I disagree due to the fact that people can reverse engineer almost anything, making most trade secrets useless.
And I disagree again due the fact that I can hack any hardware I own, but I can be (theoretically) prosecuted if I do reverse engineering on a software.
The patent trolling is even more evil than you paint, I can be prosecuted both ways.
You see, large corporations with deep pockets are easier: all you have to do is to make sure it's cheaper for them to pay than to sue. They *always* go for the cheap solution.
(one of them hired you, didn't? - ok, bad joke. but you asked for it!)
Little enterprises, when facing the financial death, can choose to bite back. They're dead anyway, they can afford to try their luck on a trial. It appears that 50 on every 75 ones that are sued by Uniloc choose that path.
Uniloc has sued 73 companies over violating its patent. 25 of those companies have settled according to Uniloc. [7] Uniloc sued Microsoft in 2003 for violating its patent relating to technology designed to deter software piracy. In 2006, US District Judge William Smith ruled in favour of Microsoft, but an appeals court overturned his decision, saying there was a "genuine issue of material fact" and that he should not have ruled on the case without hearing from a jury.[8] On April 8, 2009 a Rhode Island jury found Microsoft had violated the patent and told Microsoft to pay Uniloc $388 million in damages.[9] After this success, Uniloc filed new patent infringement suits against Sony America, McAfee, Activision, Quark, Borland Softward and Aspyr Media.[10]
The decision against Microsoft was subsequently overturned on September 29, 2009 when Judge Smith "vacated" the jury's verdict and ruled in favour of Microsoft again, saying the jury "lacked a grasp of the issues before it and reached a finding without a legally sufficient basis".[11] Uniloc appealed the judge's decision, alleging bias and in 2011 the guilty verdict was reinstated against Microsoft. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said that instead of using the usual "25 per cent rule", the damage awards for infringement would need to be recalculated.[12]
On July 20, 2012, Uniloc filed a lawsuit against Mojang, citing the Minecraft Pocket Edition, incorrectly called "Mindcraft" within the lawsuit documents, as an infringement upon patents that give Uniloc exclusive rights to license checks on Android cellular phones.[13] The same lawsuit was also filed against Electronic Arts, citing Bejewelled2 as an infringement upon their patents on Android devices.[14]
I don't know if this guy is the sexist, the homophobic or the heterophobic in this mess (Big Boobs is not a prerogative of only one gender nowadays).
WHY IN HELL a juvenile joke like this demands a public apology from Microsoft? GIT is your friend - patch the joke, communicate the author to do not do it again, and move on!
I'm no fan of Microsoft, but if I was in its shoes, I think this sounds more adequate : FUCK YOU, GARRET! _|_ . #onTheTorvaldsWay
However, what I don't understand is why the subject of the story just didn't leave McDonalds. Honestly, you're in a city full of excellent, and sometimes inexpensive, cuisine.
Perhaps because he thought he's right and decided to stand his ground?
Perhaps because he was with his family, and thought that feeding them before leaving was a good idea?
Perhaps because he know that if you low your head today, you will end up raising your ass tomorrow?
You see, there're people that thinks everybody should fight for their rights, no matter how little is the cause.
Yes. Yes, it is. You can't set up a device to break the law somehow (the clasical example is the booby trap) and then claim that it's not your fault because someone else triggered it. Arguably, because it was already recording images, it was already breaking the law. That it's just a "buffer" may or may not be relevant.
You are not allowed to bring dogs into some public (and private) facilities. But if you are visually impaired, there's a exception for you.
Anyway, your interpretation for "recording" can be challenged. What's a recording? If instead of storing the temporary images, they were kept in RAM, that's recording too? If so, these new laser prostectics will render the users locked in home!
Yes, NVIDIA has the right to keep all their drivers closed source.
But if they want to sell CHIPs to Linux powered machines, it's better to open the drivers or face the risk of loosing this market to the ones that do it.
You know, they do not HAVE to sell chips to Linux users if they don't want to open their drivers, right?
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I disagree due to the fact that people can reverse engineer almost anything, making most trade secrets useless.
And I disagree again due the fact that I can hack any hardware I own, but I can be (theoretically) prosecuted if I do reverse engineering on a software.
The patent trolling is even more evil than you paint, I can be prosecuted both ways.
Minecraft can sell this as a 'mechanism to deliver game content to its righteous owner'.
Make it as a dildo, and I'll be really worried at the work.
(They're screwing us big time int last months...)
I'm currently unemployed.
Where I apply for the job? =P
You see, large corporations with deep pockets are easier: all you have to do is to make sure it's cheaper for them to pay than to sue. They *always* go for the cheap solution.
(one of them hired you, didn't? - ok, bad joke. but you asked for it!)
Little enterprises, when facing the financial death, can choose to bite back. They're dead anyway, they can afford to try their luck on a trial. It appears that 50 on every 75 ones that are sued by Uniloc choose that path.
Uniloc has sued 73 companies over violating its patent. 25 of those companies have settled according to Uniloc. [7]
Uniloc sued Microsoft in 2003 for violating its patent relating to technology designed to deter software piracy. In 2006, US District Judge William Smith ruled in favour of Microsoft, but an appeals court overturned his decision, saying there was a "genuine issue of material fact" and that he should not have ruled on the case without hearing from a jury.[8] On April 8, 2009 a Rhode Island jury found Microsoft had violated the patent and told Microsoft to pay Uniloc $388 million in damages.[9] After this success, Uniloc filed new patent infringement suits against Sony America, McAfee, Activision, Quark, Borland Softward and Aspyr Media.[10]
The decision against Microsoft was subsequently overturned on September 29, 2009 when Judge Smith "vacated" the jury's verdict and ruled in favour of Microsoft again, saying the jury "lacked a grasp of the issues before it and reached a finding without a legally sufficient basis".[11] Uniloc appealed the judge's decision, alleging bias and in 2011 the guilty verdict was reinstated against Microsoft. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said that instead of using the usual "25 per cent rule", the damage awards for infringement would need to be recalculated.[12]
On July 20, 2012, Uniloc filed a lawsuit against Mojang, citing the Minecraft Pocket Edition, incorrectly called "Mindcraft" within the lawsuit documents, as an infringement upon patents that give Uniloc exclusive rights to license checks on Android cellular phones.[13] The same lawsuit was also filed against Electronic Arts, citing Bejewelled2 as an infringement upon their patents on Android devices.[14]
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Since some of the best programmers I know are dorks (females included), this is hardly a bad thing.
+1 insightful please.
One of the best comments I ever read.
+1 informative. :-)
I don't know if this guy is the sexist, the homophobic or the heterophobic in this mess (Big Boobs is not a prerogative of only one gender nowadays).
WHY IN HELL a juvenile joke like this demands a public apology from Microsoft? GIT is your friend - patch the joke, communicate the author to do not do it again, and move on!
I'm no fan of Microsoft, but if I was in its shoes, I think this sounds more adequate : FUCK YOU, GARRET! _|_ . #onTheTorvaldsWay
Researching can be a good reason to wear prosthetics, you know...
However, what I don't understand is why the subject of the story just didn't leave McDonalds. Honestly, you're in a city full of excellent, and sometimes inexpensive, cuisine.
Perhaps because he thought he's right and decided to stand his ground?
Perhaps because he was with his family, and thought that feeding them before leaving was a good idea?
Perhaps because he know that if you low your head today, you will end up raising your ass tomorrow?
You see, there're people that thinks everybody should fight for their rights, no matter how little is the cause.
Yes. Yes, it is. You can't set up a device to break the law somehow (the clasical example is the booby trap) and then claim that it's not your fault because someone else triggered it. Arguably, because it was already recording images, it was already breaking the law. That it's just a "buffer" may or may not be relevant.
You are not allowed to bring dogs into some public (and private) facilities. But if you are visually impaired, there's a exception for you.
Anyway, your interpretation for "recording" can be challenged. What's a recording? If instead of storing the temporary images, they were kept in RAM, that's recording too? If so, these new laser prostectics will render the users locked in home!
Vigilante justice is better than no justice at all.
I'm glad the (original) Tea Party didn't thought as you at that time.
+1 Insightful.
The guy has a reputation to look for. He would not make a public statement without being sure to do not being exposed as a liar.
Not to mention a huge bill on lawyers, as McDonald's would sue him his pants off (I would, if innocent!).
"Our goal is to provide a welcoming environment and stellar service to McDonald’s customers around the world."
No shit! =]
Mr. Mann saw stars for hours after visiting a McDonald's ! =P
"Device? What device?" :-)
... see the implications on the professional life.
I want to see a manager blatantly lying to me when wearing one of those. :-)
The judge can be Korean descent, but the money in his pocket is pure American.
usual apple shrill, "we invented black, and rounded rectangles, suck our dicks"
You know, even by being forced to suck their dicks, you still can bite.
I have this strange feeling that Apple knows when to stop. This just hadn't happened yet.
The difference between a bunch of electronics bundled together and a gadget that everybody wants to use is the design.
http://www.twitpic.com/a1t93e. ;-)
Statements that that other languages do for you, even when you know this is not necessary making, oh tragedy, your programs to run slower.
If I sanitize my inputs on the interfacing function, all the other called functions don't have to do it again!
C is used to be used on memory/performance critical missions. Adding this bloat checking automatically will impact these missions.
"No more porridge". Right.
This thing is ACID at least?
Yes, NVIDIA has the right to keep all their drivers closed source.
But if they want to sell CHIPs to Linux powered machines, it's better to open the drivers or face the risk of loosing this market to the ones that do it.
You know, they do not HAVE to sell chips to Linux users if they don't want to open their drivers, right?
Microsoft is the bad guy, how exactly?
In what planet were you living in the past 25 years?
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