How many lawyers do they have in the legal division making up obfuscated obvious patents that probably won't stand up in court for the war chest, hoping to intimidate anyone without deep enough pockets to stand up to them?
It's possible MS has a case here, but that doesn't make them any less part of the problem.
Vested interests and juicy juicy profit of course. I hope South Korea works with ebooks rather than tablets, but for me the most interesting part will be how they roll out the distribution network for the data.
How are those free speech zones coming for you? Neither Indiana Jones nor 24 is banned in any European country by the way, so you're basically talking out your ass.
Indeed, I'm surprised the RIAA didn't put out a press release saying "JAPANESE TSUNAMI reason for PROTECT IP Act". There's no depth these vultures won't sink to.
Which is of course utter nonsense, if the information of European citizens is being demanded by US authorities, that violates the stringent privacy laws in the EU. It comes down to whether or not Microsoft wants to do business in the EU. Handwaving about the cloud means nothing.
I wonder why the option of just cutting the budget of the military by 90% is never examined? I mean the US has one of the most powerful nuclear arsenals on earth, nobody is going to invade. Ever.
The governments of the western world seem to have it in mind that criminalizing everything will protect them from some sort of boogeyman/men.
I think its more that its the easiest line to sell to the voters, at least that's what the politicians believe. Maybe if they had more respect for the intelligence of their citizens and less for Saturday night psychology the world might be a better place.
That pretty much encapsulates the whole problem neatly there. It might also be a good descrition of the internal environment of many web 2.0 companies.
All this means is that mass extinctions are not normally caused by ecosystems, which is pretty meaningless. And a couple of mass extinctions have been credibly attributed to the resident ecosystems, like the earliest ice ages.
It used to be worse, back in the 90s you could do physics-computers or maths-computers, basically because nobody in the institution had enough of a depth of knowledge to do pure computers.
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Let them go ahead and sue.
However, despite everyone knowing they are leeches, they still have free action to do as they please.
If someone disrupted the wedding of one of my relatives for copyright reasons they would be free to count the teeth they used to have.
I think those in power view it as a positive side effect. ;)
Seriously. I mean when did it become illegal to do what that guy did? Back off stazi, and get your hairy palms off our fun.
How many lawyers do they have in the legal division making up obfuscated obvious patents that probably won't stand up in court for the war chest, hoping to intimidate anyone without deep enough pockets to stand up to them?
It's possible MS has a case here, but that doesn't make them any less part of the problem.
Can you not just post up reviews saying that his response was full of crap? Might not be ethical but it sounds like justice to me.
Vested interests and juicy juicy profit of course. I hope South Korea works with ebooks rather than tablets, but for me the most interesting part will be how they roll out the distribution network for the data.
Solid post there.
Seriously? The same shower who hanged people of different faiths?
How are those free speech zones coming for you? Neither Indiana Jones nor 24 is banned in any European country by the way, so you're basically talking out your ass.
Don't you know, a woman's body is dirty to most of these objectors?
Genuinely America, sort yourselves out, this is some third world behaviour here.
Indeed, I'm surprised the RIAA didn't put out a press release saying "JAPANESE TSUNAMI reason for PROTECT IP Act". There's no depth these vultures won't sink to.
I think having the engine running in your vehicle while you aren't in it might open you to liability, even if its not used in a ram raid.
If it works, don't fix it.
Although Google is technically in competition with FF via Chrome /conspiracyhat
Which is of course utter nonsense, if the information of European citizens is being demanded by US authorities, that violates the stringent privacy laws in the EU. It comes down to whether or not Microsoft wants to do business in the EU. Handwaving about the cloud means nothing.
nuclear weapons arent a defense against invasion, what are you gonna do, nuke manhattan the moment $ENEMY_POWER starts landing troops there?
Nope, nuke $ENEMY_POWER the moment they start landing in Manhattan. Or preferably considerably beforehand.
I wonder why the option of just cutting the budget of the military by 90% is never examined? I mean the US has one of the most powerful nuclear arsenals on earth, nobody is going to invade. Ever.
The governments of the western world seem to have it in mind that criminalizing everything will protect them from some sort of boogeyman/men.
I think its more that its the easiest line to sell to the voters, at least that's what the politicians believe. Maybe if they had more respect for the intelligence of their citizens and less for Saturday night psychology the world might be a better place.
The trick is finding the right balance between that and every other concern involved in running a business.
That pretty much encapsulates the whole problem neatly there. It might also be a good descrition of the internal environment of many web 2.0 companies.
There are some parts of the industry that are not managed by psychopaths, or permanently in OMG PANIC mode.
As an overall industry though, it does seem to have more than its fair share of sociopaths in management positions.
All this means is that mass extinctions are not normally caused by ecosystems, which is pretty meaningless. And a couple of mass extinctions have been credibly attributed to the resident ecosystems, like the earliest ice ages.
Nothing wrong with playing smarter rather than harder, thats what led to the GUI over the CLI.
It used to be worse, back in the 90s you could do physics-computers or maths-computers, basically because nobody in the institution had enough of a depth of knowledge to do pure computers.