One prime example is Netscape. Microsoft bought Mosaic, called it IE, and gave it away for free. Bill Gates was renowned for "declaring war" on small companies. He is absolutely ruthless when someone says no to him, and lashes out like Stalin on steroids.
That is wrong. MS couldn't give it away. No one wanted it. Instead MS merged it with Windows and forced people to take it for free,whether they wanted it or not
Bill Gates didn't do that great a job He produced MSBasic, convinced IBM to hand him a monopoly for software that he bought. They managed to write a few pieces of software for the Mac with support from Apple which they then ported to Windows. From there on it was mainly anticompetitive practices, until the internet came along at which point Gates totally ignored it. Until; it became too popular to be dismissed, then to make up for the huge blunder, they had to engage in anticompetitive practices so onerous the government could not ignore it. Which then handcuffed MS so badly they could not compete in new markets.
In the end under Gates they wrote more dog GUI OS's then they wrote good ones.
So really it's just they got a monopoly and sat on it till momentum brought it down.
My feeling is that SCOTUS has mostly felt that most business methods/software patents should be invalid, but that there are a few which are absolutely justified. They have not wanted to throw the baby out with the bathwater. and were hoping that the CAFC would find some rule that would allow pick out the few worthy patents. but have given up on this. and are now taking action on their own.
One further thing shaking up the landscape is Rader leaving the CAFC.
I found a ton of videos on youtube where the speaker claims systemd is the best thing since sliced bread. In most of them, the guy speaking was this weird person called Poettering.
Anyone know of any videos explaining why systemd is bad? Thanks
Actually if the neutron star is in the center then the added gravity in the layer near it will cause greater fusion, when increases pressure causing the layer to expand outward. As it expands it encounters the next layer, which will absorb the energy and begin the same process on a smaller scale. So forth untill it reaches the photosphere. In the mean time the inner layer has transfer excess momentum, has cooled some from it's expansion, it rate of fusion decreases and it collapses to the point it was before, actually a little less. Then it begins the process again. The result is a slightly variable vibrating star. I wonder is it might be possible to create sympathetic vibrations that way. Probably not, It would be most interesting.
There is however one major flaw in the above model. Supposedly the neutron star was once part of binary system with the red giant. It is not suddenly going to appear in the core. Instead, it is going to slowly absorb material until it's orbit "decays" into one below the photosphere. I don't know if parts of star will be eject when gases impinge. Certainly tides on the star will help. ( Also the neutron star will generate tides on the giant affecting it's weather. )
So the neutron star will act like a giant stirring, slowly stirring up layers of the gas. The romantic in me would like to think this is going to generate some massive and quite interesting effects. The realist though says that any effects will probably be small and hardly noticeable after a few millennium.
I don't know about the state of technology now, but when I was young and interested in that kind of stuff, you were considered a pretender if you didn't make your own including grinding your own mirror.
watching livefeeds of the Ferguson riots, I keep thinking the press could use drones for videoing or at least placing cameras in convenient places l;ike on top of lampposts.
Much of the theory and practical applications was worked out a long time ago. Mistly by physicists out of jobs when the SSC was canceled. Just another reason to keep funding the sciences.
Let me add to this, do you think an ABI plus a specified subset of C++ to be used in the creation of script interpreters and REPLS which can use binary modules created by C++ is a good idea?
On virtually every "customer service" call I have ever made, before I get connected to a person I hear a message This phone may be recorded for quality insurance.. Does that mean that even in a two party state, I can record without telling them? After all it seems like they have given permission.
Theories like "the IRS won't tax it because it's law". Or it's hearsay and ignoring the 27 some exceptions to the hearsay rules? Even this story already borders on getting it wrong. "Fruit of the poisonous tree" can be gotten around by if you can demonstrate that the same evidence would inevitably have been obtained by legal means that they were undertaking.
Slashdot Mirror
Shit go real keyboard.
Unicomp, Ducky or Filco.
A Corsair RGB if you like bling.
One prime example is Netscape. Microsoft bought Mosaic, called it IE, and gave it away for free. Bill Gates was renowned for "declaring war" on small companies. He is absolutely ruthless when someone says no to him, and lashes out like Stalin on steroids.
That is wrong. MS couldn't give it away. No one wanted it.
Instead MS merged it with Windows and forced people to take it for free,whether they wanted it or not
Gives new meaning to Blue Screen of Death.
OMG! It's a monkey version of Tammy Faye Baker!
Bill Gates didn't do that great a job He produced MSBasic, convinced IBM to hand him a monopoly for software that he bought. They managed to write a few pieces of software for the Mac with support from Apple which they then ported to Windows. From there on it was mainly anticompetitive practices, until the internet came along at which point Gates totally ignored it. Until; it became too popular to be dismissed, then to make up for the huge blunder, they had to engage in anticompetitive practices so onerous the government could not ignore it. Which then handcuffed MS so badly they could not compete in new markets.
In the end under Gates they wrote more dog GUI OS's then they wrote good ones.
So really it's just they got a monopoly and sat on it till momentum brought it down.
My feeling is that SCOTUS has mostly felt that most business methods/software patents should be invalid, but that there are a few which are absolutely justified. They have not wanted to throw the baby out with the bathwater. and were hoping that the CAFC would find some rule that would allow pick out the few worthy patents.
but have given up on this. and are now taking action on their own.
One further thing shaking up the landscape is Rader leaving the CAFC.
I found a ton of videos on youtube where the speaker claims systemd is the best thing since sliced bread. In most of them, the guy speaking was this weird person called Poettering.
Anyone know of any videos explaining why systemd is bad?
Thanks
Actually if the neutron star is in the center then the added gravity in the layer near it will cause greater fusion, when increases pressure causing the layer to expand outward. As it expands it encounters the next layer, which will absorb the energy and begin the same process on a smaller scale. So forth untill it reaches the photosphere. In the mean time the inner layer has transfer excess momentum, has cooled some from it's expansion, it rate of fusion decreases and it collapses to the point it was before, actually a little less. Then it begins the process again. The result is a slightly variable vibrating star. I wonder is it might be possible to create sympathetic vibrations that way. Probably not, It would be most interesting.
There is however one major flaw in the above model. Supposedly the neutron star was once part of binary system with the red giant. It is not suddenly going to appear in the core. Instead, it is going to slowly absorb material until it's orbit "decays" into one below the photosphere. I don't know if parts of star will be eject when gases impinge. Certainly tides on the star will help. ( Also the neutron star will generate tides on the giant affecting it's weather. )
So the neutron star will act like a giant stirring, slowly stirring up layers of the gas. The romantic in me would like to think this is going to generate some massive and quite interesting effects. The realist though says that any effects will probably be small and hardly noticeable after a few millennium.
Why would they use that? Other than snob appeal.
Seems some atheists are smoking some very potent stuff.
As well as some slashdot editors.
I don't know about the state of technology now, but when I was young and interested in that kind of stuff, you were considered a pretender if you didn't make your own including grinding your own mirror.
Actually, I have watched TV shows because of ads.
watching livefeeds of the Ferguson riots, I keep thinking the press could use drones for videoing or at least placing cameras in convenient places l;ike on top of lampposts.
concepts?
or dung pile.
A word to Microsoft:
You can run, but you can't hide.
Firefox running NoScript or Chrome not running NoScript ( since last I heard it wasn't available for Chrome )?
Much of the theory and practical applications was worked out a long time ago. Mistly by physicists out of jobs when the SSC was canceled. Just another reason to keep funding the sciences.
Let me add to this, do you think an ABI plus a specified subset of C++ to be used in the creation of script interpreters and REPLS which can use binary modules created by C++ is a good idea?
"I'm sorry Dave I'm afraid I can't do that."
On virtually every "customer service" call I have ever made, before I get connected to a person I hear a message This phone may be recorded for quality insurance.. Does that mean that even in a two party state, I can record without telling them? After all it seems like they have given permission.
Moron #2.
Just ask that Peterson guy in California.
Or Hans Reiser.
And the first sentence produces moron number one.
Sorry I meant "the IRS won't tax it because it's not currency".
Theories like "the IRS won't tax it because it's law".
Or it's hearsay and ignoring the 27 some exceptions to the hearsay rules?
Even this story already borders on getting it wrong. "Fruit of the poisonous tree" can be gotten around by if you can demonstrate that the same evidence would inevitably have been obtained by legal means that they were undertaking.
Already uses an ipad to keeep videos iof various other wide receivers.
A local news show reported on it.