This stuff doesn't matter. People don't Linpack. They Netflix. And my Transformer, in a thin and light package, will wireless Netflix for 10 hours straight. So there's your proof.
Money corrupts governments everywhere. Am I supposed to be surprised that money corrupts China's government too? It's US silly season again and this year we're coining new words like "SuperPAC" to legitimize the acceptance of unlimited amounts of graft.
Google printed options of no value, and the market made them into $10 B on its own. But Google didn't pay. That money didn't come out of Google's revenues.
This wasn't Larry Page and Sergey Brin's idea. The bankers who backed the IPO insisted on a babysitter with experience in running a multinational corporation, and they got one. That it cost so much wasn't because they offered it but because he had the wisdom to insist on stock options rather than straight pay. He might have got nothing at all if Google had tanked right after. He was also smart enough to let them do their thing. Instead of tanking Google shares flew to the moon, and he became wealthy beyond the dreams of Midas - though he was beyond worring about paying the rent even beforehand.
China is trying to join the present age gracefully without a painful civil war or excessive domestic violence. That's a difficult course, and I wish them all the luck in the world in that goal. I'm not a big fan of how they're managing the transition shock - they're certainly not doing it how I would do it. But I'm not looking at it from the party's point of view and they know their people better than I do. They have no successful historical guide for how this is done peacefully, because it's never been done peacefully in the history of Man. In this transition always before there has always been a great deal of blood spilled.
I'm sure to get some haters over this one. I don't hate the China government, and especially not their people - and I think most people in the world feel this way. They have a different view and diverse views are valuable. I think China's government is also regretful of the measures they feel they must impose to moderate the migration to the modern world - but that a reckless unrestrained adoption of openness might drive their people to anarchy. So they must loosen the ties that bind gradually so that their people can explore freedom without being harmed too much by it.
That doesn't excuse any of the most egregious violations of human rights we've heard of lately by any means. China is a different country, and at over a billion souls more diverse in operations than any we know. Of course there are going to be odd corners where bad things happen outside the general scheme, as there are at Guantanamo. The greater goal doesn't make these things right to do, and diminishes the effort overall - but there are always outlier individuals who implement beyond their remit thinking their actions serve the greater goal when they don't.
I believe that the average Chinese citizen wants what I want: to provide for himself and his family. And I believe that the Chinese government wants what my government wants: to preserve their citizens' standard of living, to protect their borders, to move progress forward. We are all the same in this regard.
Whether our governments reconcile or not, I hope our citizens can embrace each other in brotherhood, recognizing that we all suffer from the human condition - including being led by fools.
Submitter here. Google left China's search engine market because China wanted them to enforce censorship and disclose identifying information for posters - and that violated their "do no evil" motto. The CEO at the time, Eric Schmidt wanted to do it. Larry page wanted to do it. But Sergey Brin took a position something like (not a literal quote) "then you'll do it without me because I'm not going there. Dad was a Russian political dissident and I might have grown up in a Gulag and you all might not have met me but for his escape to freedom. I won't be involved in anything like depriving others of freedom of speech." I imagine there were several incidences of the phrase "fuck you" involved too, but that might just be my imagination.
The hacking thing was a secondary issue, but might have been reason enough in its own right. Regardless, Google faced the threat and didn't cross the rubicon. They didn't cave. That should have submarined this Motorola Mobility deal, but it didn't. Google serves the China search market from Taiwan now, where these requirements don't apply - but the Great Firewall blocks some Chinese citizens from getting the best use of their Google, but at least Google isn't participating in it.
The fight over this is probably why Schmidt isn't the CEO any more. And that's OK. For babysitting Larry and Sergey for a few years he got $10 billion, which makes him the highest paid babysitter of all time.
That "I wonder" stuff was added by timothy, as is his right as an editor. The submission is the stuff in the blockquote.
The condition added by China's regulators is the same as other governments required: Android has to stay open - which Google intended anyway.
I'm actually pretty surprised that China approved this deal. I thought Google was going to have to take Motorola Mobility without their China operations - and that they would. Somewhere in China is a Google employee who earned a really large bonus. He made it rain.
I would not trust any Microsoft app on my Android device ever. They play hardball. I wouldn't take Microsoft Office for Linux either for the same reason.
Eight of the nine patents in suit are rendered useless. As soon as the last one is worked around, nine of nine. Everybody will work now to avoid these litigious patents. Microsoft's licensing strategy is to not reveal the patents at all because they can be worked around.
They don't get the $15 per device license fees, in perpetuity, they wanted.
Moto has to pay $0.33 per device, and only on the few devices found to infringe, and might actually get that money back if they bother to try. But regardless they save $14.67 per device - and that's just starting now. They don't pay any back money for prior devices.
Moto and Google have probably already worked around this patent and the cure is in testing. Once it's applied the net cost to Moto goes back to zero until the next time.
By successfully suing Moto for using Microsoft's patented Exchange API, they've recommitted to a course of prevention of interopability in a core Office product some had claimed was behind them. Way to go! We get to bring this up every time someone tries to say things have changed, or you should use some Microsoft technology and it will be OK (Mono, C#, and so on).
They don't get to cross-license Moto patents, ever. Moto has a LOT of patents.
Moto gets to be bitter and sue them back over every single thing they can, like H.264 patents, wireless patents and so on. Microsoft has to drop the DVD codecs from Windows 8, for example.
Everybody else who's paying Microsoft for Android gets to see that it is more economical to fight than to pay. Moto gets a $15 per device cost advantage on their Android devices, the better to compete with.
In return Microsoft may have earned the princely sum of One MILLION dollars, less lawyer expenses. (Based on 3 million devices imported before the issue is sorted out.)
Way to go guys! That's how you win in the digital age. Keep doing stuff like this and you'll earn your just reward.
With android isn't it just easier to write a legitimate app and just rake in the cash? I don't see the reasoning behind going through all the extra effort, the money laundering, etc.
This makes me want to avoid your suggestion. If you presently don't have the Larry problem it's best avoided.
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They work around this by saying that you are working in concert with others. That makes it a MEGA CONSPIRACY. And conspiracy to commit copyright infringement is apparently a much bigger deal that your country WILL extradite you for.
This is really easy. Just sell the darned DRM free video file. The pirates already have it anyway, so they may as well get the money of the people who want to pay.
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I use wifi, and yes - I have. Came down with a serious "Weeds" addiction one time. 10+ hours no problem at all.
I wouldn't be too sure. Put an ARM PC inside the monitor and do away with the desktop PC altogether.... that might be an attractive option.
This stuff doesn't matter. People don't Linpack. They Netflix. And my Transformer, in a thin and light package, will wireless Netflix for 10 hours straight. So there's your proof.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/01/hp_redstone_calxeda_servers/
Money corrupts governments everywhere. Am I supposed to be surprised that money corrupts China's government too? It's US silly season again and this year we're coining new words like "SuperPAC" to legitimize the acceptance of unlimited amounts of graft.
Google printed options of no value, and the market made them into $10 B on its own. But Google didn't pay. That money didn't come out of Google's revenues.
Your post is suffering from Aphasia, which is indicative of a stroke. If you can still read this I would recommend that you dial 911 and ask for help.
BTW: Eric Schmidts $10 billion didn't cost Google anything at all. So it was a sweet deal for Google too.
This wasn't Larry Page and Sergey Brin's idea. The bankers who backed the IPO insisted on a babysitter with experience in running a multinational corporation, and they got one. That it cost so much wasn't because they offered it but because he had the wisdom to insist on stock options rather than straight pay. He might have got nothing at all if Google had tanked right after. He was also smart enough to let them do their thing. Instead of tanking Google shares flew to the moon, and he became wealthy beyond the dreams of Midas - though he was beyond worring about paying the rent even beforehand.
China is trying to join the present age gracefully without a painful civil war or excessive domestic violence. That's a difficult course, and I wish them all the luck in the world in that goal. I'm not a big fan of how they're managing the transition shock - they're certainly not doing it how I would do it. But I'm not looking at it from the party's point of view and they know their people better than I do. They have no successful historical guide for how this is done peacefully, because it's never been done peacefully in the history of Man. In this transition always before there has always been a great deal of blood spilled.
I'm sure to get some haters over this one. I don't hate the China government, and especially not their people - and I think most people in the world feel this way. They have a different view and diverse views are valuable. I think China's government is also regretful of the measures they feel they must impose to moderate the migration to the modern world - but that a reckless unrestrained adoption of openness might drive their people to anarchy. So they must loosen the ties that bind gradually so that their people can explore freedom without being harmed too much by it.
That doesn't excuse any of the most egregious violations of human rights we've heard of lately by any means. China is a different country, and at over a billion souls more diverse in operations than any we know. Of course there are going to be odd corners where bad things happen outside the general scheme, as there are at Guantanamo. The greater goal doesn't make these things right to do, and diminishes the effort overall - but there are always outlier individuals who implement beyond their remit thinking their actions serve the greater goal when they don't.
I believe that the average Chinese citizen wants what I want: to provide for himself and his family. And I believe that the Chinese government wants what my government wants: to preserve their citizens' standard of living, to protect their borders, to move progress forward. We are all the same in this regard.
Whether our governments reconcile or not, I hope our citizens can embrace each other in brotherhood, recognizing that we all suffer from the human condition - including being led by fools.
Submitter here. Google left China's search engine market because China wanted them to enforce censorship and disclose identifying information for posters - and that violated their "do no evil" motto. The CEO at the time, Eric Schmidt wanted to do it. Larry page wanted to do it. But Sergey Brin took a position something like (not a literal quote) "then you'll do it without me because I'm not going there. Dad was a Russian political dissident and I might have grown up in a Gulag and you all might not have met me but for his escape to freedom. I won't be involved in anything like depriving others of freedom of speech." I imagine there were several incidences of the phrase "fuck you" involved too, but that might just be my imagination.
The hacking thing was a secondary issue, but might have been reason enough in its own right. Regardless, Google faced the threat and didn't cross the rubicon. They didn't cave. That should have submarined this Motorola Mobility deal, but it didn't. Google serves the China search market from Taiwan now, where these requirements don't apply - but the Great Firewall blocks some Chinese citizens from getting the best use of their Google, but at least Google isn't participating in it.
The fight over this is probably why Schmidt isn't the CEO any more. And that's OK. For babysitting Larry and Sergey for a few years he got $10 billion, which makes him the highest paid babysitter of all time.
That "I wonder" stuff was added by timothy, as is his right as an editor. The submission is the stuff in the blockquote.
The condition added by China's regulators is the same as other governments required: Android has to stay open - which Google intended anyway.
I'm actually pretty surprised that China approved this deal. I thought Google was going to have to take Motorola Mobility without their China operations - and that they would. Somewhere in China is a Google employee who earned a really large bonus. He made it rain.
I would not trust any Microsoft app on my Android device ever. They play hardball. I wouldn't take Microsoft Office for Linux either for the same reason.
Oh it's not going to stop at phones. Moto is getting a ban on xbox and Windows in the Eurozone.
ALJ in the pdf refers to "Administrative Law Judge".
Let's look at what Microsoft won and lost here.
Eight of the nine patents in suit are rendered useless. As soon as the last one is worked around, nine of nine. Everybody will work now to avoid these litigious patents. Microsoft's licensing strategy is to not reveal the patents at all because they can be worked around.
They don't get the $15 per device license fees, in perpetuity, they wanted.
Moto has to pay $0.33 per device, and only on the few devices found to infringe, and might actually get that money back if they bother to try. But regardless they save $14.67 per device - and that's just starting now. They don't pay any back money for prior devices.
Moto and Google have probably already worked around this patent and the cure is in testing. Once it's applied the net cost to Moto goes back to zero until the next time.
By successfully suing Moto for using Microsoft's patented Exchange API, they've recommitted to a course of prevention of interopability in a core Office product some had claimed was behind them. Way to go! We get to bring this up every time someone tries to say things have changed, or you should use some Microsoft technology and it will be OK (Mono, C#, and so on).
They don't get to cross-license Moto patents, ever. Moto has a LOT of patents.
Moto gets to be bitter and sue them back over every single thing they can, like H.264 patents, wireless patents and so on. Microsoft has to drop the DVD codecs from Windows 8, for example.
Everybody else who's paying Microsoft for Android gets to see that it is more economical to fight than to pay. Moto gets a $15 per device cost advantage on their Android devices, the better to compete with.
In return Microsoft may have earned the princely sum of One MILLION dollars, less lawyer expenses. (Based on 3 million devices imported before the issue is sorted out.)
Way to go guys! That's how you win in the digital age. Keep doing stuff like this and you'll earn your just reward.
Well, they both make money. And how hard is it to port wallpaper?
With android isn't it just easier to write a legitimate app and just rake in the cash? I don't see the reasoning behind going through all the extra effort, the money laundering, etc.
In the farthest right bottom corner you'll find a link labelled "Sumbit Story". Click it.
It's even simpler than that. Those things take vast refining and manufacturing operations to turn into useful stuff. The real prize is water.
The ocean is at most 10km deep. A 40km asteroid wouldn't even get wet all over.
We're talking about the same United Nations that has Libya on its Human Rights Council. What do you think is going to happen?
This makes me want to avoid your suggestion. If you presently don't have the Larry problem it's best avoided.
They work around this by saying that you are working in concert with others. That makes it a MEGA CONSPIRACY. And conspiracy to commit copyright infringement is apparently a much bigger deal that your country WILL extradite you for.
This is really easy. Just sell the darned DRM free video file. The pirates already have it anyway, so they may as well get the money of the people who want to pay.