I work for one of the companies you are speaking about, so I feel qualified to answer your questions.
1: The upper management are the most greedy human beings on planet earth, if they thought they were not going to make at least 20% over their R&D investment in the short term, they would not only not do it, they make it absolute certainty no one else could / would either.
2: Both and also we routinely file for "defensive" patents to make sure just because we can't figure out a use for a thing right now, no one else can use it either. Additionally we wouldn't blink to buy a company, to either have their product in our portfolio or prevent it from reaching the market to compete with one of our existing ones.
Man, you've been on Slashdot too long, go out at get some fresh air!
I was thinking of the object!.
Everyone in my department (except the intern) is completely disinterested in web design or web pages. Come to interview with a laptop showing off a web site and you'd be greeted with blank stares. Come in with hacked device with a custom case, custom controls, a bunch of discrete wires hand soldered and half the department would be in the interview showing you their custom hacks (or at least pictures) and the evidence of misappropriation of the 3D printer plus the collusion of the machinist.
If this guy was one these self thought, didn't go to college types or got a degree in some weird liberal arts topic, I'd really consider hiring him anyway having seen this. This sort of thing is very, very similar to the sorts of things we do when developing medical instruments.
Recent college grads take note! This is more effective than a Résumé
So you're saying it's worth the plane ticket (from the EU) to vote in fulton county with my hammer?
Damn I was planning on coming in October to pick up my dual G5^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hsee my old GF. Maybe I should come in November to "kill two birds with one stone!"
I'm really surprised more people haven't mentioned this! Unfortunately the link you provide is one of the more expensive options but it is still cheaper than a dedicated file server.
For those really trying to save money you can get naked Firewire 800 to SATA RAID bridges, put it in almost any case and add drives as you need the space (and the price goes down).
The impatient can just buy a LaCie Bigdrive and they are done.
Physical exercise is Not "physically busy"; Really Getting off your ass really does help
Caffeine varies from person to person but most people need to leave off farily early to sleep well
Need 8 hours of sleep a day: Again varies person to person, it's really important to sleep the same amount of time and get up at the same time. I sleep 5 to 6 hours nightly and have for 20 years.
Take a shower: Works for me 1~2 hours before bed, not 10 minutes
One other thing it's important to do only do two things in bed: Sleep and Fuck; read in the living room... actually you could fuck elsewhere too.
Hanlon's Razor "Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity"?.... Though in this case I think both causes are available.
Truthfully though the reason that SCO legal missteps look so stupid to us (technical oriented people) is because we are looking for a technical explanation when technology has NOTHING to do with Darl's, or Baystar's motives and expectations. Their plans are simple: Mar-2003 - Begin with a stock worth just over $1 dollar. Create a variety of reasons for that stock to look more valuable (Multi-billion dollar lawsuits against corporation with the assets to pay up), create enough industry news to keep the stock up during the declared insider share sell off plans to avoid SEC scrutiny. Here their goals end and from their perspective it has been a resounding success with shares selling from $4 (just under 4 times the beginning price) to $19 (just under 15 times the beginning price).
Now if they can prevent the general public (and SEC) from concluding that they never intended to win this lawsuit, expected to make a profit from stock manipulation, and intended the SCO business to causality from the beginning they will avoid a SEC investigation (and potential jail type and punitive penalties) and a very expensive stock holder lawsuit.
Mean while Microsoft, who financed this whole thing, sits on the sidelines with clean hands!
Actually, you've hit on point that should have a lot of lawyer's attention: merit-less law suits which used take months of hard work in court rooms and lawyer's office's to uncover now takes an amazingly short time thanks to many volunteers. This means it is getting a little more dangerous to bring such things to the courts as your true motives are more likely to be exposed. And that's nothing but a good thing.
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1: The upper management are the most greedy human beings on planet earth, if they thought they were not going to make at least 20% over their R&D investment in the short term, they would not only not do it, they make it absolute certainty no one else could / would either.
2: Both and also we routinely file for "defensive" patents to make sure just because we can't figure out a use for a thing right now, no one else can use it either. Additionally we wouldn't blink to buy a company, to either have their product in our portfolio or prevent it from reaching the market to compete with one of our existing ones.
I was thinking of the object!.
Everyone in my department (except the intern) is completely disinterested in web design or web pages. Come to interview with a laptop showing off a web site and you'd be greeted with blank stares. Come in with hacked device with a custom case, custom controls, a bunch of discrete wires hand soldered and half the department would be in the interview showing you their custom hacks (or at least pictures) and the evidence of misappropriation of the 3D printer plus the collusion of the machinist.
it "worked" for the space shuttle :(
If this guy was one these self thought, didn't go to college types or got a degree in some weird liberal arts topic, I'd really consider hiring him anyway having seen this. This sort of thing is very, very similar to the sorts of things we do when developing medical instruments.
Recent college grads take note! This is more effective than a Résumé
Hah! Perfect!
Damn I was planning on coming in October to pick up my dual G5^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hsee my old GF. Maybe I should come in November to "kill two birds with one stone!"
But I am the only one who wears glasses and thinks women with glasses are sexy?
This must be the finest post on /. in months
(I found it meta moderating)
Have a beer for me:)
External SATA is also becoming an option!
For those really trying to save money you can get naked Firewire 800 to SATA RAID bridges, put it in almost any case and add drives as you need the space (and the price goes down).
The impatient can just buy a LaCie Bigdrive and they are done.
Caffeine varies from person to person but most people need to leave off farily early to sleep well
Need 8 hours of sleep a day: Again varies person to person, it's really important to sleep the same amount of time and get up at the same time. I sleep 5 to 6 hours nightly and have for 20 years.
Take a shower: Works for me 1~2 hours before bed, not 10 minutes
One other thing it's important to do only do two things in bed: Sleep and Fuck; read in the living room... actually you could fuck elsewhere too.
Does this mean that broadband is coming to Mexico?
But I would buy the device you describe (sans DRM).
In fact I would buy several, given the various form factors.
I think you are thinking of the MIT licence, but it isn't strange at all, it's just different!
This happened to me too, and then when I start university my other grandparents gave me a set in Czech, that was an education!
So Says Larry Niven
They could use a Sterling, but I guess moving parts in space are not such a good idea...
Yep, he's in the same boat as SUN and SCO
A BayStar exec told Business Week that Microsoft had "advised" them on SCO. To the tune of 50 Million.
Really! You asked"What could be better for wildlife and the environment?"
I'm not really anit-nuke but I thought the answer was pretty obvious;)
I thought redmond had invested in SCO via Baystar
I saw that And decided it was some sort of ancient non-language, that typesetters use to the take place of real source when they don't have any.
Truthfully though the reason that SCO legal missteps look so stupid to us (technical oriented people) is because we are looking for a technical explanation when technology has NOTHING to do with Darl's, or Baystar's motives and expectations. Their plans are simple: Mar-2003 - Begin with a stock worth just over $1 dollar. Create a variety of reasons for that stock to look more valuable (Multi-billion dollar lawsuits against corporation with the assets to pay up), create enough industry news to keep the stock up during the declared insider share sell off plans to avoid SEC scrutiny. Here their goals end and from their perspective it has been a resounding success with shares selling from $4 (just under 4 times the beginning price) to $19 (just under 15 times the beginning price).
Now if they can prevent the general public (and SEC) from concluding that they never intended to win this lawsuit, expected to make a profit from stock manipulation, and intended the SCO business to causality from the beginning they will avoid a SEC investigation (and potential jail type and punitive penalties) and a very expensive stock holder lawsuit.
Mean while Microsoft, who financed this whole thing, sits on the sidelines with clean hands!
Actually, you've hit on point that should have a lot of lawyer's attention: merit-less law suits which used take months of hard work in court rooms and lawyer's office's to uncover now takes an amazingly short time thanks to many volunteers. This means it is getting a little more dangerous to bring such things to the courts as your true motives are more likely to be exposed. And that's nothing but a good thing.