Skilled consultants are great but without training employees you'll keep on paying big $ for consultants whenever there's a change to make. Let the consultant show how and let the employees do the work. BTW: We have 3000+ users (all happy) on their system and no consultant.
It's really nice during summer with daylight until 8-9PM in most areas. The bugs might be a problem outside big cities but we don't let them bug us. Ok, I've got to go and get me some beer. Cheers!
You know, this makes sense to me. The same way we can control a car by having the brain control the limbs which drive it, it would be possible to develop new pathways that would make the devices attached to the electrode network actually act just like limbs. Only thing need would be some kind of feedback system to instruct the brain that something is ok or not such as if we clicked on pr0n when we shouldn't be.
Looking forward to using an extra 5% of my under-used brain. The only problem is that electrode on the brain thing. Doesn't that require a craniotomy? That seems rather invasive to me.
Put a classified add in the papers: "found MP3 songs on hard disk, looking for rightful owner to return it to. If unclaimed in 30 days it is presumed that I can keep them. Please contact....." That should demonstrate due diligence from your part and keep you away from those RIAA lawyers.
RIAA: Hon. judge, the accused has downloaded 30 songs illegally. Here is the evidence. Accused: I did no such thing, however, when I discovered them I wanted to returned them to their rightful owners, hence this classified ad in the NY Times. Judge: bailif please bring this here. Accused: It has been 30 days last month and no one has yet claimed them. Judge: Thank-you accused for doing the right thing, Case dismissed!
So if I buy a TV on sale for $30 at the pawn shop, I should be paying sales tax based on the price of a brand new TV? Ok, so that's not exactly the same thing. Then how about when you buy a used DVD from eBay - do you ask for the original invoice proving this was acquired legally?
I bet the value of a "legally" or otherwise downloaded song is almost zero. Put an add on Craigslist or Kijiji for MP3 songs and see how much you get. An that's the price you should be taxed on.
I think China is China and so long as they have a communist government such actions are not surprising at all. I'm in fact surprised how opened it became over the last few decades. Maybe with the global economic downturn the Chinese government is looking after its people and reconsidering the value of all this "openness."
It's not that they don't need permission, they don't have to ask for permission. How about if Firefox would update IE as part of a patch with an add-on/extension that would allow it to render pages using its Mozilla engine? Or if Java updated would install a replacement for the.NET runtime using entirely Java code?
This is no less than taking advantage of the monopoly MS has on operating systems and using this to drive their own agenda.
Am I reading this wrong? I seem to read that the issue is the method not the format. You can probably use notepad to write your XML and not infringe. The software that would decode it however, might require a patent if it performs the decoding in a particular way. This is not at all questioning the ISO mandated format. This company simply designed a way to read and write metacoded documents.
1. A computer system for the manipulation of the architecture and content of a document having a plurality of metacodes and content by producing a first map of metacodes and their addresses of use in association with mapped content; said system comprising:
metacode map distinct storage means;
means for providing a menu of metacodes to said metacode storage means;
and means for compiling said metacodes of the menu by locating, detecting and addressing the metacodes in the document to constitute the map and storing the map in the metacode storage means; and
means for resolving the content and the metacode map into the document.
This is only 1 of 20 or so claims. Seems like that covers pretty much all XML editors I know of. Notepad doesn't provide a menu of metacodes so it's safe.
If the document has no metacode then the patent doesn't apply. Otherwise, there is possible infringement. Let's wait and see how it plays out during the likely appeals before taking out our cheque books. Wonder if Postcript and PDF would also be infringing. SCO all over again... oh the humanity!
Cool stuff. Looks like a degree in aeronautics and electrical engineering wound not be a bad thing either. But then, you'd be doing it for others as well...
The only thing this virus is going to cure are sick rats with terminal cancer. In fact, we can probably cure all diseases in rats making them almost invulnerable to disease. As soon as we have developed neuron regeneration and growth, boosting their intelligence, we might as well be doomed as a race. And you thought I AM LEGEND would scare people.
There is something I just learned called the island effect where everything on an isolated island gets smaller because of fewer predators (think horse-sized elephants). The reverse might be true as well. Only the tallest, biggest breeds survive because of natural selection. In humans, it is also visible but I'm not a antrophologist. After all, house-sized dinausaurs were fairly common a few million years ago.
The infrared option will allow it to see right through the beard and glasses. Not to mention the X ray option which will allow to scan through just about everything and match teeth to dental records.
If Hubble can detect what some million-light years away sun is made of, I'm pretty sure a face within a kilometre should be no problem.
Too bad prisons are so full already. Otherwise we could use such a system.
I am a member of the Lunar embassy to Earth and even we have MS products (legal and all of course, at least based on lunar law). They are not localised yet so in the mean time we use the Earth time zone and settings. Annoying but until there's more of us, they wont add a lunatic locale.
With cheap 1080p digital camcorders coming out and direct sound input, the quality doesn't have to be bad. Now they MPAA just needs to supply 1080p monitors, school theater rooms and the 1080p digital cameras to all the school. That's going to save them millions in lost sales.
If this is legal for the police, I presume it is legal for anyone else who wishes to track someone. So, with that thought, here is something great for valentine's day: lingerie equipped with GPS tracking. The "boyfriend" version is bound to be more popular because of the strategically placed bulge.
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At least we now all know that some actual people really do win money playing poker on-line. Great publicity!
You can look also at OpenDMS. It's not very active lately but might have a good core that you can expand on.
Skilled consultants are great but without training employees you'll keep on paying big $ for consultants whenever there's a change to make. Let the consultant show how and let the employees do the work. BTW: We have 3000+ users (all happy) on their system and no consultant.
It's really nice during summer with daylight until 8-9PM in most areas. The bugs might be a problem outside big cities but we don't let them bug us. Ok, I've got to go and get me some beer. Cheers!
And you thought Skynet was scary.
You know, this makes sense to me. The same way we can control a car by having the brain control the limbs which drive it, it would be possible to develop new pathways that would make the devices attached to the electrode network actually act just like limbs. Only thing need would be some kind of feedback system to instruct the brain that something is ok or not such as if we clicked on pr0n when we shouldn't be.
Looking forward to using an extra 5% of my under-used brain. The only problem is that electrode on the brain thing. Doesn't that require a craniotomy? That seems rather invasive to me.
Put a classified add in the papers: "found MP3 songs on hard disk, looking for rightful owner to return it to. If unclaimed in 30 days it is presumed that I can keep them. Please contact ....." That should demonstrate due diligence from your part and keep you away from those RIAA lawyers.
RIAA: Hon. judge, the accused has downloaded 30 songs illegally. Here is the evidence.
Accused: I did no such thing, however, when I discovered them I wanted to returned them to their rightful owners, hence this classified ad in the NY Times.
Judge: bailif please bring this here.
Accused: It has been 30 days last month and no one has yet claimed them.
Judge: Thank-you accused for doing the right thing, Case dismissed!
Food for thought...
So if I buy a TV on sale for $30 at the pawn shop, I should be paying sales tax based on the price of a brand new TV? Ok, so that's not exactly the same thing. Then how about when you buy a used DVD from eBay - do you ask for the original invoice proving this was acquired legally?
I bet the value of a "legally" or otherwise downloaded song is almost zero. Put an add on Craigslist or Kijiji for MP3 songs and see how much you get. An that's the price you should be taxed on.
I think China is China and so long as they have a communist government such actions are not surprising at all. I'm in fact surprised how opened it became over the last few decades. Maybe with the global economic downturn the Chinese government is looking after its people and reconsidering the value of all this "openness."
It's not that they don't need permission, they don't have to ask for permission. How about if Firefox would update IE as part of a patch with an add-on/extension that would allow it to render pages using its Mozilla engine? Or if Java updated would install a replacement for the .NET runtime using entirely Java code?
This is no less than taking advantage of the monopoly MS has on operating systems and using this to drive their own agenda.
Am I reading this wrong? I seem to read that the issue is the method not the format. You can probably use notepad to write your XML and not infringe. The software that would decode it however, might require a patent if it performs the decoding in a particular way. This is not at all questioning the ISO mandated format. This company simply designed a way to read and write metacoded documents.
If the patent applies to what OO is doing, it would be a big problem for the project.
Only if i4i decides to enforce its patent. If royalties are based on revenue, then I see only joy.
1. A computer system for the manipulation of the architecture and content of a document having a plurality of metacodes and content by producing a first map of metacodes and their addresses of use in association with mapped content; said system comprising:
metacode map distinct storage means;
means for providing a menu of metacodes to said metacode storage means;
and means for compiling said metacodes of the menu by locating, detecting and addressing the metacodes in the document to constitute the map and storing the map in the metacode storage means; and
means for resolving the content and the metacode map into the document.
This is only 1 of 20 or so claims. Seems like that covers pretty much all XML editors I know of. Notepad doesn't provide a menu of metacodes so it's safe.
If the document has no metacode then the patent doesn't apply. Otherwise, there is possible infringement. Let's wait and see how it plays out during the likely appeals before taking out our cheque books. Wonder if Postcript and PDF would also be infringing. SCO all over again... oh the humanity!
Why two lines when one will do
C:\>copy con: quake.exe
Got all those ATL-keypad codes memorized?
Here's my favorite IDE:
C:\>copy con: quake.exe
Cool stuff. Looks like a degree in aeronautics and electrical engineering wound not be a bad thing either. But then, you'd be doing it for others as well...
The only thing this virus is going to cure are sick rats with terminal cancer. In fact, we can probably cure all diseases in rats making them almost invulnerable to disease. As soon as we have developed neuron regeneration and growth, boosting their intelligence, we might as well be doomed as a race. And you thought I AM LEGEND would scare people.
There is something I just learned called the island effect where everything on an isolated island gets smaller because of fewer predators (think horse-sized elephants). The reverse might be true as well. Only the tallest, biggest breeds survive because of natural selection. In humans, it is also visible but I'm not a antrophologist.
After all, house-sized dinausaurs were fairly common a few million years ago.
The infrared option will allow it to see right through the beard and glasses. Not to mention the X ray option which will allow to scan through just about everything and match teeth to dental records.
If Hubble can detect what some million-light years away sun is made of, I'm pretty sure a face within a kilometre should be no problem.
Too bad prisons are so full already. Otherwise we could use such a system.
There are plenty of root kits for Linux. Although I haven't seen many since Kernel 2.6
I am a member of the Lunar embassy to Earth and even we have MS products (legal and all of course, at least based on lunar law). They are not localised yet so in the mean time we use the Earth time zone and settings. Annoying but until there's more of us, they wont add a lunatic locale.
...or a simple proxy
With cheap 1080p digital camcorders coming out and direct sound input, the quality doesn't have to be bad. Now they MPAA just needs to supply 1080p monitors, school theater rooms and the 1080p digital cameras to all the school. That's going to save them millions in lost sales.
If this is legal for the police, I presume it is legal for anyone else who wishes to track someone. So, with that thought, here is something great for valentine's day: lingerie equipped with GPS tracking. The "boyfriend" version is bound to be more popular because of the strategically placed bulge.