I tried to post this sometime ago, but it got rejected, so:
Google has this patent:
United States Patent 6,278,992
Search engine using indexing method for storing and retrieving data
I believe this patent might be one of the best examples of good software patents: it is detailed enough to define the innovation to be patented. It is good reading for anyone interested in creating effective indexes, the text and images of the patent is better reading than many of the books on the subject.
United States Patent 6,209,545 :
Method for recovering peripheral nerves functionality
The method for recovering the peripheral nerve function includes a manual massage along with the nerve. In so doing, the palpation of a peripheral nerve is performed to determine its nerve condition, followed by applying a pressure deep into the soft tissues with a finger at least once and then moving the finger along the peripheral nerve towards the periphery.
Litigation costs:
- patent suits filed in 2000 generate roughly $4.2 BILLION before resolved
-> a patentee's overall chance of success in litifation is about 49%
- in year 2000, 2486 patent suits were filed -> average cost per suit: amazing $1.7 million.
Counting your chance of winning is around 50%, you can value your risk at $3.4 million. You must know that your patent is worth more than this before even thinking about defending your patent.
NOW, think again if patents are useful. They are useful for ONLY those with huge cash reserves. Now we declare the only winners: attorneys and multinational companies. Enuff said.
When the modem is leased from the provider, they have more control on everything. They can be more prepared for customer oriented oddities, failure claims etc resulting in better predictability of incomes and less uncertainties in general.
One thing that I don't dislike in the European Union is the sense that they seem to have regarding information technology. It seems like they are making decisions which really could benefit the European Union and not a single company. This shows for example through the IST (information society technologies programme coordinated by EU).
This gives you a glimpse to some open source based / utilizing projects they are supporting:
51 records found.
I don't know if opensource is the magic for getting EU money, but atleast it does not seem like it closes your opportunities. Just as it should be. But atleast it should be easier to get rational decisions in here than in US, in which I assume the elections are more strictly based on how much marketing support the candidate gets from selected corporations:))
I have in some times used a custom made MTA and indexed the incoming mails, headers and first message body part, into MySQL database. Attachments are compressed and stored within "regular filesystem". The whole kludge is then interfaced to IMAP. User authentication is also done via MySQL, thus making it unnecessary to create "real users". The solution has lasted without problems for years now already. MySQL in general, works like a dream, I have never had any problems with it.
It is good (and fast) for some purposes, which I am not going to discuss here, everyone is probably very well equipped to figure out the plusses and minuses of this way of doing it.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 09:41:32 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.19 (Unix) FrontPage/5.0.2.2510 mod_ssl/2.8.3 OpenSSL/0.9.6b
I quess their product is so good, they can risk installing the frontpage extension in there. See who else thought so (defaced websites collection & HTTP info).
With only one click of your thumb you can now press 3 keys at the same time. Imagine the performance boost. Imagine Billy boy launching his nukes with this - oops! there went Europe as well:)
Seriously, a keyboard is a good idea, but only when you can fit in something at least close to the standard layout and atleast close to the size which makes it possible to press only the correct button. Like in the Nokia 9210.
Or, howcome they forgot that terrorists are not likely to go through the security checks looking exactly same as their photographs stored in the database.
Ofcourse, the criminals will try to look different. And they will succeed. This system is based on corrupted principles, it is actually only good for recognising people who have no reason to change their face when entering the plane, it will recognise: your mom, your dad, girl nextdoor - but it will NEVER recognise the terrorist.
It will only cause extra hassle, and added false sense of security.
otherwise they are just normal people. FBI employees around 30 000 people. A little city. I bet they use the database for criminal purposes hundreds of times every day.
A clip from here:
" The Webster commission is expected to recommend limiting highly sensitive files to those with a strong need-to-know -- "role-based access," in FBI jargon. "
'Expected to recommend...' exactly what is the procedure currently?!?! These systems and their databases are extremely scary.
Re:How far do you want to extend this argument?
on
KaZaA Collapses
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· Score: 3, Insightful
>Ok, how about I create a website which allows people to submit houses that are worth breaking into and also lets other people
Yes, go ahead, I think you should have all the right to do it. Your system could be used to post anything, for example the best clip from your porn collection. It could be also used to post stolen credit card IDs, or a picture of you and your dog doing something kinky.
Still. THE SOFTWARE IS NOT TO BLAME. Software does NOT know whether the data posted there is criminal or not. The people who post it do know it. People are to blame, the people who break into houses, sell the goods, or other stolen information such as credit card data, or house key info.
Even how hard it is to catch these individuals, you cannot start blaming sunpoints for stealing you copyright.
Your argument is void.
Software is not to blame
on
KaZaA Collapses
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· Score: 3, Interesting
If I create a system which enables people to share files, how do I violate anyones copyright?
And if it does violate something, where is the magic line: why could not for example usenet news be considered as similar system then? It can be used as an organized tool for sharing copyrighted material. Should server admins start making sure that no copyrighted material is posted - and if yes, how do you make this possible? In my opinion, this Kazaa case is exactly similar.
They can keep running Kazaa and it's future breed into bankcruptcy, but it will not solve anything. They are just playing cat'n'mouse. Someday, they will notice that mice fuck much more, kill one, and you have a dozen new. Someday, they will realise that they have to affect something else, this something else is in "peoples mind" and is the reason why Kazaas are created.
I have got a couple of job offers atleast partially because of my CISSP certificate (Certified Information Systems Security Professional). But then again, you are not supposed to get this certificate without an existing job-record, so it might be not interesting for you - but checkout the url.
I have heard also some other people saying that it is a good bonus - and it is actually a requirement for some positions. And it does not harm you to have that in your pocket even though your work is not stricly related to information security. Security is (or should be) still a crucial piece in any software.
But personally, I don't believe a certificate is a shortcut for getting a job. It might work as an aggregate after you got your first job. Instead, I believe the solution is hard work - have a CD/floppy or whatever loaded with software made by you as hobby with you when you go to a job interview. I have raised thumbs up many times because of the candidate's participation in some OSS project or similar.
Offtopic my ass. Krhm;) To get serious, I have been thinking that you guys at Slashdot should apply some modern mathematics to the "ranking" algorithm.
I mean, if an article receives mutltiple negative moderations, say four minuses for example, it probably means that the writer of the article had something interesting to say, as it touched the feelings of those modederators.
Therefore a pair of two minuses should become a plus (if the article has received four or more moderations), therefore, an article with four - (minus) moderations would have interest rating of +2 . The karma yielded from the article would still be negative.
Atleast I would be happy with this, because then I might actually have a chance to see some "alternative thinking" in addition to the "standard opinion" accepted by the slashdot teens making the moderations;)
> If you have any kind of rating, people go to all kinds of trouble to
> get that rating in an illegitimate way,"
What?! I people really without any moral!?! I would never, ever, and never have for example posted an article without real content just to gain a few karma points. Never!;)
Oops, I was a bit too eager to hit the "submit" button. I was supposed to add that: ..
Well said by a manager of nanoscience and nanotechnology: "little bit overhyped" - I quess he's just not a marketdroid then, it's nice to see nerd-in-control.:)
>"The small (size) is of course very important, but it is a little bit overhyped.
>It is really the performance we are after," said Phaedon Avouris,
>manager of nanoscience and nanotechnology for IBM Research.
See 10 Terabyte 3.5" disk drive, here is your PDF. It might not be here yet, but it falls in the category of "optical" anyway. Also see this, they have existing demos.
1. v.,n. [From the Usenet group
alt.folklore.urban] To utter a posting on Usenet
designed to attract predictable responses or flames; or, the
post itself. Derives from the phrase "trolling for newbies"
which in turn comes from mainstream "trolling", a style of
fishing in which one trails bait through a likely spot hoping for a
bite. The well-constructed troll is a post that induces lots of
newbies and flamers to make themselves look even more clueless than
they already do, while subtly conveying to the more savvy and
experienced that it is in fact a deliberate troll. If you don't
fall for the joke, you get to be in on it. See also YHBT
I read the replies 3 times, and did not find anything worth mentioning, or starting a discussion on. It does not mean that I would agree with all or any of the replies, in my opinion it means that Alan is about ready to really start his career in politics: fancy words, with no real content.
Maybe we should discuss this, and the question whether there is any reason to do this discussion round again in future anymore. Or maybe the problem was just that the questions that passed the filter to Alan, could not be replied with real input. Somehow, next time the questions should be aimed at more detailed level. That way, it might be possible to lure some real input out from this guy - incase someone really wants it:)
> "You're looking at a service that will become a new phone network overnight," > said Richard Doherty, president of Envisioneering, a research
> and consulting firm in Seaford, N.Y. "By Christmas, Microsoft could become the nation's fourth-largest phone company."...and I thought I was looking at someone that left his brains in a plastic bag. These lines seems like a relic from 1998.
Slashdot Mirror
I tried to post this sometime ago, but it got rejected, so:
Google has this patent:
United States Patent 6,278,992
Search engine using indexing method for storing and retrieving data
I believe this patent might be one of the best examples of good software patents: it is detailed enough to define the innovation to be patented. It is good reading for anyone interested in creating effective indexes, the text and images of the patent is better reading than many of the books on the subject.
> Your use of decimal indicates dumbness
This one is for you:
United States Patent 6,209,545 : Method for recovering peripheral nerves functionality
The method for recovering the peripheral nerve function includes a manual massage along with the nerve. In so doing, the palpation of a peripheral nerve is performed to determine its nerve condition, followed by applying a pressure deep into the soft tissues with a finger at least once and then moving the finger along the peripheral nerve towards the periphery.
see this excellent article on patent Risk-Reward-Facts.
Litigation costs:
- patent suits filed in 2000 generate roughly $4.2 BILLION before resolved
-> a patentee's overall chance of success in litifation is about 49%
- in year 2000, 2486 patent suits were filed -> average cost per suit: amazing $1.7 million.
Counting your chance of winning is around 50%, you can value your risk at $3.4 million. You must know that your patent is worth more than this before even thinking about defending your patent.
NOW, think again if patents are useful. They are useful for ONLY those with huge cash reserves. Now we declare the only winners: attorneys and multinational companies. Enuff said.
When the modem is leased from the provider, they have more control on everything. They can be more prepared for customer oriented oddities, failure claims etc resulting in better predictability of incomes and less uncertainties in general.
One thing that I don't dislike in the European Union is the sense that they seem to have regarding information technology. It seems like they are making decisions which really could benefit the European Union and not a single company. This shows for example through the IST (information society technologies programme coordinated by EU).
:))
This gives you a glimpse to some open source based / utilizing projects they are supporting:
51 records found.
I don't know if opensource is the magic for getting EU money, but atleast it does not seem like it closes your opportunities. Just as it should be. But atleast it should be easier to get rational decisions in here than in US, in which I assume the elections are more strictly based on how much marketing support the candidate gets from selected corporations
I have in some times used a custom made MTA and indexed the incoming mails, headers and first message body part, into MySQL database. Attachments are compressed and stored within "regular filesystem". The whole kludge is then interfaced to IMAP. User authentication is also done via MySQL, thus making it unnecessary to create "real users". The solution has lasted without problems for years now already. MySQL in general, works like a dream, I have never had any problems with it.
It is good (and fast) for some purposes, which I am not going to discuss here, everyone is probably very well equipped to figure out the plusses and minuses of this way of doing it.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 09:41:32 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.19 (Unix)
FrontPage/5.0.2.2510 mod_ssl/2.8.3 OpenSSL/0.9.6b
I quess their product is so good, they can risk installing the frontpage extension in there. See who else thought so (defaced websites collection & HTTP info).
The one in the new Treos is much smaller. Chatboard was quite useful, admitted.
> Imagine Billy boy
;))
Aww, I quess it took me a couple of years to type that with my new Treo
With only one click of your thumb you can now press 3 keys at the same time. Imagine the performance boost. Imagine Billy boy launching his nukes with this - oops! there went Europe as well :)
Seriously, a keyboard is a good idea, but only when you can fit in something at least close to the standard layout and atleast close to the size which makes it possible to press only the correct button. Like in the Nokia 9210.
Yeah, it seems like back in the days of Ultima VI, or maybe VII. But I quess the beauty will come, if the engine proves good.
Or, howcome they forgot that terrorists are not likely to go through the security checks looking exactly same as their photographs stored in the database.
Ofcourse, the criminals will try to look different. And they will succeed. This system is based on corrupted principles, it is actually only good for recognising people who have no reason to change their face when entering the plane, it will recognise: your mom, your dad, girl nextdoor - but it will NEVER recognise the terrorist.
It will only cause extra hassle, and added false sense of security.
The MMORPG Documentary film project:
These guys are making a documentary film on MMORPGs, their players, virtual worlds and virtual communities.
otherwise they are just normal people. FBI employees around 30 000 people. A little city. I bet they use the database for criminal purposes hundreds of times every day.
A clip from here:
" The Webster commission is expected to recommend limiting highly sensitive files to those with a strong need-to-know -- "role-based access," in FBI jargon. "
'Expected to recommend...' exactly what is the procedure currently?!?! These systems and their databases are extremely scary.
>Ok, how about I create a website which allows people to submit houses that are worth breaking into and also lets other people
Yes, go ahead, I think you should have all the right to do it. Your system could be used to post anything, for example the best clip from your porn collection. It could be also used to post stolen credit card IDs, or a picture of you and your dog doing something kinky.
Still. THE SOFTWARE IS NOT TO BLAME. Software does NOT know whether the data posted there is criminal or not. The people who post it do know it. People are to blame, the people who break into houses, sell the goods, or other stolen information such as credit card data, or house key info.
Even how hard it is to catch these individuals, you cannot start blaming sunpoints for stealing you copyright.
Your argument is void.
If I create a system which enables people to share files, how do I violate anyones copyright?
And if it does violate something, where is the magic line: why could not for example usenet news be considered as similar system then? It can be used as an organized tool for sharing copyrighted material. Should server admins start making sure that no copyrighted material is posted - and if yes, how do you make this possible? In my opinion, this Kazaa case is exactly similar.
They can keep running Kazaa and it's future breed into bankcruptcy, but it will not solve anything. They are just playing cat'n'mouse. Someday, they will notice that mice fuck much more, kill one, and you have a dozen new. Someday, they will realise that they have to affect something else, this something else is in "peoples mind" and is the reason why Kazaas are created.
I have got a couple of job offers atleast partially because of my CISSP certificate (Certified Information Systems Security Professional). But then again, you are not supposed to get this certificate without an existing job-record, so it might be not interesting for you - but checkout the url.
I have heard also some other people saying that it is a good bonus - and it is actually a requirement for some positions. And it does not harm you to have that in your pocket even though your work is not stricly related to information security. Security is (or should be) still a crucial piece in any software.
But personally, I don't believe a certificate is a shortcut for getting a job. It might work as an aggregate after you got your first job. Instead, I believe the solution is hard work - have a CD/floppy or whatever loaded with software made by you as hobby with you when you go to a job interview. I have raised thumbs up many times because of the candidate's participation in some OSS project or similar.
(Score:0, Offtopic)
;) To get serious, I have been thinking that you guys at Slashdot should apply some modern mathematics to the "ranking" algorithm.
;)
Offtopic my ass. Krhm
I mean, if an article receives mutltiple negative moderations, say four minuses for example, it probably means that the writer of the article had something interesting to say, as it touched the feelings of those modederators.
Therefore a pair of two minuses should become a plus (if the article has received four or more moderations), therefore, an article with four - (minus) moderations would have interest rating of +2 . The karma yielded from the article would still be negative.
Atleast I would be happy with this, because then I might actually have a chance to see some "alternative thinking" in addition to the "standard opinion" accepted by the slashdot teens making the moderations
> If you have any kind of rating, people go to all kinds of trouble to
;)
> get that rating in an illegitimate way,"
What?! I people really without any moral!?! I would never, ever, and never have for example posted an article without real content just to gain a few karma points. Never!
Oops, I was a bit too eager to hit the "submit" button. I was supposed to add that:
.. :)
Well said by a manager of nanoscience and nanotechnology: "little bit overhyped" - I quess he's just not a marketdroid then, it's nice to see nerd-in-control.
>"The small (size) is of course very important, but it is a little bit overhyped.
>It is really the performance we are after," said Phaedon Avouris,
>manager of nanoscience and nanotechnology for IBM Research.
See 10 Terabyte 3.5" disk drive, here is your PDF. It might not be here yet, but it falls in the category of "optical" anyway. Also see this, they have existing demos.
It was not a troll. I just think even Alan has to have something say, to say. Now he did not. It is called criticism.
troll:
1. v.,n. [From the Usenet group alt.folklore.urban] To utter a posting on Usenet designed to attract predictable responses or flame s; or, the post itself. Derives from the phrase "trolling for newbie s" which in turn comes from mainstream "trolling", a style of fishing in which one trails bait through a likely spot hoping for a bite. The well-constructed troll is a post that induces lots of newbies and flamers to make themselves look even more clueless than they already do, while subtly conveying to the more savvy and experienced that it is in fact a deliberate troll. If you don't fall for the joke, you get to be in on it. See also YHBT
I read the replies 3 times, and did not find anything worth mentioning, or starting a discussion on. It does not mean that I would agree with all or any of the replies, in my opinion it means that Alan is about ready to really start his career in politics: fancy words, with no real content.
:)
Maybe we should discuss this, and the question whether there is any reason to do this discussion round again in future anymore. Or maybe the problem was just that the questions that passed the filter to Alan, could not be replied with real input. Somehow, next time the questions should be aimed at more detailed level. That way, it might be possible to lure some real input out from this guy - incase someone really wants it
> "You're looking at a service that will become a new phone network overnight," ...and I thought I was looking at someone that left his brains in a plastic bag. These lines seems like a relic from 1998.
> said Richard Doherty, president of Envisioneering, a research
> and consulting firm in Seaford, N.Y. "By Christmas, Microsoft could become the nation's fourth-largest phone company."