In addition to the possibility of losing open access as well. It was a smart move by Google, call it what you will, but from my perspective, bidding the minimum in hopes that you will be outbid (which obviously has not occurred), which will result in Google losing the spectrum to the winner, but still being able to freely use the spectrum was genius.. okay maybe not genius, but a good business move on their part. Call it spectrum poker (I think I will trademark that reference:) ), Googles hand is about to be called (the auction is technically not over yet, so something may still happen).
Personally, whoever gets it, I could care less except if it is Verizon.. with the exception of FIOS (which has its own share of issues), everything Verizon touches turns to shit and they butcher it....
Regardless of IBM's motives (obviously they have some interest in this, they are a company that wants to make a profit), the main reason why everyone is against MS.. is because they cannot be trusted....
IANAL.. but I believe wrongful prosecution is only valid in criminal, not civil cases. In this case, the defendant's recourse would be to mount a counter suit, and add some sort of charge involving malicious persecution of something...
I mean seriously, in the last 2 weeks, we have the Minerva Industries patent on smartphones, and now this.. Who the hell is working in the patent office.....
I am sure we can find some prior art.. the most annoying being angelfire and geocities from way back when.
Is the fact that last night I was searching for a sprayfoam insulation company in maryland (using google), and the very first link that came up, was a domain taster domain registered 3 days prior to yesterday, that only had ads and click through sites on it...
It was most annoying, but the fact it came up as the first link, means google really should do soemthing about sites abusing the ranking systems and not just people abusing the adsense program.
I wish that was true.. and honestly I thought it was somewhat true.. till after having a conversation with a friend of mine and her roomate. They both work for Senators, in one case that individual is actually the person who filters all the calls that go into a senators office, and decides what gets through.. and what does not... (Apparently most of the calls they get involve black helicopters.. go figure). I mentioned the latest FISA related stuff, and her response was that the Senator has "people" that research that stuff all day and inform the senator.. to which my response was that, that was not the point I was trying to make, and that the point I was making is that the people they represent are against said bills, not whether they are cooks or not. She shrugged her shoulders... at me... Which leads me to believe, that the people the senators hire (which obviously fall in line with the senators agenda), have no interest in hearing from constituents, but rather already have the answer, and are only really researching the questions.
I honestly hope this scenario is incorrect, but that is the impression I got from that little conversation.
While your statement is true, there is a huge difference between what everyday admins are doing within their organization and what Barracuda is doing. Barracuda are packaging clamav and selling it as a product (regardless of the merits or lack their of of this lawsuit).
Also, while I do believe the patent is overly broad, this is what the patents are for. It is not like Trend Micro is a patent hoarding firm, they do make products, in fact they actually make products that relate to the patents they hold, so I view them slightly better then I view Minerva Industries.... (the smartphone patent)
I goggled the company that is the holder of the patent, apparently they also hold patents on Seat Belts and Air bags...... wtf!! http://www.gigatec.com/index.asp is the site that lists the other patents.
From what I understand, they do not even have to make any changes, just re purpose the drug, this will allow them to extend the patent. Think heart allergy medication (Allegra or whatever) that is found to also reduce cholesterol (this is a pure fictional example). I could be wrong, IANAL, but that is how someone once explained it to me.
However I am still not going back to the game.. I quit the game a while ago.... cold turkey... I played the game from day 1 in beta, I however quit just before the first expansion came out, I was done, as were many of my guild mates, raiding the same high end content week after week after week just became too much of a chore.
The same can be said for Everquest (I did not really get into eq2). The problem as I see it, is that they develop a game, in the lifecycle plan for the game, I am almost positive they already have a project plan for the expansion before the game is even initially released. And they release the game, with the mechanics that are designed to hopefully satisfy people till the expansion comes out. But they under estimate the users every time, within the first few months, possibly even weeks, you have groups of users that have maxed out their character level, and sure it fun getting shiny new toys for the first year, but it then becomes a chore, and is tedious, and at that point is where the game developer has failed. This is of course my opinion, but having played both everquest, and then wow, for many years (same high end raiding guild for both games), I believe I have some insight into the problems that can occur over time.
With this, as long as they don't add stipulations that exclude other applications and OS's. As long as the aid moneys/software/training is not used to finance other applications and such, then this is not a big deal, but if they say you can only get the "aid" if your environment consists only of MS products, then I have a major problem.
And honestly, for brainless mind numbing I was bored and there was nothing to do movie, that I went into with 0 expectations, it was not half bad. Granted there were a good dozen of so movies I could have gone to see, but going alone while wife is at work.. would result in a serious drop in my life expectancy.. okay maybe not that bad.. but plenty of nagging.
Only considerably...... how about the leather seat option alone being more expensive then the Tata, hell the car radio is probably more expensive.. in fact I bet the floor mat option is more expensive.. (okay that last one is me being sarcastic)...
But you get my point, you are comparing a $50k car to a $2.5k car.. not quite in the same market..
a use for this, as court mandated immunizations of drug addicts who go in and out of the criminal system on a regular basis. I would major issues if the gov was to require this in all people, similar to other immunizations that you get when your a child.
Its not just that they may have caused a fire, its that lithium fires require chemical fire suppressant, which is not what is installed on planes (as far as I know). Using water, or standard dry non chemical suppressant will do nothing or spread the fire (ever drop lithium into water??)
Lithium reacts intensely with water, forming lithium hydroxide and highly flammable hydrogen. The colourless solution is highly alkalic. The exothermal reactions lasts longer than the reaction of sodium and water, which is directly below lithium in the periodic chart.
But rather a PHMSA (Pipeline and Hazard Materials Safety Administration), an operation unit of the USDOT (I used to work at the USDOT). The rule is being enforced by the TSA, but it was not developed by them. How they enforce it, I don't know, since I seriously doubt any of them (or atleast very very few of them) would be able to figure out what quantities of what chemicals are in different batteries. Hell, even most techies probably do not know what the chemical makeup is, since its not something printed on the spec sheets of batteries.
Just for shits and giggles, I hit up dell's site looking for a spare battery for my vostro 1500...
These are the tech specs for the battery...
Tech Specs General Device Type: Notebook battery Battery Enclosure Type: Internal Localization: United States Battery Technology: 9-cell lithium ion Capacity: 85 Wh
That does not provide much info.
Here is anoterh battery from a site that specializes in batteries (this one for a HID or LED bicycle light)
Packing
*
14.8V , 2400mAh battery pack is made by 4 pcs High quality 18650 2400mAh Li-Ion cells packed by 4 series side by side
*
The battery pack is Wapped by white PVC shrink tube
Voltage Voltage: 14.8V (working) 16.8V ( peak) 11.0V ( cut-off)
Capacity 2400 mAh min. (35.5 wh) Protection
* One PCB (8A) installed with the battery pack and protects the battery from
o Overcharge (>16.8V)
o Overdischarge ( 8 Amp)
o Short circuits
* One 4.2 Amp polyswitch installed to limit max. discharging current at 4A
Prewired
* 6" length 18 AWG wires without connector
Max. Discharging Rate 4.2 Amp limited by polyswitch
No, the TSA website lists both lithium, and lithium ion batteries, but with varying quantities of lithium installed in each type. The article, which I did not read, instead I just hit up the TSA website, but the article appears to be incorrect based on what people are posting.
Read the rules on the DOT site itself. Here is a quote
"The following quantity limits apply to both your spare and installed batteries. The limits are expressed in grams of "equivalent lithium content." 8 grams of equivalent lithium content is approximately 100 watt-hours. 25 grams is approximately 300 watt-hours:"
If your going to complain about someone else not stating the facts, be sure that you have yours correct.
Gambling may be legal in the US, but it is illegal in most states, and in the case of gambling, state law trumps federal law. (I honestly have no idea how they determine when state trumps federal and vice versa, I suspect its a magic 8 ball that makes the decision).
In the overall picture of this particular issue, I suspect the ban was based on money, the inability of the US gov to tax it when it takes place outside the borders, as gambling within the US is heavily taxed.
I don't necessarily think that their claim is wrong, or anyone making the same claim. However, what I may disagree with, is how MS comes up with their numbers and results. MS is known to pay think tanks and such, as well as their own internal research to make sure the results skew in the direction they want it to, whether its noting that there is now competition in the OS market to law makers, and at the same time posting results for their shareholders that they have a stranglehold and a guaranteed revenue stream.
The only results I will believe are from true third party's, and that goes for anyone, not just MS
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I only want an Apocalypse Pony :)
In addition to the possibility of losing open access as well. It was a smart move by Google, call it what you will, but from my perspective, bidding the minimum in hopes that you will be outbid (which obviously has not occurred), which will result in Google losing the spectrum to the winner, but still being able to freely use the spectrum was genius.. okay maybe not genius, but a good business move on their part. Call it spectrum poker (I think I will trademark that reference :) ), Googles hand is about to be called (the auction is technically not over yet, so something may still happen).
Personally, whoever gets it, I could care less except if it is Verizon.. with the exception of FIOS (which has its own share of issues), everything Verizon touches turns to shit and they butcher it....
Regardless of IBM's motives (obviously they have some interest in this, they are a company that wants to make a profit), the main reason why everyone is against MS.. is because they cannot be trusted....
IANAL.. but I believe wrongful prosecution is only valid in criminal, not civil cases. In this case, the defendant's recourse would be to mount a counter suit, and add some sort of charge involving malicious persecution of something...
I mean seriously, in the last 2 weeks, we have the Minerva Industries patent on smartphones, and now this.. Who the hell is working in the patent office.....
I am sure we can find some prior art.. the most annoying being angelfire and geocities from way back when.
Is the fact that last night I was searching for a sprayfoam insulation company in maryland (using google), and the very first link that came up, was a domain taster domain registered 3 days prior to yesterday, that only had ads and click through sites on it...
It was most annoying, but the fact it came up as the first link, means google really should do soemthing about sites abusing the ranking systems and not just people abusing the adsense program.
I wish that was true.. and honestly I thought it was somewhat true.. till after having a conversation with a friend of mine and her roomate. They both work for Senators, in one case that individual is actually the person who filters all the calls that go into a senators office, and decides what gets through.. and what does not... (Apparently most of the calls they get involve black helicopters.. go figure). I mentioned the latest FISA related stuff, and her response was that the Senator has "people" that research that stuff all day and inform the senator.. to which my response was that, that was not the point I was trying to make, and that the point I was making is that the people they represent are against said bills, not whether they are cooks or not. She shrugged her shoulders... at me... Which leads me to believe, that the people the senators hire (which obviously fall in line with the senators agenda), have no interest in hearing from constituents, but rather already have the answer, and are only really researching the questions.
I honestly hope this scenario is incorrect, but that is the impression I got from that little conversation.
While your statement is true, there is a huge difference between what everyday admins are doing within their organization and what Barracuda is doing. Barracuda are packaging clamav and selling it as a product (regardless of the merits or lack their of of this lawsuit).
Also, while I do believe the patent is overly broad, this is what the patents are for. It is not like Trend Micro is a patent hoarding firm, they do make products, in fact they actually make products that relate to the patents they hold, so I view them slightly better then I view Minerva Industries.... (the smartphone patent)
I goggled the company that is the holder of the patent, apparently they also hold patents on Seat Belts and Air bags...... wtf!! http://www.gigatec.com/index.asp is the site that lists the other patents.
From what I understand, they do not even have to make any changes, just re purpose the drug, this will allow them to extend the patent. Think heart allergy medication (Allegra or whatever) that is found to also reduce cholesterol (this is a pure fictional example). I could be wrong, IANAL, but that is how someone once explained it to me.
However I am still not going back to the game.. I quit the game a while ago.... cold turkey... I played the game from day 1 in beta, I however quit just before the first expansion came out, I was done, as were many of my guild mates, raiding the same high end content week after week after week just became too much of a chore.
The same can be said for Everquest (I did not really get into eq2). The problem as I see it, is that they develop a game, in the lifecycle plan for the game, I am almost positive they already have a project plan for the expansion before the game is even initially released. And they release the game, with the mechanics that are designed to hopefully satisfy people till the expansion comes out. But they under estimate the users every time, within the first few months, possibly even weeks, you have groups of users that have maxed out their character level, and sure it fun getting shiny new toys for the first year, but it then becomes a chore, and is tedious, and at that point is where the game developer has failed. This is of course my opinion, but having played both everquest, and then wow, for many years (same high end raiding guild for both games), I believe I have some insight into the problems that can occur over time.
With this, as long as they don't add stipulations that exclude other applications and OS's. As long as the aid moneys/software/training is not used to finance other applications and such, then this is not a big deal, but if they say you can only get the "aid" if your environment consists only of MS products, then I have a major problem.
And honestly, for brainless mind numbing I was bored and there was nothing to do movie, that I went into with 0 expectations, it was not half bad. Granted there were a good dozen of so movies I could have gone to see, but going alone while wife is at work.. would result in a serious drop in my life expectancy.. okay maybe not that bad.. but plenty of nagging.
Only considerably...... how about the leather seat option alone being more expensive then the Tata, hell the car radio is probably more expensive.. in fact I bet the floor mat option is more expensive.. (okay that last one is me being sarcastic)...
But you get my point, you are comparing a $50k car to a $2.5k car.. not quite in the same market..
I should have read your entire comment before hitting reply.. I redundacized (yes I made that up) myself.
And when you go on holiday to another big city, you just pack the Tata into the back of your Armada and drive off :)
a use for this, as court mandated immunizations of drug addicts who go in and out of the criminal system on a regular basis. I would major issues if the gov was to require this in all people, similar to other immunizations that you get when your a child.
Its not just that they may have caused a fire, its that lithium fires require chemical fire suppressant, which is not what is installed on planes (as far as I know). Using water, or standard dry non chemical suppressant will do nothing or spread the fire (ever drop lithium into water??)
Lithium reacts intensely with water, forming lithium hydroxide and highly flammable hydrogen. The colourless solution is highly alkalic. The exothermal reactions lasts longer than the reaction of sodium and water, which is directly below lithium in the periodic chart.
The TSA did not come up with it, PHMSA came up with it, TSA just enforces it.
But rather a PHMSA (Pipeline and Hazard Materials Safety Administration), an operation unit of the USDOT (I used to work at the USDOT). The rule is being enforced by the TSA, but it was not developed by them. How they enforce it, I don't know, since I seriously doubt any of them (or atleast very very few of them) would be able to figure out what quantities of what chemicals are in different batteries. Hell, even most techies probably do not know what the chemical makeup is, since its not something printed on the spec sheets of batteries.
Just for shits and giggles, I hit up dell's site looking for a spare battery for my vostro 1500...
These are the tech specs for the battery...
Tech Specs
General
Device Type: Notebook battery
Battery Enclosure Type: Internal
Localization: United States
Battery
Technology: 9-cell lithium ion
Capacity: 85 Wh
That does not provide much info.
Here is anoterh battery from a site that specializes in batteries (this one for a HID or LED bicycle light)
Packing
*
14.8V , 2400mAh battery pack is made by 4 pcs High quality 18650 2400mAh Li-Ion cells packed by 4 series side by side
*
The battery pack is Wapped by white PVC shrink tube
Voltage Voltage: 14.8V (working) 16.8V ( peak) 11.0V ( cut-off)
Capacity 2400 mAh min. (35.5 wh)
Protection
* One PCB (8A) installed with the battery pack and protects the battery from
o Overcharge (>16.8V)
o Overdischarge ( 8 Amp)
o Short circuits
* One 4.2 Amp polyswitch installed to limit max. discharging current at 4A
Prewired
* 6" length 18 AWG wires without connector
Max. Discharging Rate 4.2 Amp limited by polyswitch
No where do they list the chemical contents....
No, the TSA website lists both lithium, and lithium ion batteries, but with varying quantities of lithium installed in each type. The article, which I did not read, instead I just hit up the TSA website, but the article appears to be incorrect based on what people are posting.
Read the rules on the DOT site itself. Here is a quote
"The following quantity limits apply to both your spare and installed batteries. The limits are expressed in grams of "equivalent lithium content." 8 grams of equivalent lithium content is approximately 100 watt-hours. 25 grams is approximately 300 watt-hours:"
If your going to complain about someone else not stating the facts, be sure that you have yours correct.
Gambling may be legal in the US, but it is illegal in most states, and in the case of gambling, state law trumps federal law. (I honestly have no idea how they determine when state trumps federal and vice versa, I suspect its a magic 8 ball that makes the decision).
In the overall picture of this particular issue, I suspect the ban was based on money, the inability of the US gov to tax it when it takes place outside the borders, as gambling within the US is heavily taxed.
Its not quite a dupe, more like an update to the original story.
I don't necessarily think that their claim is wrong, or anyone making the same claim. However, what I may disagree with, is how MS comes up with their numbers and results. MS is known to pay think tanks and such, as well as their own internal research to make sure the results skew in the direction they want it to, whether its noting that there is now competition in the OS market to law makers, and at the same time posting results for their shareholders that they have a stranglehold and a guaranteed revenue stream.
The only results I will believe are from true third party's, and that goes for anyone, not just MS