The flip side is, in the past, Canada would get a lot of manufacturing jobs because the dollar was cheaper. Over the years wages between Canada and the US have achieved some sort of parity. A Candian welder get's paid more Canadian dollars then his US counterpart, but the per US dollar amount is fairly close.
Now the dollar is rising and the Canadian wages are suddenly more then the US workers. Guess what happens to those jobs. Alberta is doing great. Ontario (the manufacturing part of Canada) is starting to hurt. You can see it coming. Plants are starting to shut down and move to.... Mexico.
Head first series is great.
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I've no need of learning ajax at the moment, but if it's done by the same people who did the head first series, I may just spend the money. I know that it won't be a waste, because it will be useful somewhere down the line.
EUers say that the US really sucks, are bullies, etc., but without the United States, there would be no world economy. I don't think so...
It would just be a smaller world economy. US debt is well on the way to making this situation anyway. Ever wonder why the Canadian economy gaining against the US? The US has a larger growing season, Canada has a population of California, but Canada is gaining.
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Bad policies in regard to the public ability to do what it wants. For example, you buy software, but are limited to what you can do with it, and this is accepted because it's called a license. If you were to license a pen, would you only be able to use it on one sheet of paper?
Bad policies in regard to patents, software patents in particular.
Bad policies in regard to copyright. (Copyright lasts for how many years?!?!)
Bad policies in regard to foreign policy. (The war was a stupid waste of tax payers money, now the whole economy is paying for it).
Bad policies in regard to how politions can be swayed by corperate desires.
The Chinese are gaining ground as well, not to mention the Japaneese and European countries. The US is in sad sad shape compared to what it should be, and you've only your government to blame.
Do a job that you love. There are up sides and down sides to this but the up side is that you can enjoy going to work where you will spend a significant portion of you life. The downside is that your love may change and what used to be fun is now a chore. I was first a musician, and after 3 years on the road decided it was not fun anymore. I then went back to University and learned about computers. Luckily, I still love it 25 years later.
Another up side, is that if you love to do something you will get better at it. This means that you will become the craftsman that people want to have working for them. Your salary will increase and you will be employed.
A third upside is that your enthusiasm about your work will show. When you go for job interviews it will show. People feel more comfortable hiring someone who they can see has enthusiasm and a proven experience.
The nice thing about the computer field, is that it's large enough that you can partition your hobby and work into 2 different types of work, so you don't become overexposed in the one at work.
This story was interesting, but not especially newsworthy. However the folks on slashdot explaining/arguing and counter-arguing made this one of the most interesting forums on slashdot that I've seen in a LONG while.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I like the news that really for Nerds. I don't have a big interest in google,patents, American politics etc.
But a story about a Linus having a COW over a COW (pun intended) makes my day, especially when there is a worthwhile argument about it.
Yes. I think that instructions (method of progress) should not be patentable. I also think that manuals, specs, storybooks and fairytales should not be patentable.
The gears inside a machine in a specific configuration which accoplishes teh algotithm should be patentable. (Not how it works, just this particular implementation of if).
The first only describles the method that the second uses. It does NOT describe the second. If you can read an implementation of a patent, and change just enough things that you no longer violate it, then there is no problem. If it is really easy to do this, then there probably wasn't any point in making the patent in the first place.
First he says... Unfortunately, patent law is inconsistent on this point. Patent law in most countries says that algorithms aren't patentable. This rule is left over from a time when "algorithm" meant something like the Sieve of Eratosthenes.
and then he says...
In 1800, people could not see as readily as we can that a great many patents on mechanical objects were really patents on the algorithms they embodied.
and using this argument he says that if you don't like software patents you don't like patents in general.
I think there is a big difference between the method of a process, and the mechanical objects that implement them. I have no problem with people patenting mechanical objects (that are non-obvious). I do have a problem with people patenting methods that would work with those objects. If he thinks that algorithms implemented in mechanical objects is the same thing as algorithms, he isn't much of a lawyer.
I heard that the problem with the original settlement was that it only was for current customers. The next customer that RIM got would start the whole process over again.
Think about it. You buy a $1000 item for $800, but you are taxed on $1000. I hate rebates and will pay extra to avoid them. The only rebates are the ones on stuff thats being thrown out for next to nothing. Sometimes you can actually make money on those:0
They are grabbing opengl calls to grab model info. So why not replace model info you are grabbing with model info that you want. That is, instead of Game->GLInterceptor->OGLE->Model file
->opengl->Display
Game->GLInterceptor->SomePlugin(substitues your model)->opengl->Display
Another thought that I've had. All the comments seem to be at 5 or 0 on every story. There is very little middle ground. Why not allow the moderation points a bit more leeway (rating 1 to 100, with 100 being a fantasic comment). Karma bonus's would only add up to the current 5. The rest of the points must be earned by the comment itself.
This would also allow more moderators.
Another thought, is have off-topic worth -3. and any subposts from an off topic -1. That is you modify a grandparent post with off topic, the children get knocked down as well. Any posts that are really on topic will eventually climb back up.
If you've got a story, but the submittor's url is inflamitory, derogitory, whatever. Why not leave them a message to resubmit with a differrent url. Or if you suspect that the submittors's name will spawn more discussion then the topic, Ask them to resubmit as anonymous.
Do this with the statement that if someone else submits the same story you can use the new one. If the resubmitted entry is agreeable, then it will be printed.
The big problem I've had in submitting stories (some that where much more interesting then the days fodder at the time) is that I don't know why they were rejected. It's like a neural net that has no feedback. By adding a little feedback, you would get better submissions and thereby better stories. I'm sure that you've got several standard reasons for rejecting, just boilerplate them.
That rights signaling system would consist of two DRM technologies, Video Encoded Invisible Light (VEIL) and Content Generation Management System--Analog (CGMS-A), which would be embedded in broadcasts and other analog video content.'"
So the copyrighted material consists of Music, as well as two DRM technologies? If I were to remove the DRM technologies, would it be the same material? Would the copyright still hold for the modified material as it would for an analog version of the same?
The point of the GPL is to protect the users (NOT the software itself!), by giving them the freedom to modify the software they use as they see fit. A remote user is still a user!
I agree with the first part of this, however as someone who develops code for use on the web I'd say that I was the user and the people looking at my website are seeing documents that is produced by what I set up. I'm the user. The people who are looking at the web pages are consumers of my product. (the pages).
The "remote user" is not a user of the software, they are a user of the result of my use of the software. If I hadn't set it up, they wouldn't be able to see the results.
It's like requiring the plans to a printing company, and a paper factory whenever you buy a book. The manufacting info of the book is not what you are buying, just the contents.
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Just to be clear. You have morons working for you because you use a Microsoft product? :)
There's two sides to that coin.
The flip side is, in the past, Canada would get a lot of manufacturing jobs because the dollar was cheaper. Over the years wages between Canada and the US have achieved some sort of parity. A Candian welder get's paid more Canadian dollars then his US counterpart, but the per US dollar amount is fairly close.
Now the dollar is rising and the Canadian wages are suddenly more then the US workers. Guess what happens to those jobs. Alberta is doing great. Ontario (the manufacturing part of Canada) is starting to hurt. You can see it coming. Plants are starting to shut down and move to.... Mexico.
I've no need of learning ajax at the moment, but if it's done by the same people who did the head first series, I may just spend the money. I know that it won't be a waste, because it will be useful somewhere down the line.
ok, point taken. Canada does deserve credit.
My point was, a population 10 times the size, with all the advantages geographically that the US has should be doing way better then Canada.
It would just be a smaller world economy. US debt is well on the way to making this situation anyway. Ever wonder why the Canadian economy gaining against the US? The US has a larger growing season, Canada has a population of California, but Canada is gaining.
Look to
The Chinese are gaining ground as well, not to mention the Japaneese and European countries. The US is in sad sad shape compared to what it should be, and you've only your government to blame.
I just emailed cineplex to ask them if they would be showing it.
here
This type of movie only get's shown if there is a demand for it.
Don't judge his work by the bond movies. (at least the recent ones)
Do a job that you love. There are up sides and down sides to this but the up side is that you can enjoy going to work where you will spend a significant portion of you life. The downside is that your love may change and what used to be fun is now a chore. I was first a musician, and after 3 years on the road decided it was not fun anymore. I then went back to University and learned about computers. Luckily, I still love it 25 years later.
Another up side, is that if you love to do something you will get better at it. This means that you will become the craftsman that people want to have working for them. Your salary will increase and you will be employed.
A third upside is that your enthusiasm about your work will show. When you go for job interviews it will show. People feel more comfortable hiring someone who they can see has enthusiasm and a proven experience.
The nice thing about the computer field, is that it's large enough that you can partition your hobby and work into 2 different types of work, so you don't become overexposed in the one at work.
This story was interesting, but not especially newsworthy. However the folks on slashdot explaining/arguing and counter-arguing made this one of the most interesting forums on slashdot that I've seen in a LONG while.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I like the news that really for Nerds. I don't have a big interest in google,patents, American politics etc.
But a story about a Linus having a COW over a COW (pun intended) makes my day, especially when there is a worthwhile argument about it.
That is amazing. I knew that Microsoft could influence governments, but whoa, this is too much.
Although China may have it's own verions of Linux to install, and that is what they are doing.
I wonder if you have no hard drive on the naked pc if that is still a computer. This is just totally weird.
http://www.theopencd.org/ is a great cd of useful/free/fun software that will work under windows.
Yes. I think that instructions (method of progress) should not be patentable. I also think that manuals, specs, storybooks and fairytales should not be patentable.
The gears inside a machine in a specific configuration which accoplishes teh algotithm should be patentable. (Not how it works, just this particular implementation of if).
The first only describles the method that the second uses. It does NOT describe the second. If you can read an implementation of a patent, and change just enough things that you no longer violate it, then there is no problem. If it is really easy to do this, then there probably wasn't any point in making the patent in the first place.
First he says...
Unfortunately, patent law is inconsistent on this point. Patent law in most countries says that algorithms aren't patentable. This rule is left over from a time when "algorithm" meant something like the Sieve of Eratosthenes.
and then he says...
In 1800, people could not see as readily as we can that a great many patents on mechanical objects were really patents on the algorithms they embodied.
and using this argument he says that if you don't like software patents you don't like patents in general.
I think there is a big difference between the method of a process, and the mechanical objects that implement them. I have no problem with people patenting mechanical objects (that are non-obvious). I do have a problem with people patenting methods that would work with those objects. If he thinks that algorithms implemented in mechanical objects is the same thing as algorithms, he isn't much of a lawyer.
It's more a case of the pot saying TURN OFF THE FIRE!
I heard that the problem with the original settlement was that it only was for current customers. The next customer that RIM got would start the whole process over again.
http://www.term4sale.com/
http://www.stockchase.com/
http://www.americaninsurancebroker.com/
Yup, a blatent attempt at a mini-slashdot effect
PAPERCUTS!
How do they handle the taxes. If I'm buying something that is essentially on sale, do I still pay tax on the full ticket?
Think about it. You buy a $1000 item for $800, but you are taxed on $1000. I hate rebates and will pay extra to avoid them. The only rebates are the ones on stuff thats being thrown out for next to nothing. Sometimes you can actually make money on those :0
They are grabbing opengl calls to grab model info. So why not replace model info you are grabbing with model info that you want.
That is, instead of
Game->GLInterceptor->OGLE->Model file
->opengl->Display
Game->GLInterceptor->SomePlugin(substitues your model)->opengl->Display
Another thought that I've had. All the comments seem to be at 5 or 0 on every story. There is very little middle ground. Why not allow the moderation points a bit more leeway (rating 1 to 100, with 100 being a fantasic comment). Karma bonus's would only add up to the current 5. The rest of the points must be earned by the comment itself.
This would also allow more moderators.
Another thought, is have off-topic worth -3. and any subposts from an off topic -1. That is you modify a grandparent post with off topic, the children get knocked down as well. Any posts that are really on topic will eventually climb back up.
If you've got a story, but the submittor's url is inflamitory, derogitory, whatever. Why not leave them a message to resubmit with a differrent url.
Or if you suspect that the submittors's name will spawn more discussion then the topic, Ask them to resubmit as anonymous.
Do this with the statement that if someone else submits the same story you can use the new one. If the resubmitted entry is agreeable, then it will be printed.
The big problem I've had in submitting stories (some that where much more interesting then the days fodder at the time) is that I don't know why they were rejected. It's like a neural net that has no feedback. By adding a little feedback, you would get better submissions and thereby better stories. I'm sure that you've got several standard reasons for rejecting, just boilerplate them.
That rights signaling system would consist of two DRM technologies, Video Encoded Invisible Light (VEIL) and Content Generation Management System--Analog (CGMS-A), which would be embedded in broadcasts and other analog video content.'"
So the copyrighted material consists of Music, as well as two DRM technologies? If I were to remove the DRM technologies, would it be the same material? Would the copyright still hold for the modified material as it would for an analog version of the same?
The point of the GPL is to protect the users (NOT the software itself!), by giving them the freedom to modify the software they use as they see fit. A remote user is still a user!
I agree with the first part of this, however as someone who develops code for use on the web I'd say that I was the user and the people looking at my website are seeing documents that is produced by what I set up. I'm the user. The people who are looking at the web pages are consumers of my product. (the pages).
The "remote user" is not a user of the software, they are a user of the result of my use of the software. If I hadn't set it up, they wouldn't be able to see the results.
It's like requiring the plans to a printing company, and a paper factory whenever you buy a book. The manufacting info of the book is not what you are buying, just the contents.
Thanks for that great memory. I'd completely forgotten that book.