From what I know of the Eolas case, MS is right (did I just say that?), so I hope they win. OTOH, the cynic in me says that only very rich companies will be able to afford justice.
Oh well, I can still hope for an apple tree to fall on the chief executive assholes in Redmond.
A prop with no pitch still produces thrust. A wing with no angle of attack still produces lift.
In both cases, the effect is caused by acting on a fluid system. Yes, energy is always conserved, but the flow of energy in fluid is not a direct action/reaction.
No, they are acting freely and don't like legislation that might help companies take away their freedom. Seems like they violated nothing except the wishes of some greedy pricks.
These proposed laws, if passed, will do nothing to foster innovation. All they will do is redistribute wealth in the wrong direction.
So called "air breathing rockets" operate in different modes. It's only in rocket mode until it can go into ramjet/scramjet modes. The difference between a rocket and a jet is that a rocket carries it's own propellant.
You left out a very important piece. They need to understand the industry. If they don't, their advisors will sound like Charlie Brown's schoolteacher.
They interrupted "Law & Order" three times last week just to tell us that a football player had gone to the hospital. They were just taking advantage of his illness to sell their news show.
How old-world. Here's a translation into lingua franca:)
Jeanneney's desire to create a similar corpus of non-American books seems reasonable, but what's his problem with American language? American language already contains quite a bit of French, German, Spanish, Italian, and others.
Americans *are* French, German, Italian, Spanish, English, Irish, Polish, Ukranian, Swedish, Lebanese, Nigerian, etc. You name it, we've got it. Show me a country whose population better represents the world at large.
"IP should not go into the public domain untill the copyright holders chose for it to or the applicable law forces it to."
That's a circular argument. You're saying that the law should exist because it's the law.
If you don't want "your IP" to be public, then keep it tucked away in a corner of your mind. Take it to the grave if you want. If you want to put "your IP" into the marketplace, the public is willing to protect your work within reasonable limits.
The problem in recent years is that deciding what's reasonable is being left up to people who are clearly biased.
A monkey has the right to copy what he sees other monkeys doing. Shouldn't humans have equivalent rights?
"Yet you will willingly go out and get the latest Linux kernel, or the latest update of MacOS X without hesitation right?"
The parent said nothing of the kind.
"MS has given MONTHS (try almost 6 months) for people to do what needs to be done."
Given? MS sold an OS riddled with security problems. Those who wanted a fix had to wait a long time for it and the "fix" broke a boatload of functionality resulting in yet more cost for the customer. Those who don't want this mixed bag of code will now have it forced upon them, or be unable to use the update service that they have payed for. MS has "given" nothing but headaches. What "needs to be done" is for MS to deliver a quality product in the box. Their customers should not be their guinea pigs.
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From what I know of the Eolas case, MS is right (did I just say that?), so I hope they win. OTOH, the cynic in me says that only very rich companies will be able to afford justice.
Oh well, I can still hope for an apple tree to fall on the chief executive assholes in Redmond.
A prop with no pitch still produces thrust. A wing with no angle of attack still produces lift.
In both cases, the effect is caused by acting on a fluid system. Yes, energy is always conserved, but the flow of energy in fluid is not a direct action/reaction.
"What doesn't follow this basic scientific principle?"
The wings, a propeller. We're talking about basic physics, not metaphysics and not theoretical subatomic particle physics.
"Come on now. Everything works by action and reaction."
Just be glad that you wrote that in an old thread where almost nobody will see it.
The bits are gold plated for high fidelity.
No, they are acting freely and don't like legislation that might help companies take away their freedom. Seems like they violated nothing except the wishes of some greedy pricks.
These proposed laws, if passed, will do nothing to foster innovation. All they will do is redistribute wealth in the wrong direction.
You're wrong again. All jets and rockets work by action/reaction. If you don't believe me, then maybe this will convince you.
"It's an air breathing rocket."
So called "air breathing rockets" operate in different modes. It's only in rocket mode until it can go into ramjet/scramjet modes. The difference between a rocket and a jet is that a rocket carries it's own propellant.
Why not?
faster
Landing happens by default, and I'm not talking about viagra either.
"he decided to challange himself, and use a jet instead of a prop"
I'm sure it was an engineering challenge, but it makes the flight a lot easier. The Voyager flight was over 200 hours.
You left out a very important piece. They need to understand the industry. If they don't, their advisors will sound like Charlie Brown's schoolteacher.
Hey, you ripped off the melody from "He's so fine"!
The technology is either ready, or it's not.
"remember HST?"
Nah, Telebit Worldblazers with Turbo PEP!
"The actually kinda remind me of the B-52's..."
4 brunettes instead of a blonde, a redhead and a gay guy. Get help!
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With limited RAM on the desktop machines, it might pay off to run heavy apps on dedicated servers.
They interrupted "Law & Order" three times last week just to tell us that a football player had gone to the hospital. They were just taking advantage of his illness to sell their news show.
How old-world. Here's a translation into lingua franca :)
Jeanneney's desire to create a similar corpus of non-American books seems reasonable, but what's his problem with American language? American language already contains quite a bit of French, German, Spanish, Italian, and others.
Americans *are* French, German, Italian, Spanish, English, Irish, Polish, Ukranian, Swedish, Lebanese, Nigerian, etc. You name it, we've got it. Show me a country whose population better represents the world at large.
"IP should not go into the public domain untill the copyright holders chose for it to or the applicable law forces it to."
That's a circular argument. You're saying that the law should exist because it's the law.
If you don't want "your IP" to be public, then keep it tucked away in a corner of your mind. Take it to the grave if you want. If you want to put "your IP" into the marketplace, the public is willing to protect your work within reasonable limits.
The problem in recent years is that deciding what's reasonable is being left up to people who are clearly biased.
A monkey has the right to copy what he sees other monkeys doing. Shouldn't humans have equivalent rights?
"HEY WANG!"
- Al Czervik
LMAO. Long live Rodney!
"Again bugs happen in ALL software. ..."
Nice try, but it's a bogus argument. You're assuming that because no OS/update-path is perfect, they are all equally flawed.
"Yet you will willingly go out and get the latest Linux kernel, or the latest update of MacOS X without hesitation right?"
The parent said nothing of the kind.
"MS has given MONTHS (try almost 6 months) for people to do what needs to be done."
Given? MS sold an OS riddled with security problems. Those who wanted a fix had to wait a long time for it and the "fix" broke a boatload of functionality resulting in yet more cost for the customer. Those who don't want this mixed bag of code will now have it forced upon them, or be unable to use the update service that they have payed for. MS has "given" nothing but headaches. What "needs to be done" is for MS to deliver a quality product in the box. Their customers should not be their guinea pigs.