My first (sad) impressions as a US citizen after reading TFA:
1) "There goes the neighborhood"
2) Please guys, don't go down this slippery slope argument.
3) You already live under a set of laws and a surveillance that I would never tolerate, regardless of their benevolent intent.
4) Benjamin Franklin said "He who would sacrifice his freedoms for a little security, as he supposes, deserves and shall receive neither" (paraphrased from memory)
5) In my experience, the "nanny state" type of thinking is always increased and never rescinded by the government
They don't "own" the patents. Rather, they have license to use parts of them at no cost and without fear of being sued. Sort of like applying the GPL to patents instead of copyright.
Um, no. The Federal gov't and most states require that documents be readable by anyone, even a hundred years from now. That's the _law_, and that is why the courts and the USPTO use PDF's made from scanned TIFF images.
You guys could sell the water to places that need it, like arizona, new mexico, and so-cal. I bet that would pay the cost of running the pumps and putting a thousand miles of pipe.
CB is better than nothing, but I wouldn't rely on it. A Ham operator can be heard around the world , and usually they're reliable as to broadcast times, frquency, etc.
You should be very careful with lumping everybody into the category called "you people". By the way, don't you think the programmers, hackers, and etc. feel *the exact same way* about the legal profession?
Same here, regarding fiber and demographics/geographics. Verizon will be very happy to tap a T-1 for me, if I pay the last-mile and $1200 per month or thereabouts.
What I would like to see is more even coverage, even in rural areas; fewer local monopolies; and some effort at "last mile" solutions. IMHO the cable, DSL, and telcos and such are missing out by not using WiMax in rural areas.
If you've done any amount of coast-to-coast travel, then you know that coverage is spotty at best.
The transistor is 1940's technology. Did you know that there's a few zillion of them in the computer that you used to post that?
Guess who invented the transistor?
Bell Labs.
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Ah, but you forget that there is a Beowulf cluster of moderators. They're probably in Soviet Russia ogling Natalie Portman.
Um, no, you are not off base. ISTR my 9th grade bio teacher speaking of this back in 1983 or thereabouts.
"FWIW, I've never seen a corporation build a highway for everyone's use." I have (in the US anyway). Of course, there is a toll.
My first (sad) impressions as a US citizen after reading TFA:
1) "There goes the neighborhood"
2) Please guys, don't go down this slippery slope argument.
3) You already live under a set of laws and a surveillance that I would never tolerate, regardless of their benevolent intent.
4) Benjamin Franklin said "He who would sacrifice his freedoms for a little security, as he supposes, deserves and shall receive neither" (paraphrased from memory)
5) In my experience, the "nanny state" type of thinking is always increased and never rescinded by the government
They don't "own" the patents. Rather, they have license to use parts of them at no cost and without fear of being sued. Sort of like applying the GPL to patents instead of copyright.
Are you nuts?! Yer gonna slashdot google!!! :-)
Um, no. The Federal gov't and most states require that documents be readable by anyone, even a hundred years from now. That's the _law_, and that is why the courts and the USPTO use PDF's made from scanned TIFF images.
Indeed, this is what happened in Buffalo and Niagra falls (NY). And look at them now. It's an urban wasteland.
Bill Gates also understands the currency exchange rate.
A fairly in-depth look here
Never mind how many dollars it costs to get or give secrets. What about how many *lives*?
You guys could sell the water to places that need it, like arizona, new mexico, and so-cal. I bet that would pay the cost of running the pumps and putting a thousand miles of pipe.
CB is better than nothing, but I wouldn't rely on it. A Ham operator can be heard around the world , and usually they're reliable as to broadcast times, frquency, etc.
"... declined to comment" Beware of those, it means that whatever actually comes of it can be spun like FUD.
You should be very careful with lumping everybody into the category called "you people". By the way, don't you think the programmers, hackers, and etc. feel *the exact same way* about the legal profession?
USA to AUS, Hey, can we get in on this 20-km DSL thing? Man, I'm jealous!
Same here, regarding fiber and demographics/geographics. Verizon will be very happy to tap a T-1 for me, if I pay the last-mile and $1200 per month or thereabouts.
If you've done any amount of coast-to-coast travel, then you know that coverage is spotty at best.
The transistor is 1940's technology. Did you know that there's a few zillion of them in the computer that you used to post that? Guess who invented the transistor? Bell Labs.
All of a sudden, a worm makes mainstream news because it invaded CNN's network. I guess that is a sad indicator of what it takes to raise awareness.
Groklaw had a story about this the other day. I'm willing to bet that *they* got the facts right.
Not for long. According to this GrokLaw article, Congress is working on a "Patent Reform Act 2005" which includes "first-to-file" provisions.
Seconded.
FWIW Groklaw had some commentary on this a few days ago.
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Well, if the dude ripped 1.6 bn customer records, what will it cost to verify, update, and restore those records?