He goes on to note that SBC is not a villian for doing this - it is after all a valid patent, and that what is needed now is prior art."
As long as SBC doesn't "flex its might" and try to collect on this kind of patent, then this could be a great thing! If they use their patents in the same manner as IBM does (they have the patents, they just don't enforce their legal rights on many things), then this could keep other shady people (or the government) from doing the unthinkable... like taxing hyperlinks, just as you would postage.
Don't get me wrong, I think that is is totally absurd that anyone can patent something that is so commonly used and that should be placed in the public domain due to the over whelming number of grandfathered exceptions, but this could be much worse!
Think about this for a second... why would SBC want to limit the use of hyperlinks? They are e telecommunications company... they want to encourage the use of their primary product/service, not stunt its growth! They are just ensuring that no one can do something to reduce there current revenue streams by doig something along the lines of taxing links to other web sites.
I'm patenting protons, neutrons, and electrons, (as well as anything else that may be smaller that comprises these things)... and I'm patenting all uses and configurations of my newly patented items!.... beat that!
Now I will never go out of business!!!! I can sue anyone that makes anything (or that tries to patent anything because they are using my patent to patent their item or idea....
If it breaks they can just go to postgresql.org to get updates and....
... kick them selves for wasting the bandwidth to download those updates, then point their browser to MySQL.com and prepare to upgrade to MySQL while they download the source code!
If I can get onto a Linux or BSD box as ANY USER, I can get root (well, 90% of the time, I can).
Remember, many sys admins don't patch local software packages that have buffer overflows or other wonder exploits that can get you root, so just about ANY remote exploit that you can get shell access with can be viewed as a root exploit.
This is especially true with University servers and other places that install all software packages that come with their Linux distribution in the name of "research" or "education".
- Oracle / DB2 / etc
- Storage manager (Veritas?)
- Enterprise backup software
- Four other things I forgot
- yet more stuff
- yada, yada, yada
- etc, etc
Yes, you might want to waste money on this software, but think of the alternatives:
You could pay out the nose for Windows *place version here* Server instead of using Linux
Pay a ton for SQL server (or still buy Oracle) instead of using Postgres or MySQL
You don't NEED Tivoli / Openview / Unicenter / whatever, but you could spend even more money with the Windows versions (or clones) of this software. Better yet, use some freeware or WRITE YOUR OWN!!!
Backup software.... that comes with Openview... and it is sweet... but I had my own scripts that I used instead of openview for ears on a network of about 100 servers that made up over 400 partitions that needed backed up everynight. Also, Amanda (free with Linux) does the job here very well.
Use more free ware
Write more of your own stuff
yada yada yada
etc, etc, etc
So yes, there is a BIG reason to use Linux instead of Windows... it is MUCH cheaper over the long haul... and a Linux admin can administer MANY more Linux boxes versus the number of Windows boxes a Windows admin can manage.
It is like telling AOL to ship MSN8 with their latest distro....
Sun and Microsoft are competitors. MS developes Visual Studio and should promot their programming distro.
If MS has to include Java, wh don't the have to include Perl, Python, PHP, and interpreters for other languages... or why don't they have to include the Macromedia plug-in?
Everyone has to download the pluins and interpreters for other products, why should Java and Sun be so special?
BTW: My favorite programming language is Java, so I am definately not biased here... this is my opinion in regards to fair competition
Speaking of which, did anyone get tired of the poorly thoughout contest and break into a game of Quake, Counter Strike, or War Craft III???
Honestly, this event sounded like it had potential, but the organizers just didn't plan things well enough... they obviuosl have never been to a well planed LAN party.... or maybe these are the guys that you get pissed at when they throw a reall bad LAN party:)
You may be able to keep the exact workings of the program out of general circulation, but can you prevent the code from being reverse-engineered by serious opponents? Probably not.
There are just too many ways to reverse engineer something these days.... debuggers, de-compilers, etc....
This is why everything should be open source! If everthing is put in plain view (and not protected by rediculous laws and coprights), then people that use crypto programs are more likely to ensure that they are truely secure... and they are able to help contribute to the program by repairing flaws in the original code...
If everyone's eyes can see the program, then security can better be kept without an excessive need for an abundense of secrets...
The people I would vote into office don't stand a snowballs chance in hell with the current system... THAT IS MY POINT!
With the current sstem, you need to have money backing you... that means you are either H. Ross Perot, you have coorporations backing you, or you have other third part interest groups backing you... and in all three of those scenerios, that is BAD!!! People are then influenced by what other groups of people think and are forced to do as they ask or risk loosing their funding, and hence, loosing their lively hood and their career.
And since those in power do not want changes like I am talking about to occur, they'll never get into power... or enough of them won't be in power together at the same time (the current politicians will do EVERYTHING they can do to make the "good guys" look bad) to impliment such changes. And even then, the so called "good guys" are in power, so why would they have that much motivation to do something that could cause them to loose their power after they had somehow managed to defeat the current sstem and land into a position of authority?
As in Lord of The Rings, men are easily coorupted by greed, and even "good men" can be coorupted if they are put in a position to be coorupted.
Basically, it gets down to this: The current system would need to be wiped out, totall erased, and we'd have to start over from ground zero, in terms of politics, to make it work right again.
It is time to clean house and let some fresh blood in... blood that has enough antibodies to fight off diseases like coorporate bribes!
It is the onl way this would happen... and, unfortunatel, it will probably take violence to achieve this goal. The people in power are not going to want to simpl "give it up".....
I'm going to stop posting on this topic now (its getting a little too personal)... I don't want to be accused of inciting a riot, being anti-patriotic (or a terrorist), or get modded down as flamebait, off-topic, or troll.
Donating to these parties is what CAUSES these problems!
Yes, it taxes money to run a campaign, but I believe that the rich shouldn't be able to buy an election buy purchasing more exposure to the public than "the average Joe".
What I am proposing would make running for office fair to ANYONE can take public office... (so that the little kid that says "I want to be president" actually has a snowballs chance in hell of making it happen based on what he/she BELIEVES in and if people trust him/her.... NOT because he/she has money or is willing to take in the ass from coorporations and other interest groups)
The problem with donating is that it makes politicians crooked and willing to comprimise their own morals for a few bucks. Just because the want to fill their pockets doesn't mean that the rest of the people should be made to lie with their decisions. Again, this is basicall allowing people to "buy the laws" that they want! This is what has to stop. People should put laws into place because they believe in that law and because the politician believes that it will serve the majority of people. If they don't do what needs to be done, they won't get elected. Further, they won't be able to make people feel that there isn't another choice by spending millions of dollars advertising more than the other candidates that are just getting started.
My point is this: all candidates would get EQUAL exposure when running for office... they would have EQUAL resources available to them (which would be provided with tax dollars instead of campaign contributions)..... and that they would have to prove that they are serious about running for office by earning the right to run the old fashioned way... with signitures and the backing of the people that they would go out and get by "walking the streets". This might also help make candidates more knowledgible about the problems that the everyday person encounters, i.e. put the politicians more in touch with their constituants.
From the yahoo.com article:"Congress passed the copyright law after heavy lobbying from companies with lucrative copyrights."
Its time to do more than "go retro"... its time for some Contitutional amendments... or a complete overhaul of the government!
I understand that companies need to protect themselves, but this kind of shit is unacceptible! Companies, not "the average Joe", control the USA now. This is why I quit voting! I know that people DIE for the right to vote, but when the government is so obviously coorupted, how could ANYONE support such a system?
This is why coorporations (and possibly individuals) should be barred from "donating" to elected officials (or candidates for public offices). This is the kind of shit that happens when companies can "buy the law". They paid off a hand full of people that can make the law so that they can have the laws they want. This is a fantastic example of such an event!
What needs to be done to prevent this kind of shiesty shit from happening is simple:
Prohibit any individuals or organizations from donating to ANY public official or candiate
Instead of collecting campaign money, have individuals that want to run for office collect a large, but not impossible, number of signitures of peoplet hat would possibly vote for them for a public office. All signitures MUST be collected by the candidate, not a representative.
If candidate collects signitures, the proper level of govenment will provide the candidate with a fixed amount of money with which to run his/her campaign. The candidate can NOT contribute ANY of his/her own money to the campaign (no additional payroll!!!)... only their time.
Force all FCC controlled forms of media to provide equal advertising for each candidate at no cost to the candidate.
.... (I know I don't have EVERYTHING covered, but you get the idea)
This would allow our country to return to what it should be... a country for the people controlled by the people. This way, the government would look out for people instead of big business. It would also force big business to look out for the people before doing anything that could cause any type of harm to the general population.
I know my idea isn't perfect, but I think it would work better than the current system.
P.S. This is not flamebait or a troll... this is my honest to God opinion and I'd like to hear what other people think about it, either good or bad. If you don't agree, please don't moderate... but respond with your thoughts.
This is more than my normal 2 cents... this is more like my 2 trillion bucks worth....
Combined with the cheap 'n dirty homemade wireless links this technology has a *lot* of potential for cheap (or free) Internet access...
I'm not sure what you meant by that statement... whether or not you're talking about providing this service to the less fortunate at a CHEAP cost... or if you're talking about stealing it for yourself (which would be free).
In either case, this isn't cheap or free!! Everyone keeps forgetting that the bandwidth that is connected to the base unit has to be PAID FOR (unless you're stealing it, in which case this post will become more of a flame than a reality check).
Countries, such as the ones you are suggesting, need food, clothing,... housing.... electric... other necessities of life... a computer.... and the infrastructure to support Internet access BEFORE the world would provide them with WiFi. It is a nice thought... but lets get real here people!!!!
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It isn't so insecure if you use PGP
"You should go home and rethink your life"
But the real question is:
What OS is running the software for that radar???
As long as SBC doesn't "flex its might" and try to collect on this kind of patent, then this could be a great thing! If they use their patents in the same manner as IBM does (they have the patents, they just don't enforce their legal rights on many things), then this could keep other shady people (or the government) from doing the unthinkable
Don't get me wrong, I think that is is totally absurd that anyone can patent something that is so commonly used and that should be placed in the public domain due to the over whelming number of grandfathered exceptions, but this could be much worse!
Think about this for a second
Just my $0.02 cents
I'm patenting patents!
Then just like Eric Cartman, I won't let anyone use my stuff
Hopefully by then the damn government can get the laws straightened out before we get too more of these totally rediculous patents flying around!
I'm going to copyright them then!
My turn for my lifetime (which will probably be ended as soon as I leave the copyright office) + 110 years!
If Walt can do it, so can I!!!
I have pateneted the process of binding papers together in any type of hard or soft covering
I'm patenting protons, neutrons, and electrons, (as well as anything else that may be smaller that comprises these things) ... and I'm patenting all uses and configurations of my newly patented items! .... beat that!
....
Now I will never go out of business!!!! I can sue anyone that makes anything (or that tries to patent anything because they are using my patent to patent their item or idea
C'mon people, get on-topic here! In this case, F.O.R.D. should mean:
Fix
Or
Recycle
Daily
If I can get onto a Linux or BSD box as ANY USER, I can get root (well, 90% of the time, I can).
...
Remember, many sys admins don't patch local software packages that have buffer overflows or other wonder exploits that can get you root, so just about ANY remote exploit that you can get shell access with can be viewed as a root exploit. This is especially true with University servers and other places that install all software packages that come with their Linux distribution in the name of "research" or "education".
Just my $0.02 cents
Yes, you might want to waste money on this software, but think of the alternatives:
So yes, there is a BIG reason to use Linux instead of Windows
I'd mod you up funny, but I don't have any mod points, nor can you mod a topic that ou've posted on
... I don't agree with the ruling ...
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... or why don't they have to include the Macromedia plug-in?
... this is my opinion in regards to fair competition
It is like telling AOL to ship MSN8 with their latest distro
Sun and Microsoft are competitors. MS developes Visual Studio and should promot their programming distro.
If MS has to include Java, wh don't the have to include Perl, Python, PHP, and interpreters for other languages
Everyone has to download the pluins and interpreters for other products, why should Java and Sun be so special?
BTW: My favorite programming language is Java, so I am definately not biased here
Speaking of which, did anyone get tired of the poorly thoughout contest and break into a game of Quake, Counter Strike, or War Craft III???
Honestly, this event sounded like it had potential, but the organizers just didn't plan things well enough
I'll be here all week folks!
This is going to be funny ....
....
....
... this idea for security will help the world as a whole, but may backfire in that MS may exploit the open source community ....
... exploit the people and get free labor to plug all of your security holes!!
All of the MS exploits that will be exposed after some people outside of Microsfot get their hands on MS source code
Of course, then they are going to get the "open source" community to fix these bugs for them (for free), then lock it back up
Hmmm
I guess that is one way to achieve security
There are just too many ways to reverse engineer something these days
This is why everything should be open source! If everthing is put in plain view (and not protected by rediculous laws and coprights), then people that use crypto programs are more likely to ensure that they are truely secure
If everyone's eyes can see the program, then security can better be kept without an excessive need for an abundense of secrets
Just my $0.02 cents
You vote them in.
... THAT IS MY POINT!
... that means you are either H. Ross Perot, you have coorporations backing you, or you have other third part interest groups backing you ... and in all three of those scenerios, that is BAD!!! People are then influenced by what other groups of people think and are forced to do as they ask or risk loosing their funding, and hence, loosing their lively hood and their career.
... or enough of them won't be in power together at the same time (the current politicians will do EVERYTHING they can do to make the "good guys" look bad) to impliment such changes. And even then, the so called "good guys" are in power, so why would they have that much motivation to do something that could cause them to loose their power after they had somehow managed to defeat the current sstem and land into a position of authority?
... blood that has enough antibodies to fight off diseases like coorporate bribes!
... and, unfortunatel, it will probably take violence to achieve this goal. The people in power are not going to want to simpl "give it up" .....
... I don't want to be accused of inciting a riot, being anti-patriotic (or a terrorist), or get modded down as flamebait, off-topic, or troll.
The people I would vote into office don't stand a snowballs chance in hell with the current system
With the current sstem, you need to have money backing you
And since those in power do not want changes like I am talking about to occur, they'll never get into power
As in Lord of The Rings, men are easily coorupted by greed, and even "good men" can be coorupted if they are put in a position to be coorupted.
Basically, it gets down to this: The current system would need to be wiped out, totall erased, and we'd have to start over from ground zero, in terms of politics, to make it work right again.
It is time to clean house and let some fresh blood in
It is the onl way this would happen
I'm going to stop posting on this topic now (its getting a little too personal)
Donating to these parties is what CAUSES these problems!
... (so that the little kid that says "I want to be president" actually has a snowballs chance in hell of making it happen based on what he/she BELIEVES in and if people trust him/her .... NOT because he/she has money or is willing to take in the ass from coorporations and other interest groups)
... they would have EQUAL resources available to them (which would be provided with tax dollars instead of campaign contributions) ..... and that they would have to prove that they are serious about running for office by earning the right to run the old fashioned way ... with signitures and the backing of the people that they would go out and get by "walking the streets". This might also help make candidates more knowledgible about the problems that the everyday person encounters, i.e. put the politicians more in touch with their constituants.
.....
Yes, it taxes money to run a campaign, but I believe that the rich shouldn't be able to buy an election buy purchasing more exposure to the public than "the average Joe".
What I am proposing would make running for office fair to ANYONE can take public office
The problem with donating is that it makes politicians crooked and willing to comprimise their own morals for a few bucks. Just because the want to fill their pockets doesn't mean that the rest of the people should be made to lie with their decisions. Again, this is basicall allowing people to "buy the laws" that they want! This is what has to stop. People should put laws into place because they believe in that law and because the politician believes that it will serve the majority of people. If they don't do what needs to be done, they won't get elected. Further, they won't be able to make people feel that there isn't another choice by spending millions of dollars advertising more than the other candidates that are just getting started.
My point is this: all candidates would get EQUAL exposure when running for office
A few more of my cents on this issue
Its time to do more than "go retro"
I understand that companies need to protect themselves, but this kind of shit is unacceptible! Companies, not "the average Joe", control the USA now. This is why I quit voting! I know that people DIE for the right to vote, but when the government is so obviously coorupted, how could ANYONE support such a system?
This is why coorporations (and possibly individuals) should be barred from "donating" to elected officials (or candidates for public offices). This is the kind of shit that happens when companies can "buy the law". They paid off a hand full of people that can make the law so that they can have the laws they want. This is a fantastic example of such an event!
What needs to be done to prevent this kind of shiesty shit from happening is simple:
This would allow our country to return to what it should be
I know my idea isn't perfect, but I think it would work better than the current system.
P.S. This is not flamebait or a troll
This is more than my normal 2 cents
Thoughts and comments PLEASE!
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I'm not sure what you meant by that statement
In either case, this isn't cheap or free!! Everyone keeps forgetting that the bandwidth that is connected to the base unit has to be PAID FOR (unless you're stealing it, in which case this post will become more of a flame than a reality check).
Countries, such as the ones you are suggesting, need food, clothing,
You don't need to nuke your clothes ....
.... j/k
:)
Just wear a faraday (sp???) cage!!!
Ya know, the wire mesh inside of your microwave that prevents the radiation from escaping!
This way, you have a bullet proof vest on while you're running from the store you just stole 3 shirts from
Besdies, nuking some clothes might be bad since they may shink when heated too much
Finding one "mad hot chick" that understands what "133t h04x0r" means
PROFIT!