GIve it a chance, that was posted only 4 minutes after it became public. Its been around an hour now and the figure is over 500 (I snuck in just under 500).
I just been digging through the USPTO records about this patent (its intruiging in a sadistic way), and I discovered that the physical patent file itself went missing!
05-22-2002 File Marked Found 02-25-2002 File Marked Lost 09-21-2001 Set Application Status 10-06-1987 Recordation of Patent Grant Mailed 07-13-1987 Issue Fee Payment Verified
Would this effect usage in Internet explorer? (Not that I care in that instance, but if MS backs off using it, then would FF also have to handle licensing it?)
Or is this simply image file creation thats at stake?
They can check and handle things in exactly the same way as the normal regular search engine.
Wait until a complaint comes in and deal with it then.
They don't currently take down every generic subject noticed by corporations, so what makes you think they will start now?
The search engine companies aren't stupid, and are certainly currently capable of handling indexes with multi billion webpage entries, some of which are already video.
Overblown worry for nothing.
Video is no more dangerous than any other file format, sure there may be bugs with the codecs, but the same happened for things like BMP etc, that doesn't make them inherantly evil.
I just got my missus a lego car kit (long story involving flat packs and left over pieces...) and the dude in it looks like he came right out of a Village People video.
Lego men used to be generic and none distinct, this guy had side burns and a tash!
I grabbed the it rss feed from the bottom of this page, then went back to the main page and grabbed the main one (to see the content I am seeing on the main front page) and I got told off:(
You can't change the accepted use of something mid course and expect people to use it.
If you need to invent a new universal quantity for measuring computer storage, then feel free to use a new acronym, but don't steal existing ones.
(I know this rant is not aimed at the parent poster, more about the shitfit of ambiguity that this subject brings up, and whoever green lighted this as a proposal should be shot. I'll stop now, sorry)
Recycle bin and network places are virtual folders if I remember rightly.
The recycler enumerates the bins from individual drives and displays the files contained in them, the network places enumerates the available network interfaces.
Internet explorer is different, in that its just a wrapper executable to the actual libraries buried deep within windows itself.
Windows Explorer has had shell extension hooks in place for a while now, so that virtual folders and files with extended capabilities can be created on the fly based on criteria (Control panel is one such extension). However, in my experience, full utilisation of this never really took off, with none MS programs opting to simply hook into the context menu and keeping their own software windows for the actual data.
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I realise that this particular situation is a hoax/joke, but I have a question regarding the actual buyback process.
What happens if some stockholders DON'T want to sell?
Can they hold up the process indefinately?
I bet you could if you used really small notes.
Just do some laundry first.
You forgot the most important slashdot criteria:
C) Is a dupe from yesterday.
Wasn't that big chunk of foam saturated and frozen into a great big iceball though?
I think the shape of those rockets had a lot to do with the safety.
The problem with the shuttle was ice landing on the leading edge of a wing.
No, Zonk will win when he posts it again in 30 minutes time...
I have a hole, I place a golf ball in it
I don't wanna know what you do in the privacy of your own home.
Please make sure images do not leak out onto the web.
It still renders faster than Doom 3 on my other machine ;)
GIve it a chance, that was posted only 4 minutes after it became public.
Its been around an hour now and the figure is over 500 (I snuck in just under 500).
You forget, the execs are out to gain maximum money.
From US->UK, they claim a uniform price is good ($50=£50).
From UK->US, they claim exchange rates, so expect about $90.
I just been digging through the USPTO records about this patent (its intruiging in a sadistic way), and I discovered that the physical patent file itself went missing!
05-22-2002 File Marked Found
02-25-2002 File Marked Lost
09-21-2001 Set Application Status
10-06-1987 Recordation of Patent Grant Mailed
07-13-1987 Issue Fee Payment Verified
Heres the link to the info block for the patent.
I was originally looking for expiry information for this patent, but couldn't seem to find it.
I thought you couldn't patent a format?
Is it the MS implimentation of saving the file that is at fault, or am I just wrong and the format itself is patented?
Would this effect usage in Internet explorer?
(Not that I care in that instance, but if MS backs off using it, then would FF also have to handle licensing it?)
Or is this simply image file creation thats at stake?
LOL @ flamebait mods - its technically correct, do not use near a naked flame.
I have been using microbes to produce methane for a while now, why can't I run my computer from that?
Need extra power for that long haul flight, just eat a curry before hand!
Project coder != company in most circumstances.
Unless of course, every project hosted on sourceforge has a parent company to look upon.
It might be an idea to have the Gimp maintainers or other larger OSS projects test the waters however.
They can check and handle things in exactly the same way as the normal regular search engine.
Wait until a complaint comes in and deal with it then.
They don't currently take down every generic subject noticed by corporations, so what makes you think they will start now?
The search engine companies aren't stupid, and are certainly currently capable of handling indexes with multi billion webpage entries, some of which are already video.
Overblown worry for nothing.
Video is no more dangerous than any other file format, sure there may be bugs with the codecs, but the same happened for things like BMP etc, that doesn't make them inherantly evil.
I just got my missus a lego car kit (long story involving flat packs and left over pieces...) and the dude in it looks like he came right out of a Village People video.
Lego men used to be generic and none distinct, this guy had side burns and a tash!
You just got me in trouble with slashdot!
:(
I grabbed the it rss feed from the bottom of this page, then went back to the main page and grabbed the main one (to see the content I am seeing on the main front page) and I got told off
It might take 10 days to make its first appearance on slash, but you can be sure it will be back tomorrow.
You can't change the accepted use of something mid course and expect people to use it.
If you need to invent a new universal quantity for measuring computer storage, then feel free to use a new acronym, but don't steal existing ones.
(I know this rant is not aimed at the parent poster, more about the shitfit of ambiguity that this subject brings up, and whoever green lighted this as a proposal should be shot. I'll stop now, sorry)
Perhaps Bill made win 95 exactly how he wanted it.
Everything since then has been trudging and dragging heels.
Maybe, just maybe, he himself has had a look around and seen the alternatives.
I sincerely hope longhorn delivers, but more than that, I hope that Apple don't fumble and lose the momentum they are gaining at present.
Excellent! Down to only 3-4 a day now.
MS are really working hard.
(I do jest, but even with 2000/xp, its rare to see machines in general circulation stay up longer than a few days)
Recycle bin and network places are virtual folders if I remember rightly.
The recycler enumerates the bins from individual drives and displays the files contained in them, the network places enumerates the available network interfaces.
Internet explorer is different, in that its just a wrapper executable to the actual libraries buried deep within windows itself.
Windows Explorer has had shell extension hooks in place for a while now, so that virtual folders and files with extended capabilities can be created on the fly based on criteria (Control panel is one such extension). However, in my experience, full utilisation of this never really took off, with none MS programs opting to simply hook into the context menu and keeping their own software windows for the actual data.
It shouldn't just print the actual path, it should display ALL affected paths.