Just assign a session ID to each visitor who doesn't have one. When a page is served, take the session ID out of the URL and insert it into the link URLs of the pages served.
I once wrote an othello game that played this way. You could take back moves because it was stateless on the server end. The pointer also changed over the legal move squares because they had URLs under them. I may still have C source somewhere.
BTW, first one to patent this please send me a check as thanks.
I wonder how this will affect the movie downloads that have just been made legally available for a fee. Remember, people are lazy. If there's any doubt they'll play it safe and RIAA ~= MPAA, and downloading files == downloading files.
I'd GPL and release everything you have to start with. That way you clearly define that part. Make it a library or dll so it remains separate and you don't mix code with thier business stuff. The legal issues here may force you to partition code in a clear way. I'd also make sure they are required to specify which things are to be proprietary and have everything else open by default (else they start claiming more and more).
Remember, you are holding all the legal cards regarding the code at this point. They are just holding some money.
They claim to have prosecuted a case for the little guy, but only cite one case where there were several parties (including big ones) being affected.
Even after the question about terminology and agreeing that some terms are more accurate than others, they like to use the word pirate. In the last answer we have "This is the first extradition of a foreign national for online copyright piracy". Note it's not "copyright infringement", but the more evil sounding "pirate".
While they refused to answer questions about a specific case, they finnish up by talking about an ongoing extradition in a specific case.
Very good answers to very good questions. I just saw a few things that seem a little off.
You will never see fully automated aircraft or cars that drive themselves. When there is an accident, clearly the manufacturer is at fault. Pilots and drivers are a great place to put blame - especially if they're dead. I suspect the automated highway project was killed after a bunch of politicians and business people got a demonstration and realized what it meant in terms of liability:-)
I can't wait to sneak someones passport into a microwave:-) A short range EMP device could then cause lots of trouble over lunch near the airport. I hope these things have regular pictures too, they're a little more durable.
and SCO is releasing binary, run-only Linux licensing.
Isn't there one thing for certain: Linus owns the trademark on Linux. Even if they did own the code (which they don't), they can't market it as Linux after Linus says to stop. He'll be needing a lawyer soon. His inaction to date was waranted - he said it was between IBM and SCO. Now it should be nice and personal.
Great, you don't need a license from the guys who invented the format, but you'd need to license the decoder from these guys... How is that different? Besides, a system will need a micro of some sort anyway and it could do the decoding.
We're finding that outsourcing is not really a cost savings on small to medium projects. What we did with 3 people here, we now do with 2 people here, plus one foreign contractor here (even foreign on-site guys aren't "cheap") and 2 more in their home country. It's not a cost savings, and the reduced communication means the code we got isn't what it should be (it does function though).
How does the RIAA get away with price fixing? They set the rates for all their members right? Someone should be able to negotiate with individual labels. Ever heard of competition guys?
Patent the business process of identifing an existing business practice, patenting it, and demanding royalties from companies using this business process. When such patent is granted, send a letter to them demanding a percentage of their litigation proceeds.
Dammit! I had the exact same idea last week, although I would shorten "existing business practice" to "existing practice". This would be a worthy activity for the FSF or better yet, the EFF It occured to me after the story about a company that announced how they would enfore a new patent against the many companies already infringing it.
"Now why can't auto makers put this kind of thing in a dash instead of mostly worthless GPS navigation and DVD units?"
Because management gets confused when knobs from the west coast come over and tell us we need JAVA because a car is just a "browser on wheels" and other such crap. Then some other knob comes in with an OS that we'd have to pay for per unit... DVD players are essentially repackaged products, it's simple, but stupid.
"We also recognize that this technology is a critical component of other content delivery services"
Doesn't that suggest they are aware of a lot of people already doing this? I bet they didn't mention those other 'services' on their patent application. Obviously it's a case of "gee let's patent something everyone is doing and charge them for it because the PTO only recognizes prior art if it's in prior patents".
IANAL but I thought if a company can show that they were doing something before a patent application they don't have to pay to continue doing so. If not, can't they challenge the patent on the basis of their prior art? At least in principle, even though they may not be able to afford it?
Linux has been widely ported around the town and finding a lowcost CPU that can run Linux (and includes an MMU) is easy..
You've got to be joking. I've never seen a cheap part that has an MMU. Besides that would mean off-chip storage of some type which is not cheap. Real embedded systems use a SoC, this guy is doing something in the WinCE class which automotive guys don't consider cheap by a long shot.
Just the other day, I was wondering if a particular company would go after the FSF for violation of their trademark. "GNU's not *n|x" is similar to "based on JBoss". It should be OK, but is it?
First, are the spammers actually commiting a crime? Assuming so. Do the cops or feds always notify someone when they're doing an investigation? No. So what exactly are they seeking? More power? What exactly is it they are unable to acheive that would require this? Sounds like it might be a step down the slope to me.
It's fine to recommend something for kids to download and learn but... The biggest problem is that there is nothing there by default. Kids whose parents aren't geeks will not run across something on the machine and start messing with it like they did in the old days.
If the internals are all connected via Hyper Transport it should be relatively easy for them to switch to Hammer if they wanted to.
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But you also have to understand, patents motivate people. As an avid tinkerer, I have several patentable ideas. I just can't afford to do it. Patents motivate corporations far more than they motivate people due to the cost. Could my ideas result in enough profit to warrent the cost? Yes. Would it actually happen? There's only one way to find out. The little guy has a serious risk/reward problem here.
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I once wrote an othello game that played this way. You could take back moves because it was stateless on the server end. The pointer also changed over the legal move squares because they had URLs under them. I may still have C source somewhere.
BTW, first one to patent this please send me a check as thanks.
I wonder how this will affect the movie downloads that have just been made legally available for a fee. Remember, people are lazy. If there's any doubt they'll play it safe and RIAA ~= MPAA, and downloading files == downloading files.
Remember, you are holding all the legal cards regarding the code at this point. They are just holding some money.
They claim to have prosecuted a case for the little guy, but only cite one case where there were several parties (including big ones) being affected.
Even after the question about terminology and agreeing that some terms are more accurate than others, they like to use the word pirate. In the last answer we have "This is the first extradition of a foreign national for online copyright piracy". Note it's not "copyright infringement", but the more evil sounding "pirate".
While they refused to answer questions about a specific case, they finnish up by talking about an ongoing extradition in a specific case.
Very good answers to very good questions. I just saw a few things that seem a little off.
You will never see fully automated aircraft or cars that drive themselves. When there is an accident, clearly the manufacturer is at fault. Pilots and drivers are a great place to put blame - especially if they're dead. I suspect the automated highway project was killed after a bunch of politicians and business people got a demonstration and realized what it meant in terms of liability :-)
Why create a section for a company that will cease to exist in a few months?
I can't wait to sneak someones passport into a microwave :-) A short range EMP device could then cause lots of trouble over lunch near the airport. I hope these things have regular pictures too, they're a little more durable.
Isn't there one thing for certain: Linus owns the trademark on Linux. Even if they did own the code (which they don't), they can't market it as Linux after Linus says to stop. He'll be needing a lawyer soon. His inaction to date was waranted - he said it was between IBM and SCO. Now it should be nice and personal.
Since the whole internet is really P2P, wouldn't that make it a illegal to post a web page :-)
Great, you don't need a license from the guys who invented the format, but you'd need to license the decoder from these guys... How is that different? Besides, a system will need a micro of some sort anyway and it could do the decoding.
We're finding that outsourcing is not really a cost savings on small to medium projects. What we did with 3 people here, we now do with 2 people here, plus one foreign contractor here (even foreign on-site guys aren't "cheap") and 2 more in their home country. It's not a cost savings, and the reduced communication means the code we got isn't what it should be (it does function though).
So when they require/try this in the U.S. it will be an admission that they are at war with the public? That's a very interesting attitude.
How does the RIAA get away with price fixing? They set the rates for all their members right? Someone should be able to negotiate with individual labels. Ever heard of competition guys?
Dammit! I had the exact same idea last week, although I would shorten "existing business practice" to "existing practice". This would be a worthy activity for the FSF or better yet, the EFF It occured to me after the story about a company that announced how they would enfore a new patent against the many companies already infringing it.
Because management gets confused when knobs from the west coast come over and tell us we need JAVA because a car is just a "browser on wheels" and other such crap. Then some other knob comes in with an OS that we'd have to pay for per unit... DVD players are essentially repackaged products, it's simple, but stupid.
Can you carry flamable liquids on airlines? That's often where you need to longest battery life.
That would put Microsoft out of business!
Then they'll try to sue the anti-virus companies for blocking their advertising.
Doesn't that suggest they are aware of a lot of people already doing this? I bet they didn't mention those other 'services' on their patent application. Obviously it's a case of "gee let's patent something everyone is doing and charge them for it because the PTO only recognizes prior art if it's in prior patents".
IANAL but I thought if a company can show that they were doing something before a patent application they don't have to pay to continue doing so. If not, can't they challenge the patent on the basis of their prior art? At least in principle, even though they may not be able to afford it?
You've got to be joking. I've never seen a cheap part that has an MMU. Besides that would mean off-chip storage of some type which is not cheap. Real embedded systems use a SoC, this guy is doing something in the WinCE class which automotive guys don't consider cheap by a long shot.
Just the other day, I was wondering if a particular company would go after the FSF for violation of their trademark. "GNU's not *n|x" is similar to "based on JBoss". It should be OK, but is it?
First, are the spammers actually commiting a crime? Assuming so. Do the cops or feds always notify someone when they're doing an investigation? No. So what exactly are they seeking? More power? What exactly is it they are unable to acheive that would require this? Sounds like it might be a step down the slope to me.
It's fine to recommend something for kids to download and learn but... The biggest problem is that there is nothing there by default. Kids whose parents aren't geeks will not run across something on the machine and start messing with it like they did in the old days.
If the internals are all connected via Hyper Transport it should be relatively easy for them to switch to Hammer if they wanted to.
But you also have to understand, patents motivate people. As an avid tinkerer, I have several patentable ideas. I just can't afford to do it. Patents motivate corporations far more than they motivate people due to the cost. Could my ideas result in enough profit to warrent the cost? Yes. Would it actually happen? There's only one way to find out. The little guy has a serious risk/reward problem here.