As RMS and others have so often said, the purpose of the patent system is to foster innovation, not to make inventors/discoverers rich.
Wasn't that your Founding Fathers? Or something. RMS wasn't exactly the first to point it out, I thought that was the whole reason it existed, and since that's the case, credit should go to them, not He Who Should Be Worshipped (ISPHO).
One of the things that I particularly enjoy about the Arsawards is that you don't have to have released in 1999 - you just need to have made your impact in that year
For what it's worth.... the internet censorship legislation that was supposed to be active as of 1/1 (and had/. braying for blood) seems rather quiet.
Telstra, AU's largest ISP and supplier of the vast majority of upstream bandwidth still carries full usenet feeds, including alt.binaries.erotica.* etc et al.
And if that last one doesn't satisfy you, you can pretend that the online censor-boards in Australia would confiscate his certificate if it were kept online, and therefore the dead-tree copy is just a prudent precaution.
The Melbourne that he refers to is, in fact, Melbourne Florida, not Melbourne Australia (my home town).:-)
Thankfully, mine doesn't. They *like* us to be certified. They like the fact they can say they have 80% certified employees (especially when the number of employees is in the triple digits). What's more they pay $1,000 per exam passed. And then, a $5,000 bonus on top of that for keeping it current.
Our company is great: $1,000 for each MCSE exam you pass, and *on top* $5,000 for keeping it current. No contract of fealty either, a healthy $11,000:)
I'd disagree. Our shop has 140 employees, well over 100 are MCSE/MCSD/MCPs, Oracle DBAs, etc etc, three CCIEs.
Several of our staff are internationally recognised as leaders in their field (C++).
Many of the projects we do are ones where other companies have originally gotten the contract and fscked up. We have to undo their mess and then continue on.
Me? Training for CCIE and MCSE. Run Windows, Linux, and OpenBSD at home.
There's absolutely no way MegaResearchPharmaCorp can survive under such conditions.
Flaw: why are companies such as Merck Sharp and Dohme, Glaxo-Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham some of the world's largest, and yet still "MegaResearchPharmaCorp"s?
I'm not a lawyer nor a Newspaper guy, but what are the responsibilities of news outlets to report the truth? I know tabloids get sued all the time, and/. isn't exactly a tabloid, but it DOES have a habit of posting articles based on rumors. What happens when one day some company gets pissed off, and decides to really do something about it? Any thoughts?
Not many. Companies can't really get an injunction against media - that's "preemptive" (not sure of exact term), if person x says you abuse children, they can say "[You] accused of child abuse" and you have no recourse. After all, they did not say you abused children but that you were accused thereof. Which is factually correct.
Then again, Michael Crichton explains it much more succinctly in Airframe.;-)
I use it to connect at 128kbps, rarely have a problem (well, never) - has GUI step-by-step config as well as telnet, ethernet port can either be straight-thru (to a hub) or by a toggle switch crossover (directly into the back of your PC without needing a crossover cable - why don't more network tools do this?)
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Wasn't that your Founding Fathers? Or something. RMS wasn't exactly the first to point it out, I thought that was the whole reason it existed, and since that's the case, credit should go to them, not He Who Should Be Worshipped (ISPHO).
*waits for '-1 flamebait'*
ISPHO - In Some People's Humble Opinion
One of the things that I particularly enjoy about the Arsawards is that you don't have to have released in 1999 - you just need to have made your impact in that year
Immature twits.
Ahh, so it's true! You just screw girls you meet on IRC then!
Telstra, AU's largest ISP and supplier of the vast majority of upstream bandwidth still carries full usenet feeds, including alt.binaries.erotica.* etc et al.
The Melbourne that he refers to is, in fact, Melbourne Florida, not Melbourne Australia (my home town). :-)
Thankfully, mine doesn't. They *like* us to be certified. They like the fact they can say they have 80% certified employees (especially when the number of employees is in the triple digits). What's more they pay $1,000 per exam passed. And then, a $5,000 bonus on top of that for keeping it current.
Our company is great: $1,000 for each MCSE exam you pass, and *on top* $5,000 for keeping it current. No contract of fealty either, a healthy $11,000 :)
Several of our staff are internationally recognised as leaders in their field (C++).
Many of the projects we do are ones where other companies have originally gotten the contract and fscked up. We have to undo their mess and then continue on.
Me? Training for CCIE and MCSE. Run Windows, Linux, and OpenBSD at home.
And this would be the what? The "two wrongs make a right" philosophy? By advocating an ILLEGAL attack?
(Ex-Monash student) :)
(I had to make a comment sometime)
Isn't it so obvious? They're not human, and we're all that count on this earth :)
Isn't it so obvious? They're not human, and we're all that count on this earth :)
Because he (in your opinion) overcharges for software which (again, in your opinion) might be flawed?
Come and join us on planet earth some day.
Flaw: why are companies such as Merck Sharp and Dohme, Glaxo-Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham some of the world's largest, and yet still "MegaResearchPharmaCorp"s?
Sheesh.
Not many. Companies can't really get an injunction against media - that's "preemptive" (not sure of exact term), if person x says you abuse children, they can say "[You] accused of child abuse" and you have no recourse. After all, they did not say you abused children but that you were accused thereof. Which is factually correct.
Then again, Michael Crichton explains it much more succinctly in Airframe. ;-)
I use it to connect at 128kbps, rarely have a problem (well, never) - has GUI step-by-step config as well as telnet, ethernet port can either be straight-thru (to a hub) or by a toggle switch crossover (directly into the back of your PC without needing a crossover cable - why don't more network tools do this?)
screen rocks... specially for IRC... though BitchX has it's own screen manager built in :)
They install IRC clonebots, "FludNets", BackOrifice, NetBus, r00tkits, and all other manner of crap.
You make it sound so harmless.
Just like you 'spamming' us with your "Get paid to surf" horseshit?
Sorry. I pay 19c/mb recvd. No way in hell I'm gonna participate. :-)
"judge and jury" - to make one's opinions without hearing all sides of a case, usually hastily or in a 'kneejerk' fashion.
But I Might Talk A Lotta Shit? ;-)