I was waiting for this to happen--when the legal hacks that are Free Software (they're beautiful hacks, too) run head-first into all of the silly laws that the proprietary software industry keeps enacting.
"I'm sorry, we granted permission implicitly to do that..."
It's a beautiful thing.
Now if I could get my luser friends to stop paying for warez by using Free Software, I'd be happy. Maybe I could make them pay for Free Software?:)
That's the problem--trademarks must be defended; patents have no such requirement. I do remember that on Groklaw the principle of laches was applied to 30-year-old patents, rendering them "untimely" but 30 years is a loooooooooong time. It means UNIX in its earlier forms must have done it.
(The patent in question was extended a few times.)
This is why "IP" as a term is grossly inaccurate--it's like saying mangoes, apples, and tomatoes are part of a "fruit basket."
All are technically fruit but you don't really mix the three.
This is no longer news. They were banned in an attempt to make E3 an "industry" show again. We don't need to hear every pacing development.
I mean, if you really miss boobies, you could go to CES. A very large adult entertainment expo was going on in the same hotel as part of CES at one point...
"In late 2001, I sent a mail to all of my family members telling them that I would only help them with their PC if they were running Windows XP, so my grandmother ran out and bought an XP machine."
Wow. A Microsoft Employee forced his own grandmother to upgrade...
The rest of the top 20 classes are either presentational or otherwise meaningless (msonormal, for example, which is one of the classes that Microsoft Office uses in its "HTML" output).
There's always a way to clean your keyboard--the dishwasher.
Take the electronics and screws out and set them aside. The keys, the base, and the rubber pad are dishwasher washable.
Use 1/4 to 1/3 of the amount of liquid/power for a full load, and put it on the shortest cycle you can manage and even then keep accelerating the cycle a bit. You want the keyboard clean but not baked.
Don't put anything ELSE in the dishwasher--you're shortening the cycle so you won't have the power to wash too much. The plastic may be dishwasher safe (seems to be) but you don't want to take any chances with the rubber.
If you have a white or ivory keyboard, note that it may yellow a bit, so don't do this on a keyboard you don't own unless the person fully trusts you.
Note: This doesn't work with IBM Model M keyboards (the clicky clicky clack kind) for obvious reasons, but you could probably take the keycovers off and wash those.;)
How about, which vendor makes the patches unnecessary (i.e., few and far between) because it released a solid, working program?
I don't want patch quality. I want program quality.
I work in proprietary software. Most places that do proprietary software are overworked and quality suffers. (EA is an extreme example where workplace quality suffered as well as program quality.)
In the places I've worked, everyone's too busy doing what they've been assigned and they're overworked because they're understaffed. Hiring more people means less money for the company so that generally doesn't happen.
With FOSS, anyone can pick up the source if they have some spare time and hack away at it, and even if individual contributions are small, there's always someone with some spare time and a different view about how something should work.
Once you start doing for money's sake, you spend more time worrying about your bottom line than about quality.
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They've been singing this "no doctrine of first sale" for a long time now, and no one's ever really listened...
Until now.
Someone's getting paid some marketing dollars...
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Apparently that was a "mistake." However since MS is now a convicted monopolist, that sorta stuff is watched much more closely.
I was waiting for this to happen--when the legal hacks that are Free Software (they're beautiful hacks, too) run head-first into all of the silly laws that the proprietary software industry keeps enacting.
:)
"I'm sorry, we granted permission implicitly to do that..."
It's a beautiful thing.
Now if I could get my luser friends to stop paying for warez by using Free Software, I'd be happy. Maybe I could make them pay for Free Software?
I'm almost tempted to buy a card now knowing it *doesn't* support HDCP so I can avoid all of this nonsense for quite some time.
Too bad ATi's Linux support isn't hot.
That's the problem--trademarks must be defended; patents have no such requirement. I do remember that on Groklaw the principle of laches was applied to 30-year-old patents, rendering them "untimely" but 30 years is a loooooooooong time. It means UNIX in its earlier forms must have done it. (The patent in question was extended a few times.) This is why "IP" as a term is grossly inaccurate--it's like saying mangoes, apples, and tomatoes are part of a "fruit basket." All are technically fruit but you don't really mix the three.
The next best part about this is that in the US you can cover 3 windows for $6 USD. You make that back easily in the first WEEK.
http://www.ahbl.org/funny/response1.php
:)
You can also find it on craphound.com as a txt file, but the php form is very useful.
Group policy settings can block you from changing this. Let's not mention there's a way around them, but it's more difficult than that. ;)
Brand new machines are already coming with Office XP SP 2, and as a result are patched. The newbie in my department has a patched machine.
The problem is, think of Joe Sixpack updating his own...
Wait. Never mind. Joe Sixpack almost would never flashes a BIOS, because he still calls the tower "my hard drive."
You know, it looks like it's another one of those “we're doing X, but on the internet” patents, except this time it's on a phone.
I thought that I had lost all hope in the patent system some time ago, but I just lost more.
The problem is that Sony's official stance is that homebrew shouldn't run, so your reasons to purchase the PSP aren't on Sony's radar.
This is no longer news. They were banned in an attempt to make E3 an "industry" show again. We don't need to hear every pacing development. I mean, if you really miss boobies, you could go to CES. A very large adult entertainment expo was going on in the same hotel as part of CES at one point...
Ubuntu with Cedega for the next complainer for me. :)
"In late 2001, I sent a mail to all of my family members telling them that I would only help them with their PC if they were running Windows XP, so my grandmother ran out and bought an XP machine."
Wow. A Microsoft Employee forced his own grandmother to upgrade...
Did you beat the pants off of said asshat in his preferred game? If so, /salute
Our bigger worry is when Linux doesn't run on signed hardware. Think TCPA.
The iRiver 800 series plays ogg and "plays for sure." It sure plays ogg. :)
I don't know if I'd put a Model M keyboard in the dishwasher, but most of the 'quiet key' varieties should be fine if you shorten the cycle.
There's always a way to clean your keyboard--the dishwasher.
;)
Take the electronics and screws out and set them aside. The keys, the base, and the rubber pad are dishwasher washable.
Use 1/4 to 1/3 of the amount of liquid/power for a full load, and put it on the shortest cycle you can manage and even then keep accelerating the cycle a bit. You want the keyboard clean but not baked.
Don't put anything ELSE in the dishwasher--you're shortening the cycle so you won't have the power to wash too much. The plastic may be dishwasher safe (seems to be) but you don't want to take any chances with the rubber.
If you have a white or ivory keyboard, note that it may yellow a bit, so don't do this on a keyboard you don't own unless the person fully trusts you.
Note: This doesn't work with IBM Model M keyboards (the clicky clicky clack kind) for obvious reasons, but you could probably take the keycovers off and wash those.
I'm not responsible if you damage your keyboard.
is to not have any music that has anything to do with these associations.
Actually, I think Microsoft will go after Gibson's reputation.
How about, which vendor makes the patches unnecessary (i.e., few and far between) because it released a solid, working program?
I don't want patch quality. I want program quality.
I work in proprietary software. Most places that do proprietary software are overworked and quality suffers. (EA is an extreme example where workplace quality suffered as well as program quality.)
In the places I've worked, everyone's too busy doing what they've been assigned and they're overworked because they're understaffed. Hiring more people means less money for the company so that generally doesn't happen.
With FOSS, anyone can pick up the source if they have some spare time and hack away at it, and even if individual contributions are small, there's always someone with some spare time and a different view about how something should work.
Once you start doing for money's sake, you spend more time worrying about your bottom line than about quality.