"Do you think patents are stopping companies from creating 'perfect' devices, or are there other factors at work?"
No -- Yes.
I say that because the patent system, good, bad or otherwise, has been around long enough that if there was genuine smothering of genius going on, it would have been a major topic long since, and because everyone has a different interpretation of 'perfect' devices. (left handed versus right - textured vs. smoothed...)
For those that need a concept to wrap their heads around, read the book 'The Difference Engine'...twice, if you have to.
With such things as Apple TV, You Tube and Democracy, advertisers are already finding a workable ad model. Sure, soon enough users will be pummeled with ads, if they aren't already, but compared to millions of dollars per minute for SuperBowl advertisements - alreadty, online channels reach more for very, very less and I don't see relative costs climbing to the same levels enjoyed by traditional TV any time soon.
However, as much as I'm drawn to this, I'm prompted to hold out for the 'V32 Duo Quintuple-Core' System - now that sounds like a real hair-on-your-back piece of technology - whoa!
Because laughter is good - hatred and public humiliation via perceived dominance and the inability to resist acting like a list-mom/policeman are not - lighten up and consider you may just be jealous because I've got the guts to do it with w/an account and you do not:)
The 'weapon' was also patented. As a result the RIAA has dispatched a flock of attorneys and intends to bring to court not only the tribe that killed the 100 ~ 200 year old beast, but anyone waiting in line for a hunk of blubber.
Reason? Reports of singing by tribe members have come in and without a doubt, multiple infringements have occured and will continue to occur until the bringers of justice step in and halt all misuse.
At least one cyber-attacking country sees Americans as boastful, i.e. 'lazy and over confident'. Try to imagine them mouthing that phrase, not me, thanks - I mean sheesh... I'm an American & don't need to be told I'm nothing if not boastful:)
The PS3 is a wonderful device. It has amazing abilities and is a shining example of what one company can do when all the stops are pulled and the horizon is just the beginning.
Sound familiar?
Until Sony admits they are selling the console equivalent of the Bugatti Veyron, nothing much is going to change in the marketplace. Consider the commonalities. Exceptional performance; pushing the envelope; losing considerable amounts of money when each one is sold? Rabid fans line up to buy one. Not much you can do but show it off to your friends. All that power seems a bit out of reach for practical purposes. Flagship for the company.
Ok, Sony - the PS3 is a milestone - sure to go down in history. Nothing can compare. Now, how about cranking out millions of units that can be enjoyed by the masses. Something more timely, practical and compatible. You can do it - I have faith. You just need to forget bluesky marketing and get back to making and selling what the public not only wants, but can use...today.
"Ok, could somebody please explain to me what classifies as a cyber-attack? It seems all these are applicable only to public Internet, not private networks. What's all the fuss?"
Day 1.) You, the lazy and over confident American, are preparing to release a new technology and enjoy all that profit that is bound to rain down for years, if not decades. You've been confirming patents, training vendors, stockpiling components and lining up sales channels. Some of that data has traveled public networks, but so far, most has circulated on your private network. And someone has been watching both.
Day 2.) All of the details of your plan have been harvested, mined and translated out of English into not one, but at least 1/2 dozen foreign languages.
Day 3.) Investments in all of the related technologies are planned and set to take place at the appropriate times to (a) profit (b) control the resources at their roots (c) position what appear to be innocuous bond traders so that when the time is right, the trigger is pulled and your firm is put in a less than favorable global market light.
Day 4.) Copies, clones and variants of your new technology are made available in vast markets where you have no reach.
Day 5.) You release your technology into the market place, like a new born calf, and wait for it to take those first precious steps all on its' own.
Day 100...) Instead of finding yourself the captain of industry all of those domestic pundits said you'd be, you have this feeling that maybe you've wasted your time, somehow.
Day 500.) The sadness you feel, seeing others profit from your firm's hard work and yankee ingenuity can hardly be put into words. Your staff put in the time - your investors put in the money - you put in years of your life. Is it possible there are others like you? Is it possible you and other domestic companies gifted the futures of concerns outside your country? How could something like this happen?
How could the good old USA be leap-frogged by developing nations dominated by dirt farmers and polluted countrysides? How?
You're seeing eBay guides, pages.ebay.com and/or pulling from either a local or ISP cache.
I tried yesterday, and again just now and nada. No eBay seller item links on the radar. No items being sold, including bowling balls.
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Just spotted this news link: 'Space station glitch puzzles experts' - have to say the reason why the experts are scratching their skulls over the supposed ISS issue is because it didn't occur...simple.
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Hey, geekster ~ howzit it been? Please. I've asked nicely before and you just don't seem to get it.
Leave the monkeys out of this...ok?
They've never done anything against you or your half-sister and there is no need to continue with attempting to marginalize them the way you do. They're just monkeys. Tiny, brindle-brown, Macedonian temple anus-monkeys, sure...but as soon as the rescue lady calls with a good home for them, every last one is staying where he is.
You could do with a little animal kingdom respect display yourself, you know. I'm sure you could find a lonely sheep from, say, Montana, that needs a good foster home. Just remember, the only thing wrong with screwing 'em is you have to run around to the front to kiss 'em.
You're saying NASA faked the photo of the hole in the wing??? Oh...my bad:)
Lord - If you're right, timmie, this could be the biggest thing since Bush had his USD$50 watch lifted by an Albanian pickpocket!!!
Look, bud - you can call me a trans-gendered duck for all I care, but 'labeling' your target is weak debating at best, so unless you've got something more, you are only mildly entertaining - good for a few laughs. Very few.
Thanks for taking a run at me Mr. T, but better luck next time:)
For all those chucksters cracking wise about what a bucket of bolts the ISS is...
The first piece of the space station was Zarya, the Russian control module that was launched into orbit November 20, 1998. A few weeks later, on December 4, 1998, the U.S. module Unity was launched into space. On December 7, 1998, the two modules were connected.
That makes the ISS just over 8 years in service.
How old is Atlantis?
Fourth orbiter to become operational
01/29/79 Contract Awarded
03/03/80 Started structural assembly of Crew Module
04/10/84 Completed Final Assembly
10/03/85 First Flight
Space Shuttle Atlantis has completed 27 flights, spent 220.40-days in space, completed 3468 orbits, and flown 89908732 miles in total, as of September 2006. Atlantis visited visited MIR in 1997!
Atlantis is 23 years old as of last April. 21 years in service. More than twice as old as the ISS.
Now, tell again - which is the real bucket of bolts? ISS or Atlantis?
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I've been waiting for this story to hit/. - didn't take long... I have to admit that using the ISS as an excuse to hide the real issue(s) and buy time is creative, tho:)
When the shuttle launched last week, the headline quoting NASA was 'perfect launch'.
Then, we heard this: "NASA says shuttle damage is not serious"
"The first shuttle launch of the year helped put NASA back on track after a run of bad luck and scandal on the ground during the first half of the year."
Next, we get this: "NASA checks into potential hit on shuttle"
"Sensors on the shuttle Atlantis have recorded hits on the leading edges of the wings, around the area where Columbia suffered fatal damage four years ago, NASA officials said Tuesday. However, they emphasized that the hits probably did no damage to Atlantis."
"What we have seen does not indicate that we have been hit by anything," NASA's Shannon said."
Huh? Do we have a hit or not...? Shannon has quite the golden tongue.
My point is that NASA always says "perfect launch", even when they are sitting on data that suggests damage or problems. And - here we go again.
NASA does everything they can to shine up their process and actions to avoid even hints of trouble. They are more worried about bad press and how the public views their capabilities than they are for the short term. This story about a computer glitch on the ISS is a smokescreen to cover their asses while they try to fix whatever is wrong on the Shuttle. Hit or no hit, something is amiss.
Sooner or later... Always...the real information comes out and we find that something bad did indeed happen; they knew about it all along, and they were/are once again clueless as to how to deal with the situation, claiming the shuttle is sooooo complicated or sooooo old or soooo expensive, when all they really want to do is CYA.
The mindset-climate at NASA has always been the same and always will be the same. Hubris.
"Dammit, Jim! I'm doing all I can. I'm a Doctor, not one of your shiny youngbuck Engineers!"
"This creature has no recognizable central nervous system - no heart, lungs, kidneys, liver or even a simple brain that I can find. Maybe if I WERE an Engineer I could make sense of all of.......this..."
If McCoy couldn't envision a connection between data networks and the human genome, what does that say about - Wait...he was an actor, right? Not a real doctor in the future...?
Foreign concerns have been doing business w/China for thousands of years, bud. Barriers down? Which ones...please tell me. England was here for hundreds of years - gold and silver came in by the ton and rice on English frigates...spices and porcelain want out the same way. Please point out any barrier you can that came down from that relationship - I'll wait.
China has all it needs in terms of material resources, for the foreseeable future - As an example, China is #4 trading partner for Russia...but Russia is #8 for China.
If you think 'we' are breaking down anything in China, I've got an Armani pure silk suit coat I just picked up in Shenzhen I know you're just gonna love!
"...he faces a maximum sentence of 11 years in prison."
He may want to ask for more years and just stay in - If I run into him on the street...well, let's just say he will need more than self-healing plastic skin to hold him together until he can be put out of his misery by Kevorkian.
Sounds like an agenda on some mods' part looking to waste points - Thanks for taking a run at my opinion, but that kind of mod is weak & childish at best - try again next time... I can take it:)
The skin (largest body organ) I have is already 'self-healing'. That is what medicine is all about. Medicine never 'fixes' anything, it just attempts to promote favorable conditions.
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"Do you think patents are stopping companies from creating 'perfect' devices, or are there other factors at work?"
...twice, if you have to.
No -- Yes.
I say that because the patent system, good, bad or otherwise, has been around long enough that if there was genuine smothering of genius going on, it would have been a major topic long since, and because everyone has a different interpretation of 'perfect' devices. (left handed versus right - textured vs. smoothed...)
For those that need a concept to wrap their heads around, read the book 'The Difference Engine'
Well, then - Windows is just going to have to change, isn't it.
As they say...
Conquer anger
with lack of anger;
bad, with good;
stinginess, with a gift;
a liar, with truth.
With such things as Apple TV, You Tube and Democracy, advertisers are already finding a workable ad model. Sure, soon enough users will be pummeled with ads, if they aren't already, but compared to millions of dollars per minute for SuperBowl advertisements - alreadty, online channels reach more for very, very less and I don't see relative costs climbing to the same levels enjoyed by traditional TV any time soon.
"Greed and free trade."
Only a fool would differentiate between those on the world stage.
"...patents...don't mean anything to China"
When they contain useful information, they can mean everything to someone looking to leapfrog the development process.
The all new 'V8 Octa-Core'!
However, as much as I'm drawn to this, I'm prompted to hold out for the 'V32 Duo Quintuple-Core' System - now that sounds like a real hair-on-your-back piece of technology - whoa!
Because laughter is good - hatred and public humiliation via perceived dominance and the inability to resist acting like a list-mom/policeman are not - lighten up and consider you may just be jealous because I've got the guts to do it with w/an account and you do not :)
The 'weapon' was also patented. As a result the RIAA has dispatched a flock of attorneys and intends to bring to court not only the tribe that killed the 100 ~ 200 year old beast, but anyone waiting in line for a hunk of blubber.
Reason? Reports of singing by tribe members have come in and without a doubt, multiple infringements have occured and will continue to occur until the bringers of justice step in and halt all misuse.
You've been warned.
At least one cyber-attacking country sees Americans as boastful, i.e. 'lazy and over confident'. Try to imagine them mouthing that phrase, not me, thanks - I mean sheesh... I'm an American & don't need to be told I'm nothing if not boastful :)
The PS3 is a wonderful device. It has amazing abilities and is a shining example of what one company can do when all the stops are pulled and the horizon is just the beginning.
Sound familiar?
Until Sony admits they are selling the console equivalent of the Bugatti Veyron, nothing much is going to change in the marketplace. Consider the commonalities. Exceptional performance; pushing the envelope; losing considerable amounts of money when each one is sold? Rabid fans line up to buy one. Not much you can do but show it off to your friends. All that power seems a bit out of reach for practical purposes. Flagship for the company.
Ok, Sony - the PS3 is a milestone - sure to go down in history. Nothing can compare. Now, how about cranking out millions of units that can be enjoyed by the masses. Something more timely, practical and compatible. You can do it - I have faith. You just need to forget bluesky marketing and get back to making and selling what the public not only wants, but can use...today.
"Ok, could somebody please explain to me what classifies as a cyber-attack? It seems all these are applicable only to public Internet, not private networks. What's all the fuss?"
Day 1.) You, the lazy and over confident American, are preparing to release a new technology and enjoy all that profit that is bound to rain down for years, if not decades. You've been confirming patents, training vendors, stockpiling components and lining up sales channels. Some of that data has traveled public networks, but so far, most has circulated on your private network. And someone has been watching both.
Day 2.) All of the details of your plan have been harvested, mined and translated out of English into not one, but at least 1/2 dozen foreign languages.
Day 3.) Investments in all of the related technologies are planned and set to take place at the appropriate times to (a) profit (b) control the resources at their roots (c) position what appear to be innocuous bond traders so that when the time is right, the trigger is pulled and your firm is put in a less than favorable global market light.
Day 4.) Copies, clones and variants of your new technology are made available in vast markets where you have no reach.
Day 5.) You release your technology into the market place, like a new born calf, and wait for it to take those first precious steps all on its' own.
Day 100...) Instead of finding yourself the captain of industry all of those domestic pundits said you'd be, you have this feeling that maybe you've wasted your time, somehow.
Day 500.) The sadness you feel, seeing others profit from your firm's hard work and yankee ingenuity can hardly be put into words. Your staff put in the time - your investors put in the money - you put in years of your life. Is it possible there are others like you? Is it possible you and other domestic companies gifted the futures of concerns outside your country? How could something like this happen?
How could the good old USA be leap-frogged by developing nations dominated by dirt farmers and polluted countrysides? How?
You're seeing eBay guides, pages.ebay.com and/or pulling from either a local or ISP cache.
I tried yesterday, and again just now and nada. No eBay seller item links on the radar. No items being sold, including bowling balls.
Just spotted this news link: 'Space station glitch puzzles experts' - have to say the reason why the experts are scratching their skulls over the supposed ISS issue is because it didn't occur...simple.
Hey, geekster ~ howzit it been? Please. I've asked nicely before and you just don't seem to get it.
Leave the monkeys out of this...ok?
They've never done anything against you or your half-sister and there is no need to continue with attempting to marginalize them the way you do. They're just monkeys. Tiny, brindle-brown, Macedonian temple anus-monkeys, sure...but as soon as the rescue lady calls with a good home for them, every last one is staying where he is.
You could do with a little animal kingdom respect display yourself, you know. I'm sure you could find a lonely sheep from, say, Montana, that needs a good foster home. Just remember, the only thing wrong with screwing 'em is you have to run around to the front to kiss 'em.
'...shuttle wing impact conspiracy.'
:)
:)
You're saying NASA faked the photo of the hole in the wing??? Oh...my bad
Lord - If you're right, timmie, this could be the biggest thing since Bush had his USD$50 watch lifted by an Albanian pickpocket!!!
Look, bud - you can call me a trans-gendered duck for all I care, but 'labeling' your target is weak debating at best, so unless you've got something more, you are only mildly entertaining - good for a few laughs. Very few.
Thanks for taking a run at me Mr. T, but better luck next time
The first piece of the space station was Zarya, the Russian control module that was launched into orbit November 20, 1998. A few weeks later, on December 4, 1998, the U.S. module Unity was launched into space. On December 7, 1998, the two modules were connected.
That makes the ISS just over 8 years in service.
How old is Atlantis?
Space Shuttle Atlantis has completed 27 flights, spent 220.40-days in space, completed 3468 orbits, and flown 89908732 miles in total, as of September 2006. Atlantis visited visited MIR in 1997!
Atlantis is 23 years old as of last April. 21 years in service. More than twice as old as the ISS.
Now, tell again - which is the real bucket of bolts? ISS or Atlantis?
I've been waiting for this story to hit /. - didn't take long... I have to admit that using the ISS as an excuse to hide the real issue(s) and buy time is creative, tho :)
o s/070610/070610_tear_bcol_11a.standard.jpg - photo of hole/tear in thermal blanket
...the real information comes out and we find that something bad did indeed happen; they knew about it all along, and they were/are once again clueless as to how to deal with the situation, claiming the shuttle is sooooo complicated or sooooo old or soooo expensive, when all they really want to do is CYA.
When the shuttle launched last week, the headline quoting NASA was 'perfect launch'.
Then, we heard this: "NASA says shuttle damage is not serious"
Huh? I thought it was 'perfect'...?
'NASA studies gap in shuttle's shields' - "not appearing to be an urgent problem" - "Other than that, the vehicle is very clean. NASA's Shannon said." http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Phot
"The first shuttle launch of the year helped put NASA back on track after a run of bad luck and scandal on the ground during the first half of the year."
Next, we get this: "NASA checks into potential hit on shuttle"
"Sensors on the shuttle Atlantis have recorded hits on the leading edges of the wings, around the area where Columbia suffered fatal damage four years ago, NASA officials said Tuesday. However, they emphasized that the hits probably did no damage to Atlantis."
"What we have seen does not indicate that we have been hit by anything," NASA's Shannon said."
Huh? Do we have a hit or not...? Shannon has quite the golden tongue.
My point is that NASA always says "perfect launch", even when they are sitting on data that suggests damage or problems. And - here we go again.
NASA does everything they can to shine up their process and actions to avoid even hints of trouble. They are more worried about bad press and how the public views their capabilities than they are for the short term. This story about a computer glitch on the ISS is a smokescreen to cover their asses while they try to fix whatever is wrong on the Shuttle. Hit or no hit, something is amiss.
Sooner or later... Always
The mindset-climate at NASA has always been the same and always will be the same. Hubris.
"Dammit, Jim! I'm doing all I can. I'm a Doctor, not one of your shiny youngbuck Engineers!"
"This creature has no recognizable central nervous system - no heart, lungs, kidneys, liver or even a simple brain that I can find. Maybe if I WERE an Engineer I could make sense of all of.......this..."
If McCoy couldn't envision a connection between data networks and the human genome, what does that say about - Wait...he was an actor, right? Not a real doctor in the future...?
Roddenberry has some explaining to do!
gold and silver came in by the ton and rice on English
gold and silver came in by the ton on English frigates...rice, spices and porcelain want out the same way.
"Further, every time an American company goes over there, we break down the barriers just a little more.
A HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ; STOP IT! You're killing me.... :)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Foreign concerns have been doing business w/China for thousands of years, bud. Barriers down? Which ones...please tell me. England was here for hundreds of years - gold and silver came in by the ton and rice on English frigates...spices and porcelain want out the same way. Please point out any barrier you can that came down from that relationship - I'll wait.
China has all it needs in terms of material resources, for the foreseeable future - As an example, China is #4 trading partner for Russia...but Russia is #8 for China.
If you think 'we' are breaking down anything in China, I've got an Armani pure silk suit coat I just picked up in Shenzhen I know you're just gonna love!
Troll...?
:)
Sssss u c k e r...made you waste a mod point! What a schmuck - heheheheheheheheh!!!
Oh, Brother - where fart thou...?
"...he faces a maximum sentence of 11 years in prison."
He may want to ask for more years and just stay in - If I run into him on the street...well, let's just say he will need more than self-healing plastic skin to hold him together until he can be put out of his misery by Kevorkian.
"Microsoft May Be Investigated By Attorneys General"
At least until the AG's new retirement villa clears escrow.
'Flamebait' ...?
:)
Sounds like an agenda on some mods' part looking to waste points - Thanks for taking a run at my opinion, but that kind of mod is weak & childish at best - try again next time... I can take it
The skin (largest body organ) I have is already 'self-healing'. That is what medicine is all about. Medicine never 'fixes' anything, it just attempts to promote favorable conditions.