Really big prizes? Hell we'd settle for not being constantly insulted!
I have plenty of awsome ideas, which would make billions. The average potential backer is way to stupid to understand the simple science that explains how these ideas work. Anyway, in my considerable experience. the powers that be would rather not have any new ideas, and especially not "awesome" ones.
If anyone is interested in real energy saving systems/machines, I have plenty. I can provide one technology alone which will enable your country to meet its Kyoto treaty obligations.
Cars that do 100MPG (UK Gallons) - no problem.
If you want medical breakthroughs that will have thousands of lives, post a reply.
But in each case, you will need to have control of at least $100M to get the ideas to market. (100 fold return of investment no problem - over 10 years). That is the problem. The financial world wants a return next quarter, not in five years.
Ever since some wackos killed less people than die from AIDS in a day the US,
Actually, AIDS doesnt kill a lot of people in the UK. However, armed police have killed more people
in the last five years than terrorists have, and our police are not routinely armed.
The idea is that anyone going by car, and not by plane, must be doingso to conceal their fingerprints - thus providing supporting evidence to the argument that all car users are criminals - which is a fundamental plank of the present government's policies.
If there are parts of the company that are viable, a reorganization means these parts get a new lease on life.
But in this case, there are no legitimate viable parts of the business. Suing your customers is NOT a viable business, and suing your suppliers for owning stuff you stole from them isn't either.
It was a very long time ago, but the essence of it was that they claimed to be a low cost ISP, with
free bundled modem. When in fact the modem was a lame 2400 baud thing when I was already operating 56k, and
the "internet" they offered was a walled garden, which you could easily break out of, but if you did, you
were billed at a hideous rate without warning, so that I ended up with huge bills.
In short, their business model relied on deceptive practices, and overcharging.
I recall endless bills for things which I had just clicked on, and was unaware would cost me.
I was not young and naieve, but came from a background of Usenet and Fidonet, and saw no reason why this stuff
should be chargeable.
Cancellation was a chargeable offence too: you were tied to a lengthy contract.
The aim of UNG is to write complete GNU-like tools and frameworks that will be completely compatible with existing GNU software and standards.
This stands to demonstrate beyond all reasonable doubt that the reason most of us use OpenSource is the process not the product. I really look forward to Bash rewritten by MS 'MASH' - I confidently predict a more bug infested product will never see the light of day. In fact, that is the point - the bug infested 'MASH' will not see the light of day, while bash code is open for all to see.
"Free as in roaming the jungle wild and uncontrollable" - yay that the kind of software we all need ???
Its standard practice here in the UK, and has been for more than 50 years. Every page of the A to Z or equivalent has a deliberate error. And no its not to excuse the many accidental ones.
Yeah, I am with T-mobile, and speed varies: my Nokia PC Suite often statess 110 or 430k/Sec but is very bursty (read: VoIP is intentionally trashed) and the average is probably about the same as a 2400baud modem. In short, the service is a shower of sh*t.
I tried O2, but they charge like a raging bull. I am thinking of moving to 3.
it doesn't matter what language you use so long as its c.
Of course, people fail to notice that c is, of course, just the assembler
for the PDP11 in a handy, pocket size, format, and the PDP11 was designed as a
hardware Fortran machine!
Life would be funny if it was not so confusing. If you dont believe me, try debugging
CDC7600 assembler.
This works because Chinese law enforcement is even more behind the times dealing with computer fraud than the USA.
This shows you have no idea whatever.
Almost every single example of the products/services/scams being served sends the money via a US based credit card company to a US based criminal. By far the majority of procuts or serveces promoted by these methods are not even available to anyone outside America. In simple terms: both supply and demand are American. China, and other countries are only involved because they have been botnetted by American crime. If the American justice system did anything at all to stop this, the problem would go away
You can do what we do in the UK- "loser pays the bill".
You had better be sure you know what you are doing, or it really costs you. It may not be perfect (it isnt) but its better than your way.
Why cant people sue the USPTO when they screw up? What makes them exempt from having to exercise due care and responsibility to the public?
I have yet to have a conversation with a computer that has been any more compelling than my first round with WinEliza on Windows 3.1 in 1995.
You are too fussy. There are loads of guys paying for text conversations with ElizaSexBots even as we speak!
In all the other poiunts you make, I agree, save that I could implement short term memory similar to humans using fpgas and bucket brigade devices, and could have done years ago. However, it would be just as forgetful as humans, and ahve a bunch of other problems, so no-one wants to fund me.
If people want reliable computation there is Sparc64, and for everything else there's no shortage of cheap labour in Bangalore.
We have several centuries of experience of what happens when the lawmakers behave like this:
If you dont want people to support the Mafia, Jihadists, vigilanty groups and various kinds of thugs hitting people with baseball bats, drilling kneecaps with electric drills, or randomly killing and calling it "summary justice", then you have to have a better legal system.
If people cant get redress for this kind of thing through the law, you can expect they will take the law in their own hands.
In short, its governments that behave like this that create third world countries.
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Obviously, they died of furball before they were old enough to have a heart attack.
You are obviously new to this planet.
Imagine an office full of workers shouting at their computers... Oh, wait
I have plenty of awsome ideas, which would make billions. The average potential backer is way to stupid to understand the simple science that explains how these ideas work. Anyway, in my considerable experience. the powers that be would rather not have any new ideas, and especially not "awesome" ones.
If anyone is interested in real energy saving systems/machines, I have plenty. I can provide one technology alone which will enable your country to meet its Kyoto treaty obligations.
Cars that do 100MPG (UK Gallons) - no problem.
If you want medical breakthroughs that will have thousands of lives, post a reply.
But in each case, you will need to have control of at least $100M to get the ideas to market. (100 fold return of investment no problem - over 10 years). That is the problem. The financial world wants a return next quarter, not in five years.
Please, Please, give me web-1.24.65r7 NOW
Actually, AIDS doesnt kill a lot of people in the UK. However, armed police have killed more people in the last five years than terrorists have, and our police are not routinely armed.
The government ARE the terrorists.
You obviously do not live in the UK.
The idea is that anyone going by car, and not by plane, must be doingso to conceal their fingerprints - thus providing supporting evidence to the argument that all car users are criminals - which is a fundamental plank of the present government's policies.
But in this case, there are no legitimate viable parts of the business. Suing your customers is NOT a viable business, and suing your suppliers for owning stuff you stole from them isn't either.
Yeah - the real cause is Windows Certified drivers.
Maybe certified drivers in general. Avoid them certified loonies.
In short, their business model relied on deceptive practices, and overcharging. I recall endless bills for things which I had just clicked on, and was unaware would cost me.
I was not young and naieve, but came from a background of Usenet and Fidonet, and saw no reason why this stuff should be chargeable.
Cancellation was a chargeable offence too: you were tied to a lengthy contract.
So?
Did you expect the law to be sane? You have no chance in the legal profession. Go back to Java, do not collect 200.
You obviously dont get your email pushed to your mobile phone. You dont qualify as a geek or nerd. Go and read another website where you belong.
I still have the documents somewhere, in case I ever get round to suing them. They are in the same league as Zango, and 180 solutions.
This stands to demonstrate beyond all reasonable doubt that the reason most of us use OpenSource is the process not the product. I really look forward to Bash rewritten by MS 'MASH' - I confidently predict a more bug infested product will never see the light of day. In fact, that is the point - the bug infested 'MASH' will not see the light of day, while bash code is open for all to see.
"Free as in roaming the jungle wild and uncontrollable" - yay that the kind of software we all need ???
Its standard practice here in the UK, and has been for more than 50 years. Every page of the A to Z or equivalent has a deliberate error. And no its not to excuse the many accidental ones.
I tried O2, but they charge like a raging bull. I am thinking of moving to 3.
I think he means Visa users.
The average user cannot tell there is a difference - because the Windows default is to hide the extension!
It may be criminally insane, but its the default.
I recognise an ongoing bullshit senario when I see one, and this is one!
My father was even taught to make his own ink! Hell, I bet you youngsters would not even know how to fetch ink from an ink well. As for Clerkenwell..
Of course, people fail to notice that c is, of course, just the assembler for the PDP11 in a handy, pocket size, format, and the PDP11 was designed as a hardware Fortran machine!
Life would be funny if it was not so confusing. If you dont believe me, try debugging CDC7600 assembler.
This shows you have no idea whatever.
Almost every single example of the products/services/scams being served sends the money via a US based credit card company to a US based criminal. By far the majority of procuts or serveces promoted by these methods are not even available to anyone outside America. In simple terms: both supply and demand are American. China, and other countries are only involved because they have been botnetted by American crime. If the American justice system did anything at all to stop this, the problem would go away
Why cant people sue the USPTO when they screw up? What makes them exempt from having to exercise due care and responsibility to the public?
You are too fussy. There are loads of guys paying for text conversations with ElizaSexBots even as we speak!
In all the other poiunts you make, I agree, save that I could implement short term memory similar to humans using fpgas and bucket brigade devices, and could have done years ago. However, it would be just as forgetful as humans, and ahve a bunch of other problems, so no-one wants to fund me.
If people want reliable computation there is Sparc64, and for everything else there's no shortage of cheap labour in Bangalore.
If you dont want people to support the Mafia, Jihadists, vigilanty groups and various kinds of thugs hitting people with baseball bats, drilling kneecaps with electric drills, or randomly killing and calling it "summary justice", then you have to have a better legal system. If people cant get redress for this kind of thing through the law, you can expect they will take the law in their own hands.
In short, its governments that behave like this that create third world countries.