While patents are clearly BS protectionism, what you describe is an extra layer of BS. Patents do not work that way at all. You can only patent a method, not an implementation. You cannot selectively license a patent (0|+inf). You are intentionally mixing ideas from copyright and patent to create bullshit.
If it "would not be hard to do...", please do. Otherwise, being shamed as a bullshitting shill will lose you your $241 bonus.
I somewhat doubt microsoft fought and bribed to suppress anything complimentary. I like the way you smear PJ, btw. Wouldn't PJ's best source of income be getting a microsoft bribe to keep the records obscure?
Being a shill is bad enough, but is anybody even paying you to post this shit, or is this some sort of public service? Groglaw is also a sort of public service, but somehow they have credibility.
Without the Redmond Retard Factory pumping away at full steam, there would be very little software development work left. Thanks to their prodigious output, the gravy train should keep chugging another 20 years. More if.NET ever takes off.
Hi, I notice from your level headed and well reasoned post that you must be new here. There are numerous FAQs, etc... that you might read through to understand why people endlessly post "but the way I want the world to be is...", and while noble to point out to them that they are retarded, it is sadly pointless. They are retarded.
When you settle down, you will find there is the odd oat in the mass of horseshit that makes this all worthwhile. Trickle down proved, as it were.
If suddenly in the middle of a module to calculate the trajectory to return to earth, there is a reference to an out of scope notion like the employees rating; then a more descriptive name is very appropriate.
If it is in a context which is doing computations about employee, department and company ratings, I would hope the person would be smart enough to use shorthand; otherwise all that annoyingly redundant crap just makes it more difficult to read and maintain.
Why use sin() when it could be "RatioOfLengthOfFarSideOfRightTriangleToHypotenuse()"?
How about "YCoordinateOfPointOnUnitCircleAtAngleFromOrigin()"?
Thats not quite the way it works in Canada; not a lawyer or anything like it, but I do watch law+order.
It varies by both province and "level" of court. In small claims court, for example, the loser pays the settled amount + assigned costs which may not exceed something like 20% of the settled amount. That wouldn't cover Judge Judies makeup.
In higher level courts, there is considerable discretion on behalf of the judge, but the default is "cover your own costs".
Also, in the "sue like 100 businesses and 50 people"; if you look carefully at your insurance policy [ keep it in the bathroom, it is actually good to know what it says ], it usually states that you must co-operate in legal efforts to recompense the underwriter for any claims paid out. Worse, at least in Canada and depending on your underwriter, you can be obligated to be the (gagged) litigant of record; in other words, the insurance company doesn't get the bad press suing your neighbour for feeding you too many beer, you do. Same for being the defendant - personal liability will cover you for getting your neighbour drunk, even if he burns down his house afterwards, but you have to stand in court.
Often, when you see ridiculous liability lawsuits, it isn't really the people involved, they are playing their role for their respective insurance companies.
With that thought, google "patent infringement liability insurance"..... it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
From Murdocks perspective, his ads aren't on the page, therefore it is as if somebody elses were. They are, after all, taking his money right out of his pocket. In case you've never seen a Murdock program or read a Murdock paper, "AS IF" means the same as "IS".
Add a lazy boy chair, a huge bag of cheetoes balanced over my left shoulder to let the little nuggets flow with the gentlest nudge, beer, and Depends. This is gonna be great.
I guess I took it differently. Describing a mechanical object imitating a living organisms behavior shouldn't use the terminology of the living organism. It is imitating, not doing. Although it is novel that a submarine can do many things that superficially appear equivalent to a complicated behaviour of an organism; there is nothing to be gained from pondering the similarity, or difference for that matter.
In the early chapters of the computability book by Aho & Ullman (with the cover of a fancy sewing machine, I think), they mention that in theory the brain may be viewed as a (very large) finite state machine, but doing so would yield no insight into its behaviour.
The referenced article has this little gem in it: "I'm sure Microsoft is looking for ways to choke Google. After all, that's what competitors do...." Is this from the "Tonya Harding School of Business"? I'm sure Microsoft should be looking for ways to best Google, otherwise there is no point in competition; as only the lowest assholes do it by hurting their competitor. Unless its boxing, but a kick in the nuts is still against the rules.
I think to appeal to the nAmerican wit, they had to cram 2 seasons worth of material into 7. Both are hilarious. I think the original offends nAmerican sensibilities because it is too unforgiving.
I hope he doesn't do an nAmerican version of Extras; it was tuned to perfection, and does a great job of lampooning the way The Office had to be tamed for general consumption.
It is amazing how the Guardian manages to scoop everybody else. I've read investigative articles in that paper that no other news source will even comment on, never mind publish.
I am an independent, freelance software developer. I am the primary earner in a family of five. Universal medical care helped allow me to take the opportunity to make the jump, and in 6 years, there has been no looking back. Without it, fear would likely have kept me at my last employer.
I think your moves in this will be liberating; and there will be many unforeseen benefits. I hope you have the stamina to hold out over the rough patches.
You took 15 years to realize that all an IQ test can measure is IQ? Didn't it seem a bit obvious? I mean, how smart would you have to be to make a test that actually measured intelligence? How would you grade it?
Reread roebots post - your missing the sarcasm, he should be modded Funny, right down to a "suggestion box". I'm surprised he didn't add a working group.
On behalf of the people of Ottawa,CA, I would like you to come here and continue your fine work. I"m sure we can make it worth your while, possibly with incentives for each resignation.
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While patents are clearly BS protectionism, what you describe is an extra layer of BS. Patents do not work that way at all. You can only patent a method, not an implementation. You cannot selectively license a patent (0|+inf). You are intentionally mixing ideas from copyright and patent to create bullshit.
If it "would not be hard to do...", please do. Otherwise, being shamed as a bullshitting shill will lose you your $241 bonus.
I somewhat doubt microsoft fought and bribed to suppress anything complimentary. I like the way you smear PJ, btw. Wouldn't PJ's best source of income be getting a microsoft bribe to keep the records obscure?
Being a shill is bad enough, but is anybody even paying you to post this shit, or is this some sort of public service? Groglaw is also a sort of public service, but somehow they have credibility.
Totally right about MicroSoft.
Without the Redmond Retard Factory pumping away at full steam, there would be very little software development work left. Thanks to their prodigious output, the gravy train should keep chugging another 20 years. More if .NET ever takes off.
I must be getting old. I was wondering how they would be best cooked....
Hi,
I notice from your level headed and well reasoned post that you must be new here. There are numerous FAQs, etc... that you might read through to understand why people endlessly post "but the way I want the world to be is...", and while noble to point out to them that they are retarded, it is sadly pointless. They are retarded.
When you settle down, you will find there is the odd oat in the mass of horseshit that makes this all worthwhile. Trickle down proved, as it were.
For example I take anabolic steroids to shrink my testicles, not gain muscle mass. Works like a charm, I'm no longer embarrassed at the beach.
It is shorthand, and shorthand is contextual.
If suddenly in the middle of a module to calculate the trajectory to return to earth, there is a reference to an out of scope notion like the employees rating; then a more descriptive name is very appropriate.
If it is in a context which is doing computations about employee, department and company ratings, I would hope the person would be smart enough to use shorthand; otherwise all that annoyingly redundant crap just makes it more difficult to read and maintain.
Why use sin() when it could be "RatioOfLengthOfFarSideOfRightTriangleToHypotenuse()"?
How about "YCoordinateOfPointOnUnitCircleAtAngleFromOrigin()"?
Thats not quite the way it works in Canada; not a lawyer or anything like it, but I do watch law+order.
It varies by both province and "level" of court. In small claims court, for example, the loser pays the settled amount + assigned costs which may not exceed something like 20% of the settled amount. That wouldn't cover Judge Judies makeup.
In higher level courts, there is considerable discretion on behalf of the judge, but the default is "cover your own costs".
Also, in the "sue like 100 businesses and 50 people"; if you look carefully at your insurance policy [ keep it in the bathroom, it is actually good to know what it says ], it usually states that you must co-operate in legal efforts to recompense the underwriter for any claims paid out. Worse, at least in Canada and depending on your underwriter, you can be obligated to be the (gagged) litigant of record; in other words, the insurance company doesn't get the bad press suing your neighbour for feeding you too many beer, you do. Same for being the defendant - personal liability will cover you for getting your neighbour drunk, even if he burns down his house afterwards, but you have to stand in court.
Often, when you see ridiculous liability lawsuits, it isn't really the people involved, they are playing their role for their respective insurance companies.
With that thought, google "patent infringement liability insurance"..... it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
Doesn't work, you would think he would have been smarter.
Good try, but most of those were probably to track spouses and stalk potential mates. Remember who is making use of this service.
From Murdocks perspective, his ads aren't on the page, therefore it is as if somebody elses were. They are, after all, taking his money right out of his pocket. In case you've never seen a Murdock program or read a Murdock paper, "AS IF" means the same as "IS".
Add a lazy boy chair, a huge bag of cheetoes balanced over my left shoulder to let the little nuggets flow with the gentlest nudge, beer, and Depends. This is gonna be great.
I guess I took it differently. Describing a mechanical object imitating a living organisms behavior shouldn't use the terminology of the living organism. It is imitating, not doing. Although it is novel that a submarine can do many things that superficially appear equivalent to a complicated behaviour of an organism; there is nothing to be gained from pondering the similarity, or difference for that matter.
In the early chapters of the computability book by Aho & Ullman (with the cover of a fancy sewing machine, I think), they mention that in theory the brain may be viewed as a (very large) finite state machine, but doing so would yield no insight into its behaviour.
The referenced article has this little gem in it:
"I'm sure Microsoft is looking for ways to choke Google. After all, that's what competitors do...."
Is this from the "Tonya Harding School of Business"?
I'm sure Microsoft should be looking for ways to best Google, otherwise there is no point in competition; as only the lowest assholes do it by hurting their competitor. Unless its boxing, but a kick in the nuts is still against the rules.
I know I would like a working Gnome, and I'm sure many others would as well.
If you look at history, the real debate will be what sorts of side dishes to serve with them.
I think to appeal to the nAmerican wit, they had to cram 2 seasons worth of material into 7. Both are hilarious. I think the original offends nAmerican sensibilities because it is too unforgiving.
I hope he doesn't do an nAmerican version of Extras; it was tuned to perfection, and does a great job of lampooning the way The Office had to be tamed for general consumption.
Even the command syntax:
$ 6g file.go ./6.out
$ 6l file.6
$
is familiar, plan9 for the 386 was:
$ 8c file.c ./8.out
$ 8l file.8
$
It is amazing how the Guardian manages to scoop everybody else. I've read investigative articles in that paper that no other news source will even comment on, never mind publish.
But, really more credit should go to the guy who came up with bread. Slicing it was probably pretty obvious after the fact....
I am an independent, freelance software developer. I am the primary earner in a family of five. Universal medical care helped allow me to take the opportunity to make the jump, and in 6 years, there has been no looking back. Without it, fear would likely have kept me at my last employer.
I think your moves in this will be liberating; and there will be many unforeseen benefits. I hope you have the stamina to hold out over the rough patches.
So javascript is synonymous with ass-to-mouth? I take it you mean the receiving end.
You took 15 years to realize that all an IQ test can measure is IQ? Didn't it seem a bit obvious? I mean, how smart would you have to be to make a test that actually measured intelligence? How would you grade it?
Reread roebots post - your missing the sarcasm, he should be modded Funny, right down to a "suggestion box". I'm surprised he didn't add a working group.
On behalf of the people of Ottawa,CA, I would like you to come here and continue your fine work. I"m sure we can make it worth your while, possibly with incentives for each resignation.