While abolishing software patents is the right answer, it's not a feasible short-turn answer. And your silliness about "funding the enemy" pretty much underscores your naivete. Patent offices will continue to be well enough funded to work entirely to the pigopolists' interests. But if you don't play the game (and play it to win), you automatically lose.
Carving out refuges of protected technology with positive (defensive) intent is the a far better answer than your idea -- the technological equivalent of retreating to a shack in the wilderness and mailing package bombs.
What you say is true but unpersuasive. The surest way to win is to make sure everyone else loses. And that is why negativity works.
If the "W" on the score card is the only thing that matters, almost anything is acceptable.
And, on a related side note, I've seen behaviors that make me believe that for some people, it's more important to make someone else lose than it is to make one's self win.
So your answer is... turn it off? Turn it all off? Sit shivering in the dark?
No, wait, that's not enough. Sitting shivering in the dark is STILL dumping heat into the environment.
DIE! Yeah, that's the ticket. No metabolism means no metabolic waste heat. (Assuming you'll forgive us our methane and CO2 output as we decompost. I promise it's only momentary. Humanit will no longer be responsible for ANY environmental warming within a few weeks after we've extincted our entire race to make you feel better.)
You must be one of those famous Scandanavian trolls.
But explore at the edges if you can spare the attention and time. Treating it as play is a good approach for this. Like Galaga88 said, a rootable Android toy is a good start. It'll get you used to touch interfaces and show you some of the power of portability. (To use an example.)
I always made a point of getting a slider keyboard phone. SSHing into a server is pretty sweet with a physical keyboard, even if the teensy tiny on-screen font makes me take my glasses off sometimes. (160x38 on a 4.3" screen, yo!)
Another big PC build order comin' your way! Keep on winning
BTW, on a sad note, does anyone remember when Lucent actually innovated stuff? The legitimate heir of Western Electric and Bell Labs has fallen very far.
And the thing it says about their character is "We will get away with anything we think we can. And if caught, we'll do the absolute minimum to get out of trouble. Not 'make it right'. Just 'make it go away.'"
And yet, it's worth the hassle to C&D a competitor's attempt to fill the void left by their market strategy.
Look, I hate Microsoft with the appropriate Party-directed fervor. But fair is fair, and Microsoft recognizes Google's strategy because it was their own back in the day. Frankly, if they'd patented the business model, they'd have Google over a barrel.
Well, defending the facility and all your lines of communication against land pirates would suck something fierce. Your physical security costs will be breathtaking. But it might still profit better than fair labor, ethical tax payment, and socially responsible environmental practices.
Once you've sold your soul, the rest is pretty affordable.
Of course, "anecdote" isn't the singular form of "data", but BT works fine on my Moto Droid 4 (Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2) for keyboard and mouse. Don't use it for audio or handsfree telephony, so I guess I'm not really stressing it, but it works fine for my uses.
It could be worse. The definition of "lifetime" may be "lifetime of the registered owner", in which case Cisco would dispatch a ninja assassination squad as soon as you open a warranty ticket.
What's--what's that, what's she's doing to his.....is that a CHICKEN up
there? No, no, it's just the way she's holding the grapefruit... Whoah, ho
ho...
Indeed. That's how it works in revolution. If you fail, you're a traitor and you probably die a traitor's death. If you succeed, you're the Father (or Mother, to be fair) of the Nation.
How many fictional alternate-history timelines have George Washington hanged, drawn, and quartered? At least a few.
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As should Cody Wilson's factually incorrect tweet. Unless he suspects the Department of Defense is actually the Bavarian Illuminati and the Department of State merely misdirection and puppetry.
Maybe that's why an egregious screwup is called a "wilson" in Gibson's Sprawl stories.
But as to the title, headline, and summary here? That's just Slashdot editorship in action, man.
Things like entertainment software (FS Flight Simulator), kids toys (explorer night vision goggles), and hiking equipment (various complex compasses and navigation aids that were allegedly too close to being useful for aiming mortars and artillery).
If "cyberwar" becomes enough of a thing, expect "hacker tool" software to also get a big fat ITAR stamp. Hilarity and abortive attempts at Federal prosecution will follow.
Worse than that. H1B Nerds with Guns taking away the jobs in the improvised firearms industry from decent hard-working American citizens. American manufacturing prowess and hard-earned skills in underground one-shot guns flying away to Bangalore and Shanghai and Dublin. Pretty soon, you won't be able to buy a quality zip gun with a proud "Made in America" label. It'll all be plastic zip guns off of some container ship from China. Probably with lots of melamine.
I probably should include a sarcasm tag. Poe's Law is strong with this one.
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You cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it.
Copyleft would like to have a word with you.
While abolishing software patents is the right answer, it's not a feasible short-turn answer. And your silliness about "funding the enemy" pretty much underscores your naivete. Patent offices will continue to be well enough funded to work entirely to the pigopolists' interests. But if you don't play the game (and play it to win), you automatically lose.
Carving out refuges of protected technology with positive (defensive) intent is the a far better answer than your idea -- the technological equivalent of retreating to a shack in the wilderness and mailing package bombs.
What you say is true but unpersuasive. The surest way to win is to make sure everyone else loses. And that is why negativity works.
If the "W" on the score card is the only thing that matters, almost anything is acceptable.
And, on a related side note, I've seen behaviors that make me believe that for some people, it's more important to make someone else lose than it is to make one's self win.
So your answer is... turn it off? Turn it all off? Sit shivering in the dark?
No, wait, that's not enough. Sitting shivering in the dark is STILL dumping heat into the environment.
DIE! Yeah, that's the ticket. No metabolism means no metabolic waste heat. (Assuming you'll forgive us our methane and CO2 output as we decompost. I promise it's only momentary. Humanit will no longer be responsible for ANY environmental warming within a few weeks after we've extincted our entire race to make you feel better.)
You must be one of those famous Scandanavian trolls.
Overpowering irony: The Stasi was more fundamentally honest than DHS or DoJ are being now.
Hear hear.
It's good to focus on what works.
But explore at the edges if you can spare the attention and time. Treating it as play is a good approach for this. Like Galaga88 said, a rootable Android toy is a good start. It'll get you used to touch interfaces and show you some of the power of portability. (To use an example.)
I always made a point of getting a slider keyboard phone. SSHing into a server is pretty sweet with a physical keyboard, even if the teensy tiny on-screen font makes me take my glasses off sometimes. (160x38 on a 4.3" screen, yo!)
And for all that, it's still eons and light-years better than short yellows and red-light cameras.
An improvement is an improvement. Sometimes, going stupid is not the worst option.
If the SCO trial has shown something it's that you don't go up against the Nazgul with dubious claims.
One does not simply walk into Armonk.
I know this is not appropriate to Orthdox Slashdotism, but if you had read TFA, you'd have found this link to the actual patent in play.
Give 'em hell, Newegg!
Another big PC build order comin' your way! Keep on winning
BTW, on a sad note, does anyone remember when Lucent actually innovated stuff? The legitimate heir of Western Electric and Bell Labs has fallen very far.
And the thing it says about their character is "We will get away with anything we think we can. And if caught, we'll do the absolute minimum to get out of trouble. Not 'make it right'. Just 'make it go away.'"
And yet, it's worth the hassle to C&D a competitor's attempt to fill the void left by their market strategy.
Look, I hate Microsoft with the appropriate Party-directed fervor. But fair is fair, and Microsoft recognizes Google's strategy because it was their own back in the day. Frankly, if they'd patented the business model, they'd have Google over a barrel.
Douchebags. All of them.
"If you aren't paying me, it's wrong. If I'm not paying you, it's just sharp business."
Well, defending the facility and all your lines of communication against land pirates would suck something fierce. Your physical security costs will be breathtaking. But it might still profit better than fair labor, ethical tax payment, and socially responsible environmental practices.
Once you've sold your soul, the rest is pretty affordable.
Of course, "anecdote" isn't the singular form of "data", but BT works fine on my Moto Droid 4 (Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2) for keyboard and mouse. Don't use it for audio or handsfree telephony, so I guess I'm not really stressing it, but it works fine for my uses.
"We'll be happy to fix it unless it's broken."
It could be worse. The definition of "lifetime" may be "lifetime of the registered owner", in which case Cisco would dispatch a ninja assassination squad as soon as you open a warranty ticket.
What's--what's that, what's she's doing to his.....is that a CHICKEN up there? No, no, it's just the way she's holding the grapefruit... Whoah, ho ho...
Minor typo.
Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed.
Sorry. Poe's Law.
Fringy extremist nutbags. That's why we can never have nice things.
-- U.N. Commissioner Pravin Lal, "U.N. Declaration of Rights"
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
(My nominee for best quote by any fictional character)
Indeed. That's how it works in revolution. If you fail, you're a traitor and you probably die a traitor's death. If you succeed, you're the Father (or Mother, to be fair) of the Nation.
How many fictional alternate-history timelines have George Washington hanged, drawn, and quartered? At least a few.
As should Cody Wilson's factually incorrect tweet. Unless he suspects the Department of Defense is actually the Bavarian Illuminati and the Department of State merely misdirection and puppetry.
Maybe that's why an egregious screwup is called a "wilson" in Gibson's Sprawl stories.
But as to the title, headline, and summary here? That's just Slashdot editorship in action, man.
Things like entertainment software (FS Flight Simulator), kids toys (explorer night vision goggles), and hiking equipment (various complex compasses and navigation aids that were allegedly too close to being useful for aiming mortars and artillery).
Things like non-trivial non-pre-backdoored cryptosystems for personal privacy, until somewhat recently.
If "cyberwar" becomes enough of a thing, expect "hacker tool" software to also get a big fat ITAR stamp. Hilarity and abortive attempts at Federal prosecution will follow.
Worse than that. H1B Nerds with Guns taking away the jobs in the improvised firearms industry from decent hard-working American citizens. American manufacturing prowess and hard-earned skills in underground one-shot guns flying away to Bangalore and Shanghai and Dublin. Pretty soon, you won't be able to buy a quality zip gun with a proud "Made in America" label. It'll all be plastic zip guns off of some container ship from China. Probably with lots of melamine.
I probably should include a sarcasm tag. Poe's Law is strong with this one.
Were you expecting him to?
Oh, right. You came here for an argument. I'm sorry, but this is Abuse. You want room 12A, Just along the corridor.
Stupid git.
I don't know if you've thought this out.
By way of example, let me toss out a hypothetical outcome of your plan: "mutant zombie patent laywer".
Or picture one of these with a list of BitTorrent leecher IPs and a contract from the RIAA.
Yeah, I heard you scream like a little girl. You know exactly what I mean.
It's a bad plan. Lawyers are the only thing likely to out-survive cockroaches. Lifting off and nuking them from orbit won't be enough.