And if they stole it, but were in danger of getting sued, they just bought the company they stole the technology from. (Apple, for example) Microsoft bought Apple? That's new!
(which is exactly the sort of thing patents are for - protecting the person who originally came up with the idea, because once the idea is out there, anyone can reproduce it) Not quite. Patents were rather supposed to protect a design, in exchange for the inventor providing the plans. Copyright is supposed to protect ideas/easy-to-reproduce things.
NTFS supports symlinks. You either need the win2k resource kit, or download a utility from www.sysinternals.com Cool. It seems to only work for directories though, which still prevents a "/bin" style directory, which would allow running programs from a command line.
They could have fixed this in NTFS but chose not to, presumably to keep compatibility with DOS Not to mention they could have added symlinks! (allowing for instance to use command line to launch programs)
By the way, The latest version of TweakUI for Windows XP is freaking awesome. They even let you turn off those damned help bubbles that constantly pop up in the system tray. Brilliant. Does it allow to create special folders (e.g. control panel) as files, as in win9x? Does it allow to change a lot of special directories? (e.g. Program Files, Documents and Settings, which if think are better on another partition)?
probably implicated That's rather implied, or as in the previous translation aimed. The good thing in this voting is precisely that MS was not too implicated.
it's really more of an OBSERVATION than a LAW. a THEOREM at best. A theorem is better than a law ! It can't be wrong ! What could be better than a theorem ? "Moore's law" is a postulate perhaps, not a theorem (since it hasn't been proven)
That copy is unencrypted (and region unlocked) so there is no need for libcss And how, exactly, do you get that unencrypted copy ? That's right, using libdvdcss. That's even the reason it is illegal.
Should LinuxTag lose the lawsuit, SCO can ask from them for damages resulting from the injunction I certainly hope they can't include a fine in their damages. Winning wouldn't excuse them from complying to a court order (or that's what I would expect of a (european) court. Of course, IANAL (especially not a German one)). OTOH they might have asked damages for complying, which arguably could have been damaging to them.
Are patents filed in some country valid for the entire world ? I don't think so. Actually, if they were, scenario 2 would be the current situation. And if they aren't, your entire point is invalid. Actually, if patent policies are different in different countries, they can't be valid across these countries (to avoid this absurd second scenario you're talking about, where a company which filed a patent in its country can oppress another one in another country where the thing is not patentable). Your idea of a "non-exclusive patent" is still valid, but I don't think the difference in price would be enough of an incentive for companies to use it.
I see your point, but actually the IPv6 address space may only contain about 250 million addresses that can actually be used by hosts (RFC 3194). From RFC 3194: IPv4, practical maximum: 240M (2^32^.87) We can compute: IPv6, manageable: 2^128^.8 = 6.7 e+30 So IPv6 IS better than IPv4
I recently saw The Count of Monte Cristo. In it, a prisoner is taught to become a master fencer by another elderly prisoner, while digging a tunnel and being malnourished. Strange, considering it doesn't happen in the book (the guy has money but doesn't fight). I never could understand why Solo et. al. weren't bothered by a moon floating without a planet The only problem is that it is called a moon. Otherwise, why should it have a planet ? there once was a movement and law in France that the plots of all plays were to be in real time to the performance I'm not sure about "real-time", but there was the law of "three units" : time unit, location unit and plot unit, which meant that the whole story should be at the same place (e.g. same building), during the same day, and focused on one plot. This made for some strange things in some plays, e.g. Le Cid where to follow the rules the author has someone travel a few hundred miles, fight a war, and back, in the same day.
everyone who drives a car is technically polluting more than they would if they didn't drive Isn't gas taxed? In my country it is, heavily (that's probably the reason it's twice as expensive as in the US). And there are no SUVs there...
Google is a souless company, just like all the others Google has a policy of "no evil" (according to Larry Page). I don't know how much this is true though.
Engineering department ? What is that supposed to be ? The is a school of engineering (comprising such departments as EE & CS), but no department of engineering.
It is against the law to use the word 'email' in France Yeah, don't say this word in front of a cop! Now, seriously, it is NOT illegal to say "e-mail" (everyone does). However it should not appear on official documents (such as laws, etc). I don't know how we came to use "ordinateur" instead of computer, but "computer" would really sound ugly in French (as it contains two ugly words).
There's no *customer details*. It's strictly information relating to the software and licensing or so this guy says. From what "this guy says": the users PC name, username, and MAC address So what is that ?
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And if they stole it, but were in danger of getting sued, they just bought the company they stole the technology from. (Apple, for example)
Microsoft bought Apple? That's new!
Also, time is not the 4th dimension, unless you're watching Dr. Who.
Or studying relativity...
I mean, we COULD actually just go outside, sit in a hammock and read a book, couldn't we? :-)
Ever read / watched Farenheit 451?
(which is exactly the sort of thing patents are for - protecting the person who originally came up with the idea, because once the idea is out there, anyone can reproduce it)
Not quite. Patents were rather supposed to protect a design, in exchange for the inventor providing the plans. Copyright is supposed to protect ideas/easy-to-reproduce things.
NTFS supports symlinks. You either need the win2k resource kit, or download a utility from www.sysinternals.com
Cool. It seems to only work for directories though, which still prevents a "/bin" style directory, which would allow running programs from a command line.
They could have fixed this in NTFS but chose not to, presumably to keep compatibility with DOS
Not to mention they could have added symlinks! (allowing for instance to use command line to launch programs)
Um, just because it's public record doesn't mean it's online.
You have heard of paper, haven't you?
A link doesn't have to be online. It could be a reference number, a place/date/whatever, or something of this kind.
I just hope Caldera-sco goes after him for misuse of their trademark.
UNIX is a trademark of the open group, not Caldera
By the way, The latest version of TweakUI for Windows XP is freaking awesome. They even let you turn off those damned help bubbles that constantly pop up in the system tray. Brilliant.
Does it allow to create special folders (e.g. control panel) as files, as in win9x?
Does it allow to change a lot of special directories? (e.g. Program Files, Documents and Settings, which if think are better on another partition)?
Is user approval granted by not pressing the shift key?
How can a user approve having file installed that he doesn't know of (are unpublished)?
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probably implicated
That's rather implied, or as in the previous translation aimed. The good thing in this voting is precisely that MS was not too implicated.
it's really more of an OBSERVATION than a LAW. a THEOREM at best.
A theorem is better than a law ! It can't be wrong ! What could be better than a theorem ?
"Moore's law" is a postulate perhaps, not a theorem (since it hasn't been proven)
I'd say everything remains in the cell.
That copy is unencrypted (and region unlocked) so there is no need for libcss
And how, exactly, do you get that unencrypted copy ?
That's right, using libdvdcss. That's even the reason it is illegal.
Should LinuxTag lose the lawsuit, SCO can ask from them for damages resulting from the injunction
I certainly hope they can't include a fine in their damages. Winning wouldn't excuse them from complying to a court order (or that's what I would expect of a (european) court. Of course, IANAL (especially not a German one)). OTOH they might have asked damages for complying, which arguably could have been damaging to them.
Are patents filed in some country valid for the entire world ?
I don't think so. Actually, if they were, scenario 2 would be the current situation.
And if they aren't, your entire point is invalid.
Actually, if patent policies are different in different countries, they can't be valid across these countries (to avoid this absurd second scenario you're talking about, where a company which filed a patent in its country can oppress another one in another country where the thing is not patentable).
Your idea of a "non-exclusive patent" is still valid, but I don't think the difference in price would be enough of an incentive for companies to use it.
I see your point, but actually the IPv6 address space may only contain about 250 million addresses that can actually be used by hosts (RFC 3194).
From RFC 3194:
IPv4, practical maximum: 240M (2^32^.87)
We can compute:
IPv6, manageable: 2^128^.8 = 6.7 e+30
So IPv6 IS better than IPv4
I recently saw The Count of Monte Cristo. In it, a prisoner is taught to become a master fencer by another elderly prisoner, while digging a tunnel and being malnourished.
Strange, considering it doesn't happen in the book (the guy has money but doesn't fight).
I never could understand why Solo et. al. weren't bothered by a moon floating without a planet
The only problem is that it is called a moon. Otherwise, why should it have a planet ?
there once was a movement and law in France that the plots of all plays were to be in real time to the performance
I'm not sure about "real-time", but there was the law of "three units" : time unit, location unit and plot unit, which meant that the whole story should be at the same place (e.g. same building), during the same day, and focused on one plot. This made for some strange things in some plays, e.g. Le Cid where to follow the rules the author has someone travel a few hundred miles, fight a war, and back, in the same day.
everyone who drives a car is technically polluting more than they would if they didn't drive
Isn't gas taxed? In my country it is, heavily (that's probably the reason it's twice as expensive as in the US). And there are no SUVs there...
Google is a souless company, just like all the others
Google has a policy of "no evil" (according to Larry Page). I don't know how much this is true though.
Engineering department ? What is that supposed to be ? The is a school of engineering (comprising such departments as EE & CS), but no department of engineering.
It is against the law to use the word 'email' in France
Yeah, don't say this word in front of a cop!
Now, seriously, it is NOT illegal to say "e-mail" (everyone does). However it should not appear on official documents (such as laws, etc).
I don't know how we came to use "ordinateur" instead of computer, but "computer" would really sound ugly in French (as it contains two ugly words).
There's no *customer details*. It's strictly information relating to the software and licensing or so this guy says.
From what "this guy says":
the users PC name, username, and MAC address
So what is that ?