It's not Bush's fault. If Clinton had kept a closer eye on that huge internet bubble that was all bullshit accounting anyway and done something about it, you'd still have a job.
How can they enforce this, if memory cards/sticks for cameras have been doing this for years now? If they haven't be pursuing the patents enfringement before this, can they now?
Ok, first, they SHOULD listen to customer feedback. They need to get good beta testers. I mean, people who will actually help test and provide feedback, not fanboys that'll just say "this is great" no matter what, and not people that just sign up for beta, play twice, and finish. A good beta tester is worth their weight in gold.
Second, while they should listen to feedback, listening and actually implementing those suggestions are two different things. Some suggestions are just stupid. Some a great. Most are in between. It's up to the developer to figure out which suggestions are the right ones to make. The most popular suggestion might not be the right one, and can ruin a game.
Third, sometimes it comes down to company politics. The team might have a great vision, but if the big boss REALLY wants a talking dog in your FPS, it'll go in there...even if it is stupid. This happens ALL the time on projects, and not just on games. Think of all the stupid products you've ever seen. I'd bet that a lot of those had people at the company who tried to prevent the release (or at least fix it), and it was some dork in a position of "power" that decided to be a dick and do it their way, even though it was stupid.
When you're in the middle of beta, it's usually too later to make massive changes, even if the product does suck... the team might want to do it, but the bean counters won't let them. In the end, releasing a crappy product foreits not only the money you could have made with a better product, but it ends up ruining the house's reputation.
Oh, and by the way, if you HAVE been going to SC conferences, then you know exactly when I'm talking about when I say it's all "hype", made up demos to "prove" something. Last year they had some goofy badge thing with flowers on a screen, and they were trying to get people to put the badges on...what the hell does that have to do with Supercomputing? Nothing. What does it have to do with "hype"? Everything.
If you can't see that, then turn in YOUR "geek card" because you're part of the problem not the solution.
Have you ever BEEN to an SC conference? They stage all that stuff off site, just like any other conference. There's no "magic" here. This conference is more about hype than anything else, and there's no magic about putting together a top 100 level machine at a show like this. I'd be damn disappointed if they COULDN'T do that.
See, that's the thing.... He wasn't doing any of our work, and we didn't find out until later. He worked on OUR time on the OTHER job. I wasn't his boss, so I wasn't the one keeping on top of it...er, well, I guess NOT keeping on top of it.
Not everyone at the office is "grown up" enough to work from home.
We had a guy that we let "work from home" for a while, and it later turned out he was using that time to take a contract with another company. When we finally realized what was going on, he just quit his "work from home" job.
Oh, man... you really hit the nail on the head. I have a lot of books. I don't use them every single day, but I'm really thankful I have them on hand when I need them.
Unless these companies have extensive libraries, or subscribe to that on-line book service of O'Reilly's, I'm not sure what those workers do.
OK, first the obvious: You can't tax e-mail sent from out the country.
Whenever this issue comes up on TV, it's obvious that the people talking about it have no clue. Last weekend there was a show in which the pundits were either "for" or "against" -- "taxing the Internet", and of course they weren't specific. I don't know about you, but when I pay for my ISP at home, it's taxed. These days, things I've bought (from say, Amazon.com) are taxed. I had the distinct impression that not only didn't the people realize this, but that some of them have never even used anything connected to the Internet.
If it's not that, what the hell do these people want to tax?
And, BTW, I do see your point about slapping Java-whatever on things, but in Javascript's case that was more of Netscape's doing than Sun's, in order to make Livescript more popular.
And frankly, the only thing Netscape's implementation of Java did for Sun was get the word out there about "Java". The implemenation on Netscape sucked. Javascript just confused things further.
When it comes to voting, even the *appearance* of impropriety is a problem.
Didn't bother algore last election. (Sorry, cheap shot).
But I do get your point. Voting should be above reproach. They should arrest people that intimidate voters at polling places, throw people commiting voter fraud into jail, and make sure that everyone that wants to vote GETS to vote.
That's regardless of party. The voter fraud in the last election in Missouri (let's leave the polls open late to stack the deck) and Wisconsin (let's bribe the homeless with cigarettes to vote), was bad, but nothing compared to what it will be next election. Electonic voting will only make it worse.
It already did sway voters from not going to the polls. The last presidential election, the networks called Florida before the panhandle of the state finished voting (two time zones, you see), and many people ended up turning around and going home.
Well, the most famous one is probably Stac vs. Microsoft. Stac's patent saved their bacon when MS infringed it's file compression technology when they included in Windows. Ended up costing MS $120 million.
which shows how small-startups can get the money intros into the patent area. (It showed up on the same page as the first link, at the bottom. The wrong link was at the top. Search for "small company seed patent"). That's a direct counter example of "Small businesses can neither afford to claim patents nor defend them". Small businesses CAN afford to claim patents, and there are funds out there to help people do just that.
As for the second, he did make over $1.5 million by getting Dolby to license the tech in the first place. That was the point of that link.
No, that's not how it worked. Eolas licensed all tech from UoC, sued Microsoft. UoC had to step in later, when Microsoft made allegations that Eolas couldn't proceed in it's name alone.
So, Microsoft actually dragged UoC into it.
If you'd actually go read some things instead of pointing at Google trying to make other people prove your points, you'd make a far more compelling argument.
UofC wasn't in on it from the beginning. They only stepped in later.
They're all still scumbags, since they patented something using technology they (Eolas) didn't license: Mosaic. Apparently they used the UofC to use the free license for non-profit for Mosaic, and then started Eolas to file the patent. Pretty scummy on both parts.
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It's not Bush's fault. If Clinton had kept a closer eye on that huge internet bubble that was all bullshit accounting anyway and done something about it, you'd still have a job.
I must be missing something here....
How can they enforce this, if memory cards/sticks for cameras have been doing this for years now? If they haven't be pursuing the patents enfringement before this, can they now?
What about pre-formatted floppies?
Ok, first, they SHOULD listen to customer feedback. They need to get good beta testers. I mean, people who will actually help test and provide feedback, not fanboys that'll just say "this is great" no matter what, and not people that just sign up for beta, play twice, and finish. A good beta tester is worth their weight in gold.
Second, while they should listen to feedback, listening and actually implementing those suggestions are two different things. Some suggestions are just stupid. Some a great. Most are in between. It's up to the developer to figure out which suggestions are the right ones to make. The most popular suggestion might not be the right one, and can ruin a game.
Third, sometimes it comes down to company politics. The team might have a great vision, but if the big boss REALLY wants a talking dog in your FPS, it'll go in there...even if it is stupid. This happens ALL the time on projects, and not just on games. Think of all the stupid products you've ever seen. I'd bet that a lot of those had people at the company who tried to prevent the release (or at least fix it), and it was some dork in a position of "power" that decided to be a dick and do it their way, even though it was stupid.
When you're in the middle of beta, it's usually too later to make massive changes, even if the product does suck... the team might want to do it, but the bean counters won't let them. In the end, releasing a crappy product foreits not only the money you could have made with a better product, but it ends up ruining the house's reputation.
Oh, and by the way, if you HAVE been going to SC conferences, then you know exactly when I'm talking about when I say it's all "hype", made up demos to "prove" something. Last year they had some goofy badge thing with flowers on a screen, and they were trying to get people to put the badges on...what the hell does that have to do with Supercomputing? Nothing. What does it have to do with "hype"? Everything.
If you can't see that, then turn in YOUR "geek card" because you're part of the problem not the solution.
Have you ever BEEN to an SC conference? They stage all that stuff off site, just like any other conference. There's no "magic" here. This conference is more about hype than anything else, and there's no magic about putting together a top 100 level machine at a show like this. I'd be damn disappointed if they COULDN'T do that.
See, that's the thing.... He wasn't doing any of our work, and we didn't find out until later. He worked on OUR time on the OTHER job. I wasn't his boss, so I wasn't the one keeping on top of it...er, well, I guess NOT keeping on top of it.
Not everyone at the office is "grown up" enough to work from home.
We had a guy that we let "work from home" for a while, and it later turned out he was using that time to take a contract with another company. When we finally realized what was going on, he just quit his "work from home" job.
Oh, man... you really hit the nail on the head. I have a lot of books. I don't use them every single day, but I'm really thankful I have them on hand when I need them.
Unless these companies have extensive libraries, or subscribe to that on-line book service of O'Reilly's, I'm not sure what those workers do.
Kinda hard to tax people that use servers that aren't in the country.
Weather modeling, protein folding, advanced visualization of complex data.
OK, first the obvious: You can't tax e-mail sent from out the country.
Whenever this issue comes up on TV, it's obvious that the people talking about it have no clue. Last weekend there was a show in which the pundits were either "for" or "against" -- "taxing the Internet", and of course they weren't specific. I don't know about you, but when I pay for my ISP at home, it's taxed. These days, things I've bought (from say, Amazon.com) are taxed. I had the distinct impression that not only didn't the people realize this, but that some of them have never even used anything connected to the Internet.
If it's not that, what the hell do these people want to tax?
SC2003 is Supercomputing 2003. They hold this conference every year around this time.
Unless you're REALLY into supercomputing (and these days, it's mostly cluster stuff), this isn't exactly the most exciting conference you can go to.
And frankly, the only thing Netscape's implementation of Java did for Sun was get the word out there about "Java". The implemenation on Netscape sucked. Javascript just confused things further.
Netscape created Livescript, renamed it to Javascript. At the point, Sun stepped in. Sun has the trademark on the word Javascript now.
Sun had nothing to do with Javascript other than that.
Netscape created Javascript (formerly Livescript), not Sun. There was some, er, ...interesting..., uses of trademark around then. here's what someone from Netscape had to say at the time
Didn't bother algore last election. (Sorry, cheap shot).
But I do get your point. Voting should be above reproach. They should arrest people that intimidate voters at polling places, throw people commiting voter fraud into jail, and make sure that everyone that wants to vote GETS to vote.
That's regardless of party. The voter fraud in the last election in Missouri (let's leave the polls open late to stack the deck) and Wisconsin (let's bribe the homeless with cigarettes to vote), was bad, but nothing compared to what it will be next election. Electonic voting will only make it worse.
It already did sway voters from not going to the polls. The last presidential election, the networks called Florida before the panhandle of the state finished voting (two time zones, you see), and many people ended up turning around and going home.
Well, the most famous one is probably Stac vs. Microsoft. Stac's patent saved their bacon when MS infringed it's file compression technology when they included in Windows. Ended up costing MS $120 million.
here
which shows how small-startups can get the money intros into the patent area. (It showed up on the same page as the first link, at the bottom. The wrong link was at the top. Search for "small company seed patent"). That's a direct counter example of "Small businesses can neither afford to claim patents nor defend them". Small businesses CAN afford to claim patents, and there are funds out there to help people do just that.
As for the second, he did make over $1.5 million by getting Dolby to license the tech in the first place. That was the point of that link.
This book really has bad timing for the author, considering that RH 9 will discontinue maintenance in April 2004.
No, that's not how it worked. Eolas licensed all tech from UoC, sued Microsoft. UoC had to step in later, when Microsoft made allegations that Eolas couldn't proceed in it's name alone.
So, Microsoft actually dragged UoC into it.
If you'd actually go read some things instead of pointing at Google trying to make other people prove your points, you'd make a far more compelling argument.
Bah! Broken link: here's the right one
http://www.ucop.edu/news/archives/2003/aug11art1qa nda.htm
UofC wasn't in on it from the beginning. They only stepped in later.
They're all still scumbags, since they patented something using technology they (Eolas) didn't license: Mosaic. Apparently they used the UofC to use the free license for non-profit for Mosaic, and then started Eolas to file the patent. Pretty scummy on both parts.
I did that, and found nothing.
Guess you're wrong.