The real question is who is behind this? The CIA or the NSA? And why did they post signs? were they hoping to distract us from the other domestic spying?
Indeed what's interesting to me is the lack of a few anticipated things here. I havent followed closely but I thought the next update was going to be Key Lime Pie and was looking forward to a Nexus 5.
The new support library seems interesting though
I'm just hoping none of this is forced on my GS4 via my service provider. I'm one of those Pre-Paid cheakskates, but have noticed when I switch the phone to 4G (for a day or a week) all sorts of updates suddenly show up.
Any way we can distribute extra iodine to/. trolls and flamers?
As much as possible, please!
I'm wondering about the internet in general as a symptom of a larger problem. So these people got a little better at figuring out hos things tick or how to solve a puzzle. Know what they did with it? They tied themselves up in knots with conspiracy theories and bollox like that. Perhaps the answer is to cut out some of that Iodine.
There are days when I just don't want to see the crap that's going on on the interwebs.
Selling RTs for a heavy discount to get their product out into the market, establish a presence and hope to lure more customers into more profitable products isn't a Loss Leader? Pray tell, what in your definition is?
The one I'm most familiar with is the 19 cent bananas at Trader Joe's, which are right inside the front door. Sure, they could sell those bananas for a lot more, like the grocery stores do, but that markdown to get people into the store is highly effective. I often come out with a lot more than the bananas I went in for.
No. This could be what is called a "Loss Leader" They sell a load of them at or below cost and establish a market presence. Then the RT Pro looks tempting as an upgrade (assuming the price differential isn't too steep). Microsoft's tablets are an unknown in a world dominated by Android and IOS. If they get known then the demand for upgrades and future products will likely increase.
But what do I know, I can't even throw a chair properly.
Is very slow because AT&T doesn't see any reason to invest. They're already getting money. Now, if Google came to town, they might see things differently. I'm only a couple blocks from the switch, but the wire is 1970s copper.
Is it a mere algorithm? An algorithm with a specific realised implementation?
Since I'm not currently in a country where mathematics can be owned, it seems weird to me.
Does any software company actually indicate that they would stop work if it were not for software patents? I.e. is there any company which says that it relies on software patents to do business in software, rather than as a defensive/offensive mechanism?
The delineation would be among Do Lawyers Profit and Do Lawyers Not Profit. Win, lose or draw, lawyers always come out on top in a patent dispute and will oppose an end to their milk money.
As to patenting in the very first place there's only so many ways to do something in software. While a look and feel of a finished product can be quite distinct, like the melody of a tune, getting there requires assembling code to produce the look and feel, respond to actions and such in very much the way a person could go to the well to get a bucket of water - directly, indirectly, lollygagging along the way (in code this would be Bloat) patenting the process of making a trip to the well for a bucket of water is absurd, so to would be patenting instructions to perform some task in an electronic machine (computer).
Another way of looking at it, a spreadsheet could be patented as it was a new application, but the code for making the spreadsheet work could be done dozens of way. Filing a patent for a macro for calculating a sum or percentage is ridiculous, but that's what we're getting.
Hope reform isn't long in coming and throws this whole stupid concept of software patents out.
only if you could make an exact replica with your skill and try to sell it. if you try to sell it as the original, it would be forgery. if you try to sell it as your own it would be copyright infringement
How about if I printed an object, then died and didn't leave my heirs any instruction on disposition of the object and they sold it at my estate sale -- ?
If Google or Facebook can haul in billions in revenues from tracking you across the web, this is the next step and it's wide open. Someone has probably already been working on it.
I believe google has been so busy working on the autonomous car for that very reason too. Inside such a vehicle, one would be a captive audience to their ad service on some level, and definitely subject to their consumer data collecting efforts.
"I see you are on your way to Morro Bay, why not stop at [paid advertisement] Foobie's Tofu Barbecue? Just think of those succulent cubes of soy protein, marinated in delectable sauces and grilled with fresh vegetables and served with steamed or fried rice! Google rating ****"
digital billboards that use prisms to target personal adds to each car. You were web searching for a new pair of shoes last night, so on your commute to work, you keep seeing Nike, Zappos, and ADIDAS everywhere. It'll happen. Just give it time.
Exactly.
If Google or Facebook can haul in billions in revenues from tracking you across the web, this is the next step and it's wide open. Someone has probably already been working on it.
why no.microsoft? I think the company deserves to have it.
They're plateauing. The decline is next. Based upon what I'm deluged with on Facebook these days, you're likely to see.lolcat before you see.microsoft.
It's an illusion held by the paranoid or genuinely guilty.
This is the mainstream mindset, ladies and gentlemen. Those who are concerned about privacy from the government as a default stance, even in public, are "paranoid or genuinely guilty". Yup. No room for the truly innocent to object on moral grounds, if you object to the government being able to track you then you must have something to hide, and to people like this that is the excuse they will then use to violate your privacy in a much worse way. "What have you got to hide, Citizen? SUBMIT"
You missed the key word up there. I'll highlight it for you.
We have limited privacy. We have phone numbers, email addresses, house numbers, apartment units, SSNs, Drivers Licence numbers, credit card numbers, etc. We have been tracked, recorded and our info shared for decades. It's only increasing now as the storage and processing means have reached a level necessary to maintain our info. The speed with which Philip Markoff, the Craigslist Killer, was tracked and apprehended should have made that clear.
On public property?!? Who said anything about that? Dang, haven't you ever see a billboard?!?
You think private enterprise couldn't do the same thing, renting a few square feet of land or roof top to place a scanner? Heck, they could put these things in billboards, perfect spot already staked out. Watch your car go by, share info, know where you frequent, when you are there, etc. You think the tracking of your web surfing habits can't be extended out from the screen into the physical environment?!?
Slashdot Mirror
It's a free service... did you expect them to give it away forever?
Yes. They're tracking your every move on there and selling it.
Adblock Plus isn't catching them now, as they're randomizing the tag identities and refreshing periodically.
Because of obnoxious ads I abandoned Yahoo ages ago, this could drive me away from fb.
Great, they have to make their money on ads, I don't have to like it and if I can work a way to block them I will.
I'll know who you called this Summer.
but I still can't sort out my own emails
uh huh....fake...
That's what they WANT you to think.
The real question is who is behind this? The CIA or the NSA? And why did they post signs? were they hoping to distract us from the other domestic spying?
Pissed locals. I'd bet on it.
The snakes which prey upon it appreciate all of its better qualities.
Indeed what's interesting to me is the lack of a few anticipated things here. I havent followed closely but I thought the next update was going to be Key Lime Pie and was looking forward to a Nexus 5.
The new support library seems interesting though
I'm just hoping none of this is forced on my GS4 via my service provider. I'm one of those Pre-Paid cheakskates, but have noticed when I switch the phone to 4G (for a day or a week) all sorts of updates suddenly show up.
Great!
Any way we can distribute extra iodine to /. trolls and flamers?
As much as possible, please!
I'm wondering about the internet in general as a symptom of a larger problem. So these people got a little better at figuring out hos things tick or how to solve a puzzle. Know what they did with it? They tied themselves up in knots with conspiracy theories and bollox like that. Perhaps the answer is to cut out some of that Iodine.
There are days when I just don't want to see the crap that's going on on the interwebs.
Wrong question. How much money did Eolas extort *prior* to this decision?
Plus what they patent troll out of smaller firms over the years.
The mafia must be kicking themselves they wasted their time with protection rackets, which were illegal, when they could have been doing this.
'ey, 'enry. c'mere a sec. we got a patent on a car wid a motor in it. it would be unfortunate if we had to see each other in court over dis.
So... how much money was spent to make the right decision?
So far...
Eolas are like Freddy or Jason, no matter how many times you think they are dead, they rise again. SCO does this, too.
That's not the definition of a Loss Leader.
Selling RTs for a heavy discount to get their product out into the market, establish a presence and hope to lure more customers into more profitable products isn't a Loss Leader? Pray tell, what in your definition is?
The one I'm most familiar with is the 19 cent bananas at Trader Joe's, which are right inside the front door. Sure, they could sell those bananas for a lot more, like the grocery stores do, but that markdown to get people into the store is highly effective. I often come out with a lot more than the bananas I went in for.
Then the RT Pro looks tempting as an upgrade (assuming the price differential isn't too steep).
What the hell is an RT Pro?
Feh. One goof while typing in a hurry and hoisted by my own petard. Such is the /. way. You know what I'm talking about: The Surface Pro.
Illegal, no?
No. This could be what is called a "Loss Leader" They sell a load of them at or below cost and establish a market presence. Then the RT Pro looks tempting as an upgrade (assuming the price differential isn't too steep). Microsoft's tablets are an unknown in a world dominated by Android and IOS. If they get known then the demand for upgrades and future products will likely increase.
But what do I know, I can't even throw a chair properly.
Surely this is the excuse you've been waiting for to buy night vision goggles?
Nah. Coat your house and everything with Phosphorescent Paint. That'd fix em. Think they live next door to Area 51. (c:
Is very slow because AT&T doesn't see any reason to invest. They're already getting money. Now, if Google came to town, they might see things differently. I'm only a couple blocks from the switch, but the wire is 1970s copper.
...hundreds of them. Keep you occasionally illuminated and entertained at the same time.
Is it a mere algorithm? An algorithm with a specific realised implementation?
Since I'm not currently in a country where mathematics can be owned, it seems weird to me.
Does any software company actually indicate that they would stop work if it were not for software patents? I.e. is there any company which says that it relies on software patents to do business in software, rather than as a defensive/offensive mechanism?
The delineation would be among Do Lawyers Profit and Do Lawyers Not Profit. Win, lose or draw, lawyers always come out on top in a patent dispute and will oppose an end to their milk money.
As to patenting in the very first place there's only so many ways to do something in software. While a look and feel of a finished product can be quite distinct, like the melody of a tune, getting there requires assembling code to produce the look and feel, respond to actions and such in very much the way a person could go to the well to get a bucket of water - directly, indirectly, lollygagging along the way (in code this would be Bloat) patenting the process of making a trip to the well for a bucket of water is absurd, so to would be patenting instructions to perform some task in an electronic machine (computer).
Another way of looking at it, a spreadsheet could be patented as it was a new application, but the code for making the spreadsheet work could be done dozens of way. Filing a patent for a macro for calculating a sum or percentage is ridiculous, but that's what we're getting.
Hope reform isn't long in coming and throws this whole stupid concept of software patents out.
only if you could make an exact replica with your skill and try to sell it. if you try to sell it as the original, it would be forgery. if you try to sell it as your own it would be copyright infringement
How about if I printed an object, then died and didn't leave my heirs any instruction on disposition of the object and they sold it at my estate sale -- ?
Does it come in a Ubuntu flavor?
The neo-feminists will not stand for it! This has to be another male-dominated science propaganda finding and must be a lie!
Marilyn Manjaw sides with you.
If Google or Facebook can haul in billions in revenues from tracking you across the web, this is the next step and it's wide open. Someone has probably already been working on it.
I believe google has been so busy working on the autonomous car for that very reason too. Inside such a vehicle, one would be a captive audience to their ad service on some level, and definitely subject to their consumer data collecting efforts.
"I see you are on your way to Morro Bay, why not stop at [paid advertisement] Foobie's Tofu Barbecue? Just think of those succulent cubes of soy protein, marinated in delectable sauces and grilled with fresh vegetables and served with steamed or fried rice! Google rating ****"
digital billboards that use prisms to target personal adds to each car. You were web searching for a new pair of shoes last night, so on your commute to work, you keep seeing Nike, Zappos, and ADIDAS everywhere. It'll happen. Just give it time.
Exactly.
If Google or Facebook can haul in billions in revenues from tracking you across the web, this is the next step and it's wide open. Someone has probably already been working on it.
why no .microsoft? I think the company deserves to have it.
They're plateauing. The decline is next. Based upon what I'm deluged with on Facebook these days, you're likely to see .lolcat before you see .microsoft.
It's an illusion held by the paranoid or genuinely guilty.
This is the mainstream mindset, ladies and gentlemen. Those who are concerned about privacy from the government as a default stance, even in public, are "paranoid or genuinely guilty". Yup. No room for the truly innocent to object on moral grounds, if you object to the government being able to track you then you must have something to hide, and to people like this that is the excuse they will then use to violate your privacy in a much worse way. "What have you got to hide, Citizen? SUBMIT"
You missed the key word up there. I'll highlight it for you.
We have limited privacy. We have phone numbers, email addresses, house numbers, apartment units, SSNs, Drivers Licence numbers, credit card numbers, etc. We have been tracked, recorded and our info shared for decades. It's only increasing now as the storage and processing means have reached a level necessary to maintain our info. The speed with which Philip Markoff, the Craigslist Killer, was tracked and apprehended should have made that clear.
On public property?!? Who said anything about that? Dang, haven't you ever see a billboard ?!?
You think private enterprise couldn't do the same thing, renting a few square feet of land or roof top to place a scanner? Heck, they could put these things in billboards, perfect spot already staked out. Watch your car go by, share info, know where you frequent, when you are there, etc. You think the tracking of your web surfing habits can't be extended out from the screen into the physical environment?!?
*facepalm*
lol @ liberals..
"I voted for the benevolent dictator and all I got was this panoptic totalitarian police state."
It's like the Republicans put this into place, but a Democratic administration was figuring how to use it.
Reminds me of an old political saw: The Democrats invented the Deficit, but the Republicans figured out how to use it.