Heh... That's opposite thinking. When you "settle" with these jokers, it's typically a friggin' dogpile on you over time- they know you'll pay out so they'll come with their hands out and threatening to sue them. LOTS of them.
Hardly "maximizing shareholder value", now is it?
Well, if it attracts hundreds or thousands of small-dollar patent gnats to Redhat, they can probably afford to absorb that blow, but they'll also be able to go to Congress and testify, "we currently have 1734 software patent lawsuits in litigation, none of which a dispassionate observer would feel have merit. This is what software patents really do, destroy innovation. It's time to end the practice."
I was driving last year with somebody who had a Garmin GPS. It told her to take us on a faster route than the Interstate, which seemed fine by me. Eventually, a bridge was out and it was directing us down a dark alley in the worst part of the worst town in New Jersey as an alternate route, and it was getting dark and we had three kids in the back seat.
"But the Garmin says we need to turn here."
"No, we're not turning here, go straight, take the next left, and we're getting back on the Interstate."
No arguments, just an alternate voice of authority was required. I'm starting to think Julian James was right.
I think you missed the stories where they killed themselves because their life was crap, and their family would be financially better off due to a nearly guaranteed lawsuit.
If this were true you'd expect a higher than population-average suicide rate at FoxConn, but the actual rate is lower.
What is the difference between this and the already-in-place fuel tax?
Maybe not initially, but some future version of the bill won't simply require an odometer reading at an inspection station, but rather a high-resolution location log. The gas tax gathers no such information.
I think I posted a comment here in 2001 that if the US wanted to really prevent airline terrorism they'd mandate Kung Fu instead of badminton for school gym class. Ten years later, I realize why the government wouldn't like to have a hand-to-hand combat-ready citizenry.
It's the fact they're basically moving Linux development to all be under a european division and giving them control over all the decisions. It's like they got that odd Linux thing and don't know exactly what to do with it.
Or maybe they realize that the US Patent system hopelessly f'ks things up for Linux development. Or if not hopelessly, at least expensively.
I'm paying 50 a month for home service. Not 8. I don't know anyone who is paying much less than i am. i expect decent service for that kind of outlay each month.
It is not unreasonable to demand this. Or do you work for comcast perhaps?
Nope, but I run a business and build networks, sometimes long-distance outdoor networks on wires, even (private, not cable or telco). I've also been privy to high-bandwidth peering arrangements. I have somewhat of an an idea what things cost and Comcast's price rationing doesn't seem to be set at unreasonable levels. I'd guess they probably average $15/mo gross profit on a well-utilized link.
Why is there even a problem in Iran in the Superman universe?
Because good fiction is used as a commentary on the real society. You can't really be a stickler for the laws of physics and read superhero books. At least until they introduce zero-point-field organelles.
Yes that will 'fix' it but why should i be screwed as a home customer?
People seem to want gigabit networks, unlimited transfer, and great customer service for $8/mo. And a pony.
The presence of the bandwidth caps on residential is an economic clue - it's what can be supported at those price levels. The home Internet service is offset to a degree by the crazy prices of cable TV.
The business class service is really what most Slashdotters want. Fast, no caps, no port bans, and you can get on the phone and talk to a guy editing the reverse zone files to put in your PTR records and be done in under 10 minutes. Shocker that this level of service costs more money to operate, right?
Encryption only really works if you do it right, every time. Screw up only once, and you could leave enough crumbs to compromise it all.
Right, and 'do it right' is very specific. How much entropy did his passphrase have? Was he smart enough to store a certificate offsite and only bring it in to boot the computers? They only have 14 hours a day or so of power there, but presumably he could afford some batteries.
He's been holed up in that place for 6 years now, with no one even coming close. Time for him to get comfortable and slipshod.
Or bored out of his mind with plenty of time to implement proper security.
I hear this quite a bit, but isn't there a better way by now? Ditching one's profile is highly injurious for serious Internet users. I understand the short-term debugging value, but say a new profile fixes things. Then what?
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Redhat certainly knows how to chum the water. Let's hope they have a well-sharpened spear gun for the sharks.
Heh... That's opposite thinking. When you "settle" with these jokers, it's typically a friggin' dogpile on you over time- they know you'll pay out so they'll come with their hands out and threatening to sue them. LOTS of them.
Hardly "maximizing shareholder value", now is it?
Well, if it attracts hundreds or thousands of small-dollar patent gnats to Redhat, they can probably afford to absorb that blow, but they'll also be able to go to Congress and testify, "we currently have 1734 software patent lawsuits in litigation, none of which a dispassionate observer would feel have merit. This is what software patents really do, destroy innovation. It's time to end the practice."
I was driving last year with somebody who had a Garmin GPS. It told her to take us on a faster route than the Interstate, which seemed fine by me. Eventually, a bridge was out and it was directing us down a dark alley in the worst part of the worst town in New Jersey as an alternate route, and it was getting dark and we had three kids in the back seat.
"But the Garmin says we need to turn here."
"No, we're not turning here, go straight, take the next left, and we're getting back on the Interstate."
No arguments, just an alternate voice of authority was required. I'm starting to think Julian James was right.
You're supposed to say "magnets, how do they work?" or something like that.
The magnets attract, the magnets repel - you can't explain that.
Because hipsters need their iPhones so they can tweet about how America is destroying the planet.
If I may riff on your comment:
Because hipsters need their iPhones so they can tweet about how horribly Foxconn treats their employees.
I think you missed the stories where they killed themselves because their life was crap, and their family would be financially better off due to a nearly guaranteed lawsuit.
If this were true you'd expect a higher than population-average suicide rate at FoxConn, but the actual rate is lower.
Theory does not fit the data.
But NASA has done such a great job of realizing the spaceflight dreams of 40 years ago!
Elon Musk has decided he's going to retire on Mars. So far, he's on track.
Even better, get it down to 1 dimension.
You store your whole transistor in this universe? Amateur.
What is the difference between this and the already-in-place fuel tax?
Maybe not initially, but some future version of the bill won't simply require an odometer reading at an inspection station, but rather a high-resolution location log. The gas tax gathers no such information.
Note to 2018: see, I told you so.
darn, you beat me with the smart-ass geeky comment. :)
Can somebody explain what the meaning of the 'no moldy whipped cream on pumpkin pie' icon is? I mean, I agree, but fail to see the connection.
Not in the FAQ, I looked.
I think I posted a comment here in 2001 that if the US wanted to really prevent airline terrorism they'd mandate Kung Fu instead of badminton for school gym class. Ten years later, I realize why the government wouldn't like to have a hand-to-hand combat-ready citizenry.
And the number of the beast shall be IPv666?
That's ::029a to you.
As _________ is the basis for some very important to me projects this is not in the slightest good news to me.
This is the lesson everybody who hitches their wagons to Microsoft technology eventually learns. VB, FoxPro, mono, etc.
It's the fact they're basically moving Linux development to all be under a european division and giving them control over all the decisions. It's like they got that odd Linux thing and don't know exactly what to do with it.
Or maybe they realize that the US Patent system hopelessly f'ks things up for Linux development. Or if not hopelessly, at least expensively.
I'm paying 50 a month for home service. Not 8. I don't know anyone who is paying much less than i am. i expect decent service for that kind of outlay each month.
It is not unreasonable to demand this. Or do you work for comcast perhaps?
Nope, but I run a business and build networks, sometimes long-distance outdoor networks on wires, even (private, not cable or telco). I've also been privy to high-bandwidth peering arrangements. I have somewhat of an an idea what things cost and Comcast's price rationing doesn't seem to be set at unreasonable levels. I'd guess they probably average $15/mo gross profit on a well-utilized link.
Why is there even a problem in Iran in the Superman universe?
Because good fiction is used as a commentary on the real society. You can't really be a stickler for the laws of physics and read superhero books. At least until they introduce zero-point-field organelles.
Yes that will 'fix' it but why should i be screwed as a home customer?
People seem to want gigabit networks, unlimited transfer, and great customer service for $8/mo. And a pony.
The presence of the bandwidth caps on residential is an economic clue - it's what can be supported at those price levels. The home Internet service is offset to a degree by the crazy prices of cable TV.
The business class service is really what most Slashdotters want. Fast, no caps, no port bans, and you can get on the phone and talk to a guy editing the reverse zone files to put in your PTR records and be done in under 10 minutes. Shocker that this level of service costs more money to operate, right?
The throughput and flexibility here has been needed for a long time. Come on industry, full speed ahead with this one!
Commodore 1541 serial, LocalTalk, FireWire, and now Thunderbolt.
I hope this succeeds - it's about time.
Encryption only really works if you do it right, every time. Screw up only once, and you could leave enough crumbs to compromise it all.
Right, and 'do it right' is very specific. How much entropy did his passphrase have? Was he smart enough to store a certificate offsite and only bring it in to boot the computers? They only have 14 hours a day or so of power there, but presumably he could afford some batteries.
He's been holed up in that place for 6 years now, with no one even coming close. Time for him to get comfortable and slipshod.
Or bored out of his mind with plenty of time to implement proper security.
Now let's bring 'em home.
Nope, crashy here on Fedora x86_64. Are you i686?
I hear this quite a bit, but isn't there a better way by now? Ditching one's profile is highly injurious for serious Internet users. I understand the short-term debugging value, but say a new profile fixes things. Then what?
So the efficiencies went from awful to slightly less awful.
Now currently as awful as the more primitive form of photosynthesis.
Seriously. Chrome is too resource intensive for you?
It's not for you? I had a dozen or so tabs open the other day, and watched my system memory usage drop by 600MB when I quit.