While I agree with your statement, it doesn't really apply to this case.
The individual patented the 'web' before the web was even heard of outside of universities. There might be prior art but that is another argument.
The USPTO had no reason not to grant this patent as of yet. What I find annoying is that the guy sat on it for nine years but AFAIK never put forth the effort to create the web. Basically he had an idea, patented it then filed it away. Meanwhile someone else had the same idea and used it now we are all in a pickle.
Maybe we will get lucky and he will go after Unisys first.
Step 1: Fill it out. It is best to print or type it. If that isn't possible then write neater than you have ever written before in your life.
Step 2: Make sure all required information is included. Photocopy everything. Include a one photocopy with the rebate and keep another incase you get a letter saying "you entered the name of your city wrong". You have proof that you didn't or proof that your are a dumbass.
Step 3: Check places like RebatesHQ that let you track the status.
If the rebate is for a large amount, you can register the letter.
I've sent in 5 rebates. The first was denied because my "postal code is incorrect". I think I know my own postal code, anyways...I started including photocopies after that and I have gotten every one since.
I'm surprised that BGMicro http://www.bgmicro.com/ hasn't been mentioned yet.
Although they don't have the huge supply of strange stuff that most surplus stores have, they do carry a lot of components and they have an excellent customer sales reputation.
Ever since the computer modding comunity found them, they have been shifting their focus a bit to cater to the modders.
There is a large difference between email and a website.
With a website, not only are you presenting yourself in a public area, you actually want people to look at your site. The problem with the slashdot effect is when 49,000 people all try to have a look in an hour. A website owner would be happy to have every person see the website, but just not all at once.
With email, you generally only want mail from those to whom you have given permission to do so. You don't want 49,000 strangers emailing you and you never will.
As for opting out of spam vs slashdot. I don't agree. If you are a person who keeps the same address and have been using it for years, it is very hard to stop using the address once it is found by spammers. If your site gets slashdotted, you can just replace the index with a simple text message or just pull the site for a day and return the next day. The only lingering effect is that you might have more average traffic if the ones that got to see your site liked it.
One GByte is insane. I would have to really try hard to use up that much in one day legally. One can only download so many Linux distributions per day.
My own connection has an unofficial limit of 5GBytes/month. Per month people! Not per day.
According to ipacsum, I average between 1 and 2GB per month here.
There is a quote about using up your time in 2.5 hours. How often have you ever sustained a 110KB/s download for 2.5 hours every day?
Yes I have downloaded game demos and linux dists but I have never exceeded 5GB in a month. I am a bit of a light user since I don't video conference, listen to net radio, or pirate.
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One possible explaination might be that she had spilled water on the laptop and put it in an oven to dry it out.
My father accidently poured a glass full of Coke into an Amiga 500 (this was years ago FYI). He rinsed the whole motherboard off with water then placed it in the oven to dry it off. The pilot light kept the tempature in the oven around 40C.
The fix worked perfectly. A few months later, the same computer was filled once again with Coke (my fault this time).
So once again, he washed it and put it in the oven. Unfortunatly my mother decided to bake some cookies. So she turned the oven on to preheat it and went about making the dough. About 10 minutes passed when my dad realized what she had done. He removed the Amiga from the oven. Its case was warped and the floppy drive face was useless due to the melting. Amazingly enough it still worked as well. Though it did rock back and forth when you typed on it after that and the FDD was connected via a cable and sat on the outside of the case.
Why did Nemesis tank? Simple, it sucked. Rick Bermen has finally succeeded in breaking the even-odd chain of good-vs-crap Star Treks. He managed to make an even numbered movie suck. After Insurrection, ST needed one hell of a comeback but instead we got another movie of the same caliber.
It takes a bit of skill to paddle so many Star Trek spin-offs up &#!?creek with consistancy. Seems that Rick Bremen has just the required skill.
10 to 15 years ago it was pretty hard to make backups on some systems just like it is now.
x86 based systems have enjoyed a long history of being fairly copy protection free but the C64, Amiga, Atari ST, etc all had methods which prevented legal backups.
There are even a few notable x86 examples like the first version of Lemmings on the PC.
So if a vendor on the side of the road was selling lemonaid and you bought it but didn't happen to see the note on the back wall of the his stand written in 8pt font that said "Warning: Lemonaid contains cyanide", you are saying it is your fault for not noticing it? Should you have to inspect every square centimeter of anything you buy with a 100x magnifiying lens? If so, I have some snake oil for you that cures any ailment known to mankind.
When it comes to dealing with consumers, there are reasonable assumptions that every consumer makes. A company can be found liable even with full disclosure about something that consumers don't like if their disclosure isn't reasonably visible and/or morally wrong (Failure to make payment forfeits your first born child)
I do, however, feel that Real's practices are not in the slightest illegal. There is a reasonable expectation that any competant user understands what a scroll box looks like and what it does. Hiding options below the box might be dispicable but if you have used Windows/OSX/X for more than a week you would know what that graphic represents.
Not a PC game on there but surely there have been some real foul ones released on the PC.
Outpost sucked up almost a week of my time in a search for something that resembled fun. I finally gave up and suckered someone into buying it from me.
Diakatana - I borrowed this from the sucker that bought Outpost. It should have been renamed 'Slap your head as your computer allies go get killed again'
According to my sister and my mother, my oldest memory is from when I was six months old.
We were talking about parties when I brought up one that was at my grandparents place. Since they have had several, I had to describe what happened. After giving details, both my sister and mother were just staring at me. They informed me that that party had taken place when I was only six months old.
I have no recollection of what was said at the party, I just remember who was there and what they did. I recall watching the fun from inside a crib and felt very left out.
Run The Proxomitron with Onload Unloader filter running and say goodbye to those ads forever.
I think this type of filtering is going to become for popular as advertisers become more agressive.
I don't mind some ads which is why I let them through but I filter the more annoying ones. It has been months since I've been subjected to a floating add, pop-up, flash ad, or been prevented from right clicking. These kick-throughs will get filtered along with the rest of them if I ever encounter one.
I have always prefered ROTT to id's FPS games. I like the humour that was present in ROTT.
Dog mode was hilarious, what about accidently eating shrooms? Or using cheats to find that secret level that would send even the most stable person into seizures?
I have never been able to kill the boss without cheats. Is it even possible?
T3 doesn't seem to follow the storyline of T2. The end of T2 left no openings for a sequel other than stupid Hollywood tricks (see the Highlander series for an example). When I heard of T3 I thought it would be the future before T1 occured which could have been cool but the trailer certianly doesn't look like it.
I think I would find more entertainment value from Relic Hunter or Sheena. Even Baywatch would probably have a deeper story.
The music industry is a funny market thanks to the cartel that exists.
If one looks at a different market like DVD players you see something a whole lot different. A Sony player costs a whole lot more than an Apex player, yet both sell and make a profit. Consumers are willing to pay more for what they preceive as value. Some are willing to pay the higher rents while others are not. Both companies win.
Music, on the other hand, is different. A hot new release from a multiplatium band costs the same,if not less, than a release from a band who will be lucky to sell 5 CDs in their career.
I am personally willing to pay $18 -> $22(CDN) for a group who I know and already like. I assume that the new release will have the quality that I am looking for. However, I have no desire to blow $20 on a group that I have never heard of before or only has had one release. I would be more impulsive if they cost only 1/2 what a major band costs.
A quick look at the music availible at a local store has U2's latest greatest hits CD on for $14CDN. It is infact the cheapest CD in the entire new release area yet it is also the number one seller for that store. Do you think that Sony would be willing to sell a DVD player for $98CDN while APEX charges $300? (Assume the Sony is better even if you don't think that is the case). When compared to any other market, the pricing in the music industry makes about as much sense as a pet rock.
Worse comes to worse I just dump from the audio cable coming out the the back of my stereo. Sure it isn't digital and takes an hour to rip but I personally can't tell the difference.
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I hacked up a IBM 10MB hard drive that was made in the 1970s I think. It was about 3ft x 2ft x 2ft if my memories from age 8 are correct.
...Crazy Taxi, I think I'll be okay.
"320" should read "screen.width"
"240" should read "screen.height"
I sniffed around the code. Made a filter to replace "screen.width" with "512" and "screen.height" with "384"
Now it takes up less than a quarter of the screen. I surfed for a while with the new filter. It doesn't seem to affect my browsing.
While I agree with your statement, it doesn't really apply to this case.
The individual patented the 'web' before the web was even heard of outside of universities. There might be prior art but that is another argument.
The USPTO had no reason not to grant this patent as of yet. What I find annoying is that the guy sat on it for nine years but AFAIK never put forth the effort to create the web. Basically he had an idea, patented it then filed it away. Meanwhile someone else had the same idea and used it now we are all in a pickle.
Maybe we will get lucky and he will go after Unisys first.
Step 1: Fill it out. It is best to print or type it. If that isn't possible then write neater than you have ever written before in your life. Step 2: Make sure all required information is included. Photocopy everything. Include a one photocopy with the rebate and keep another incase you get a letter saying "you entered the name of your city wrong". You have proof that you didn't or proof that your are a dumbass. Step 3: Check places like RebatesHQ that let you track the status. If the rebate is for a large amount, you can register the letter. I've sent in 5 rebates. The first was denied because my "postal code is incorrect". I think I know my own postal code, anyways...I started including photocopies after that and I have gotten every one since.
I'm surprised that BGMicro http://www.bgmicro.com/ hasn't been mentioned yet.
Although they don't have the huge supply of strange stuff that most surplus stores have, they do carry a lot of components and they have an excellent customer sales reputation.
Ever since the computer modding comunity found them, they have been shifting their focus a bit to cater to the modders.
There is a large difference between email and a website. With a website, not only are you presenting yourself in a public area, you actually want people to look at your site. The problem with the slashdot effect is when 49,000 people all try to have a look in an hour. A website owner would be happy to have every person see the website, but just not all at once. With email, you generally only want mail from those to whom you have given permission to do so. You don't want 49,000 strangers emailing you and you never will. As for opting out of spam vs slashdot. I don't agree. If you are a person who keeps the same address and have been using it for years, it is very hard to stop using the address once it is found by spammers. If your site gets slashdotted, you can just replace the index with a simple text message or just pull the site for a day and return the next day. The only lingering effect is that you might have more average traffic if the ones that got to see your site liked it.
Buy lots of Bre-X stock, but sell it all before March 19th. Add a little Apple and some Microsoft to the mix as well.
A friend of my brother-in-law was suprised to hear that there were other search engines in existance.
He thought that Google was just a standard, like HTML, FTP, Gopher, or NNTP.
That was quite the little accident they had.
One GByte is insane. I would have to really try hard to use up that much in one day legally. One can only download so many Linux distributions per day.
My own connection has an unofficial limit of 5GBytes/month. Per month people! Not per day.
According to ipacsum, I average between 1 and 2GB per month here.
There is a quote about using up your time in 2.5 hours. How often have you ever sustained a 110KB/s download for 2.5 hours every day?
Yes I have downloaded game demos and linux dists but I have never exceeded 5GB in a month. I am a bit of a light user since I don't video conference, listen to net radio, or pirate.
One possible explaination might be that she had spilled water on the laptop and put it in an oven to dry it out.
My father accidently poured a glass full of Coke into an Amiga 500 (this was years ago FYI). He rinsed the whole motherboard off with water then placed it in the oven to dry it off. The pilot light kept the tempature in the oven around 40C.
The fix worked perfectly. A few months later, the same computer was filled once again with Coke (my fault this time).
So once again, he washed it and put it in the oven. Unfortunatly my mother decided to bake some cookies. So she turned the oven on to preheat it and went about making the dough. About 10 minutes passed when my dad realized what she had done. He removed the Amiga from the oven. Its case was warped and the floppy drive face was useless due to the melting. Amazingly enough it still worked as well. Though it did rock back and forth when you typed on it after that and the FDD was connected via a cable and sat on the outside of the case.
Well more than twice I suppose.
Why did Nemesis tank? Simple, it sucked. Rick Bermen has finally succeeded in breaking the even-odd chain of good-vs-crap Star Treks. He managed to make an even numbered movie suck. After Insurrection, ST needed one hell of a comeback but instead we got another movie of the same caliber.
It takes a bit of skill to paddle so many Star Trek spin-offs up &#!?creek with consistancy. Seems that Rick Bremen has just the required skill.
10 to 15 years ago it was pretty hard to make backups on some systems just like it is now.
x86 based systems have enjoyed a long history of being fairly copy protection free but the C64, Amiga, Atari ST, etc all had methods which prevented legal backups.
There are even a few notable x86 examples like the first version of Lemmings on the PC.
So if a vendor on the side of the road was selling lemonaid and you bought it but didn't happen to see the note on the back wall of the his stand written in 8pt font that said "Warning: Lemonaid contains cyanide", you are saying it is your fault for not noticing it? Should you have to inspect every square centimeter of anything you buy with a 100x magnifiying lens? If so, I have some snake oil for you that cures any ailment known to mankind.
When it comes to dealing with consumers, there are reasonable assumptions that every consumer makes. A company can be found liable even with full disclosure about something that consumers don't like if their disclosure isn't reasonably visible and/or morally wrong (Failure to make payment forfeits your first born child)
I do, however, feel that Real's practices are not in the slightest illegal. There is a reasonable expectation that any competant user understands what a scroll box looks like and what it does. Hiding options below the box might be dispicable but if you have used Windows/OSX/X for more than a week you would know what that graphic represents.
Not a PC game on there but surely there have been some real foul ones released on the PC. Outpost sucked up almost a week of my time in a search for something that resembled fun. I finally gave up and suckered someone into buying it from me. Diakatana - I borrowed this from the sucker that bought Outpost. It should have been renamed 'Slap your head as your computer allies go get killed again'
According to my sister and my mother, my oldest memory is from when I was six months old. We were talking about parties when I brought up one that was at my grandparents place. Since they have had several, I had to describe what happened. After giving details, both my sister and mother were just staring at me. They informed me that that party had taken place when I was only six months old. I have no recollection of what was said at the party, I just remember who was there and what they did. I recall watching the fun from inside a crib and felt very left out.
Are you pronouncing potato(po-taa-toe), tomato (toe-maa-toe), and schedule (sh-ed-ule) correctly as well?
Obviously you are dealing with a kwyjibo here.
There is a light at the end of the tunnel, boys and girls!
Hallelujah!
Gather 'round all ye users of Windows and hear the word of the Proxo.
Hallelujah!
I say hallelujah and praise the filter. Feel the Proxomitron's power as you surf.
Hallelujah!
I ask ye brothers and sisters to go forth unto this land and spread the link.
Hallelujah!
I think this type of filtering is going to become for popular as advertisers become more agressive.
I don't mind some ads which is why I let them through but I filter the more annoying ones. It has been months since I've been subjected to a floating add, pop-up, flash ad, or been prevented from right clicking. These kick-throughs will get filtered along with the rest of them if I ever encounter one.
I have always prefered ROTT to id's FPS games. I like the humour that was present in ROTT.
Dog mode was hilarious, what about accidently eating shrooms? Or using cheats to find that secret level that would send even the most stable person into seizures?
I have never been able to kill the boss without cheats. Is it even possible?
T3 doesn't seem to follow the storyline of T2. The end of T2 left no openings for a sequel other than stupid Hollywood tricks (see the Highlander series for an example). When I heard of T3 I thought it would be the future before T1 occured which could have been cool but the trailer certianly doesn't look like it. I think I would find more entertainment value from Relic Hunter or Sheena. Even Baywatch would probably have a deeper story.
The music industry is a funny market thanks to the cartel that exists.
,if not less, than a release from a band who will be lucky to sell 5 CDs in their career.
If one looks at a different market like DVD players you see something a whole lot different. A Sony player costs a whole lot more than an Apex player, yet both sell and make a profit. Consumers are willing to pay more for what they preceive as value. Some are willing to pay the higher rents while others are not. Both companies win.
Music, on the other hand, is different. A hot new release from a multiplatium band costs the same
I am personally willing to pay $18 -> $22(CDN) for a group who I know and already like. I assume that the new release will have the quality that I am looking for. However, I have no desire to blow $20 on a group that I have never heard of before or only has had one release. I would be more impulsive if they cost only 1/2 what a major band costs.
A quick look at the music availible at a local store has U2's latest greatest hits CD on for $14CDN. It is infact the cheapest CD in the entire new release area yet it is also the number one seller for that store. Do you think that Sony would be willing to sell a DVD player for $98CDN while APEX charges $300? (Assume the Sony is better even if you don't think that is the case). When compared to any other market, the pricing in the music industry makes about as much sense as a pet rock.
Worse comes to worse I just dump from the audio cable coming out the the back of my stereo. Sure it isn't digital and takes an hour to rip but I personally can't tell the difference.