Being quiet about it for YEARS while people infringe on your patent is not what they should be doing, thats not defending the patent, it is as you said, going on the offensive. Patents are supposed to be defense only. Also, you keep saying legitimate, but it isn't as there is prior art and does not meet a rational judgment of being novel.
It would be "the worst" if a bunch of people put their money in a pit that is about to get their patent revoked.
Well lets just get rid of money entirely and everybody live on good intentions.
Now I know thats going to the extreme, and I'm not trying to be a troll, but you have to realize that making fat ass sums of money is a big reason people work as long and as hard as they do. Take away the incentives and they will just stop trying to get ahead. You think its hard to get people to take their education seriously now, wait until you don't have that "you need to get a good education so you can get a good job and afford X" line. Notice how we aren't all firemen, astronauts, pilots or [insert childhood dream job here]? Why do you think that is?
People doing business for the satisfaction of accomplishment and not power or money is very very rare (but very very admirable and I think very present here on Slashdot). However, big changes in quality of life are preceded by big industrial movements, which are preceded by big scientific movements. You can't just cut the incentive for industry at the knees and expect the equation to still work, unless you want a government directed industry which I strongly disagree with on the terms of believing it to be morally wrong. And even if we did go with it do you really think that would work?
I think they should, in private, do all kinds of research like that. Are you kidding me? This is the fate of the world, I would expect and hope every single person we have sent to any other country for that kind of a political position is closely monitored by the host country. I would expect Russia, the UK, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Brazil and.... well maybe not Brazil.... to have the DNA of every single US President since DNA analysis came about as well as any other information they can get on him. Credit cards of dignitaries is just such a non-issue. They're credit cards! Even drug dealers know when not to use them!
I'm sorry but credit card numbers? Really? thats what you chose as a secret we shouldn't have been keeping? Grow up, this isn't a commune, this is international politics. The only reason its a secret is so other countries don't know what we know and may make a mistake when doing something they might not want us to know.
A revolution in America would totally destroy it and likely most industry world-wide. The general population is a bunch of greedy babies whining about what is fair. Not that things are great the way that they are, but popular opinion in the states in terms of the way things should work is completely unsustainable and motivated by nothing but feel-goodery. The simple fact is we're dominated by a very lucky generation that seems to think it took no work, sacrifice, or unfairness to achieve the fortunate lives we have. Everybody just says "Well, why can't we just get rid of poverty, people don't deserve to be poor." "Why can't we just pay teachers more, they work hard!" "How can we even think of cutting social security benefits? Old people need that money!" "Lets just hand out free medical care! The Canadians do it! We're letting people die in the street!"
What do you think the results of that kind of revolution would be? Ruin.
Newsflash, the government gets its funding from force. The difference between being able to do something by force vs. being able to do something because it makes financial sense are worlds apart.
When did you think to yourself "Instead of worrying about the NSA decrypting my data, I should probably worry about not attracting the attention of the NSA"? I mean, if they're at the point of their investigation being stopped by your encrypted drive, are they likely to just say "Well shit, sorry about that!" and head out the door? Probably never because you're one of a billion idiots that thinks they can have and require perfect security. I bet you love making fun of the TSA too, not realizing you're making the same mistakes as them.
If you charge $1 people are unlikely to buy 20x more DVDs as they probably don't have time to watch 20x more television than they already do. Your logic is so flawed. Guess what? When they priced DVDs, they probably took in to account these factors, not what one guy wants, but what the average person is willing to spend, and how the price change would affect purchase of other content. Also, keep in mind that the people selling the DVDs have to shell out royalties in the form of percentages, so the cost to sell a DVD is not just the cost of pressing the discs, boxing it, shipping it and advertising it. You have to pay your writers, your actors, your producers and your musicians on top of that.
Do you remember the writers' strike? I think that was specifically about DVD royalty percentages. Do you just want to make it so nobody finds it worth creating television shows?
Recipe for Anonymous:
Start with a healthy slathering of social awkwardness and a victim complex, sprinkle one year of high school Philosophy class on top, baste with V for Vendetta. Bake in a cubicle for 4 years, making sure to keep out all sexual activities, top with some computer skills that are not as impressive as they think.
Does this count as trolling? I'm not sure, I just hate these guys and wish they would become unified and accept the fact that if you're hiding behind a mask doing veiled actions with no real direction other than "I disagree with this, so I'm going to hack them and stamp the name of a movement on it" they could maybe do some good and change opinions and policies.
That's the good thing about Anonymous? That it is an empty meaningless word invoked by everybody to mean something vague? Talk about an ineffective, cowardly way to protest. I can't wait until this pointless fad dies out, or somebody starts doing things the main actors claiming to be 'in' Anonymous are ashamed of. Then we'll get to hear the shrill protests that "thats not really Anonymous", which is completely contradictory to the line we've been told over and over about the nature of the "group". And they think they're working for social change? They're generic vandals from the internet all using the same pseudonym trying to feel a modicum of power, with visions of grandeur and Fight Club in their heads.
I seriously doubt that would happen, as Intel would probably price their chips to manufacturers up to reflect the fact that AMD is owned by a competitor. Businesses constantly give money to competitors anyway because business relationships are very complex. HP wants to outsell Dell in PCs, not processors. Giving money to the Dell processor designing unit does not make the Dell PC business more profitable. If Dell started selling their desktops at very narrow margins or even a loss hoping to drive HP to bankruptcy then you would have a point, but Dell is unlikely to do that since AMD makes considerably less money at current volumes than their desktop lines. Add in the fact that if you don't make AMD profitable for Dell they may stop making quality products and Intel gets to jack up their prices with no alternative. It just wouldn't make sense.
The only thing this deal would affect is fanboy support, which really doesn't have any effect at on AMD's profitability, as much as we would like it to.
100% agreed. Ridiculous password standards are so much worse than bad passwords. What exactly is a "strong" password supposed to protect you from? I can only imagine its brute forcing, which is much harder to pull off than a key logger or a well placed camera. People love to talk about security theater in airports, how about the security theater of password policies? Its just garbage. Change your passwords once every two months should be the only restriction. If thats not secure enough then issue tokens or use biometrics. Notice you only see these crazy stupid password policies in corporations where little tyrants can impose their will and it becomes a policy you have to deal with. Even blizzard will issue you a token if you pay them $5 to protect your WoW account.
Well thats awesome actually. I guess I got a little unfair there using "you" to stand in for 99% of the internet. So you're an exception, the media isn't the problem though, the problem is the rest of us. Kudos to you.
Oh, how many protests have you organized? How many letter campaigns have you participated in? How many RIAA/MPAA products are you showing interest in by either purchasing or pirating? Don't shove the blame off on anybody else. Responsibility starts with you and me, and I suspect we're both guilty of being irresponsible and waiting for somebody else to start the wave. At least I know I'm a fat, lazy coward.
So the value to you the original is being able to impose yourself on the world. You gave birth to the immortal and it is identical to you, the ultimate legacy. I can see that making you feel better about dieing while you are alive. Thats not what I think most people are thinking when they talk about transporting their mind to a machine and living forever, and that is what I meant by my previous comment.
Does this desire come from a different root from the desire to have children? The concepts are not so dissimilar.
Even better would be to erect a big middle finger statue made of brand new PS3s sold at a loss. Then maybe shove it up some Sony executives ass/penis hole.
An API that just serves the tax rates when you request them once every month or so is not a big honey pot. What do you anticipate a hacker would do? Raise/Lower tax rates for their jurisdiction and risk going to jail for an extra 6.25% off of online purchases? That's ridiculous. The IRS already has a big online presence anyway, this would be trivially easy to do.
Gold has real value and real uses beyond just exchanging it for something else, as does the USD. Gold has value in industry (gold plated connectors come to mind, but there are tons of other uses for it too) as well as it being a material that is fashioned in to luxury products. Although a gold ring doesn't really do anything for the pragmatic, intelligent person it does have real value to traditionalists. Just like toilet paper there is no real need for it, but we use it for tradition.
The USD is required to pay taxes in the US, which keeps you out of prison and is therefore a required resource to do business in the United States. Now what exactly can 1 BTC be used for?
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Being quiet about it for YEARS while people infringe on your patent is not what they should be doing, thats not defending the patent, it is as you said, going on the offensive. Patents are supposed to be defense only. Also, you keep saying legitimate, but it isn't as there is prior art and does not meet a rational judgment of being novel.
It would be "the worst" if a bunch of people put their money in a pit that is about to get their patent revoked.
I remember Windows 95... it was useless until you torrented MS Plus.
Well lets just get rid of money entirely and everybody live on good intentions.
Now I know thats going to the extreme, and I'm not trying to be a troll, but you have to realize that making fat ass sums of money is a big reason people work as long and as hard as they do. Take away the incentives and they will just stop trying to get ahead. You think its hard to get people to take their education seriously now, wait until you don't have that "you need to get a good education so you can get a good job and afford X" line. Notice how we aren't all firemen, astronauts, pilots or [insert childhood dream job here]? Why do you think that is?
People doing business for the satisfaction of accomplishment and not power or money is very very rare (but very very admirable and I think very present here on Slashdot). However, big changes in quality of life are preceded by big industrial movements, which are preceded by big scientific movements. You can't just cut the incentive for industry at the knees and expect the equation to still work, unless you want a government directed industry which I strongly disagree with on the terms of believing it to be morally wrong. And even if we did go with it do you really think that would work?
I think they should, in private, do all kinds of research like that. Are you kidding me? This is the fate of the world, I would expect and hope every single person we have sent to any other country for that kind of a political position is closely monitored by the host country. I would expect Russia, the UK, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Brazil and.... well maybe not Brazil.... to have the DNA of every single US President since DNA analysis came about as well as any other information they can get on him. Credit cards of dignitaries is just such a non-issue. They're credit cards! Even drug dealers know when not to use them!
I'm sorry but credit card numbers? Really? thats what you chose as a secret we shouldn't have been keeping? Grow up, this isn't a commune, this is international politics. The only reason its a secret is so other countries don't know what we know and may make a mistake when doing something they might not want us to know.
A revolution in America would totally destroy it and likely most industry world-wide. The general population is a bunch of greedy babies whining about what is fair. Not that things are great the way that they are, but popular opinion in the states in terms of the way things should work is completely unsustainable and motivated by nothing but feel-goodery. The simple fact is we're dominated by a very lucky generation that seems to think it took no work, sacrifice, or unfairness to achieve the fortunate lives we have. Everybody just says "Well, why can't we just get rid of poverty, people don't deserve to be poor." "Why can't we just pay teachers more, they work hard!" "How can we even think of cutting social security benefits? Old people need that money!" "Lets just hand out free medical care! The Canadians do it! We're letting people die in the street!"
What do you think the results of that kind of revolution would be? Ruin.
Newsflash, the government gets its funding from force. The difference between being able to do something by force vs. being able to do something because it makes financial sense are worlds apart.
When did you think to yourself "Instead of worrying about the NSA decrypting my data, I should probably worry about not attracting the attention of the NSA"? I mean, if they're at the point of their investigation being stopped by your encrypted drive, are they likely to just say "Well shit, sorry about that!" and head out the door? Probably never because you're one of a billion idiots that thinks they can have and require perfect security. I bet you love making fun of the TSA too, not realizing you're making the same mistakes as them.
The key word is dedicated. So just use your file server to also stream music to your house and you're fine.
If you charge $1 people are unlikely to buy 20x more DVDs as they probably don't have time to watch 20x more television than they already do. Your logic is so flawed. Guess what? When they priced DVDs, they probably took in to account these factors, not what one guy wants, but what the average person is willing to spend, and how the price change would affect purchase of other content. Also, keep in mind that the people selling the DVDs have to shell out royalties in the form of percentages, so the cost to sell a DVD is not just the cost of pressing the discs, boxing it, shipping it and advertising it. You have to pay your writers, your actors, your producers and your musicians on top of that.
Do you remember the writers' strike? I think that was specifically about DVD royalty percentages. Do you just want to make it so nobody finds it worth creating television shows?
Yeah, but can they redistribute it?
I think you just made my point.
Recipe for Anonymous:
Start with a healthy slathering of social awkwardness and a victim complex, sprinkle one year of high school Philosophy class on top, baste with V for Vendetta. Bake in a cubicle for 4 years, making sure to keep out all sexual activities, top with some computer skills that are not as impressive as they think.
Does this count as trolling? I'm not sure, I just hate these guys and wish they would become unified and accept the fact that if you're hiding behind a mask doing veiled actions with no real direction other than "I disagree with this, so I'm going to hack them and stamp the name of a movement on it" they could maybe do some good and change opinions and policies.
That's the good thing about Anonymous? That it is an empty meaningless word invoked by everybody to mean something vague? Talk about an ineffective, cowardly way to protest. I can't wait until this pointless fad dies out, or somebody starts doing things the main actors claiming to be 'in' Anonymous are ashamed of. Then we'll get to hear the shrill protests that "thats not really Anonymous", which is completely contradictory to the line we've been told over and over about the nature of the "group". And they think they're working for social change? They're generic vandals from the internet all using the same pseudonym trying to feel a modicum of power, with visions of grandeur and Fight Club in their heads.
I seriously doubt that would happen, as Intel would probably price their chips to manufacturers up to reflect the fact that AMD is owned by a competitor. Businesses constantly give money to competitors anyway because business relationships are very complex. HP wants to outsell Dell in PCs, not processors. Giving money to the Dell processor designing unit does not make the Dell PC business more profitable. If Dell started selling their desktops at very narrow margins or even a loss hoping to drive HP to bankruptcy then you would have a point, but Dell is unlikely to do that since AMD makes considerably less money at current volumes than their desktop lines. Add in the fact that if you don't make AMD profitable for Dell they may stop making quality products and Intel gets to jack up their prices with no alternative. It just wouldn't make sense.
The only thing this deal would affect is fanboy support, which really doesn't have any effect at on AMD's profitability, as much as we would like it to.
100% agreed. Ridiculous password standards are so much worse than bad passwords. What exactly is a "strong" password supposed to protect you from? I can only imagine its brute forcing, which is much harder to pull off than a key logger or a well placed camera. People love to talk about security theater in airports, how about the security theater of password policies? Its just garbage. Change your passwords once every two months should be the only restriction. If thats not secure enough then issue tokens or use biometrics. Notice you only see these crazy stupid password policies in corporations where little tyrants can impose their will and it becomes a policy you have to deal with. Even blizzard will issue you a token if you pay them $5 to protect your WoW account.
But I already told you I'm fat and lazy and wallowing in cowardice... at least I hope its cowardice.
Well thats awesome actually. I guess I got a little unfair there using "you" to stand in for 99% of the internet. So you're an exception, the media isn't the problem though, the problem is the rest of us. Kudos to you.
Oh, how many protests have you organized? How many letter campaigns have you participated in? How many RIAA/MPAA products are you showing interest in by either purchasing or pirating? Don't shove the blame off on anybody else. Responsibility starts with you and me, and I suspect we're both guilty of being irresponsible and waiting for somebody else to start the wave. At least I know I'm a fat, lazy coward.
So the value to you the original is being able to impose yourself on the world. You gave birth to the immortal and it is identical to you, the ultimate legacy. I can see that making you feel better about dieing while you are alive. Thats not what I think most people are thinking when they talk about transporting their mind to a machine and living forever, and that is what I meant by my previous comment. Does this desire come from a different root from the desire to have children? The concepts are not so dissimilar.
Even better would be to erect a big middle finger statue made of brand new PS3s sold at a loss. Then maybe shove it up some Sony executives ass/penis hole.
The root cause is lack of proportional outrage, don't blame our government blame our collectively tiny balls.
An API that just serves the tax rates when you request them once every month or so is not a big honey pot. What do you anticipate a hacker would do? Raise/Lower tax rates for their jurisdiction and risk going to jail for an extra 6.25% off of online purchases? That's ridiculous. The IRS already has a big online presence anyway, this would be trivially easy to do.
Why? It does you no good that way, unless you're primarily driven by imposing yourself on the world, instead of experiencing the world.
Clearly this is the correct answer. You've done the impossible by using the Jersey Shore for the advancement of knowledge.
Gold has real value and real uses beyond just exchanging it for something else, as does the USD. Gold has value in industry (gold plated connectors come to mind, but there are tons of other uses for it too) as well as it being a material that is fashioned in to luxury products. Although a gold ring doesn't really do anything for the pragmatic, intelligent person it does have real value to traditionalists. Just like toilet paper there is no real need for it, but we use it for tradition.
The USD is required to pay taxes in the US, which keeps you out of prison and is therefore a required resource to do business in the United States. Now what exactly can 1 BTC be used for?
So what did you mean by figuratively if you didn't mean "more capable for their [new] business needs than the old one"?