All that matters is that it's open to third party hardware and third party developers in general.
This is how Microsoft won in the PC clone wars over IBM -- the wrote the OS that every vendor could use on their computers. This same dynamic is happening again with smartphones. The iPhone will be playing the role of the IBM PC.
The reality is that 99% of all software patents are bogus because they fail the tests of being novel, non-trivial, and non-obvious. 90% of them fail all three tests. The problem is that the patent offices are completely incompetent. The simplest fix is to get rid of all software patents.
The Constitutional limit is 10x actual damages. If the record companies make $0.70 per song, this works out to a $7.00 award per song downloaded. Any greater amount is illegal.
when stock markets fuck-up big time (again), the ripple effect is severe enough that the only way to avoid it is to stock up on supplies and bug out to the woods.
The thing about HFT is that when it does fuck-up the markets, the markets naturally fuck-down again within minutes. Use limit orders and you won't get boned. I'd like to see more flash crashes/explosions because they create enormous opportunities for more sensible investors.
I can't understand why any country other than America would even care about draconian copyright enforcement. Given that America is a huge media maker and most of the world are consumers of this media with a small amount they produce themselves, their citizens achieve a higher quality if life with existing copyright enforcement. ACTA really only benefits the US. All the other countries should figure this out.
All he needs to do is make the text of his password include a confession to a crime. Then, he cannot be compelled to divulge the password because doing so would violate his self-incrimination rights. Checkmate.
Let's hope that they digitally added some stars in the backgrounds in order to placate the conspiracy theorists from believing the footage has been faked.
I wish these pussies would stop fooling around. They need to make their worms destroy all data on every computer they touch. This is the only way that anyone will ever take security seriously, including Microsoft.
If we extrapolate a puppy's growth rate from the first month of its life, we can conclude that it will be a 400-foot-tall trashing downtown Tokyo by age four.
This is the PC Clone wars redux. Apple should study what happened to IBM and the IBM PC since it is playing that role, with its fully proprietary system. Android is the new MS-DOS. The intense competition among lots of hardware vendors for both price and power unified by the new MS-DOS will be more heat than IBM... I mean Apple... can handle.
So, they could spend $1,000,000 prosecuting a handful of anonymous users or they could make 200 more pornos. I think they've made the wrong choice. I guess their business model is starting to fail. Maybe they should move from "plotted" features with 40-year old fake women to 18-year-old gonzo.
the ideal code indentation is a TAB. Set your editor to display whatever indentation width you like, don't expect to inflict that choice on everyone else.
This idea only works if your lines are infinitely long. With fixed-length lines, e.g., 80 chars, you overrun somebody else's line length if you use different TAB settings in your editors. This means you "inflict that choice on everyone else."
It's too bad that batteries don't obey Moore's Law, which eviscerates your argument. The only problem with electric cars is battery technology, which needs a phenomenal breakthrough to become practical.
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This is how Microsoft won in the PC clone wars over IBM -- the wrote the OS that every vendor could use on their computers. This same dynamic is happening again with smartphones. The iPhone will be playing the role of the IBM PC.
On the plus side, there will be lots of leaked celebrity nude scans on the Internet starting any day now.
The reality is that 99% of all software patents are bogus because they fail the tests of being novel, non-trivial, and non-obvious. 90% of them fail all three tests. The problem is that the patent offices are completely incompetent. The simplest fix is to get rid of all software patents.
Ballmer just knows that the Microsoft jig is up. Bill figured this out years ago and left Steve a sinking ship and all of the future blame.
The Constitutional limit is 10x actual damages. If the record companies make $0.70 per song, this works out to a $7.00 award per song downloaded. Any greater amount is illegal.
Kodak did quite well selling film for quite a while. Then, the paradigm shifted. Xbox barely breaks even.
The thing about HFT is that when it does fuck-up the markets, the markets naturally fuck-down again within minutes. Use limit orders and you won't get boned. I'd like to see more flash crashes/explosions because they create enormous opportunities for more sensible investors.
UN bans shadows!
I can't understand why any country other than America would even care about draconian copyright enforcement. Given that America is a huge media maker and most of the world are consumers of this media with a small amount they produce themselves, their citizens achieve a higher quality if life with existing copyright enforcement. ACTA really only benefits the US. All the other countries should figure this out.
All he needs to do is make the text of his password include a confession to a crime. Then, he cannot be compelled to divulge the password because doing so would violate his self-incrimination rights. Checkmate.
Let's hope that they digitally added some stars in the backgrounds in order to placate the conspiracy theorists from believing the footage has been faked.
On the plus side, they'll now get way more publicity than if the IMDB guys weren't dicks. Perhaps they'll even make the popular news.
This will play out like the PC clone wars. The vertically integrated and expensive manufacturer will be buried by the clones and their common OS.
In ten years, Linux will be a better Windows than Windows.
I wish these pussies would stop fooling around. They need to make their worms destroy all data on every computer they touch. This is the only way that anyone will ever take security seriously, including Microsoft.
If we extrapolate a puppy's growth rate from the first month of its life, we can conclude that it will be a 400-foot-tall trashing downtown Tokyo by age four.
This is the PC Clone wars redux. Apple should study what happened to IBM and the IBM PC since it is playing that role, with its fully proprietary system. Android is the new MS-DOS. The intense competition among lots of hardware vendors for both price and power unified by the new MS-DOS will be more heat than IBM... I mean Apple... can handle.
Starting tomorrow, every movie release will come with an EULA.
So, they could spend $1,000,000 prosecuting a handful of anonymous users or they could make 200 more pornos. I think they've made the wrong choice. I guess their business model is starting to fail. Maybe they should move from "plotted" features with 40-year old fake women to 18-year-old gonzo.
I prefer "The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."
That's what Canada has.
Of course they're not equal. It is revealed in Futurama episode 2-07.
This idea only works if your lines are infinitely long. With fixed-length lines, e.g., 80 chars, you overrun somebody else's line length if you use different TAB settings in your editors. This means you "inflict that choice on everyone else."
It's too bad that batteries don't obey Moore's Law, which eviscerates your argument. The only problem with electric cars is battery technology, which needs a phenomenal breakthrough to become practical.
It really doesn't take a leading researcher to teach undergraduate classes. They should hire people who are actually good at teaching for this job.