Most people don't notice or care about the difference enough to go and buy a CD that contains only two songs that they like simply because it sounds a bit better.
My online shop will require a double-click with a "HI-DE-HI"(tm) and a "YO-DIDDLEY-DEE"(tm). The user must agree to perform this in order to complete the transaction.
Thank-you, I was trying to put something in print succinctly on what should qualify as a patent, and what shouldn't. In some cases the patent is there because an item isn't difficult to produce.
As a software developer, I know that good, elegant solutions to things like 1-click ordering can be more difficult to produce than it may first appear, but at the end of the day it's just a semi-complicated 1 page flowchart. Putting a patent on things like that is ridiculous.
No, the idea is that the recipient has the option to collect payment for the token. It doesn't cost anything to send the message, but the recipient has the option to bill you if he so wishes.
So if the recipient gets a relevent email, then he obviously will not want to collect a payment from a business associate, his long lost buddy from highscool, etc..
So when I'm walking around a mall in the near future with my PDA and WiFi card set to Ad-Hoc mode with an SSID of "WAREZMP3Z", someone is going to prevent people from connecting to and downloading software from me by using port blocking and speed limiting. How?
Forget about last mile, the term doesn't get used when you're using ad hoc, decentralized peer to peer software.
Anybody with knowledge of writing software knows there's going to be now way of stopping peer to peer, at least not technically.
The only thing the powers that be can do IMHO is to make it illegal to share files and folders on a publicly (free) available network which contain copyrighted data.
When we get to the point where everyone has a phone/pda with 1 GB of storage and Wifi built this is going to be a real serious problem for the record companies.
I agree with you on Princess Mononoke..I thought it was too long and cliched. Not that it was bad, I was just really dissapointed.
Spirited Away, however, is a fantastic movie..I promise you won't be dissapointed in it. I've seen both the original version on DVD and the dubbed version in theatres. They're both excellent.
This is the fight for the embedded browser market in the near future - NOT just today's market - when wireless data services will be cheaper and faster.
Seems to me using a GPRS enabled phone with bluetooth or irda would be the better solution, and here's why:
- Most laptops come with only 2 pcmcia card slots, and frequently you can only get one card in at one time. No big deal, just a little bit of hassle factor if I have a pcmcia hardrive/usb 2.0 adaptor etc in there already.
- If I already have a GPRS/GSM account with a provider, I don't want to have to transfer the sim card from my phone into the card every time I want to use it, since then I won't be able to receive or return calls!
Valid points (apart from the price - WiFi is already cheap)...but if you think about the big picture, wireless networking is not just about surfing the web in your home on your laptop.
When new devices appear which have WiFi built in, then we'll see the 'need' for them (including you!). Right now it's only for people who like to surf the web in more than one location in their home.
That's just you..of course certain people (i.e. non nerds) will not see a big need for wireless connections. The poster above was generalising about _humans_ and wireless networking in general (not just WiFi), not just one person/technology.
Going by his reasoning, a cordless phone is no more useful than one with a cord.
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AWT was never slow. Swing is now quite fast with the 1.4 release. SWT is cool too, but harder to extend the functionality of compared to Swing.
192kbps mp3 sounds fine on any average stereo.
Most people don't notice or care about the difference enough to go and buy a CD that contains only two songs that they like simply because it sounds a bit better.
It can do conditional breakpoints, and lots of other special thingys.
My online shop will require a double-click with a "HI-DE-HI"(tm) and a "YO-DIDDLEY-DEE"(tm). The user must agree to perform this in order to complete the transaction.
Who/What the hell is Shebola? Some sort of illness affecting females?
According to this article, Bluetooth and WiFi do not interfere with each other.
Thank-you, I was trying to put something in print succinctly on what should qualify as a patent, and what shouldn't. In some cases the patent is there because an item isn't difficult to produce.
My point is that I could have patented 1-click ordering, but not the light-bulb, the RSA algorithm or any other useful invention.
As a software developer, I know that good, elegant solutions to things like 1-click ordering can be more difficult to produce than it may first appear, but at the end of the day it's just a semi-complicated 1 page flowchart. Putting a patent on things like that is ridiculous.
I'd buy one just to see what happens when I put 50 ball bearings in it :)
Gimme a vindaloo curry and 2 hours and I'll show you tornado force wind.
So if the recipient gets a relevent email, then he obviously will not want to collect a payment from a business associate, his long lost buddy from highscool, etc..
So when I'm walking around a mall in the near future with my PDA and WiFi card set to Ad-Hoc mode with an SSID of "WAREZMP3Z", someone is going to prevent people from connecting to and downloading software from me by using port blocking and speed limiting. How?
Forget about last mile, the term doesn't get used when you're using ad hoc, decentralized peer to peer software.
Anybody with knowledge of writing software knows there's going to be now way of stopping peer to peer, at least not technically.
The only thing the powers that be can do IMHO is to make it illegal to share files and folders on a publicly (free) available network which contain copyrighted data.
When we get to the point where everyone has a phone/pda with 1 GB of storage and Wifi built this is going to be a real serious problem for the record companies.
I don't it having any effect on the free sources: if they're available we'll still use them, if not we'll pay for usage.
Why did Lt Uhuru smell bad?
Because William Shatner.
And/Or a physical key which can be plugged into the USB slot. People want to use single sign on technology on any machine and still feel secure.
I agree with you on Princess Mononoke..I thought it was too long and cliched. Not that it was bad, I was just really dissapointed.
Spirited Away, however, is a fantastic movie..I promise you won't be dissapointed in it. I've seen both the original version on DVD and the dubbed version in theatres. They're both excellent.
bah...mod that shite down.
This is the fight for the embedded browser market in the near future - NOT just today's market - when wireless data services will be cheaper and faster.
1. Create new life form
2. Send to work at Disney Land
3. Profit!
But the only way to learn is to meddle with things we don't yet comprehend!
Seems to me using a GPRS enabled phone with bluetooth or irda would be the better solution, and here's why:
- Most laptops come with only 2 pcmcia card slots, and frequently you can only get one card in at one time. No big deal, just a little bit of hassle factor if I have a pcmcia hardrive/usb 2.0 adaptor etc in there already.
- If I already have a GPRS/GSM account with a provider, I don't want to have to transfer the sim card from my phone into the card every time I want to use it, since then I won't be able to receive or return calls!
With the wireless P2P song transferring facility, it'll have to be banned, so....get'em while they're hot!
When new devices appear which have WiFi built in, then we'll see the 'need' for them (including you!). Right now it's only for people who like to surf the web in more than one location in their home.
Going by his reasoning, a cordless phone is no more useful than one with a cord.