Yep, but nVidia also manufactures little and licenses its designs to others. Not many lawsuits, but they're a place that lives on patents too. So, in your definition, this was Patent Troll v. Patent Troll.
I go with hate them - if they can't make a physical product that kicks ass, then they deserved to have their asses kicked
Here's the problem with that: nVidia is board-design IP shop. They don't make anything either, they just sell their designs to other companies who build the hardware, and market it under their own brands with an "nVidia powered" seal. Patent Troll 1 vs. Patent Troll 2 according to your definition.
I'm having trouble coming up with stories that explain why Rambus sued nVidia, just that Rambus filed a suit last summer and nVidia lost today. What are they arguing about in the first place?
there is no doubt in my mind they're nothing but patent trolling scum who deserve to be beaten down in court.
But they haven't been... and are collecting their patent fees from Samsung who likely kept an eye on this case to see whether they needed to pay. So, do you hate all patents?
This one's a tough call... the have been one of the most litigious of the tech companies, but on the other hand they seem to keep winning in the courts. Doesn't the definition of a patent troll include suing people with nonsense lawsuits?
They seem to have come up with some ideas so critical to memory that everyone else in the industry can't seem to make a product without tripping over the patent law. Do we praise the inventors, or hate them because we hate patents?
Yep... and it's much easier to require all new cars to honor a disabling radio code than it is to have this kind of system. This is technology we don't really need developed, but since the police have tax dollars....
I'd tell you what the previous record was for backup tape... but it got archived at the end of my last backup and will take a few hours to get back. Sorry, I'll try harder next time.
WHOIS Privacy is really a pure-profit service because the electrons to add their contact info instead of yours, and then forward any e-mail sent to yourdomain@theirdomain.com are cheap. Really, it should be included free with domains... basically shutting down any concept of WHOIS... or at least limiting WHOIS to law enforcement.
Seems to me that whenever anybody contacts the information in the WHOIS database for a "private" domain... the message is forwarded immediately to the actual contact person on file at the privacy service, and if it's a DMCA Takedown or other legal nastygram, the privacy service has the power to change the nameservers and knock the site offline.
Also to note... Garmin has several models with built-in traffic from Clear Channel's Total Traffic Network (running in an RDS feed on most of their FM signals), and now provides lifetime service with add-on devices for other models at a much lower price. They also offer a lifetime map update download service, with refreshes every quarter. So, if you're in an area that has radio but not good cellular, the up-to-date info can be with you.
Funny thing about trying to power our cars and computers... the energy has got to from something somewhere. Electrons must come from mass... so even if electricity seems clean, it's coming from a power plant somewhere, and nobody wants to be next to nuclear or coal plants.
Hydrogen or plug-in systems seem clean, but those aren't energy sources, they're energy transport mechanisms. If we're going to stop using gas and oil, we're going to have to get more power from somewhere... again, who wants the plants to do that in their town?
The George W. Bush administration has declared a war on algae citing possible links to 9/11, Al Queda, and weapons of mass destruction. Critics seem to think it's because "essential algae nutrients.... come from petroleum."
Futhermore, how do you not disclose the number you dialed? Even if the traffic is encrypted, "envelope data" must remain in-the-clear or the service provider doesn't know what to do with the message.
This is one of the biggest problems with cloud-stored data... if the FBI calls and wants it, they'll also attach a request that the service provider not tell you... and as we see that all fits on a Post-It Note. The FBI doesn't like letting the target of their investigations know they're been snooped upon... and the service provider is glad to not tell you they've violated their own privacy policy by giving out info without the proof that they're being legally obligated to do so. There could be a law in the way requiring... wait, they're already doing this despite there being laws in the way!
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Google runs an ad network because it makes money. They still honor their "Don't be evil" promises, but they've got to do some user tracking because that makes ads more valuable. If you took advertising away from Google... how would they make money? Would anybody pay Google to not show ads to them?
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Yep... when Steve Gibson says "I'm going to port scan you... if your alarms go off that means they're working!" he also says "Would you like to buy a copy of SpinRite?"
"No visible means of support" is a reason to keep an investigation going. Nobody can fund something without a source of income from somewhere.... so what is this guy selling?
If Google started saying "You can't search until you upgrade!" they'd get the clue rather quickly. Google has reason to kill off IE6... it was the weapon used to attack them in China. Your IT desk likely uses Google multiple times a day... so a Google outage would get attention rather quickly.
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Yep, but nVidia also manufactures little and licenses its designs to others. Not many lawsuits, but they're a place that lives on patents too. So, in your definition, this was Patent Troll v. Patent Troll.
I'm going to have to call "NPOV violation" on that one... it's a list of their losses, while their wins have gone unmentioned.
I go with hate them - if they can't make a physical product that kicks ass, then they deserved to have their asses kicked
Here's the problem with that: nVidia is board-design IP shop. They don't make anything either, they just sell their designs to other companies who build the hardware, and market it under their own brands with an "nVidia powered" seal. Patent Troll 1 vs. Patent Troll 2 according to your definition.
I'm having trouble coming up with stories that explain why Rambus sued nVidia, just that Rambus filed a suit last summer and nVidia lost today. What are they arguing about in the first place?
there is no doubt in my mind they're nothing but patent trolling scum who deserve to be beaten down in court.
But they haven't been... and are collecting their patent fees from Samsung who likely kept an eye on this case to see whether they needed to pay. So, do you hate all patents?
This one's a tough call... the have been one of the most litigious of the tech companies, but on the other hand they seem to keep winning in the courts. Doesn't the definition of a patent troll include suing people with nonsense lawsuits? They seem to have come up with some ideas so critical to memory that everyone else in the industry can't seem to make a product without tripping over the patent law. Do we praise the inventors, or hate them because we hate patents?
Yep... and it's much easier to require all new cars to honor a disabling radio code than it is to have this kind of system. This is technology we don't really need developed, but since the police have tax dollars....
"Good news, we've recovered your car and caught the person driving it. Bad news, we broke your car's computer in order to do it."
I'd tell you what the previous record was for backup tape... but it got archived at the end of my last backup and will take a few hours to get back. Sorry, I'll try harder next time.
WHOIS Privacy is really a pure-profit service because the electrons to add their contact info instead of yours, and then forward any e-mail sent to yourdomain@theirdomain.com are cheap. Really, it should be included free with domains... basically shutting down any concept of WHOIS... or at least limiting WHOIS to law enforcement.
Seems to me that whenever anybody contacts the information in the WHOIS database for a "private" domain... the message is forwarded immediately to the actual contact person on file at the privacy service, and if it's a DMCA Takedown or other legal nastygram, the privacy service has the power to change the nameservers and knock the site offline.
Also to note... Garmin has several models with built-in traffic from Clear Channel's Total Traffic Network (running in an RDS feed on most of their FM signals), and now provides lifetime service with add-on devices for other models at a much lower price. They also offer a lifetime map update download service, with refreshes every quarter. So, if you're in an area that has radio but not good cellular, the up-to-date info can be with you.
Funny thing about trying to power our cars and computers... the energy has got to from something somewhere. Electrons must come from mass... so even if electricity seems clean, it's coming from a power plant somewhere, and nobody wants to be next to nuclear or coal plants.
Hydrogen or plug-in systems seem clean, but those aren't energy sources, they're energy transport mechanisms. If we're going to stop using gas and oil, we're going to have to get more power from somewhere... again, who wants the plants to do that in their town?
The George W. Bush administration has declared a war on algae citing possible links to 9/11, Al Queda, and weapons of mass destruction. Critics seem to think it's because "essential algae nutrients.... come from petroleum."
Futhermore, how do you not disclose the number you dialed? Even if the traffic is encrypted, "envelope data" must remain in-the-clear or the service provider doesn't know what to do with the message.
This is one of the biggest problems with cloud-stored data... if the FBI calls and wants it, they'll also attach a request that the service provider not tell you... and as we see that all fits on a Post-It Note. The FBI doesn't like letting the target of their investigations know they're been snooped upon... and the service provider is glad to not tell you they've violated their own privacy policy by giving out info without the proof that they're being legally obligated to do so. There could be a law in the way requiring... wait, they're already doing this despite there being laws in the way!
The "Canary Yellow" color of Post-It Notes is a trademark of 3M. See the legalese at the bottom of that site. Canary? Yellow? Too easy.... let's see some punchlines!
And you wonder what the asterisk in my header line means?
Google runs an ad network because it makes money. They still honor their "Don't be evil" promises, but they've got to do some user tracking because that makes ads more valuable. If you took advertising away from Google... how would they make money? Would anybody pay Google to not show ads to them?
Yep... when Steve Gibson says "I'm going to port scan you... if your alarms go off that means they're working!" he also says "Would you like to buy a copy of SpinRite?"
"No visible means of support" is a reason to keep an investigation going. Nobody can fund something without a source of income from somewhere.... so what is this guy selling?
Nearly every Google product competes with at least two other brands for the same thing. If you don't like Google, you can use something else.
In Google we trust. In Moxie Marlinspike who wants to be in a position to collect all our Google non-logged-in content... nope.
If Google started saying "You can't search until you upgrade!" they'd get the clue rather quickly. Google has reason to kill off IE6... it was the weapon used to attack them in China. Your IT desk likely uses Google multiple times a day... so a Google outage would get attention rather quickly.
And I'm sure Microsoft is regretting those agreements now... they'd much rather sell 7 than support 2000.
If they were designed when IE6 was current... they're overdue to be rewritten. Another case of not budgeting for the geek jobs until they're broken.