Is anyone else a bit worried about the precident that using a class action lawsuit in this way might set for the future? I mean, Google is essentially getting a court to tacitly agree that its settlement with a second party over rights held by unrelated third parties is valid (lets face it, its looking like the court will agree), unless the unrelated third party deliberately withdraws at this stage.
I'm not entirely sure I like the sound of that. It sounds like an abuse of the class action system for commercial gain.
The newer GPS III satellites (due to take over in 2014 onward) do not have Selective Availability capability. To deny an enemy use of GPS, the US military now relies on jamming and localised signal degredation.
There is a growing problem in the UK from truck drivers using domestic GPS units and not units meant for the haulage industry, which are more expensive. The industry specific units avoid small lanes and villages, as well as height clearances, but the domestic ones do not. I shall leave the thought of what occurs up to your imaginations.
OS X 10.5 had the 'Apple-labeled' term, but 10.6 has the 'Apple-branded' term. It is also dubious that slapping a sticker, even one supplied by Apple, makes that computer Apple-labeled or Apple-branded.
And yet every time I have had to ring support for a failed activation (I think 3 times in over 150 installs), the phone call was 3 minutes long and they never questioned me on the legitimacy of the install. I've wasted more time tracking down failed dependencies in Linux distributions before.
The problem is, none of those suggestions (and the myriad of other suggestions people have come up with) actually revert the address bar to the FF2 behaviour - they simply massage the current address bar in various ways, and it shows.
Agreed on the extended functionality - I hate the 'Awesome Bar', but no other browser offers keyword searches or the ability to easily add search engines to the search box (save for IE which I dont want to use).
Give me something to replace 'wp rabbits' and I will dump Firefox in an instant for Chrome or Safari.
What, precisely, do you think is actually happening here? NASA isnt developing and building Ares I, Alliant Techsystems, Boeing and Rocketdyne are - all private companies. NASA is acting as the administrator of the program, a position you would need however you decide to source your rockets.
The train of thought that I tend to follow is that oxygen and water are prerequisites on Earth because both are fairly abundant - however, would life be able to utilise liquid hydrocarbons on Titan in the same way?
The $30million figure is rubbish, as is the 2008 date - the ABL has been in full development since 1996 (and build up well before then), with an intended final project budget of $5.1billion. Its FY2008 budget alone was $549million but this was cut by $400m.
I really wish people would stop saying the equivilent of 'oooh oooh prior art' without ever reading the actual patent.
The primary reason why AutoProfile is not prior art is because the IBM patent specifically refers to a:
remote controller, suitable for use while viewing media programming and content
and:
The enhanced remote controller allows the viewer to both communicate with a blogging server, and thus to a blogging service, as well as to display responses to and from other bloggers with whom the viewer is communicating. These blog communications may be accomplished without the viewer having to leave the broadcast receiver of the television.
which AutoProfile is not and has no functionality for.
The USAF use the F- designation for many light bombers, including the F-111, because thats how the split fell after WW2 when they consolidated the many designations they had.
I can understand your position from a technical perspective. However, in my opinion, taking organs from people without consent is wicked.
The British Government are considering 'implied consent' with regard to organ donorship - if you die, and you haven't withdrawn consent by some act, they consider you fair game.
Same thing happens if you bought a Vista upgrade edition - you need to install 98/2k/XP before installing Vista.
Nope - Microsoft asks for the previous versions install media during the install when using upgrade media. No need to install the prior version first, just have its disks available.
Many companies paid for Software Assurance for 3 years expecting an upgrade they never got... and then had to pay ANOTHER 3 years because they were "renting".. and got Vista which was useless to their hardware.
You make it sound like Open Value Subscription is the only Software Assurance option available. It isn't, and OVS isn't even the most widely used one.
Open Value with SA gives you a full perpetual licence, plus two years of SA benefits (which include various things depending on the product, but all of them come with upgrade rights and training as a minimum). You can then renew the SA in two year blocks. You can let the SA expire and you will still retain a perpetual licence to the version of the product you initially purchased, plus any versions released during the SA period.
Select with SA gives you a full perpetual licence, plus two years of SA benefits. You can then renew the SA in yearly increments. You can let the SA expire and you will still retain a perpetual licence to the version of the product you initially purchased, plus any versions released during the SA period.
Open Value Subscription gives you a licence valid for 3 years, with remediation of licencing levels every year and all upgrades during that period. You need to renew the subscription at the end of the period or cease using the product. OVS licencing is significantly cheaper because of this.
Open Value Perpetual gives you a full perpetual licence, and SA for 3 years. SA is renewable in 2 year blocks. You can let the SA expire and you will still retain a perpetual licence to the version of the product you initially purchased, plus any versions released during the SA period.
And thats just a short introduction to the corporate licencing available from Microsoft. Companies gained certain benefits for signing up to the 3 year subscription beyond mere upgrade rights, so its not as if they lost out.
Not all technological advancement happens at a steady, conformal pace - we can send probes to other worlds, put men in space, travel across the face of the earth in hours and yet we still rely on physicians making judgement calls about diagnoses?
We can investigate the fundamentals of the universe, the big bang and quantum physics, but we are yet to fully understand every step in the process of photosynthesis - one of the most widely used processes in life on this planet.
Or, more likely, some people will rave about it, some people will rant about it, and the vast majority will just get some entertainment from it and never think twice.
I don't really get why this film is being championed on Slashdot - its a film, nothing more. Just because it has a scifi orientated plot doesn't make it something to hold up and worship, there are plenty of decent scifi films out there.
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Its got nothing to do with being 'lazy' - the information is not free, and collecting it yourself costs money.
Is anyone else a bit worried about the precident that using a class action lawsuit in this way might set for the future? I mean, Google is essentially getting a court to tacitly agree that its settlement with a second party over rights held by unrelated third parties is valid (lets face it, its looking like the court will agree), unless the unrelated third party deliberately withdraws at this stage.
I'm not entirely sure I like the sound of that. It sounds like an abuse of the class action system for commercial gain.
The newer GPS III satellites (due to take over in 2014 onward) do not have Selective Availability capability. To deny an enemy use of GPS, the US military now relies on jamming and localised signal degredation.
There is a growing problem in the UK from truck drivers using domestic GPS units and not units meant for the haulage industry, which are more expensive. The industry specific units avoid small lanes and villages, as well as height clearances, but the domestic ones do not. I shall leave the thought of what occurs up to your imaginations.
OS X 10.5 had the 'Apple-labeled' term, but 10.6 has the 'Apple-branded' term. It is also dubious that slapping a sticker, even one supplied by Apple, makes that computer Apple-labeled or Apple-branded.
And yet every time I have had to ring support for a failed activation (I think 3 times in over 150 installs), the phone call was 3 minutes long and they never questioned me on the legitimacy of the install. I've wasted more time tracking down failed dependencies in Linux distributions before.
Primarily I am talking about the searching.
I don't want to configure it in various ways, I want to disable it entirely. Wheres that option?
The problem is, none of those suggestions (and the myriad of other suggestions people have come up with) actually revert the address bar to the FF2 behaviour - they simply massage the current address bar in various ways, and it shows.
What debacle are you refering to? The awesome bar is fast and useful. It's never failed me. So what debacle?
You can't disable it - thats the debacle. A lot of people don't like it, but the Firefox devs have essentially told us to shut up and live with it.
Its a fairly fundamental change to browsing habits, and quite frankly I don't wish to change my habits on the whim of someone else.
Agreed on the extended functionality - I hate the 'Awesome Bar', but no other browser offers keyword searches or the ability to easily add search engines to the search box (save for IE which I dont want to use).
Give me something to replace 'wp rabbits' and I will dump Firefox in an instant for Chrome or Safari.
If unions are a natural consequence of the freedom to assemble and the freedom to contract, why don't company bosses have that same freedom?
Why should a company subsidise your way of life?
What, precisely, do you think is actually happening here? NASA isnt developing and building Ares I, Alliant Techsystems, Boeing and Rocketdyne are - all private companies. NASA is acting as the administrator of the program, a position you would need however you decide to source your rockets.
The train of thought that I tend to follow is that oxygen and water are prerequisites on Earth because both are fairly abundant - however, would life be able to utilise liquid hydrocarbons on Titan in the same way?
The $30million figure is rubbish, as is the 2008 date - the ABL has been in full development since 1996 (and build up well before then), with an intended final project budget of $5.1billion. Its FY2008 budget alone was $549million but this was cut by $400m.
The wrench already exists, because the summary expanded the scope to comparisons with Amazon, not myself.
And backup, redundancy, hosting, cooling etc etc. The $117,000 cost quoted here is for raw hardware only.
I really wish people would stop saying the equivilent of 'oooh oooh prior art' without ever reading the actual patent.
The primary reason why AutoProfile is not prior art is because the IBM patent specifically refers to a:
remote controller, suitable for use while viewing media programming and content
and:
The enhanced remote controller allows the viewer to both communicate with a blogging server, and thus to a blogging service, as well as to display responses to and from other bloggers with whom the viewer is communicating. These blog communications may be accomplished without the viewer having to leave the broadcast receiver of the television.
which AutoProfile is not and has no functionality for.
Read the patent before jumping to conclusions.
The USAF use the F- designation for many light bombers, including the F-111, because thats how the split fell after WW2 when they consolidated the many designations they had.
I can understand your position from a technical perspective. However, in my opinion, taking organs from people without consent is wicked.
The British Government are considering 'implied consent' with regard to organ donorship - if you die, and you haven't withdrawn consent by some act, they consider you fair game.
Same thing happens if you bought a Vista upgrade edition - you need to install 98/2k/XP before installing Vista.
Nope - Microsoft asks for the previous versions install media during the install when using upgrade media. No need to install the prior version first, just have its disks available.
Many companies paid for Software Assurance for 3 years expecting an upgrade they never got... and then had to pay ANOTHER 3 years because they were "renting".. and got Vista which was useless to their hardware.
You make it sound like Open Value Subscription is the only Software Assurance option available. It isn't, and OVS isn't even the most widely used one.
Open Value with SA gives you a full perpetual licence, plus two years of SA benefits (which include various things depending on the product, but all of them come with upgrade rights and training as a minimum). You can then renew the SA in two year blocks. You can let the SA expire and you will still retain a perpetual licence to the version of the product you initially purchased, plus any versions released during the SA period.
Select with SA gives you a full perpetual licence, plus two years of SA benefits. You can then renew the SA in yearly increments. You can let the SA expire and you will still retain a perpetual licence to the version of the product you initially purchased, plus any versions released during the SA period.
Open Value Subscription gives you a licence valid for 3 years, with remediation of licencing levels every year and all upgrades during that period. You need to renew the subscription at the end of the period or cease using the product. OVS licencing is significantly cheaper because of this.
Open Value Perpetual gives you a full perpetual licence, and SA for 3 years. SA is renewable in 2 year blocks. You can let the SA expire and you will still retain a perpetual licence to the version of the product you initially purchased, plus any versions released during the SA period.
And thats just a short introduction to the corporate licencing available from Microsoft. Companies gained certain benefits for signing up to the 3 year subscription beyond mere upgrade rights, so its not as if they lost out.
Not all technological advancement happens at a steady, conformal pace - we can send probes to other worlds, put men in space, travel across the face of the earth in hours and yet we still rely on physicians making judgement calls about diagnoses?
We can investigate the fundamentals of the universe, the big bang and quantum physics, but we are yet to fully understand every step in the process of photosynthesis - one of the most widely used processes in life on this planet.
Just two examples.
Or, more likely, some people will rave about it, some people will rant about it, and the vast majority will just get some entertainment from it and never think twice. I don't really get why this film is being championed on Slashdot - its a film, nothing more. Just because it has a scifi orientated plot doesn't make it something to hold up and worship, there are plenty of decent scifi films out there.