"The $100 million, to be paid by Apple, grants Apple a license to a Creative patent for the hierarchical user interface used in that company's Zen music players. The patent covers an interface that lets users navigate through a tree of expanding options, such as selecting an artist, then a particular album by that artist, then a specific song from that album."
WTF??
What happened to the "non obvious" requirement for a patent?
Does this patent cover other obvious menus systems? Like say an automobile supply program. You pick a year then a car manufacture then you can pick a model then you can pick an engine type and finally a carburetor.
How obvious does it have to get before the patent processors put down their rubber stamps and reject the application?
My comment was in part a joke but sadly it is also true. I know several people in a band that have been told the RIAA that they owe money from bar gigs.
In a statement today the RIAA said that it was dropping its law suit against the Scantleberry family but added "We will, however, expect to be compensated for any music that is played at the funeral."
If you have ever installed Limewire you would be aware that they do NOT advertise its product as being well-suited for downloading copyrighted material. In fact during the install they one of their questions they ask is if you are going to use it to infringe and if you answer yes the install is aborted.
Obviously people who are going to use P2P technology to infringe will do so but the issue quickly becomes "Should a given technology that has legitimate uses be illegal simply because some people misuse it?"
What more should Limewire and other P2P technology providers do? What is reasonable? Ensuring that it is never misused surely isn't reasonable any more than insisting that gun manufacturers find a way that guns never are used to commit crimes. It seems to me that selling assault rifles is encouraging violence. They are not well suited for deer hunting after all.
What I see here is that guns are backed by powerful lobbying groups and P2P are opposed by powerful lobbying groups.
P2P has legitimate uses should not be marginalized. Your Napster example falls flat as one only needs to know that unlike Limewire, Napster keep a list of files being shared on a central server. That's an important distinction. Limewire keeps no such centralized list and should not be held accountable for what other people do with its product any more that a pistol manufacturer should be held accountable every time someone uses one of their guns to rob a bank or commit murder.
This is more than an attack on Limewire, it is an attack on the P2P technology.
I must admit that I'm disappointed. Very few games run perfectly. Hell maybe none. I've never ran any that didn't have a few issues.
My support is pretty minimal; five bucks a month. So I guess I can't complain too much. I keep hoping that they'll make a break through.
I do almost everything in Linux but I keep an old Windows 2000 partition just for gaming. I also buy native Linux games when I come across them. I believe that as more and more people run Linux the gaming companies will see a profit to be made there. Especially the smart ones who use graphics libraries that are available both on Linux and Windows. Because the profit margin is so small on Linux it doesn't pay to port their games unless it's real easy and quick.
I have a law suite for seven Billion dollars that can't fail. The problem is that I'm short on cash to get it going. If you donate a few hundred million I'll give you 70% of the settlement.
Please make the cashier's check payable to the Nigerian National Law firm.
And I'm sure that SCO is prepared to present evidence to prove this latest claim that is every bit as compelling as all of the evidence to support all of their other claims they have made so far... Yawn...
You may consider ESP magic but I do not. I think it is something we don't understand. A bat flying around objects in total darkness would seem "magical" to someone who didn't understand how they do it.
The problem with responding to subtle cues like that horse "Clever Hans" that appeared to count is that in the horses case the owner trained him to do that. To stop stamping it's hoof when given the subtle cue. He then had to give the horse two numbers and calculate the answer himself so that he could give the cue at the right moment. This is very different than what happened here. I don't believe there is any subtle cue a person gives off when they look at a wavy line as apposed to a square.
I'm not claiming that it "proves" anything but I do find it interesting.
Let me be clear, I don't mean that when all of his answers were totaled up he scored twelve to fifteen. If memory serves he scored twelve on his first test, fourteen on his second and fifteen on his third.
I'll let someone else give us the odds on that but it doesn't take a genius to know that those scores are WAY above what would be expected. With five different shapes on the cards one would expect to guess 1 out of five correctly so five correct guesses out of twenty five would be the norm.
I can only think of three possible explanations.
1.He just beat the incredible odds. (Not too likely) 2.He found a way to cheat. (Not too likely. I was careful and he was near the back of the class.) 3.He has ESP.
Of the three possibities I believe the third. He told me that his family bought some kind of ESP game when he was younger and that they played it a lot. He also said that he got better at guessing the correct answers. This suggests to me that ESP may be developed.
But proof. No. He could have got 75 out of 75 correct and it still wouldn't "prove" anything. It is interesting however.
My High School psychology class Experiment...
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Virtual Worlds and ESP
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· Score: 5, Interesting
When I was in high school I ran ESP tests on the kids in my psychology class. I had twenty five cards with five different symbols on them. I shuffled the deck and looked at each card and each student wrote down which symbol he/she though I was looking at. The cards were behind a bind so they would not be visible in any way to the class. I ran the test three times and collected the forms.
Everyone scored between four to six right answers except for one kid who on all three tests scored between twelve to fifteen correct answers.
They do mention OSS. For God sake man the title of their cover story in their trash publication sage is "Paying a price for the open-source advantage"
These people don't want open source anti-virus software driving down their prices and they don't want an open source OS to become dominate if it only has a handfull of ineffective viruses.
After carefully analyzing McAfee's arguments I have come to the conclusion that they're fucking stupid!
"Hackers are using techniques popularised by developers of open-source software like Linux to improve their malicious code, a researcher at McAfee has said."
They're sharing information. Wow, what a concept. No criminal group ever did that before open source.
"Nowhere is this more apparent than within the growing families of 'bot' software, which allow hackers to remotely control infected computers. Unlike viruses of the past, bots tend to be written by a group of authors, who often collaborate by using the same tools and techniques as open-source developers, said Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager with McAfee's Avert Labs."
The bad guys are using the cheapest software available to do what they do. If open source tools were not available that wouldn't stop them. They would simply use proprietary tool that they pirated. They're bad guys after all.
"Over the last year and a half, we've noticed how bot development in particular has latched on to open-source tools and the open-source development model," he said."
I'd be interested to know the source of your information. Do they call you up and tell you "We use CVS 'cause it's kewl And we share information 'cause the Open Source model is l33t."
"Mcafee researchers have described this use of open-source techniques in a magazine set to launch today. Called Sage, the publication features a cover story entitled 'Paying a price for the open-source advantage'..."
This is just an Open Source bashing article. Gee could competition like ClamAV have anything to do with it?
"Marcus said his company is drawing attention to the open-source trend to educate users, and not as an attempt to discredit open-source alternatives to its own proprietary software products. "We think [open-source antivirus products] are fine. They've never been something that was really in the same class as ours, but we've always been big supporters of open-source antivirus," he said."
Oh! Well that clears it up nicely. **cough Liar cough**.
"We're not taking aim at the open-source movement; we're talking about the full-disclosure model and how that effectively serves malware development," he said."
Translation: We're not taking aim at the open source movement, we're taking aim at the open source movement...
Summary: The fact is, bad guys collaborate and trashing the open source movement will not change that. If open source tools were not available they wouldn't let that stop them, they would simply use proprietary tools.
ClamAV and other open source anti-virus products out perform your product and are here to stay so get over it!
You've made a lot of accusations and offered no proof in a rather transparent attempt at FUD.
IF the time on your server keeps drifting ahead it's probably nothing to do with Suse but a hardware issue. You can configure the server to put itself in sync with Internet clocks periodically so that even with bad hardware the time will remain close.
...I do really enjoy running Suse. I'm running 10.0 on my desktop and it is sweet. I wanted to run 10.1 but had problems right at the end when SaX2 tried to setup my video. It locked the system hard and the only way I could get out was to power it down.:-(
I guess no OS is perfect. I did install Suse 10.1 on my old HP Pavilion laptop and it went perfectly. The author is correct. The OS is VERY impressive. And if anyone has a suggestion about how to get it to work on my desk top I would love to hear it.
SUSE 10.1 has Mono (dot net framework for Linux) built right in so mono applications (like Beagle) run pretty much hassle free. Sweet.
"There are other little bits too. Like on the last page when he says that you don't have to worry next year when "Windows ME 2.0 is released" because Linux already has all the features. First, it doesn't. Biggest omission: DirectX 10."
What?! Did you expect that DirectX in any version would EVER be included in ANY OS other than Windows?? Give me a break! That would be like trying to take a AMD CPU and somehow jamming it into a Pentium 4 only mother board. It ain't going to happen pal.
'This kind of stuff only hurts the community
After reading some of your previous posts, I seriously doubt that you are part of the [Linux] community. What's the definition of an astroturfing again?
Astroturfing is becoming a real problem on Slast-dot.
Please don't pretend to be what you are not in an effort to hurt the Linux community.
I hear a lot of discussion about the fact that the new Microsoft Office is so different from earlier versions and Vista is feared to be so locked down that most home grown applications will break or need major tweaking that alternatives like Suse Linux are being seriously considered.
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"The $100 million, to be paid by Apple, grants Apple a license to a Creative patent for the hierarchical user interface used in that company's Zen music players. The patent covers an interface that lets users navigate through a tree of expanding options, such as selecting an artist, then a particular album by that artist, then a specific song from that album."
WTF??
What happened to the "non obvious" requirement for a patent?
Does this patent cover other obvious menus systems? Like say an automobile supply program. You pick a year then a car manufacture then you can pick a model then you can pick an engine type and finally a carburetor.
How obvious does it have to get before the patent processors put down their rubber stamps and reject the application?
ROFLMAO
And Bush is the smartest president we've ever had! And the war in IRAQ was about terrorism... Oh, oh, And Santa Clause is real...
"(Ooh, someone's going to mod me troll. Nice try.)"
Yeah, no kidding... Was that remark supose to be funny or are you just putting on your insensitive boob hat??
My comment was in part a joke but sadly it is also true. I know several people in a band that have been told the RIAA that they owe money from bar gigs.
The RIAA is truely evil.
In a statement today the RIAA said that it was dropping its law suit against the Scantleberry family but added "We will, however, expect to be compensated for any music that is played at the funeral."
"...it still angers me that the 'major' pc protection companies can't deal with windows actually securing itself."
I think the point is that Windows IS NOT actually securing itself. If it's easy for black hats to get around it how can it be "Secure?"
If you have ever installed Limewire you would be aware that they do NOT advertise its product as being well-suited for downloading copyrighted material. In fact during the install they one of their questions they ask is if you are going to use it to infringe and if you answer yes the install is aborted.
Obviously people who are going to use P2P technology to infringe will do so but the issue quickly becomes "Should a given technology that has legitimate uses be illegal simply because some people misuse it?"
What more should Limewire and other P2P technology providers do? What is reasonable? Ensuring that it is never misused surely isn't reasonable any more than insisting that gun manufacturers find a way that guns never are used to commit crimes. It seems to me that selling assault rifles is encouraging violence. They are not well suited for deer hunting after all.
What I see here is that guns are backed by powerful lobbying groups and P2P are opposed by powerful lobbying groups.
P2P has legitimate uses should not be marginalized. Your Napster example falls flat as one only needs to know that unlike Limewire, Napster keep a list of files being shared on a central server. That's an important distinction. Limewire keeps no such centralized list and should not be held accountable for what other people do with its product any more that a pistol manufacturer should be held accountable every time someone uses one of their guns to rob a bank or commit murder.
This is more than an attack on Limewire, it is an attack on the P2P technology.
I must admit that I'm disappointed. Very few games run perfectly. Hell maybe none. I've never ran any that didn't have a few issues.
My support is pretty minimal; five bucks a month. So I guess I can't complain too much. I keep hoping that they'll make a break through.
I do almost everything in Linux but I keep an old Windows 2000 partition just for gaming. I also buy native Linux games when I come across them. I believe that as more and more people run Linux the gaming companies will see a profit to be made there. Especially the smart ones who use graphics libraries that are available both on Linux and Windows. Because the profit margin is so small on Linux it doesn't pay to port their games unless it's real easy and quick.
I have a law suite for seven Billion dollars that can't fail. The problem is that I'm short on cash to get it going. If you donate a few hundred million I'll give you 70% of the settlement.
Please make the cashier's check payable to the Nigerian National Law firm.
And I'm sure that SCO is prepared to present evidence to prove this latest claim that is every bit as compelling as all of the evidence to support all of their other claims they have made so far... Yawn...
...that Vista will be ready in time to have Duke Nukum Forever bundled in with it...
Yeah but 7 bucks from Walmart + 4 bucks in gas to drive there and back...
You may consider ESP magic but I do not. I think it is something we don't understand. A bat flying around objects in total darkness would seem "magical" to someone who didn't understand how they do it.
The problem with responding to subtle cues like that horse "Clever Hans" that appeared to count is that in the horses case the owner trained him to do that. To stop stamping it's hoof when given the subtle cue. He then had to give the horse two numbers and calculate the answer himself so that he could give the cue at the right moment. This is very different than what happened here. I don't believe there is any subtle cue a person gives off when they look at a wavy line as apposed to a square.
"I'm surprised you never pursued it..."
:-)
It was just a high school project...
It would have been better if I had been completely out of site but I don't think he was responding to any subtle cues. I just don't buy it.
I'm not claiming that it "proves" anything but I do find it interesting.
Let me be clear, I don't mean that when all of his answers were totaled up he scored twelve to fifteen. If memory serves he scored twelve on his first test, fourteen on his second and fifteen on his third.
I'll let someone else give us the odds on that but it doesn't take a genius to know that those scores are WAY above what would be expected. With five different shapes on the cards one would expect to guess 1 out of five correctly so five correct guesses out of twenty five would be the norm.
I can only think of three possible explanations.
1.He just beat the incredible odds. (Not too likely)
2.He found a way to cheat. (Not too likely. I was careful and he was near the back of the class.)
3.He has ESP.
Of the three possibities I believe the third. He told me that his family bought some kind of ESP game when he was younger and that they played it a lot. He also said that he got better at guessing the correct answers. This suggests to me that ESP may be developed.
But proof. No. He could have got 75 out of 75 correct and it still wouldn't "prove" anything. It is interesting however.
When I was in high school I ran ESP tests on the kids in my psychology class. I had twenty five cards with five different symbols on them. I shuffled the deck and looked at each card and each student wrote down which symbol he/she though I was looking at. The cards were behind a bind so they would not be visible in any way to the class. I ran the test three times and collected the forms.
Everyone scored between four to six right answers except for one kid who on all three tests scored between twelve to fifteen correct answers.
They do mention OSS. For God sake man the title of their cover story in their trash publication sage is "Paying a price for the open-source advantage"
These people don't want open source anti-virus software driving down their prices and they don't want an open source OS to become dominate if it only has a handfull of ineffective viruses.
After carefully analyzing McAfee's arguments I have come to the conclusion that they're fucking stupid!
"Hackers are using techniques popularised by developers of open-source software like Linux to improve their malicious code, a researcher at McAfee has said."
They're sharing information. Wow, what a concept. No criminal group ever did that before open source.
"Nowhere is this more apparent than within the growing families of 'bot' software, which allow hackers to remotely control infected computers. Unlike viruses of the past, bots tend to be written by a group of authors, who often collaborate by using the same tools and techniques as open-source developers, said Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager with McAfee's Avert Labs."
The bad guys are using the cheapest software available to do what they do. If open source tools were not available that wouldn't stop them. They would simply use proprietary tool that they pirated. They're bad guys after all.
"Over the last year and a half, we've noticed how bot development in particular has latched on to open-source tools and the open-source development model," he said."
I'd be interested to know the source of your information. Do they call you up and tell you "We use CVS 'cause it's kewl And we share information 'cause the Open Source model is l33t."
"Mcafee researchers have described this use of open-source techniques in a magazine set to launch today. Called Sage, the publication features a cover story entitled 'Paying a price for the open-source advantage'..."
This is just an Open Source bashing article. Gee could competition like ClamAV have anything to do with it?
"Marcus said his company is drawing attention to the open-source trend to educate users, and not as an attempt to discredit open-source alternatives to its own proprietary software products. "We think [open-source antivirus products] are fine. They've never been something that was really in the same class as ours, but we've always been big supporters of open-source antivirus," he said."
Oh! Well that clears it up nicely. **cough Liar cough**.
"We're not taking aim at the open-source movement; we're talking about the full-disclosure model and how that effectively serves malware development," he said."
Translation: We're not taking aim at the open source movement, we're taking aim at the open source movement...
Summary: The fact is, bad guys collaborate and trashing the open source movement will not change that. If open source tools were not available they wouldn't let that stop them, they would simply use proprietary tools.
ClamAV and other open source anti-virus products out perform your product and are here to stay so get over it!
You've made a lot of accusations and offered no proof in a rather transparent attempt at FUD.
IF the time on your server keeps drifting ahead it's probably nothing to do with Suse but a hardware issue. You can configure the server to put itself in sync with Internet clocks periodically so that even with bad hardware the time will remain close.
...I do really enjoy running Suse. I'm running 10.0 on my desktop and it is sweet. I wanted to run 10.1 but had problems right at the end when SaX2 tried to setup my video. It locked the system hard and the only way I could get out was to power it down. :-(
I guess no OS is perfect. I did install Suse 10.1 on my old HP Pavilion laptop and it went perfectly. The author is correct. The OS is VERY impressive. And if anyone has a suggestion about how to get it to work on my desk top I would love to hear it.
SUSE 10.1 has Mono (dot net framework for Linux) built right in so mono applications (like Beagle) run pretty much hassle free. Sweet.
"There are other little bits too. Like on the last page when he
says that you don't have to worry next year when "Windows ME 2.0
is released" because Linux already has all the features. First,
it doesn't. Biggest omission: DirectX 10."
What?! Did you expect that DirectX in any version would EVER be
included in ANY OS other than Windows?? Give me a break! That would
be like trying to take a AMD CPU and somehow jamming it into a
Pentium 4 only mother board. It ain't going to happen pal.
'This kind of stuff only hurts the community
After reading some of your previous posts, I seriously doubt that
you are part of the [Linux] community. What's the definition
of an astroturfing again?
Astroturfing is becoming a real problem on Slast-dot.
Please don't pretend to be what you are not in an effort to hurt
the Linux community.
I hear a lot of discussion about the fact that the new Microsoft Office is so different from earlier versions and Vista is feared to be so locked down that most home grown applications will break or need major tweaking that alternatives like Suse Linux are being seriously considered.
In what way has ODF been extended by Open Office? A link would be nice...