"but this is the way I see it" means nothing. What matters is how the courts see it, not you.
As for the last paragraph - that's patently wrong too. Its not the computer code or math that you are copyrighting, it is the entire product of that. Just like nobody can copyright words, but you can copyright a book. It is the collection of words put together that make specific thoughts, ideas, in a particular way.
And you cannot copy a book or be liable. So you cannot copy a piece of software. That software contains mathematical algorithms put into specific ways, designed with artwork, and more that make it copyrightable.
Amen. I can't believe he actually told his parents to write his legislators. Like its any of their business! Let them take care of making sure our country is defended and free, not that our whims our taken care of.
So you want Microsoft to adhere to invented ideas of GPL3 and Novell, but you don't want others adhering to Microsoft's own license?
I've read the letters on the site. I've read every word and all the article text. And you know what? It seems quite clear that Microsoft bent over backwards to work with the guy to abide by their EULA and their requirements for VS Express. They spent a year discussing it with him when they could have just slapped a lawsuit. Even now they are working very hard to avoid that and spare the developer some grief.
But that's not good enough for you guys. But if MS does something ala GPL then sue them to the ground, eh? Look I'm not MS happy here but I do believe in fairness. And yes I know, Slashdot is one of the last places for fairness, but I thought it was better than Digg. Oh well.
Visual Studio beats the pants off any dev environment I've ever used. Its nowhere near crapware - in fact, it is the ONE piece of MS code I'd love to use on my Mac instead of xCode. But Vista itself was poorly coded.
I can't believe that nobody is mentioning Tessler here. While he is dead now so nobody can prove he knew how to do it looking back now one can believe that Tessler did have the knowledge how to do this. If so, he was literally a hundred years ahead of his time.
I'm not sure what eBay can do in the face of Craigslist. I've personally started using CraigsList and I know several others who have as well. I sold equipment on Craigslist far faster than ebay at a better price. I actually went and removed my account from eBay because I was tired of their price increases.
Well OK. But it could also mean that VMWare doesn't know yet how to properly create a hardware virtualized vm.
Parallels on OS X switches between software and hardware virtualization and using hardware virtualization its about 97% the speed all around of native hardware (consider that virtualization on current Yonah CPUs is equal to one core only). Software virt on Parallels is much slower - on par with running Windows Virtual PC on the same box using Windows XP (not Mac Virtual PC).
Free does not mean its any good. Open Office is great for some people, but for people who rely on the software, have to track changes for legal documents and work with contracts - its useless.
I use Word for one reason only - as a business owner I get contracts that are marked up with Word's Track Changes feature and I need to see those.
So free is useless if it does not meet requirements. Free is great when it does (Apache/Linux/Adium and a thousand other things)
I guess its fine for Vista, but frankly if I'm running an OS in virtualization, I'd prefer one that uses fewer resources than Vista. XP is a hog, but a thin one by Vista's standard.
That's sort of like saying - its OK for Hitler to come into France because then we can choose between the French government and Fascism. Or how how about Stalin and Eastern Europe.
It is a problem because:
#1 It is Apple keeping the music prices down on downloadable stores. MS would be happy to have music go for any price the RIAA wants including tiered.
#2 I don't use PCs. This is my choice.
#3 MS DRM is far more ugly.
#4 MS profits from illegally using their Windows Monopoly again.
Now if you were to talk about some company like Google and Apple - I probably would be OK with that.
No doubt because its beta its slower, but since MS is looking for feedback that's mine. I don't want them thinking its acceptable because "no one mentioned it during the beta".
I'm glad - its a VERY nice upgrade, but needs more
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I very much enjoy using the ribbon. I think its a huge improvement in usability. If I wasn't using it in Parallels mostly and there was a Mac version, I'd use it definitely. I always liked Entourage, but I won't use it due to Rosetta (I only use PPC apps when I have no choice - with email I have a choice).
So while I love Outlook 2007 and Word 2007, I don't enjoy the speed. Its definitely slower. So I hope they work on that more.
The easy answer is don't buy games unless they are good. I bought GRAW for my 360 and its far and away worth $60 (thought I bought it for less than retail). Many of the other games are not. I rented Quake 4 and a few others. That's about all they were worth.
I wish. I'm a small business. We do have contractors for the very reason that its very expensive to pay for SS. However, there is hardly anything we can deduct unless its directly applicable to our business. We had an audit last year. We found out even health insurance wasn't deductible.
We pay a good 33% of our income or so to taxes which turns out to be enough to pay for another 3-4 people if we could use it for that. We even have a good accountant, but that only helps keep us safe when (not if) an audit hits us.
For all those.\ users who say "ActiveX good riddance" - yes, EXCEPT that QuickTime, Flash, and all the other IE plugins are guess way - ActiveX plugins.
So that means every page with any usage of plugins will be broken.
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No, that's for trademarks. Not for patents.
"but this is the way I see it" means nothing. What matters is how the courts see it, not you.
As for the last paragraph - that's patently wrong too. Its not the computer code or math that you are copyrighting, it is the entire product of that. Just like nobody can copyright words, but you can copyright a book. It is the collection of words put together that make specific thoughts, ideas, in a particular way.
And you cannot copy a book or be liable. So you cannot copy a piece of software. That software contains mathematical algorithms put into specific ways, designed with artwork, and more that make it copyrightable.
Amen. I can't believe he actually told his parents to write his legislators. Like its any of their business! Let them take care of making sure our country is defended and free, not that our whims our taken care of.
Actually they are using XCode. The issue is that they are using some x86 assembly.
You don't have to use "terrible development tools in a windows environment". You could use some half-decent Mac tools in a wonderful environment.
You just chose Windows.
From everything I've seen in Leopard and from what I've read from others (so I know its not just me), this was fixed.
So you want Microsoft to adhere to invented ideas of GPL3 and Novell, but you don't want others adhering to Microsoft's own license?
I've read the letters on the site. I've read every word and all the article text. And you know what? It seems quite clear that Microsoft bent over backwards to work with the guy to abide by their EULA and their requirements for VS Express. They spent a year discussing it with him when they could have just slapped a lawsuit. Even now they are working very hard to avoid that and spare the developer some grief.
But that's not good enough for you guys. But if MS does something ala GPL then sue them to the ground, eh? Look I'm not MS happy here but I do believe in fairness. And yes I know, Slashdot is one of the last places for fairness, but I thought it was better than Digg. Oh well.
Around here BASIC cable is about $13-$15. That's Time Warner Texas. Regular cable is about $30-$40. Digital Cable is $45-50.
I've been reading artificial blood articles on Slashdot for 5 years now. Maybe longer. The title reads as if its the first time. Just mentioning..
Visual Studio beats the pants off any dev environment I've ever used. Its nowhere near crapware - in fact, it is the ONE piece of MS code I'd love to use on my Mac instead of xCode. But Vista itself was poorly coded.
I MEANT Nikola Tesla.
I can't believe that nobody is mentioning Tessler here. While he is dead now so nobody can prove he knew how to do it looking back now one can believe that Tessler did have the knowledge how to do this. If so, he was literally a hundred years ahead of his time.
You realize that's the whole point of investing? To get your money back and then some? Without that, very few would invest.
I'm not sure what eBay can do in the face of Craigslist. I've personally started using CraigsList and I know several others who have as well. I sold equipment on Craigslist far faster than ebay at a better price. I actually went and removed my account from eBay because I was tired of their price increases.
I just don't bother with ebay anymore.
Well OK. But it could also mean that VMWare doesn't know yet how to properly create a hardware virtualized vm.
Parallels on OS X switches between software and hardware virtualization and using hardware virtualization its about 97% the speed all around of native hardware (consider that virtualization on current Yonah CPUs is equal to one core only). Software virt on Parallels is much slower - on par with running Windows Virtual PC on the same box using Windows XP (not Mac Virtual PC).
Free does not mean its any good. Open Office is great for some people, but for people who rely on the software, have to track changes for legal documents and work with contracts - its useless.
I use Word for one reason only - as a business owner I get contracts that are marked up with Word's Track Changes feature and I need to see those.
So free is useless if it does not meet requirements. Free is great when it does (Apache/Linux/Adium and a thousand other things)
True if that's the host OS. But for a virtualized host, one wishes it to be as lean as possible to impact the host OS as little as possible.
I guess its fine for Vista, but frankly if I'm running an OS in virtualization, I'd prefer one that uses fewer resources than Vista. XP is a hog, but a thin one by Vista's standard.
That's sort of like saying - its OK for Hitler to come into France because then we can choose between the French government and Fascism. Or how how about Stalin and Eastern Europe.
It is a problem because:
#1 It is Apple keeping the music prices down on downloadable stores. MS would be happy to have music go for any price the RIAA wants including tiered.
#2 I don't use PCs. This is my choice.
#3 MS DRM is far more ugly.
#4 MS profits from illegally using their Windows Monopoly again.
Now if you were to talk about some company like Google and Apple - I probably would be OK with that.
No doubt because its beta its slower, but since MS is looking for feedback that's mine. I don't want them thinking its acceptable because "no one mentioned it during the beta".
work....
I very much enjoy using the ribbon. I think its a huge improvement in usability. If I wasn't using it in Parallels mostly and there was a Mac version, I'd use it definitely. I always liked Entourage, but I won't use it due to Rosetta (I only use PPC apps when I have no choice - with email I have a choice).
So while I love Outlook 2007 and Word 2007, I don't enjoy the speed. Its definitely slower. So I hope they work on that more.
True, but like USB, them mouse, and the 3.5'' disk drive and other standard equipment - nobody even supported Dual Link DVI until Apple did.
Apple does not invent all that much hardware wise.
The easy answer is don't buy games unless they are good. I bought GRAW for my 360 and its far and away worth $60 (thought I bought it for less than retail). Many of the other games are not. I rented Quake 4 and a few others. That's about all they were worth.
I wish. I'm a small business. We do have contractors for the very reason that its very expensive to pay for SS. However, there is hardly anything we can deduct unless its directly applicable to our business. We had an audit last year. We found out even health insurance wasn't deductible.
We pay a good 33% of our income or so to taxes which turns out to be enough to pay for another 3-4 people if we could use it for that. We even have a good accountant, but that only helps keep us safe when (not if) an audit hits us.
For all those .\ users who say "ActiveX good riddance" - yes, EXCEPT that QuickTime, Flash, and all the other IE plugins are guess way - ActiveX plugins.
So that means every page with any usage of plugins will be broken.