So good, in fact, that next month we're due to be acquired by one of the largest corporations in the world, because they want what we can deliver.
Bullshit! There is no way that you, an individual contributor programmer, would have the slightest inkling of any pending acquisition by one of the largest corporations in the world.
Was at the Grammercy Park Hotel in NYC earlier this week. In the room is a JBL iPod dock and a little note saying something like, "this iPod is provided as a courtesy for you during your stay. If you wish to purchase it and the songs we have preloaded, $750 will be added to your bill." The weird part? There wasn't any iPod in the dock! I had to call down to the front desk and say, "Hey! WTF?". They explained that the hotel had just opened and the iPods were not available yet. I'm thinking, "Duh! Then how about removing the little freakin' sign saying you're going to charge me $750 for the missing iPod???
The purpose of a patent isn't to make you money. It's to give you some measure of exclusivity on your method for a period of time. Whether or not you actually make money on it is up to you and how well you take your method to market.
You're not seriously saying that no piece of patented software has made money are you?
If you can't tell the diff between 128k & vbr, you need a better set of headphones/speakers. Once I got my Shure E5c's, the diff between 128k & high vbr was obvious.
1) Most iPod user don't buy using iTunes 2) Every other online music store is a failure
Therefore, people don't like DRM.
Yeah, I see how that conclusion follows those two assumptions. How about, iTunes is successful because the iPod is successful and yet, that said, most people prefer to own a CD version of their digital music. Perhaps because they can encode either lossless or at a higher bitrate than offered by iTunes?
The average Joe most likely thinks that DRM is one of those new pop bands he's heard about.
Many of them now say something to the effect of the customer having take "reasonable care" to protect themselves from identity theft / being hacked. If you don't, then no money back for you.
English is full of exceptions. "I" before "E" except after "C", etc... (Look! A comma before the etc and no space between it and the ellipsis!) I work for an anti-virus company. We use virii, thank you very much.
If you want a language with rigid rules, I suggest Esperanto. I'm sure the other 6 people who speak it will welcome you with open arms.
Yes, AES is quite strong but is not the only encryption method used today; many weaker methods are still commonplace. I'm not saying one could use a botnet to break *any* encryption.
There's still phishing, spamming, click fraud and data mining; all of these are currently being done with botnets. Wait until the bad guys get serious and try things like breaking encryption... Nothing like have 100k cpus at your disposal... then we all sh!t our pants.
Put a group of alpha geeks in a room and start a discussion. Inevitably, they spend more time trying to prove to each other who is the smartest than they do actually pushing forward the discussion. Why is that?
Except that if you ask 3 lawyers for an opinoon on what something means, you'll get 4 answers. You want a good example? Take a contract, any contract, that's been reviewed by two legal parties to another lawyer. I'll give you 10:1 odds he raises "issues" the other two did not.
Remember, a lawyer is a paid advocate. Follow the money and you'll find the underlying bias.
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And 657393 is some kind of L337 d00d?
Id's under 10k have some cred, for longevity reasons if nothing else. The value of 6 digit ids like yours and mine? Zippo.
They do if they're publicly traded when it comes to M&A activity.
So good, in fact, that next month we're due to be acquired by one of the largest corporations in the world, because they want what we can deliver.
Bullshit! There is no way that you, an individual contributor programmer, would have the slightest inkling of any pending acquisition by one of the largest corporations in the world.
5% shrinkage per year is considered doing a good job when it comes to managing laptop losses.
Was at the Grammercy Park Hotel in NYC earlier this week. In the room is a JBL iPod dock and a little note saying something like, "this iPod is provided as a courtesy for you during your stay. If you wish to purchase it and the songs we have preloaded, $750 will be added to your bill." The weird part? There wasn't any iPod in the dock! I had to call down to the front desk and say, "Hey! WTF?". They explained that the hotel had just opened and the iPods were not available yet. I'm thinking, "Duh! Then how about removing the little freakin' sign saying you're going to charge me $750 for the missing iPod???
The purpose of a patent isn't to make you money. It's to give you some measure of exclusivity on your method for a period of time. Whether or not you actually make money on it is up to you and how well you take your method to market.
You're not seriously saying that no piece of patented software has made money are you?
http://www.networkmirror.com/pMNGiaubQFpIgJLX/cybe r-knowledge.net/blog/2006/09/16/analyzing-20000-my space-passwords/index.html
If you can't tell the diff between 128k & vbr, you need a better set of headphones/speakers. Once I got my Shure E5c's, the diff between 128k & high vbr was obvious.
1) Most iPod user don't buy using iTunes
2) Every other online music store is a failure
Therefore, people don't like DRM.
Yeah, I see how that conclusion follows those two assumptions. How about, iTunes is successful because the iPod is successful and yet, that said, most people prefer to own a CD version of their digital music. Perhaps because they can encode either lossless or at a higher bitrate than offered by iTunes?
The average Joe most likely thinks that DRM is one of those new pop bands he's heard about.
Many of them now say something to the effect of the customer having take "reasonable care" to protect themselves from identity theft / being hacked. If you don't, then no money back for you.
No matter how badly some people wish it weren't.
What's the total number of people playing WoW? What's the population of Earth?
English is full of exceptions. "I" before "E" except after "C", etc... (Look! A comma before the etc and no space between it and the ellipsis!) I work for an anti-virus company. We use virii, thank you very much.
If you want a language with rigid rules, I suggest Esperanto. I'm sure the other 6 people who speak it will welcome you with open arms.
Language evolves. Deal with it.
Yes, AES is quite strong but is not the only encryption method used today; many weaker methods are still commonplace. I'm not saying one could use a botnet to break *any* encryption.
Using the word "virii" is a sign of somebody wanting to appear educated, and failing completely.
As is picking on the grammar and ignoring the content.
Don't English majors have a forum of their own to go play in? Thought so.
There's still phishing, spamming, click fraud and data mining; all of these are currently being done with botnets. Wait until the bad guys get serious and try things like breaking encryption... Nothing like have 100k cpus at your disposal... then we all sh!t our pants.
They're designed to stay under the radar. The longer you control the machine, the more money you make. Virii, etc... are a different story.
No way! The bookstore isn't that big.
Put a group of alpha geeks in a room and start a discussion. Inevitably, they spend more time trying to prove to each other who is the smartest than they do actually pushing forward the discussion. Why is that?
Really? My Thinkpad has three.
Typically, to achieve that, one turns off one's speakers because thee are many other things that make beeps, etc... after the Windows startup sound.
Except that if you ask 3 lawyers for an opinoon on what something means, you'll get 4 answers. You want a good example? Take a contract, any contract, that's been reviewed by two legal parties to another lawyer. I'll give you 10:1 odds he raises "issues" the other two did not.
Remember, a lawyer is a paid advocate. Follow the money and you'll find the underlying bias.
It's how a judge ultimately interprets it.
Only a small fraction of people need more than a fraction of their computer's full "horsepower"
Those are "Tom Clancy" the brand, not Tom Clancy the author. The straight-to-paper books are more like designer clothing with the Clancy label.