"Separation of Church and State" does not appear anywhere in the Constitution. It is a phrase coined by Thomas Jefferson.
Absolutely right.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"
Now, go promote one religion in government without stepping on several others. Can't do it, can you? You will ALWAYS upset some group if you go down that road.
So, Jefferson clarified the establishment clause with the term "Separation of Church and State". Big deal, it's what the end result has to be or you wind up with a huge mess.
They only specify that they can't be redeemed "for legal currency". As doing so would be illegal in most states of the US, I would imagine few BBS operators would have been willing to do this. Winning more metered time would count as a "virtual currency [that] is not redeemable for legal currency" and therefore matches the claims, and is prior art.
Since online time was sold as credits, which you consumed at about 1 per second, and could purchase virtual items with, (poker chips, game time, etc) I would say it was absolutely a virtual currency.
The Major BBS by Galacticomm had a multiplayer poker game where you converted credits you bought for general use (usually used for metered online time) into poker chips, with the ability to win more credits.
Now I'm not a patent lawyer, but this paten sounds exactly, and I mean exactly like how we used to play.
You ARE aware that the only reason consoles are as cheap as they are is because the rest of the cost they eat (Wii excluded) is effectively subsidized by developers paying licensing fees, right?
Subsidization is a mistake. I think having a console with a low entry point to development would bring in money as well.
I'm saying we already have one, and it's called your computer.
The 12 year old who wants to play xbox games doesn't want a computer. That would require thought.
The console has two advantages, the platform doesn't change for the life of the console and the interface is consistent.
You know, if there actually was a demand for this in the marketplace, and a way to do what you describe profitably, someone would have done so by now.
Of course there's a demand, the problem up until about 2009 was distribution. That's slowly changing for the PC market, but it's much more difficult for the console market. You want to sell at GameStop or WalMart, you have to deal with a major player. So, your title shows up with EA or someone similar.
Why do you think Apple wants to totally control ipod/pad/phone distibution?
Then I compare FreeCiv to Civilization V and know why not.
Yes, because an open market without restrictions means a small project like FreeCiv and not something like World of Goo. Which sells for $20 and did damn well.
Sony: 90% of the people who buy this will copy games. You bought one, so you must copy games. We will fine you and take the dongle from you without a trial. If you want to fight it, that will cost at least $10,000 in legal fees.
Car Analogy - Police: 90% of the people who drive down this street buy drugs, you drove down this street, so you must have bought drugs, we will fine you and take your car without a trial. If you want to fight it, that will cost at least $10,000 in legal fees.
See the problem?
What EXACTLY should they have done?
Design an open system without copy protection, raised the price of the console slightly and drop the price of the games to $20.
So, this "Muslim Community Association" could be tied somehow (maybe in the FBI's imagination) to terrorism or funding of terrorism and maybe the sending money overseas is somehow another red flag by the Feds which warrants the extra surveillance.
Your PETA donation can be traced to the ELF, a terrorist group that firebombs science labs and threatens scientists.
What the fuck is wrong with you? Someone's house burned down WHILE they were there. They were standing there and let someone's house burn down, and they had the equipment to stop it.
Act like a human being for once in your sad fucking life and help someone who needs it.
How about a kernel that is designed and optimized for multicore systems. Sounds boring, because it is, but it's important. The new kernel changes involved removing several locks that usually hold up XP. They also massively improved the dispatcher, the memory manager and the cache manager, which means you actually use a modern architecture to it's fullest. Overall, that results in a speed boost on very complex applications up to 15x. Think Excel, Access, and SQL Server (YES, SQL IS DESKTOP TOO).
The power management system is also improved significantly, with changes including Idle Resource Utilization, Trigger Start Services, Enhanced Processor Power Management, Timer Coalescing, Adaptive Display Brightness, Low-Power Audio, Bluetooth and Networking Power Improvements. Now when you leave for the day, your workstation can go to low power and still be running, so if you need to access your desktop from home, you can. Your laptop can see a large battery improvement as well.
Security is improved from XP, where the default is now the non-privileged user, and web browsers can run in a locked down protected mode environment. \ ActionCenter shows when changes have been made to the desktop. AppLocker lets the network admin easily lock down the local workstation. Remote access is improved using DirectAccess, where the enduser doesn't have to jump through hoops to configure a vpn. Branch cache offers improved caching from the office to the home office. Improved remote desktop services with network level authentication.
I'm going to stop here because I have work to do. But if that above doesn't justify spending about 10 cents per user per day over a modest 5 year life-cycle (and you know it will be more like 8 years), then you should seriously re-think network administration.
What exactly is the point in switching to Vista/7? And it has to be compelling to get my company to re-invest significant amounts of time and money to 'fix' all the annoying issues out of the box, and to spend tens of thousands to pay Microsoft for the privilege?
You know what, it's a tough job market out there, enjoy 1999's technology to it's fullest.
The 'Connect to' menu and 'Classic Mode' control panel is enabled by our nlite CD.
So it's shorter in XP.
That's a BS response and you know it. It's shorter in XP because I spent time to create a CD that changes the default settings?
I'm astonishingly unconvinced that I need to upgrade.
Because technology advances. There are plenty of crap cars from the 70's and 80's that have no airbags or other safety features and still run. Which car do you want to be in when you crash, the 1979 Pinto or 2011 Focus?
Your phrase people who selectively adhere to the law as they see fit sounds to me like a euphemism for "people who think". I know that's not how you intend it
Yes, it is. It very much is. Most managers don't want thinkers. Thinkers are bad, they do things like get promoted above managers or work better. Followers, on the other hand, are great, they do what is told of them and work hard at it, managers love followers.
This is a pet project of mine actually. I'm trying to find the least obtrusive way to do it. RemoteApp and VMWare is where I'm looking this week.
Also, I'm using a ramdisk for temp files. Supercookie is not an issue with my setup. I figured I'm not using 8GB all the time, why not dedicate 1 to temp files. If I'm doing dev work, I run a batch file to point back to HDD and shut down the drive. MKLINK.exe, gotta love it.
The only time I don't set up a firewall group policy is for micro-domains. If you have under 3 workstations but several servers. (Very small hosting company, SQL, Mail, Web x 3, File, lots of contractors, almost no in-house users).
Just because it's easy to use Windows wrong, doesn't mean you get to blame Microsoft, the system is a tool, use it properly.
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>> all these backwards countries
Yeah, and the US government, media and public - all - just love wikileaks, eh? Kudos to hypocrisy.
I seem to be able to get to wikileaks from the US.
I seem to be able to make up my own mind about what I can and can not read.
You're assuming AMD doesn't talk directly to MS, VMWare, etc...
Say you own the OS but it is in a virtual machine.
If flipping the processor into a new mode allows you to get out of the virtual machine and pwn the Host too, then yes it makes a difference.
Again, the VM host or hypervisor can easily block this exploit.
Also, if it's triggered in userspace, the OS can block it.
Not if your OS is rooted. Or root-kitted. Or both.
That's already game over. If you own the OS, why would flipping the processor into a new mode help?
You already own the security system.
Wasn't this the whole reason for microcode updates? To turn off or fix broken features.
Also, if it's triggered in userspace, the OS can block it.
EA really didn't want Will Wright, Maxis and "The Sims" at first. He had to fight for it. Fortunately for teenage girls everywhere, it was a huge hit.
Spore would have been the next huge franchise, however EA got in the way and turned it into mush.
World of Goo could easily be a full franchise like The Sims, or Lemmings, but they're not going down that road, they want to innovate.
EA doesn't want to innovate, they just want "The Sims 4" now with extra add-on packs, so you can re-buy everything again.
"Separation of Church and State" does not appear anywhere in the Constitution. It is a phrase coined by Thomas Jefferson.
Absolutely right.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"
Now, go promote one religion in government without stepping on several others. Can't do it, can you? You will ALWAYS upset some group if you go down that road.
So, Jefferson clarified the establishment clause with the term "Separation of Church and State". Big deal, it's what the end result has to be or you wind up with a huge mess.
Most libraries will let you sign up if you visit and are not a resident. You'll get charged a yearly fee for a card, but you'll still be a member.
They only specify that they can't be redeemed "for legal currency". As doing so would be illegal in most states of the US, I would imagine few BBS operators would have been willing to do this. Winning more metered time would count as a "virtual currency [that] is not redeemable for legal currency" and therefore matches the claims, and is prior art.
Since online time was sold as credits, which you consumed at about 1 per second, and could purchase virtual items with, (poker chips, game time, etc) I would say it was absolutely a virtual currency.
Simple steps for Google
Step 1: Make the Chrome agent the same across all platforms.
Step 2: Change the Google TV agent to the same as Chrome.
The Major BBS by Galacticomm had a multiplayer poker game where you converted credits you bought for general use (usually used for metered online time) into poker chips, with the ability to win more credits.
Now I'm not a patent lawyer, but this paten sounds exactly, and I mean exactly like how we used to play.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3#Sales_and_production_costs and understand the idiocy of Sony's business model for the PS3. There was no way they could have raised the price "slightly".
Yes, there's no way Sony could have done that with the design of the PS3. I didn't say 'design the PS3' I said 'design an open system'.
The Wii doesn't follow the Sony model, is very successful and nets Nintendo a profit on every unit sold.
The web is formatted for display not print.
Wasn't XHTML supposed to let us format to whatever we wanted?
You ARE aware that the only reason consoles are as cheap as they are is because the rest of the cost they eat (Wii excluded) is effectively subsidized by developers paying licensing fees, right?
Subsidization is a mistake. I think having a console with a low entry point to development would bring in money as well.
I'm saying we already have one, and it's called your computer.
The 12 year old who wants to play xbox games doesn't want a computer. That would require thought.
The console has two advantages, the platform doesn't change for the life of the console and the interface is consistent.
You know, if there actually was a demand for this in the marketplace, and a way to do what you describe profitably, someone would have done so by now.
Of course there's a demand, the problem up until about 2009 was distribution. That's slowly changing for the PC market, but it's much more difficult for the console market. You want to sell at GameStop or WalMart, you have to deal with a major player. So, your title shows up with EA or someone similar.
Why do you think Apple wants to totally control ipod/pad/phone distibution?
Then I compare FreeCiv to Civilization V and know why not.
Yes, because an open market without restrictions means a small project like FreeCiv and not something like World of Goo. Which sells for $20 and did damn well.
What exactly is wrong about any of this?
Sony: 90% of the people who buy this will copy games. You bought one, so you must copy games. We will fine you and take the dongle from you without a trial. If you want to fight it, that will cost at least $10,000 in legal fees.
Car Analogy -
Police: 90% of the people who drive down this street buy drugs, you drove down this street, so you must have bought drugs, we will fine you and take your car without a trial. If you want to fight it, that will cost at least $10,000 in legal fees.
See the problem?
What EXACTLY should they have done?
Design an open system without copy protection, raised the price of the console slightly and drop the price of the games to $20.
So, this "Muslim Community Association" could be tied somehow (maybe in the FBI's imagination) to terrorism or funding of terrorism and maybe the sending money overseas is somehow another red flag by the Feds which warrants the extra surveillance.
Your PETA donation can be traced to the ELF, a terrorist group that firebombs science labs and threatens scientists.
What was your point?
What the fuck is wrong with you? Someone's house burned down WHILE they were there. They were standing there and let someone's house burn down, and they had the equipment to stop it.
Act like a human being for once in your sad fucking life and help someone who needs it.
Just to start?
How about a kernel that is designed and optimized for multicore systems. Sounds boring, because it is, but it's important. The new kernel changes involved removing several locks that usually hold up XP. They also massively improved the dispatcher, the memory manager and the cache manager, which means you actually use a modern architecture to it's fullest. Overall, that results in a speed boost on very complex applications up to 15x. Think Excel, Access, and SQL Server (YES, SQL IS DESKTOP TOO).
The power management system is also improved significantly, with changes including Idle Resource Utilization, Trigger Start Services, Enhanced Processor Power Management, Timer Coalescing, Adaptive Display Brightness, Low-Power Audio, Bluetooth and Networking Power Improvements. Now when you leave for the day, your workstation can go to low power and still be running, so if you need to access your desktop from home, you can. Your laptop can see a large battery improvement as well.
Security is improved from XP, where the default is now the non-privileged user, and web browsers can run in a locked down protected mode environment. \
ActionCenter shows when changes have been made to the desktop.
AppLocker lets the network admin easily lock down the local workstation.
Remote access is improved using DirectAccess, where the enduser doesn't have to jump through hoops to configure a vpn.
Branch cache offers improved caching from the office to the home office.
Improved remote desktop services with network level authentication.
I'm going to stop here because I have work to do. But if that above doesn't justify spending about 10 cents per user per day over a modest 5 year life-cycle (and you know it will be more like 8 years), then you should seriously re-think network administration.
Sources:
http://www.osnews.com/story/22501/Microsoft_Kernel_Engineers_Talk_About_Windows_7_s_Kernel
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/power-management-improvements-in-windows-7#ixzz11UUVBuSj
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/5/4/854F66B6-8C09-4F8A-986E-38E9EBAC1677/Windows7_Power_Management_Whitepaper.pdf
Some others that I forgot, use Google.
What exactly is the point in switching to Vista/7? And it has to be compelling to get my company to re-invest significant amounts of time and money to 'fix' all the annoying issues out of the box, and to spend tens of thousands to pay Microsoft for the privilege?
You know what, it's a tough job market out there, enjoy 1999's technology to it's fullest.
The 'Connect to' menu and 'Classic Mode' control panel is enabled by our nlite CD.
So it's shorter in XP.
That's a BS response and you know it. It's shorter in XP because I spent time to create a CD that changes the default settings?
I'm astonishingly unconvinced that I need to upgrade.
Because technology advances. There are plenty of crap cars from the 70's and 80's that have no airbags or other safety features and still run. Which car do you want to be in when you crash, the 1979 Pinto or 2011 Focus?
Your phrase people who selectively adhere to the law as they see fit sounds to me like a euphemism for "people who think". I know that's not how you intend it
Yes, it is. It very much is. Most managers don't want thinkers. Thinkers are bad, they do things like get promoted above managers or work better. Followers, on the other hand, are great, they do what is told of them and work hard at it, managers love followers.
Design your store like Slashdot, let the users moderate things down and then browse at -1 for fart apps.
Why is this such an issue? Because Steve Jobs said it first?
This is a pet project of mine actually. I'm trying to find the least obtrusive way to do it. RemoteApp and VMWare is where I'm looking this week.
Also, I'm using a ramdisk for temp files. Supercookie is not an issue with my setup. I figured I'm not using 8GB all the time, why not dedicate 1 to temp files. If I'm doing dev work, I run a batch file to point back to HDD and shut down the drive. MKLINK.exe, gotta love it.
The only time I don't set up a firewall group policy is for micro-domains. If you have under 3 workstations but several servers. (Very small hosting company, SQL, Mail, Web x 3, File, lots of contractors, almost no in-house users).
Just because it's easy to use Windows wrong, doesn't mean you get to blame Microsoft, the system is a tool, use it properly.