You're right, which is the sad part. Hopefully, with the decline of the NASDAQ and the.com regime, the government will be able to hire some semi competent technical advisors.
I never claimed to be a "Tech Lawyer", or to have any background in legal reporting, which you no doubt do. Which is why I question your "(pathetic)" comment. I was just putting in my two cents, if you tried to write about music, I wouldn't put you down because you weren't wholly correct. You obviously have more experience with the law than I do, so lets keep the personal shot to a minimum, that's flame bait if you ask me.
This is getting absolutely ridiculous. As if a coke-snorting ignoramus of a president wasn't enough, we also have to put up with the general incompetency of other major branches of the government. The problem with this "e-conomy" is that the current system of government does not understand the specifics of science and computing. Granted, if I handed the case to my mother she would most likely give out patents like this one (and Amazon.com's One-Click Shopping®), but the point is that both are ignorant towards how ridiculous this seems to someone in the field, and how it will change the market as a whole. I can only imagine what ludicrous restrictive patents were handed out in fields that I don't know much about....
While they may be 'at the gallows' for the moment, their fate is far from certain. If there is anything I've learned as a citizen, it's that the government takes its sweet time to get the job done. By the time the verdict is actually applied, Microsoft will have a profitable business model for both (all?) of it's sects. Also, as far as I know, there is no law at current that disallows companies to share information exclusively with each other, which means that these new companies could still hold a closed source regime.
Actually, thinking about it some more, that would be a neat gadget to have around the house. Good call:) I was originally thinking on a much larger scale, though with time, I'm sure that embedded Linux machines like this would be very feasible for even large businesses.
While I can't claim to have done that much homework on the subject either, I did find something along the lines of what you were talking about in Linux Journal a few months back. LynuxWorks (lynuxworks.com) is in the business of marketing a real-time Linux compatible OS. They also are involved in the embedded Linux market, from what I understand. Doesn't it seem like whenever you've got an idea, someone else has already beaten you to the punch?:)
Why on earth would you want to use an embedded device for a firewall? At the current stage of development, if space was that much of a factor, you'd be better off getting a larger apartment/office.
Considering yourself smarter than most people isn't necessarily a bad thing, particularly if you have a low self-worth/self-esteem otherwise. However, with that mentality, it _is_ easy to begin thinking of yourself as better than most other people. Although, "Brainkid" is rather over the top...
You need to be paranoid about the government, if no one was, then they would be free to run as they please, treating the american (or global) worker as an object, not that it would be the first time. On the topic of CERT however, I don't understand if you are saying that if CERT were to, shall we say, 'pimp' out their services (for lack of a better word) to a select group[s], and give them credit for finding an exploitation, the global masses would or would not lose trust in CERT and eventually begin to look elsewhere, if any such group exists, for an independent group who performs a similar function to CERT.
Jeez, now I feel wary of the government, too...but then I AM in the middle of Walden by Thoreau, so that could be why.:)
They ARE both idiots! though almost everyone drudging this far into the posts realizes that exactly no one at this far from the post has anything even remotely constructive to say about technology. I would take that fact into consideration too, anonymous coward.:P
Jeez..I dunno, I LIKED the Never Ending Story 2 and Howard the Duck. What a load of crap. Notably missing however, where the 'Ernest' movies all of which only went on to inspire all subsequent 'Ernest' movies.
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I've got one word for you: C-L-O-S-E-O-U-T :)
I believe the parent topic was asking how many different games were made, as well as noting that 2.3 million is alot of atari games, period.
You're right, which is the sad part. Hopefully, with the decline of the NASDAQ and the .com regime, the government will be able to hire some semi competent technical advisors.
I never claimed to be a "Tech Lawyer", or to have any background in legal reporting, which you no doubt do. Which is why I question your "(pathetic)" comment. I was just putting in my two cents, if you tried to write about music, I wouldn't put you down because you weren't wholly correct. You obviously have more experience with the law than I do, so lets keep the personal shot to a minimum, that's flame bait if you ask me.
That is sort of ironic, seeing as Google almost always comes up with more accurate results than AltaVista.
This is getting absolutely ridiculous. As if a coke-snorting ignoramus of a president wasn't enough, we also have to put up with the general incompetency of other major branches of the government. The problem with this "e-conomy" is that the current system of government does not understand the specifics of science and computing. Granted, if I handed the case to my mother she would most likely give out patents like this one (and Amazon.com's One-Click Shopping®), but the point is that both are ignorant towards how ridiculous this seems to someone in the field, and how it will change the market as a whole. I can only imagine what ludicrous restrictive patents were handed out in fields that I don't know much about....
Websters: The act of "blessing" a dead person, often a step towards canonization (making them a saint).
While they may be 'at the gallows' for the moment, their fate is far from certain. If there is anything I've learned as a citizen, it's that the government takes its sweet time to get the job done. By the time the verdict is actually applied, Microsoft will have a profitable business model for both (all?) of it's sects. Also, as far as I know, there is no law at current that disallows companies to share information exclusively with each other, which means that these new companies could still hold a closed source regime.
Actually, thinking about it some more, that would be a neat gadget to have around the house. Good call :) I was originally thinking on a much larger scale, though with time, I'm sure that embedded Linux machines like this would be very feasible for even large businesses.
While I can't claim to have done that much homework on the subject either, I did find something along the lines of what you were talking about in Linux Journal a few months back. LynuxWorks (lynuxworks.com) is in the business of marketing a real-time Linux compatible OS. They also are involved in the embedded Linux market, from what I understand. Doesn't it seem like whenever you've got an idea, someone else has already beaten you to the punch? :)
Why on earth would you want to use an embedded device for a firewall? At the current stage of development, if space was that much of a factor, you'd be better off getting a larger apartment/office.
Considering yourself smarter than most people isn't necessarily a bad thing, particularly if you have a low self-worth/self-esteem otherwise. However, with that mentality, it _is_ easy to begin thinking of yourself as better than most other people. Although, "Brainkid" is rather over the top...
Stay away from a drug called PHP though, that stuff will rot your brain.
That will quite possibly be the most classic linux-LoTR joke ever told..not that there will ever be another one :)
You need to be paranoid about the government, if no one was, then they would be free to run as they please, treating the american (or global) worker as an object, not that it would be the first time. On the topic of CERT however, I don't understand if you are saying that if CERT were to, shall we say, 'pimp' out their services (for lack of a better word) to a select group[s], and give them credit for finding an exploitation, the global masses would or would not lose trust in CERT and eventually begin to look elsewhere, if any such group exists, for an independent group who performs a similar function to CERT. Jeez, now I feel wary of the government, too...but then I AM in the middle of Walden by Thoreau, so that could be why. :)
Good call.
They ARE both idiots! though almost everyone drudging this far into the posts realizes that exactly no one at this far from the post has anything even remotely constructive to say about technology. I would take that fact into consideration too, anonymous coward. :P
Hmm...someone's getting a little over zealous with posting messages :P
What's the last operating system YOU developed?? :P
Hmm....alot of people making cracks about IBM and cheese appear to be anonymous cowards... Reveal your true identity and unite, young cheeseheads!
Jeez..I dunno, I LIKED the Never Ending Story 2 and Howard the Duck. What a load of crap. Notably missing however, where the 'Ernest' movies all of which only went on to inspire all subsequent 'Ernest' movies.