A moment of sanity emerges in the US legal system...more at 10
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Ermm...
Well, first of all you have to wait until the radio station decides to give you the scores. Then you have to try and remember them all. What about the scorers ? Oh well, wait until you get home I guess.
If you got skills, then you'll probably be ok, but just as in the US, the dot-com implosion has had an impact here (I'm only speaking for the UK - it may well be the same in the rest of Europe) as well - lotsa web-style peeps have been laid off and are looking around for work.
This may have an impact on how willing companies are to sponsor your application
Having read your comment again, properly this time, then yes, it's is saying that....
I don't see why allowing people to see from any view would suck bandwidth from the game server - it would only be the proxy server that could be affected, and in any case, if the spectators own the game, then all they'll be getting, via multicast is state information
But the whole point is that other companies CAN'T develop a competing product if Pfizer own the patent and refuse to license it. Sure, competing companies can try and see if they can develop a different technique for curing the disease, but what happens if there is only one way to cure the disease ? How do the other companies get round Pfizer's patent ? They couldn't, without bootlegging the product.
Another analogy. The US is at war with an unnamed country. One company owns the patent on bullets, and is charging $100 per bullet. They refuse to license the patent, ensuring they are not exposed to free market forces. What would you expect to happen ?
I'm in the software industry. My products cost a reasonable amount, but then so do my competitors. Also, my products don't save lives (no matter what the marketeers say). If they did, and they were the only way of saving lives, and there were no competing products around because I own the patent and refuse to license it, then I would expect government scrutiny. I'm not saying they shouldn't make a profit, but in some cases there is a greater need.
Yes you should care how drug companies make their money, but as it's AIDS, you don't. If it were something that actually affected you, I'm sure you'd be one of the first whiny bitches.
What about a different scenario - eg Pfizer discover a cure for lung cancer, or prostate cancer or something, and slap a patent on it. They then decide that they need to charge $1,000 for a course of the treatment, but the actual direct costs of production are $50. What's your take on that, Mr Free Market. It's called a monopoly, and that is wrong. It's not like someone can get the treatment from another source, their only choice is between finding the money or dying.
Maybe we can't / shouldn't force them to sell at a given price. But we should force them to license their product at a non-extortionate rate to other companies, and then we'll see free markets at work.
In future, please think a little before posting ignorant drivel.
In order for an invention to be patentable it must be new as defined in the patent law, which provides that an invention cannot be patented if: "(a) the invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent," or "(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in this country more than one year prior to the application for patent in the United States . .
Yeah, here in the UK, Sky Sports (providers of all things good re football), do this, especially to determine whether the ball crossed the goal line.
Having said that, they've stopped using it as much as they used to when they first introduced it. Andy Gray has a nice(ish) replay/analysis tool - a LARGE touchscreem "TV", showing the play, with some clever(ish) s/w allowing him to eg highlight an individual player, track him, draw arrows, etc.
Every time I see him use it though, I want to shout to the manufacturers (FASTER PROCESSOR, or maybe MORE MEMORY), as there's a horrible 1 or 2 second delay between him doing something and the results showing up.
I remember 5.1 well - lovely white chars on a CLEAN CLEAN blue screen...ahhh.
Was there really a native version for Linux ? I've found this link to run WP5.1 for Dos under Linux using dosemu - would that do ?
I used to use IBM.net (now AT&T http://www.attbusiness.net) for their great roaming while in Europe/Japan/Australia - they have lotsa local POPs, and fairly good tech support.
However, they introduced roaming fees a couple of years back, so if you access from a different country, you`re paying between 4.8 and 9 bucks an hour extra (depending on which plan you use)
That said, there`s little competition around...in Europe you could use the Free ISP`s (eg Freeserve in the UK), but I dunno about their prevalance in other territories.
Most internet cafes should be amenable to plugging in digital cameras if you talk nicely to them !
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A moment of sanity emerges in the US legal system...more at 10
Ermm...
Well, first of all you have to wait until the radio station decides to give you the scores.
Then you have to try and remember them all.
What about the scorers ? Oh well, wait until you get home I guess.
If you got skills, then you'll probably be ok, but just as in the US, the dot-com implosion has had an impact here (I'm only speaking for the UK - it may well be the same in the rest of Europe) as well - lotsa web-style peeps have been laid off and are looking around for work.
This may have an impact on how willing companies are to sponsor your application
Having read your comment again, properly this time, then yes, it's is saying that....
I don't see why allowing people to see from any view would suck bandwidth from the game server - it would only be the proxy server that could be affected, and in any case, if the spectators own the game, then all they'll be getting, via multicast is state information
Er nope... There's a proxy server that connects to the game server and sucks out info (much, i guess, like a normal client would).
This proxy server is then responsible for distributing the spectator feed across the world
easy there, panda.
Err - 4.24am in your hick town = 9.24am in the UK, 10.24am in a lot of Europe, and getting drunk time in Japan.
You forgot to mention easier installation of trojan de jour by disgruntled helpdesk employee.
Another analogy. The US is at war with an unnamed country. One company owns the patent on bullets, and is charging $100 per bullet. They refuse to license the patent, ensuring they are not exposed to free market forces. What would you expect to happen ?
I'm in the software industry. My products cost a reasonable amount, but then so do my competitors. Also, my products don't save lives (no matter what the marketeers say). If they did, and they were the only way of saving lives, and there were no competing products around because I own the patent and refuse to license it, then I would expect government scrutiny. I'm not saying they shouldn't make a profit, but in some cases there is a greater need.
Yes you should care how drug companies make their money, but as it's AIDS, you don't. If it were something that actually affected you, I'm sure you'd be one of the first whiny bitches.
What about a different scenario - eg Pfizer discover a cure for lung cancer, or prostate cancer or something, and slap a patent on it. They then decide that they need to charge $1,000 for a course of the treatment, but the actual direct costs of production are $50. What's your take on that, Mr Free Market. It's called a monopoly, and that is wrong. It's not like someone can get the treatment from another source, their only choice is between finding the money or dying.
Maybe we can't / shouldn't force them to sell at a given price. But we should force them to license their product at a non-extortionate rate to other companies, and then we'll see free markets at work.
In future, please think a little before posting ignorant drivel.
From the US Patent Office website
In order for an invention to be patentable it must be new as defined in the patent law, which provides that an invention cannot be patented if: "(a) the invention was known or used by others in this country, or patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent," or "(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in this country more than one year prior to the application for patent in the United States . .
Having said that, they've stopped using it as much as they used to when they first introduced it. Andy Gray has a nice(ish) replay/analysis tool - a LARGE touchscreem "TV", showing the play, with some clever(ish) s/w allowing him to eg highlight an individual player, track him, draw arrows, etc.
Every time I see him use it though, I want to shout to the manufacturers (FASTER PROCESSOR, or maybe MORE MEMORY), as there's a horrible 1 or 2 second delay between him doing something and the results showing up.
Dude, you're right. maybe you should also follow your own advice.
Ok - doh...just read the article properly...dos binaries *just won't do* !! Oh well...at least I got first (and maybe last) post !
I remember 5.1 well - lovely white chars on a CLEAN CLEAN blue screen...ahhh. Was there really a native version for Linux ? I've found this link to run WP5.1 for Dos under Linux using dosemu - would that do ?
However, they introduced roaming fees a couple of years back, so if you access from a different country, you`re paying between 4.8 and 9 bucks an hour extra (depending on which plan you use)
That said, there`s little competition around...in Europe you could use the Free ISP`s (eg Freeserve in the UK), but I dunno about their prevalance in other territories.
Most internet cafes should be amenable to plugging in digital cameras if you talk nicely to them !
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