the law that for each hit a console must explode in a shower of sparks and send some ensign flying across the room is more immutable than the laws of refraction;)
The letters don't seem to indicate that IBM intended to assert the patents against TurboHercules; they did make it very clear that they had those patents. In essence the letters seemed to be marking IBMs territory, not directly threatening legal action.
I'm not sure that any of the patents would be valid against an emulation, for the simple reason that the patents protect the hardware of the system, and a software implementation will not go about things in the same way, thus sidestepping the issue of patents.
Also, in many legislations, software is not patentable (the US is probably dependent on the results of Bilski), you therefore cannot be breaching any patents if you implement a hardware patented device in software.
Instead of a weekly paycheck, RMS should work for free and accept donations......
most of the stuff he has produced is available free, and if you want to donate, the Free Software Foundation will happily accept any donation you care to give. I presume his income from the Free Software Foundation, plus any other speaking engagements, ensures that he is not sleeping on your street corner. I also think the $240k he received in prize money in 2000, plus the $830k he received in 2001 help a little:-)
I suspect that as the police might be on the receiving end of some of those fired shots, they would be unlikely to be opposed to a system which worked reliably.
If the system was not installed or operated correctly then there is probably some blame attached to the company for not offering the correct support to ensure these went smoothl
The thing is, when it comes to searching, it is almost impossible to complain about the quality of service that Google provides. You may have other issues, like concern for privacy etc, but Google loads quickly and returns accurate results. It does exactly what a search engine should. Google gives no reason for its users to walk away from it.
In the article, it goes on to talk about generic queries and "consumer dialog"; the thing is that these were done by sites like Ask(Jeeves) or whatever and it still got them nowhere. We don't want a search engine to put its own spin on results; we want it to point us to (preferably authoritative) sources of information.
He turned down the Fields Medal award/cash in 2006, the cash award for the Fields Medal is quite small ($15000 or so)
The Millenium Prize is somewhat different ($1,000,000 for each one of 7 difficult maths problems solved) and his award for solving one of the problems has been granted this year (2010).
I personally am not against other forms of Government apart from democracy, as long as it appears that they have the general support in the population of the country concerned.
In other words, as long as there were some periodic indication that Tibetans wanted a Theocracy, thats what they would get
Hong Kong is part of China, it has different regulations however as a result of being handed over by the UK. I believe the phrase is "one country, two systems". In all fairness its not a bad idea; if China were this flexible over Tibet they would be getting a lot of International Brownie points
I think it is terribly bad for a pair of evil company monopolists to be the worlds richest people. I'll give you my paypal details and let you all help me claim that position in the name of justice!
Is this a problem? Someone posted a funny reply about getting hot water being a feature not a bug, but if it combines producing electricity with hot water, then it is indeed extremely useful a domestic power AND heating unit.
Since the unit is plastic, then presumably having water also pumping through it would be simple.
It's not reasonable because it places an enormous burden on the rights holder to police the use of his creation, and every time something slips by him, you're effectively saying that it was legal.
It's like saying that, if a cop didn't catch the thief, there was no crime committed.
But that is the state of copyright law; copyright infringement is essentially a civil action brought by the rights holder against the infringer; the burden of policing it is up to the rights holder.
If you created a chair, or a painting or a statue, you could either sell it to someone in your lifetime, or leave it to your family - you couldn't do both. With book authorship, it shouldn't be any different.
Copyright should be a government recognition that art should be encouraged and promoted by protection for a limited time. Most people have no objection to 15-20 years of copyright, but the current lifetime + 70 years is a bad joke. If you died within the 15-20 years, then your heirs should be able to have the rights for the remaining term.
But don't they just 'make' the equipment, opposed to NASA designing the crafts?
Nope. Companies submit proposals and NASA selects them, sometimes with modifications. It seems that Boeing and Lockheed are just trying to keep other entrants out of the market.
Approximately 100 miles from the centre of London. BTW. Are you talking in units of Englands, or units of UKs? In these days of devolution and metrication, one must have clearly defined units.
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the law that for each hit a console must explode in a shower of sparks and send some ensign flying across the room is more immutable than the laws of refraction ;)
Deploy a security team on the bridge.
The letters don't seem to indicate that IBM intended to assert the patents against TurboHercules; they did make it very clear that they had those patents. In essence the letters seemed to be marking IBMs territory, not directly threatening legal action.
I'm not sure that any of the patents would be valid against an emulation, for the simple reason that the patents protect the hardware of the system, and a software implementation will not go about things in the same way, thus sidestepping the issue of patents.
Also, in many legislations, software is not patentable (the US is probably dependent on the results of Bilski), you therefore cannot be breaching any patents if you implement a hardware patented device in software.
Your notebook should also have noted that taxation was often in kind (goods) and not always in coinage.
No, it doesn't. AFAIK, he quit MIT in 1984, so you're a bit out of date.
Instead of a weekly paycheck, RMS should work for free and accept donations......
most of the stuff he has produced is available free, and if you want to donate, the Free Software Foundation will happily accept any donation you care to give. I presume his income from the Free Software Foundation, plus any other speaking engagements, ensures that he is not sleeping on your street corner. I also think the $240k he received in prize money in 2000, plus the $830k he received in 2001 help a little :-)
I suspect that as the police might be on the receiving end of some of those fired shots, they would be unlikely to be opposed to a system which worked reliably. If the system was not installed or operated correctly then there is probably some blame attached to the company for not offering the correct support to ensure these went smoothl
I'd build the damn thing in Raleigh if he didn't name his children after me
The thing is, when it comes to searching, it is almost impossible to complain about the quality of service that Google provides. You may have other issues, like concern for privacy etc, but Google loads quickly and returns accurate results. It does exactly what a search engine should. Google gives no reason for its users to walk away from it.
In the article, it goes on to talk about generic queries and "consumer dialog"; the thing is that these were done by sites like Ask(Jeeves) or whatever and it still got them nowhere. We don't want a search engine to put its own spin on results; we want it to point us to (preferably authoritative) sources of information.
He turned down the Fields Medal award/cash in 2006, the cash award for the Fields Medal is quite small ($15000 or so)
The Millenium Prize is somewhat different ($1,000,000 for each one of 7 difficult maths problems solved) and his award for solving one of the problems has been granted this year (2010).
I personally am not against other forms of Government apart from democracy, as long as it appears that they have the general support in the population of the country concerned.
In other words, as long as there were some periodic indication that Tibetans wanted a Theocracy, thats what they would get
Hong Kong is part of China, it has different regulations however as a result of being handed over by the UK. I believe the phrase is "one country, two systems". In all fairness its not a bad idea; if China were this flexible over Tibet they would be getting a lot of International Brownie points
Thankyou. I get all these controlling harridans confused.
Well we know from Parliamentary expenses that she and her hubby have rented enough porn to learn good technique
I think the button should be connected to a device to administer a large voltage to Harriet Harperson whenever pressed. The take up would be enormous.
I think it is terribly bad for a pair of evil company monopolists to be the worlds richest people. I'll give you my paypal details and let you all help me claim that position in the name of justice!
Is this a problem? Someone posted a funny reply about getting hot water being a feature not a bug, but if it combines producing electricity with hot water, then it is indeed extremely useful a domestic power AND heating unit.
Since the unit is plastic, then presumably having water also pumping through it would be simple.
If we have 192 sharks with frickin' lasers strapped to their heads all pointed in the right direction, we'll have fusion, right?
Any problem is solvable given an infinite number of (live) cats
I don't think it has any problems with connection to any of those countries....
Maybe you can swap servers with Google...:-)
It's not reasonable because it places an enormous burden on the rights holder to police the use of his creation, and every time something slips by him, you're effectively saying that it was legal.
It's like saying that, if a cop didn't catch the thief, there was no crime committed.
But that is the state of copyright law; copyright infringement is essentially a civil action brought by the rights holder against the infringer; the burden of policing it is up to the rights holder.
If you created a chair, or a painting or a statue, you could either sell it to someone in your lifetime, or leave it to your family - you couldn't do both. With book authorship, it shouldn't be any different.
Copyright should be a government recognition that art should be encouraged and promoted by protection for a limited time. Most people have no objection to 15-20 years of copyright, but the current lifetime + 70 years is a bad joke. If you died within the 15-20 years, then your heirs should be able to have the rights for the remaining term.
But don't they just 'make' the equipment, opposed to NASA designing the crafts?
Nope. Companies submit proposals and NASA selects them, sometimes with modifications. It seems that Boeing and Lockheed are just trying to keep other entrants out of the market.
..is a load of bull!
What video card do people recommend you fit in your PC nowadays
a) on a budget (say £50)
b) average (say £100)
c) with a bigger budget (say £250)
Bonus points if you can recommend a good (fanless) silent video card....
Approximately 100 miles from the centre of London. BTW. Are you talking in units of Englands, or units of UKs? In these days of devolution and metrication, one must have clearly defined units.