Sorry I should have posted this in the original posting.
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers has warned of malcontents using the Net and encryption to dodge taxes, and it's possible that the feds don't exactly approve of a system that's more privacy-protective than the heavily regulated banking system.
Current federal regulations require banks and credit unions -- about 19,000 in all -- to inform federal law enforcement of all transactions $5,000 and above that have no "apparent lawful purpose or are not the sort in which the particular customer would normally be expected to engage."
Because e-gold is not a bank that lends money -- it's more akin to a warehouse that stores gold on behalf of its customers -- it's not covered by those rules.
It's these same rules which will not allow many governments to allow online gold companies to flourish. What's really cool about gold is it holds its weight no matter where you are in the world as opposed to currency which means a country's currency means squat.
Do you think the US with a strong dollar wants you to trade for gold which can bring down the value of a dollar? e.g. Take 1,000 US dollars and travel through Europe without spending a dime solely exchanging the currency and you will see it will be gone quickly without you even spending, but with gold, it's always going to be a set price. There is no competition for it, which is why all governments are paranoid of people turning to gold.
WASHINGTON -- The Secret Service has raided a New York state business that exchanged dollars for grams of the digital currency called e-gold.
A bevy of agents from the Secret Service, Postal Service and local police recently detained the owners of Gold-Age, based in Syracuse, and seized computers, files and documents from the fledgling firm.
For those interested in gold, and the government I suggest reading "End of Ordinary Money by Orlin Grabbe, and take a quick look at Jim Bell's case where he created Assassination Politics, which delved slightly into currency which could be used anonymously. Now please don't jump the gun so quick to say it won't happen, if that were the case the government would be quick to assist developing a financial system they thought would improve the economy, business, etc., and they haven't in fact it's been the opposite.
Personally I have a hard time reading fictional literature. I can watch a movie based on a book, but I would rather read tech, or political books. But since this is an odd book I figured I would point out something which always made me laugh. The Anarchy Cookbook.
That was some of the funniest shit in the world, and unless you were some type of LEA (law enforcement agent) you had to find some form of dark humor reading the good old Jolly Roger.
I live in New York so my thoughts would be they fear the onslaught of people flooding their networks with suggestions (New York City has about 4 million people alone not including Upstate). On the Florida side of the issue, I think it's because they couldn't determine a President the first time around so the gaming company decided they may not be able to determine a slogan either.
As for Rhode Island, geez they must have like 200 people living there or something, I remember seeing this small town on the news that had like 10 people or something that have forever lived there and had the same mayor for like 40 years or something.
You know when I made this post I didn't think people would take it the way the have so here's my obvious rebuttal.
you cant see shit cause things must be real nice on your chair at the table.
Give me a break I take nothing for granted after working for three companies that went belly up. It just so happens as I stated maybe people aren't looking too good for work, or maybe if they knew how to budget they wouldn't be in a crunch. Immediately after some of the companies went under I was on the ball looking for work including walking countless city streets on interviews, so for those who think I don't know what it's like, I've been there done that.
One of the things that puzzle me is how many people complain but never take actions to do something for themselves. Again Hotjobs is listing 697 jobs for the New York City area alone, Cali has 423 listed this past week so who's fooling who?
if you actually experienced the reality of what it is like to start at a company with high hopes in their future and then watch as people suddennly start leaving the office for good on one afternoon after a quick hoorah company meeting.
Spare me, as stated I've been there three times, and don't expect anything to last which is why I'm happy with my current job, and save money as much as possible. 1) I don't pay Cali style rent 2) I don't need every single Palm that comes out every week 3) I maintain good status with recruiters, and others in the industry and assist them when I can since one hand washes the other in my eyes.
So for those who's feelings I've hurt wish I could truly say sorry but I can't. As stated I'm nothing special and no better than anyone, but one thing I do know no matter who claims what is, there are jobs out there and if you don't get one your either a complete moron, not looking hard enough or underqualified. Take your pick and act on it.
They're there because they want to be their. Sure the job market has been down, but for one to think there are no jobs is ludicrous. What I think is happening is, those who are staying in these shelters are likely to think that someone owes them something. When the dot com industry was at its peak, many became spoiled with huge salaries, perks, etc., and now that it's gone, it could be these people aren't settling for realistic jobs which are available at lower costs.
Look the dot com industry is not as bad as everyone thinks it is, sure many companies have went down, many merged, and many left because of mergers, etc., but there are still plenty of jobs lurking on Monster.com, Hotjobs.com, etc., and for anyone who is too lazy to get off their ass, I personally have no pity for them.
I've worked in companies that have went under, and always have managed to get something within two weeks to four weeks never anything higher than that. All this and I never took the time to finish school, nor get any specific training, and I still manage to make as much as a double income family.
Anyone who complains there are no jobs isn't either looking, not looking hard enough or being too picky about things. I feel no pity for them sorry.
I wouldn't know the comparisons between PHP over Windows and a Nix based machine, but should you want to switch over quickly check out ASP2PHP this way you don't have to write tons of code over. I used to use PHP last year on one of my sites but moved to a hacked version of ePerl since PHP caused high loads with the scripts I had running.
Now what was scary in my eyes was the fact that the scripts were nothing but random image and random quote scripts, and it brought the load on the server extremely high and if you think that the average 6.75 load is not high for nothing but random quotes, and images then your off your rocker since I've got it down to an average of about 2.something. Anyways I guess it depends on what it is your doing.
mod_python is pretty neat for gui based stuff but again it can be a mem hog in its own right. Only way to get a good enough grasp is to just try it out, it certainly won't kill you lest you change all your production machines without testing. (hey I've seen it done)
Another quick note is, stay a bit weary of reviews of ASP vs. PHP or other since no two systems will be configured to do the same tasks, and your always going to get a biased opinion whether its from an ASP developer or PHP developer. I've had my share of reading articles claiming one is better than the other for X reasons. Best case scenario TIYASOYO. (test it yourself and see on your own)
hardly any of those artists have released what I would call a "hit" album in the past 10 years.
Numbers speak for themselves, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men have all released hits. I like none of them but what you constitute as a hit and what numbers say will always clash.
- No band will ever "come out of the blue" any more and hit it huge.
Ugh dare I post their names, but 98degrees, NSync, and Backdoor Boys have all "come out of the blue" and hit it huge whether or not we like it.
- The RIAA's business model is focused around promoting a small group of artists through the radio and other media which they mostly control.
Get real do you think the RIAA would slight anyone it could make money off of? Just because we (well I) don't like the RIAA does not mean they would choose one over the other. Money talks in the game and I'm sure the RIAA is looking out for the interests of making money from as many artists as they can.
The RIAA companies will no longer be able to promote the artists they want to promote (ie, the ones that they feel give them the greatest chance of profit).
RIAA doesn't promote anyone, marketing people within the record labels do so.
- The RIAA's biggest fear is that artists will be able to promote themselves and leave the RIAA out of the loop entirely.
False, many artists don't have the time to promote themselves, nor would they do a good job of it (see: Prince/The Artist Formerly Known As) and even if they did, they would not make as much money as they would by allowing their labels to promote them since it would come out of pocket. Taking a look at the hip hop industry, and not to sound prejudiced but how many inner city kids do you know who were former thugs that made the switch to music, how many do you think would know how to promote themselves, or even care what the RIAA is doing as long as they see cash. Same with bands.
It's only a matter of time before this really starts to happen. Good riddance.
Don't get your hopes up high this will never happen (abolishing the RIAA)
The time to look to the music industry for a career is over. There is absolutely no future in it. What this means is, other opportunities will be opening up.
Opportunities have always been openining up, but this does not mean the music industry is going to die. This was an argument some time back only it was with the film industry when many invested in dot com companies who were going create movies for the Internet and about 99.999% of them all are on FuckedCompany.com.
It's a nice analysis done there but it means little to associations like the RIAA since... THEY'RE NOT LISTENING. Facts are Napster has boosted sales in music in some polls, and other polls state it has harmed it. Well only one can be right, and that one will forever be an opinion of someone's.
Try thinking about a wedding reception, do you see them playing mp3's at the ball? I highly doubt it. Do you think radio stations across the world would adapt to mp3's? Searching for a hit song on Napster or something similar? Nope won't happen, as long as record execs keep people happy with graphical cd jewel cases, promoting overblown parties, etc. Don't wanna make this long, but any argument any way you cut it would never be an unbiased one.
Interesting to see if they could find any signs that there may/may have been life on Mars, but what I find funny is how others will claim the pyramids and the face on Mars worked in cahoots to send signs... Might be a nice TV movie or something to shoot for on the Sci Fi channel.
Can't you read... OpenBSD is still liable to face similar problems under third party software, and admin misconfigurations.
Third party as in if you add something from ports and it has issues you're likely going to be affected by this. Which part confused you, and where in your low IQ did you see my post something about third party anything along with kernel?
It's not the first for years, they claim no remote exploits in four years. OpenBSD is still liable to face similar problems under third party software, and admin misconfigurations.
It's possible the OpenBSD team was more focused on releasing 2.9 which many were waiting for as opposed to hurrying to release a patch, only they know. It's funny how many are quick to jump the gun and criticize them for doing something they've done freely, and nicely for years. It's also possible that it got lost in communication.
The submitter sounds as if someone at OpenBSD just refused to acknowledge a problem which is sort of biased, since he wouldn't know why the patch took some time. Remember the team has a bug reporting system in which many different steps are taken to resolve a problem. Sometimes they have to recreate the problem entirely, and since systems vary, it's also possible someone who did test it, wasn't affected on their machine.
Many reasons can be attributed for not releasing it asap. Seriously though, when incidents are submitted no one corp, or person should be expected to release a fix one minute later.
Realistically now, take a look at how many movies were based on samples from books, some parts may have been used, but were the authors really slighted when the entire book wasn't used? Could have been a name or town, etc. Not everyone is James Patterson to command mega bucks for their work, so there are plenty of times plagurism occurs. Similarly situations arise where many would like to claim something as theirs when others may have thought of something similar and acted in better fashion or faster to make something out of it.
Wouldn't surprise me if Disney ripped things here and there, as long as the entire concept isn't ripped then legally they violated no laws. Personally when I think of Disney I think of small children or do good family doo hickey types while for Anime I tend to think of younger, hip, into fashion, skateboarder, biker, geek types. So the comparison to me personally is non existant. Don't buy Disney if you think it affects you, however aren't there better things to bitch about?
I'd have to disagree with you. Whether or not I used IE I know enough about privacy, and there are many tools one can use such as JunkBuster to maintain an efficient level of privacy via way of cookies. Some things you should take into consideration are, aside from technology, marketing companies do psychological research on all types of people in order to perform target marketing of products. You see it on television when you watch commercials, e.g. ever see any commercials for black hair care products when Sally Jess Raphael is on? No you're going to see it on BET or when Oprah is on.
This is still a form of privacy violation in a way since someone seems to assume only a selective class of people would watch television. When you go the local stores in urban neighborhoods you can see it via ads as well in which you'd be surprised how many companies perform these tasks via polls, questionaires, etc.
When it comes to the Internet you have to keep in mind no one can see you, and you have every option to decline such things as cookies, or install programs which can act as a bodyguard to protect some site from gaining information on you.
Check out some of my privacy links should these things disturb you, but don't assume any technology can fully impose on someone without their consent whether they consent to it or not.
Maybe NASA's JPL could team with DoubleClick or something to sell ad space, and raise money for NASA or even a charity. Sure it sounds stupid at first but wouldn't you like to think of yourself to have been the first to have your banner floating in space with the possibility of E.T.'s seeing it;)
Since the phone obviously dials numbers predefined, I say its a scam Miss Cleo concocted for her psych[o]ic network... "I see joor fuchah and eet says dat joo weel call me nouuw!"
Read an article on ZDNet about licensing which I thought some would find interesting.
When listening to the verbal sparring between open source advocates and Microsoft, it's interesting to notice what's not being talked about. Look at any side of the debate. Do you see any mention of BSD?
The answer to that is relatively old, at least with respect to chemicals. Just because something would be interesting to study, does not make it patentable. I would expect the patent office to adhere to that answer until forcibly dislodged.
There have been many patents that have passed on these notions as it stands. My argument would be to keep that in place for those who have ideas, but those who possibly don't have the resources to test it, nor the current need to test it.
Why should big corporations solely be allowed to hold a patent if they have the resources to show proof of a concept, but say the little person @ home with an idea, be restricted because he cannot show `just cause' for his patent?
Patents, remember were designed to provide a framework to continually go forward in technology, not something you one creates for the sake of placing their arms around it and stating "Give me one million dollars for my idea or I'll sue."
Professors and students from separate Universities would be less biased then having hordes of corporate drones come up with a solution. Sure you will find many people who are biased, but I would rather see a slew of business, ethics, and legal students and Professors resolve this problem than a slew of IBM, MickeySoft, Sun employees.
The law requires that a patent be granted for an invention unless USPTO can establish, typically based on prior art references, that the invention is not new or that it is obvious when viewed in the context of what is already known in the technology. Additionally, the invention must have a concrete, tangible and useful result, and how to make and use the invention must be disclosed.
What if someone were to discover something they thought would be relative towards future improvements in technology, would they be denied a patent should they not be able to demonstrate its use?
Sorry to say but I see the office is doing one of a few things, 1) trying to avoid doing the proper jobs they're already paid to do 2) looking to pass blame should they be criticized for something in the future. Could be they just don't understand technology enough, and with all the crappy patent suits around their looking around for an answer which could be a bad reason, for reasons following.
Suppose programmers at IBM set out to comment on things which would typically affect the scale to IBM's interest. Wouldn't be fair now would it. Or if it were Microsoft or someone other company, contractor. Personally I think what they should do is have an educational institution of Professors, and students come up with a resolution to their problems, on both the technological side of things, as well as a legal aspect of it to avoid future scrutiny.
Leaving it up to the community in my eyes is a bad idea, since humans being humans will generally tend to have biased views whether they realize it or not.
Why oh why must another so called standard be introduced when no one has gotten the first ones correct to begin with?
I take newer introductions to broken technology as a marketing gimmick to have people forget the problems that no one ever fixed. RADIUS is the standard no make that DIAMETER, yes DIAMETER is the standard... Give me a break. Why don't they take the time to get it right to begin with then focus on improving from there instead of overhyping the so called next best thing which will likely follow suit.
Look I don't want to sound trollish and I hope I don't but think about it for a second, will redoing the whole thing make things better when they could intergrate into what's already available? It would make more sense to go on and spend an enormous amount of time and money to create something completely from scratch, thinking it will be the norm (which in technology is a joke), only to have something marketed a few months down the road as that months next best thing.
Aside from that, more counties/countries are slowly realizing the dangers of talking alone on cellulars so if governments impose harsh restrictions, what would make the people at Nokia, Ericsson or any other phone make think that people would dish out for a full blown laptop phone when they'd be restricted on its use?
Example, many of the counties in my state (New York) ban driving while speaking on a cellphone, and many restaurants in New York City have begun banning people from speaking on cells while they dine. Now imagine if these restrictions became the norm all over the place... Shit it'd be useless to have a web capable phone. Aside from that are things going a bit far where these companies think technology will be something everyone would need to survive?
I've always been puzzled why people would spend so much money on a home stereo system. Recently a friend was going to purchase the Beosound 3000 from Bang & Olufsen, and I could not tell the difference between that and a Bose Wave until the salesman played different classical CD's in which certain instruments sounded crystal clear on the Bang player, and it was a bit louder.
Personally I don't need music to give me Tinitus just one to enjoy crisp sounds, at a decent price. Hell for a 6 figure price I'd have Gwen Stefani sing to me for a few hours, so this would be monstrous system at a fraction of the cost.
Technics 1200MKII about 450.00
Bose 901's about 1200.00
NAD T770 Receiver about 1200.00
Pioneer combo DVD/CD about 1,000.00
And then a house to go with it. Or I'd just get a Nakamichi SoundSpace8 (unf) instead of beating around the bush. I guess when you have money like that, it shouldn't be a problem to enjoy your life, however people shouldn't be so materialistic, since there are other more important things in life you could do with that money, send a needy person to school, feed some people in a foreign land, etc, etc.
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It's these same rules which will not allow many governments to allow online gold companies to flourish. What's really cool about gold is it holds its weight no matter where you are in the world as opposed to currency which means a country's currency means squat.
Do you think the US with a strong dollar wants you to trade for gold which can bring down the value of a dollar? e.g. Take 1,000 US dollars and travel through Europe without spending a dime solely exchanging the currency and you will see it will be gone quickly without you even spending, but with gold, it's always going to be a set price. There is no competition for it, which is why all governments are paranoid of people turning to gold.
here's what happened
source: Wired Magazine
For those interested in gold, and the government I suggest reading "End of Ordinary Money by Orlin Grabbe, and take a quick look at Jim Bell's case where he created Assassination Politics, which delved slightly into currency which could be used anonymously. Now please don't jump the gun so quick to say it won't happen, if that were the case the government would be quick to assist developing a financial system they thought would improve the economy, business, etc., and they haven't in fact it's been the opposite.
Personally I have a hard time reading fictional literature. I can watch a movie based on a book, but I would rather read tech, or political books. But since this is an odd book I figured I would point out something which always made me laugh. The Anarchy Cookbook.
That was some of the funniest shit in the world, and unless you were some type of LEA (law enforcement agent) you had to find some form of dark humor reading the good old Jolly Roger.
I live in New York so my thoughts would be they fear the onslaught of people flooding their networks with suggestions (New York City has about 4 million people alone not including Upstate). On the Florida side of the issue, I think it's because they couldn't determine a President the first time around so the gaming company decided they may not be able to determine a slogan either.
As for Rhode Island, geez they must have like 200 people living there or something, I remember seeing this small town on the news that had like 10 people or something that have forever lived there and had the same mayor for like 40 years or something.
You know when I made this post I didn't think people would take it the way the have so here's my obvious rebuttal.
you cant see shit cause things must be real nice on your chair at the table.
Give me a break I take nothing for granted after working for three companies that went belly up. It just so happens as I stated maybe people aren't looking too good for work, or maybe if they knew how to budget they wouldn't be in a crunch. Immediately after some of the companies went under I was on the ball looking for work including walking countless city streets on interviews, so for those who think I don't know what it's like, I've been there done that.
One of the things that puzzle me is how many people complain but never take actions to do something for themselves. Again Hotjobs is listing 697 jobs for the New York City area alone, Cali has 423 listed this past week so who's fooling who?
if you actually experienced the reality of what it is like to start at a company with high hopes in their future and then watch as people suddennly start leaving the office for good on one afternoon after a quick hoorah company meeting.
Spare me, as stated I've been there three times, and don't expect anything to last which is why I'm happy with my current job, and save money as much as possible. 1) I don't pay Cali style rent 2) I don't need every single Palm that comes out every week 3) I maintain good status with recruiters, and others in the industry and assist them when I can since one hand washes the other in my eyes.
So for those who's feelings I've hurt wish I could truly say sorry but I can't. As stated I'm nothing special and no better than anyone, but one thing I do know no matter who claims what is, there are jobs out there and if you don't get one your either a complete moron, not looking hard enough or underqualified. Take your pick and act on it.
They're there because they want to be their. Sure the job market has been down, but for one to think there are no jobs is ludicrous. What I think is happening is, those who are staying in these shelters are likely to think that someone owes them something. When the dot com industry was at its peak, many became spoiled with huge salaries, perks, etc., and now that it's gone, it could be these people aren't settling for realistic jobs which are available at lower costs.
Look the dot com industry is not as bad as everyone thinks it is, sure many companies have went down, many merged, and many left because of mergers, etc., but there are still plenty of jobs lurking on Monster.com, Hotjobs.com, etc., and for anyone who is too lazy to get off their ass, I personally have no pity for them.
I've worked in companies that have went under, and always have managed to get something within two weeks to four weeks never anything higher than that. All this and I never took the time to finish school, nor get any specific training, and I still manage to make as much as a double income family.
Anyone who complains there are no jobs isn't either looking, not looking hard enough or being too picky about things. I feel no pity for them sorry.
I wouldn't know the comparisons between PHP over Windows and a Nix based machine, but should you want to switch over quickly check out ASP2PHP this way you don't have to write tons of code over. I used to use PHP last year on one of my sites but moved to a hacked version of ePerl since PHP caused high loads with the scripts I had running.
Now what was scary in my eyes was the fact that the scripts were nothing but random image and random quote scripts, and it brought the load on the server extremely high and if you think that the average 6.75 load is not high for nothing but random quotes, and images then your off your rocker since I've got it down to an average of about 2.something. Anyways I guess it depends on what it is your doing.
mod_python is pretty neat for gui based stuff but again it can be a mem hog in its own right. Only way to get a good enough grasp is to just try it out, it certainly won't kill you lest you change all your production machines without testing. (hey I've seen it done)
Another quick note is, stay a bit weary of reviews of ASP vs. PHP or other since no two systems will be configured to do the same tasks, and your always going to get a biased opinion whether its from an ASP developer or PHP developer. I've had my share of reading articles claiming one is better than the other for X reasons. Best case scenario TIYASOYO. (test it yourself and see on your own)
hardly any of those artists have released what I would call a "hit" album in the past 10 years.
Numbers speak for themselves, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men have all released hits. I like none of them but what you constitute as a hit and what numbers say will always clash.
- No band will ever "come out of the blue" any more and hit it huge.
Ugh dare I post their names, but 98degrees, NSync, and Backdoor Boys have all "come out of the blue" and hit it huge whether or not we like it.
- The RIAA's business model is focused around promoting a small group of artists through the radio and other media which they mostly control.
Get real do you think the RIAA would slight anyone it could make money off of? Just because we (well I) don't like the RIAA does not mean they would choose one over the other. Money talks in the game and I'm sure the RIAA is looking out for the interests of making money from as many artists as they can.
The RIAA companies will no longer be able to promote the artists they want to promote (ie, the ones that they feel give them the greatest chance of profit).
RIAA doesn't promote anyone, marketing people within the record labels do so.
- The RIAA's biggest fear is that artists will be able to promote themselves and leave the RIAA out of the loop entirely.
False, many artists don't have the time to promote themselves, nor would they do a good job of it (see: Prince/The Artist Formerly Known As) and even if they did, they would not make as much money as they would by allowing their labels to promote them since it would come out of pocket. Taking a look at the hip hop industry, and not to sound prejudiced but how many inner city kids do you know who were former thugs that made the switch to music, how many do you think would know how to promote themselves, or even care what the RIAA is doing as long as they see cash. Same with bands.
It's only a matter of time before this really starts to happen. Good riddance.
Don't get your hopes up high this will never happen (abolishing the RIAA)
The time to look to the music industry for a career is over. There is absolutely no future in it. What this means is, other opportunities will be opening up.
... THEY'RE NOT LISTENING. Facts are Napster has boosted sales in music in some polls, and other polls state it has harmed it. Well only one can be right, and that one will forever be an opinion of someone's.
Opportunities have always been openining up, but this does not mean the music industry is going to die. This was an argument some time back only it was with the film industry when many invested in dot com companies who were going create movies for the Internet and about 99.999% of them all are on FuckedCompany.com.
It's a nice analysis done there but it means little to associations like the RIAA since
Try thinking about a wedding reception, do you see them playing mp3's at the ball? I highly doubt it. Do you think radio stations across the world would adapt to mp3's? Searching for a hit song on Napster or something similar? Nope won't happen, as long as record execs keep people happy with graphical cd jewel cases, promoting overblown parties, etc. Don't wanna make this long, but any argument any way you cut it would never be an unbiased one.
Interesting to see if they could find any signs that there may/may have been life on Mars, but what I find funny is how others will claim the pyramids and the face on Mars worked in cahoots to send signs... Might be a nice TV movie or something to shoot for on the Sci Fi channel.
As if cell phones and driving didn't spell enough danger now we have to worry about people driving and getting into an accident for typig fp
Can't you read... OpenBSD is still liable to face similar problems under third party software, and admin misconfigurations.
Third party as in if you add something from ports and it has issues you're likely going to be affected by this. Which part confused you, and where in your low IQ did you see my post something about third party anything along with kernel?
It's not the first for years, they claim no remote exploits in four years. OpenBSD is still liable to face similar problems under third party software, and admin misconfigurations.
It's possible the OpenBSD team was more focused on releasing 2.9 which many were waiting for as opposed to hurrying to release a patch, only they know. It's funny how many are quick to jump the gun and criticize them for doing something they've done freely, and nicely for years. It's also possible that it got lost in communication.
The submitter sounds as if someone at OpenBSD just refused to acknowledge a problem which is sort of biased, since he wouldn't know why the patch took some time. Remember the team has a bug reporting system in which many different steps are taken to resolve a problem. Sometimes they have to recreate the problem entirely, and since systems vary, it's also possible someone who did test it, wasn't affected on their machine.
Many reasons can be attributed for not releasing it asap. Seriously though, when incidents are submitted no one corp, or person should be expected to release a fix one minute later.
Realistically now, take a look at how many movies were based on samples from books, some parts may have been used, but were the authors really slighted when the entire book wasn't used? Could have been a name or town, etc. Not everyone is James Patterson to command mega bucks for their work, so there are plenty of times plagurism occurs. Similarly situations arise where many would like to claim something as theirs when others may have thought of something similar and acted in better fashion or faster to make something out of it.
Wouldn't surprise me if Disney ripped things here and there, as long as the entire concept isn't ripped then legally they violated no laws. Personally when I think of Disney I think of small children or do good family doo hickey types while for Anime I tend to think of younger, hip, into fashion, skateboarder, biker, geek types. So the comparison to me personally is non existant. Don't buy Disney if you think it affects you, however aren't there better things to bitch about?
I'd have to disagree with you. Whether or not I used IE I know enough about privacy, and there are many tools one can use such as JunkBuster to maintain an efficient level of privacy via way of cookies. Some things you should take into consideration are, aside from technology, marketing companies do psychological research on all types of people in order to perform target marketing of products. You see it on television when you watch commercials, e.g. ever see any commercials for black hair care products when Sally Jess Raphael is on? No you're going to see it on BET or when Oprah is on.
This is still a form of privacy violation in a way since someone seems to assume only a selective class of people would watch television. When you go the local stores in urban neighborhoods you can see it via ads as well in which you'd be surprised how many companies perform these tasks via polls, questionaires, etc.
When it comes to the Internet you have to keep in mind no one can see you, and you have every option to decline such things as cookies, or install programs which can act as a bodyguard to protect some site from gaining information on you.
Check out some of my privacy links should these things disturb you, but don't assume any technology can fully impose on someone without their consent whether they consent to it or not.
Maybe NASA's JPL could team with DoubleClick or something to sell ad space, and raise money for NASA or even a charity. Sure it sounds stupid at first but wouldn't you like to think of yourself to have been the first to have your banner floating in space with the possibility of E.T.'s seeing it
Since the phone obviously dials numbers predefined, I say its a scam Miss Cleo concocted for her psych[o]ic network... "I see joor fuchah and eet says dat joo weel call me nouuw!"
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The answer to that is relatively old, at least with respect to chemicals. Just because something would be interesting to study, does not make it patentable. I would expect the patent office to adhere to that answer until forcibly dislodged.
There have been many patents that have passed on these notions as it stands. My argument would be to keep that in place for those who have ideas, but those who possibly don't have the resources to test it, nor the current need to test it.
Why should big corporations solely be allowed to hold a patent if they have the resources to show proof of a concept, but say the little person @ home with an idea, be restricted because he cannot show `just cause' for his patent?
Patents, remember were designed to provide a framework to continually go forward in technology, not something you one creates for the sake of placing their arms around it and stating "Give me one million dollars for my idea or I'll sue."
Professors and students from separate Universities would be less biased then having hordes of corporate drones come up with a solution. Sure you will find many people who are biased, but I would rather see a slew of business, ethics, and legal students and Professors resolve this problem than a slew of IBM, MickeySoft, Sun employees.
The law requires that a patent be granted for an invention unless USPTO can establish, typically based on prior art references, that the invention is not new or that it is obvious when viewed in the context of what is already known in the technology. Additionally, the invention must have a concrete, tangible and useful result, and how to make and use the invention must be disclosed.
What if someone were to discover something they thought would be relative towards future improvements in technology, would they be denied a patent should they not be able to demonstrate its use?
Sorry to say but I see the office is doing one of a few things, 1) trying to avoid doing the proper jobs they're already paid to do 2) looking to pass blame should they be criticized for something in the future. Could be they just don't understand technology enough, and with all the crappy patent suits around their looking around for an answer which could be a bad reason, for reasons following.
Suppose programmers at IBM set out to comment on things which would typically affect the scale to IBM's interest. Wouldn't be fair now would it. Or if it were Microsoft or someone other company, contractor. Personally I think what they should do is have an educational institution of Professors, and students come up with a resolution to their problems, on both the technological side of things, as well as a legal aspect of it to avoid future scrutiny.
Leaving it up to the community in my eyes is a bad idea, since humans being humans will generally tend to have biased views whether they realize it or not.
Why oh why must another so called standard be introduced when no one has gotten the first ones correct to begin with?
I take newer introductions to broken technology as a marketing gimmick to have people forget the problems that no one ever fixed. RADIUS is the standard no make that DIAMETER, yes DIAMETER is the standard... Give me a break. Why don't they take the time to get it right to begin with then focus on improving from there instead of overhyping the so called next best thing which will likely follow suit.
Look I don't want to sound trollish and I hope I don't but think about it for a second, will redoing the whole thing make things better when they could intergrate into what's already available? It would make more sense to go on and spend an enormous amount of time and money to create something completely from scratch, thinking it will be the norm (which in technology is a joke), only to have something marketed a few months down the road as that months next best thing.
Aside from that, more counties/countries are slowly realizing the dangers of talking alone on cellulars so if governments impose harsh restrictions, what would make the people at Nokia, Ericsson or any other phone make think that people would dish out for a full blown laptop phone when they'd be restricted on its use?
Example, many of the counties in my state (New York) ban driving while speaking on a cellphone, and many restaurants in New York City have begun banning people from speaking on cells while they dine. Now imagine if these restrictions became the norm all over the place... Shit it'd be useless to have a web capable phone. Aside from that are things going a bit far where these companies think technology will be something everyone would need to survive?
I've always been puzzled why people would spend so much money on a home stereo system. Recently a friend was going to purchase the Beosound 3000 from Bang & Olufsen, and I could not tell the difference between that and a Bose Wave until the salesman played different classical CD's in which certain instruments sounded crystal clear on the Bang player, and it was a bit louder.
Personally I don't need music to give me Tinitus just one to enjoy crisp sounds, at a decent price. Hell for a 6 figure price I'd have Gwen Stefani sing to me for a few hours, so this would be monstrous system at a fraction of the cost.
Technics 1200MKII about 450.00
Bose 901's about 1200.00
NAD T770 Receiver about 1200.00
Pioneer combo DVD/CD about 1,000.00
And then a house to go with it. Or I'd just get a Nakamichi SoundSpace8 (unf) instead of beating around the bush. I guess when you have money like that, it shouldn't be a problem to enjoy your life, however people shouldn't be so materialistic, since there are other more important things in life you could do with that money, send a needy person to school, feed some people in a foreign land, etc, etc.