You don't want to raise the bar to get something coprighted, the best ideas often come from those who dodn't have a lot of money.
But creating a intellectual property tax to be paid after a piece of IP turns 25 is, IMHO, a good idea. Take the example of the beatles, if it wasn't for disney and friends lobbying to have copyright extended then their work would already be public domain. But the beatles music still makes money, fair enough, while financially lucrative the copyright holders can afford to pay the state to protect their intellectual property. If they don't pay then the work becomes public domain forever.
I don't however think this should apply to patents, in the interests of competition they should run out in 15 - 25 years.
Is webmail really that popular ?, i have a hotmail account that i use to catch spam but does joe public really use like, want or need a webmail account ?
Yes, sure, many commercial applications are buggy and have slow release times but at least they aren't 100% alpha quality with huge disclaimers that they aren't responsible for what happens to your computer when you run them.
Whats the difference between the EULA's you get with software these days ?, they pretty much absolve the developer of any liability.
I'm not that concerned about the threat of Microsoft (MSFT ) enforcing patents against Linux. I think their mode of operation isn't through the legal system. I think they hate lawyers more than most companies. They've been on the receiving end. [CEO Steve] Ballmer and [Chairman Bill] Gates have pride in the fact that their competition may have tried to crush them with legal wars, but they overcame. I think they would have a hard time using legal tactics. They would be ashamed.
Interesting paragraph, seems to imply honour on microsofts part. Isn't there some kind of link between SCO and MS ?
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But...
2) heavily biased towards linux.
So we are heavily biased towards linux, but still using windows. Right...
How are the two mutually exclusive ?
Linux is a very successful server operating system but so far it's desktop penetration is relatively low. Many people may be reading slashdot at work where they have no choice of what operating system is run on the desktop.
I personally run WinXP (cause I like games) but have used a Linux box as router in the past. So technically I use both windows and linux.
In fact there are many reasons to explain the windows desktop dominance even in a techie demographic like the slashdot readership.
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Bzzt! Wrong, bucko.
"Curiously, a poll on Slashdot suggests that approximately half of all Slashdot visitors actually use a Microsoft Windows operating system with only a third using some form of Linux".
There is also a quote by CmdrTaco that I can't find at the moment.
I don't want to get all pedantic but did you read what I said ?, I already knew that the majority of slashdotters run windows.
I said that the slashdot readership makes up a minority of all windows users.
You said that the slashdot readership makes up the majority of the all windows users.
Think about what you are trying to say.
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Microsoft just loves beeing in the spotlight.
I think you have too high an opinion of Slashdot. Why would microsoft care one way or the other about a website whose readers are 1) a minority of windows users and 2) heavily biased towards linux.
On the other hand it makes sense for slashdot to post these stories because there is almost certainly some admins here who want to hear the latest news about sp2.
Many, many users are reporting problems with SP2 limiting outbound TCP/IP connections. This appears to be nailing anyone who makes heavy network use of their machine, including especially users running P2P applications.
This is what is supposed to happen, the firewall is turned on now by default, and from a security standpoint this is a good thing.
Microsoft famously get criticised for slack security and when they try to do something about it they get it even worse.
I wouldn't mind so much but this is a tech website yet the poster wrote this up in a way that made the concept of a firewall as something alien.
People may well be having problems I don't know but it sounds like what is happening is that the less clueful are running an app, getting asked if they want to unblock it and don't know waht to do. Pretty soon they will learn what it all means and life will continue pretty much as normal.
If most people agree to that, then how come almost every prospectus contains the boilerplate "Past performance is not indicative of future results"?
Indicative is probably the wrong word. Partially deterministic is a better way of saying it. Past data can be used to partially determine future trends. Of course when it comes to the stock markets how much you can determine is not very clear.
Do you think that a computer could have predicted 9/11 or the Iraq war or elections of world leaders or the Microsoft settlement or a myriad of other news events which effect the direction of the markets? If anyone actually believes that we will be able to design a computer to do this, feel free to reply to me because I have a bridge to sell you!
I'd like to buy your bridge...
Only joking, I do think we may be able to build such a computer but it won't be anytime soon. As for the rest of your post, I completely agree, at the moment most financial models run on very simple and easily quantifiable data, you can't quantify something like a terrorist attack so that our simple computers will understand the full impact.
using either linear algorithmic models or a parrallel neural network approach.
However while most people agree that past performance is indicative of the future nothing can predict what is going to happen. Things such as politics and current events have a huge impact but are not easily factored in to a computer program.
There are many sophisticated solutions to recognising and predicting complex patterns but with the stock market there is an element of trying to predict the lottery.
If the lottery is run properly then every draw should be completely random, any pattern detected in past draws should be about a useful as picking your numbers out of a hat.
Someone mentioned over a bluesnews that in real life there are concerns about whether flashlights in or on the helmet is a good idea. If your creeping about at night and an enemy sees a light, that is the first thing they will shoot at.
I do think it's a bit silly though, all this technology used to colonise mars and the best solution they can come up with is a old style flashlight (what about infra red nightvision ?). Of course it is you basic weapon, you can club people with it.
If anybody is interested you can read my initial review here
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You don't want to raise the bar to get something coprighted, the best ideas often come from those who dodn't have a lot of money.
But creating a intellectual property tax to be paid after a piece of IP turns 25 is, IMHO, a good idea. Take the example of the beatles, if it wasn't for disney and friends lobbying to have copyright extended then their work would already be public domain. But the beatles music still makes money, fair enough, while financially lucrative the copyright holders can afford to pay the state to protect their intellectual property. If they don't pay then the work becomes public domain forever.
I don't however think this should apply to patents, in the interests of competition they should run out in 15 - 25 years.
Put more simply...
"wheres the money ?"
this question will help you solve most of the problems you come across in life.
I didn't really think about it, all my posts have a karma bonus...
Do not buy their CDs. Do not attend their concerts. Do not request their songs on the radio. And do not download/share their songs on the Internet.
Yes dad.
Yep, this is a solution looking for a problem.
Peace through sports? Not until we get rid of the sporters and those who measure the worth of their country through beating other countries.
Commmon wisdom says that sport is not meant to bring about peace but to be a more peaceful replacement for all out war.
Is webmail really that popular ?, i have a hotmail account that i use to catch spam but does joe public really use like, want or need a webmail account ?
No wonder it's taken MS so long to get Longhorn out. They've got to haul it from Mars!
Couldn't see that joke coming from a mile away...
Trouble, being nice doesn't make the press, so I doubt anybody other than
The meek shall inherit the earth.
Yes, sure, many commercial applications are buggy and have slow release times but at least they aren't 100% alpha quality with huge disclaimers that they aren't responsible for what happens to your computer when you run them.
Whats the difference between the EULA's you get with software these days ?, they pretty much absolve the developer of any liability.
I'm not that concerned about the threat of Microsoft (MSFT ) enforcing patents against Linux. I think their mode of operation isn't through the legal system. I think they hate lawyers more than most companies. They've been on the receiving end. [CEO Steve] Ballmer and [Chairman Bill] Gates have pride in the fact that their competition may have tried to crush them with legal wars, but they overcame. I think they would have a hard time using legal tactics. They would be ashamed.
Interesting paragraph, seems to imply honour on microsofts part. Isn't there some kind of link between SCO and MS ?
But...
2) heavily biased towards linux.
So we are heavily biased towards linux, but still using windows. Right...
How are the two mutually exclusive ?
Linux is a very successful server operating system but so far it's desktop penetration is relatively low. Many people may be reading slashdot at work where they have no choice of what operating system is run on the desktop.
I personally run WinXP (cause I like games) but have used a Linux box as router in the past. So technically I use both windows and linux.
In fact there are many reasons to explain the windows desktop dominance even in a techie demographic like the slashdot readership.
Bzzt! Wrong, bucko.
"Curiously, a poll on Slashdot suggests that approximately half of all Slashdot visitors actually use a Microsoft Windows operating system with only a third using some form of Linux".
There is also a quote by CmdrTaco that I can't find at the moment.
I don't want to get all pedantic but did you read what I said ?, I already knew that the majority of slashdotters run windows.
I said that the slashdot readership makes up a minority of all windows users.
You said that the slashdot readership makes up the majority of the all windows users.
Think about what you are trying to say.
Microsoft just loves beeing in the spotlight.
I think you have too high an opinion of Slashdot. Why would microsoft care one way or the other about a website whose readers are 1) a minority of windows users and 2) heavily biased towards linux.
On the other hand it makes sense for slashdot to post these stories because there is almost certainly some admins here who want to hear the latest news about sp2.
More important than anything else, why does this actually matter one way or the other ?
I actually really like that film. Seen a lot worse, how come no one has mentioned "plan 9 from outer space" yet ?
i don't think that quote works so well on a geek site...
Many, many users are reporting problems with SP2 limiting outbound TCP/IP connections. This appears to be nailing anyone who makes heavy network use of their machine, including especially users running P2P applications.
This is what is supposed to happen, the firewall is turned on now by default, and from a security standpoint this is a good thing.
Microsoft famously get criticised for slack security and when they try to do something about it they get it even worse.
I wouldn't mind so much but this is a tech website yet the poster wrote this up in a way that made the concept of a firewall as something alien.
People may well be having problems I don't know but it sounds like what is happening is that the less clueful are running an app, getting asked if they want to unblock it and don't know waht to do. Pretty soon they will learn what it all means and life will continue pretty much as normal.
Please, everyone knows that 9/11 never really happened....
Godamn cock sucking fcc...
I think they are trying, I am pretty sure i remember seeing a amd ad on the side of a football match during euro 2004.
If most people agree to that, then how come almost every prospectus contains the boilerplate "Past performance is not indicative of future results"?
Indicative is probably the wrong word. Partially deterministic is a better way of saying it. Past data can be used to partially determine future trends. Of course when it comes to the stock markets how much you can determine is not very clear.
Do you think that a computer could have predicted 9/11 or the Iraq war or elections of world leaders or the Microsoft settlement or a myriad of other news events which effect the direction of the markets? If anyone actually believes that we will be able to design a computer to do this, feel free to reply to me because I have a bridge to sell you!
I'd like to buy your bridge...
Only joking, I do think we may be able to build such a computer but it won't be anytime soon. As for the rest of your post, I completely agree, at the moment most financial models run on very simple and easily quantifiable data, you can't quantify something like a terrorist attack so that our simple computers will understand the full impact.
using either linear algorithmic models or a parrallel neural network approach.
However while most people agree that past performance is indicative of the future nothing can predict what is going to happen. Things such as politics and current events have a huge impact but are not easily factored in to a computer program.
There are many sophisticated solutions to recognising and predicting complex patterns but with the stock market there is an element of trying to predict the lottery.
If the lottery is run properly then every draw should be completely random, any pattern detected in past draws should be about a useful as picking your numbers out of a hat.
Someone mentioned over a bluesnews that in real life there are concerns about whether flashlights in or on the helmet is a good idea. If your creeping about at night and an enemy sees a light, that is the first thing they will shoot at.
I do think it's a bit silly though, all this technology used to colonise mars and the best solution they can come up with is a old style flashlight (what about infra red nightvision ?). Of course it is you basic weapon, you can club people with it.
If anybody is interested you can read my initial review here