I know a couple of patent lawyers... and from what I've seen - they are probably some of the few partent attorneys that have a clue - they'll flat out tell you that if your patent is weak, don't waste their time, or yours for that matter.
I get to see all sorts of patents roll across my desk (its part of the background research for what it is that I do - which is not computer related) - and I'll tell ya - shitty patents are everywhere... not just in software. I think the patent office needs a good beating - their stance seem to be "pass 'em all and make the companies / lawyers sort out the real details". Well, gee - thanks for doing NOTHING. Such a useful organization...
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Well, this seems to be one of the biggest damn challenges, doesn't it... people cannot get past their biases to write something more universal. Now, before someone goes off and tries to kill me for this, let me continue...
Yes, I know that you need to give examples in such texts. Yes, I know there are many differing distributions, and many have their little nuances and quirks. I realize that it's not feasable to cover all of these subtleties - BUT that doesn't give an author an excuse to not acknowlege those subtleties. Yes, its hard to do, but in all fairness, if you write such a text for other, completely non-related topics/subjects, you cannot get away with heavy bias - without flat-out saying so - particularly in the title, or at least on the front cover. Its only fair to the reader.
Again - I don't want to start one of those oh-so-fun flame wars over who's distro is better than who's, or why YOU think the bias must be there. I'm simply saying that the bias doen't HAVE to be there, and I'd really like to see someone take the initiative and put some effort into working around this.
And, yes, I'm sure there are some level-headed individuals, and maybe even groups, trying to do this. I (we - see the bio) do not live within the "geek" culture... we're linux fans, we're BSD fans, we're gamers, we're fairly unusual users... but it does not permeate our lives - its only a small part of what we do. And sometimes, we're the ones who need to get a book like this, and make it work for us...
I'd like to have embedded linux installed in one of my coworker's skull... it'd have to be more stable than they are - plus, if they get on my nerves, I could just log-in and mess with 'em...
Or, better yet, we could embed linux in the monkeys used in the SMBP to make the whole network more stable...
I believe Glade made a plug-in that didn't even require a browser, and is therefore completely independent of the processor you are using. And it makes your room smell so nice and fresh.
There must be a huge abundance of drugs going 'round their headquaters up yonder... it could also be due to the supposed high quality of pot grown in near-by British Columbia, too. Either way, MS needs to check themselves into a rehab clinic and soon before they receive a real beating.
Oh dear... this is just really begging for a good beating, but why beat a dead horse.
I can't exactly say that the overall world (or at least local) IQ is on the rise these days... but seems that a lot of clothing sizes are... cest la vie, eh? not really my problem.
oh... yeah, I suppose it would be better to have a plot over a slot... although seems that some are in more of a need of a slot...
but, really... I'd actually be damn impressed if someone could actually write a story with a C program hidden and well crafted into it. Perhaps everyone doesn't appreciate my (our) warped sense of humor - but every now and then, I'm actually half serious...
Enough ranting... I've crap to do and dinner to cook
Ok... writing a C program to read like a novel, with full character development, nice, sappy slot with lots of sub-plots; and make it interactive via netscape 6... whooo-doggie... why, that would be:
Ya no... that 20 gal. fish tank may be more useful than I thought... being too cheap to buy power backup's for my systems, perhaps I could rig up a turbine to the pleco and juice up some batteries as he eats the algae off the rocks.
sec - new inspiration!
Taken from the Matrix, and to continue my monkey theme for the day... (you can see where I'm going already)... not only can we take a bunch of monkeys and use them for p2p networking, but we can leach off their energy, too!
Now, if you want religion... Catch 22 is a great place to start, that is if you can get over the repeated disembowelment scene.
I've got this sudden urge for pasta...
Actually, with the way some of my friends are, I think that perhaps they worship their systems... if motherboard/processor worship can be declared a relgion, can we get all those nice tax write-off's that scientologists get? Hell, I'd worship my PC for that...
But Silicon Valley... well, let's just say that California can keep it.
sadly, no... as I said, I'm a wuss... I live in wonderous OHIO! Woo-hoo... god forbid I ever have to experience a real winter such as what you get.. I'd keel over dead.
this reminds me of the time I tried to use a squid as a heat-sink... also of the time I tried to use a piece of stale toast as a floppy disk by encoding it with heiroglyphics.
sec... lost my train of thought.
ah, yes... and the time I used a pickled, held to an old Iron Butterfly album with a piece of duct tape, as a tape drive. And the only thing that kept that from working was that the pickle was just way too soggy. Perhaps I'll revisit this using a Valasic.
Ok... maybe I'm completely nuts, and I'm sure there would be some incredible feats of engineering and programming to get this to work, but would it be possible to create a system that had in it both a P4 and a K7? I'm not saying for real, just hypothetically speaking... would there be any advantage for such a thing to exist, or would this cause a huge black hole to appear, sucking in all of creation as we know it?
fun, or for the sake of sarcasm, someone should try to write up an "open source" alternative to UCITA...
Why, you might ask? Because I'm a tongue-in-cheek, obnixious kinda person, that's why. And, with what I've seen, I would think it'd be damn funny to see what others would write for their own, GPL'd GNUCITA...
(am I warped... it must be due to it being Monday and really FREAKIN' cold outside [yes - I'm a wuss])
Man... it's been ages, but I can see it now... sitting down and writing my own little pong game for the PS2, or maybe see if "David's Midnight Magic" will port from the C64... "Wizard of WOR" here I come...
And imagine how much better those cheap-ass sprites will look on your shiny new PS2...
Better yet, I should just swim right on over to Europe, buy about 6 PS2's, and sell them here in the US for about $16 billion apiece! Yeah... then I can retire to Costa Rica...
and for those of you who are wondering "Why Costa Rica?" - I don't know... it just sounds cool, don't you think?
Ok... as I see it, we've just been able to hook up a monkey to a robotic arm, over the internet... now, certainly, there must be some useful p2p implementation of this technology, perticularly if you blend it with the Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite... perhpas this could be the dawning of a "Speedy Monkey Brain Protocol":
Hundreds of monkeys, eating bananas, swingin' away on ropes, with their brains hooked together with wireless broadband technology, all for the purpose of file sharing!
Hopefully they are not as stupid as those here in Cincinnati, who approved a nice sized chunk of tax dollars to build a shiny new staduim for one of the shittiest football teams ever. Buncha morons...
Thank god I don't actually live in the county... I just hope none of the county commissioners hear about this... they're just dumb enough to try to pull this off.
"Let's see... you have 4 linux boxes... that's $12/per box plus our $20 'Save the Bengals/Save the Reds' fund...
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I get to see all sorts of patents roll across my desk (its part of the background research for what it is that I do - which is not computer related) - and I'll tell ya - shitty patents are everywhere... not just in software. I think the patent office needs a good beating - their stance seem to be "pass 'em all and make the companies / lawyers sort out the real details". Well, gee - thanks for doing NOTHING. Such a useful organization...
Well, this seems to be one of the biggest damn challenges, doesn't it... people cannot get past their biases to write something more universal. Now, before someone goes off and tries to kill me for this, let me continue...
Yes, I know that you need to give examples in such texts. Yes, I know there are many differing distributions, and many have their little nuances and quirks. I realize that it's not feasable to cover all of these subtleties - BUT that doesn't give an author an excuse to not acknowlege those subtleties. Yes, its hard to do, but in all fairness, if you write such a text for other, completely non-related topics/subjects, you cannot get away with heavy bias - without flat-out saying so - particularly in the title, or at least on the front cover. Its only fair to the reader.
Again - I don't want to start one of those oh-so-fun flame wars over who's distro is better than who's, or why YOU think the bias must be there. I'm simply saying that the bias doen't HAVE to be there, and I'd really like to see someone take the initiative and put some effort into working around this.
And, yes, I'm sure there are some level-headed individuals, and maybe even groups, trying to do this. I (we - see the bio) do not live within the "geek" culture... we're linux fans, we're BSD fans, we're gamers, we're fairly unusual users... but it does not permeate our lives - its only a small part of what we do. And sometimes, we're the ones who need to get a book like this, and make it work for us...
Just some food for thought
Or, better yet, we could embed linux in the monkeys used in the SMBP to make the whole network more stable...
Not that I wouldn't like to see that happen.
the beating, that is.
with lots of blood.
I can't exactly say that the overall world (or at least local) IQ is on the rise these days... but seems that a lot of clothing sizes are... cest la vie, eh? not really my problem.
but, really... I'd actually be damn impressed if someone could actually write a story with a C program hidden and well crafted into it. Perhaps everyone doesn't appreciate my (our) warped sense of humor - but every now and then, I'm actually half serious...
Enough ranting... I've crap to do and dinner to cook
I'm so saddend and offended... I think I'll run off somewhere to cry.
yeah... right
dumbass
probably pretty lame.
BUT, you just never know...
sec - new inspiration!
Taken from the Matrix, and to continue my monkey theme for the day... (you can see where I'm going already)... not only can we take a bunch of monkeys and use them for p2p networking, but we can leach off their energy, too!
I've got this sudden urge for pasta...
Actually, with the way some of my friends are, I think that perhaps they worship their systems... if motherboard/processor worship can be declared a relgion, can we get all those nice tax write-off's that scientologists get? Hell, I'd worship my PC for that...
But Silicon Valley... well, let's just say that California can keep it.
sec... lost my train of thought.
ah, yes... and the time I used a pickled, held to an old Iron Butterfly album with a piece of duct tape, as a tape drive. And the only thing that kept that from working was that the pickle was just way too soggy. Perhaps I'll revisit this using a Valasic.
and inane chatter... such is the way, I suppose... beauty is in the eye of the beholder, though I'm not sure I really want you staring at me.
again, I'm in a odd mood today
Why, you might ask? Because I'm a tongue-in-cheek, obnixious kinda person, that's why. And, with what I've seen, I would think it'd be damn funny to see what others would write for their own, GPL'd GNUCITA...
(am I warped... it must be due to it being Monday and really FREAKIN' cold outside [yes - I'm a wuss])
(or that could be because I'm thinking of lunch...)
And imagine how much better those cheap-ass sprites will look on your shiny new PS2...
Better yet, I should just swim right on over to Europe, buy about 6 PS2's, and sell them here in the US for about $16 billion apiece! Yeah... then I can retire to Costa Rica...
and for those of you who are wondering "Why Costa Rica?" - I don't know... it just sounds cool, don't you think?
Hundreds of monkeys, eating bananas, swingin' away on ropes, with their brains hooked together with wireless broadband technology, all for the purpose of file sharing!
And before anyone gets a change to say it...
There... it's been said.
Thank-you, and good day!
Thank god I don't actually live in the county... I just hope none of the county commissioners hear about this... they're just dumb enough to try to pull this off.
"Let's see... you have 4 linux boxes... that's $12/per box plus our $20 'Save the Bengals/Save the Reds' fund...