for RAM and Bloomfields are tri-channel.
I'm not being funny, but if the guy is having trouble working out the differences between various CPUs and GPUs, that's going to make no sense to him.
Hence the OP said "they just don't make sense" as well as "and your insurance won't pay for them".
You mean, big thanks to Apple for preventing anything capable of interpreting arbitrary scripts to be installed or run on the iPhone so they can ensure that any apps (and especially games) used on the device came from their app store.
Don't get me wrong I don't condemn them for it, but they are most certainly not doing it to be altruistic, or for the good of the Internet as a whole.
That was my first thought. My second was that I don't see how fishing my iPod/iPhone/other device out of my pocket and entering a pass code is any easier than fishing my keys out and unlocking the door normally.
Cooler, yes, and one less thing to carry around, but easier and more reliable?
You've lost that particular battle; time to save your energy for something you can still win.
even using the ISP's logo, making it seem like it is an official service of the ISP
What that tells me is that they are doing it with their blessing. Otherwise, they would not be allowed to use the logo, no?
Several DRM schemes have only involked a reaction in the tech community such as slashdot while the general public carried on not caring.
Not caring, or not knowing? If the only sites reporting on it are tech ones, how would the general public even get to hear about it?
So..., does this mean they'll sell me the same game x times?
Only if you choose to buy it x times.
Prison is meant to protect society from the people being imprisoned as well as serving as punishment and deterrent.
If there is no need to protect society (or conversely, protect them from revenge/vigilante attacks) then seeking other forms of punishment that are less costly seems to me to be a good idea. While someone is in prison not only are they not contributing to society (if only by paying taxes on the things they buy), but society is paying to house and feed them. Why not keep the non-dangerous criminals in the community, and perhaps force them to work off their crimes?
I think the key there is the visibility of the terms:
If I write a robot to crawl a site looking for certain keywords (e.g. Metallica), I will not necessarily ever have had visibility of those terms.
This one.
On the other hand, that's an utterly asinine comment to have made (the one you quote, not yours). Of course they'll ignore it, why on Earth wouldn't they? It is in no way binding, and robots are free to ignore it, just as site owners are free to block connections from specific incoming IP addresses, the owners of those IPs are free to switch to new ones, and so on, ad infinitum.