MS should put pressure on such stupid programs. Ones like, say, MS MSN which breaks every few months and you have to upgrade to log in, but the upgrade requires the admin password.
Really? If I offer someone a million pounds to steal a library book, then secretly film them doing so, and then get them arrested, is that legal? What about ethical?
I agree with you. Fairly recently RMS wrote a very interesting paper on this. He pointed out that politicians/companies defending the length of time of protection would take the worst case scenario (Drug company spending billions on a drug which can be cloned for pennies) then calculate a sufficient protection length of time for that, then _apply that for everything_. RMS argues that we need to determine the length of time a patent/copyright applies for on a sort of case-by-case basis.
(I'm English with Japanese wife). Japan has a similar problem. The children work extremely hard to get to university (Japan is (in)famous for that), yet at university the students are exceptionally lazy. I'm not sure if it's because they are burned out, old enough to start rebelling, or whether they just don't need to fight to go any higher.
To extend on point 2, I remember reading that if you read a patent, but decide it doesn't apply, but the court later decides it does, then because you read it, you are willfully infringing and get triple damages against you.
It seems to be extremely dangerous to read patents.
See, you don't think that they are litigating bastards because you believe that they really should have the monopoly on mobile phone email readers. I would disagree, and can't think of anything worse than if we allowed that. Imagine only the first company to invent a mobile phone was allowed to make mobile phones, and so on.
er, playing an online 'IQ test' on aol.com is not representative of a nationally recognised IQ test. If you show me an British accredited IQ test that has such questions, I'll send you £10 via paypal.
A common myth, sort of. China does have freedom of speech, sort of. They do have a constitution which protects the freedom of speech and basic liberties of its citizens. It's just that it has, at the very bottom, a single line which says something like "except where it infringes on the interests of the state." heh.
Ah, It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. You love to be sensational and emotional without any intelligence behind it. I hope you don't live your life this way.
I have the problem that people always dislike me at first. Especially girls. However I'm persistent, and in a few hours they grow to like me. I've dated lots of girls and currently engaged to one (and yeah, she was scared by me at first).
I think I come across too strong. I try to tone it down, but I get over excited I think:)
I would disagree. I'm like the parent in that I get frustrated with other people too quickly. It's weird in that nothing else can make me angry, but when someone is trying to understand but can't, I get so frustrated (at myself as much as them).
Maybe I need a frustration-management self help course:)
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The "play chess with her, not against her" strangely doesn't have any suitable word for that style of gaming, however in go it's "shidougo" which translates to basically teaching go.
1000amps.. I've just had to change a 1000amp plug at work (I work with lasers). A 1000amp plug is an interesting thing. It took half a day to do it;) The plug is about 30cm long, and 20 cm wide and takes wires which are 2cm thick for each strand. (The one I had was 3 phase and used 5 wires including ground.)
We also have an office in Vilnius, Lithuania (eastern europe), and we end up getting our power from 3 separate power stations.
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MS should put pressure on such stupid programs. Ones like, say, MS MSN which breaks every few months and you have to upgrade to log in, but the upgrade requires the admin password.
RMS is Richard (Martin) Stallman, the guy who started the gnu project and wrote the GPL. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
What if they limited your download to only 2 times what you upload?
(allowing, of course, for when you have nobody to upload to)
Really? If I offer someone a million pounds to steal a library book, then secretly film them doing so, and then get them arrested, is that legal? What about ethical?
I agree with you. Fairly recently RMS wrote a very interesting paper on this. He pointed out that politicians/companies defending the length of time of protection would take the worst case scenario (Drug company spending billions on a drug which can be cloned for pennies) then calculate a sufficient protection length of time for that, then _apply that for everything_. RMS argues that we need to determine the length of time a patent/copyright applies for on a sort of case-by-case basis.
I stopped reading at the word 'leverage'
(I'm English with Japanese wife). Japan has a similar problem. The children work extremely hard to get to university (Japan is (in)famous for that), yet at university the students are exceptionally lazy.
I'm not sure if it's because they are burned out, old enough to start rebelling, or whether they just don't need to fight to go any higher.
And who hasn't licked a 9V battery to test if it's charged...
You've never tried to start a business. Before showing your invention to anyone that matters you should always get them to sign NDA's first.
To extend on point 2, I remember reading that if you read a patent, but decide it doesn't apply, but the court later decides it does, then because you read it, you are willfully infringing and get triple damages against you.
It seems to be extremely dangerous to read patents.
See, you don't think that they are litigating bastards because you believe that they really should have the monopoly on mobile phone email readers.
I would disagree, and can't think of anything worse than if we allowed that. Imagine only the first company to invent a mobile phone was allowed to make mobile phones, and so on.
er, playing an online 'IQ test' on aol.com is not representative of a nationally recognised IQ test. If you show me an British accredited IQ test that has such questions, I'll send you £10 via paypal.
Well what about this experiment? If it fails, then that disproves a certain version of it.
Hmm, it's a shame that we haven't managed to export the ability to make a polite coherent post to your country.
Oh wow, you actually think that MS can only compete my hiding their file formats and protocols?
Actually, in terms of office, it would be far more useful to have the file format specifications than the source code.
A common myth, sort of. China does have freedom of speech, sort of. They do have a constitution which protects the freedom of speech and basic liberties of its citizens. It's just that it has, at the very bottom, a single line which says something like "except where it infringes on the interests of the state." heh.
Mod down parent. He's just copied 5 sentences exactly from TFA
Ah, It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. You love to be sensational and emotional without any intelligence behind it. I hope you don't live your life this way.
I have the problem that people always dislike me at first. Especially girls. However I'm persistent, and in a few hours they grow to like me. I've dated lots of girls and currently engaged to one (and yeah, she was scared by me at first).
:)
I think I come across too strong. I try to tone it down, but I get over excited I think
So... does that mean the other woman is still available ? :)
I would disagree. I'm like the parent in that I get frustrated with other people too quickly. It's weird in that nothing else can make me angry, but when someone is trying to understand but can't, I get so frustrated (at myself as much as them).
:)
Maybe I need a frustration-management self help course
The "play chess with her, not against her" strangely doesn't have any suitable word for that style of gaming, however in go it's "shidougo" which translates to basically teaching go.
A random google search found: http://senseis.xmp.net/?TeachingGame
"Come on, you'll get over your teenage moral principle-du-jour"
I think a chill just went down my back
1000amps.. I've just had to change a 1000amp plug at work (I work with lasers). A 1000amp plug is an interesting thing. It took half a day to do it ;) The plug is about 30cm long, and 20 cm wide and takes wires which are 2cm thick for each strand. (The one I had was 3 phase and used 5 wires including ground.)
We also have an office in Vilnius, Lithuania (eastern europe), and we end up getting our power from 3 separate power stations.