no thanks. everything means everything to everybody. the last thing i want to do is delve into some poor bastard's attempt at validating his interests in the face of adversity.
So people can afford a $400 Dell cheapass PC, but can't spring for a $5 a month Internet dialup connection?
You can find computers capable of connecting to the internet for $25-$50 at any re-pc or used shop. So yes, a one time payment of $25 is better than a recurring payment of $5.
Call me old fashioned but I believe that when you find evidence that invalidates or modifies a theory, you REVISE your text book instead of throwing it away.
Well, you get the scissors and I'll get the glue. This is gonna take a while.
First it was VoIP, then it was IM, now it's Wi-Fi? Why does the news media keep reporting these *completely* unsubstantiated rumors about Google as if they were actually news? Why not wait until Google actually announces what it is going to do? It's not as if there won't be an unending beta period between announcement and the heat death of the universe. This rampant Google speculation that has gripped the tech media has moved past the "annoying" phase to the "just plain stupid" phase.
The hope that Google, of all companies, will come in and save us from the ongoing rape of consumers of communications, is something that makes me hopeful.
Right, because Google - a billion dollar corporation - is going to behave so much differently than every other billion dollar corp.
Luckily we have this thing called capitalism and supply and demand. What happens when the supply increases greatly (e.g. by a new competitor entering the market)?
I'm sure Jobs has learned a lesson all right, that being PC users are untrustworthy and if there is no DRM locking OS X onto Apple boxes they will all just pirate it without paying one penny.
Hate to break it to you and Steve but any DRM he uses will be broken and people will run this on generic boxes. When some warez group gets it working with standard PC hardware and releases it it is all over. How many of those users would have purchased it given the option?
I say again: Global Warning? Meh. Take a number, you'll find the dispenser next to the Y2k countdown calendar.
So, just because one problem was overblown, we can safely ignore all the others?
The problem wasn't even overblown.. Knowledgeable people got the word out and a crapton of programmers fixed the problem. Crap, I wish global warming would be handled in the same way.
It would be an infringement of this "patent" to perform the claimed "method" by hand - manually bolding (say) all the numbers in a document. In fact, this process is perfomed in the usual process of writing a patent application - by convention, in a patent application, all of the numeric references to the drawings are put in bold face. So, someone revising a draft patent application so as to bold all of the figure references would infringe this patent...
Crap, maybe MS are doing something for patent reform. Patenting the method for application whereby MS will be the only ones allowed to apply for patents.
Amazon Settles Patent Suit For $40M theodp writes "In today's SEC filing, Amazon.com disclosed it will pay $40 million to settle an e-commerce patent infringement lawsuit that was reported earlier on Slashdot. The terms of the settlement also provide for dismissal of all claims and counterclaims and grant Amazon a nonexclusive license to Soverain's patent portfolio."
I wonder if any of them tried resolving this legally/civily/maturely before blowing up?
The conversation probably looked something like this:
Band guy: Hey, can we distribute out tunes via iTunes Label suit: No, that is what the word "exclusive" means. See it in bold and underlined in your contract.
And I know this is a personal preference and all, but... Python's significant whitespace? Yuck... I hope you don't copy/paste much, you might forget a tab somewhere (not to mention, copying from webpages is an adventure in itself...)
This was a PITA for me as well until I found the source code edit functions in PythonWin. They are kind of hidden under Edit->Sourcecode. You can do all sorts of stuff to selections; indent/dedent, comments, format paragraphs, tabs, etc.
I imagine there are Linux editors with similar functionality.
What percent of Playstation owners do you think had mod chips? I can't imagine it's significantly greater than zero.
You didn't even need a chip, you could get a gameshark (an external device) and a spring and do the swap trick. That seriously lowers the bar to entry.
This controversial technology would require that disc players maintain permanent connections to content providers via the Internet
Actually, this might be the camel breaking straw that saves us all. Expecting people to go through the hassle of laying another pointless cable just for the privelege of watching their movies might not pass the lazy user test.
It isn't an "advantage" for me since it makes no difference whether I can download a file with or without the WGA check, but it doesn't hurt me either.
...until your hard drive dies, they all do eventually....
The OASIS standard just adopted OOo's format, there was no working group that developed it from scratch to be a an open and extensible standard. That's what needs to be done, IMO.
From the OASIS FAQ:
OpenDocument has been developed as an application-independent format by a vendor-neutral OASIS Technical Committee (TC) with the participation of multiple office application vendors. The basis for the OASIS OpenDocument TC's work indeed was the OpenOffice.org XML file format, but even the OpenOffice.org XML file format was developed as an application-independent file format that is not usable by the OpenOffice.org application only.
The OASIS OpenDocument TC will extend OpenDocument v1.0 to encompass additional areas of applications or users, and also will adapt the specification to incorporate recent developments in office applications. OASIS members who are interested in participating in the further development of OpenDocument are encouraged to join in this work.
Eggs-friggin-acctly! Am I the only one who remembers the election time promises for sweeping reform, investigation of alternative energy sources and infrastructure upgrades that were going to prevent the rolling blackouts etc. How exaclty did that turn into such a piddling little non-solution to a non-problem that this bill has effectively become.
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Most of the time I finish a game I never play it again. Most of the movies I watch I never watch again.
I think a subscription business model for video games and movies is a good idea. You can always buy the ones you want to play over and over...
no thanks. everything means everything to everybody. the last thing i want to do is delve into some poor bastard's attempt at validating his interests in the face of adversity.
Why are you reading Slashdot then?
So people can afford a $400 Dell cheapass PC, but can't spring for a $5 a month Internet dialup connection?
You can find computers capable of connecting to the internet for $25-$50 at any re-pc or used shop. So yes, a one time payment of $25 is better than a recurring payment of $5.
You can't tell me you never made swords out of PVC piping, pipe insulation and duct tape. I ended up breaking a friends nose that way...
Turned out to be a pretty good physics lesson. Padding doesn't do much when the thing is 10 feet long and weighs 20 lbs.
This wine really isn't an emulator!
Call me old fashioned but I believe that when you find evidence that invalidates or modifies a theory, you REVISE your text book instead of throwing it away.
Well, you get the scissors and I'll get the glue. This is gonna take a while.
All of which will take about a week to be cracked.
First it was VoIP, then it was IM, now it's Wi-Fi? Why does the news media keep reporting these *completely* unsubstantiated rumors about Google as if they were actually news? Why not wait until Google actually announces what it is going to do? It's not as if there won't be an unending beta period between announcement and the heat death of the universe. This rampant Google speculation that has gripped the tech media has moved past the "annoying" phase to the "just plain stupid" phase.
Had to proof read your post a bit...
The hope that Google, of all companies, will come in and save us from the ongoing rape of consumers of communications, is something that makes me hopeful.
Right, because Google - a billion dollar corporation - is going to behave so much differently than every other billion dollar corp.
Luckily we have this thing called capitalism and supply and demand. What happens when the supply increases greatly (e.g. by a new competitor entering the market)?
Quite a few people maintain that the stock was in exchange for a tour of the facility and that no IP rights were exchanged.
I think my productivity just doubled if Slashdot counts.
I'm sure Jobs has learned a lesson all right, that being PC users are untrustworthy and if there is no DRM locking OS X onto Apple boxes they will all just pirate it without paying one penny.
Hate to break it to you and Steve but any DRM he uses will be broken and people will run this on generic boxes. When some warez group gets it working with standard PC hardware and releases it it is all over. How many of those users would have purchased it given the option?
I say again: Global Warning? Meh. Take a number, you'll find the dispenser next to the Y2k countdown calendar.
So, just because one problem was overblown, we can safely ignore all the others?
The problem wasn't even overblown.. Knowledgeable people got the word out and a crapton of programmers fixed the problem. Crap, I wish global warming would be handled in the same way.
It would be an infringement of this "patent" to perform the claimed "method" by hand - manually bolding (say) all the numbers in a document. In fact, this process is perfomed in the usual process of writing a patent application - by convention, in a patent application, all of the numeric references to the drawings are put in bold face. So, someone revising a draft patent application so as to bold all of the figure references would infringe this patent...
Crap, maybe MS are doing something for patent reform. Patenting the method for application whereby MS will be the only ones allowed to apply for patents.
Amazon Settles Patent Suit For $40M theodp writes "In today's SEC filing, Amazon.com disclosed it will pay $40 million to settle an e-commerce patent infringement lawsuit that was reported earlier on Slashdot. The terms of the settlement also provide for dismissal of all claims and counterclaims and grant Amazon a nonexclusive license to Soverain's patent portfolio."
Those who live by the sword die by the sword.
I wonder if any of them tried resolving this legally/civily/maturely before blowing up?
The conversation probably looked something like this:
Band guy: Hey, can we distribute out tunes via iTunes
Label suit: No, that is what the word "exclusive" means. See it in bold and underlined in your contract.
And I know this is a personal preference and all, but... Python's significant whitespace? Yuck... I hope you don't copy/paste much, you might forget a tab somewhere (not to mention, copying from webpages is an adventure in itself...)
This was a PITA for me as well until I found the source code edit functions in PythonWin. They are kind of hidden under Edit->Sourcecode. You can do all sorts of stuff to selections; indent/dedent, comments, format paragraphs, tabs, etc.
I imagine there are Linux editors with similar functionality.
What percent of Playstation owners do you think had mod chips? I can't imagine it's significantly greater than zero.
You didn't even need a chip, you could get a gameshark (an external device) and a spring and do the swap trick. That seriously lowers the bar to entry.
This controversial technology would require that disc players maintain permanent connections to content providers via the Internet
Actually, this might be the camel breaking straw that saves us all. Expecting people to go through the hassle of laying another pointless cable just for the privelege of watching their movies might not pass the lazy user test.
It isn't an "advantage" for me since it makes no difference whether I can download a file with or without the WGA check, but it doesn't hurt me either.
...until your hard drive dies, they all do eventually....
Some things are crap, some things are gold, but I think the crap to gold ratio goes way up as the number of pages increases.
Why? Given that a spider is finding these pages the crap ratio should be a constant. It is the pagerank type algorithm that affects the ratio.
Properly patched and firewalled Windows box is at no higher risk then a Linux box.
Yeah, but I read on Slashdot that Linux gets the most hand jobs. Therefore it is better.
Oh yeah, meant to cite my source:
OASIS Open Doc FAQ
The OASIS standard just adopted OOo's format, there was no working group that developed it from scratch to be a an open and extensible standard. That's what needs to be done, IMO.
From the OASIS FAQ:
OpenDocument has been developed as an application-independent format by a vendor-neutral OASIS Technical Committee (TC) with the participation of multiple office application vendors. The basis for the OASIS OpenDocument TC's work indeed was the OpenOffice.org XML file format, but even the OpenOffice.org XML file format was developed as an application-independent file format that is not usable by the OpenOffice.org application only.
The OASIS OpenDocument TC will extend OpenDocument v1.0 to encompass additional areas of applications or users, and also will adapt the specification to incorporate recent developments in office applications. OASIS members who are interested in participating in the further development of OpenDocument are encouraged to join in this work.
Sounds pretty open and extensile to me...
Eggs-friggin-acctly! Am I the only one who remembers the election time promises for sweeping reform, investigation of alternative energy sources and infrastructure upgrades that were going to prevent the rolling blackouts etc. How exaclty did that turn into such a piddling little non-solution to a non-problem that this bill has effectively become.