What the patent trolls forget is that we all stand on the shoulders of others. Their "intellectual property" couldn't exist without the publicly domain intellectual property that existed before it.
More likely it doesn't impinge on their amoral conscious any more than the thief considers the evolution of the crowbar before prying open your window or the extortionist generations of refinement of the camera he uses to get a compromising photo.
While answering the above, please enlighten everyone to what "United States version of America" even mean? What "America" is there?
I've known some people (Canadians, Central and South Americans) to take umbrage at the fact that people in the United States are frequently referred to as "Americans", both by themselves, and from, well, a good bit of the rest of the world. Presumably, their phrasing was supposed to show that they are offended.
This presents more as a perpetually handy bash-the-US topic for people so inclined, rather than any true concern for the precision of language.
Am looking forward to how things will progress. While I think it might be a bit much to see a printer in every home; I could see it used in businesses and other places.
I think there is a world market for about five 3d printers.
Samsung launched a China-only luxury smartphone together with China Telecom marketed by actor Jackie Chan that retails for about 12,000 yuan ($2,000). The flip phone, named âoeheart to the world,â is encased in a slim black and rose gold metal body. The sleek look â" called âoeda qiâ (elegantly grand) â" is coveted by Chinese when they shop for cars, sofas or phones.
I don't want auto manufacturers to fix the problem and distribute it slowly to people, I want people to realize how much of a problem this is so they can take their manufacturer to task.
This is a false dichotomy. The better answer is both.
I would prefer the manufacturer both distribute a fix and that vulnerability and mitigation information be made available openly and quickly to those who can benefit from it.
You missed that people who purchased systems with Win8 have (generally) had a horrible experience and told their circles about it. Not good for sales at all...
Well, since we're talking about someone brilliant enough to leave a (loaded?) firearm lying around on the floor in the middle of a room...
Someone sees the gun laying in the center of the floor. Lists the homeowner on a vigilante style 'dangerous gun owner here' app. Homeowner is harassed by local anti-gun activists who throw a brick through his window. Homeowner dies of Dengue fever spread by imported Asian Tiger mosquitoes that are now able to get into his house.
This. On the one system I have Win 8 on (a truly horrifible experience on a non touchscreen) I loaded Classic Shell after spending several hours trying to make the thing usable and finally doing some Google searches for "make Windows 8 Usable"
Here's the thing - If you take a Generic_Grandma_001, who is running any other version of Windows, EVER, and give her two identical machines: One running almost any recent flavor of Linux and another running Windows 8....she's going to have an easier time using the Linux interface. It is simply closer to what she knows than Windows 8. This is a staggering failure on Microsoft's part and is reflected in market resistance to Win8, not that there seems much ability to capitalize on it by alternatives. Oh well...
I interpreted that as meaning "Homeless/Drug Addicts" when I read it. We have our Urban Culture here in my town too. Often seen screaming at the top of their lungs, walking haphazardly across the street in front of traffic and most popularly crouched by the side of the street sorting out endless reams of shit in whatever bag or backpack they stole from some student, then riding the train all day
"Before the planes can fly, they must be fitted with a "containment and venting" system for both lithium-ion batteries on the 787, the FAA said. That includes a stainless-steel enclosure to prevent heat, fumes or fire from spreading if a battery overheats in flight. Batteries and battery chargers must also be replaced with different components, the FAA said"
I suspect replacing the batteries and chargers is the intended solution, with the enclosure and venting system being a 'just in case it happens again anyway...' bit of layered prevention.
Seems like an appropriate name for a very fast nuclear powered vehicle where we don't have to worry about disposing of the exhaust left in its wake right?
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What the patent trolls forget is that we all stand on the shoulders of others.
Their "intellectual property" couldn't exist without the publicly domain intellectual property that existed before it.
More likely it doesn't impinge on their amoral conscious any more than the thief considers the evolution of the crowbar before prying open your window or the extortionist generations of refinement of the camera he uses to get a compromising photo.
While answering the above, please enlighten everyone to what "United States version of America" even mean? What "America" is there?
I've known some people (Canadians, Central and South Americans) to take umbrage at the fact that people in the United States are frequently referred to as "Americans", both by themselves, and from, well, a good bit of the rest of the world. Presumably, their phrasing was supposed to show that they are offended.
This presents more as a perpetually handy bash-the-US topic for people so inclined, rather than any true concern for the precision of language.
Unfortunately much of the tech press content consists of (paid?) product announcements, unsubstantiated rumour, and reviews of dubious quality.
RODQs?
I don't think they really exist.
Am looking forward to how things will progress. While I think it might be a bit much to see a printer in every home; I could see it used in businesses and other places.
I think there is a world market for about five 3d printers.
It was bizarre that Snowden ran to countries that are much worse on civil rights, but just want to make the U.S. look bad.
Snowden ran to countries that wouldn't put him in jail. I suspect their civil rights records were a much lower weighted factor.
The app should snap a pic at apogee and post that with submission.
Glad they aren't pulling this crap with something important like healthcare!
This is a false dichotomy. The better answer is both.
I would prefer the manufacturer both distribute a fix and that vulnerability and mitigation information be made available openly and quickly to those who can benefit from it.
> "I got tired of the whole Google+-ification of every Google product."
Yeah, that got irksome (for me) starting with Picasa.
A bit exaggerated IMO, but the point is valid.
You missed that people who purchased systems with Win8 have (generally) had a horrible experience and told their circles about it. Not good for sales at all...
Well, Microsoft apparently can't overcome its inability to make a marketable hardware product yet it keeps trying.
Hey, they made a really good mouse early on.
It's a very primitive biosphere; dominated by methane, molecular hydrogen and congressmen.
So you are saying blue congressmen are volatile gas giants?
Well, since we're talking about someone brilliant enough to leave a (loaded?) firearm lying around on the floor in the middle of a room...
Someone sees the gun laying in the center of the floor.
Lists the homeowner on a vigilante style 'dangerous gun owner here' app.
Homeowner is harassed by local anti-gun activists who throw a brick through his window.
Homeowner dies of Dengue fever spread by imported Asian Tiger mosquitoes that are now able to get into his house.
Flaw - The list isn't a "stay away from here" list, it is a "break in and steal the easily portable high-resale value items" list.
This. On the one system I have Win 8 on (a truly horrifible experience on a non touchscreen) I loaded Classic Shell after spending several hours trying to make the thing usable and finally doing some Google searches for "make Windows 8 Usable"
Here's the thing - If you take a Generic_Grandma_001, who is running any other version of Windows, EVER, and give her two identical machines: One running almost any recent flavor of Linux and another running Windows 8....she's going to have an easier time using the Linux interface. It is simply closer to what she knows than Windows 8. This is a staggering failure on Microsoft's part and is reflected in market resistance to Win8, not that there seems much ability to capitalize on it by alternatives. Oh well...
Or, in 1976 dollars, about $666.66 :-p
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(yes in reality it is more like $150K, but where's the fun in that?)
...or it might or might not have happened (or maybe both)
I interpreted that as meaning "Homeless/Drug Addicts" when I read it. We have our Urban Culture here in my town too. Often seen screaming at the top of their lungs, walking haphazardly across the street in front of traffic and most popularly crouched by the side of the street sorting out endless reams of shit in whatever bag or backpack they stole from some student, then riding the train all day
Fixed for the ATL
"enough to factor in all 7 billion people in the world, or the billions of hosts found on the Internet."
It's all fun and games until someone puts in a hyperspace bypass...
...someone...please...make...this...
Ahhh, waiting for the AC.
They sure upped the spawn rate on Slashdot though...
"Before the planes can fly, they must be fitted with a "containment and venting" system for both lithium-ion batteries on the 787, the FAA said. That includes a stainless-steel enclosure to prevent heat, fumes or fire from spreading if a battery overheats in flight. Batteries and battery chargers must also be replaced with different components, the FAA said"
I suspect replacing the batteries and chargers is the intended solution, with the enclosure and venting system being a 'just in case it happens again anyway...' bit of layered prevention.
Seems like an appropriate name for a very fast nuclear powered vehicle where we don't have to worry about disposing of the exhaust left in its wake right?
To clarify the above poster...
Things with a 'Short' half life...Decay away. They are not a long term issue (depending on decay products)
Things with half lives of a few years or decades are nasty - they last long enough and put out enough radiation to be a problem.
Things with a long half lives approach natural background radiation levels and don't really have a significant biological impact.
Treating something with a 250k year halflife as if it was a dangerous short-mid term radioactive is terribly expensive and has no benefit.