How does the age or size of Nikon change the fact that this is extortion?
It is not extortion if Nikon considers the Microsoft patents valid and a useful addition to their portfolio.
This is the argument the geek cannot accept.
It has to be extortion. He has no other way of explaining what happened.
No matter how wildly improbable it is that so junior and foreign a competitor as Microsoft could bully a core component of a Japanese industrial cartel as old (1870), culturally insular, rich, proud and powerful as Mitsubishi.
One less brand to ever appear on my shopping list.
Don't make promises you can't keep.
Nikon currently designs and manufactures precision equipment for use in semiconductor and liquid crystal display (LCD) fabrication, inspection, and measurement. Nikon also designs and manufactures visual imaging products including cameras; instruments such as microscopes; and other products such as chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) systems, binoculars, surveying instruments, eyewear, sport optics, and optical measuring and inspection equipment.
You callin' this "extortion"? That's a big word, my friend. 'Round here we just call it biz niss.
Nikon is a big boy now and can take care of itself.
Founded in 1917 and a core component of the Japanese industrial cartel Mitsubishi.
You do know Mitsubishi? Employs 350,000 people? Rakes in about $350 Billion in revenues each year?
In a mature industry, all Android-related patents would be pooled, managed and cross-licensed to stabilize the business and the product.
No need to build your own customized portfolio. That hasn't happened yet and the geek won't like it when it does ---- any more than he likes the dominance of the MPEG LA pools in video compression.
Rates of Duty: Pleasure boats are generally dutiable when imported into the United States. The following duty rates apply to boats imported for recreational purposes:
-Sailboats and motorboats other than outboard motorboats: 1.5 percent
TechCrunch Guy could easily owe the government $10-$20K in import duties and on up from there.
He needs to show proof of ownership, such as a bill of sale.
Proof that the boat conforms with EPA regulations (Engine Declaration Form).
The documentation on a boat in this class has to be tight.
Welcome to the real world, where border guards carry guns and water is wet.
Because your family likes the PlayStation's mix of console gaming, Blu-Ray play and online services ---- and you have made a big investment in video and sound? When your kids vote Disney and DreamWorks and your wife Huu and Netflix, who wins?
The millions murdered in World War 1 & 2 never played video games.
An interesting example of a statement that is demonstrably true but utterly meaningless.
Para-military training and open field war games for young boys began at around age ten or so in Nazi Germany.
You joined in the games and played to win or else.
There were no video games, of course, But an abundance of violently anti-Semitic board games, books, films, radio programming and classroom exercises targeting all ages,
It's probably video games themselves that have contributed to the decrease in violence. Those who are prone to violence are attracted to violent media and this keeps them off the streets where violence is more likely to occur.
Violence is often rightly associated with the adolescent male.
He'll watch the video or play the game, but he is far too restive to remain indoors.
Paul Redford, chairman of Manchester-based Computer Planet, has sold more than 500 systems in January, with only 20% of them running Windows 8
The custom build is a tiny slice of the retail market in the states. It is a desktop market in a world that is going mobile.
I am wary of stories that begin like this:
"according to several system builders contacted by PC Pro."
That doesn't tell me how big the system building market is in the UK. That doesn't tell me whether PC Pro is basing its numbers on a representative sampling.
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The geek obsesses over the loss of the start menu. My aging eyes are telling me a very different story.
I have always wondered what would happen when this type of suspect turned up. Every set of identical twins I have known, has deliberately used the 'identity confusion' at some point.
This was the plot of a "Columbo" episode in 1973.
In real life, criminal prosecutions rarely turn on a single piece of evidence . Even twins will fall out of sync just long enough to place one or the other well away from the crime scene.
I had a little look at what office would cost me. $340 for the crippled version $605 for the full version.
The geek always quotes retail list for the most expensive version of Office he can find. The odds are quite good, of course, that he qualifies for the academic or professional discount.
If his employer supports Microsoft's Home Use Program, MS Office Pro 2013 is his for $10 US.
If he is a graduate or undergraduate student, Office 365 University 2013 costs $80 for a four year - renewable - subscription.
I'll ignore for the moment, the campus the wide agreement, programs like DreamSpark and so on.
The high end retail versions of Office sell to the small businessman or middle class professional who is interested in tight integration with his accounting program and other applications.
His clients and correspondents use Office.
His secretary knows Office. The temp service knows Office.
His trade and professional associations supply him with customized templates and other resources that can be counted on to work reliably only with Office.
It does more than I would ever need it to. Honestly... it has too much. So I don't see how there's even a market anymore for Microsoft Office, cloud or not.
Microsoft positions the MS Office suite as part of an integrated office system that scales to an enterprise of any size. with solutions for the client, the server and the web.
It's a given that the small business accounting program and any other productivity app or resource the clerical worker or professional needs will integrate smoothly into the MS Office environment.
Not repairable without the technical training and tool kits that are almost unknown outside the skilled trades.
That would describe every high end consumer electronics device manufactured since the decline of Heathkit and the electronic kit building hobby in the seventies.
Perhaps another factor is the enhanced need to heat the passenger compartment. Unlike a regular IC-powered car, there's very little "waste heat" in an EV so perhaps over-zealous use was made of the electric heating - thus producing further heavy drain on the battery and reducing range.
Over-zealous?
For a luxury sedan being tested in a Northern winter?
Microsoft's Home Use Program makes Office Pro a $10 download for many users.
The price goes up a little (and you'll likely be paying S&H on the media) if your employer has you based in some god forsaken outpost like the Pitcairn Islands.
Office 365 University is $80 for a four year subscription and two seat license. You'll need student ID but this is not the same product and dirt-cheap academic pricing you'll get from the campus-wide agreement.
Microsoft positions the MS Office suite as part of an office system that scales to an enterprise of any size and integrates solutions for the client, server and the web. Microsoft Office 365 for Health Organizations
It's a given that your home or small business accounting program will integrate with Office. The same can be said for any "productivity" app or resource you could name. If you are using MS Office at home it is because it is one of the standard tools of your trade or profession.
No DRM schema will ever work, even if you make custom hardware to enforce it. How has custom hardware helped out the XBox? just solder a mod-chip on the motherboard...
Which is a skill almost no one has.
67 million Xbox 360s, 64 million PS3s, 96 million Wiis
No one loses any sleep over the occasional hardware mod except the geek who was arrested after he made a business of the thing.
Fine. But it should come down equally as hard, if not more so, on those who accepted public money to build a secure system and failed to do so.
That would be the techies who designed and maintained the system, am I right?
This is the part where you will find the geek whistling "Don't look at me" as he tries to fast-fade out of the picture.
Anything else is scapegoating.
The scapegoat is forced to accept responsibility for the sins of others. The hacker is jailed for his crimes. There is a difference and it is a difference that matters.
And I still do not understand how Microsoft get to control this.
Secure Boot became part of the UEFI spec in 2008-2009. (Rev 2.2)
The spec is managed by the UEFI Forum --- representing AMD, American Megatrends, Apple, Dell, HP, IBM, Insyde Software, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, and Phoenix Technologies. Unified EFI Forum
To successfully implement hardware level security in a mass market consumer product, it has to be enabled by default. The geek knows this is true, even if he doesn't like the implications.
Microsoft isn't going to yield on this point ---
and the geek has no leverage.
The OEM market for the x86 UEFI motherboard is OSX and Windows.
It backfires a bit when your argument in favor of Flash being at the heart of a vast and vital industry is citing a company no one has ever heard of and three games that no one has ever heard of.
Oh, really?
Machinarium is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design. It was released on October 16, 2009 for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, on September 8, 2011 for iPad 2 on the App Store, on November 21, 2011 for BlackBerry PlayBook on May 10, 2012 for Android, on September 6, 2012 on PlayStation 3's PSN in Europe, on October 9, 2012 in North America and on October 18, 2012 in Asia.
Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Android versions of this game were released along with Humble Indie Bundle for Android 4 on November 8, 2012, to customers who paid over the average price.
It won the Excellence in Visual Art award at the 12th Annual Independent Games Festival and the Best Soundtrack award from PC Gamer in 2009. It was nominated for an Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction award by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences and a Milthon award in the 'Best Indie Game' category at the Paris Game Festival.
Gaming site Kotaku named it a runner-up for "PC Game of the Year 2009" alongside Torchlight, losing to winner Empire: Total War. Gamasutra, Gamerview and the Turkish site of Tom's Hardware all selected Machinarium as the 'Best Indie Game' of 2009. AceGamez named Machinarium the 'Best Traditional Adventure Game' of 2009.
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How does the age or size of Nikon change the fact that this is extortion?
It is not extortion if Nikon considers the Microsoft patents valid and a useful addition to their portfolio.
This is the argument the geek cannot accept.
It has to be extortion. He has no other way of explaining what happened.
No matter how wildly improbable it is that so junior and foreign a competitor as Microsoft could bully a core component of a Japanese industrial cartel as old (1870), culturally insular, rich, proud and powerful as Mitsubishi.
One less brand to ever appear on my shopping list.
Don't make promises you can't keep.
Nikon currently designs and manufactures precision equipment for use in semiconductor and liquid crystal display (LCD) fabrication, inspection, and measurement. Nikon also designs and manufactures visual imaging products including cameras; instruments such as microscopes; and other products such as chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) systems, binoculars, surveying instruments, eyewear, sport optics, and optical measuring and inspection equipment.
Nikon
Nikon is a core component of the Mitsubishi industrial cartel.
Try taking them off your shopping list.
You callin' this "extortion"? That's a big word, my friend. 'Round here we just call it biz niss.
Nikon is a big boy now and can take care of itself.
Founded in 1917 and a core component of the Japanese industrial cartel Mitsubishi.
You do know Mitsubishi? Employs 350,000 people? Rakes in about $350 Billion in revenues each year?
In a mature industry, all Android-related patents would be pooled, managed and cross-licensed to stabilize the business and the product.
No need to build your own customized portfolio. That hasn't happened yet and the geek won't like it when it does ---- any more than he likes the dominance of the MPEG LA pools in video compression.
Costal Craft builds high tech - high performance - luxury yachts designed for the Pacific Northwest. 48' Coastal Craft 420 IPS
The 48' Coastal Craft 450 IPS lists for $1.2 million.
From U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Importing a boat for personal use into the U.S.Importing a boat for personal use into the U.S.
Rates of Duty: Pleasure boats are generally dutiable when imported into the United States. The following duty rates apply to boats imported for recreational purposes:
-Sailboats and motorboats other than outboard motorboats: 1.5 percent
TechCrunch Guy could easily owe the government $10-$20K in import duties and on up from there.
He needs to show proof of ownership, such as a bill of sale.
Proof that the boat conforms with EPA regulations (Engine Declaration Form).
The documentation on a boat in this class has to be tight.
Welcome to the real world, where border guards carry guns and water is wet.
And YOU are ignoring the increased risk of exposure to flu people have by going to wherever the flu shot is administered.
The most common vaccinations are now readilly available everywhere people gather.
Schools, colleges, churches and community centers of every description.
The supermarket and general merchandise big box retailer like Walmart and Target.
Rite Aid, Walgreens. and countless other neighborhood drug stores.
Physician's offices, outpatient clinics, and hospitals.
Group homes. Nursing homes.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Why exactly would I give money to Sony?
Because your family likes the PlayStation's mix of console gaming, Blu-Ray play and online services ---- and you have made a big investment in video and sound? When your kids vote Disney and DreamWorks and your wife Huu and Netflix, who wins?
The millions murdered in World War 1 & 2 never played video games.
An interesting example of a statement that is demonstrably true but utterly meaningless.
Para-military training and open field war games for young boys began at around age ten or so in Nazi Germany.
You joined in the games and played to win or else.
There were no video games, of course, But an abundance of violently anti-Semitic board games, books, films, radio programming and classroom exercises targeting all ages,
It's probably video games themselves that have contributed to the decrease in violence. Those who are prone to violence are attracted to violent media and this keeps them off the streets where violence is more likely to occur.
Violence is often rightly associated with the adolescent male.
He'll watch the video or play the game, but he is far too restive to remain indoors.
Paul Redford, chairman of Manchester-based Computer Planet, has sold more than 500 systems in January, with only 20% of them running Windows 8
The custom build is a tiny slice of the retail market in the states. It is a desktop market in a world that is going mobile.
I am wary of stories that begin like this:
"according to several system builders contacted by PC Pro."
That doesn't tell me how big the system building market is in the UK. That doesn't tell me whether PC Pro is basing its numbers on a representative sampling.
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The geek obsesses over the loss of the start menu. My aging eyes are telling me a very different story.
At the same time, the judge argues, the defendant may not have had criminal intentions.
That argument feels off.
Traditionally, a jury had to decide whether the defendant was of sound enough mind to understand that he was committing a crime.
The defendant's ethical standards were not the jury's problem.
His actions were the jury's problem.
Ethics are flexible. The law rarely bends. No means no.
I have always wondered what would happen when this type of suspect turned up.
Every set of identical twins I have known, has deliberately used the 'identity confusion' at some point.
This was the plot of a "Columbo" episode in 1973.
In real life, criminal prosecutions rarely turn on a single piece of evidence . Even twins will fall out of sync just long enough to place one or the other well away from the crime scene.
I had a little look at what office would cost me. $340 for the crippled version $605 for the full version.
The geek always quotes retail list for the most expensive version of Office he can find. The odds are quite good, of course, that he qualifies for the academic or professional discount.
If his employer supports Microsoft's Home Use Program, MS Office Pro 2013 is his for $10 US.
If he is a graduate or undergraduate student, Office 365 University 2013 costs $80 for a four year - renewable - subscription.
I'll ignore for the moment, the campus the wide agreement, programs like DreamSpark and so on.
The high end retail versions of Office sell to the small businessman or middle class professional who is interested in tight integration with his accounting program and other applications.
His clients and correspondents use Office.
His secretary knows Office. The temp service knows Office.
His trade and professional associations supply him with customized templates and other resources that can be counted on to work reliably only with Office.
It does more than I would ever need it to. Honestly... it has too much. So I don't see how there's even a market anymore for Microsoft Office, cloud or not.
Microsoft positions the MS Office suite as part of an integrated office system that scales to an enterprise of any size. with solutions for the client, the server and the web.
Microsoft Office 365 for Health Organizations
It's a given that the small business accounting program and any other productivity app or resource the clerical worker or professional needs will integrate smoothly into the MS Office environment.
The CNN reporter duplicated the test, charging it properly, and had 96 miles to spare at the end.
The same conditions of road and weather?
Not repairable without the technical training and tool kits that are almost unknown outside the skilled trades.
That would describe every high end consumer electronics device manufactured since the decline of Heathkit and the electronic kit building hobby in the seventies.
Every 3 to 5 years this topic comes up.
It feels more like two or three times a year on Slashdot.
Perhaps another factor is the enhanced need to heat the passenger compartment. Unlike a regular IC-powered car, there's very little "waste heat" in an EV so perhaps over-zealous use was made of the electric heating - thus producing further heavy drain on the battery and reducing range.
Over-zealous?
For a luxury sedan being tested in a Northern winter?
I agree lack of marketing is a huge problem, that is what you meant right?
No, that's not what he meant.
But you knew that already, didn't you?
Microsoft's Home Use Program makes Office Pro a $10 download for many users.
The price goes up a little (and you'll likely be paying S&H on the media) if your employer has you based in some god forsaken outpost like the Pitcairn Islands.
Office 365 University is $80 for a four year subscription and two seat license. You'll need student ID but this is not the same product and dirt-cheap academic pricing you'll get from the campus-wide agreement.
Microsoft positions the MS Office suite as part of an office system that scales to an enterprise of any size and integrates solutions for the client, server and the web. Microsoft Office 365 for Health Organizations
It's a given that your home or small business accounting program will integrate with Office. The same can be said for any "productivity" app or resource you could name. If you are using MS Office at home it is because it is one of the standard tools of your trade or profession.
No DRM schema will ever work, even if you make custom hardware to enforce it. How has custom hardware helped out the XBox? just solder a mod-chip on the motherboard...
Which is a skill almost no one has.
67 million Xbox 360s, 64 million PS3s, 96 million Wiis
No one loses any sleep over the occasional hardware mod except the geek who was arrested after he made a business of the thing.
Fine. But it should come down equally as hard, if not more so, on those who accepted public money to build a secure system and failed to do so.
That would be the techies who designed and maintained the system, am I right?
This is the part where you will find the geek whistling "Don't look at me" as he tries to fast-fade out of the picture.
Anything else is scapegoating.
The scapegoat is forced to accept responsibility for the sins of others. The hacker is jailed for his crimes. There is a difference and it is a difference that matters.
This is an obvious prank, and is unlikely to cause any harm, except to embarrass those who ought to be embarrassed.
No one is cutting the hacker any slack anymore,
Prankster. White Hat, Black Hat, No one gives a damn about his motives, No one shares his sense of humor
Break into a system meant for emergency use only and the hammer will come down.
Today is February 11.
Scale 11 begins February 22 in Los Angeles.
There is no point in posting invitations to events like these to sites like Slashdot less than three to six months in advance.
Schedules are not that flexible. Budgets are not that flexible,
And I still do not understand how Microsoft get to control this.
Secure Boot became part of the UEFI spec in 2008-2009. (Rev 2.2)
The spec is managed by the UEFI Forum --- representing AMD, American Megatrends, Apple, Dell, HP, IBM, Insyde Software, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, and Phoenix Technologies. Unified EFI Forum
The Linux Foundation posted a "Power Point" presentation in October 2011: Making UEFI Secure Boot Work With Open Platforms
It comes down to this:
To successfully implement hardware level security in a mass market consumer product, it has to be enabled by default. The geek knows this is true, even if he doesn't like the implications.
Microsoft isn't going to yield on this point ---
and the geek has no leverage.
The OEM market for the x86 UEFI motherboard is OSX and Windows.
It backfires a bit when your argument in favor of Flash being at the heart of a vast and vital industry is citing a company no one has ever heard of and three games that no one has ever heard of.
Oh, really?
Machinarium is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design. It was released on October 16, 2009 for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, on September 8, 2011 for iPad 2 on the App Store, on November 21, 2011 for BlackBerry PlayBook on May 10, 2012 for Android, on September 6, 2012 on PlayStation 3's PSN in Europe, on October 9, 2012 in North America and on October 18, 2012 in Asia.
Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Android versions of this game were released along with Humble Indie Bundle for Android 4 on November 8, 2012, to customers who paid over the average price.
It won the Excellence in Visual Art award at the 12th Annual Independent Games Festival and the Best Soundtrack award from PC Gamer in 2009. It was nominated for an Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction award by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences and a Milthon award in the 'Best Indie Game' category at the Paris Game Festival.
Gaming site Kotaku named it a runner-up for "PC Game of the Year 2009" alongside Torchlight, losing to winner Empire: Total War. Gamasutra, Gamerview and the Turkish site of Tom's Hardware all selected Machinarium as the 'Best Indie Game' of 2009. AceGamez named Machinarium the 'Best Traditional Adventure Game' of 2009.
Machinarium
In April of last year there was the The Humble Botanicula Debut.