2) For some stupid reason, I remember reading that the whole Betsy Ross thing is a myth. All she did, at most, was suggest how many points to put on the stars of our flag. Google "betsy ross myth" for more.
3) Hillary Clinton is certainly not normal, and I'm surprised you assume she's a person. Frankly...Stepford wife from hell?
I imagine an early version of the ColdFusion or JSP scripting languages may provide some prior art - they've always allowed mixing of their language, JavaScript, and html based on delimiters that should be XML-compliant.
Example:
<cfoutput>
--coldfusion code here
</cfoutput>
<script>
--javascript code here
</script>
One of the key steps in the patent is the following:
"automatically displaying a plurality of selectors in the user interface of the browser and not in the document, the plurality of selectors automatically configured to correspond to respective sections of the document regardless of what section of the document is being displayed"
This and all of the others list an unchanging interface linking to portions of a document. They have nothing to do with using an unchanging interface to link to multiple document_s_. Maybe therein lies a loophole?
Flash is similar to any other Web technology...a few people make really good use of it, and many people make very bad use of it. It's becoming a fairly powerful environment to develop Internet-based applications because it doesn't have the "page by page" or compatibility restraints of HTML/Javascript.
To sum up my opinion:
The ratio of bad HTML sites to good HTML sites probably isn't that different from the ratio of bad Flash sites to Good Flash sites. The difference is that you remember the flash because it's animated, shinier, and an easy target.
A.swf can be viewed offline if you have the Macromedia flash player installed and you open the swf with the web browser the player is installed to.
However, if any of the actionscript in the.swf is made use external files, web services, etc., it will most likely fail, depending on how its developer has written handlers for connection failures.
If it's well written, it'll tell you when it won't work.
I think I need another cup of coffee, for some reason "BSA" registered in my head as the Boy Scouts of America before the Business Software Alliance....sheesh.
You simply can't sell what the public knows it can get for free.
Someone at AOL must have more balls than brains...who would even _propose_ this idea in a meeting?
The pop-music-swapping demographic they're aiming this at is the same that's grown file sharing to what it is today -- there's no way they'll pay for crippled versions of the same product they now consume for no cost, ethical or not.
Hold on, gotta reboot my watch...
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"Hey buddy, got the time?"
"Hold on, gotta reboot my watch...."
"The copyright industries around the world are not going to stand still and let other companies build businesses off the sweat of their brow simply because they're willing to set up shop in some other country." said Matt Oppenheim, a lawyer for the Recording Industry Association of America.
Building business off someone else's work? I'm sure a RIAA lawyer would know NOTHING about that...
They're not pissed over copyright law violations, they're pissed because someone else is cutting in on their action;)
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1) WTF does this have to do with the topic?
2) For some stupid reason, I remember reading that the whole Betsy Ross thing is a myth. All she did, at most, was suggest how many points to put on the stars of our flag. Google "betsy ross myth" for more.
3) Hillary Clinton is certainly not normal, and I'm surprised you assume she's a person. Frankly...Stepford wife from hell?
ColdFusion has been doing this...well...since before ASP existed!
I imagine an early version of the ColdFusion or JSP scripting languages may provide some prior art - they've always allowed mixing of their language, JavaScript, and html based on delimiters that should be XML-compliant.
Example:
<cfoutput> --coldfusion code here </cfoutput>
<script> --javascript code here </script>
If the write-in candidate I choose isn't found, will verisign redirect me to a page of their 'favoured' candidates?
One of the key steps in the patent is the following: "automatically displaying a plurality of selectors in the user interface of the browser and not in the document, the plurality of selectors automatically configured to correspond to respective sections of the document regardless of what section of the document is being displayed" This and all of the others list an unchanging interface linking to portions of a document. They have nothing to do with using an unchanging interface to link to multiple document_s_. Maybe therein lies a loophole?
Flash is similar to any other Web technology...a few people make really good use of it, and many people make very bad use of it. It's becoming a fairly powerful environment to develop Internet-based applications because it doesn't have the "page by page" or compatibility restraints of HTML/Javascript.
To sum up my opinion:
The ratio of bad HTML sites to good HTML sites probably isn't that different from the ratio of bad Flash sites to Good Flash sites. The difference is that you remember the flash because it's animated, shinier, and an easy target.
A .swf can be viewed offline if you have the Macromedia flash player installed and you open the swf with the web browser the player is installed to.
.swf is made use external files, web services, etc., it will most likely fail, depending on how its developer has written handlers for connection failures.
However, if any of the actionscript in the
If it's well written, it'll tell you when it won't work.
I think I need another cup of coffee, for some reason "BSA" registered in my head as the Boy Scouts of America before the Business Software Alliance....sheesh.
You simply can't sell what the public knows it can get for free. Someone at AOL must have more balls than brains...who would even _propose_ this idea in a meeting? The pop-music-swapping demographic they're aiming this at is the same that's grown file sharing to what it is today -- there's no way they'll pay for crippled versions of the same product they now consume for no cost, ethical or not.
"Hey buddy, got the time?" "Hold on, gotta reboot my watch...."
Jolt cola. Anything from the caffeine section at thinkGeek. Humpback notation.
From the article:
"The copyright industries around the world are not going to stand still and let other companies build businesses off the sweat of their brow simply because they're willing to set up shop in some other country." said Matt Oppenheim, a lawyer for the Recording Industry Association of America.
Building business off someone else's work? I'm sure a RIAA lawyer would know NOTHING about that...
They're not pissed over copyright law violations, they're pissed because someone else is cutting in on their action ;)