Especially when you make that money by screwing other people over in the first place (allegedly).
BTW - I'm not a huge fan of the fact that the summary refers to the allegations as "legend." That strongly implies that it never happened... And there's decent indication that it may have.
I also remember about 7-8 years ago when it was the only thing that seemed to be out besides IE. I remember being so grateful to the Mozilla folks for taking on that project. To this day, I still am.
Microsoft took us hostage with the single most insecure, buggy, and just plain awful browser ever. And they did nothing with it because nobody else was anywhere near their market share.
I credit Opera for holding in there and pushing the feature envelope. IIRC they created tabs for browsing, which was and still is a great feature. But nobody was going to force MS's hand while charging for a browser.
What would one do if a cougar (not the large kitteh, but the type that's referenced in this story) ever came up to him? She'd have to find his cube, dorm, or DM's basement. I'd be more impressed that she'd even know where that is.
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I'm 100% with you. Of course, I'm wondering what the standard for demonstrating active development would be? Also, who would be checking to see that they're actually doing something with it?
Clearly, we couldn't take the company's word for it. If they did decide to waste money by pretending to do development, it would at least introduce some risk to the trolling company in terms of cost. Also, faking records would be quite interesting to the SEC.
If we can answer these questions, we could finally stop bitching about patent trolls and try to do something about it... Like getting in the ear of our lawmakers, and trying to get them to realize how bad this is for the economy. The finishing move would be: Bad economy -> The more likely you'll not see the other side of the next election.
In house software for government jobs is the way to go. 1) You own the code 2) You're goal is to have software that works for a long time. You vendor does not share that goal. They want you to rebuy software every 5 years. 3) It's a lot cheaper to maintain. 4) It's written to get a job done. Once that's done, you don't have to worry about some revising the requires new hardware.
1) We own the government, so we all own the code? 2) It seems to me that vendors are more interested in selling you support for the software. That has no end of life. 3) Until the folks who wrote it leave for other jobs, and they leave behind all that lovely documentation.... 4) Until someone makes new *faster* hardware that has no compatibility with the old hardware.
Well, I guess Hitler thought that he had classic blunder #1 canceled out by #2. If I remember right, he thought that he had essentially gotten the Russians to go against a Sicilian (not directly, but they were allies) when death was on the line... Too bad Benito was northern Italian...
Actually, that's very easily worked around. All it takes is a subsidiary, or literally anyone within the company to apply for a patent under the lesser price, and then sell the patent to the holding corporation.
Not that I disagree with the idea. The more you contribute to the queue with fluff, especially if you're planning on leveraging that to harm others instead of benefiting industry. There would need to be some sort of auditing of who holds the patents after after they're granted to properly apply the pressure to the trolls.. err.. businesses that are causing the biggest backlogs.
I think the plan is really stated in the second paragraph:
The decision, by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, is likely to trigger a vigorous lobbying battle, arraying big phone and cable companies and their allies on Capitol Hill against Silicon Valley giants and consumer advocates.
Emphasis mine.
Times are tough in DC, so nothing like asking a ton of people to send as much money in as possible.
Or their impression is, "Some stuffy old guys are like totally pissed off that I want to have my cell number in my profile."
All the while, not really thinking about the possibility that someone is harvesting/selling/whatever with that information because it's "their" page. Quite simply - it took me a long time to understand why someone would care what sort of information I post out there than can be traced back to me for many (il)legit reasons. I obviously learned that lesson after creating my slashdot ID... *sigh*
If a private person wants to run gambling halls, that's fine with me, but the government should take a higher moral stance.
You mean - If someone wants to run a gambling organization that is not subject to any regulation, that's cool? You mean like old school, mobster type jobs where if you didn't pay you ended up getting fitted for concrete insoles? Personally, I think that *responsible regulation* is the proper course here. That way, folks who choose to gamble are able to in a safe environment. And, who's to say the government should take a "higher moral stance?" According to some, smoking and alcohol are "immoral." I guess the government should stop taxing them and just outlaw that right? There's no preventing people from gambling if they have a problem, and I'll cite prohibition and the "war on drugs" as my comparison studies. Nobody forces anyone else to gamble.
The government should not be running Lotteries to prey upon gambling addicts. I've seen a lot of lives destroyed via their addiction to the State Lotto. Instead the government should be providing assistance to these people to help them stop (as we do with anti-drink and drive campaigns).
So, instead of siphoning off revenue from people who (once again) choose to participate, let's cut off a *voluntary* revenue stream? And better yet, let's cost our taxpayers even more money giving rehab to these folks. We'll ignore the fact that there's already help for them (Gambler's anonymous). Furthermore, if you really want to help those people who can't help themselves, then making gambling illegal can hurt them more than it helps. They'll go underground, gamble illegally, possibly get hurt or killed, and their rehab will be just that much seedier and nastier.
Let's not ruin the fun part of gambling for the vast majority of us who can participate responsibly because some folks out there can't. If we outlawed everything that *could* be addictive, we'd have to off ourselves out of boredom.
Ask John Adams... He either: 1) borrowed them from Washington while VP or 2) found them when he moved into the White House... Assuming Washington brought the books with him when the place was completed.
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I dunno, it depends on if the sensors are set to scan for background tachyon emissions. That could allow the title to get past undetected.
I gladly accept my -1 pedantic.
I think you're missing two key steps there.
-??????
-Profit!
Especially when you make that money by screwing other people over in the first place (allegedly).
BTW - I'm not a huge fan of the fact that the summary refers to the allegations as "legend." That strongly implies that it never happened... And there's decent indication that it may have.
I'm sorry, I patented the use of "I'm sorry, I patented [something]."
That meme will now cease to be unless you send me $1 for each invocation. I accept Paypal.
I also remember about 7-8 years ago when it was the only thing that seemed to be out besides IE. I remember being so grateful to the Mozilla folks for taking on that project. To this day, I still am.
Microsoft took us hostage with the single most insecure, buggy, and just plain awful browser ever. And they did nothing with it because nobody else was anywhere near their market share.
I credit Opera for holding in there and pushing the feature envelope. IIRC they created tabs for browsing, which was and still is a great feature. But nobody was going to force MS's hand while charging for a browser.
Hopefully they'll understand the languages that are contained on all that data....
What would one do if a cougar (not the large kitteh, but the type that's referenced in this story) ever came up to him? She'd have to find his cube, dorm, or DM's basement. I'd be more impressed that she'd even know where that is.
Sure, I've never seen a mountain lion around here...
Isn't that a sign that it's quite effective?
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What the hell have you been doing Malda?
I did a search for "How to get out of my parents' basement"
My browser crashed....
I'm 100% with you. Of course, I'm wondering what the standard for demonstrating active development would be? Also, who would be checking to see that they're actually doing something with it?
Clearly, we couldn't take the company's word for it. If they did decide to waste money by pretending to do development, it would at least introduce some risk to the trolling company in terms of cost. Also, faking records would be quite interesting to the SEC.
If we can answer these questions, we could finally stop bitching about patent trolls and try to do something about it... Like getting in the ear of our lawmakers, and trying to get them to realize how bad this is for the economy. The finishing move would be: Bad economy -> The more likely you'll not see the other side of the next election.
In house software for government jobs is the way to go.
1) You own the code
2) You're goal is to have software that works for a long time. You vendor does not share that goal. They want you to rebuy software every 5 years.
3) It's a lot cheaper to maintain.
4) It's written to get a job done. Once that's done, you don't have to worry about some revising the requires new hardware.
1) We own the government, so we all own the code?
2) It seems to me that vendors are more interested in selling you support for the software. That has no end of life.
3) Until the folks who wrote it leave for other jobs, and they leave behind all that lovely documentation....
4) Until someone makes new *faster* hardware that has no compatibility with the old hardware.
Well, I guess Hitler thought that he had classic blunder #1 canceled out by #2. If I remember right, he thought that he had essentially gotten the Russians to go against a Sicilian (not directly, but they were allies) when death was on the line... Too bad Benito was northern Italian...
Actually, that's very easily worked around. All it takes is a subsidiary, or literally anyone within the company to apply for a patent under the lesser price, and then sell the patent to the holding corporation.
Not that I disagree with the idea. The more you contribute to the queue with fluff, especially if you're planning on leveraging that to harm others instead of benefiting industry. There would need to be some sort of auditing of who holds the patents after after they're granted to properly apply the pressure to the trolls.. err.. businesses that are causing the biggest backlogs.
I think the plan is really stated in the second paragraph:
The decision, by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, is likely to trigger a vigorous lobbying battle, arraying big phone and cable companies and their allies on Capitol Hill against Silicon Valley giants and consumer advocates.
Emphasis mine.
Times are tough in DC, so nothing like asking a ton of people to send as much money in as possible.
Or their impression is, "Some stuffy old guys are like totally pissed off that I want to have my cell number in my profile."
All the while, not really thinking about the possibility that someone is harvesting/selling/whatever with that information because it's "their" page. Quite simply - it took me a long time to understand why someone would care what sort of information I post out there than can be traced back to me for many (il)legit reasons. I obviously learned that lesson after creating my slashdot ID... *sigh*
How much of those losses involved the large volume of advertising they've put into Bing?
If a private person wants to run gambling halls, that's fine with me, but the government should take a higher moral stance.
You mean - If someone wants to run a gambling organization that is not subject to any regulation, that's cool? You mean like old school, mobster type jobs where if you didn't pay you ended up getting fitted for concrete insoles? Personally, I think that *responsible regulation* is the proper course here. That way, folks who choose to gamble are able to in a safe environment. And, who's to say the government should take a "higher moral stance?" According to some, smoking and alcohol are "immoral." I guess the government should stop taxing them and just outlaw that right? There's no preventing people from gambling if they have a problem, and I'll cite prohibition and the "war on drugs" as my comparison studies. Nobody forces anyone else to gamble.
The government should not be running Lotteries to prey upon gambling addicts. I've seen a lot of lives destroyed via their addiction to the State Lotto. Instead the government should be providing assistance to these people to help them stop (as we do with anti-drink and drive campaigns).
So, instead of siphoning off revenue from people who (once again) choose to participate, let's cut off a *voluntary* revenue stream? And better yet, let's cost our taxpayers even more money giving rehab to these folks. We'll ignore the fact that there's already help for them (Gambler's anonymous). Furthermore, if you really want to help those people who can't help themselves, then making gambling illegal can hurt them more than it helps. They'll go underground, gamble illegally, possibly get hurt or killed, and their rehab will be just that much seedier and nastier.
Let's not ruin the fun part of gambling for the vast majority of us who can participate responsibly because some folks out there can't. If we outlawed everything that *could* be addictive, we'd have to off ourselves out of boredom.
Just ask this guy.
Actually...
Now I'm curious. A mod marked that Insightful, and not funny... Maybe I should try it out.
At the very least, the arc will look cool.
Ask John Adams... He either:
1) borrowed them from Washington while VP
or
2) found them when he moved into the White House... Assuming Washington brought the books with him when the place was completed.
2 points of retort:
This would no doubt result in more methane.
Absolutely - Let's hook up a proper methane capturing device... That or find a way to auto-light it. BBQ beef and methane reduction in one!
It's kind of staggering to realize that there are almost 100 million cows in the US.
I live in the midwest, and that number seems low to me. Are you counting the heifers that walk around the cities? Or the farm animals?
I think the most serious issue they have is high cholesterol.
No, you speak.
English is a great language if you're willing to accept that it's a terrific mess, and that the rules are actually guidelines.