I have been there twice. Really interesting to any geek that likes computer history. One time I got into the museum and remembered I forgot to lock the doors on my truck. I mentioned it to an employee there and he said, "Oh, I wouldn't worry. It's being watched".
See what happens when one is lax in reading Slashdot. Some one else comes up, independently with the same idea. Too bad I couldn't have rushed to the patent office. Actually, I prolly still can.
I have found Google Docs is very true to Open Office format reproduction. The problem isn't Google Docs. It is M$'s sneaky secret, proprietary format. Switch to Open Office for your primary word processor and there will be no problem!
Does anyone have the GPS addy of of Jack Valenti's final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery? Next time I am in Washington DC, I would go out of my way to stop there and piss on his grave. Actually, this could be a new Slashdot "thing".
The Nokia N900 supports Flash in it's own browser, or Firefox, or Chromium. Unlike iWhatever or Android there are no limits put on you. Oh, and you have root access, and can develop in whatever you want, and don't have to ask anyone for any permission, to do anything.
Originally the length of time a Copyright was valid for was 14 years. This allowed publishing and distribution in a world of Ox carts and sailing ships. One would only reason that with instant, world wide "content" distribution, it should be much less now. Say 1 or 2 years. This would be enough to extract money from the general public before the real purpose of Copyright law which is to put all creative works into the public domain would come into effect.
Now with the post Eldridge Mickey Mouse forever life + 75 years as the term, and the whole reason of copyright law being twisted into some ownership of "content" forever which is exactly the opposite of it's intent, we need "fair use" and "net neutrality".
What really is needed though, is to fix copyright and patent law so the time limit of protection is only a year or two, and return to it's original purpose of bringing all of these works into the public domain where they belong!
I is Apple's device BEFORE you pay for it, NOT after.
It belongs to you! What kind of would are we living in that anyone belives some company has anything to say about what you do with what you bought and paid for. Don't give me this EULA made up crap. Think about it!
If Apple wants the control they have, it should be free!
Remember, the aerodynamic shape of the F-104 was designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson with a slide rule. No computers at all. Actually he designed the whole thing in about a month without any computer modeling.
I wonder what it would take now, to do what he did.
Let's not forget some of Kelly Johnson's other little projects like the P-38 Lightning, and the SR-71.
There is no such thing as "consumer rights". There are "customer rights", but being a customer to be sold, and not a consumer to be culled has gone away. Remember Sony is run by the movie division. IP (theirs) is all that matters.
Let's look at this from a personal injury attorneys perspective. Cosmic rays are made by God. God's richest representative here on Earth is the Catholic Church. Since the Catholic Church is the local distributor of "God's will" and that action caused harm to my client, I will sue the Holy See.
Profit!
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The ONE thing I really wanted was the public option. I would have switched from the evil Humana in an instant! Private health insurance is one of the main reason nothing the US makes can compete in the world. It is greed to an extreme. I also do not by the Fox news mantra that our government can't serve us. We still elect our representatives (unless we vote on Diebold machines). What say do we have in health insurance company's?
I really want government single payer care, but a public option would have gone a long way to keeping the evil greedy health insurance companies a little more honest.
I haven't heard much about this, but disgruntled employee(s) that work for some blood sucking temp agency writing this control code could have easily hidden an Easter Egg that activates on some obscure set of triggers like changing the temperature while the left turn signal is on, etc.
I am thinking this is actually the most likely scenario to why these problems are happening with Toyota.
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This is a great reply. Where are my mod points when I need them. The above should be a +5 at least.
Truth, clearly stated!
First probability on a chip, next an improbability drive!
I have been there twice. Really interesting to any geek that likes computer history. One time I got into the museum and remembered I forgot to lock the doors on my truck. I mentioned it to an employee there and he said, "Oh, I wouldn't worry. It's being watched".
This isn't new. Look at this from the 60's -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HofoK_QQxGc/
See what happens when one is lax in reading Slashdot. Some one else comes up, independently with the same idea. Too bad I couldn't have rushed to the patent office. Actually, I prolly still can.
To Microsoft, regarding Windows (CE/Mobile)
I text in your general direction!
And Texas is the Earth base of the Harkonens.
I have found Google Docs is very true to Open Office format reproduction. The problem isn't Google Docs. It is M$'s sneaky secret, proprietary format. Switch to Open Office for your primary word processor and there will be no problem!
Don't worry. The ACTA treaty will solve this "problem" for the rest of the world. Then you WILL have all the joys of our "daft laws" like it or not!
Good points. To bad he isn't buried in a private cemetery. If he was, I would bet that grass would never grow over his miserable corpse.
Thoats, callots' mad zitidars, what do you mean there is no life on Mars?
Does anyone have the GPS addy of of Jack Valenti's final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery? Next time I am in Washington DC, I would go out of my way to stop there and piss on his grave. Actually, this could be a new Slashdot "thing".
"Not everything the company does is bad." -- Yes it is. It's Microsoft for God's sake. It's what they do. They are here to be evil.
The Nokia N900 supports Flash in it's own browser, or Firefox, or Chromium. Unlike iWhatever or Android there are no limits put on you. Oh, and you have root access, and can develop in whatever you want, and don't have to ask anyone for any permission, to do anything.
So there!
Originally the length of time a Copyright was valid for was 14 years. This allowed publishing and distribution in a world of Ox carts and sailing ships. One would only reason that with instant, world wide "content" distribution, it should be much less now. Say 1 or 2 years. This would be enough to extract money from the general public before the real purpose of Copyright law which is to put all creative works into the public domain would come into effect.
Now with the post Eldridge Mickey Mouse forever life + 75 years as the term, and the whole reason of copyright law being twisted into some ownership of "content" forever which is exactly the opposite of it's intent, we need "fair use" and "net neutrality".
What really is needed though, is to fix copyright and patent law so the time limit of protection is only a year or two, and return to it's original purpose of bringing all of these works into the public domain where they belong!
I is Apple's device BEFORE you pay for it, NOT after.
It belongs to you! What kind of would are we living in that anyone belives some company has anything to say about what you do with what you bought and paid for. Don't give me this EULA made up crap. Think about it!
If Apple wants the control they have, it should be free!
I find the corporate greed of the airline industry almost up there with Microsoft, Big Pharma, and the oil companies.
Leave the planes on the ground until the ash cloud clears.
Remember, the aerodynamic shape of the F-104 was designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson with a slide rule. No computers at all. Actually he designed the whole thing in about a month without any computer modeling.
I wonder what it would take now, to do what he did.
Let's not forget some of Kelly Johnson's other little projects like the P-38 Lightning, and the SR-71.
I think you could look to Edgar Rice Boroughs for prior art. Does prior art have to be from the planet Earth?
In this parallel universe, the Pirates are the good guys!
There is no such thing as "consumer rights". There are "customer rights", but being a customer to be sold, and not a consumer to be culled has gone away. Remember Sony is run by the movie division. IP (theirs) is all that matters.
Let's look at this from a personal injury attorneys perspective. Cosmic rays are made by God. God's richest representative here on Earth is the Catholic Church. Since the Catholic Church is the local distributor of "God's will" and that action caused harm to my client, I will sue the Holy See.
Profit!
The ONE thing I really wanted was the public option. I would have switched from the evil Humana in an instant! Private health insurance is one of the main reason nothing the US makes can compete in the world. It is greed to an extreme. I also do not by the Fox news mantra that our government can't serve us. We still elect our representatives (unless we vote on Diebold machines). What say do we have in health insurance company's?
I really want government single payer care, but a public option would have gone a long way to keeping the evil greedy health insurance companies a little more honest.
So, Windows 7 (SP1) is in reality Vista (SP4) or (SP3) depending on how you count?
You can't tell the players without a scorecard!
I haven't heard much about this, but disgruntled employee(s) that work for some blood sucking temp agency writing this control code could have easily hidden an Easter Egg that activates on some obscure set of triggers like changing the temperature while the left turn signal is on, etc.
I am thinking this is actually the most likely scenario to why these problems are happening with Toyota.
Toyota: Treat your code monkeys better!