Well a patent doesn't do a whole lot of if it's not enforceable. The major claim
A method of assisting users in generating queries for submission to a query server of a database access system, comprising:
generating a dataset that contains autocompletion strings for the query server, wherein the autocompletion strings are selected based on attributes of the database access system;
transmitting the dataset to a remote computing device of a user of the database access system; and
on the remote computing device, suggesting autocompletion strings to the user from the dataset as the user enters a query for submission to the query server;
wherein the dataset is generated remotely from the remote computing device.
is far to general to have some sort of enforcement associated with it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems to be another waste of a patent by amazon.com?
Ok, so, the idea is that Windows will now be able to run software for ANY operating system (that MSFT chooses to support)? So, they get the best of both worlds. If good software is written for another platform then it will run in Win32 w/o recompilation. Seems to make sense.
So, I can't really see this as a bad thing for other companies (except, of course, for VMWare) a larger market for your software is always a good thing....right?
Lol, well enough of me trying to be my own Devil's Advocate. I wonder when people will wake up and realize that consolidation like this is legimately hurting competition and the MSFT should be restricted from making such purchase. Imagine if MSFT had succeeded in buying Intuit! There would be MS Money and...MS Money.
Just because a company has the money to buy basically anything they want doesn't make it right. grrr...I'll get off my soapbox now.
At my high school in Chapel Hill, NC We had game nights a few times a semester. Our LAN admin would let us come in and play games as late as we wanted if we would help him do various upgrades or whatever. We played all the games, especially Quake and Quake II (keep in mind this was in 1997 and 1998) and some warcraft, it was a lot of fun and we got some work done too. I think it's a great way to get kids interested in computers and also to get those who are somewhat knowledgable to help out.
For me working full-time and going to school part-time really worked out well for me. Get your start in an IT department or something on campus and if you do a good job, you can probably get your foot into something full-time or even permanent. but, don't give up on that degree! I'm on the seven year plan right now (school part-time) and it has given me financial freedom, great job experience and great general life experience. But, that degree is something great to fall back on and will open a lot of doors for ya.
I, personally, do not want the US government to have such powers over the software industry. It will merely add another level of head aches to developers around the country. If the product has security flaws, they will be fixed or people will not buy it. It will all pan out naturally.
Hey,
I would just go with cat5e for right now (I did when I built my house in june), but run it through a conduit, so you can upgrade it later, it's really easy to do and DEFINATELY worth the flexibility.
I have always believed that social paradigm shifts are complex creatures. They cannot be facilitated by any technological discovery. To me it is rare for a person to be so inheriently tranformed by a technological invention as to change thier perception of the world and many of thier habits. While the Internet can changed the medium through which we communicate, it has had little effect on what is communicated about. It seems to me that people drastically change thier social actions and their beliefs, not only over a longer period of time, but also when presented with a stark reality than necessitates change. What the Internet has given us is perhaps a medium for social change and increased "radicallism", but not a reason for it. But, I would not be surprised if our country came into some very divisive circumstances that the internet would be a forum for much political debate and pamphleteering.
It baffles me how some people on slashdot hate Microsoft for stifling competion and then hates them when they try to promote it. How can more competition in the game console market be bad? It will likely only shorten console life cycles and lead to more companies putting lots of time and energy in high quality games and accesories. How can this be bad for the consumer? Frankly, I'm glad someone has lit a fire under Sony's ass and it's up to them to make the next move.
The aquisition of Hong Kong is transforming China in a way that no amount of Western diplomacy could ever hope to do. The capitalistic "virtues" so acutely instilled in Hong Kong over it's 100 years under the British crown is so addictive and persuasive that we are witness a change in China as a whole. China is becoming more open to traditionally Western ideals and policies. It is readily ramping up it's military-industrial-technological infrastructure and is builing upon Hong Kong as the face of the "new" China. Still, there are many places in China, as in the United States and most Western countries where these changes are not being felt. China is still, by and large, an agrarian state with pockets of industrial and military strength. But, they are a rapidly rising sun and their military and economic build-up is the first harbinger that the American Sun really is setting after nearly a century of dominance.
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is far to general to have some sort of enforcement associated with it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems to be another waste of a patent by amazon.com?
sorry that is against the DMCA, I cannot help.
and here I thought it was done in doom 3, now THAT would be cool :)
Ok, so, the idea is that Windows will now be able to run software for ANY operating system (that MSFT chooses to support)? So, they get the best of both worlds. If good software is written for another platform then it will run in Win32 w/o recompilation. Seems to make sense.
...MS Money.
So, I can't really see this as a bad thing for other companies (except, of course, for VMWare) a larger market for your software is always a good thing....right?
Lol, well enough of me trying to be my own Devil's Advocate. I wonder when people will wake up and realize that consolidation like this is legimately hurting competition and the MSFT should be restricted from making such purchase. Imagine if MSFT had succeeded in buying Intuit! There would be MS Money and
Just because a company has the money to buy basically anything they want doesn't make it right. grrr...I'll get off my soapbox now.
What about a site that works?
hasn't the movie already been out in England for a week? Doesn't make it very hard to get a screener now does it?
This just smells fishy
Anoto-based Pens From Logitech != Anoto-based Penis From Logitech
Wow, does this mean that Microsoft will have to find someone who has actually switched from the mac to windows? Good luck..
holy wacked-out shit, batman!
At my high school in Chapel Hill, NC We had game nights a few times a semester. Our LAN admin would let us come in and play games as late as we wanted if we would help him do various upgrades or whatever. We played all the games, especially Quake and Quake II (keep in mind this was in 1997 and 1998) and some warcraft, it was a lot of fun and we got some work done too. I think it's a great way to get kids interested in computers and also to get those who are somewhat knowledgable to help out.
For me working full-time and going to school part-time really worked out well for me. Get your start in an IT department or something on campus and if you do a good job, you can probably get your foot into something full-time or even permanent. but, don't give up on that degree! I'm on the seven year plan right now (school part-time) and it has given me financial freedom, great job experience and great general life experience. But, that degree is something great to fall back on and will open a lot of doors for ya.
That might be cool!
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Gotta Love slashdot Humor!
I, personally, do not want the US government to have such powers over the software industry. It will merely add another level of head aches to developers around the country. If the product has security flaws, they will be fixed or people will not buy it. It will all pan out naturally.
Hey,
I would just go with cat5e for right now (I did when I built my house in june), but run it through a conduit, so you can upgrade it later, it's really easy to do and DEFINATELY worth the flexibility.
I have always believed that social paradigm shifts are complex creatures. They cannot be facilitated by any technological discovery. To me it is rare for a person to be so inheriently tranformed by a technological invention as to change thier perception of the world and many of thier habits. While the Internet can changed the medium through which we communicate, it has had little effect on what is communicated about. It seems to me that people drastically change thier social actions and their beliefs, not only over a longer period of time, but also when presented with a stark reality than necessitates change. What the Internet has given us is perhaps a medium for social change and increased "radicallism", but not a reason for it. But, I would not be surprised if our country came into some very divisive circumstances that the internet would be a forum for much political debate and pamphleteering.
It baffles me how some people on slashdot hate Microsoft for stifling competion and then hates them when they try to promote it. How can more competition in the game console market be bad? It will likely only shorten console life cycles and lead to more companies putting lots of time and energy in high quality games and accesories. How can this be bad for the consumer? Frankly, I'm glad someone has lit a fire under Sony's ass and it's up to them to make the next move.
The aquisition of Hong Kong is transforming China in a way that no amount of Western diplomacy could ever hope to do. The capitalistic "virtues" so acutely instilled in Hong Kong over it's 100 years under the British crown is so addictive and persuasive that we are witness a change in China as a whole. China is becoming more open to traditionally Western ideals and policies. It is readily ramping up it's military-industrial-technological infrastructure and is builing upon Hong Kong as the face of the "new" China. Still, there are many places in China, as in the United States and most Western countries where these changes are not being felt. China is still, by and large, an agrarian state with pockets of industrial and military strength. But, they are a rapidly rising sun and their military and economic build-up is the first harbinger that the American Sun really is setting after nearly a century of dominance.