Sheldon's Mom: Now, you listen here. I have being telling you since you were four years old, it's okay to be smarter than everybody but you can't go around pointing it out.
Sheldon: Why not?
Sheldon's Mom: Because people don't like it. You don't remember all the ass kickings you got from the neighbor kids. Now lets get cracking. Shower, shirt, shoes and let's shove off.
Sheldon: There wouldn't have been any ass kickings if that stupid death ray had worked.
Hmm, he is accused by Sweden of rape. Which is backed by actual evidence and the circumstances are not refuted by anyone. Not exactly a political trial as you put it, for instance like that Chinese nobel prize winner Liu Xiabo. Or russian dissidents. Or ms Suu Kyi. Heck, it's not even the US prosecuting, he won't be extradited and the trial is happening in Sweden, one of the most liberal, open and transparent countries in the world. What do you suggest, journalists get a free rape pass because anything held against them could be politically motivated?
And besides, it's not like there are no journalists in the US who are furiously trying to make the government look bad, eh?
You are seeing things which are simply not there. Seek professional help for your own sake to get rid of your feelings of paranoia..
The issue in rethinking the software patent system is that the big companies have invested insane amounts of money in their patent portfolios and have projected income on these portfolios for the coming years. Their shareholders certainly won't agree with invalidating software patents.
That is like Ford allowing you to only play cd's in their cars which they approve of. Lady GaGa? Sure. But Marylin Manson? Forbidden! Similar to the Apple store policies. That kind of policy would surely be dealt with swiftly, but somehow as OP noticed we take that for granted when electronics are added.
The first few thoughts.. - People intercepting other people's canisters - Illegal trafficking - Distributed illegal activities - And, last but not least: Terrorists!!
This will definitely lead to the police checking on our groceries..
Am I the only one who finds the idea of companies directly issueing fines a bit weird? My understanding is that this is a form of vigilance justice. Isn't this blackmailing?
It continues to amaze me that you have people driving in a 50k car, expensive suit, holding the latest model phone, but too cheap to buy a $100 handsfree set.
So windows would be a bad application, as it would leave out the natural heating from outside, and even pickup the heat from inside as well. You'd need to increase the central heating inside to compensate, probably costing more energy than the sheet absorbs. This raises the question why it's transparent in the first place! (puts on his tin foil hat)
>The list was phones, tablets, set top boxes and tvs. Apple makes >products in 3 of the 4 of these, and rather dominates the market in two of them.
Do they? Look at the linked article. In phones, Apple has a 14% market share, vs Symbian (47%) and RIM (20%) Hardly dominating. Apple TV? Haven't seen it yet. The only market in which they may claim a large position is in tablets, and I seriously doubt if they can hold the lead very long. Android tablets are appearing fast now, especially cheap Asian knockoffs, which sell like warm bread. Compared to the iPad which has serious shortcomings (vendor lock-in, content restrictions, not expandable) the future looks bright for those devices.
I LOVE that keyboard; I have two spares in my closet for the possibility that my current one breaks down. Never happened, ofcourse. Pros: - very good design - no wireless, fast response - does not break or fail
Cons: some keys are hard to reach, for instance the '7' key is a bit tough - the 'extra' keys are useless, I never used the calc button and the browser and mail buttons are annoying if pressed by accident - the 'f' modifier (for the function keys' is useless.
"Proprietary is anti-freedom, anti-freedom is wrong, so supporting proprietary solutions is unethical."
I'm not sure if I'm reading slashdot or the communist manifesto... wake up please, communism has failed and most of the readers here live in capitalist countries, earning their living with proprietary work.
Can I refer to your post as The Law of Dunbal? It seems to hold not only for most large corporations, but also for government, politics, small companies, non profit organisations, heck almost any kind of structored organisation I know. If you like, I will appoint you for the Nobel prize
Indeed, why was this awarded as a patent? I don't see a specific mechanical machine which implements this? This looks like a process or business method to me. "Process to prevent erotic texting to appear on user device"
So you have no idea what the numbers are, but you don't seem to have a problem pulling them out of thin air. You must be a climate scientist.
And on a related note, I could argue that most hard drive space is used for illegal copies of movies and music - therefore, hard drives should be banned and all data should be stored in a controlled cloud environment. This will enable the *AA to directly calculate the necessary taxation. Would that make you happy?
"He's claiming that since a robot is operating the account, and he disagrees with the motivation behind the running of that robot, it's OK for him to hack into someone else's account"
It should be " it's OK for him to hack into *something* else's account" - it's not specific, and it's not setup by a human being, just some script running, so there can be no ownership involved. Or would you claim that, would my dog succeed in opening a bank account, that I would be the legally responsible entity for that account?
Nope. The issue is that a lot of countries are now spending taxpayer money to create IOS applications, which then end up on a closed, even walled platform. All this because those in charge believe the Apple hype and think that 90% of the people are using an iPoney. And this is not a Good Thing (tm). Reality Distortion at its finest. I will never switch to an Iponey due to its closed nature, however this won't stop my government and many government funded organisations to throw money at Apple oriented products.
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obligatory big bang theory quote incoming ...
Sheldon's Mom: Now, you listen here. I have being telling you since you were four years old, it's okay to be smarter than everybody but you can't go around pointing it out.
Sheldon: Why not?
Sheldon's Mom: Because people don't like it. You don't remember all the ass kickings you got from the neighbor kids. Now lets get cracking. Shower, shirt, shoes and let's shove off.
Sheldon: There wouldn't have been any ass kickings if that stupid death ray had worked.
You apparently don't realise that there are many people living outside of the US who would love to get some inside US govt information.
The US government deserves at least privacy against non-US citizens .. C'mon man, it's not rocket science.
Hmm, he is accused by Sweden of rape. Which is backed by actual evidence and the circumstances are not refuted by anyone.
Not exactly a political trial as you put it, for instance like that Chinese nobel prize winner Liu Xiabo. Or russian dissidents. Or ms Suu Kyi.
Heck, it's not even the US prosecuting, he won't be extradited and the trial is happening in Sweden, one of the most liberal, open and
transparent countries in the world. What do you suggest, journalists get a free rape pass because anything held against them could be
politically motivated?
And besides, it's not like there are no journalists in the US who are furiously trying to make the government look bad, eh?
You are seeing things which are simply not there. Seek professional help for your own sake to get rid of your feelings of paranoia..
Hmm, how does Californian law apply to a Canadian selling a Chinese action figure? Do we have to learn each US state's law now?
The issue in rethinking the software patent system is that the big companies have invested insane amounts of money in their patent portfolios and have projected income on these portfolios for the coming years. Their shareholders certainly won't agree with invalidating software patents.
That is like Ford allowing you to only play cd's in their cars which they approve of. Lady GaGa? Sure. But Marylin Manson? Forbidden! Similar to the Apple store policies.
That kind of policy would surely be dealt with swiftly, but somehow as OP noticed we take that for granted when electronics are added.
" If you copy the characters- i.e. Pacman, then it IS copyright infringement, that is Namco's IP."
Because Namco invented ghosts. And mazes. And pie charts too, now that we're at it.
The first few thoughts..
- People intercepting other people's canisters
- Illegal trafficking
- Distributed illegal activities
- And, last but not least: Terrorists!!
This will definitely lead to the police checking on our groceries..
Am I the only one who finds the idea of companies directly issueing fines a bit weird? My understanding is that this is a form of vigilance justice. Isn't this blackmailing?
It continues to amaze me that you have people driving in a 50k car, expensive suit, holding the latest model phone, but too cheap to buy a $100 handsfree set.
Nice feature if you are in a train or on a bus.
And how long do you think it would take for sites to appear with hacks for every phone to disable this?
So windows would be a bad application, as it would leave out the natural heating from outside, and even pickup the heat from inside as well. You'd need to increase the central heating inside to compensate, probably costing more energy than the sheet absorbs.
This raises the question why it's transparent in the first place! (puts on his tin foil hat)
It's OK to be smarter than everyone else. But it's not OK to tell them, Sheldon. Remember your time in high school?
>The list was phones, tablets, set top boxes and tvs. Apple makes
>products in 3 of the 4 of these, and rather dominates the market in two of them.
Do they? Look at the linked article. In phones, Apple has a 14% market share, vs Symbian (47%) and RIM (20%) Hardly dominating. Apple TV? Haven't seen it yet. The only market in which they may claim a large position is in tablets, and I seriously doubt if they can hold the lead very long. Android tablets are appearing fast now, especially cheap Asian knockoffs, which sell like warm bread. Compared to the iPad which has serious shortcomings (vendor lock-in, content restrictions, not expandable) the future looks bright for those devices.
I LOVE that keyboard; I have two spares in my closet for the possibility that my current one breaks down. Never happened, ofcourse.
Pros: - very good design
- no wireless, fast response
- does not break or fail
Cons: some keys are hard to reach, for instance the '7' key is a bit tough
- the 'extra' keys are useless, I never used the calc button and the browser and mail buttons are annoying if pressed by accident
- the 'f' modifier (for the function keys' is useless.
Wait ... is this then finally the year of the Linux desktop????? Has it finally arrived?? Oh wait be right back, it seems hell has just frozen over.
In related news, 82% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
"Proprietary is anti-freedom, anti-freedom is wrong, so supporting proprietary solutions is unethical."
I'm not sure if I'm reading slashdot or the communist manifesto ... wake up please, communism has failed and most of the readers here live in capitalist countries, earning their living with proprietary work.
Can I refer to your post as The Law of Dunbal? It seems to hold not only for most large corporations, but also for government, politics, small companies, non profit organisations, heck almost any kind of structored organisation I know. If you like, I will appoint you for the Nobel prize
Indeed, why was this awarded as a patent? I don't see a specific mechanical machine which implements this? This looks like a process or business method to me. "Process to prevent erotic texting to appear on user device"
So you have no idea what the numbers are, but you don't seem to have a problem pulling them out of thin air. You must be a climate scientist.
And on a related note, I could argue that most hard drive space is used for illegal copies of movies and music - therefore, hard drives should be banned and all data should be stored in a controlled cloud environment. This will enable the *AA to directly calculate the necessary taxation. Would that make you happy?
What could possibly go wrong.....?
Parent is pointing to the original author's blog, no idea why this is moderated as troll ..
"He's claiming that since a robot is operating the account, and he disagrees with the motivation behind the running of that robot, it's OK for him to hack into someone else's account"
It should be " it's OK for him to hack into *something* else's account" - it's not specific, and it's not setup by a human being, just some script running, so there can be no ownership
involved. Or would you claim that, would my dog succeed in opening a bank account, that I would be the legally responsible entity for that account?
Nope. The issue is that a lot of countries are now spending taxpayer money to create IOS applications, which then end up on a closed, even walled platform. All this because those in charge believe the Apple hype and think that 90% of the people are using an iPoney. And this is not a Good Thing (tm). Reality Distortion at its finest. I will never switch to an Iponey due to its closed nature, however this won't stop my government and many government funded organisations to throw money at Apple oriented products.