Yes, because people can really push through some massive amounts of bandwidth. Like 2 bytes/second tops (typing rate)? That's totally expensive. And I don't know about your SMS, but low latency is hardly what I think of when I think of SMS.
The <a> tag is also used for internal document references (anchors) and javascript calls. So, your measurement is not completely valid. Also, this is slashdot. Where every single comment has like 8 links on it.
Right... the masses... Lets perform a psychology "experiment" here. Ask any non-geek what version number of any piece of software they are running. Hell, ask them for the name of that software. Most cannot answer either. Generally, "the masses" only know a couple things "this is my internet", "this is how I type stuff", "this is how I email", etc.
Release early, release often, release statements of current functionality. Seriously, no non-geek is going to be installing software that isn't test by some bff geek anyway. So release early and often so the geeks can help guide its direction and give feedback.
Although, it sure didn't get in the way of the crazy guy yelling "You're going to hell!" over and over again to Dawkins at the end of today's talk. I yelled at him to wait in line for the microphone like everyone else, but I doubt he heard me.
He was sitting right by me. He was muttering under his breath the whole time. And when he starting yelling at him, he reached for his pocket and pulled out a camera. I'm just glad it wasn't a gun. Freakin' Oklahoma.
There is no reason why hard work *should* be compensated. The market *will* reward you if you deliver a good product from your idea. You shouldn't be able to punish others for having that same good idea. And for your question would GIF be profitable? Fuck no, because people only used GIF because they thought it was a free standard anyway. Short of that, a better alternative would have been developed anyway. There is little reason for this development today (although MNG works) because the patent has essentially expired in most places. The only thing that came out of GIF was lawsuits. And I hate giving money to lawyers for stupid shit like that.
And why should people have exclusive control over any idea. Because they "thought of it first". Based on their experience of the world brought to us by all the great thinkers of the past. It seems unfair to give that person exclusive control over an idea which is derived from the collective history of man's documented scientific past.
Well, with me everybody just says that my voice is really quiet (with lots of noise). Even when I turn mic volume all the way up. I am still planning on using it, if I can get it working like a real phone. But right now I'm sticking with my crappy little Sony Ericson phone.
Well, and obviously they did not put nearly as many resources as needed to get this thing going right. And they went ahead and sold faulty hardware to those that were hoping they would get something that at least would turn into something decent (i.e. me). They really pissed me off. Can ya tell?
Might as well pipe it to/dev/null. Lets be real here, our government does not give a fuck about what its constituents need. They only exist to give lip service to what the common man (aka dumbasses) thinks he wants, and to collect big fat checks from large corporations to let them trample all over everyone in reality.
Well, honestly I have multiple reasons why software shouldn't be patentable:
1) It is covered by copyright, because it is just a written work. Should you be able to patent a cookbook and stop anybody from making what is in it? This is no different.
2) A well written patent application is actually no different than the software itself. Given a sufficiently complex interpreter you could probably run the patent. And if you can't then it is overly broad anyway and shouldn't be granted.
3) Given that the patent itself would be covered under copyright, paraphrasing is allowed and would legally render alternative variations of the so called patented software while abiding by copyright law.
4) Pure mathematics is not patentable. Since you can use the concepts of discrete mathematics to describe any computable algorithm and then run it as software, then I would say that software is math and shouldn't be patentable.
I recently started taking CS classes again. There are quite a few Linux users (probably around 10-15%). But that is amongst nerds. Honestly, I rarely look at what most people are running when they are sitting in a cafe on their laptop.
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Gravity?
Excellent post.
Haha, so adding something else will replace the two existing competitors. Give me a break.
This has nothing to do with C. C is nothing without specific libraries. If interfacing with this system is slow, then that system is slow.
How does GNUMed compare to all this?
http://wiki.gnumed.de/bin/view/Gnumed
Without advertising you often have to either charge for access to your website, or rake in donations. You are being very naive with your assumptions.
Exactly. Where are my mod points when I need them.
Yes, because people can really push through some massive amounts of bandwidth. Like 2 bytes/second tops (typing rate)? That's totally expensive. And I don't know about your SMS, but low latency is hardly what I think of when I think of SMS.
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The <a> tag is also used for internal document references (anchors) and javascript calls. So, your measurement is not completely valid. Also, this is slashdot. Where every single comment has like 8 links on it.
Professor Falcon?
Why would they? URL size is miniscule compared to the page size.
Is this order of maginitude 33% bigger?
Haha, I have heard Foxfire a couple million times. Man, Thunderbird was really fun.
Right... the masses... Lets perform a psychology "experiment" here. Ask any non-geek what version number of any piece of software they are running. Hell, ask them for the name of that software. Most cannot answer either. Generally, "the masses" only know a couple things "this is my internet", "this is how I type stuff", "this is how I email", etc.
Release early, release often, release statements of current functionality. Seriously, no non-geek is going to be installing software that isn't test by some bff geek anyway. So release early and often so the geeks can help guide its direction and give feedback.
I agree.
Although, it sure didn't get in the way of the crazy guy yelling "You're going to hell!" over and over again to Dawkins at the end of today's talk. I yelled at him to wait in line for the microphone like everyone else, but I doubt he heard me.
He was sitting right by me. He was muttering under his breath the whole time. And when he starting yelling at him, he reached for his pocket and pulled out a camera. I'm just glad it wasn't a gun. Freakin' Oklahoma.
There is no reason why hard work *should* be compensated. The market *will* reward you if you deliver a good product from your idea. You shouldn't be able to punish others for having that same good idea. And for your question would GIF be profitable? Fuck no, because people only used GIF because they thought it was a free standard anyway. Short of that, a better alternative would have been developed anyway. There is little reason for this development today (although MNG works) because the patent has essentially expired in most places. The only thing that came out of GIF was lawsuits. And I hate giving money to lawyers for stupid shit like that.
And why should people have exclusive control over any idea. Because they "thought of it first". Based on their experience of the world brought to us by all the great thinkers of the past. It seems unfair to give that person exclusive control over an idea which is derived from the collective history of man's documented scientific past.
Well, with me everybody just says that my voice is really quiet (with lots of noise). Even when I turn mic volume all the way up. I am still planning on using it, if I can get it working like a real phone. But right now I'm sticking with my crappy little Sony Ericson phone.
Well, and obviously they did not put nearly as many resources as needed to get this thing going right. And they went ahead and sold faulty hardware to those that were hoping they would get something that at least would turn into something decent (i.e. me). They really pissed me off. Can ya tell?
Might as well pipe it to /dev/null. Lets be real here, our government does not give a fuck about what its constituents need. They only exist to give lip service to what the common man (aka dumbasses) thinks he wants, and to collect big fat checks from large corporations to let them trample all over everyone in reality.
Well, honestly I have multiple reasons why software shouldn't be patentable:
1) It is covered by copyright, because it is just a written work. Should you be able to patent a cookbook and stop anybody from making what is in it? This is no different.
2) A well written patent application is actually no different than the software itself. Given a sufficiently complex interpreter you could probably run the patent. And if you can't then it is overly broad anyway and shouldn't be granted.
3) Given that the patent itself would be covered under copyright, paraphrasing is allowed and would legally render alternative variations of the so called patented software while abiding by copyright law.
4) Pure mathematics is not patentable. Since you can use the concepts of discrete mathematics to describe any computable algorithm and then run it as software, then I would say that software is math and shouldn't be patentable.
I recently started taking CS classes again. There are quite a few Linux users (probably around 10-15%). But that is amongst nerds. Honestly, I rarely look at what most people are running when they are sitting in a cafe on their laptop.