If Iran ever dared to use such a weapon against anyone, it would be the last thing it ever did
Iran's regime may be crazy, but they ain't dummies
They will build the bombs and they will use the bombs, no, they won't bomb anyone, but rather, they will use the bombs they have accumulated to blackmail the world
Without physically bombing anyone, the world will have no excuse to retaliate - Iranians know that
Does that mean Nvidia gonna open source the driver for the graphic cards using Nvidia chips?
Does that mean that the Linux commodities finally got tweak the Nvidia drivers to the point that they can get to squeeze the last drop of performance out of Nvidia graphic chips?
What you are describing is the process of commercialising a product, and also the process of regulation capture. Most of the money invested here hasn't gone to research and development, but has been used to create barriers to competition. So instead of having three or four companies competing for a market we end up with only one. We have created a monopoly and therefore slowing progress in an area that could benefit all of us.
Undoubtedly Intuitive Surgical did invest some money into developing their da Vinci surgical robot, but their machines are big and cumbersome
The point being, the patents that they have are hindering the progress of others developing lighter, more mobile, more agile versions of surgical robots
It's akin to a company that holds the patents are making heavy armoured tanks and because of those patents, nobody can manufacture and legally sell fuel saving cars
I think patents should be eradicated outright, screw reform. Geniuses aren't special
Innovation requires more effort than genius. There are few "Ah-ha!" developments that come to people in the middle of the night in a dream
I can only speak for myself - none of my 3 patents came from the "Ah-ha!" moment in the middle of the night, nor did they come in my dream (day or night)
Enlightenment just do not pop-up in the middle of the night, not for me, at least
As one who owns 3 patents here is my humble opinion:
It has passed time that the patent system be gutted
The patent system was set up to encourage innovation, but the effect in recent years has been exactly the opposite
To come up with innovative ideas isn't hard - trust me, my 3 patents testify to that - but to make sure that no megacorp gets rich with your innovative ideas without paying is just too damn crazy --- I had to pay 3 big law firms to carry out separate international patent searches in order to make sure that *MY* innovative ideas were original
Why 3 law firms instead of one? Because I just do not have the deep pockets of the megacorps and I do not want to end up letting the patent trolls profiting from *MY* ideas
If the patent system is gutted today, I will not lose even one minute of sleep - sure I'll lose some $$$ but compare to the loss of those patent trolls, my lose is insignificant
As per why I patent those ideas in the first place? Well, if I don't, then some mofos hired by those patent trolls will eventually patent them to make even more megabucks
True, I do charge for those who are using my patents, but only for pennies per device, depending on volume
Back in 2003, an Iranian student, with the help of a professor from Iran, won the first prize in a competition organized by the American Concrete Institute
Being able to understand and use that knowledge is a sign of intelligence rather then knowing how to find it. For example, knowing how to slightly modify someone else's registry patch to suit your situation rather than blindly applying it and breaking stuff.
Anyone can look up a fact, understanding it is a whole new level.
You got something here !
To understand something you have to first know that something, right?
If one can't even remember a fact, how can one begins to understand it?
Hence lies the danger of over-reliance on the gadgets, and the relegation of fact-retention to those gadgets
Sure something can be done or at the very least some steps can be taken. Here in Hong Kong retired govt officials have to apply to the Civil Services Bureau before they can take up a new position
Thank you very much for the info you've given us !!
Slashdot Mirror
And my server ain't shaped like a coke bottle either
Can they still sue me?
it is right for us to prevent new powers of such scale from arising
The big question is : How you are to achieve that goal?
In what way you can disarm Iran, with peaceful mean?
... can I get sued for copyright infringement ?
If Iran ever dared to use such a weapon against anyone, it would be the last thing it ever did
Iran's regime may be crazy, but they ain't dummies
They will build the bombs and they will use the bombs, no, they won't bomb anyone, but rather, they will use the bombs they have accumulated to blackmail the world
Without physically bombing anyone, the world will have no excuse to retaliate - Iranians know that
Bomb them
Who bombs who ?
Now that Iran wants to have nuke, what would the opinion of Mr. Teller be?
1. RTFA
You can't be serious? Look at the OP's UID. These guys practically invented Slashdot's "Never RTFA" rule
tl;dr
Apple has figured out that people are willing to pay extra for convenience
What Apple and others have figured out is much more than that
They also figured that, with their deep pockets, they can win court cases against any average Joe or Jane
And because of that, they make sure that the average Joe or average Jane doesn't have any alternative left but to pay, Pay and PAY some more
... all they need to do is to claim everything, including birdsongs, belongs to them
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/02/26/2141246/youtube-identifies-birdsong-as-copyrighted-music
When we heard about the story on Slashdot, we reviewed the video and released it
Someone here has said this before, but I'll repeat it here so you get to read it ---
You don't get to "release" any thing that you do not own
If I wrote a program from scratch, I get the full right to release it to the public
If I copied a file containing a program written by others, I do not get any right to release it
Same thing apply to a drawing, a song, a painting, a design, a photograph, and so on
Remember one thing, the laws were not written for common folks like you or me
The laws were written by rich and powerful people to protect their fellow rich and powerful peers
In this day and age, there is no protection for common folks what-so-ever, not online, and not offline
If you _are_ the lead architect of Rumblefish, then you have phailed big time
PS. You're certainly not the only one who have met Mr. Perens
People should read more about science and how it's done. It wouldn't be as scary to them if they did
True, people should read more about science
Just that the TFA is not only short on detail, and the info they carry kinda not sound right
I only took a glance so don't blame me if I am wrong, but it looks like the SCADA variant
More info available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCADA
Does that mean Nvidia gonna open source the driver for the graphic cards using Nvidia chips?
Does that mean that the Linux commodities finally got tweak the Nvidia drivers to the point that they can get to squeeze the last drop of performance out of Nvidia graphic chips?
If yes, welcome to the Linux Foundation
If no, then what's the meaning of joining?
What you are describing is the process of commercialising a product, and also the process of regulation capture. Most of the money invested here hasn't gone to research and development, but has been used to create barriers to competition. So instead of having three or four companies competing for a market we end up with only one. We have created a monopoly and therefore slowing progress in an area that could benefit all of us.
Undoubtedly Intuitive Surgical did invest some money into developing their da Vinci surgical robot, but their machines are big and cumbersome
The point being, the patents that they have are hindering the progress of others developing lighter, more mobile, more agile versions of surgical robots
It's akin to a company that holds the patents are making heavy armoured tanks and because of those patents, nobody can manufacture and legally sell fuel saving cars
It's totally ridiculous !
I think patents should be eradicated outright, screw reform. Geniuses aren't special
Innovation requires more effort than genius. There are few "Ah-ha!" developments that come to people in the middle of the night in a dream
I can only speak for myself - none of my 3 patents came from the "Ah-ha!" moment in the middle of the night, nor did they come in my dream (day or night)
Enlightenment just do not pop-up in the middle of the night, not for me, at least
As one who owns 3 patents here is my humble opinion:
It has passed time that the patent system be gutted
The patent system was set up to encourage innovation, but the effect in recent years has been exactly the opposite
To come up with innovative ideas isn't hard - trust me, my 3 patents testify to that - but to make sure that no megacorp gets rich with your innovative ideas without paying is just too damn crazy --- I had to pay 3 big law firms to carry out separate international patent searches in order to make sure that *MY* innovative ideas were original
Why 3 law firms instead of one? Because I just do not have the deep pockets of the megacorps and I do not want to end up letting the patent trolls profiting from *MY* ideas
If the patent system is gutted today, I will not lose even one minute of sleep - sure I'll lose some $$$ but compare to the loss of those patent trolls, my lose is insignificant
As per why I patent those ideas in the first place? Well, if I don't, then some mofos hired by those patent trolls will eventually patent them to make even more megabucks
True, I do charge for those who are using my patents, but only for pennies per device, depending on volume
Who knows?
Maybe that big knock at 2040 will wake me up and I then can crawl out of my (future) coffin
What has Taiwan got to do with this ?
I mean, was the CPU bug somehow introduced by TSMC ?
Kids these days. Am I right?
No, I ain't gonna fall for this type of blanket statement
We old geeks have had plenty of encounters with the dumb ones in our generation, as well :)
It's like walking around with a lantern, it's illuminated exactly where you are and it'll be dark again once your mind moves on
Many thanks for the most luminous description above!
Back in 2003, an Iranian student, with the help of a professor from Iran, won the first prize in a competition organized by the American Concrete Institute
For more info, look into this page ---> http://www.concrete.org/STUDENTS/st_concreteprojects03_winners.htm
About the prize winning concrete ?
It has been used for building Iran's underground bunkers, which house Iran's nuclear facilities
Being able to understand and use that knowledge is a sign of intelligence rather then knowing how to find it. For example, knowing how to slightly modify someone else's registry patch to suit your situation rather than blindly applying it and breaking stuff.
Anyone can look up a fact, understanding it is a whole new level.
You got something here !
To understand something you have to first know that something, right?
If one can't even remember a fact, how can one begins to understand it?
Hence lies the danger of over-reliance on the gadgets, and the relegation of fact-retention to those gadgets
Sure something can be done or at the very least some steps can be taken. Here in Hong Kong retired govt officials have to apply to the Civil Services Bureau before they can take up a new position
Thank you very much for the info you've given us !!
I've learn something new today