How long until Amazon patents "software to provide price comparison on cell phones and other portable devices". Surprised they haven't put out a patent already.
It looks cool and all, but $400 is a little much for a 233mhz system without video. Maybe if you had a specific need for something like this. You only need to go slightly bigger (a few of them stacked on top of each other) and you can have a modern system for around that price.
Yo Dickhead,
Last time I checked, the FreeCraft people weren't trying to make a buck. Which isn't a free pass to break the law mind you.
I've heard of read the fuckin article, but read the fuckin post? Unbelievable.
...using the ballista on a peasant. Ouch! Last time I checked, the FreeCraft people weren't trying to make a buck. Which isn't a free pass to break the law mind you, but I don't see anything wrong with them. I'd change the name and make a few minor modifications to appease them anyway. How about FuckBlizzard? Or WarCrap? Did they even try to contact them and ASK them to make a couple changes before they sent the Cease and Desist? If they made the effort but the FreeCraft people refused outright, I might side with Blizzard a little more, but I doubt thats the case.
Can be found here. "On a Mac, upgrading is easy. On a PC, you have to open the case, swap out cards, change jumpers... On a Mac, you just pick it up, throw it away, and buy a new one. Now thats convienance"
What dickhead modded this flamebait? He makes an excellent point. Some tarriffs are legit, but on others you need only follow the money trail. Great way to treat our "closest ally" in the region, who we're already very unpopular with. If someone put a tarriff on us, we would throw sanction after sanction on them (remember when Japan put a tarriff on us for cars I think in the 90s? And we put about a 100% tarriff on Japanese cars? Fair or not, we did it). Guess the Chinese and Taiwanese plants'll be doing better.
I don't see why that, If I criticize someone on my website, that I should be responsible for their response. If I criticize Microsoft, and they feel the need to respond to it, I think they just might have a website of their own, where they can say whatever they want. Of course, I don't think Microsoft cares what I say, and I don't think I'll get a rebuttal on their front page. Similarly, I think that most of the responses will be form letters. It may not even address the specific criticism, it will probably just end up being a source of free advertising - just post your sales pitch everywhere someone talks about you.
For years, UFO researchers had claimed that enlisted men and officers involved in the disc recovery operation were transferred to other bases to ensure their silence. Sure enough, the transfers took place. The paperwork explained why. Several months earlier, in a sweeping postwar military reorganization, Army fliers were systematically transferred to the newly created U.S. Air Force.
So the Air Force was all a big government conspiracy to hide the truth about the UFO's? And this "Air Force" must deal with all kinds of flying objects. Damn government cover-ups.
I dunno, I'm a young IT guy (early 20s) with no real experience, and I couldn't get a job if I worked for free. It's been my experience that the older, more experienced workers are having trouble finding work, and are taking the entry level jobs that I would go for, because they need to feed the family. I think they do value youth but they value experience a lot more, and probably go for a balance of both.
Then again, it could just be that I'm a horrible interview. McDonalds, here I come.
What do I need a tablet PC for that I can't do with a PDA, or would require something smaller than a laptop? Aside from the 'cool' factor I don't see too much of a market right now. You can't really type on them... Maybe if you had a laptop with a detachable screen that functions as a tablet PC by itself.
This might be an important case, if ebay decides to try and challenge the legitimacy of the patents. If they win, it could set a good precident. If they lose, it'll be a disaster. I hope thats what ebay does, allowing MercExchange to make money off these absurd patents will only encourage others. Oops, it appears that I have a patent for electronicly displaying letters and numbers...
The only thing that can stop unsolicited spam are laws and prosecution. No matter how complicated the system may be, it will never completely eliminate spam. Go after spammers with the same verocity as the RIAA would with file swapping. Get some anti-spam laws with some teeth.
Company execs could be jailed?
on
The Law and P2P
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· Score: 5, Insightful
"And a recent article in the New York Times details quiet efforts by the major record companies to develop software programs that would interfere with - and, in some cases, damage - computers engaged in file sharing.
Of course, resorting to such extreme measures would almost certainly inflame public opinion. And, as George Washington University Law School Professor Orin Kerr has argued, it might even land a few record company executives in jail, absent Congressional immunity for such tactics, which (believe it or not) has been proposed."
I personally would love to see this happen, if they damage my computer, I want the bastards in jail. If somebody came into a music store and stole a bunch of cd's, they can't just break into their house and smash them - along with anything else they might believe is stolen, they'd have to notify the authorities. I'm not trying to defend copyright infringement here, but two wrongs do not make a right.
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Are they still doing different prices for different regions? If so, can you check out the prices for each of the different regions with this?
How long until Amazon patents "software to provide price comparison on cell phones and other portable devices". Surprised they haven't put out a patent already.
It looks cool and all, but $400 is a little much for a 233mhz system without video. Maybe if you had a specific need for something like this. You only need to go slightly bigger (a few of them stacked on top of each other) and you can have a modern system for around that price.
They got the internet on computers now?
Yeah, me too. But unlike the Mac, I could not run Office, Photoshop, function as a web server, surf the web, compile code
, run bioinformatics searches, do molecular modeling
and have wonderful text aliasing all at the same time.
Yo Dickhead, Last time I checked, the FreeCraft people weren't trying to make a buck. Which isn't a free pass to break the law mind you. I've heard of read the fuckin article, but read the fuckin post? Unbelievable.
...using the ballista on a peasant. Ouch! Last time I checked, the FreeCraft people weren't trying to make a buck. Which isn't a free pass to break the law mind you, but I don't see anything wrong with them. I'd change the name and make a few minor modifications to appease them anyway. How about FuckBlizzard? Or WarCrap? Did they even try to contact them and ASK them to make a couple changes before they sent the Cease and Desist? If they made the effort but the FreeCraft people refused outright, I might side with Blizzard a little more, but I doubt thats the case.
Can be found here. "On a Mac, upgrading is easy. On a PC, you have to open the case, swap out cards, change jumpers... On a Mac, you just pick it up, throw it away, and buy a new one. Now thats convienance"
Lets just notify the BSA, and I'm sure they and Senator Hatch can amicably (massive audit) settle this "oversight".
- NOPIRACY
http://www.bsa.org/usa/report/report.php
1-888
Lets see how Mr. Hatch likes his computers destroyed.
What dickhead modded this flamebait? He makes an excellent point. Some tarriffs are legit, but on others you need only follow the money trail. Great way to treat our "closest ally" in the region, who we're already very unpopular with. If someone put a tarriff on us, we would throw sanction after sanction on them (remember when Japan put a tarriff on us for cars I think in the 90s? And we put about a 100% tarriff on Japanese cars? Fair or not, we did it). Guess the Chinese and Taiwanese plants'll be doing better.
I don't see why that, If I criticize someone on my website, that I should be responsible for their response. If I criticize Microsoft, and they feel the need to respond to it, I think they just might have a website of their own, where they can say whatever they want. Of course, I don't think Microsoft cares what I say, and I don't think I'll get a rebuttal on their front page. Similarly, I think that most of the responses will be form letters. It may not even address the specific criticism, it will probably just end up being a source of free advertising - just post your sales pitch everywhere someone talks about you.
For years, UFO researchers had claimed that enlisted men and officers involved in the disc recovery operation were transferred to other bases to ensure their silence. Sure enough, the transfers took place. The paperwork explained why. Several months earlier, in a sweeping postwar military reorganization, Army fliers were systematically transferred to the newly created U.S. Air Force.
So the Air Force was all a big government conspiracy to hide the truth about the UFO's? And this "Air Force" must deal with all kinds of flying objects. Damn government cover-ups.
I didn't know Lt. Uhura worked for NASA. I guess she really is that old.
I dunno, I'm a young IT guy (early 20s) with no real experience, and I couldn't get a job if I worked for free. It's been my experience that the older, more experienced workers are having trouble finding work, and are taking the entry level jobs that I would go for, because they need to feed the family. I think they do value youth but they value experience a lot more, and probably go for a balance of both.
Then again, it could just be that I'm a horrible interview. McDonalds, here I come.
I'm sure that making unfounded claims about 40% of all software being pirated is very professional. And the same people that accused mirrors of openoffice.org of pirating MS Office. Or other horror stories. And check the first two comments here. This too.. They truly are professionals of the highest caliber. Professional what?
"Consider BSA to be of the highest professional caliber..."
Sorry, you lost me there.
Is this how we progress to the Ultimate Soldiers of the future?
The resemblance of the helmets is quite striking.
I'd like to nominate this
for design of the year. It really makes everything around it look so much better.
I sorta expected that, I mean, a sports reference on slashdot? Of course nobody gets it.
Isnt Jim Gray the guy that interviewed Pete Rose at the 99 all star game? I know NBC fired him but talk about a career change...
Isn't 850 a little pricey for the average guy in India? Especially considering I can walk down to Wal-Mart and get one for $200.
What do I need a tablet PC for that I can't do with a PDA, or would require something smaller than a laptop? Aside from the 'cool' factor I don't see too much of a market right now. You can't really type on them... Maybe if you had a laptop with a detachable screen that functions as a tablet PC by itself.
This might be an important case, if ebay decides to try and challenge the legitimacy of the patents. If they win, it could set a good precident. If they lose, it'll be a disaster. I hope thats what ebay does, allowing MercExchange to make money off these absurd patents will only encourage others. Oops, it appears that I have a patent for electronicly displaying letters and numbers...
The only thing that can stop unsolicited spam are laws and prosecution. No matter how complicated the system may be, it will never completely eliminate spam. Go after spammers with the same verocity as the RIAA would with file swapping. Get some anti-spam laws with some teeth.
Of course, resorting to such extreme measures would almost certainly inflame public opinion. And, as George Washington University Law School Professor Orin Kerr has argued, it might even land a few record company executives in jail, absent Congressional immunity for such tactics, which (believe it or not) has been proposed."
I personally would love to see this happen, if they damage my computer, I want the bastards in jail. If somebody came into a music store and stole a bunch of cd's, they can't just break into their house and smash them - along with anything else they might believe is stolen, they'd have to notify the authorities. I'm not trying to defend copyright infringement here, but two wrongs do not make a right.