I don't expect any random guy on the street to understand it. I would expect, that as a professional software developer, I would be able to understand the description WITHOUT A LAWYER.
But a patent is supposed to be so that someone sufficiently skilled in the art to which the patent relates can reproduce it, NOT so that a lawyer can read it.
This is not going to be a popular sentiment here, but....
Remember, this has to be signed into law. Hold your nose and write to Bush. Use his own prejudices to work for you. Point out how this is an unwarranted intrusion into business by the "liberal Hollywood Elite", etc... etc...
I think that's going to be a difficult problem, because for some stupid reason Windows apparently decided that doing stuff in the %programfiles% folder is bad-naughty-stop for non-admin users. Period.
Because on Linux, it's a good idea to let non-root users write into/bin and/usr/bin?
I was using Mandriva Free 2008.1. My rationale was that my computer is dual boot, shared with the wife, and I really didn't want to eat up time downloading packages, whereas I could download the Free DVD over the weekend at work. So when it booted up, it only had the nv drivers. I added the non-free repositories to get the closed source drivers.
As an experiment, I tried Mandriva One and it found my stuff just fine.
Even the unmoderated comp.lang.c++ is pretty good. Noobs complain that the regulars are ruthless about off-topic posts, but for an unmoderated group the S/N ratio is pretty damn high.
Essentially running urpmi on dkms, the nvidia kernel dkms package, etc.. downloaded everything, but it didn't put things like the driver or the configuration tools in the right place. Even if I downloaded them manually and rpm'ed them by hand.
I'm wondering if it was because I was using nvidia-current, and I have an older machine (Athlon Thunderbird CPU) that doesn't support SSE, which the nvidia-current driver wants. I downloaded the drivers from nvidia, and it installed, but informed me that acceleration wasn't in the future for me due to a lack of SSE.
So I downloaded 9xxx drivers from nvidia and they worked. I was going to uninstall them and try the Mandriva version of the 9xxx drivers next.
I've used Mandrake/Mandriva since about 2001. And I hope to hell that 2009.0 is a lot better than 2008.1. 2008.0 was good, but when I upgraded to 2008.1 they changed the way a lot of stuff worked (I still haven't figured out how to get the full hdlist.cz instead of the synthesis) or just plain wouldn't install right (the urpmi version of nvidia drivers).
Telemarketer: starts pitch You: Are you a terrorist? Because only a terrorist would violate the law by calling a number on the Do Not Call list. Telemarketer: Uh... uh....
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And you misunderstand me.
I don't expect any random guy on the street to understand it. I would expect, that as a professional software developer, I would be able to understand the description WITHOUT A LAWYER.
But a patent is supposed to be so that someone sufficiently skilled in the art to which the patent relates can reproduce it, NOT so that a lawyer can read it.
This is not going to be a popular sentiment here, but....
Remember, this has to be signed into law. Hold your nose and write to Bush. Use his own prejudices to work for you. Point out how this is an unwarranted intrusion into business by the "liberal Hollywood Elite", etc... etc...
You could at least wear a New Jersey, too.
Nope, not a troll -- see my history. It was just such a good pun that I had to try it.
Cue the "'Firsht' Post" jokes.
Ender's Game and logic.
You meant Ockham's Razor.
Now we'll be sued for using a wishlist!!!
I think that's going to be a difficult problem, because for some stupid reason Windows apparently decided that doing stuff in the %programfiles% folder is bad-naughty-stop for non-admin users. Period.
Because on Linux, it's a good idea to let non-root users write into /bin and /usr/bin?
the next step would be to adopt an official royal uniform that again hid the face and body
It's been done.
Or as someone wrote to Frank Borman, commander of Apollo 8, "You saved 1968".
I'm an 11th level vice president!
How would you feel if I said "So easy, even a slashdotter could do it"?
It essentially is Algol. JOVIAL stands for "Jules Own Version of IAL". IAL was at one point the name for Algol.
Give Taco a break. His spell checker wanted to spell it "SQL".
Don't call them "Dwarf planets" They prefer the term "Gravitationally Challenged"!!!!
That's why Death Valley is so hot. Antarctica got all the cold in the divorce settlement.
Imagine 3 BILLION (pinky-to-mouth) women, all suffering from PMS at the same time.
Sorry, I should have been more clear.
I was using Mandriva Free 2008.1. My rationale was that my computer is dual boot, shared with the wife, and I really didn't want to eat up time downloading packages, whereas I could download the Free DVD over the weekend at work. So when it booted up, it only had the nv drivers. I added the non-free repositories to get the closed source drivers.
As an experiment, I tried Mandriva One and it found my stuff just fine.
Didn't think you were calling me stupid. Told 'em "Not interested. Put me on your DNC list. click."
Even the unmoderated comp.lang.c++ is pretty good. Noobs complain that the regulars are ruthless about off-topic posts, but for an unmoderated group the S/N ratio is pretty damn high.
Essentially running urpmi on dkms, the nvidia kernel dkms package, etc.. downloaded everything, but it didn't put things like the driver or the configuration tools in the right place. Even if I downloaded them manually and rpm'ed them by hand.
I'm wondering if it was because I was using nvidia-current, and I have an older machine (Athlon Thunderbird CPU) that doesn't support SSE, which the nvidia-current driver wants. I downloaded the drivers from nvidia, and it installed, but informed me that acceleration wasn't in the future for me due to a lack of SSE.
So I downloaded 9xxx drivers from nvidia and they worked. I was going to uninstall them and try the Mandriva version of the 9xxx drivers next.
I've used Mandrake/Mandriva since about 2001. And I hope to hell that 2009.0 is a lot better than 2008.1. 2008.0 was good, but when I upgraded to 2008.1 they changed the way a lot of stuff worked (I still haven't figured out how to get the full hdlist.cz instead of the synthesis) or just plain wouldn't install right (the urpmi version of nvidia drivers).
So use the magic buzzword -- Terrorism.
Telemarketer: starts pitch
You: Are you a terrorist? Because only a terrorist would violate the law by calling a number on the Do Not Call list.
Telemarketer: Uh... uh....