It's a tricky issue. Having a trademark means you're responsible for actively defending that trademark. If you don't, you can lose it. And that would be a nasty thing indeed for any big business.
That said it would be perfectly valid to just request that the owner of mypalm.com posted a 'palm is a trademark of' notice... and probably much cheaper.
The problem being, there's too much detail needed to be 100% (or even 98%) accurate. They can only teach "If X then Y" when the reality is "If X and A then B, C then Y".
I would hate for someone to get convicted for X when A, B, and C are missing.
If everything has gone to plan, FOSS now rules the world. Of course you'll have seen off the threats from Microsoft and SCO in the obvious way, and should be congratulating yourselves on a job well done. The next great problem you will have to face is what to do about all the out of work.NET programmers. You'll find them most helpful in staffing all those Linux call-centres you set up following the Big Rollout.
I stopped buying Sony after the rootkit fiasco. The quality of the PS3 became a non-issue at that point.
But even ignoring external considerations, the Wii is far more appealing than the PS3. It just seems... more fun. (I'm not going to comment on the Xbox. My sense of the hypothetical is not sufficiently advanced to encompass a world where I'm willing to buy from Microsoft).
Figuring out what happened in a computer system months after the fact is not easy. Most programmers have more than enough trouble figuring out what exactly happened in their own programs thirty seconds ago.
Still -- not to say it's a bad idea. You have to start somewhere...
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Interesting story.
It's a tricky issue. Having a trademark means you're responsible for actively defending that trademark. If you don't, you can lose it. And that would be a nasty thing indeed for any big business.
That said it would be perfectly valid to just request that the owner of mypalm.com posted a 'palm is a trademark of' notice... and probably much cheaper.
But I'll reserve judgement until it actually flies :)
The problem being, there's too much detail needed to be 100% (or even 98%) accurate. They can only teach "If X then Y" when the reality is "If X and A then B, C then Y".
I would hate for someone to get convicted for X when A, B, and C are missing.
I loved that book as a kid.
And it more or less has worked examples of one or two useful calculations you might want to do if you get captured by aliens. Heh.
Well. The last Wii I saw did not have any obvious microphones :)
Lots of new potential for magazines, then.
...become simpler with the addition of a small amount of ethanol.
In a large glass.
I've never been a big fan of voice chat... but without some form of communication, it seems strategy-wise the games will be quite restrictive :)
If everything has gone to plan, FOSS now rules the world. Of course you'll have seen off the threats from Microsoft and SCO in the obvious way, and should be congratulating yourselves on a job well done. The next great problem you will have to face is what to do about all the out of work .NET programmers. You'll find them most helpful in staffing all those Linux call-centres you set up following the Big Rollout.
...a whole new multiplayer experience?
Hmmmmm. Without voice or chat it seems like they'll be a little limited. Or will voice be part of it?
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Oh, I don't know. Having a 2D martian as a pet would be quite cool.
Cheap to feed :)
4D would also be neat. Handy for getting in and out of locked rooms.
I stopped buying Sony after the rootkit fiasco. The quality of the PS3 became a non-issue at that point.
But even ignoring external considerations, the Wii is far more appealing than the PS3. It just seems... more fun. (I'm not going to comment on the Xbox. My sense of the hypothetical is not sufficiently advanced to encompass a world where I'm willing to buy from Microsoft).
Yeah. It surprises me how few people seem to have ditched the TV... but it's an easy choice from where I'm standing.
Figuring out what happened in a computer system months after the fact is not easy. Most programmers have more than enough trouble figuring out what exactly happened in their own programs thirty seconds ago.
Still -- not to say it's a bad idea. You have to start somewhere...
Reduced chance of working in exchange for (perceived) improved profit.
That's pretty broken in my book.
Also, I don't particularly want one, so it's easy to stick to my principles :)
If it's invisible then I don't really care. (Except that DRM is pointless and a waste of money. But: not my problem).
If (as I've been hearing) there's a good change of incompatability and breakage, I do care.
When stupid idea + bad implementation = broken product, I prefer to keep my cash to myself.
Whenever I read 'high definition' these days I think: great, another product that's broken by design.
Someone wake me up when they've passed that part...
How about... doing computer science?
I'm pretty sure there is still research going on somewhere in the world...
Maybe they both said it :p
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More than just software engineering? When was Computer Science ever software engineering?
It's a science. Software engineering, well, that would be engineering, at best...
...is there are so many to choose from. Yes?
Hmm. There needs to be a special moderation for 'most helpful comment'.
It matters a lot if you're using 200 of them at your company...
I have yet to have more fun gaming than playing Deus Ex (although a few games have come close).
To me that makes it an important game :)