I just patented "Commenting in an online news aggregation website" - now do research and development on that. You can't in fact. You can't get around it. My code was protected WITHOUT the patent. In fact, allowing ideas to be free and watching people make their own code and their own implementation and twists on it is what increases research and development.
To give a good example of this - there are TONS of sorting algorithmns. If someone had patented "Using a computing device to sort a list" there would only be one.
The problem with this is that if I decide to patent "Online Purchasing of Movies", then I will effectivly shut off all other people and get a monopoly on it.
Patents lock down ideas. In software this makes no sense, because there are so many ideas which are the effective 'next step', so its all a race to see who can get it first - no matter how abstract it is.
Patents make sense for certain things. If I design a program to sort a list in the most effective way to date, then I don't believe anyone should use it without my permission - however if I patent "Sorting a list", then that suffocates competition.
In conclusion, the actual instance of software is already protected enough by laws, we don't need patents to block entire segments of the market by patenting the "Idea".
Star Trek had pretty multi-dimensional and fleshed out characters.
And the original Star Wars had non-1d characters. The other three are a mess though. Even the plot and the logic of some of the actions - (like poisoning Jedi with a coloured gas when you could have just dropped it in their drink, or used a non-coloured gas, or left it there and left there in there for an hour instead of opening the door).
They should replace the weapons with walkie-talkies though, so the kiddies don't get scared. (ET reference)
This is to stop you getting porn when you're trying to look for something else - or someone is looking over your shoulder.
Assignment will get you quite a bit of stuff by the time you typed the first three letters.
And you can JUST PRESS ENTER. Wow, problem solved. Don't break your fingers buddy. Not censorship at all - its more a case of "Don't show me porn unless I ask for it".
What I liked about Office 2010 is the 'menu on mouse over' thing which means to change formatting you won't need to move your mouse very much. The ribbon is intuitive and really helps - I thought it'd be horrible and ugly to work with, but I found it easier than the toolbar before.
Windows 7 is a visual work of art. The 'type to search' saves quite a lot of time. I prefer typing to be honest than clicking, and its fast enough to get the results without spending ages.
This is coming from an open-source fanatic who uses Ubuntu for his day-to-day functioning, so you can see how painful/honest this is.
To add to the above list - Visual Studio 2010 is also very cool indeed. I succeeded on running it (barely) on my netbook and was quite impressed. What I would give for the ability to 'rip' tabs out on Eclipse... really helps with multi-monitors.
Why would there be Unidentified flying objects near nuclear missile sites? Its not like any country would send out UADs to see where America keeps its missiles would it? Nobody on earth cares about the location of missiles which can end all life on earth...
Because its so coupled with Direct X that its pretty impossible to port.
Also , it might be a means of drawing people back to microsoft - What will microsoft gain if they have a Linux version? Aside from the hostile territory they're starting off in...
You forgot "Smug Joe Sixpack" who knows nothing but thinks he knows everything.
"Yeah a popup asked me whether I want to buy Super-Anti-Virus-Totally-Not-A-Scam. So I did. I also installed a firewall to stop bugs from appearing in my Windows"
RE: 3.) The kind of people who think that would probably not be trying out a beta. I might be wrong though
5.) If you filter out the people who CAN'T run IE9 - XP users circa 60%, Linux and Mac users... it works out to be a bit bigger.
I think the biggest share is the people who are curious to see what Microsoft pulled out this time. Their form at late with software is getting much better. Windows 7 was great, Office 2010 was great as well... Microsoft are finally waking up in face of some competition.
Allright, multi-touch input. That's a means to an end and not an end in itself.
Multi-touch input is simply what falls under "Shiny Gadget".
Lets talk about what it can properly do instead (I'm keeping an educational context)? Like - can you run e-books better than on a netbook? Can you use office software better than on a netbook? Can I print my assignments from it? Can I view flash/silverlight animations which may be useful to explain certain concepts to me? Can it run certain useful software which are needed? I'm in ICT - I'm pretty sure it won't run half the compilers or IDEs I require.
That's the sort of thing that matters. Whether I can touch it with two hands does not.
The thing is, that you could just as easily install e-book readers on a netbook, AND you'd have the added bonus of being able to run office software with a full keyboard and other programs that most people will be used to.
With the money needed to buy iPads for everyone, you could just as easily buy a really cheap netbook for everyone and buy some lisences to the e-book reader of your choice - if you don't pick a free one.
So why would they need an "Invulnerable" cookie to do that?
If you're raising the bar to block people who purposely take down your ad cookies - you're expecting the same subset to attempt to take down your super-cookie.
Do those work if you leave the site and return agian?
If I go to slashdot and post a bit. Close the tab and go there again will the hidden form values persist? The way my (quick research) understood them is similar to appending stuff to the URL, except that it doesn't show.
Well, html is unable to save session information. So you need cookies for that. There is no other reliable and non-user-unfriendly alternative.
When you 'log in', you are given a cookie, which the page reads and uses to identify you. That's one of the more common 'useful' uses for cookies.
Cookies can also store small amounts of data in them (ever been to a website which tells you "Pick Language" and then lets you "[ ] Always remember this choice"? That's also a cookie.
And last but not least, they're good at identifying you so that other adverts (on other sites) note the cookie and are able to link your presence on Site A to the one on Site B then data-mine
Slashdot Mirror
To give a counter-example:
I just patented "Commenting in an online news aggregation website" - now do research and development on that. You can't in fact. You can't get around it. My code was protected WITHOUT the patent. In fact, allowing ideas to be free and watching people make their own code and their own implementation and twists on it is what increases research and development.
To give a good example of this - there are TONS of sorting algorithmns. If someone had patented "Using a computing device to sort a list" there would only be one.
The problem with this is that if I decide to patent "Online Purchasing of Movies", then I will effectivly shut off all other people and get a monopoly on it.
Patents lock down ideas. In software this makes no sense, because there are so many ideas which are the effective 'next step', so its all a race to see who can get it first - no matter how abstract it is.
Patents make sense for certain things. If I design a program to sort a list in the most effective way to date, then I don't believe anyone should use it without my permission - however if I patent "Sorting a list", then that suffocates competition.
In conclusion, the actual instance of software is already protected enough by laws, we don't need patents to block entire segments of the market by patenting the "Idea".
Star Trek had pretty multi-dimensional and fleshed out characters.
And the original Star Wars had non-1d characters. The other three are a mess though. Even the plot and the logic of some of the actions - (like poisoning Jedi with a coloured gas when you could have just dropped it in their drink, or used a non-coloured gas, or left it there and left there in there for an hour instead of opening the door).
They should replace the weapons with walkie-talkies though, so the kiddies don't get scared. (ET reference)
3...2....1....
Many people have SafeSearch always off.
This is to stop you getting porn when you're trying to look for something else - or someone is looking over your shoulder.
Assignment will get you quite a bit of stuff by the time you typed the first three letters.
And you can JUST PRESS ENTER. Wow, problem solved. Don't break your fingers buddy. Not censorship at all - its more a case of "Don't show me porn unless I ask for it".
This would never work.
Do you think Gradma who uses the internets for facebook, youtube and emailing her cookery classmates cares about this?
Do you think anyone except nerds will care about this?
And do you honestly believe that if ISPS want to dress this up nicely "Now with 50% more speed on facebook!" - that your voice is going to be heard ?
This of course is assuming that this change happens at the endpoints, and not at the infrastructure level - which wil give you no choice whatsoever.
Its called money.
Well, they can hardly make the first three episodes any worse then they already are.
Pity the characters will remain one dimensional
Its basically a larger version of a non-phoning smartphone.
Good for viewing images, video and text, basic internet browsing with horrible text input - and very portable.
Useful if you're not doing anything serious. Crappy if you're taking notes during a lecture or trying to comment on /.
Never had any problems with their chips and they're far cheaper than intel. I like them.
What I liked about Office 2010 is the 'menu on mouse over' thing which means to change formatting you won't need to move your mouse very much. The ribbon is intuitive and really helps - I thought it'd be horrible and ugly to work with, but I found it easier than the toolbar before.
Windows 7 is a visual work of art. The 'type to search' saves quite a lot of time. I prefer typing to be honest than clicking, and its fast enough to get the results without spending ages.
This is coming from an open-source fanatic who uses Ubuntu for his day-to-day functioning, so you can see how painful/honest this is.
To add to the above list - Visual Studio 2010 is also very cool indeed. I succeeded on running it (barely) on my netbook and was quite impressed. What I would give for the ability to 'rip' tabs out on Eclipse... really helps with multi-monitors.
Why would there be Unidentified flying objects near nuclear missile sites? Its not like any country would send out UADs to see where America keeps its missiles would it? Nobody on earth cares about the location of missiles which can end all life on earth...
Because its so coupled with Direct X that its pretty impossible to port.
Also , it might be a means of drawing people back to microsoft - What will microsoft gain if they have a Linux version? Aside from the hostile territory they're starting off in...
Vista?
You forgot "Smug Joe Sixpack" who knows nothing but thinks he knows everything.
"Yeah a popup asked me whether I want to buy Super-Anti-Virus-Totally-Not-A-Scam. So I did. I also installed a firewall to stop bugs from appearing in my Windows"
RE: 3.) The kind of people who think that would probably not be trying out a beta. I might be wrong though
5.) If you filter out the people who CAN'T run IE9 - XP users circa 60%, Linux and Mac users... it works out to be a bit bigger.
I think the biggest share is the people who are curious to see what Microsoft pulled out this time. Their form at late with software is getting much better. Windows 7 was great, Office 2010 was great as well... Microsoft are finally waking up in face of some competition.
What happens when I change one of those pretty numbers?
I must find out for myself!
ie9.downloadAmount++;
Allright, multi-touch input. That's a means to an end and not an end in itself.
Multi-touch input is simply what falls under "Shiny Gadget".
Lets talk about what it can properly do instead (I'm keeping an educational context)? Like - can you run e-books better than on a netbook?
Can you use office software better than on a netbook?
Can I print my assignments from it?
Can I view flash/silverlight animations which may be useful to explain certain concepts to me?
Can it run certain useful software which are needed? I'm in ICT - I'm pretty sure it won't run half the compilers or IDEs I require.
That's the sort of thing that matters. Whether I can touch it with two hands does not.
The thing is, that you could just as easily install e-book readers on a netbook, AND you'd have the added bonus of being able to run office software with a full keyboard and other programs that most people will be used to.
With the money needed to buy iPads for everyone, you could just as easily buy a really cheap netbook for everyone and buy some lisences to the e-book reader of your choice - if you don't pick a free one.
I'll be sure to vote for you in the next deity-election.
So why would they need an "Invulnerable" cookie to do that?
If you're raising the bar to block people who purposely take down your ad cookies - you're expecting the same subset to attempt to take down your super-cookie.
Do those work if you leave the site and return agian?
If I go to slashdot and post a bit. Close the tab and go there again will the hidden form values persist? The way my (quick research) understood them is similar to appending stuff to the URL, except that it doesn't show.
Same way you could say people who offer torrent tracking, torrent searches, and torrent programs are to blame for the data which passes through them.
I was being sarcastic, in light of the fact that this sort of thing has been tried once too many times.
Well, html is unable to save session information. So you need cookies for that. There is no other reliable and non-user-unfriendly alternative.
When you 'log in', you are given a cookie, which the page reads and uses to identify you. That's one of the more common 'useful' uses for cookies.
Cookies can also store small amounts of data in them (ever been to a website which tells you "Pick Language" and then lets you "[ ] Always remember this choice"? That's also a cookie.
And last but not least, they're good at identifying you so that other adverts (on other sites) note the cookie and are able to link your presence on Site A to the one on Site B then data-mine