There was this one incident when me and this girl turned a cabinet over on it's side and used it as a surface for sex play. That was different. It didn't get weird until she insisted that I tie her wrists with some Cat 5 though.
Should have gone to the exact same pages and clicked the exact same links in each browser. Without doing that this is totally meaningless. That being said, I'll be happy if FF 3 doesn't leak as much memory as FF 2 or IE X.
"Children, though, as also being seen with increasingly low levels of Vitamin D--probably having a lot to do with parents insisting children not play outside due to safety issues"
I would wager that videogames and TV are the primary reason. Kids just don't play outside as much anymore even in safe areas. It's a shame.
Where did I say that investors were evil? I just said it is what it is. The first motive of any publically held company is to make a profit. Everything else is secondary. Google is no different than any other company in this regard. That's all. I didn't say they WERE evil, just that ethical concerns come second to profit. That's how it works. It is neither good nor bad; it just is.
IANAPL (I Am Not A Patent Lawyer) so someone else might be able to answer you specifically. I just would like to see as much testimony as possible because I don't necessarily trust the courts to make informed decisions in these cases, as we've seen so many times. Basically, the more the merrier! It doesn't hurt to provide a huge preponderance of evidence.
Google is probably one of ten, maybe twenty companies that are more concerned about morals and ethics than profits
Google is interested in profits, period. That doesn't make them bad. It just makes them like any other publically held company. The 'Don't be Evil' motto went out the window when they went public, for better or for worse.
Fransson's deposition may be enough in itself to torpedo Trend Micro's case and patent. However, he suggests that the next move is to find the remnants of TenFour's American customers.
"I could give general information about how the product was used," he says, "But the details I can't recall. I can't say that this customer used it in this way in 1995. I remember some of the customers I was talking to, but I can't place those phone calls to a specific date or anything like that."
The problem, as he says, is that many of those companies no longer exist, and that many of his contacts have probably moved on in the past 13 years. Still, he remains optimistic. "Anybody who bought the product from the first of January 1995 to September 26th, 1995, and started using the product then -- those are the ones we're interested in getting a hold of."
His testimony alone might well be enough to kill this patent, but it would really be helpful for people who actually used the software to come forward. I'm just not sure there's much incentive for people, so hopefully someone will see the buzz about this case and come forward on principle to stop what Trend Micro has been trying to pull.
Posting to Slashdot was certainly a good way to get attention though. I never used the product, but hopefully one of you out there did!
I made the mistake of giving money to a Senatorial candidate once a couple of cycles back. After that for YEARS I got tons of snail mail from his party and other affiliated groups asking for money. The funny thing is I am a registered Independent, and most of the mails were form letters assuming I was a party member.
I finally wrote the committee and told them that I would not give another dime to another candidate if I got any more mail. It actually worked. I still won't give anymore though; it left a bad taste in my mouth. It's bad enough that the charities I donate too have also sold my name to other charities. I had to write letters saying 'I only have so much to give. If you want my money, stop selling my name'. That actually worked too, at least for the time being.
When they switched on the Matrix they wiped our memories of the transition. That blackout you had after the wild party...that' wasn't really a blackout. That was when they jacked you into the system.
No, those are the accountants/bean counters. Project managers are the ones who try to actually GET 9 women to make one baby in a month, because their PHB said do it.
The real story here is how quickly the bugs were patched. I'd like to see MS respond half as fast to holes in Windows and it's attendant parts and pieces.
Heh. No, just stubborn. I'd love to find someplace online that has no spin but that will never happen./. has leaned more and more left since it's inception.
Why anyone thought Senator Obama was different is beyond me. Maybe it's just his incredible charisma and oratorical skill. He's a product of Chicago politics yet people act like he's the second coming. I'm sure I'll get modded down for this. Please note for the record that I have consistently said that both sides were dirty as hell. I'm a registered Independant who wanted to believe that someone different would come along. Obama isn't that someone. Neither is McCain. They are both politicians plain and simple. The rest is smoke and mirrors.
I agree. I happen to enjoy holding an actual physical book, and as such it's worth several times more to me than the same information in electronic format. I'm not sure if 10 times is the right number but at least a factor of 2 or 3 should be evident.
I grew up with computers, and to this day I just don't get the same enjoyment from reading text on a screen vs. text on paper.
How 'they' turned him into a criminal? He broke the law. Probably several laws. He is 18. By that age people should know right from wrong. Is it worth 38 years? Not even close. In fact I'd be in favor of probation rather than a jail sentence. However, 'they' didn't turn him into a criminal. He did.
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There was this one incident when me and this girl turned a cabinet over on it's side and used it as a surface for sex play. That was different. It didn't get weird until she insisted that I tie her wrists with some Cat 5 though.
Should have gone to the exact same pages and clicked the exact same links in each browser. Without doing that this is totally meaningless. That being said, I'll be happy if FF 3 doesn't leak as much memory as FF 2 or IE X.
I've always maintained that Escher would have loved Legos.
But you still have to turn off Aero.
Only because they cut some corners and went with integrated graphics on the motherboard.
"Children, though, as also being seen with increasingly low levels of Vitamin D--probably having a lot to do with parents insisting children not play outside due to safety issues"
I would wager that videogames and TV are the primary reason. Kids just don't play outside as much anymore even in safe areas. It's a shame.
Where did I say that investors were evil? I just said it is what it is. The first motive of any publically held company is to make a profit. Everything else is secondary. Google is no different than any other company in this regard. That's all. I didn't say they WERE evil, just that ethical concerns come second to profit. That's how it works. It is neither good nor bad; it just is.
IANAPL (I Am Not A Patent Lawyer) so someone else might be able to answer you specifically. I just would like to see as much testimony as possible because I don't necessarily trust the courts to make informed decisions in these cases, as we've seen so many times. Basically, the more the merrier! It doesn't hurt to provide a huge preponderance of evidence.
You had me up until this bit:
Google is probably one of ten, maybe twenty companies that are more concerned about morals and ethics than profits
Google is interested in profits, period. That doesn't make them bad. It just makes them like any other publically held company. The 'Don't be Evil' motto went out the window when they went public, for better or for worse.
For those who didn't RTFA:
Fransson's deposition may be enough in itself to torpedo Trend Micro's case and patent. However, he suggests that the next move is to find the remnants of TenFour's American customers.
"I could give general information about how the product was used," he says, "But the details I can't recall. I can't say that this customer used it in this way in 1995. I remember some of the customers I was talking to, but I can't place those phone calls to a specific date or anything like that."
The problem, as he says, is that many of those companies no longer exist, and that many of his contacts have probably moved on in the past 13 years. Still, he remains optimistic. "Anybody who bought the product from the first of January 1995 to September 26th, 1995, and started using the product then -- those are the ones we're interested in getting a hold of."
His testimony alone might well be enough to kill this patent, but it would really be helpful for people who actually used the software to come forward. I'm just not sure there's much incentive for people, so hopefully someone will see the buzz about this case and come forward on principle to stop what Trend Micro has been trying to pull.
Posting to Slashdot was certainly a good way to get attention though. I never used the product, but hopefully one of you out there did!
I made the mistake of giving money to a Senatorial candidate once a couple of cycles back. After that for YEARS I got tons of snail mail from his party and other affiliated groups asking for money. The funny thing is I am a registered Independent, and most of the mails were form letters assuming I was a party member.
I finally wrote the committee and told them that I would not give another dime to another candidate if I got any more mail. It actually worked. I still won't give anymore though; it left a bad taste in my mouth. It's bad enough that the charities I donate too have also sold my name to other charities. I had to write letters saying 'I only have so much to give. If you want my money, stop selling my name'. That actually worked too, at least for the time being.
When they switched on the Matrix they wiped our memories of the transition. That blackout you had after the wild party...that' wasn't really a blackout. That was when they jacked you into the system.
No, those are the accountants/bean counters. Project managers are the ones who try to actually GET 9 women to make one baby in a month, because their PHB said do it.
The real story here is how quickly the bugs were patched. I'd like to see MS respond half as fast to holes in Windows and it's attendant parts and pieces.
Yeah, I agree. That's a good dream to chase.
Do you have a newsletter I can subscribe to?
Heh. No, just stubborn. I'd love to find someplace online that has no spin but that will never happen. /. has leaned more and more left since it's inception.
True, he is a bit of a RINO (Republican in Name Only). He's hard to classify because his positions keep shifting.
Why is this tagged 'Republicans' when it's a Democrat doing the deed?
I expect both sides will engage in this kind of thing though to be honest.
Quite right, but a sensationalistic subject line such as 'Too Bad Fingerprinting is Useless' tends to attract karma.
Ok then. Punchcards it is!
Why anyone thought Senator Obama was different is beyond me. Maybe it's just his incredible charisma and oratorical skill. He's a product of Chicago politics yet people act like he's the second coming. I'm sure I'll get modded down for this. Please note for the record that I have consistently said that both sides were dirty as hell. I'm a registered Independant who wanted to believe that someone different would come along. Obama isn't that someone. Neither is McCain. They are both politicians plain and simple. The rest is smoke and mirrors.
I agree. I happen to enjoy holding an actual physical book, and as such it's worth several times more to me than the same information in electronic format. I'm not sure if 10 times is the right number but at least a factor of 2 or 3 should be evident.
I grew up with computers, and to this day I just don't get the same enjoyment from reading text on a screen vs. text on paper.
Who didn't already know that girls, especially those under their mid-20's, tend to prefer bad boys?
I wonder how much money is wasted anually on 'studies' that tell us things that have been common knowledge forever?
How 'they' turned him into a criminal? He broke the law. Probably several laws. He is 18. By that age people should know right from wrong. Is it worth 38 years? Not even close. In fact I'd be in favor of probation rather than a jail sentence. However, 'they' didn't turn him into a criminal. He did.
Hey, I said 'please'. I was just excercising my own free speech rights ;)
It is an increase of $300 million. The $300 million is hardly the total budget.