Pathetic. You have no idea what you are talking about. LongRun2 does work and it's is being picked up by a number of big companies. Think Sony and Cell. Transmeta made the mistake was hitting the marker too early and trying to compete with their own silicon. They've changed and now are doing reasonably well. As for going bankrupt. If it weren't for Apple I'd be really worried about Intel.
1) Patents should have no predetermined time limit.
2) PTO operations must be conducted independent of PTO financials. PTO must be publically funded, but can be derived from private sources (see 3).
3) All patents are given value according a publically traded exchange. If value falls belows a minimum for an extended period patent is automatically public domained.
4) Majority election by patent share holders reserve the right to public domain a patent at anytime. Once done can not be reversed.
5) Rigor in application of first-to-invent, prior art and diffentia; and limits on corporate ownership of employee's inventions (i.e. legal minimum of personal share ownership.)
There is a great spirituality that comes from seeing deeply thrugh time the outstretched branches of the Tree of Life. Evolution is but our accumalated knowlege of process by which It grows.
It is not that each individual's life is a miracle per itself. What worth is there without the All around and within? Rather, it is the Totality of All that is wonderous and parts His/Her/Its miracle on us.
Creation is Eternal. Life is everlasting. And we are It's fruit. Stop being ashamed and enjoy the season while it lasts.
Boy do they have you all trained well! If you consider the huge influx of women to the workforce after WWII, the hugh gains in productivity from modernization, the over aboundance of useless nick-nacks and meaningless bueracratic work, and the billion of capable people on the planet who are basically under/unemployed... properly organized we could be living _far_ better lives at only a day or two's worth of work a week. But nah, the super rich would rather not work at all. instead they have everyone else busting ass as fast as they can go. And, he he, get this. They tell em it's "good work ethic". Yea. Wonder what they'll say when humanoid robots come to bare and this employment gap begins to open wide.
Remember that -- The replacement to the Space Shuttle that was supposed to be ready to fly by now?
Well, like everything these days it "cost" too much money and congress slashed it, but not so soon as to not have blwon billions $ on who knows what. They did the same thing to the Spuer Collider. Remember that?
So now they're going back to Apollo style and saying that's the way to go b/c of leasons learned from the shuttle -- Blah! It's all about the pork fools! Russia spends 20x times less than we do (about 700 mil) on their space program and they go to space more often than the President says the word.
Sigh. Just another sign of the coming fall. Well, at least we'll have something reliable to go to space in for a while, I guess.
Looks like some congressmen have finally figured out the modern universalism that porn kick starts all mediums. Looks like that might include online taxes too. Makrk my words, if this passes it's but the first step to a general internet sales tax.
It is a very bad road --one that our forefathers would have been dead set against. If Christ or Buddha were King then we'd have nothing to worry about, but in the real world power corrupts and absolute power... technolgies like these dangerously solidify power.
Of course, DRM is not designed for consumers but for content creators. Yet, DRM does provide some advantages to the consumer. Primarily, if big companies are being fair prices will in fact be lower. Also it can help authenticate content from trusted sources. It's important to understand that as technology improves DRM becomes more important. Eventually there will no longer be CD and DVDs, internet connections will run at 1gbs and P2P will be transparent. Under these circumstance "pirating" becomes automatic, less safegaurds are put in place.
I agree, the main drive here is DRM. And for a long time I've been anti-DRM (seeing how poor I am and all) But I've recently had a new outlook. I think DRM is important. It's important for people to have certain safeguards. That's only fair. BUT (and its a big BUT) DRM is also ripe for abuse. For the consumer, potential abuses such as region and device differntiation that requires paying for the same contant multiple times, or not being able to protect against data loss w/ backups. For the artist, in that the recording companies will control the DRM technology and set the entry bar too high driving independent artist out of the market. Not to mention OSS being left out in the cold too.
I think what the anti-DRMs need to do is change their focus. Compromise with the big companies over DRM ensuring us common folk good Fair-Use laws. Then everyone will be happy.
They should bring their hosting systems in house to reduce costs --after all isn't hosting the modern day form of publishing? This would cut overhead. add better interpage advertising and I would think they should have little problem being profitable.
While not he funniest film I've ever seen. And granted a few attempts in the movie at being funny fell quite flat, there was still plenty to laugh about. All in all a very enjoyable film. I give it a B+.
(Okay maybe it should be just a B or even a B-, but hey I'm a nice guy and I think Douglas liked nice guys especially after a bitter or two;)
License plates are another shame. That is very obvious. Ask your self what do they achieve and how do they achieve it?
Then consider a simply aleterniative. Make it the corporations reposability to put a clearly visible number on a car (ie. a VIN plate built into the front and back of a car). The owner's responsibility is only to report with verification that he is the legal owner of car. And this serves the owner in case of theft. Again the car corporations should be responsible for this database in charter with the government. The overhead would then be incorporated into the cost of the car. Since transfer of ownership generally occurs upon purchase in a dealership, it is easy enough to apply.
But do we get such a sane system? No, we get cash cows. Costs to the governmet to obtain plates, extra cost for inane speciality plates, fines for not having plates, which require more time and money for police officers. Greed and waste, pure and simple.
Come on! Are you so brainwashed? "Oh please make me your slave!"
Get some Reality. Who is it who doesn't have insurance? Those who can't afford it. With the rising cost of gasoline, that includes more and more individuals. Are they not going to drive anymore? Then how will they get to work? So they'll risk it. And then get fined for $250 and be in more debt. Won't be able to pay. So, go to jail! Brilliant plan!
And the picture is even larger. Consider Florida where a constitutional vote by the people elected to build high-speed public train transproation and the governor Bush simply said "no". F you very much.
This is just insurance companies legislating their greed on the citizens of Texas and eventually all the United States and the world. It is not a real solution to anything, just more problem.
Who is running things round here? What possible purpose does going out of our way to trash it possibly serve? Just leave it be --it make prove of use in the future (as emergency spare parts for instance). If it's particular place in orbit is needed for something else (very unlikely) then just move it into another orbit. Hell, move it into orbit around the moon. Who cares! Your were just going to blow it up anyway.
Yes, I use a simple tactic. I make everything known about me possibly not know about me. You think you have info on me? Maybe you do or maybe you don't. How do you know?
Hey, it worked for Dr. Who:) Of course the first two letters are the most important;)
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Pathetic. You have no idea what you are talking about. LongRun2 does work and it's is being picked up by a number of big companies. Think Sony and Cell. Transmeta made the mistake was hitting the marker too early and trying to compete with their own silicon. They've changed and now are doing reasonably well. As for going bankrupt. If it weren't for Apple I'd be really worried about Intel.
Want to fix? Start here.
1) Patents should have no predetermined time limit.
2) PTO operations must be conducted independent of PTO financials. PTO must be publically funded, but can be derived from private sources (see 3).
3) All patents are given value according a publically traded exchange. If value falls belows a minimum for an extended period patent is automatically public domained.
4) Majority election by patent share holders reserve the right to public domain a patent at anytime. Once done can not be reversed.
5) Rigor in application of first-to-invent, prior art and diffentia; and limits on corporate ownership of employee's inventions (i.e. legal minimum of personal share ownership.)
Understand this and all is at it should.
There is a great spirituality that comes from seeing deeply thrugh time the outstretched branches of the Tree of Life. Evolution is but our accumalated knowlege of process by which It grows.
It is not that each individual's life is a miracle per itself. What worth is there without the All around and within? Rather, it is the Totality of All that is wonderous and parts His/Her/Its miracle on us.
Creation is Eternal. Life is everlasting. And we are It's fruit. Stop being ashamed and enjoy the season while it lasts.
Boy do they have you all trained well! If you consider the huge influx of women to the workforce after WWII, the hugh gains in productivity from modernization, the over aboundance of useless nick-nacks and meaningless bueracratic work, and the billion of capable people on the planet who are basically under/unemployed... properly organized we could be living _far_ better lives at only a day or two's worth of work a week. But nah, the super rich would rather not work at all. instead they have everyone else busting ass as fast as they can go. And, he he, get this. They tell em it's "good work ethic". Yea. Wonder what they'll say when humanoid robots come to bare and this employment gap begins to open wide.
Wouldn't a rear mounted solar sail both a) help get them there faster and b) reflect substantial amounts of radiation (since that's how it works)?
Well Said!
Remember that -- The replacement to the Space Shuttle that was supposed to be ready to fly by now?
Well, like everything these days it "cost" too much money and congress slashed it, but not so soon as to not have blwon billions $ on who knows what. They did the same thing to the Spuer Collider. Remember that?
So now they're going back to Apollo style and saying that's the way to go b/c of leasons learned from the shuttle -- Blah! It's all about the pork fools! Russia spends 20x times less than we do (about 700 mil) on their space program and they go to space more often than the President says the word.
Sigh. Just another sign of the coming fall. Well, at least we'll have something reliable to go to space in for a while, I guess.
Looks like some congressmen have finally figured out the modern universalism that porn kick starts all mediums. Looks like that might include online taxes too. Makrk my words, if this passes it's but the first step to a general internet sales tax.
Point!
It is a very bad road --one that our forefathers would have been dead set against. If Christ or Buddha were King then we'd have nothing to worry about, but in the real world power corrupts and absolute power... technolgies like these dangerously solidify power.
Of course, DRM is not designed for consumers but for content creators. Yet, DRM does provide some advantages to the consumer. Primarily, if big companies are being fair prices will in fact be lower. Also it can help authenticate content from trusted sources. It's important to understand that as technology improves DRM becomes more important. Eventually there will no longer be CD and DVDs, internet connections will run at 1gbs and P2P will be transparent. Under these circumstance "pirating" becomes automatic, less safegaurds are put in place.
I agree, the main drive here is DRM. And for a long time I've been anti-DRM (seeing how poor I am and all) But I've recently had a new outlook. I think DRM is important. It's important for people to have certain safeguards. That's only fair. BUT (and its a big BUT) DRM is also ripe for abuse. For the consumer, potential abuses such as region and device differntiation that requires paying for the same contant multiple times, or not being able to protect against data loss w/ backups. For the artist, in that the recording companies will control the DRM technology and set the entry bar too high driving independent artist out of the market. Not to mention OSS being left out in the cold too.
I think what the anti-DRMs need to do is change their focus. Compromise with the big companies over DRM ensuring us common folk good Fair-Use laws. Then everyone will be happy.
You see musicals work. The Hitchhiker movie should be a musical! Now, go back and fix it!
They should bring their hosting systems in house to reduce costs --after all isn't hosting the modern day form of publishing? This would cut overhead. add better interpage advertising and I would think they should have little problem being profitable.
While not he funniest film I've ever seen. And granted a few attempts in the movie at being funny fell quite flat, there was still plenty to laugh about. All in all a very enjoyable film. I give it a B+.
;)
(Okay maybe it should be just a B or even a B-, but hey I'm a nice guy and I think Douglas liked nice guys especially after a bitter or two
Ogg Ogg Ogg!!!!!!!!!
How many times do I have to say it?
Ogg Ogg Ogg Ogg Ogg ... How many times do you have to say it for frig'n sake?!!!
nuff said.
Come on Google, I though you had a clue! But NO LINUX SUPPRT and NO OGG SUPPORT?
You suck!
I hope your joking. Who cares what race Ford is. I've read the book many times and I don't recall any specifics to the color of Ford's skin. Please.
License plates are another shame. That is very obvious. Ask your self what do they achieve and how do they achieve it?
Then consider a simply aleterniative. Make it the corporations reposability to put a clearly visible number on a car (ie. a VIN plate built into the front and back of a car). The owner's responsibility is only to report with verification that he is the legal owner of car. And this serves the owner in case of theft. Again the car corporations should be responsible for this database in charter with the government. The overhead would then be incorporated into the cost of the car. Since transfer of ownership generally occurs upon purchase in a dealership, it is easy enough to apply.
But do we get such a sane system? No, we get cash cows. Costs to the governmet to obtain plates, extra cost for inane speciality plates, fines for not having plates, which require more time and money for police officers. Greed and waste, pure and simple.
Come on! Are you so brainwashed? "Oh please make me your slave!"
Get some Reality. Who is it who doesn't have insurance? Those who can't afford it. With the rising cost of gasoline, that includes more and more individuals. Are they not going to drive anymore? Then how will they get to work? So they'll risk it. And then get fined for $250 and be in more debt. Won't be able to pay. So, go to jail! Brilliant plan!
And the picture is even larger. Consider Florida where a constitutional vote by the people elected to build high-speed public train transproation and the governor Bush simply said "no". F you very much.
This is just insurance companies legislating their greed on the citizens of Texas and eventually all the United States and the world. It is not a real solution to anything, just more problem.
Who is running things round here? What possible purpose does going out of our way to trash it possibly serve? Just leave it be --it make prove of use in the future (as emergency spare parts for instance). If it's particular place in orbit is needed for something else (very unlikely) then just move it into another orbit. Hell, move it into orbit around the moon. Who cares! Your were just going to blow it up anyway.
Idiots.
If they can do this, how long before public libraries are threatened?
Anyone else noticing that the end of free broadcast TV is already in the cards? And free Radio is not far behind?
America is becoming just like most the rest of the world, a place of stark contrast between haves and have nots.
I like STE. Millions of fans like STE. The problem is the time slot.
Sci-Fi is smart. They air BG every Friday and then run repeats all week.
If Sci-Fi were even smarter they'd buy STE! Now there's a damn good idea!
Yes, I use a simple tactic. I make everything known about me possibly not know about me. You think you have info on me? Maybe you do or maybe you don't. How do you know?
:) Of course the first two letters are the most important ;)
Hey, it worked for Dr. Who