Those patents seem to simply patent ways to store and access information in software. They are not newly-invented hardware solutions, nor do they incorporate any newly-discovered algorithms or techniques.
You can't (shouldn't be able to) patent tagging a column onto a database to represent data type x. That's already the purpose of databases. That's like patenting the idea of writing something down, or remembering something.
What will they patent next? Using your car to drive to the store?
The invention comprises a method of transporting an occupant to a location using a device which generates energy to cause an object containing the occupant to be propelled in a direction. The method of controlling the direction of the object comprises a device which alters the path of the object by changing the path of the object, and a device which alters the velocity of the object by absorbing the kinetic energy of the object at the control of the occupant.
And then people will eventually get so sick of the process that they'll stop buying unnecessary "upgrades" like Windows XP. Hmm...maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing if Microsoft started doing this...:)
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/faqs/faq155 9.shtml
"How many times can you rewrite KODAK CD-RW media? It is our understanding that the behavior of CD-RW media is that it degrades very little up to a point (~1000 rewrites) and then very rapidly after that. If you would like to be very cautious about your data, you may want to limit your use to 500 rewrite cycles"
I've had floppies far less reliable and reusable than that. Especially if it's a boot disk you made years ago and now suddenly NEED it.
Don't forget Mount Rainier. If it ever becomes widespread (can't understand why Sony's new do-it-all (DVD|CD)(+|-)(R|RW) drive doesn't include it), CD-RW's could be just like floppies: put them in and they just work.
Elements shrink in inches, not pixels, when you increase resolution. The elements stay the same size in pixels, which is the measurement the computer uses for on-screen display. You get more room at a higher resolution because there are more pixels on the screen.
Great, if you use FAT or FAT32. If you use NTFS, Linux FS's, etc, SpinRite won't work. You'd have to move all your data off the drive or partition in order to use SpinRite. $90 for a program that won't do anything but FAT seems a bit much nowadays.
Thanks a lot for replying. As it so happens it is a WD drive, a WDC400BB-32CLB0. I don't suppose you are Ken?:) I talked to him on the phone on Thursday. He was very nice and helpful, although the only solution to the problem is of course a new drive.
It's interesting that you mentioned that you thought the problem was caused by heat, but the thing is, I had a fan blowing directly across the drive (mounted at the front, blowing air evenly over the top and botton of the drive). When I put my finger on top of the drive, it felt cool, as if it was not even running. That's what lead me to ask this question, as I thought vibration would be less likely to cause an electronics failure as it appears I had, but vibration seems to have been the only thing that could affect the drive, as heat was just not there.
The vibration was mild of course, but since the fan ran all the time, it was constant, so over a couple of years...it made me wonder.
(I'll e-mail this to you also, since you suggested, to make sure you see this. Thanks again for replying.)
OS isn't written based on Windows NT code so a lawsuit could be hard. In addititon Microsoft isn't all that heavy on suing people that tries to make MS stuff cross platform compatible. Wine, WineX, Crossover, Dosemu, Mono, countless.doc loaders/converters have been left pretty much untouched. I guess that's because they're not really seeking to profit/performe on Microsofts R&D rather supply an alternative.
Lindows however who MS saw as a marketing threat since their sort of trying market and sell something that looks and souncs like Windows.
Alternatives, such as Linux and ReactOS, are exactly what Microsoft wants to eradicate.
This worm, from what I've read (these aren't my conclusions; I'm not that smart), did two very interesting things. The first is that it used one UDP to spread: no waiting around for the three-way TCP handshake, no hanging waiting for a reply, just send and move on to the next one. From what I understand, that's pretty new. Second, it caused most of its damage not by trashing filesystems or anything like that, but just by spewing *huge* amounts of traffic.
The first is interesting because as a tactic, it'll almost certainly be copied. The second is interesting because it probably won't be copied.
Damage by clogging networks is not new. Isn't that what worms have been doing for several years now? Isn't that what Melissa did? Didn't Code Red or one of those IIS worms do that? If anything, Slammer is copying others in that.
Well my case is an Antec SX830, and the fan mount in the hard drive cage is just a plastic snap-in holder. It sure is convenient, but perhaps in the end it's not as good as screw-in mounting. It doesn't hold the fan tightly, so it's a lot easier for it to vibrate.
Not necessarily. That's why the oil industry needs to be in on it. They have the gas stations and delivery trucks. And if there really is a chance of changing to hydrogen, the oil companies already know it, and are doing everything they can to position themselves to be the new hydrogen industry.
Without the oil industry the transition would either never happen or take a very long time.
Man, somebody mod this up! This is the most insightful thing on this thread so far.
Think about it. If changing from oil to hydrogen meant new companies supplying it, and oil companies losing all of their oil business, they would fight it to the last drop (heh). They'd make it as hard as possible to stop using oil, and as hard as possible for the hydrogen industry to get going. They could probably either prevent it from happening, or delay it by many years.
If your goal is to switch to hydrogen, then the better way to accomplish that goal is to get the oil companies involved, rather than excluding them. They're the ones who have the refueling stations all over the country, where hydrogen would actually be sold to the public.
Knee-jerk anti-Bush comments are often not well thought-out.
A few years ago I was lying in bed, almost asleep, when I heard a very loud sound that sounded sort of like a metal box hitting a hard floor. The UPS powering my computer started beeping as if the power had gone off, and continued to power the computer with its battery.
After opening the UPS up you could see one of the resistors right off the lead from the AC power had blown. After soldering on a new one the UPS worked just fine.
I've no idea if it's related to this or not. It was an APC SmartUPS 600.
(Just to even it out a bit, I want to mention that it has been a good UPS. Years ago, before the resistor blew, the battery failed, while it was still under warranty, and APC was very quick to send a replacement unit after I called them. Other than those two things it's never failed to protect my computer, and I've had it for at least 6 years, maybe as many as 8.)
There are plenty of security issues with Apache. The only difference is that people attack IIS far more often.
I agree with manyoso: you have no proof that attackers target IIS more than Apache.
But assuming you are correct in that regard, why do you think attackers target it more? Attackers will pick easier targets over harder ones. That's one of the reasons, anyway. I'm sure animosity towards MS has something to do with it too.
From what I can tell, this isn't really designed for anonymous backup trading. This is for organizations, perhaps, who have computers in different places, and want to automatically backup across the Internet. Or maybe a group of online friends who have extra disk space and are willing to share it among their friends.
That's not the reason small aircraft aren't allowed at some large airports. The reason is traffic. A piston-single in the queue to land at a large, commercial airport can cause large bottlenecks in the traffic flow. There's often a minimum speed to maintain until over the Final Approach Fix. If the aircraft can't go that fast, or that fast that late on approach, then it can't land there. It depends on the aircraft, the airport, and how busy it is.
Are you sure about that? I thought most trials were held with the defendant present. Extradition would then be so the trial could be held. I know I've heard of extradition for trial before.
More twisted logic. They make a product and set a price. If you choose to buy it at that price, you made that decision of your own free will, and they in no way stole from you, even if the price is exorbitant.
Is that true, or are you assuming that? I don't know what the shoplifting laws are, do you? Why don't you look it up and provide a link to back up your claim there. Otherwise you could just be spreading urban-legend/rumor type stuff.
As long as you make sure to verify the signature on the file. A fair percentage of *nix users probably do, but be honest, how many really do? How many audit the source?
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And then people will eventually get so sick of the process that they'll stop buying unnecessary "upgrades" like Windows XP. Hmm...maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing if Microsoft started doing this... :)
What if you buy it used and there's no sticker? What would they say then I wonder?
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/faqs/faq155 9.shtml
"How many times can you rewrite KODAK CD-RW media? It is our understanding that the behavior of CD-RW media is that it degrades very little up to a point (~1000 rewrites) and then very rapidly after that. If you would like to be very cautious about your data, you may want to limit your use to 500 rewrite cycles"
I've had floppies far less reliable and reusable than that. Especially if it's a boot disk you made years ago and now suddenly NEED it.
Don't forget Mount Rainier. If it ever becomes widespread (can't understand why Sony's new do-it-all (DVD|CD)(+|-)(R|RW) drive doesn't include it), CD-RW's could be just like floppies: put them in and they just work.
Elements shrink in inches, not pixels, when you increase resolution. The elements stay the same size in pixels, which is the measurement the computer uses for on-screen display. You get more room at a higher resolution because there are more pixels on the screen.
Great, if you use FAT or FAT32. If you use NTFS, Linux FS's, etc, SpinRite won't work. You'd have to move all your data off the drive or partition in order to use SpinRite. $90 for a program that won't do anything but FAT seems a bit much nowadays.
Thanks a lot for replying. As it so happens it is a WD drive, a WDC400BB-32CLB0. I don't suppose you are Ken? :) I talked to him on the phone on Thursday. He was very nice and helpful, although the only solution to the problem is of course a new drive.
It's interesting that you mentioned that you thought the problem was caused by heat, but the thing is, I had a fan blowing directly across the drive (mounted at the front, blowing air evenly over the top and botton of the drive). When I put my finger on top of the drive, it felt cool, as if it was not even running. That's what lead me to ask this question, as I thought vibration would be less likely to cause an electronics failure as it appears I had, but vibration seems to have been the only thing that could affect the drive, as heat was just not there.
The vibration was mild of course, but since the fan ran all the time, it was constant, so over a couple of years...it made me wonder.
(I'll e-mail this to you also, since you suggested, to make sure you see this. Thanks again for replying.)
Lindows however who MS saw as a marketing threat since their sort of trying market and sell something that looks and souncs like Windows.
Alternatives, such as Linux and ReactOS, are exactly what Microsoft wants to eradicate.
The first is interesting because as a tactic, it'll almost certainly be copied. The second is interesting because it probably won't be copied.
Damage by clogging networks is not new. Isn't that what worms have been doing for several years now? Isn't that what Melissa did? Didn't Code Red or one of those IIS worms do that? If anything, Slammer is copying others in that.
Well my case is an Antec SX830, and the fan mount in the hard drive cage is just a plastic snap-in holder. It sure is convenient, but perhaps in the end it's not as good as screw-in mounting. It doesn't hold the fan tightly, so it's a lot easier for it to vibrate.
How much chance of changing to hydrogen would we have if we did it against the oil industry instead of with them? Meditate on that.
Not necessarily. That's why the oil industry needs to be in on it. They have the gas stations and delivery trucks. And if there really is a chance of changing to hydrogen, the oil companies already know it, and are doing everything they can to position themselves to be the new hydrogen industry.
Without the oil industry the transition would either never happen or take a very long time.
Think about it. If changing from oil to hydrogen meant new companies supplying it, and oil companies losing all of their oil business, they would fight it to the last drop (heh). They'd make it as hard as possible to stop using oil, and as hard as possible for the hydrogen industry to get going. They could probably either prevent it from happening, or delay it by many years.
If your goal is to switch to hydrogen, then the better way to accomplish that goal is to get the oil companies involved, rather than excluding them. They're the ones who have the refueling stations all over the country, where hydrogen would actually be sold to the public.
Knee-jerk anti-Bush comments are often not well thought-out.
A few years ago I was lying in bed, almost asleep, when I heard a very loud sound that sounded sort of like a metal box hitting a hard floor. The UPS powering my computer started beeping as if the power had gone off, and continued to power the computer with its battery.
After opening the UPS up you could see one of the resistors right off the lead from the AC power had blown. After soldering on a new one the UPS worked just fine.
I've no idea if it's related to this or not. It was an APC SmartUPS 600.
(Just to even it out a bit, I want to mention that it has been a good UPS. Years ago, before the resistor blew, the battery failed, while it was still under warranty, and APC was very quick to send a replacement unit after I called them. Other than those two things it's never failed to protect my computer, and I've had it for at least 6 years, maybe as many as 8.)
I agree with manyoso: you have no proof that attackers target IIS more than Apache.
But assuming you are correct in that regard, why do you think attackers target it more? Attackers will pick easier targets over harder ones. That's one of the reasons, anyway. I'm sure animosity towards MS has something to do with it too.
From what I can tell, this isn't really designed for anonymous backup trading. This is for organizations, perhaps, who have computers in different places, and want to automatically backup across the Internet. Or maybe a group of online friends who have extra disk space and are willing to share it among their friends.
That's not the reason small aircraft aren't allowed at some large airports. The reason is traffic. A piston-single in the queue to land at a large, commercial airport can cause large bottlenecks in the traffic flow. There's often a minimum speed to maintain until over the Final Approach Fix. If the aircraft can't go that fast, or that fast that late on approach, then it can't land there. It depends on the aircraft, the airport, and how busy it is.
Are you sure about that? I thought most trials were held with the defendant present. Extradition would then be so the trial could be held. I know I've heard of extradition for trial before.
More twisted logic. They make a product and set a price. If you choose to buy it at that price, you made that decision of your own free will, and they in no way stole from you, even if the price is exorbitant.
Good point. What if you buy a copy-protected CD and are unable to rip it. Then you go on Kazaa and find MP3's from someone who got around the CP.
Is that true, or are you assuming that? I don't know what the shoplifting laws are, do you? Why don't you look it up and provide a link to back up your claim there. Otherwise you could just be spreading urban-legend/rumor type stuff.
As long as you make sure to verify the signature on the file. A fair percentage of *nix users probably do, but be honest, how many really do? How many audit the source?
Where do you live? Ever heard of extradition?