We have too many bad standards as it is.
The Linux Standard Base requires a bunch of useless crap that is applicable to only 1 overly controlling vendor (Debian distros need `rpm` to comply because Redhat) There are plenty more examples: https://refspecs.linuxfoundati...
On the opposite side, you have POSIX, which is held back by another big industry vendor (this time Oracle because Solaris) Most shells have support for a large percentage of "bashisms", yet no useful sh features have been added to the standard.
Then you have pseudo standards that are woefully un-maintained at https://www.freedesktop.org/wi... which by their own admission isn't a standards body. Half the links are either 404 or completely dead URLs
There is no defacto "standard" and the companies writing the EMR related software are clueless on how to create a productive UI, so doctors spend more time documenting than treating, sometimes by a factor of 5 to 1.
Way back in the day, one of the many reasons I went with the PS3 vs the Xbox360, was that they didn't require an anual fee to access services that were not provided by their network (youtube, netflix, etc...)
Pigeons can transfer terabytes of information short distances way faster than any network so far. Don't let pigeon handlers off the hook either. The ISP, telecom, hardware manufacturer, software developers, electricity providers, content producers and government officials also "facilitated". The only entity that _should_ be prosecuted is the one knowingly serving the data.
Sounds like its just a proxy server that takes your request, gets the data and then sends it back to you after it checks it... these have been around for years. Non-news and if it is patented, should never have passed the obious or prior art tests.
Actually in the world of real patents (read mechanical systems, not bogus software based crap) this is a common practice. My Grandfather was the head engineer of a multinational tool manufacturer and a good portion of his job was to implement safety mechanisms that didn't violate patents. If existing patents used an electrical interlock and a guard, they would use 2 independent guards and a mechanical failsafe. The only time he spent in court was to testify about the safety systems that people would override, hurt themselves and sue over... none of the patent cases ever saw a courtroom.
Yeah, They probably had windows upgrades pending. My last one took several hours because I disable svshost.exe's access to the internet until I want to update.
It will create a whole new breed of extremist - the Constitutional extremist. I say "create", but IIRC Tim McVey was in that camp, so perhaps reinvigorate is more appropriate.
Unless there is an undisclosed Pentium-style floating point bug... Damn, they are using "Pentium" for other crap now. I miss the days when I didn't need to read a dozen product specification sheets to compare CPUs.
Reminds me of PS3's "Other OS" feature... after a while it became impossible to play any new games (and some re-released older ones) without updating, thus making it either a game console OR a linux computer NOT both as was initially advertised.
Forget that! Make them pay the same as patent extensions. Sure, grant the initial copyright freely, since there doesn't need to be an investigation of "prior art", "obviousness", etc... but after that, there is no reason a creative work deserves more protection than a useful invention.
Programmers take ideas and specifications and use mathematical algorithms, logic and creativity to turn them into reality. Just like anything involving math and logic problems, programmers may make mathematical errors, forget steps, make typos or not fully understand (or completely misinterpret) a mathematical algorithm, specification or idea. When that happens, we call them bugs. Most programmers only excel in 2 out of the 3 core areas (based on my own anecdotal evidence) and have more bugs to their name than a full season of Naked and Afraid - It takes a special kind of brain to excel in all 3 of these areas simultaneously and these same people make good engineers.
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We have too many bad standards as it is.
The Linux Standard Base requires a bunch of useless crap that is applicable to only 1 overly controlling vendor (Debian distros need `rpm` to comply because Redhat) There are plenty more examples: https://refspecs.linuxfoundati...
On the opposite side, you have POSIX, which is held back by another big industry vendor (this time Oracle because Solaris) Most shells have support for a large percentage of "bashisms", yet no useful sh features have been added to the standard.
Then you have pseudo standards that are woefully un-maintained at https://www.freedesktop.org/wi... which by their own admission isn't a standards body. Half the links are either 404 or completely dead URLs
I wonder how much of the code is different from https://github.com/PureDarwin/
I think they might phrase it "increased from 25mbps to 10000kbps"
There is no defacto "standard" and the companies writing the EMR related software are clueless on how to create a productive UI, so doctors spend more time documenting than treating, sometimes by a factor of 5 to 1.
Way back in the day, one of the many reasons I went with the PS3 vs the Xbox360, was that they didn't require an anual fee to access services that were not provided by their network (youtube, netflix, etc...)
Pigeons can transfer terabytes of information short distances way faster than any network so far. Don't let pigeon handlers off the hook either. The ISP, telecom, hardware manufacturer, software developers, electricity providers, content producers and government officials also "facilitated". The only entity that _should_ be prosecuted is the one knowingly serving the data.
Sounds like its just a proxy server that takes your request, gets the data and then sends it back to you after it checks it ... these have been around for years. Non-news and if it is patented, should never have passed the obious or prior art tests.
Actually in the world of real patents (read mechanical systems, not bogus software based crap) this is a common practice. My Grandfather was the head engineer of a multinational tool manufacturer and a good portion of his job was to implement safety mechanisms that didn't violate patents. If existing patents used an electrical interlock and a guard, they would use 2 independent guards and a mechanical failsafe. The only time he spent in court was to testify about the safety systems that people would override, hurt themselves and sue over... none of the patent cases ever saw a courtroom.
Then the spectre patches nearly bricked half the systems and they had to rollback and reboot again.
Yeah, They probably had windows upgrades pending. My last one took several hours because I disable svshost.exe's access to the internet until I want to update.
Is that the same Senator that attempted to get Newton's Laws repealed and replaced?
It will create a whole new breed of extremist - the Constitutional extremist. I say "create", but IIRC Tim McVey was in that camp, so perhaps reinvigorate is more appropriate.
Maybe, but just in case it wasn't.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
They already do. Let a Bank of America account drop below $300, and all your money will be gone before you know it.
Unless there is an undisclosed Pentium-style floating point bug... Damn, they are using "Pentium" for other crap now. I miss the days when I didn't need to read a dozen product specification sheets to compare CPUs.
Not if you disallow svchost.exe access to the internet :) ...until you want it to (if ever)
Reminds me of PS3's "Other OS" feature... after a while it became impossible to play any new games (and some re-released older ones) without updating, thus making it either a game console OR a linux computer NOT both as was initially advertised.
_Bool has_news(void *content){return 0;}
If you want your wife/kids/whoever to continue to reap benefits, just have them "co-author" the work.
Forget that! Make them pay the same as patent extensions. Sure, grant the initial copyright freely, since there doesn't need to be an investigation of "prior art", "obviousness", etc... but after that, there is no reason a creative work deserves more protection than a useful invention.
WTF is bing?
What a total waste of money, time and infrastructure. Not that any PD would ever use it, but still...
Programmers take ideas and specifications and use mathematical algorithms, logic and creativity to turn them into reality. Just like anything involving math and logic problems, programmers may make mathematical errors, forget steps, make typos or not fully understand (or completely misinterpret) a mathematical algorithm, specification or idea. When that happens, we call them bugs. Most programmers only excel in 2 out of the 3 core areas (based on my own anecdotal evidence) and have more bugs to their name than a full season of Naked and Afraid - It takes a special kind of brain to excel in all 3 of these areas simultaneously and these same people make good engineers.
Lawyer. Hah.
Where are those agent orange stockpiles again?