I suspect he see's it as a legitimate risk, but not something that's going to happen every day. At the very least, it won't happen to all of the subscribers.
And I'm certain he doesn't think there's going to be a storm of litigation. Especially with SCO getting more ridicule than sympathy these days.
It should also be mentioned you can get C6H12O6 from reacting H2O with CO2. So it's not impossible to get some nourishment from the atmosphere, too. (But you'll still have to find some source for other nutrients like protiens.)
In its lawsuit, Rambus cites a series of e-mails dating from 1996 in which executives at Hynix, Siemens (nyse: SI - news - people ) and Micron (nyse: MU - news - people ) discussed...
Where in hell did they get those emails from? Did they fabricate them?
If you disregard the possibility of antitrust behavior, there are issues like disasters at supplier factories.
There was an earthquake that reduced volume in Malaysia once, and there was also a fire at a plant that provides one of the materials needed to produce semiconductors.
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Surely you're referencing this.
It might be cheaper to start with a biosphere-type system. Several tons of consumables costs a bundle to launch.
I'd be more worried about being mistaken as an alien. At least, in bear country.
You try getting one of these things past customs.
"Candygram, for Mongo!"
I he made it in already.
How do features and bugfixes get priority/take precedence in WINE? Is that likely to change?
I suspect they wanted someone to start a writeup.
I suspect he see's it as a legitimate risk, but not something that's going to happen every day. At the very least, it won't happen to all of the subscribers.
And I'm certain he doesn't think there's going to be a storm of litigation. Especially with SCO getting more ridicule than sympathy these days.
I haven't seen that everything2 superscript questionmark on Slashdot in a long time.
Why did it go away, anyway?
Or stored a master and rebuilt the original on height/width/orientation.
Just because it's valid PR doesn't mean the person speaking it doesn't believe it.
And Bruce Perens is a pretty smart guy, and not, IMO, greedy. If he speaks, you should at least hear him out.
Interesting point.
It should also be mentioned you can get C6H12O6 from reacting H2O with CO2. So it's not impossible to get some nourishment from the atmosphere, too. (But you'll still have to find some source for other nutrients like protiens.)
Warning: his sig is NOT work-safe.
Also, nuclear submarines generate their Oxygen by splitting watter into H2 and O2.
Unless someone's found a decent source of water on Mars, the technology doesn't apply.
What are you talking about? The i686 architecture has proven dead sexy over the years!
Whoops. Missed that. That's twice today.
Open keyboard, insert foot.
Darn you! That comment counts as evidence!
When they attended a technology conference--I don't remember the name--they essentially took notes and patented the ideas that were discussed.
Basically, they used the patent office to lay claim to other people's ideas, and have been making money off of them.
The FTC filed a complaint, but the judge ruled in Rambus's favor. From the article:
Though the FTC is appealing the decision, [the judge's] written opinion cited several instances of apparent collusion against Rambus.
Basically, Rambus whined that nobody was playing fair, and the judge took pity on them.
In its lawsuit, Rambus cites a series of e-mails dating from 1996 in which executives at Hynix, Siemens (nyse: SI - news - people ) and Micron (nyse: MU - news - people ) discussed...
Where in hell did they get those emails from? Did they fabricate them?
I know. I ran McAffee Firewall on NT4 for a while.
I believe the NSA Linux modifications provide the functionality.
If you disregard the possibility of antitrust behavior, there are issues like disasters at supplier factories.
There was an earthquake that reduced volume in Malaysia once, and there was also a fire at a plant that provides one of the materials needed to produce semiconductors.
Design it? I don't think so...they patented a lot of stuff that was in open discussion at a technology conference.
BTW: 3. Sue
There's no reason not to expect RAM makers to retaliate after what Rambus did at that technology conference.
My "uncle" had a car that would say "A door is ajar. A door is ajar. A door is ajar."
He'd quietly shut the door, saying "Shut up, Kirby."
And it'd say, "Thank you!"