This patent nonsense almost reminds me of cybersquatting domain names. With the new regulations in place, if you own the name for the sole purpose of squeezing money out of another company that wants to use it and have no other commercial need for the name, it is taken away from you. That should happen with patents. If you get a patent and have no tangible products out on the market BASED on that patent or built using that patent, it should be yanked away from you. Do you see any software out on the shelves by Eolas or Acacia? These companies that exist solely to own patents and shake other companies down should be shut down.....IMHO...
If you go to www.dslreports.com, they have a lot of threads about this very topic. Lots of people getting nasty letters, but will not be told what the limit is....
No, the poster wasn't lying. As a matter of fact, he was working for Microsoft and got fired for snapping that picture. They cited 'Security concerns'. Anyone have the link to that article?
This movie sounds similar to Ben's buddy Matt Damon's movie "The Bourne Identity". Except his memory loss was due to an accident, I think, but he left himself clues as to what he should be looking for....
I work at a BB part time and we got our hands on one of these machines the other night. Visibly looks like their other machines. System is VERY quick on program loads and bootup. On most programs, there is no wait when you open a program. The instant you double click, the program is running..no delay. A very unscientific judgement of performance, but just the quick loading and running is pretty neat unto itself!
There are some software companies out there that sell software that will notify the rightful owners when a stolen computer is connected to the net by the person who stole it. Kinda like a software LoJack. Can't remember the name, though....
That is what happened at our company. Firewall did OK, but doesn't do a whole lot of good when an infected laptop is connected into network. Got in behind firewall and caused all kinds of headaches....
Assuming she was using Kazaa, you have to realize most people just install the program with the defaults set. Most users out there are not as computer savvy as most/. readers and do not know to alter the settings to disable the sharing. That is what jumped up and bit her.
I'm surprised they get away with not carding for booze, no matter how old you are. Here in their home state (Arkansas), they have to card you, because the State sends out shoppers checking to see if they card you. If they don't, then Wal-Mart can be fined by the Liquor board. But those fines are pocket change for those guys. Tried to get a tech job with them one time...wanted to pay me $7.50 an hour!! Almost laughed the recruiter off the phone, but politely said 'Thanks, but no thanks..'
The patent was filed in 2002. Should be plenty of prior art for this sucker. They sure put the word 'said' in the patent description plenty of times.....said what???
It was the Klingon bird of prey that re-entered the atmosphere and splashed to in the SF bay. The Enterprise was not even in the movie until the tail end (Enterprise A).
Yes, Voyager could land as well. Can't remember the name of the episode, but was the one where they landed on the Demon planet and encountered metallic beings (like the T-1000 in Terminator II) that could imitate you. There was another show as well, but couldn't remember....
Posting a message and a link for the updates would have been a good way to do it and would have been fine for tech savvy users (read -/. readers who mainly don't use AOL anyway..:) ). But you have to realize the main customer base that they are selling to - NON-tech savvy users (read - beginners or novices to computers). They could have posted that link or notification and then guess what happens? They get flooded with calls by people wondering what the link is for and what OS they are running and should they run it...etc...etc....
I work on a helpdesk at the company I work for, and we were bombarded by calls by our Corporate field users with laptops who in fact received an email WITH A LINK to the patches from our IT operations asking them to download the proper patches and updates. Everyone was calling in asking if they should run it, why they need to run it, they didn't know the OS they were running (some run W95, W98, Win2k, and XP)...etc, etc..... most people have been griping that ISP's take a more active approach to security and while this is a questionable method, it will relieve a lot of support headaches involving less knowledgeable users....if AOL gets caught doing more invasive procedures, then throw the book at them......
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This patent nonsense almost reminds me of cybersquatting domain names. With the new regulations in place, if you own the name for the sole purpose of squeezing money out of another company that wants to use it and have no other commercial need for the name, it is taken away from you. That should happen with patents. If you get a patent and have no tangible products out on the market BASED on that patent or built using that patent, it should be yanked away from you. Do you see any software out on the shelves by Eolas or Acacia? These companies that exist solely to own patents and shake other companies down should be shut down.....IMHO...
As the old saying goes - The Golden Rule - He who has the Gold makes the Rules (or in this case, Corporations).
If this patent is valid, then the holder of it better get ready to take on Microsoft (X-box Live) or any other host of any online game.
These RIAA guys would feel funny if they walked up to someone on one of these mock raids and got a Smith & Wesson stuck in their face.
If you go to www.dslreports.com, they have a lot of threads about this very topic. Lots of people getting nasty letters, but will not be told what the limit is....
No, the poster wasn't lying. As a matter of fact, he was working for Microsoft and got fired for snapping that picture. They cited 'Security concerns'. Anyone have the link to that article?
I hope they shut that system down before the frost thawed!
This movie sounds similar to Ben's buddy Matt Damon's movie "The Bourne Identity". Except his memory loss was due to an accident, I think, but he left himself clues as to what he should be looking for....
At the same time, see article from CNN this morning saying that the methods that the RIAA are using to find infringers is not legal....go Verizon, Go!
I work at a BB part time and we got our hands on one of these machines the other night. Visibly looks like their other machines. System is VERY quick on program loads and bootup. On most programs, there is no wait when you open a program. The instant you double click, the program is running..no delay. A very unscientific judgement of performance, but just the quick loading and running is pretty neat unto itself!
'LOAD "windowsXP" ,8,1 '.
Man, that would be cool. Loading XP on a Commodore 64 :)
There are some software companies out there that sell software that will notify the rightful owners when a stolen computer is connected to the net by the person who stole it. Kinda like a software LoJack. Can't remember the name, though....
That is what happened at our company. Firewall did OK, but doesn't do a whole lot of good when an infected laptop is connected into network. Got in behind firewall and caused all kinds of headaches....
Assuming she was using Kazaa, you have to realize most people just install the program with the defaults set. Most users out there are not as computer savvy as most /. readers and do not know to alter the settings to disable the sharing. That is what jumped up and bit her.
Pointing a radar gun at a swallow flying by would have been a lot more simpler...but the exercise in itself looked fun...
Damn! I wish I had mod points right now!! Funny story!! :)
I'm surprised they get away with not carding for booze, no matter how old you are. Here in their home state (Arkansas), they have to card you, because the State sends out shoppers checking to see if they card you. If they don't, then Wal-Mart can be fined by the Liquor board. But those fines are pocket change for those guys. Tried to get a tech job with them one time...wanted to pay me $7.50 an hour!! Almost laughed the recruiter off the phone, but politely said 'Thanks, but no thanks..'
The patent was filed in 2002. Should be plenty of prior art for this sucker. They sure put the word 'said' in the patent description plenty of times.....said what???
It was the Klingon bird of prey that re-entered the atmosphere and splashed to in the SF bay. The Enterprise was not even in the movie until the tail end (Enterprise A).
Yes, Voyager could land as well. Can't remember the name of the episode, but was the one where they landed on the Demon planet and encountered metallic beings (like the T-1000 in Terminator II) that could imitate you. There was another show as well, but couldn't remember....
I'm sure they had to boost the structural integrity field for the test due to the wind resistance....thing would just fly apart otherwise...
Or just boost the output of the navigational deflector....
Then you discontinue service......
Posting a message and a link for the updates would have been a good way to do it and would have been fine for tech savvy users (read - /. readers who mainly don't use AOL anyway.. :) ). But you have to realize the main customer base that they are selling to - NON-tech savvy users (read - beginners or novices to computers). They could have posted that link or notification and then guess what happens? They get flooded with calls by people wondering what the link is for and what OS they are running and should they run it...etc...etc....
I work on a helpdesk at the company I work for, and we were bombarded by calls by our Corporate field users with laptops who in fact received an email WITH A LINK to the patches from our IT operations asking them to download the proper patches and updates. Everyone was calling in asking if they should run it, why they need to run it, they didn't know the OS they were running (some run W95, W98, Win2k, and XP)...etc, etc..... most people have been griping that ISP's take a more active approach to security and while this is a questionable method, it will relieve a lot of support headaches involving less knowledgeable users....if AOL gets caught doing more invasive procedures, then throw the book at them......
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