This is what patents were and are supposed to solve! The problem today is not the "economy of scale" + "first mover advantage" = "win forever" but the "I see your 1 patent, and up you with my 1000 patents" threats to new companies. Even if you do have a neat idea and manage to get a patent for it, odds are you'll be sued for some patent infringement by either one of the big players who's lunch you try to eat, or by a patent troll that likes your lunch better than any other.
Obviously, this is all the fault of wikileaks & Julian Assange! It was his actions that awoke the appetite of the general public to consume dangerous information that they are not allowed to have. Even the safeguards put in place by the government to protect its people from such dangerous information, the Freedom of Information Act, is now no longer effective. We need to pass new legislation quickly to correct this issue at once!
Therefore, I submit the following legislation for review: 1) Make using Copy/Paste illegal 2) Remove the color black from all computer monitors 3) Imprison anyone with a daily subscription to The Sun, as they have been exposed to this dangerous information and need to be contained.
With these 3 simple steps, we can insure the security of our nuclear submarines, and therefore our people, for the next 100 years!
How do you take care of Sim Cards? (in laptops, smart phones, or even a hidden mobile hot spot?) And how long do you think it'll take a kid to figure out how TOR works? And what do you do if you have 3 children ages 10 to 18? And how do you prevent them from being told the wi-fi key of one of your neighbors?
If you go to the Chinese equivalent of flicker, you find a picture of a panda bear that matches your blog update about how polar bears are relatives of panda bears. Underneath the picture is some text in Chinese that you don't know what it means. You go ahead and use the picture in your blog without any attribution. One week later, you get physical letter with some Chinese written in it. You don't know what it means, so you ignore it and throw it out. Your blog remains unchanged.
So: if the Chinese texts in the example above were references to the copy right, what went wrong? You didn't translate the text when you found the picture? Or, when they contacted you, they didn't contact you in English?
Back to the story: Should the contact with the newspaper be made in Dutch, rather than English? I think if a local lawyer would send the letter, then this would have some effect. If someone violates your rights, you need to take actions and stand up for your rights. And no, whining on Slashdot about it, doesn't count!
You are right, the info is a bit out of date. From Wikipedia:
"Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands was the world's busiest port by cargo tonnage since 1962 until it was overtaken by Shanghai in 2004."
and
"As a result the port of Antwerp has become one of Europe's largest sea ports, ranking second behind Rotterdam by total freight shipped.[1] Its international rankings vary from 11th to 20th (AAPA)."
So they are only the two biggest harbors in Europe - I hope that doesn't change the discussion about linking them by a cable...
Now you are getting closer: Trains are good for transporting heavy goods. But they do have drawbacks when you want to ship light goods or need a very fast tact rate.
I could see a setup like this work to connect the world's two biggest harbors: Rotterdam & Antwerp. The distance would be about 70km (ca 50 miles). If it were set up to carry standard sea containers bidirectionally, this could effectively make one harbor what used to be two.
A truck today can carry one container one way in 90 minutes + loading/unloading - dependent on traffic. You don't want to make a container ship waiting on a truck because of traffic, and a container ship could get hundreds of containers from the other harbor.
Also, this infrastructure can be build with limited impact on the environment, and can go over land or low water with little difference.
Another benefit is the lower tact rate. If you need a container to get to the other harbor within the next 3 hours, its unlikely you can do that by train (trains don't go with just one container). With this system, you just "cut the line" to get there faster.
In short: Use rail/train to move the bulk goods that have time, and use this new system to move containers in under 60 minutes.
I hate this system! I drove to Switzerland for a weekend trip in December, and had to pay for the whole year sticker. Now, 2 years later, I still have the sticker, b/c its a pain to take it off where they put it - On the insight of your windshield, maybe 25 cm^2, in bright yellow!
...you had to add "z" to the end of everything... for example... "torrentz"
And how exactly will adding a z at the end help solve the problem that the search term doesn't auto complete? You man that if I type bitt... it will auto complete to bittorrentz for me? How cool would that be? Next, I search for Oba... and get Obamaz, cool!
I don't know... What if I would do this in my slashdot signature, trying to load a picture only available for people on the RIAA Intranet. Then I could show a different signature to the RIAA than to everyone else. Copy/Paste for FBI, your HR/employer, or even your spouse.
A reading index is just like a measuring tape. It can't tell you that you built a crappy house with crooked walls and a leaky roof; it can only tell you that something is 40 feet long by 30 feet wide.</p></quote>
Not true!
If the measuring tape is wet, then the roof must be leaking! If the measuring tape is swinging, then the house must have a draft! If the measuring tape is white, then even snow is getting in! If you can't see the measuring tape, then your electricity is out! And if you have a candle, and you still can't see it, then it must be foggy!
I'm sure there is more than this that a measuring tape could tell you, if you would be creative!
One could almost forgive the bishops and the cardinals distrusting the instrument, and saying they will believe only things that they can see with their eye.
So in other words, those bishops and cardinals must have seen God, otherwise they wouldn't belief in him. More likely, this has to do with what we want (or need) as humans. In their case, it was power, in our case, it is hope (through exploration/discovery).
Don't be too sure! Imagine they enhance the "right" kind of muscle to improve the mice reproduction rate, let's say by 10x fold. Soon we won't have any food left to eat and will be dying of diseases transmitted by mice in a quantity that could displace an ocean.
This is nothing else than a security hole in an piece of software. It can be used to install and potentially execute malicious code on the computer. This could include the normal Zeus bot, or a key logger. In case of a key logger, it could be possible to spy the PIN associated with the ID. So if then you can also steal the ID card somehow,... you can think of the rest.
Just like MS used to first infringe on other companie's patents, and then buy the whole company if they were sued, they are now planning to buy the EU, just so they don't have to pay the more expensive fine imposed on them there.
Hi, I'm a Mac. I automatically back myself up every 2 hours.
Hi, I'm a PC. I reboot myself every 2 hours to give you the best performance that you deserve!
Or another MS commercial:
Windows 7 - The most stable Windows yet. Runs for 2 hours without shutting down! And to further your productivity, we've automated the shutdown to help you drive productivity and grow your business!
Why do you assume that someone who will use Windows 7 for free will actually think that its great? It's not like SP2 will be out, all major software will be compatible, and most or all software takes advantage of the new capabilities to the fullest extend during the first year....
Maybe that's what MS wants to happen, but history tells us it won't. But you have a point: Someone who will gladly become an early adopter by getting the product for free, will be unlikely to pay extra for the "downgrade" on their new hardware... So in short, MS is educating the population to expect a buggy, unripe product, as long as its free or doesn't cost any extra.
What would be the best way for Linux to compete for this market? I think we are going to get more focus on quality and capability in the future, instead of the "price" or "cost" discussions. This will be the demise of crappy windows, one way or the other!
You just contradicted yourself! First you say that people don't have a choice, and follow up by pointing out that people choose to use older versions...
Interestingly enough, MS not only wants to control the source, but also the installed instance. How long before they control you?
Oh wait...
Slashdot Mirror
What's worse? Writing something stupid, or quoting something stupid?
This is what patents were and are supposed to solve! The problem today is not the "economy of scale" + "first mover advantage" = "win forever" but the "I see your 1 patent, and up you with my 1000 patents" threats to new companies. Even if you do have a neat idea and manage to get a patent for it, odds are you'll be sued for some patent infringement by either one of the big players who's lunch you try to eat, or by a patent troll that likes your lunch better than any other.
Obviously, this is all the fault of wikileaks & Julian Assange! It was his actions that awoke the appetite of the general public to consume dangerous information that they are not allowed to have. Even the safeguards put in place by the government to protect its people from such dangerous information, the Freedom of Information Act, is now no longer effective. We need to pass new legislation quickly to correct this issue at once!
Therefore, I submit the following legislation for review:
1) Make using Copy/Paste illegal
2) Remove the color black from all computer monitors
3) Imprison anyone with a daily subscription to The Sun, as they have been exposed to this dangerous information and need to be contained.
With these 3 simple steps, we can insure the security of our nuclear submarines, and therefore our people, for the next 100 years!
If you would keep reading the next line:
2 : a thin piece of material
How do you take care of Sim Cards? (in laptops, smart phones, or even a hidden mobile hot spot?) And how long do you think it'll take a kid to figure out how TOR works? And what do you do if you have 3 children ages 10 to 18? And how do you prevent them from being told the wi-fi key of one of your neighbors?
How does light travel through the sun? Is it transparent?
Devils Advocate:
If you go to the Chinese equivalent of flicker, you find a picture of a panda bear that matches your blog update about how polar bears are relatives of panda bears.
Underneath the picture is some text in Chinese that you don't know what it means. You go ahead and use the picture in your blog without any attribution. One week later, you get physical letter with some Chinese written in it. You don't know what it means, so you ignore it and throw it out. Your blog remains unchanged.
So: if the Chinese texts in the example above were references to the copy right, what went wrong? You didn't translate the text when you found the picture? Or, when they contacted you, they didn't contact you in English?
Back to the story: Should the contact with the newspaper be made in Dutch, rather than English? I think if a local lawyer would send the letter, then this would have some effect. If someone violates your rights, you need to take actions and stand up for your rights. And no, whining on Slashdot about it, doesn't count!
You are right, the info is a bit out of date. From Wikipedia:
"Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands was the world's busiest port by cargo tonnage since 1962 until it was overtaken by Shanghai in 2004."
and
"As a result the port of Antwerp has become one of Europe's largest sea ports, ranking second behind Rotterdam by total freight shipped.[1] Its international rankings vary from 11th to 20th (AAPA)."
So they are only the two biggest harbors in Europe - I hope that doesn't change the discussion about linking them by a cable...
You are free to think what we want you to think - that should be enough freedom for anyone!
Now you are getting closer: Trains are good for transporting heavy goods. But they do have drawbacks when you want to ship light goods or need a very fast tact rate.
I could see a setup like this work to connect the world's two biggest harbors: Rotterdam & Antwerp. The distance would be about 70km (ca 50 miles). If it were set up to carry standard sea containers bidirectionally, this could effectively make one harbor what used to be two.
A truck today can carry one container one way in 90 minutes + loading/unloading - dependent on traffic. You don't want to make a container ship waiting on a truck because of traffic, and a container ship could get hundreds of containers from the other harbor.
Also, this infrastructure can be build with limited impact on the environment, and can go over land or low water with little difference.
Another benefit is the lower tact rate. If you need a container to get to the other harbor within the next 3 hours, its unlikely you can do that by train (trains don't go with just one container). With this system, you just "cut the line" to get there faster.
In short: Use rail/train to move the bulk goods that have time, and use this new system to move containers in under 60 minutes.
THIS!
I hate this system! I drove to Switzerland for a weekend trip in December, and had to pay for the whole year sticker. Now, 2 years later, I still have the sticker, b/c its a pain to take it off where they put it - On the insight of your windshield, maybe 25 cm^2, in bright yellow!
...you had to add "z" to the end of everything ... for example ... "torrentz"
And how exactly will adding a z at the end help solve the problem that the search term doesn't auto complete? You man that if I type bitt... it will auto complete to bittorrentz for me? How cool would that be? Next, I search for Oba... and get Obamaz, cool!
I don't know... What if I would do this in my slashdot signature, trying to load a picture only available for people on the RIAA Intranet. Then I could show a different signature to the RIAA than to everyone else. Copy/Paste for FBI, your HR/employer, or even your spouse.
You are right except one part: its not their jobs, its a job. And that's the meaning of open - jobs can go anywhere.
A reading index is just like a measuring tape. It can't tell you that you built a crappy house with crooked walls and a leaky roof; it can only tell you that something is 40 feet long by 30 feet wide.</p></quote>
Not true!
If the measuring tape is wet, then the roof must be leaking!
If the measuring tape is swinging, then the house must have a draft!
If the measuring tape is white, then even snow is getting in!
If you can't see the measuring tape, then your electricity is out!
And if you have a candle, and you still can't see it, then it must be foggy!
I'm sure there is more than this that a measuring tape could tell you, if you would be creative!
One could almost forgive the bishops and the cardinals distrusting the instrument, and saying they will believe only things that they can see with their eye.
So in other words, those bishops and cardinals must have seen God, otherwise they wouldn't belief in him. More likely, this has to do with what we want (or need) as humans. In their case, it was power, in our case, it is hope (through exploration/discovery).
Don't be too sure! Imagine they enhance the "right" kind of muscle to improve the mice reproduction rate, let's say by 10x fold. Soon we won't have any food left to eat and will be dying of diseases transmitted by mice in a quantity that could displace an ocean.
At first I was trying to figure out your point about panties of used girl's, but once you started talking about politicians, it all made sense!
This is nothing else than a security hole in an piece of software. It can be used to install and potentially execute malicious code on the computer. This could include the normal Zeus bot, or a key logger. In case of a key logger, it could be possible to spy the PIN associated with the ID. So if then you can also steal the ID card somehow, ... you can think of the rest.
And naturally, I would be the first suspect of doing so....
My guess is its better if you wouldn't have said anything!
The way you wrote this, you're giving Ubuntu a reputation that will make some people think twice before admitting that they also run Ubunut.
And if you would say the same thing but with 3 girls, then no one would belief you.
Doomed either way.
Just like MS used to first infringe on other companie's patents, and then buy the whole company if they were sued, they are now planning to buy the EU, just so they don't have to pay the more expensive fine imposed on them there.
I can see it now. The New Mac vs. PC commercials.
Hi, I'm a Mac. I automatically back myself up every 2 hours.
Hi, I'm a PC. I reboot myself every 2 hours to give you the best performance that you deserve!
Or another MS commercial:
Windows 7 - The most stable Windows yet. Runs for 2 hours without shutting down! And to further your productivity, we've automated the shutdown to help you drive productivity and grow your business!
Why do you assume that someone who will use Windows 7 for free will actually think that its great? It's not like SP2 will be out, all major software will be compatible, and most or all software takes advantage of the new capabilities to the fullest extend during the first year.... Maybe that's what MS wants to happen, but history tells us it won't. But you have a point: Someone who will gladly become an early adopter by getting the product for free, will be unlikely to pay extra for the "downgrade" on their new hardware... So in short, MS is educating the population to expect a buggy, unripe product, as long as its free or doesn't cost any extra. What would be the best way for Linux to compete for this market? I think we are going to get more focus on quality and capability in the future, instead of the "price" or "cost" discussions. This will be the demise of crappy windows, one way or the other!
You just contradicted yourself! First you say that people don't have a choice, and follow up by pointing out that people choose to use older versions... Interestingly enough, MS not only wants to control the source, but also the installed instance. How long before they control you? Oh wait...