i think i should remind everyone, this patent is not on the FAT filesystem itself, but the VFAT extension for long file names. (which, if you know how it works, is nothing innovative)
I found the implementation of long file names on VFAT inspirational myself. When I saw the details behind it shortly before Win95 debuted, I was inspired to look at this Linux thing I had heard about.
The year is 2018. The Amiga ethusiasts can't wait for the long awaited AMIGA OS release 24 years after the last release by Commodore. The Amiga Inc. promisses to start shipping the final product at the end of year after some unexpected delays.
All based on cutting edge 1988 SCO intellectual property!
I guess I had better pull the plug on that 64bit linux server I built, it is in "future breach" of the SCO's groundbreaking 64 bit support... Thank goodness it is not multi-CPU.
You ingrate! Don't you know that 64-bit linux server you have to day is possible only through the future hard work of the entire staff of dedicated SCO engineers?
Moe and Larry are going to be working overtime for you.
Apparently, it's never too late to apply for a patent (I'm working on the paperwork to cover the air-breathing thing; I'm thinking about1-cent/breath royalties).
Somebody probably does have that unsolicited email patent but have been unable to collect because SPAMMERS ARE THIEVES.
A $25 per unsolicited email royalty wouldn't be too outrageous would it?
So, if Pluto is just a big old ball of ice, how long before it evaporates away completely and we can stop doing the "To be, or not to be a planet" routine?
You need to get your head around that with IPv6 there will never again be a shortage of IP addresses (with the assumption that mere stupidity rather than insanity prevails in handing them out). 128 bits is rather a lot:)
Yeah, and 128 bits "ought to be enough for anybody."
I must have missed the CERT advisory. Which Linux distros are affected? OpenBSD, of course, is not vulnerable as long as you use the default installation inside the welded safe.
Yeah, but now I'm going to have to sue you for depriving me of the technology I need so I can avoid spending four or five hours in a flying tube tomorrow.
I'd be surprised to see the 9 stories done in one movie (because doing that well would be nonconventional, nonHollywood and noncommercial -- OK, doing anything well is nonHollywood) but it could be interesting to see the same actor playing each robot. Robots are supposed to be pretty much interchangeable, right? Even if robots are engineered for different tasks (child's nanny vs Mercury labor), having one actor be all these expendable/replaceable characters could be interesting.
But I thought murder and attemped murder were already against the law and punishable by (theoretically) long prison terms, life prison terms and, in some states, death (at least in the case of accomplished rather than attempted murder).
Oh, looks like they are, just as you said. So why do we need a new law? Does it make a difference what tools are used? It can't see how it should.
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It's made of oil or WMDs.
(That should take care of it.)
Yes, but what about the Romulans?
That would be "Fridae," of course.
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I found the implementation of long file names on VFAT inspirational myself. When I saw the details behind it shortly before Win95 debuted, I was inspired to look at this Linux thing I had heard about.
So, you worked for SCO?
When they say "There is no big eruption planned in the continental US," well, is that they same they that told us about those WMDs in Iraq?
Well, OK, but why can't they throw their money at me?
You ingrate! Don't you know that 64-bit linux server you have to day is possible only through the future hard work of the entire staff of dedicated SCO engineers?
Moe and Larry are going to be working overtime for you.
bravo
Sorry to keep everybody waiting for their spam. I'm going to try to get that one sent out last month.
Anybody else think it's weird that we never see the two of them at the same time?
Yeah. I hear Comical Ali is still looking for a gig.
I'm thinking it's really just the one thief.
cc -EC old/source.c >new/source.c
(OK, so it does all the #includes and #defines, too.)
We are under the impression that there's a 80% larger chance that a UK pint has actual beer in it, as well.
Well, when you're talking about US patents:
Apparently, it's never too late to apply for a patent (I'm working on the paperwork to cover the air-breathing thing; I'm thinking about1-cent/breath royalties).
Somebody probably does have that unsolicited email patent but have been unable to collect because SPAMMERS ARE THIEVES.
A $25 per unsolicited email royalty wouldn't be too outrageous would it?
So, if Pluto is just a big old ball of ice, how long before it evaporates away completely and we can stop doing the "To be, or not to be a planet" routine?
Try pricing it in view of rarity rather than need. I think people are still paying a lot for unusual things they don't use.
Yeah, and 128 bits "ought to be enough for anybody."
I must have missed the CERT advisory. Which Linux distros are affected? OpenBSD, of course, is not vulnerable as long as you use the default installation inside the welded safe.
Yeah, but now I'm going to have to sue you for depriving me of the technology I need so I can avoid spending four or five hours in a flying tube tomorrow.
I'd be surprised to see the 9 stories done in one movie (because doing that well would be nonconventional, nonHollywood and noncommercial -- OK, doing anything well is nonHollywood) but it could be interesting to see the same actor playing each robot. Robots are supposed to be pretty much interchangeable, right? Even if robots are engineered for different tasks (child's nanny vs Mercury labor), having one actor be all these expendable/replaceable characters could be interesting.
Oh, looks like they are, just as you said. So why do we need a new law? Does it make a difference what tools are used? It can't see how it should.