Americans live/work in Canada illegally all the time. Goes the other way too. Work for cash and keep your head down. I even know of Americans that somehow got health cards...
OK; bunch of you nay sayers say "ignorance of the law" is no excuse. But this isn't a case of ignorance. Two important things; disclosure and prior art. Its the same reason why Coke doesn't publish the recipe; because disclosure of a recipe (algorithm in our case) is mixing things from the domain of common knowledge. Nothing Lempel, Ziv, and/or Welsh did was unqiue. Sliding windows and dictionary substitutions for compression; I have published ACM algorithms from '68 that have similar concepts. Course now you'll argue that the patent office erred in granting the patent but that doesn't obviate that it was granted and people should have respected the patent. Thats where it becomes totally subjective; if a patent is blatently wrong, its left to the courts to figure it out, with adversaries on both sides that can afford to fight it. Joe hobbiest doesn't give a shit, and its a stretch to say ignorance in this case is willful maleficence. Why? Because if those hobbiests didn't implement the fucking thing, Unisys wouldn't have been able to capitalize on it. No damages.
LZW was published in IEEE in '84 by Welsh. It did not mention the patent. Some have argued this made the algorithm public knowledge. Unisys applied for the patent in '83, but did not enforce it until '89 WHEN IT WAS WIDELY ADOPTED. A lot of people that helped its adoption did so under the impression it was patent free.
So... how can it be stolen... if it was given away?
I agree. My buying habits have changed. I still listen to a wide variety of radio stations; but my desire to buy what I hear is zero. So I go to extremes to buy stuff that doesn't suck. I noticed I starting buying more from Amazon 'cause HMV,A&B,BestBuy,etc/etc were all selling the same "promoted" crap. Now I see more indy record companies pushing their own and bypassing traditional distributors (for example, I heard Dervish on FolkAlley.com and could not find them except through their associated on-line store.)
One thing that truly freaks me out is the blatent theft of riffs and complete lack of originality by many of the leading "Pop" artists. Hey... isn't that Madonna butchering ABBA? Rihanna pilfering SoftCell? Gwen and Fergie ripping off children's songs - or each other.
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I look at my Sony Walkman Bean (now defunct, sure); it plugs into the USB port and recharges itself. Built in rechargeable battery.
Edison didn't get rich 'cause he was a brilliant inventor... The US patent system is really screwed up. Kudos if he can [help] fix it... but then again, I can be a software engineer with a lot of stress for $100/hr, or I can be a lawyer with a lot of golf time at $300/hr. Sounds like the kid knows his economics.
A microturbine requires a completely new energy source; can you imagine plugging a butane canister into your portable? All turbines have physical issues around energy lost through heat; remember in a traditional engine only about 50% of fuel burned actually goes to perform work.
From the article, he says his "addict" lived in WoW because real life sucked. Perhaps WoW is a good therapy - as opposed to being bogged down in depression or self harm - he plays a video game.
Sure games can make you cry! Consider the EverQuest rollback! Woot, I camped the Ancient Cyclops for 14 hours straight and finally got my Ring of the Ancients! Hmm server crashed. WTH? Where'd my Ring go? Arrrrrg!
Or the I did the stupid quest for 3 months, did the turn in, and the NPC took my items and split cry.
At least the I had my epic turn ins in a no rent bag and logged out cry is gone.
There are de facto and de jure standards. De jure designates what the Power says, while de facto designates what happens in practice. W3C started as de facto; that is, here is HTML, it exists, let's run with it. Now it is de jure; that is, the consortia sets up the standard that may not be based on a practical business need.
So... as with any consortia; the standard is only as good as the problem it solves. If it is adopted, it survives. If it doesn't, it is yet another academic exercise. It won't get adopted without a need.
The problem; as I see it from other working groups; you get forced into directions that meet a specific vendors need that result in stuff unusable by the masses or lowest common denominator (equally unusable).
So usable standards survive. The consortia (or group) producing the standard needs to rely on classic AoW credos; know the environment, know the problem, know the end users/consumers of the solution, and know yourself.
In an odd twist, my 2 year old who LOVES cars and trains, completely avoids the more technical toys. His favorites? The wooden Thomas set with track. No fancy set up. Powered by him. He makes the noise.
All the noise making gadgets he's received hold his interest for about a week and end up in the toy box. His old style hotwheels and trains; he always goes back to those.
Why is this news? Most institutions set up in the US to protect business participate in making the US a cleptocracy. So what if a lawyer takes a big piece on the pie when a company gets big enough to be a target for a class action? How is this any different from patent holding companies, business lobbies, government, unions, various associations, or anyone else who wants a cut?
I've read a few comments about people saying "this is no small task and it will never happen."
The reality is Apple already has a lot of this code in support of QuickTime. It is not just QTML (that implement a bunch of Mac APIs in QT for Windows). It's the other way too. These porting technologies have been around inside Apple (and other companies, like Aldus/Adobe) for dogs years.
You are exactly right. He has always been a hater, and you don't really need to read any article he 'writes' about Apple, because his outcomes are unoriginal and predictable.
You're right. There is this theory that working from home makes one less accountable. I'd love it if reality were as this article suggests; but it's far far far from reality. Out of the 100s of colleagues in the field, only 2 are based out of their homes. 1% of the work force I'd bet.
I believe that, but what does it have to do with CO2 or global warming?
A lot. We're talking about the carbon cycle; not just emissions. A clear-cut is removing the capability of forest to remove CO2 from the air or soil. Trees hold carbon. Then geological processes get these rotting trees compressed into earth bound hydrocarbons.
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Americans live/work in Canada illegally all the time. Goes the other way too. Work for cash and keep your head down. I even know of Americans that somehow got health cards...
OK; bunch of you nay sayers say "ignorance of the law" is no excuse. But this isn't a case of ignorance. Two important things; disclosure and prior art. Its the same reason why Coke doesn't publish the recipe; because disclosure of a recipe (algorithm in our case) is mixing things from the domain of common knowledge. Nothing Lempel, Ziv, and/or Welsh did was unqiue. Sliding windows and dictionary substitutions for compression; I have published ACM algorithms from '68 that have similar concepts. Course now you'll argue that the patent office erred in granting the patent but that doesn't obviate that it was granted and people should have respected the patent. Thats where it becomes totally subjective; if a patent is blatently wrong, its left to the courts to figure it out, with adversaries on both sides that can afford to fight it. Joe hobbiest doesn't give a shit, and its a stretch to say ignorance in this case is willful maleficence. Why? Because if those hobbiests didn't implement the fucking thing, Unisys wouldn't have been able to capitalize on it. No damages.
LZW was published in IEEE in '84 by Welsh. It did not mention the patent. Some have argued this made the algorithm public knowledge. Unisys applied for the patent in '83, but did not enforce it until '89 WHEN IT WAS WIDELY ADOPTED. A lot of people that helped its adoption did so under the impression it was patent free.
So... how can it be stolen... if it was given away?
I agree. My buying habits have changed. I still listen to a wide variety of radio stations; but my desire to buy what I hear is zero. So I go to extremes to buy stuff that doesn't suck. I noticed I starting buying more from Amazon 'cause HMV,A&B,BestBuy,etc/etc were all selling the same "promoted" crap. Now I see more indy record companies pushing their own and bypassing traditional distributors (for example, I heard Dervish on FolkAlley.com and could not find them except through their associated on-line store.)
One thing that truly freaks me out is the blatent theft of riffs and complete lack of originality by many of the leading "Pop" artists. Hey... isn't that Madonna butchering ABBA? Rihanna pilfering SoftCell? Gwen and Fergie ripping off children's songs - or each other.
I look at my Sony Walkman Bean (now defunct, sure); it plugs into the USB port and recharges itself. Built in rechargeable battery.
Edison didn't get rich 'cause he was a brilliant inventor... The US patent system is really screwed up. Kudos if he can [help] fix it... but then again, I can be a software engineer with a lot of stress for $100/hr, or I can be a lawyer with a lot of golf time at $300/hr. Sounds like the kid knows his economics.
A microturbine requires a completely new energy source; can you imagine plugging a butane canister into your portable? All turbines have physical issues around energy lost through heat; remember in a traditional engine only about 50% of fuel burned actually goes to perform work.
The answer was... "Because its the future."
I don't believe it was really G.R.; I heard this shortly after 9/11. Which is... tomorrow.
Why are there no arabs on the enterprise?
Gene was asked that question... $1 in goodwill to the first person that knows his response.
Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up. That's just what we call pillow talk, baby. Say hello to the 21st century!
From the article, he says his "addict" lived in WoW because real life sucked. Perhaps WoW is a good therapy - as opposed to being bogged down in depression or self harm - he plays a video game.
Who woulda thunk it?
Leeeerrroooooyyyy Jenkins;
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Does Radia even know about this? One of few projects Sun funds and hasn't been canned because it actually makes money.
Sure games can make you cry! Consider the EverQuest rollback! Woot, I camped the Ancient Cyclops for 14 hours straight and finally got my Ring of the Ancients! Hmm server crashed. WTH? Where'd my Ring go? Arrrrrg!
Or the I did the stupid quest for 3 months, did the turn in, and the NPC took my items and split cry.
At least the I had my epic turn ins in a no rent bag and logged out cry is gone.
There are de facto and de jure standards. De jure designates what the Power says, while de facto designates what happens in practice. W3C started as de facto; that is, here is HTML, it exists, let's run with it. Now it is de jure; that is, the consortia sets up the standard that may not be based on a practical business need.
So... as with any consortia; the standard is only as good as the problem it solves. If it is adopted, it survives. If it doesn't, it is yet another academic exercise. It won't get adopted without a need.
The problem; as I see it from other working groups; you get forced into directions that meet a specific vendors need that result in stuff unusable by the masses or lowest common denominator (equally unusable).
So usable standards survive. The consortia (or group) producing the standard needs to rely on classic AoW credos; know the environment, know the problem, know the end users/consumers of the solution, and know yourself.
In an odd twist, my 2 year old who LOVES cars and trains, completely avoids the more technical toys. His favorites? The wooden Thomas set with track. No fancy set up. Powered by him. He makes the noise.
All the noise making gadgets he's received hold his interest for about a week and end up in the toy box. His old style hotwheels and trains; he always goes back to those.
Before 2001, I used to spend $300 a year on PC games. After I got "addicted to everquest", I spend about the same on EverQuest... but...
I've saved $50 a year on Cable! I don't watch TV anymore. Maybe it was all those reality TV shows drove me into vr games.
Why is this news? Most institutions set up in the US to protect business participate in making the US a cleptocracy. So what if a lawyer takes a big piece on the pie when a company gets big enough to be a target for a class action? How is this any different from patent holding companies, business lobbies, government, unions, various associations, or anyone else who wants a cut?
"[boys at M$] scrambling around like ants on a hot stove"
It was BillG, not Microsoft as a whole, that had the vision of the browser as the desktop.
p.s. Someone call PETA. Dvorak is torturing ants.
I've read a few comments about people saying "this is no small task and it will never happen."
The reality is Apple already has a lot of this code in support of QuickTime. It is not just QTML (that implement a bunch of Mac APIs in QT for Windows). It's the other way too. These porting technologies have been around inside Apple (and other companies, like Aldus/Adobe) for dogs years.
You are exactly right. He has always been a hater, and you don't really need to read any article he 'writes' about Apple, because his outcomes are unoriginal and predictable.
You're right. There is this theory that working from home makes one less accountable. I'd love it if reality were as this article suggests; but it's far far far from reality. Out of the 100s of colleagues in the field, only 2 are based out of their homes. 1% of the work force I'd bet.
with a magnifying glass, focusing a beam of sunlight on pentagon computers...
film at 11
C'mon, some of us want to know what a retart is. If I had my brothers, for all intensive purposes, I'd mod ;-)
(For those retards out there, its druthers and intents and porpoises).
I believe that, but what does it have to do with CO2 or global warming?
A lot. We're talking about the carbon cycle; not just emissions. A clear-cut is removing the capability of forest to remove CO2 from the air or soil. Trees hold carbon. Then geological processes get these rotting trees compressed into earth bound hydrocarbons.
This post doesn't deserve a troll...