I've written something which I thought was trivial. Other people obviously did not as I have received numerous emails about it. While I didn't go so far as to release it under a full blown license (it WAS trivial) I should have simply released it under BSD. I've been contacted on a couple of occasions and asked if I would allow the idea to be implemented in other programs and I've always answer the same way. Go ahead.
I had intended to make a full blown application and allow the users to easily apply the 'trivial' code against a set of files, somebody else beat me to it and now sells an application that does it. It is partially based on my work; although he has since modified the method to do a better job of it.
At first I was a little annoyed, but then I realized how much support I had to give my trivial code and how much support he has to give his application and I came to the conclusion I didn't want the responsibilities that went with the full application and charging for it. I have a full time job (He didn't at the time.) and don't need the additional headache. It would not have been a profit center for me.
If I wanted to I could readily compete with him, but instead if people have problems with my utility I send them a link to his.
A method of reliably transfering data using a protocol intended for a radio link should be patentable.
Using said radio link to transfer email should not; it should be tied to the original e-mail patent, or not at all.
A menuing system, like that on Apple's iPod should not be patentable; anyone designing a device with a screen the size of Apples has a significant chance to stumbling on the same design.
The problem as I see it is 'obviousness' is being determined by people who aren't actually familiar with the process of design. Instead they assume that if they haven't read about it in research material it must therefor not be obvious.
I wrote a program on the Commodore 64 which implemented Bresenham's line algorithm; I didn't even know about it, I did it based on what I learned in mathematics in grade 5. I don't think I'm brilliant, hence, I don't think software and algorithm should generally be patentable.
The only money the CBC makes is on the backs of the Canadian Tax payer; in the unlikely event they actually have a show that makes money they cancel it.
If it wins awards, but doesn't win over advertisers they run it for years. All 3 audience members appreciate it.
CBC is nothing but a profiteering organization. They aren't about producing good television, they are about justifying their existence and salaries.
If you have a Masters in CS and have a keen interest in writing games you should be able to create proficient demos showing your technical and artistic skills for creating games.
If you get a Masters in Game Programming you will have a harder time convincing someone outside the Game industry that your skills are appropriate to their industry.
Assuming you absolutely only intend to go in to Game Programming related jobs then either are probably equally good choices, but if there is any chance at all you'll take a job outside of the game industry then there isn't really a choice.
Amazingly enough, I've heard that UNDER the car is excellent. (Radio waves bouncing off the pavement).
I doubt it is as accurate as sitting on the roof, but you do not need 100% coverage, you need 'decent' coverage, intermittent, once every block or so is enough to track, and once parked GPS is very good, even in bad conditions. (Assuming you have a unit which can be forced to keep trying.).
Me, i just wish I could figure out how I can take advantage of the GPS in my cell phone, far as I can tell it's useless for me. (I don't even think it is supported by 911 service where I am).
We were issued laptops at the start of the project. Typical laptop is a Thinkpad T42p. They average somewhere between 1.6Ghz and 1.8Ghz.
Some people were complaining about performance (java is a hog, and they were using stuff that makes java look 'light'). so they requested new machines.
They were issued Core 2 Duo systems that are 1.8Ghz, with 2 Gigs of ram. This machines are nice. They guy from IT Support comes up to replace the system and starts saying that he doesn't know why we would upgrade to the desktops, they are the same speed as the laptops.
Ok, I expect that from some guy off the street, but IT Support?
(Note: For this work there is a significant speed difference, it is obvious, and almost immediate.) Never mind the differences between a single core from a Core 2 Duo, and the core used in a Thinkpad anyway...
There is a law on the books in the U.S. which, while I believe is entirely unenforced, allows them to arrest any company executive if the company operates within Cuba in any way.
Now, to make sure they have the legal authority the only requirement is that somewhere in the process something is from the U.S. like, oh, the company stationary.
It is far more likely that the letters which have survived have done so because of the quality of the writing in many instances. The writings from the Lewis and Clark expedition on the other hand are inherently historical and as such would be preserved even if the writing were atrocious.
The inferiority which would explain it? Lack of aggression.
Now, I'm not saying either way on the topic, but a lack of aggression would explain Neanderthals decline, without actually being an inherently bad trait. You can considering it an inferiority, or not, but I'm not of the mind to think that aggression is generally an asset.
My ISP, an otherwise decent company to get service from, provides me with 2 IP address' because of the level of service I pay for.
I don't use the second one, I don't have a particular need for it, if I did I'd find a way to get my NAT router to get 2 addresses and use the second mapped to a machine; except I'm not allowed to run servers anyway!
IP6 isn't going to change that, I expect ISP's will require some tool be run to register the 'primary' machine or something and only allow 1 or 2 machines on the network, not the full subnets worth.
Which means we have the same problem, slightly shifted.
Why would anybody think ISP's would make it easier to get more machines on the Internet? they have no reason to.
Without doing the research required (I'm lazy on the weekend, ok...) I believe the actual cause of the failure was, they loaded a table of values intended for Arian 4, instead of the dataset for the arian 5. This table of values could have been anything from temperature readings, to timeout values, etc.
Obviously with values specific to the appropriate to the OTHER rocket an imminent failure occurred. Better checking of datasets would have prevented the problem.
If I knew who you were, and that you had a position of authority with any company I would submit your name to the local authorities for investigation. I would also submit your information to your companies accountants and list of some ethical concerns.
There is absolutely no justification for committing fraud (which is what this is) against employees, merely to stay in business.
If a company ends up in that position it may wish to ASK the employees to support the company, but you can't require it!
based on your nickname I expect you simply enjoy playing devils advocate, inspite of the pointlessness in this instance.
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I've written something which I thought was trivial. Other people obviously did not as I have received numerous emails about it.
While I didn't go so far as to release it under a full blown license (it WAS trivial) I should have simply released it under BSD. I've been contacted on a couple of occasions and asked if I would allow the idea to be implemented in other programs and I've always answer the same way. Go ahead.
I had intended to make a full blown application and allow the users to easily apply the 'trivial' code against a set of files, somebody else beat me to it and now sells an application that does it. It is partially based on my work; although he has since modified the method to do a better job of it.
At first I was a little annoyed, but then I realized how much support I had to give my trivial code and how much support he has to give his application and I came to the conclusion I didn't want the responsibilities that went with the full application and charging for it. I have a full time job (He didn't at the time.) and don't need the additional headache. It would not have been a profit center for me.
If I wanted to I could readily compete with him, but instead if people have problems with my utility I send them a link to his.
$250 for $5 in parts. Sounds pretty good for business.
A method of reliably transfering data using a protocol intended for a radio link should be patentable.
Using said radio link to transfer email should not; it should be tied to the original e-mail patent, or not at all.
A menuing system, like that on Apple's iPod should not be patentable; anyone designing a device with a screen the size of Apples has a significant chance to stumbling on the same design.
The problem as I see it is 'obviousness' is being determined by people who aren't actually familiar with the process of design. Instead they assume that if they haven't read about it in research material it must therefor not be obvious.
I wrote a program on the Commodore 64 which implemented Bresenham's line algorithm; I didn't even know about it, I did it based on what I learned in mathematics in grade 5. I don't think I'm brilliant, hence, I don't think software and algorithm should generally be patentable.
The only money the CBC makes is on the backs of the Canadian Tax payer; in the unlikely event they actually have a show that makes money they cancel it.
If it wins awards, but doesn't win over advertisers they run it for years. All 3 audience members appreciate it.
CBC is nothing but a profiteering organization. They aren't about producing good television, they are about justifying their existence and salaries.
The best part?
The 'liberated' dog had issues and was potentially violent.
Gee, you think maybe the first owner determined that the dog had issues and potentially dangerous?
Come on, biology has nothing to do with creationism, why would they teach it?
If you have a Masters in CS and have a keen interest in writing games you should be able to create proficient demos showing your technical and artistic skills for creating games.
If you get a Masters in Game Programming you will have a harder time convincing someone outside the Game industry that your skills are appropriate to their industry.
Assuming you absolutely only intend to go in to Game Programming related jobs then either are probably equally good choices, but if there is any chance at all you'll take a job outside of the game industry then there isn't really a choice.
Amazingly enough, I've heard that UNDER the car is excellent. (Radio waves bouncing off the pavement).
I doubt it is as accurate as sitting on the roof, but you do not need 100% coverage, you need 'decent' coverage, intermittent, once every block or so is enough to track, and once parked GPS is very good, even in bad conditions. (Assuming you have a unit which can be forced to keep trying.).
Me, i just wish I could figure out how I can take advantage of the GPS in my cell phone, far as I can tell it's useless for me. (I don't even think it is supported by 911 service where I am).
We were issued laptops at the start of the project. Typical laptop is a Thinkpad T42p. They average somewhere between 1.6Ghz and 1.8Ghz.
Some people were complaining about performance (java is a hog, and they were using stuff that makes java look 'light'). so they requested new machines.
They were issued Core 2 Duo systems that are 1.8Ghz, with 2 Gigs of ram. This machines are nice. They guy from IT Support comes up to replace the system and starts saying that he doesn't know why we would upgrade to the desktops, they are the same speed as the laptops.
Ok, I expect that from some guy off the street, but IT Support?
(Note: For this work there is a significant speed difference, it is obvious, and almost immediate.)
Never mind the differences between a single core from a Core 2 Duo, and the core used in a Thinkpad anyway...
There is a law on the books in the U.S. which, while I believe is entirely unenforced, allows them to arrest any company executive if the company operates within Cuba in any way.
Now, to make sure they have the legal authority the only requirement is that somewhere in the process something is from the U.S. like, oh, the company stationary.
It is far more likely that the letters which have survived have done so because of the quality of the writing in many instances.
The writings from the Lewis and Clark expedition on the other hand are inherently historical and as such would be preserved even if the writing were atrocious.
She was linked to terrorists, and the files are evidence.
She wasn't arrested and charged BECAUSE of the files.
there is a difference.
The inferiority which would explain it? Lack of aggression.
Now, I'm not saying either way on the topic, but a lack of aggression would explain Neanderthals decline, without actually being an inherently bad trait.
You can considering it an inferiority, or not, but I'm not of the mind to think that aggression is generally an asset.
Porn, and 'hookups'.
So, sex, and more sex.
how is this a surprise?
It won't help.
My ISP, an otherwise decent company to get service from, provides me with 2 IP address' because of the level of service I pay for.
I don't use the second one, I don't have a particular need for it, if I did I'd find a way to get my NAT router to get 2 addresses and use the second mapped to a machine; except I'm not allowed to run servers anyway!
IP6 isn't going to change that, I expect ISP's will require some tool be run to register the 'primary' machine or something and only allow 1 or 2 machines on the network, not the full subnets worth.
Which means we have the same problem, slightly shifted.
Why would anybody think ISP's would make it easier to get more machines on the Internet? they have no reason to.
I don't know about you, but if I had just been screwed like this I wouldn't pick the Microsoft option...
really? you want everyone that's slightly curious to be able to download a virus?
Without doing the research required (I'm lazy on the weekend, ok...) I believe the actual cause of the failure was, they loaded a table of values intended for Arian 4, instead of the dataset for the arian 5. This table of values could have been anything from temperature readings, to timeout values, etc.
Obviously with values specific to the appropriate to the OTHER rocket an imminent failure occurred. Better checking of datasets would have prevented the problem.
Software re-use wasn't the problem.
If I knew who you were, and that you had a position of authority with any company I would submit your name to the local authorities for investigation.
I would also submit your information to your companies accountants and list of some ethical concerns.
There is absolutely no justification for committing fraud (which is what this is) against employees, merely to stay in business.
If a company ends up in that position it may wish to ASK the employees to support the company, but you can't require it!
based on your nickname I expect you simply enjoy playing devils advocate, inspite of the pointlessness in this instance.
Especially since some forms of voter fraud are intended to be obvious, discovered and a form of embarrassment for the other party...
Wouldn't that get annoying?
Wouldn't you prefer it notify you the moment they do something that isn't stupid? Much less likely to be annoying.
"very early days"?
1998 isn't the very early days of the Internet.
Actually,
U.S. Customs on the border between Canada and the United States is generally located on U.S. soil.
Canada customs, several yards further north is located on Canadian soil.
There are patents related to Fairplay, as such there is no implementation which can't be stopped with an appropriate court order.
DT isn't even the first, Real was looking to license their reverse engineering results.
Did somebody miss the real news story?