Oh, please, Mr. Civics Class Dropout, spare us the Civ II definition of government types. It's not valid and people will think you're a moron if you bring it up in public conversation. Sid Meier is not a political scientist.
Why do you care? Why can't you just skip past the duplicate headline and move on without posting? What the fuck is wrong with you?? JESUS! If I see another one of these 'dupe' posts I'm gonna POP!
Dude, someone already posted a comment like that in another duped story. Try to be a little more original next time?
I've got a question that is sort of related and sort of OT.
How much of the original netscape codebase was passed thru to firefox? How much was retained by early mozilla releases? I vaguely remember reading, back in the day, that netscape was such a mess of spaghetti that they basically had to start over in a lot of areas.
Judging by my remote scan of your computer, it seems to have picked up a bad case of Dupeware. Have you been clicking on links on slashdot recently?
Also, this is Scuttle's second dupe in 8 hours. He duped the article about the new New York Applestore. He managed to remove that quickly enough, though, and I don't think many saw it.
Scuttle Monkey, I give you editors a hard time, but usually it's all in good fun*. But you're just pathetic. Hang it up and go back to work at McDonald's, man! I want my fries hot and crispy, not my slashdot old and stale!
*I give Zonk grief whenever the opportunity arises, but he does a pretty good job on the whole. Now I KNOW I'll get modded down for admitting I think Zonk is a good editor. Well, comparatively good. It's not like the field here is all that competitive. =)
Who is to say that they didn't already try, only to have their work trashed by an edit war?
I consult wikipedia frequently, but I also check other sources and take some articles with a certain amount of salt, because some of the admins (just a few, I am sure) are total cunts.
Actually, it's the butthole surfers*, if I'm not mistaken. However, who knows if either one borrowed it from the other. Which Orbital song and CD were you thinking of? I'll check it out.
*The Locust Abortion Technician CD, I think. Sweet Loaf.
Hey, man, you're getting in the way of the process whereby a single anecdote becomes a well known internet fact. Back off before you get trampled by the truthiness.
I think there's an opportunity here for someone to sell a spyware app, but to bundle a free operating system with it. That ought to hit MS where it hurts. =)
Er, on that note, on a not-so-fresh day a scratch and sniff like that would not be a good thing. (are you puking yet? Well, you should be!)
Don't even try to get into a gross out contest with me! I'm five-time winner of the tri-state "Guess Where My Finger Has Been" competition, mixed doubles division. =X
I really don't want to dig through case law this morning, so I'll just mention the bar code patents, then wave my hands (look! over there!) and then say that, although we disagree on some of the finer points, we're in general agreement that the law could be improved. You do make good points. I'll concede a partial victory to you if you allow me to gracefully withdraw from the field of battle (until next time!). =)
There's this thing called contingency fees. If you have a decent case, you can find an attorney who will take the case for a percentage of any judgement or settlement you receive.
If your case is crap, it's unlikely that you will find such a lawyer. You might not think your case is crap, but trust me on this, if you can't find a lawyer to represent you on contingency, it's crap.
If the stakes are not high enough to interest a lawyer, there's this other thing called Small Claims Court. In Small Claims, there is a level playing field, because the other side is not allowed to hire a lawyer to represent them in court. Similarly, you are not allowed to use a lawyer to sue in small claims.
Anyway, what alternatives would you suggest to fix these perceived issues with the justice system? The system is not perfect, but I have yet to see a proposal that isn't worse than the problem it purports to address.
A secret patent can be extended for six months at a time, but a patent can and will be overturned in court through what is known as prosecutorial laches. Further, the patent holder must satisfactorily show reason for the both the secrecy of the original application and for the continuations. In recent years, the courts have not hesitated to invalidate "submarine" patents. Also, the clock starts running from the date of the application, not the granting, so the longer the patent applicant tries to run this game, the less time remains on the patent.
The days of the submarine patent's effectiveness in court are past.
But why spend billions of dollars each year for manned space flight jack off material when pr0n on the internet is free? Maybe there isn't enough* star trek cosplay pr0n out there.
*I've not really searched, so I'm not even sure that it exists, but I'd be surprised if there was none.
This public good you describe is the raisin deeter (or raison d'être for you purists) for patents. It helps society as a whole avoid reinventing the wheel.
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People "need" free markets like they need a third tit,
said the man who didn't understand the advantages of a third tit.
Uh, the Walkman?^W^W^W
Uh, Hierarchical Nested Menus in a portable digital music player?
Oh, please, Mr. Civics Class Dropout, spare us the Civ II definition of government types. It's not valid and people will think you're a moron if you bring it up in public conversation. Sid Meier is not a political scientist.
Why do you care? Why can't you just skip past the duplicate headline and move on without posting? What the fuck is wrong with you??
JESUS! If I see another one of these 'dupe' posts I'm gonna POP!
Dude, someone already posted a comment like that in another duped story. Try to be a little more original next time?
I've got a question that is sort of related and sort of OT.
How much of the original netscape codebase was passed thru to firefox? How much was retained by early mozilla releases? I vaguely remember reading, back in the day, that netscape was such a mess of spaghetti that they basically had to start over in a lot of areas.
Uh, are config files executable? No? I'm not sure why you think you've found an exception.
Judging by my remote scan of your computer, it seems to have picked up a bad case of Dupeware. Have you been clicking on links on slashdot recently?
Also, this is Scuttle's second dupe in 8 hours. He duped the article about the new New York Applestore. He managed to remove that quickly enough, though, and I don't think many saw it.
Scuttle Monkey, I give you editors a hard time, but usually it's all in good fun*. But you're just pathetic. Hang it up and go back to work at McDonald's, man! I want my fries hot and crispy, not my slashdot old and stale!
*I give Zonk grief whenever the opportunity arises, but he does a pretty good job on the whole. Now I KNOW I'll get modded down for admitting I think Zonk is a good editor. Well, comparatively good. It's not like the field here is all that competitive. =)
When is Groklaw going to cover Coyote v. Acme?
Who is to say that they didn't already try, only to have their work trashed by an edit war?
I consult wikipedia frequently, but I also check other sources and take some articles with a certain amount of salt, because some of the admins (just a few, I am sure) are total cunts.
So, what would a Mac user be? A tree surgeon?
Actually, it's the butthole surfers*, if I'm not mistaken. However, who knows if either one borrowed it from the other. Which Orbital song and CD were you thinking of? I'll check it out.
*The Locust Abortion Technician CD, I think. Sweet Loaf.
Hey, man, you're getting in the way of the process whereby a single anecdote becomes a well known internet fact. Back off before you get trampled by the truthiness.
I think there's an opportunity here for someone to sell a spyware app, but to bundle a free operating system with it. That ought to hit MS where it hurts. =)
D'oh that was bad!!
Thank you. It's nice to be appreciated. =)
Er, on that note, on a not-so-fresh day a scratch and sniff like that would not be a good thing. (are you puking yet? Well, you should be!)
Don't even try to get into a gross out contest with me! I'm five-time winner of the tri-state "Guess Where My Finger Has Been" competition, mixed doubles division. =X
it can work for your company!
I really don't want to dig through case law this morning, so I'll just mention the bar code patents, then wave my hands (look! over there!) and then say that, although we disagree on some of the finer points, we're in general agreement that the law could be improved. You do make good points. I'll concede a partial victory to you if you allow me to gracefully withdraw from the field of battle (until next time!). =)
There's this thing called contingency fees. If you have a decent case, you can find an attorney who will take the case for a percentage of any judgement or settlement you receive.
If your case is crap, it's unlikely that you will find such a lawyer. You might not think your case is crap, but trust me on this, if you can't find a lawyer to represent you on contingency, it's crap.
If the stakes are not high enough to interest a lawyer, there's this other thing called Small Claims Court. In Small Claims, there is a level playing field, because the other side is not allowed to hire a lawyer to represent them in court. Similarly, you are not allowed to use a lawyer to sue in small claims.
Anyway, what alternatives would you suggest to fix these perceived issues with the justice system? The system is not perfect, but I have yet to see a proposal that isn't worse than the problem it purports to address.
He has had no luck with anything since he broke up with Grommit.
Does SAN stand for Scratch aNd sNiff in this case?
"I love the smell of sweaty geeks in the morning. It's that smell, that stale sweat smell. It smells like . . . .dorkiness."
I think so. I saw a picture of one once.
A secret patent can be extended for six months at a time, but a patent can and will be overturned in court through what is known as prosecutorial laches. Further, the patent holder must satisfactorily show reason for the both the secrecy of the original application and for the continuations. In recent years, the courts have not hesitated to invalidate "submarine" patents. Also, the clock starts running from the date of the application, not the granting, so the longer the patent applicant tries to run this game, the less time remains on the patent.
The days of the submarine patent's effectiveness in court are past.
Nothing wrong with it.
But why spend billions of dollars each year for manned space flight jack off material when pr0n on the internet is free? Maybe there isn't enough* star trek cosplay pr0n out there.
*I've not really searched, so I'm not even sure that it exists, but I'd be surprised if there was none.
You're worried about someone applying for
Frist ZPtanet!
This public good you describe is the raisin deeter (or raison d'être for you purists) for patents. It helps society as a whole avoid reinventing the wheel.