Plan B is Rafale's, and there's speculation it's actually Plan A.
That wouldn't be good for NATO, would it? No... I think they'll get the code... Or maybe they will what they think is all of the code... Too big a deal not just in money but relationships as well.
Absolutely true, and it's sad that your post was modded "troll". It is the endless stories like this that have caused the Common Man to completely lose interest in space exploration. What the people modding you done seem to forget is that it is the opinions of the completely uninterested masses that are ultimately the group that is most important to listen to, because that's who the politicians listen to, not the intelligentsia. And the politicians have the say over the funding for this stuff.
My roommate last year was Japanese. I kicked his ass in every videogame I have. Also, he's never played DDR even once! So much for those 1337 Japanese.
How you parted on friendly terms. While you where spending your parent's money playing video games in college, he was studying. Meet your new boss, you college roomie...
Then you get to the payoff and it's just a screed against copyright law as it stands. It doesn't offer guidance, just copyright-hate.
What did you expect? The first thing that came to my mind was "Great, liberal propaganda that my tax dollars paid for and my kids will be bringing home to put in the girbal cage".
I went to Books-A-Million a few weeks later, and found many books on PHP, MySQL, php/mysql - and nothing on PostgreSQL.... I looked more into sub-queries in PostgreSQL, but the community structure was so scattered and non-newbie friendly
Two of PostgreSQL's biggest problems: Very little documentation that mere mortals can read (if they can even find it), and a rude, elitist cheering squad. The product my be the greatest thing to hit Open Source since RMS, but most people who need a database (usually for web dev, but yes, often for "real" applications as well) will never find out about all of PostgreSQL's golden features.
Indeed. And once most people are familure with MySQL and the various tools and language support, there tends to be little reason to switch. PostgreSQL is a better database product, but many (all?) of the features that it's cheering section continue to tell us all about whenever the issue comes up, are simply not ones that the majority of MySQL users want or need. Maybe PostgreSQL fans should target Oracle usres.
But Phil Zimmerman and his organization are not based outside the US. I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think (and maybe I'm talking out of my ass) it would matter any. If there are laws, I bet he'd be breaking them wherever he released it. He can't just put it in his pocket and walk across the border and call it good, the Black Helicopter Guys won't buy that.
The reason that the Justice Department publicised this rejection from Google is because they thought it helped them. That's what baffles me about this case.
"Think of the children!"
Perhaps they are trying to suggest that in refusing to cooperate with them, Google is enabling child molesters. This type of hyperbole has worked in the past...
I've said it before, but I can't understand why the government needs this data when they already have search results from MSN, Yahoo, and AOL.
Google's data it probably a better sample than the other two, and all three combined provide an excellent pool of numbers to derive whatever their statistitions are looking for.
But there may be more to it. I think they are also interested in establishing a precedent as well, a "toe-hold" they can try to exploit later for additional, and perhaps more invasive data. Think of it: MSN is in their pocket, and Yahoo is not far behind. With Google and the other three, there would be endless ways for them to mine and extrapolate all sorts of extremely personal data on just about anyone. These people are by their nature extremely paranoid, so who knows what they would ultimately try and do with the information, but they have an extensive history of trying to do oppressive and illegal things, so look to the past for ideas.
Application of labor laws is a relatively new concept. When I was 16, I left home, and got a job running a punch press at a die cast factory in Portland, Oregon (Winter Products). It was a big factory. They didn't ask my age, and I didn't tell them. I'm 42 now, so that would have been around '79 or '80.
But the guy does a lot boasting, sounds like it might be tall tales...
Ah well, looks like they pulled it. Too bad, it was a much better pi and the text of the patent. Shared hosting... I'll bet they had one of those "unlimited bandwidth" accounts...
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I'm sorry, what does this story have to do with Microsoft?
That wouldn't be good for NATO, would it? No... I think they'll get the code... Or maybe they will what they think is all of the code... Too big a deal not just in money but relationships as well.
The taxpayers are not a part of this equation, and the DoD is so paranoid, there's not a lot of convincing that's necessary.
Absolutely true, and it's sad that your post was modded "troll". It is the endless stories like this that have caused the Common Man to completely lose interest in space exploration. What the people modding you done seem to forget is that it is the opinions of the completely uninterested masses that are ultimately the group that is most important to listen to, because that's who the politicians listen to, not the intelligentsia. And the politicians have the say over the funding for this stuff.
Jack ass...
Can start-up failure be predicted based on stupid names? JotSpot? Come on... Or is it just a machine designed to eat VC?
Not everyone who listens to music even owns a computer!
Many people, while not Luddites, are not as tied to technology as many Slashdottes and 20-somethings.
How you parted on friendly terms. While you where spending your parent's money playing video games in college, he was studying. Meet your new boss, you college roomie...
Which ones? Honestly, which ones?
The fact that some 18 year old is sitting behind the machine with the "go-no go" on the fire button
Not likely that the low grade grunts will be running these things.
I'm sorry, obviously I don't need it, because I don't have a clue what it is. What is this "virtualization"? Linky, please?
Yes, "liberal propaganda". There is even a quiche recipe in the back. A quiche recipe! My children will never drink chardonnay!
What did you expect? The first thing that came to my mind was "Great, liberal propaganda that my tax dollars paid for and my kids will be bringing home to put in the girbal cage".
Two of PostgreSQL's biggest problems: Very little documentation that mere mortals can read (if they can even find it), and a rude, elitist cheering squad. The product my be the greatest thing to hit Open Source since RMS, but most people who need a database (usually for web dev, but yes, often for "real" applications as well) will never find out about all of PostgreSQL's golden features.
Indeed. And once most people are familure with MySQL and the various tools and language support, there tends to be little reason to switch. PostgreSQL is a better database product, but many (all?) of the features that it's cheering section continue to tell us all about whenever the issue comes up, are simply not ones that the majority of MySQL users want or need. Maybe PostgreSQL fans should target Oracle usres.
That's got to be one Hell of a bump! I mean, what's that thing made of? Is it a Chihuly?
But Phil Zimmerman and his organization are not based outside the US. I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think (and maybe I'm talking out of my ass) it would matter any. If there are laws, I bet he'd be breaking them wherever he released it. He can't just put it in his pocket and walk across the border and call it good, the Black Helicopter Guys won't buy that.
"Think of the children!"
Perhaps they are trying to suggest that in refusing to cooperate with them, Google is enabling child molesters. This type of hyperbole has worked in the past...
Google's data it probably a better sample than the other two, and all three combined provide an excellent pool of numbers to derive whatever their statistitions are looking for.
But there may be more to it. I think they are also interested in establishing a precedent as well, a "toe-hold" they can try to exploit later for additional, and perhaps more invasive data. Think of it: MSN is in their pocket, and Yahoo is not far behind. With Google and the other three, there would be endless ways for them to mine and extrapolate all sorts of extremely personal data on just about anyone. These people are by their nature extremely paranoid, so who knows what they would ultimately try and do with the information, but they have an extensive history of trying to do oppressive and illegal things, so look to the past for ideas.
Your data doesn't belong to you, didn't you read the EULA? But I'm sure you can have it for a price...
So this combination of cookies, product phone home, and data mining, is new technology how?
Hopefully we will not soon see him sprawled out in a Tiger Beat photo spread...
But the guy does a lot boasting, sounds like it might be tall tales...
There are already plenty of "instant" drug detection kits, but I wonder what OTHER uses this technology will have?
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Ah well, looks like they pulled it. Too bad, it was a much better pi and the text of the patent. Shared hosting... I'll bet they had one of those "unlimited bandwidth" accounts...