In addition to the "basic facts" in your post, K-Man (which are essentially correct), a court will gladly issue a temporary restraining order and then an injunction in cases of copyright infringement -- especially one as blatant as in Mr. Cumming's case. That means the site removes the article or gets shut down immediately. The TRO can be obtained in a matter of hours. It isn't cheap (the legal fees can be significant), but it's possible to recover your legal costs (probably not attorneys fees but court costs) from the defendant.
Doesn't the WinModem driver contained licensed IP?
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I remember reading this on some newsgroup a while back: The Microsoft Winmodem driver contains code that's patented. Microsoft licensed the right to use it from the intellectual property owner. Same with hardware modems: the manufacturers pay a royalty to the IP owner.
Again, I read it somewhere. I have no idea whether it's true. But if it is true, then they're SOL if they plan to write software that does the same thing.
I have no problem meeting my boss' quota of 75 klocs per month since the space bar got broke on my keyboard here at work and especially since they locked us code chimps in a room together
No, they are also replacing the memory chip. Compare the pictures -- one has a robot-soldered chip, and one has a hand-soldered one (doesn't look pretty, but I'm amazed the guy was able to do it at all since it's so small).
Unfortunately, the difficulty in public key technology isn't obtaining the algorithms or reasonable source code for it. RSA and Diffie-Hellman software patents cover a pretty wide range of possible approaches to public key encryption, so any open source project would run the risk of infringement. (The reason PGP is still in existence in the U.S. is that RSA granted them license to use the RSA algorithm for noncommercial PGP use. So PGP isn't a suitable candidate for open source either.)
However, I believe RSA's patent(s) was (were) issued in 1983. Thus, it may be that the 17-year lifetime of that grant will expire very soon! Does anyone know whether that's true?
Had mild CTS a few years ago, still recovering. I was an attorney and am now a software engineer -- both heavy keyboard-using professions.
I never, ever type without wrist splints, and find the PC Concepts SK-6000 (split, ergonomic shape, touchpad) keyboard least painful. It's also dirt-cheap at Fry's Electronics.
The touchpad is good because it forces the mouse motion into your entire arm, rather than a standard mouse or (even worse) a trackball, where you'll tend to twist your wrist to move the cursor. I still use a mouse for Quake, of course.
Take frequent breaks; get a good chair (spend $1,000 and write it off as an unreimbursed job expense); remember to move your arms as you type rather than resting them on the table.
Since there isn't exactly 32 * 1024 * 1024 bytes of free space on a blank Rio, I'm assuming that extra little bit of used space is the program that decodes the MP3s and handles UI. Has anyone figured out how to download it? What microprocessor's in there? Disassembly? Hacks?
Also, is it possible for two parallel port devices to speak directly to each other? I'd like to hack my Rio so it can send songs to other Rios with a suitable cord connecting them. If it's possible in the hardware, then it's possible in the firmware. That would be one cool hack.
just that past results are not indicidive of future success
Huh? Actually, past results most certainly are indicative of future success. Anyone who believes that dumb, cover-your-ass, nihilistic attorney-speak mutual fund tag-line to the contrary is by definition going to pick investments at random.
Market leaders tend to remain market leaders, which is why Yahoo is so highly priced today -- it's the best bet for continuing success as an Internet medium. The day Yahoo goes away is the day the stock collapses. Yahoo ain't going away.
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In addition to the "basic facts" in your post, K-Man (which are essentially correct), a court will gladly issue a temporary restraining order and then an injunction in cases of copyright infringement -- especially one as blatant as in Mr. Cumming's case. That means the site removes the article or gets shut down immediately. The TRO can be obtained in a matter of hours. It isn't cheap (the legal fees can be significant), but it's possible to recover your legal costs (probably not attorneys fees but court costs) from the defendant.
I remember reading this on some newsgroup a while back: The Microsoft Winmodem driver contains code that's patented. Microsoft licensed the right to use it from the intellectual property owner. Same with hardware modems: the manufacturers pay a royalty to the IP owner.
Again, I read it somewhere. I have no idea whether it's true. But if it is true, then they're SOL if they plan to write software that does the same thing.
"The first day close of $60 something meant everybody made money."
Except for the poor saps who placed market orders to buy when MPPP started trading and were filled at $100...
Drat, I was going to make that joke but you got there first.
"He can code though, which (belive me) is the only reason this man still has a job!"
That, and the fact that he owns the company.
I
have
no
problem
meeting
my
boss'
quota
of
75
klocs
per
month
since
the
space
bar
got
broke
on
my
keyboard
here
at
work
and
especially
since
they
locked
us
code
chimps
in
a
room
together
No, they are also replacing the memory chip. Compare the pictures -- one has a robot-soldered chip, and one has a hand-soldered one (doesn't look pretty, but I'm amazed the guy was able to do it at all since it's so small).
Unfortunately, the difficulty in public key technology isn't obtaining the algorithms or reasonable source code for it. RSA and Diffie-Hellman software patents cover a pretty wide range of possible approaches to public key encryption, so any open source project would run the risk of infringement. (The reason PGP is still in existence in the U.S. is that RSA granted them license to use the RSA algorithm for noncommercial PGP use. So PGP isn't a suitable candidate for open source either.)
However, I believe RSA's patent(s) was (were) issued in 1983. Thus, it may be that the 17-year lifetime of that grant will expire very soon! Does anyone know whether that's true?
Had mild CTS a few years ago, still recovering. I was an attorney and am now a software engineer -- both heavy keyboard-using professions.
I never, ever type without wrist splints, and find the PC Concepts SK-6000 (split, ergonomic shape, touchpad) keyboard least painful. It's also dirt-cheap at Fry's Electronics.
The touchpad is good because it forces the mouse motion into your entire arm, rather than a standard mouse or (even worse) a trackball, where you'll tend to twist your wrist to move the cursor. I still use a mouse for Quake, of course.
Take frequent breaks; get a good chair (spend $1,000 and write it off as an unreimbursed job expense); remember to move your arms as you type rather than resting them on the table.
Since there isn't exactly 32 * 1024 * 1024 bytes of free space on a blank Rio, I'm assuming that extra little bit of used space is the program that decodes the MP3s and handles UI. Has anyone figured out how to download it? What microprocessor's in there? Disassembly? Hacks?
Also, is it possible for two parallel port devices to speak directly to each other? I'd like to hack my Rio so it can send songs to other Rios with a suitable cord connecting them. If it's possible in the hardware, then it's possible in the firmware. That would be one cool hack.
just that past results are not indicidive of future success
Huh? Actually, past results most certainly are indicative of future success. Anyone who believes that dumb, cover-your-ass, nihilistic attorney-speak mutual fund tag-line to the contrary is by definition going to pick investments at random.
Market leaders tend to remain market leaders, which is why Yahoo is so highly priced today -- it's the best bet for continuing success as an Internet medium. The day Yahoo goes away is the day the stock collapses. Yahoo ain't going away.
For this project and generally, what are the good parts houses out there? I already know Jameco, but that's it.