Although I do realize you are being humorous, this is also a perfect example of why patent regulations should state that patents must be presented in non-gobbledygook. This would also make a great test for employment as a patent examiner...ask future candidates if this would be an original idea, and anyone who says "yes" is immediately disqualified from holding the job.
I thought seriously about tagging this story with the tag "bull shit", because that's what this patent is. This should become the new poster child for "patent troll" and "patent office stupidity". This is even a more boneheaded patent than Amazon's non-innovation of one click buying (which always seems to take me two or three clicks anyway).
What's next, they're going so take Walmart to court because Walmart lets me buy something without bidding on it? Are they going to take the owners of the live auction I go to each week to court because after high bid is set on an item, they allow those present to buy multiples of that same item for the same high bid without running another auction process?
I'm all for the rights of a business to prosper and benefit from their original ideas. But this patent is about as far from "original" as you can get, and is as original as my getting up out of bed each morning and taking a piss. This company should be exterminated like the worthless parasite that it is. I said it before about SCO, and it applies here too...those who can innovate, while those who can't litigate.
Would you please explain to me why, then, London England is having a problem with a rise in shootings? Guns are *far* more controlled there than in the US, so they should have no problem, right?
A proper and complete reply to your post can actually be stated in just two words...
I've tried both MythTv and Windows MCE. And quite frankly, at least for the near future, I think they are both a pain in the ass to use when compared to my TiVo or Dish Network DVR.
Besides any direct law, there is another reason they include DRM. And that's the fact that "content providers" (read: networks and film companies) will drop large legal problems their way if they don't. Look what happens to many other products that circumvent or ignore DRM, like for instance, attempts at commercial software to copy DVDs.
And the US Congress has shown an unholy love for the studios and DRM.
The cellphone companies should respond by treating any call that originates in a First Nations area as a "foreign" call wishing to access their network, and charge the appropriate fees and roaming charges.
You're too late, at least in the US. That's already been tried in the US, with both broadcast radio and TV, as well as satellite TV (both big dish and pizza dish), and cable TV. To my knowledge, no private (non-government) entity has won even the first round of court using that argument. And complaints filed with the FCC have produced nothing but laughter.
Sorry, but there is more to it than "keep the engine RPM low". There is a "too low" point also.
I drive a Chrysler Sebring, and as one of the OPs talked about on his relative's car, it has a digital display of "at that second" MPG as well as an averaged MPG (and a bunch of other things). And between that and watching my gasoline receipts, I know for a fact that my car gets its best mileage at approximately 2000 RPM. It sucks gas like a big dog above 3000 RPM...but it also starts getting bad as it goes below 1500 RPM, and gets worse the further down it goes.
Go in to a big box store in the US and see where most products come from these days. A trade embargo against China by the US would hurt the Americans as much as, if not more than, the Chinese.
Trying to silence ESR? Isn't that like the proverbial unstopable rock hitting the unmoveable object? Silencing ESR would require the violation of at least 7 laws of physics:-)
Oh, I figured as much. If I were to do anything like this, I'd make sure that 100 percent of my music, such as it may be, is my own work. And then just for kicks I'd put it under a Creative Commons license. I figure it would look really good in the press if some industry group came after a guy for playing his own music that he is giving away and inviting others to make changes to.
At first I would say I don't see how SoundExchange's position is possible...but then I've seen how the US Congress works...a few brib^h^h^h^h donations here, a few there, and shazam, just what they wanted becomes law.
I cannot sing worth a shit, and I will freely admit that. But I am **SO** tempted to make some recordings of me singing in the shower, and maybe some of my cockatiel doing his calls along with the music, and start up an internet radio station that plays only those tracks. I will then invite SoundExchange to come over and lick the sweat off my balls.
The phrases and keywords that are considered "bad" may be different, but this is no different than the policies currently in place by the regime in Washington, DC. King George rattles on about threats to national security, activities that are unpatriotic, etc, every time someone goes against him. The only difference between the current US Government and the Chinese government in this respect is the Chinese government doesn't hide the fact that they're doing it.
Okay, that's where we disagree then...the definition of "viable". My definition is tighter than "can make the ballot"...I define "viable" as "could have a realistic chance of being elected". Ralph Nader was not viable, by my definition, because they will be serving ice water in Hell before he could get elected to national office.
I'm not trying to be mean, I'm seriously asking this, because I would have to disagree. And in 26 years of voting in national (and local) elections, I've truly wanted to vote third party every time.
Besides possibly H. Ross Perot, what *viable* third party candidates have we had for President?
The very first election for President that I voted in, I voted for Jon Anderson. I was an idealist back then, and thought he could win. I voted for Badnarik in 2004, but only because I just couldn't bring myself to vote for either major party asshat...a limp dick like Kerry was as bad a choice as an idiot like Bush. But even when I pulled that lever (Anderson) or pressed that button (Badnarik), I knew they couldn't win. And I didn't vote for Perot because he quit in the middle of the campaign (but then came back later) and I don't vote for quiters.
And if you say Ralph Nader is, or has ever been, a viable candidate, I'll have to laugh hysterically.
A major problem, in my opinion, that a lot of open source products have is the lack of decent documentation. Everyone wants to code, no one wants to document. I'd be here all day if I tried to list all the open source products I've looked at and tried that I gave up on simply because there was no documentation, or only poor documentation, and I had to move to something commercial that was at least properly documented.
And before someone drags out the dead horse named "why don't you document some of these projects", the answer is I can't document something I can't figure out how to use. And as others have already pointed out, a lot of open source software is not intuitive.
Why would anyone take this nutbag seriously? The mere fact that he works for SCO shows he's got his head firmly stuck up his ass. Oh...wait...he was talking to politicians, wasn't he? One nutbag talking to a bunch of nutbags...they gather in flocks.
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Although I do realize you are being humorous, this is also a perfect example of why patent regulations should state that patents must be presented in non-gobbledygook. This would also make a great test for employment as a patent examiner...ask future candidates if this would be an original idea, and anyone who says "yes" is immediately disqualified from holding the job.
I thought seriously about tagging this story with the tag "bull shit", because that's what this patent is. This should become the new poster child for "patent troll" and "patent office stupidity". This is even a more boneheaded patent than Amazon's non-innovation of one click buying (which always seems to take me two or three clicks anyway).
What's next, they're going so take Walmart to court because Walmart lets me buy something without bidding on it? Are they going to take the owners of the live auction I go to each week to court because after high bid is set on an item, they allow those present to buy multiples of that same item for the same high bid without running another auction process?
I'm all for the rights of a business to prosper and benefit from their original ideas. But this patent is about as far from "original" as you can get, and is as original as my getting up out of bed each morning and taking a piss. This company should be exterminated like the worthless parasite that it is. I said it before about SCO, and it applies here too...those who can innovate, while those who can't litigate.
Really?
Would you please explain to me why, then, London England is having a problem with a rise in shootings? Guns are *far* more controlled there than in the US, so they should have no problem, right?
A proper and complete reply to your post can actually be stated in just two words...
Horse shit.
Funny how that works...they are in effect saying "stop the hate campaign we don't like, or we will start a hate campaign against you".
I've tried both MythTv and Windows MCE. And quite frankly, at least for the near future, I think they are both a pain in the ass to use when compared to my TiVo or Dish Network DVR.
Besides any direct law, there is another reason they include DRM. And that's the fact that "content providers" (read: networks and film companies) will drop large legal problems their way if they don't. Look what happens to many other products that circumvent or ignore DRM, like for instance, attempts at commercial software to copy DVDs.
And the US Congress has shown an unholy love for the studios and DRM.
The cellphone companies should respond by treating any call that originates in a First Nations area as a "foreign" call wishing to access their network, and charge the appropriate fees and roaming charges.
You're too late, at least in the US. That's already been tried in the US, with both broadcast radio and TV, as well as satellite TV (both big dish and pizza dish), and cable TV. To my knowledge, no private (non-government) entity has won even the first round of court using that argument. And complaints filed with the FCC have produced nothing but laughter.
Is there really some reason they needed this when they already have DVIDS?
Sorry, but there is more to it than "keep the engine RPM low". There is a "too low" point also.
I drive a Chrysler Sebring, and as one of the OPs talked about on his relative's car, it has a digital display of "at that second" MPG as well as an averaged MPG (and a bunch of other things). And between that and watching my gasoline receipts, I know for a fact that my car gets its best mileage at approximately 2000 RPM. It sucks gas like a big dog above 3000 RPM...but it also starts getting bad as it goes below 1500 RPM, and gets worse the further down it goes.
Go in to a big box store in the US and see where most products come from these days. A trade embargo against China by the US would hurt the Americans as much as, if not more than, the Chinese.
That's a silly idea...only evil people would do such a thing...
Trying to silence ESR? Isn't that like the proverbial unstopable rock hitting the unmoveable object? Silencing ESR would require the violation of at least 7 laws of physics :-)
Oh, I figured as much. If I were to do anything like this, I'd make sure that 100 percent of my music, such as it may be, is my own work. And then just for kicks I'd put it under a Creative Commons license. I figure it would look really good in the press if some industry group came after a guy for playing his own music that he is giving away and inviting others to make changes to.
At first I would say I don't see how SoundExchange's position is possible...but then I've seen how the US Congress works...a few brib^h^h^h^h donations here, a few there, and shazam, just what they wanted becomes law.
I cannot sing worth a shit, and I will freely admit that. But I am **SO** tempted to make some recordings of me singing in the shower, and maybe some of my cockatiel doing his calls along with the music, and start up an internet radio station that plays only those tracks. I will then invite SoundExchange to come over and lick the sweat off my balls.
The phrases and keywords that are considered "bad" may be different, but this is no different than the policies currently in place by the regime in Washington, DC. King George rattles on about threats to national security, activities that are unpatriotic, etc, every time someone goes against him. The only difference between the current US Government and the Chinese government in this respect is the Chinese government doesn't hide the fact that they're doing it.
And in addition, if this were a Microsoft product, everyone would be yelling "vaporware!" and bitching about the price increase.
Okay, that's where we disagree then...the definition of "viable". My definition is tighter than "can make the ballot"...I define "viable" as "could have a realistic chance of being elected". Ralph Nader was not viable, by my definition, because they will be serving ice water in Hell before he could get elected to national office.
I'm not trying to be mean, I'm seriously asking this, because I would have to disagree. And in 26 years of voting in national (and local) elections, I've truly wanted to vote third party every time.
Besides possibly H. Ross Perot, what *viable* third party candidates have we had for President?
The very first election for President that I voted in, I voted for Jon Anderson. I was an idealist back then, and thought he could win. I voted for Badnarik in 2004, but only because I just couldn't bring myself to vote for either major party asshat...a limp dick like Kerry was as bad a choice as an idiot like Bush. But even when I pulled that lever (Anderson) or pressed that button (Badnarik), I knew they couldn't win. And I didn't vote for Perot because he quit in the middle of the campaign (but then came back later) and I don't vote for quiters.
And if you say Ralph Nader is, or has ever been, a viable candidate, I'll have to laugh hysterically.
A major problem, in my opinion, that a lot of open source products have is the lack of decent documentation. Everyone wants to code, no one wants to document. I'd be here all day if I tried to list all the open source products I've looked at and tried that I gave up on simply because there was no documentation, or only poor documentation, and I had to move to something commercial that was at least properly documented.
And before someone drags out the dead horse named "why don't you document some of these projects", the answer is I can't document something I can't figure out how to use. And as others have already pointed out, a lot of open source software is not intuitive.
I used to seriously think about moving to Canada, as the US falls deeper and deeper in to the bullshit.
But then it changed from "Canada" to "The People's Republic of Canukistan".
I once heard the word "committee" defined as "a living creature with 4 or more legs, 4 or more arms, 2 or more heads, but no brain".
Why would anyone take this nutbag seriously? The mere fact that he works for SCO shows he's got his head firmly stuck up his ass. Oh...wait...he was talking to politicians, wasn't he? One nutbag talking to a bunch of nutbags...they gather in flocks.
While Vonage was doing all that work, they should have performed one more task. They should have had someone do a patent check.
Its not totally Verizon's fault.
A torrent of spam? It doesn't come in cans anymore?!
The cans were so much easier to catch, too.