Really? If I can access your research and have a better idea how to solve a problem you stumbled on just at the end of it, what stops me in applying for the patent ahead of you?
The fact that I'm the original inventor grants me the right to file the patent, and as everything is completely transparent (at least in this hypothetical world) everyone knows that my work pre-dated yours and you were copying my work. You can't hide the fact that you are accessing my research...
It might make it very difficult to apply for a new patent, but it would not "kill" patents. All existing patents would still be valid and enforceable, and properly-documented work could prove that you were the original inventor.
Okay... that's really creepy. I don't give a shit if they want to track what kind of bread I buy, but after reading that if I ever have to buy feminine hygiene products I think I'm going to use cash.
Considering how much mail I get at my house belonging to previous tenants I don't think you can assume that all (or even most) people have their mail forwarded.
Even if they did, it only lasts for 6 months. And it's your responsibility to let everybody know your new address - the Post Office just forwards the mail to you. If you don't let them know and they continue sending it to the old address, when the PO stops forwarding you'll stop getting your mail.
Also, how much junk mail have you gotten with "Address Service Requested" on it? I don't think I have ever seen that, as there is a charge. See here [usps.com].
Yes, there is a charge... it's called First Class postage...
I like the idea that it would kill patents though.
You're confusing patents with trade secrets.
This would not kill patents; in fact patents are specifically intended to make what you're doing transparent. Anyone can look it up and read a clear description of your patented process. They just can't mimic it until the patent expires.
The taxes are $14/L for alcohol in the US I think.
Not sure where you got that figure, but from what I find, alcohol taxes on spirits vary from state to state ranging between $1.50 and $6.50 per gallon (of liquor, not actual alcohol content).
When someone hands you cheap vodka from a $20 1.5L bottle
Who pays $20 for cheap vodka?!
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The payload might only be leveraging a specific bug in XP, but what's to say that a different payload couldn't be delivered through the same attack vector? One that targets other versions of Windows, even other operating systems altogether?
As far as calories go, I found it interesting that a can of Guinness has less calories than the same amount of Mt Dew.
Just about anything has less calories than sugar-water.
A 12 fl. oz. can of Mountain Dew contains 47 grams of sugar. The specific gravity of Mt. Dew (according to Google) is about 1.046, i.e. it has a density of 1.046 g/cm^3. Do the math and you find that it's 12.66% sugar by weight...
I can hardly wait for Miller to make a beer from the water they use to rinse out their brewing equipment (maybe that is what they serve up now for the low-calorie swill?). Zero-calorie beer will the next abomination (AKA bottled water with a hint of yellow color at twice the price of other overpriced bottled water).
As long as it still has alcohol in it, if it is cheaper I can almost guarantee college students will drink it.
No, web apps can be installed so that they can be launched from the home screen. They're still basically webpages, they just have a shortcut icon. It's like dragging an internet bookmark shortcut to your Windows desktop. (This has nothing to do with actual native apps.)
If you have a bookmark to a website, say, Facebook, the Javascript on that webpage shouldn't run any faster or slower regardless of whether the bookmark was located on the desktop (opening your browser automatically) or in your browser's Favorites menu (which means you'd have to launch the browser separately).
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The modern-day 30ish days per month is a relatively small variation on the Roman attempt at solving the problem of 365 / 28 having a remainder.
A pie with diameter e has a circumference of pi*e.
Yeah, but who uses decimeters? (everyone knows that e = 2.718...)
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2. the MM part is arbitrary too (why 12 months? why not 13 as there are moon cycles?).
There are not 13 moon cycles in a year (it's actually about 12.36), and since the sun dominates our climate, not the moon, using lunar months really screws up your calender (i.e. you end up needing entire leap months in some years).
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Really? If I can access your research and have a better idea how to solve a problem you stumbled on just at the end of it, what stops me in applying for the patent ahead of you?
The fact that I'm the original inventor grants me the right to file the patent, and as everything is completely transparent (at least in this hypothetical world) everyone knows that my work pre-dated yours and you were copying my work. You can't hide the fact that you are accessing my research...
It might make it very difficult to apply for a new patent, but it would not "kill" patents. All existing patents would still be valid and enforceable, and properly-documented work could prove that you were the original inventor.
Okay... that's really creepy. I don't give a shit if they want to track what kind of bread I buy, but after reading that if I ever have to buy feminine hygiene products I think I'm going to use cash.
Considering how much mail I get at my house belonging to previous tenants I don't think you can assume that all (or even most) people have their mail forwarded.
Even if they did, it only lasts for 6 months. And it's your responsibility to let everybody know your new address - the Post Office just forwards the mail to you. If you don't let them know and they continue sending it to the old address, when the PO stops forwarding you'll stop getting your mail.
Also, how much junk mail have you gotten with "Address Service Requested" on it? I don't think I have ever seen that, as there is a charge. See here [usps.com].
Yes, there is a charge... it's called First Class postage...
Well, that seems awfully hypocritical.
I like the idea that it would kill patents though.
You're confusing patents with trade secrets.
This would not kill patents; in fact patents are specifically intended to make what you're doing transparent. Anyone can look it up and read a clear description of your patented process. They just can't mimic it until the patent expires.
Everclear 151 proof (was until just recently available as 190 proof)
WHAT.
so all either can do is a) get you drunk, or ...
You needed more reasons?
The taxes are $14/L for alcohol in the US I think.
Not sure where you got that figure, but from what I find, alcohol taxes on spirits vary from state to state ranging between $1.50 and $6.50 per gallon (of liquor, not actual alcohol content).
Well... now you know why it's illegal to transport alcoholic beverages across state lines.
All 0-day means is that they found the exploit in the wild before they knew the vulnerability existed.
The cheapest of the cheap vodka at Price Chopper is $10.49 per 1.5L. And it was on sale for under $10 a few weeks ago at the liquor store.
When someone hands you cheap vodka from a $20 1.5L bottle
Who pays $20 for cheap vodka?!
The payload might only be leveraging a specific bug in XP, but what's to say that a different payload couldn't be delivered through the same attack vector? One that targets other versions of Windows, even other operating systems altogether?
I do not want to distract the conversation from a complicated or controversial argument just because I spelt colour with a "u".
Spelt is a grain, you insensitive clod! Did you mean "spelled"? ...never mind, I see your point.
As far as calories go, I found it interesting that a can of Guinness has less calories than the same amount of Mt Dew.
Just about anything has less calories than sugar-water.
A 12 fl. oz. can of Mountain Dew contains 47 grams of sugar. The specific gravity of Mt. Dew (according to Google) is about 1.046, i.e. it has a density of 1.046 g/cm^3. Do the math and you find that it's 12.66% sugar by weight...
I can hardly wait for Miller to make a beer from the water they use to rinse out their brewing equipment (maybe that is what they serve up now for the low-calorie swill?). Zero-calorie beer will the next abomination (AKA bottled water with a hint of yellow color at twice the price of other overpriced bottled water).
As long as it still has alcohol in it, if it is cheaper I can almost guarantee college students will drink it.
What? You can't install "web apps" on your home screen. Except for shortcuts that launch Safari
Yes, that's what we're talking about. Shortcuts that launch Safari.
which would run with the newer, faster engine.
Ah... well, you'd certainly think so. Except that the whole point of this article appears to be that that assumption is, in fact, incorrect.
No, web apps can be installed so that they can be launched from the home screen. They're still basically webpages, they just have a shortcut icon. It's like dragging an internet bookmark shortcut to your Windows desktop. (This has nothing to do with actual native apps.)
If you have a bookmark to a website, say, Facebook, the Javascript on that webpage shouldn't run any faster or slower regardless of whether the bookmark was located on the desktop (opening your browser automatically) or in your browser's Favorites menu (which means you'd have to launch the browser separately).
The modern-day 30ish days per month is a relatively small variation on the Roman attempt at solving the problem of 365 / 28 having a remainder.
I think you meant 365.2425 / 29.53.
How can an arbitrarily priced commodity "catch up" to inflation?
Inflation itself is just the average rate of increase in the cost of a whole lot of arbitrarily priced commodities...
Yes, but it was still an explosion. It was the 2nd explosion, not the 3rd. I still wouldn't call it a false alarm.
A pie with diameter e has a circumference of pi*e.
Yeah, but who uses decimeters? (everyone knows that e = 2.718...)
2. the MM part is arbitrary too (why 12 months? why not 13 as there are moon cycles?).
There are not 13 moon cycles in a year (it's actually about 12.36), and since the sun dominates our climate, not the moon, using lunar months really screws up your calender (i.e. you end up needing entire leap months in some years).
If you want to be more precise, you could celebrate pi on 21/7 at about 23:47:15.2. (GMT, of course.)