The important legal difference is that private copies are legal in Germany.
I would be more impressed with your rant if you knew your facts a bit better. The fact is that there are also similar rights in the US. It is known here as 'fair use'.
is superior to the 18th Century money-comes-first atavism that the U.S.
This seems to fly in the face of this recent decision to pre-tax Siemans to benefit copyright holders based on the assumption that everyone buyig a PC is copyright violater.
German courts took about a week to bitch-slap Darl's minions back into the real world
Really? I didn't think that SCO sued anyone in Germany. The only information I have seen regarding SCO in Germany is that they have been enjoined from making claims regarding copyright violations without revealing more about the factual basis of the claims. While perhaps this is a positive in a case like SCO, it seems to me to be an indication that free-speach rights are pretty weak in Germany.
Those $3000 TVs are usually purchased with an extended warranty. Cost: $200 year. It is a full replacement warranty that covers everything including cleaning and bulb replacement. Normal life of TV: at least 5 years. More typically 7 years.
Cost for a 60" HDTV: more like $600 - $800 per year. For a family with a $100,000 year income that is less than 1%.
Well, sort of. The problem is not that C is aging, but rather the structure of UNIX and it's bindings make it hard to write in something else without using a C layer somewhere.
What the HELL are you talking about? C# is an OPEN standard, with 70%+ open to public
I call bullshit. C# is a standard, but that doesn't mean it's useful in that form. Microsoft calls their product Visual C# for good reason - it is the C# language PLUS project templates, designers, property pages, code wizards, an object model, and other features of the development environment. The library for Visual C# programming is the.NET Framework.
NONE of this is part of a standard except C# and the System library, and it is ALL part of what people use when they write C# applications.
Das Rheingold is opera, not the same medium at all and thus cannot be compared to LoTR.
As an English major you should realize that Tolkein's work redacts not just mythology, but much of literature including a heavy influence by Shakespeare.
You also seem to miss the point that LoTR is held in high esteem simply because it has outpaced all other efforts in this genre. There is nothing out there that comes close in scope or imagination. Perfect? What work of man is? You can always find some flaw. But is the the best we have? Yes. By far.
I agree 100%. The strength of the movies was the look which was true right back to Tolkein's original illustrations. The adaptions in plot and script writing were horrid. Beastly. Despicable.
No "begone foul dwimmerlaik?" What! And this line "I am No Man", that's from the Odessey for criminy sakes. Not LoTR.
I cannot see how any account of the worst nits can omit the butchery of the role of the sword reforged.
Along with 2 and 3 from the above, I consider it the worst deviation from the book. It has all sorts of side effects - for example it leaves Galadriel with no gift to give to Aragorn.
The effects of this permiate and distort all 3 of the movies.
The elves at Helm's Deep are annoying, but hardly anywhere nearly as bad as 2, 3 and business of the sword.
You obviously have no idea how to develop code under.NET. We run a heavily loaded ecommerce site with 8 servers / 2 cpus each with absolutely no prob. Btw, this solution has replaced a legacy Java app that was running on 16 servers / 2 cpus each..NET rocks.
That is a ridiculous example and you know it. If you are doing a re-write of a legacy application and can't come up with AT LEAST a five-fold improvement in performance you are totally incompetant.
"microsoft is a patent holding monger that will some day come back and screw us" discussion
The issue here is Mono vs. Java and cross platform support. Sun produces JDKs for many platforms, Microsoft one. In order to develop for.Net on other platforms you must go and use an unsanctioned, unlicensed reverse-engineered platform that is not supported by any way shape or form by Microsoft, and which has been threatened in public by the CEO of Microsoft with patent infringement claims. Sun is not about to sue Sun for patent infringement - while MS has openly discussed doing the same with Mono.
Right now Mono serves Microsoft's needs in a number of ways, most especially in the area of providing a 'see we are not a monopoly' example. Should those needs change so that Mono is undesirable Microsoft could pull the plug on Mono in a femtosecond.
Yeah, let's go with Java because IBM supports it!! Someone who supports Java would never do anything like that *cough*banks*OS2*cough*
The difference is that Microsoft has formally announced retirement of VB6 support. While with OS/2 even now you can get support from IBM.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/os/warp/support/
Just goes to show anyone will sue anyone, there is no protection because you are not going with Microsoft.
The difference is that Java runtimes and sdks for platforms other than Solaris are produced by Sun itself. Is Sun going to sue itself for violating it's own patents? I don't think so.
The company I work for is in the process of porting all of it's VB (.Net predecessor) software over to Java. The reasons are pretty interesting.
- Microsoft essentially obsoleted our entire company's code base when they introduced.Net, forcing a rewrite that will cost millions. Microsoft is infamous for churning its technology base, so they could easily do it again. Fool us once, we aren't going there again.
- Java has been around for 10 years, with many fewer technology upheavals.
- Java is multiplatform, much more so than.Net (Mono is not even close to be considered - one patent infringement lawsuit from MS and it is gome). Java gives us access to just about any platform we are likely to need to deploy to.
- Scalability..Net is famous for crappy performance on more than 2 cpus. Java runs great on big iron.
- App servers - With MS there is one choice. With Java there are many vendors, with a vast range of product capabilities.
- Development tools - Just as good, wider variety and often far less expensive per seat.
- Maturity - best practices are fully understood, while.Net's use cases are not.
Ideas are not protected by copyright, trademark or patent laws. A trademark is an identifying signature. A patent protects an implementation of an idea. A copyright protects an expression of an idea.
Copyrights do not prevent reexpressions and distribution of the the reexpression of an idea. Patents REQUIRE full disclosure of the idea in a form that is by law not copyrightable. Trademarks are useless unless the mark is widely recognized.
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The important legal difference is that private copies are legal in Germany.
I would be more impressed with your rant if you knew your facts a bit better. The fact is that there are also similar rights in the US. It is known here as 'fair use'.
is superior to the 18th Century money-comes-first atavism that the U.S.
This seems to fly in the face of this recent decision to pre-tax Siemans to benefit copyright holders based on the assumption that everyone buyig a PC is copyright violater.
German courts took about a week to bitch-slap Darl's minions back into the real world
Really? I didn't think that SCO sued anyone in Germany. The only information I have seen regarding SCO in Germany is that they have been enjoined from making claims regarding copyright violations without revealing more about the factual basis of the claims. While perhaps this is a positive in a case like SCO, it seems to me to be an indication that free-speach rights are pretty weak in Germany.
The NJ Turnpike is 4 car and 2 truck lanes in places, and at least 3 car 2 truck over 1/2 its length.
Recently it was abbounced that there will be an expansion of the 3/2 segment south.
Hooray technological progress!
I don't think technology has much to do with it. Economics - people want the best possible price, and it costs more to build something that lasts.
In the case of HDTV it's questionable to build something that will last 20 years because of the rate the technology is changing.
Now for the actuall facts.
Those $3000 TVs are usually purchased with an extended warranty. Cost: $200 year. It is a full replacement warranty that covers everything including cleaning and bulb replacement. Normal life of TV: at least 5 years. More typically 7 years.
Cost for a 60" HDTV: more like $600 - $800 per year. For a family with a $100,000 year income that is less than 1%.
Well, sort of. The problem is not that C is aging, but rather the structure of UNIX and it's bindings make it hard to write in something else without using a C layer somewhere.
UNIX isn't free either.
LOL LMAO ROTFL.
If it weren't for Spamassassin I'd give up on email.
Exactly when was the last time you called Microsoft for programming language support?
In the corporate world the issue is whether or not you can get support when you need it.
As others have mentioned, you are not FORCED to rewrite your VB6 app to VB.Net. It still works and compiles.
As others have said, mainstream support for VB6 ends March 2005. There is no way my clients will buy applications written in an unsupported language.
As a result, yes we are forced to rewrite. Otherwise we are out of business.
What the HELL are you talking about? C# is an OPEN standard, with 70%+ open to public
.NET Framework.
I call bullshit. C# is a standard, but that doesn't mean it's useful in that form. Microsoft calls their product Visual C# for good reason - it is the C# language PLUS project templates, designers, property pages, code wizards, an object model, and other features of the development environment. The library for Visual C# programming is the
NONE of this is part of a standard except C# and the System library, and it is ALL part of what people use when they write C# applications.
So the movies are a different medium as well and therefore cannot really be compared to the books?
Acting, cinematography, screenplay, direction? These do not exist in books. There really is no significant way to compare the two.
Das Rheingold is opera, not the same medium at all and thus cannot be compared to LoTR.
As an English major you should realize that Tolkein's work redacts not just mythology, but much of literature including a heavy influence by Shakespeare.
You also seem to miss the point that LoTR is held in high esteem simply because it has outpaced all other efforts in this genre. There is nothing out there that comes close in scope or imagination. Perfect? What work of man is? You can always find some flaw. But is the the best we have? Yes. By far.
I agree 100%. The strength of the movies was the look which was true right back to Tolkein's original illustrations. The adaptions in plot and script writing were horrid. Beastly. Despicable.
No "begone foul dwimmerlaik?" What! And this line "I am No Man", that's from the Odessey for criminy sakes. Not LoTR.
I cannot see how any account of the worst nits can omit the butchery of the role of the sword reforged.
Along with 2 and 3 from the above, I consider it the worst deviation from the book. It has all sorts of side effects - for example it leaves Galadriel with no gift to give to Aragorn.
The effects of this permiate and distort all 3 of the movies.
The elves at Helm's Deep are annoying, but hardly anywhere nearly as bad as 2, 3 and business of the sword.
You obviously have no idea how to develop code under .NET. We run a heavily loaded ecommerce site with 8 servers / 2 cpus each with absolutely no prob. Btw, this solution has replaced a legacy Java app that was running on 16 servers / 2 cpus each. .NET rocks.
That is a ridiculous example and you know it. If you are doing a re-write of a legacy application and can't come up with AT LEAST a five-fold improvement in performance you are totally incompetant.
"microsoft is a patent holding monger that will some day come back and screw us" discussion
.Net on other platforms you must go and use an unsanctioned, unlicensed reverse-engineered platform that is not supported by any way shape or form by Microsoft, and which has been threatened in public by the CEO of Microsoft with patent infringement claims. Sun is not about to sue Sun for patent infringement - while MS has openly discussed doing the same with Mono.
The issue here is Mono vs. Java and cross platform support. Sun produces JDKs for many platforms, Microsoft one. In order to develop for
Right now Mono serves Microsoft's needs in a number of ways, most especially in the area of providing a 'see we are not a monopoly' example. Should those needs change so that Mono is undesirable Microsoft could pull the plug on Mono in a femtosecond.
Yeah, let's go with Java because IBM supports it!! Someone who supports Java would never do anything like that *cough*banks*OS2*cough*
The difference is that Microsoft has formally announced retirement of VB6 support. While with OS/2 even now you can get support from IBM.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/os/warp/support
Just goes to show anyone will sue anyone, there is no protection because you are not going with Microsoft.
The difference is that Java runtimes and sdks for platforms other than Solaris are produced by Sun itself. Is Sun going to sue itself for violating it's own patents? I don't think so.
Therefore, in this case, the article is suggesting that Linux is secure because it is *obscure*.
From a pragmatic point of view, why should I care what the reason is?
While .NET is here to stay
.Net is going to become 'legacy'.
We thought VB was here to stay, too. I bet Longhorn is going to mean that a lot of what people are doing now in
With Perl you create packages. .Net you create classes.
With PHP you create classes.
With Java you create classes.
With C++ you create classes.
With
Well, yeah, but I wouldn't consider OOD for each of these similar at all.
The company I work for is in the process of porting all of it's VB (.Net predecessor) software over to Java. The reasons are pretty interesting.
.Net, forcing a rewrite that will cost millions. Microsoft is infamous for churning its technology base, so they could easily do it again. Fool us once, we aren't going there again.
.Net (Mono is not even close to be considered - one patent infringement lawsuit from MS and it is gome). Java gives us access to just about any platform we are likely to need to deploy to.
.Net is famous for crappy performance on more than 2 cpus. Java runs great on big iron.
.Net's use cases are not.
- Microsoft essentially obsoleted our entire company's code base when they introduced
- Java has been around for 10 years, with many fewer technology upheavals.
- Java is multiplatform, much more so than
- Scalability.
- App servers - With MS there is one choice. With Java there are many vendors, with a vast range of product capabilities.
- Development tools - Just as good, wider variety and often far less expensive per seat.
- Maturity - best practices are fully understood, while
I, for one, welcome SCO's new overlords!.
I can see it now - spammers cracking the car control system and forcing the car to drive to a back alley.
They wouldn't release control of the car until you bought some body part enlargement drugs.
There is no such thing as intellectual property.
LOL.
Ideas are not property.
Ideas are not protected by copyright, trademark or patent laws. A trademark is an identifying signature. A patent protects an implementation of an idea. A copyright protects an expression of an idea.
Copyrights do not prevent reexpressions and distribution of the the reexpression of an idea. Patents REQUIRE full disclosure of the idea in a form that is by law not copyrightable. Trademarks are useless unless the mark is widely recognized.
Missing is the father of what we percieve as the modern computer, and how people interact with it.
t io n/engelbart.html
Doug Englebart.
We are still working off the incompletely realized ideas that the presented at the "Mother of All Demos".
http://www.cs.brown.edu/stc/resea/telecollabora