The judge denied Microsoft's request for a preliminary injunction and raised "serious questions" about Microsoft's trademark. Microsoft feared that a court may define "Windows" as generic and result in the loss of its status as a trademark.
As I recall, when Microsoft sued Lindows for trademark infringement, the tables were turned. Lindows convinced the court that Windows was generic, and the court was considering invalidating the Windows mark. Microsoft quickly settled at that point.
I can tell you one thing with certainty: Online apps that transfer photos back and forth and process them online are the very last thing on our list of technologies to be concerned about.
That reminds me of the Usenet posting claiming we'd never have or need computers with more than 1 GB (?) of RAM. There are likely a few image manipulation "tricks" that someone like a Google with a vast repository of image libraries and algorithms can do which the common PC cannot do. Things we haven't even imagined because we think in terms of one monolithic program (ie., photoshop) instead of making the Internet the computer.
You and I (well, at least just you:-) know where the good free porn is, but what about people in lesser developed countries or those coming online now? Seems to me that typing in sex.com into your URL bar is less risky to prying eyes and repressive governments. Just delete history/cookies and you're somewhat safe.
Search engines store way too much information about their users anyway.
While these domains have nice search result rankings, there is a dependency on Google's ranking algorithm that decreases their value. They could just as easily be blasted to page 5 next month, who knows?
What you're overlooking is the type-in traffic that "sex.com" gets. You'd be surprised at how many people just type in random URLs into their browser. What's even more interesting is that most of the "search results" at parked domains are handled through Google, Yahoo, and smaller outfits like sedo.com. Having a simple URL like "cellphones.com" can earn you a decent living from just type-in traffic alone. This article at Business 2.0 reveals how these domainers are making a killing from type-in traffic.
US satellite recorded checkpoint shooting, shows speed of Italian car: CBS
The report, which aired Thursday on CBS News, said US investigators concluded from the recording that the car was traveling at a speed of more than 60 miles (96 km) per hour.
Check out this picture. It shows how the so-called tubes start as what looks like sand dunes and are transformed into the tubes when the sand is blown into thin strips. What is really fascinating to me is the face animation. Since the MGS took the photo of the face at such a low angle, this animation seems to show what the face would look like if it were shot overhead. If the math/physics are correct, then this view is quite extraordinary and seems to clearly show artificiality.
I noticed Phil said that NAI owns the trademark to PGP, yet he's going to work on the openpgp group. I wonder if we'll see a repeat of the SSH(tm) vs opensssh scandal... NAI is a big corporation with a bunch of hungry lawyers, so who knows what will happen if openpgp eats into their corporate bottom line like it did with SSH.
Shon
Couldn't you argue that DirecTV hacked their own subscribers and destroyed their property? Some of these cards were bought and sold on E-Bay, so it's clearly *owned* by the subscriber. Also, how sure are they that DirecTV didn't accidentally corrupt and destroy a card that wasn't hacked?
It's a case of the cure being worse than the disease--akin to shooting a petty thief in the back as he's running away, unarmed. I don't think it's ethical to steal cable/satellite, but should Microsoft be able to self-destruct your PC if they discover you stole a copy of Windows? How about the MPAA inserting malicious code in all DVD players that allows them to melt down your DVD and/or the player if they detect you trying to play an illegally copied DVD or just because you tried to by-pass the region encoding?
This sets a dangerous precedence and I hope DirecTV gets their ass sued class-action style.
I operate the tongue-in-cheek FuckFrance.com site, do I now need to worry about a French court knocking on my door? I'm not racist or hateful but like poking a bit of fun at the "frog-eaters." I wonder if my site is blocked at their border?
What next? IP Tunning over Snail Mail! Why? Because you can! All you need: a couple of scanners, Linux, and waaay too much time on your hands. Unfortunately, ping latencies could reach up to a week. And Quake would be barely playable.:)
$ whois openssh.com@whois.corenic.net Registrant Todd T. Fries (template COCO-21730) OpenBSD, the REAL open group Record created: 1999-10-25 08:44:41 MET by CORE-80
$ whois openssh.net@whois.networksolutions.com Registrant Todd T. Fries (template COCO-21730) OpenBSD, the REAL open group Record created on 16-Nov-1999.
$ whois openssh.org@whois.networksolutions.com Registrant: Open SSH Project (OPENSSH2-DOM) Zaanstraat 250 AMSTERDAM, NL-1013 RZ NL Record created on 04-Nov-1999.
Looks to me like the "real" OpenSSH Project registered the dot com first, this other guy grabs dot org, then they got dot net. So why did they grab dot com first? Looks like they screwed themselves.
Anyway, what's the big deal? Even Network Solution suggests that you get all three dot com, dot net and dot org to "protect" your company. Only dodgy purists still stick to the old conventions.
Why even publicize this at all? All the documentation and downloads will use whatever the official openssh URL is anyway. The web already has a way of routing around misinformation.
Also, do open source project automatically have a right to the dot org? I think this is presumptuous. What makes any project "the official" openssh project other than when it becomes the de facto standard? Maybe this guy has a right to create another open source or proprietary "openssh" package.
I think that Slashdot needs to involve its community more in selecting the stories that get posted. This will help restore confidence that there is no funny business behind the scenes.
What I propose is two tiers: the Slashdot staff do the preliminary work in filtering out trolls, unnewsworthy items, etc. Then it should be up to the community (or a segment that cares) to moderate up the submissions and the top 10 or so get posted. Or perhaps we could reverse who gets first cut at moderation every week just to make things interesting.
Some benefits to this method: If Mr. Katz' articles aren't up to snuff, they won't make the cut. Perhaps more authors will consider writing for this technically savvy bunch of savages. May the best organic unit win!
Slashdot Mirror
Haven't seen it mentioned yet, but state machines are incredibly useful.
Found this wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._Lindows
The judge denied Microsoft's request for a preliminary injunction and raised "serious questions" about Microsoft's trademark. Microsoft feared that a court may define "Windows" as generic and result in the loss of its status as a trademark.
As I recall, when Microsoft sued Lindows for trademark infringement, the tables were turned. Lindows convinced the court that Windows was generic, and the court was considering invalidating the Windows mark. Microsoft quickly settled at that point.
According to that complaint thread, calling tech support costs $ per minute, so maybe that's why people aren't calling EA.
Fuck the EU!
Sex.com sells for $14 million. Coincidence? I think not...
You and I (well, at least just you :-) know where the good free porn is, but what about people in lesser developed countries or those coming online now? Seems to me that typing in sex.com into your URL bar is less risky to prying eyes and repressive governments. Just delete history/cookies and you're somewhat safe.
Search engines store way too much information about their users anyway.
While these domains have nice search result rankings, there is a dependency on Google's ranking algorithm that decreases their value. They could just as easily be blasted to page 5 next month, who knows?
What you're overlooking is the type-in traffic that "sex.com" gets. You'd be surprised at how many people just type in random URLs into their browser. What's even more interesting is that most of the "search results" at parked domains are handled through Google, Yahoo, and smaller outfits like sedo.com. Having a simple URL like "cellphones.com" can earn you a decent living from just type-in traffic alone. This article at Business 2.0 reveals how these domainers are making a killing from type-in traffic.
Here are the reportedly top selling domains of 2005.
US satellite recorded checkpoint shooting, shows speed of Italian car: CBS
This debunks the communist reporter's spin.
The recursion continues... The second ad below Dave Pell's is:
Dave Pell doesn't Sell
Car Insurance - Save up to 40%
Get Instant Quotes - Fast For Free
www.Auto--Insurance.net
I didn't click it since I don't need to change my car insurance, but I thought it clever. (And I not associated in any way with them, blah blah.)
I just registered fuckucsd.com just to fuck with them. Free speech and all that... Censorship really pisses me off.
Excercise your speech. www.fuckfrance.com
Shon
I noticed Phil said that NAI owns the trademark to PGP, yet he's going to work on the openpgp group. I wonder if we'll see a repeat of the SSH(tm) vs opensssh scandal... NAI is a big corporation with a bunch of hungry lawyers, so who knows what will happen if openpgp eats into their corporate bottom line like it did with SSH. Shon
It's a case of the cure being worse than the disease--akin to shooting a petty thief in the back as he's running away, unarmed. I don't think it's ethical to steal cable/satellite, but should Microsoft be able to self-destruct your PC if they discover you stole a copy of Windows? How about the MPAA inserting malicious code in all DVD players that allows them to melt down your DVD and/or the player if they detect you trying to play an illegally copied DVD or just because you tried to by-pass the region encoding?
This sets a dangerous precedence and I hope DirecTV gets their ass sued class-action style.
Shon
I operate the tongue-in-cheek FuckFrance.com site, do I now need to worry about a French court knocking on my door? I'm not racist or hateful but like poking a bit of fun at the "frog-eaters." I wonder if my site is blocked at their border?
What next? IP Tunning over Snail Mail! Why? Because you can! All you need: a couple of scanners, Linux, and waaay too much time on your hands. Unfortunately, ping latencies could reach up to a week. And Quake would be barely playable. :)
$ whois openssh.com@whois.corenic.net
Registrant Todd T. Fries (template COCO-21730)
OpenBSD, the REAL open group
Record created: 1999-10-25 08:44:41 MET by CORE-80
$ whois openssh.net@whois.networksolutions.com
Registrant Todd T. Fries (template COCO-21730)
OpenBSD, the REAL open group
Record created on 16-Nov-1999.
$ whois openssh.org@whois.networksolutions.com
Registrant:
Open SSH Project (OPENSSH2-DOM)
Zaanstraat 250
AMSTERDAM, NL-1013 RZ
NL
Record created on 04-Nov-1999.
Looks to me like the "real" OpenSSH Project registered the dot com first, this other guy grabs dot org, then they got dot net. So why did they grab dot com first? Looks like they screwed themselves.
Anyway, what's the big deal? Even Network Solution suggests that you get all three dot com, dot net and dot org to "protect" your company. Only dodgy purists still stick to the old conventions.
Why even publicize this at all? All the documentation and downloads will use whatever the official openssh URL is anyway. The web already has a way of routing around misinformation.
Also, do open source project automatically have a right to the dot org? I think this is presumptuous. What makes any project "the official" openssh project other than when it becomes the de facto standard? Maybe this guy has a right to create another open source or proprietary "openssh" package.
What I propose is two tiers: the Slashdot staff do the preliminary work in filtering out trolls, unnewsworthy items, etc. Then it should be up to the community (or a segment that cares) to moderate up the submissions and the top 10 or so get posted. Or perhaps we could reverse who gets first cut at moderation every week just to make things interesting.
Some benefits to this method: If Mr. Katz' articles aren't up to snuff, they won't make the cut. Perhaps more authors will consider writing for this technically savvy bunch of savages. May the best organic unit win!
Linh