I don't really care about this post, but at home I get the old slashdot and at work I get the new (fucked up) slashdot. I don't know why. I have been a slashdot subscriber for a long time, nearly since slashdot started (my user id is 3000, I can't seem to see it anymore since they don't want me or anyone to know anymore). I still like the old slashdot better than the new. Why the fuck does the new management have to fuck things up? They had a good thing going here, why fuck it up?
This was on every other website on the internet yesterday when the ad appeared. Today the rest of the internet is covering how 27 tech companies are supporting SOPA:
I switched to Chrome when the update nonsense started and haven't looked back. Chrome is faster and the plugins don't break with every update. In fact, I don't know when it updates and that's fine because it just works. Fsck Mozilla!
Really, you should never underestimate the bandwidth of a CD or whatever sent through the USPS or a 1976 Pinto. The 1976 Pinto makes broadband look like a joke.
Re:Do younger minds absorb quicker? -- ABSOLUTELY
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There is no doubt that younger minds (brains) learn faster. This is well documented. We reach our peak somewhere in the late teens to early twenties with males being exceptionally bright at this point. Not only do they learn faster, they think faster and they can work longer at a stretch and do it more days in a row.
"NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are
fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to
Bill Gates.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... Anyway, register your software or we will be forced to torture you!"
Certainly he couldn't be expected to imagine the reality of this. Thank god (or whomever) I am not using Windows where such programs can run. No doubt, soon, I won't be safe anymore and no matter what OS you are running, they will have modified their software to run.
The development of the airplane has nothing to do with the development of the atomic bomb nor the chemical and biological weapons that have been developed. The Wright brothers developed an airplane, nothing more. They didn't "collaborate" with the developers of the atomic bomb to create some sort of ultimate weapon. The time frame isn't even correct. Even if the Wright brothers had been working with the developers of the atomic bomb, this has nothing to do with "open source" software. No one is developing "open source" nuclear or biological weapons that might be delivered by "open source" aircraft. Please try to keep your paranoia's to yourself. You might want to consider getting professional help. Derry Bryson
Too bad Tim didn't get to say what he meant by 18 out of 20 developers having whatever in their back pockets. What he meant (and should have said, outright) was that they could pull it out of their ASSES! These are patents of obvious solutions to common problems. Any developer faced with the same problem to solve, would come up with the same solution (patentwise).
And, to have the Director of the Patent Office of the USA state that "no obvious patents have been granted" is very embarassing for me (note the bare assing part) as an American. Given that I have only looked at a very small number of patents granted and ignoring the slew of internet patents issued recently, I have seen several which are beyond obvious, such as patents relating to database cursors (which are beyond obvious); certainly the idea of having a reference (pointer? index? handle?) to your current location within a list of data objects is not patentable, Right?! Not so. Thank god (or whomever you want to thank) that the company holding this patent isn't defending its patent! Everyone using a linked-list (much less a database engine) is in violation right now! Perhaps the Director would like to examine the amount of software he is using on a regular basis that are not paying royalties to the legal patent owners for their illegal use of patented (i.e. those granted patents, not those which deserve patents) inventions. The fact is, the patent owners know their patent is bogus and that only the legal fees required to defend against a patent infringement suit are a deterent. Hence the need to patent everything, so you have a defense against everyone else.
In the case of the Internet, prior art is almost useless given the pace the internet and internet software are progressing. As someone else said, you can't have prior art without prior need. This stuff hasn't existed long enough for prior art to be developed.
From the interview, the Director is:
A) A moron B) Doesn't care and is simply carrying out his duties C) Part of the system
I don't think he's A, as he was very good at cutting Tim off and reciting the law and the charter of the patent office. I can't decide between B and C. In any case, he is certainly an ASS!
Citing actual inventions, such as the light bulb, morse code, the telegraph or the telephone, in defense of the patent system is a very good ploy; however, it doesn't really stand up very well to the situation at hand. These inventions (with perhaps the exception of the lightbulb) preceeded their need. No one even thought about calling someone else before the the telephone was invented, patent applied for, and marketed. Too bad Tim didn't push this further.
Perhaps, rather than attempting to help the patent grantors (not just the patent office in the US, but patent grantors worldwide), we should show them for the idiots they are! Rather than submitting "re-examination applications", simply show how simple the patented idea is or show prior art where available or provide a multitude of alternate solutions to the problem solved by newly granted patents. Instead of having a website which provides prior art, maybe we should have website that debunks patents granted. Show them for the fools they are! If nothing else, perhaps we could make these patents useless and undefendable.
This seems like just another boring "Ask Slashdot" to me. Who even cares about this, execept the poster. Don't you guys even get any interesting stuff anymore?? Perhaps you ignored the interesting stuff a little too long and no one is submitting anything interesting anymore? The all-time low was the question about which 3-button mouse to use. I know for a fact I have submitted more interesting stuff than this that has been rejected.
Maybe you guys just have to much money in the bank and don't give a shit anymore?
Moderate this down as soon as possible. You don't need Microsoft to tell you that you don't what this post on Slashdot!
At the risk of being flamed to death, can it get any lamer than "geek pride"? If I was gay I might show up to a "gay pride" event, but I certainly wouldn't show up to a "geek pride" event, I just don't think geeks are in quite the same boat.
Not that I have anything against gay's, but do you really want to equate "geek" with "gay"? Do you want to say that being a geek is the same as being gay? (I don't think so) I would think those that are gay might have something to say about this.
You can be heterosexual or homosexual (or bisexual, or whatever) and be a geek, but being a geek doesn't determine your sexual preference. Being a geek might determine "how often" you get sex, but not with "whom" you have sex!
My first impression of the term "geek pride" indicates that all the geeks who participate are homosexual; however "gay pride" doesn't indicate to me at all whether the participants are geeks or not. Perhaps this is intentional?
Perhaps I should complain to Playboy or Penthouse because I'm jacking off too much without using lubricant (which I think they should provide).
Jesus Christ, I probably have carpal tunnel syndrome from playing Asteroids. Should I sue Atari?
Or should I just assume that I am stupid and played a little too long? Maybe I should have rested between games? No way! I should get free gloves from Nintendo!
Shit, I just sprained my ankle playing softball. Should I sue the company the made the bat or the company that made the glove. Maybe I should sue the city too for having a softball league at all! After all, they should make sure I am in good enough shape to play softball.
This seems to be just another example of the stupiditidy of the Slashdot maintainers. They have fallen subject to yet another misinterpretaition of facts, which they haven't checked out. Don't you check anything before posting a story?
It would seem to me that I can still get at the information regarding USB I could before, even though I am not a paid member of the USB developers. Perhaps, they have moved things around (as is their prerogative), but otherwise, what has changed? What is the beef here?
Come on, sure a new version of Perl is great news, but it is really worthy of a front page listing on Slashdot? Certainly on freshmeat, but not on Slashdot.
There must be better stuff than this being submitted, or have you guys ignored everyone enough that no one is making good submissions anymore?
Slashdot Mirror
I don't really care about this post, but at home I get the old slashdot and at work I get the new (fucked up) slashdot. I don't know why. I have been a slashdot subscriber for a long time, nearly since slashdot started (my user id is 3000, I can't seem to see it anymore since they don't want me or anyone to know anymore). I still like the old slashdot better than the new. Why the fuck does the new management have to fuck things up? They had a good thing going here, why fuck it up?
Guess it cut off the subject. It said "How do I turn off this ROT13 bullshit!"
Subject says it all!
I second this, FUCK THE TSA!
This was on every other website on the internet yesterday when the ad appeared. Today the rest of the internet is covering how 27 tech companies are supporting SOPA:
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/11/17/which-tech-companies-back-sopa-microsoft-apple-and-27-others/
I realize this might be unsettling for Slashdot users used to living in the past. Sorry for that.
I switched to Chrome when the update nonsense started and haven't looked back. Chrome is faster and the plugins don't break with every update. In fact, I don't know when it updates and that's fine because it just works. Fsck Mozilla!
Looks like a relabeled Keytronic keyboard to me.
The Technology Associates, Inc. Eternalight EliteMax has got to be the ultimate geek flashlight. Superbright white LED's, microprocessor control, and a miniature switching power supply.
Really, you should never underestimate the bandwidth of a CD or whatever sent through the USPS or a 1976 Pinto. The 1976 Pinto makes broadband look like a joke.
There is no doubt that younger minds (brains) learn faster. This is well documented. We reach our peak somewhere in the late teens to early twenties with males being exceptionally bright at this point. Not only do they learn faster, they think faster and they can work longer at a stretch and do it more days in a row.
"NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to Bill Gates.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... Anyway, register your software or we will be forced to torture you!"
Jesus Christ, can't you check anything?
They released version under GPL nearly a year ago and look how much as been done with it!
Certainly he couldn't be expected to imagine the reality of this. Thank god (or whomever) I am not using Windows where such programs can run. No doubt, soon, I won't be safe anymore and no matter what OS you are running, they will have modified their software to run.
Derry
The development of the airplane has nothing to do with the development of the atomic bomb nor the chemical and biological weapons that have been developed. The Wright brothers developed an airplane, nothing more. They didn't "collaborate" with the developers of the atomic bomb to create some sort of ultimate weapon. The time frame isn't even correct. Even if the Wright brothers had been working with the developers of the atomic bomb, this has nothing to do with "open source" software. No one is developing "open source" nuclear or biological weapons that might be delivered by "open source" aircraft. Please try to keep your paranoia's to yourself. You might want to consider getting professional help. Derry Bryson
Too bad Tim didn't get to say what he meant by
18 out of 20 developers having whatever in their back pockets. What he meant (and should have said, outright) was that they could pull it out of their ASSES! These are patents of obvious solutions to common problems. Any developer faced with the same problem to solve, would come up with the same solution (patentwise).
And, to have the Director of the Patent Office of the USA state that "no obvious patents have been granted" is very embarassing for me (note the bare assing part) as an American. Given that I have only looked at a very small number of patents granted and ignoring the slew of internet patents issued recently, I have seen several which are beyond obvious, such as patents relating to database cursors (which are beyond obvious); certainly the idea of having a reference (pointer? index? handle?) to your current location within a list of data objects is not patentable, Right?! Not so. Thank god (or whomever you want to thank) that the company holding this patent isn't defending its patent! Everyone using a linked-list (much less a database engine) is in violation right now! Perhaps the Director would like to examine the amount of software he is using on a regular basis that are not paying royalties to the legal patent owners for their illegal use of patented (i.e. those granted patents, not those which deserve patents) inventions. The fact is, the patent owners know their patent is bogus and that only the legal fees required to defend against a patent infringement suit are a deterent.
Hence the need to patent everything, so you have a defense against everyone else.
In the case of the Internet, prior art is almost useless given the pace the internet and internet software are progressing. As someone else said, you can't have prior art without prior need. This stuff hasn't existed long enough for prior art to be developed.
From the interview, the Director is:
A) A moron
B) Doesn't care and is simply carrying out his duties
C) Part of the system
I don't think he's A, as he was very good at cutting Tim off and reciting the law and the charter of the patent office. I can't decide between B and C. In any case, he is certainly an ASS!
Citing actual inventions, such as the light bulb, morse code, the telegraph or the telephone, in defense of the patent system is a very good ploy; however, it doesn't really stand up very well to the situation at hand. These inventions (with perhaps the exception of the lightbulb) preceeded their need. No one even thought about calling someone else before the the telephone was invented, patent applied for, and marketed. Too bad Tim didn't push this further.
Perhaps, rather than attempting to help the patent grantors (not just the patent office in the US, but patent grantors worldwide), we should show them for the idiots they are! Rather than submitting "re-examination applications", simply show how simple the patented idea is or show prior art where available or provide a multitude of alternate solutions to the problem solved by newly granted patents. Instead of having a website which provides prior art, maybe we should have website that debunks patents granted. Show them for the fools they are! If nothing else, perhaps we could make these patents useless and undefendable.
Derry Bryson
This seems like just another boring "Ask Slashdot" to me. Who even cares about this, execept the poster. Don't you guys even get any interesting stuff anymore?? Perhaps you ignored the interesting stuff a little too long and no one is submitting anything interesting anymore? The all-time low was the question about which 3-button mouse to use. I know for a fact I have submitted more interesting stuff than this that has been rejected.
Maybe you guys just have to much money in the bank and don't give a shit anymore?
Moderate this down as soon as possible. You don't need Microsoft to tell you that you don't what this post on Slashdot!
At the risk of being flamed to death, can it
get any lamer than "geek pride"? If I was
gay I might show up to a "gay pride" event,
but I certainly wouldn't show up to a "geek pride" event, I just don't think geeks are in quite the
same boat.
Not that I have anything against gay's, but
do you really want to equate "geek" with
"gay"? Do you want to say that being a geek is
the same as being gay? (I don't think so) I would think those that
are gay might have something to say about this.
You can be heterosexual
or homosexual (or bisexual, or whatever) and be a geek, but being a geek doesn't
determine your sexual preference. Being a geek
might determine "how often" you get sex, but not
with "whom" you have sex!
My first impression of the term "geek pride" indicates that all the geeks who participate are homosexual; however "gay pride" doesn't indicate to me at all whether the participants are geeks or not. Perhaps this is intentional?
Derry
I'm sure more than a few people on here would be :)
happy to explain things to her
Perhaps I should complain to Playboy or Penthouse because I'm jacking off too much without using lubricant (which I think they should provide).
Jesus Christ, I probably have carpal tunnel
syndrome from playing Asteroids. Should I
sue Atari?
Or should I just assume that I
am stupid and played a little too long? Maybe
I should have rested between games? No way!
I should get free gloves from Nintendo!
Shit, I just sprained my ankle playing softball. Should I sue the company the made the bat or the company that made the glove. Maybe I should sue the city too for having a softball league at all! After all, they should make sure I am in good enough shape to play softball.
Someone should protect me from my own stupidity!
This seems to be just another example of the stupiditidy of the Slashdot maintainers. They have fallen subject to yet another misinterpretaition of facts, which they haven't checked out. Don't you check anything before posting a story?
It would seem to me that I can still get at the information regarding USB I could before, even though I am not a paid member of the USB developers. Perhaps, they have moved things around (as is their prerogative), but otherwise, what has changed? What is the beef here?
Derry
Come on, sure a new version of Perl is great news, but it is really worthy of a front page listing on Slashdot? Certainly on freshmeat, but not on Slashdot.
There must be better stuff than this being submitted, or have you guys ignored everyone enough that no one is making good submissions anymore?
Damn! I haven't read anything this well written on slashdot ever.
This might have to be placed up there with CatB as how the REST of the system works!
Can we get this person as a regular essayist (sp?) on slashdot? That would be too cool!
Great, then I guess I'll wait till then to see if I want to look at it. Doesn't make much sense to waste time on it until then.