Sorry, you're wrong here. USB is a specific technology which is licensed by every company which implements it. You're thinking of "kleenex" or "xerox" which became the generic terms for facial tissue and photocopy where they were once brand names.
The difference is that the competing brands made their own products which competed, turning the product into a commodity. While two different products which have USB ports may compete, their USB technology is licensed from the same place.
Just because everyone uses a term doesn't mean it's a genericized trademark.
He's just a really skilled troll, and everyone always falls for him.
I would have to disagree, a troll is aware of his/her trolling, it is intentional.
Jack is like a troll, except for the fact that he is dead serious, and there is no "lol, trolled".
On usenet, the distinction is made between a "troll", and a "netkook"; their behavior is often strikingly similar, except that the former is doing it intentionally to incite reponses, whereas the latter actually believes what he's saying.
Jack, I gather, is more of a kook than a troll...
Right. People think of the term "troll" as referring to some sort of monster, like the ones beneath the bridge in the story about the billy goats. But "trolling" is actually an old word for fishing by dragging a line with a baited hook or hooks behind a slow-moving boat. You can see how the older definition applies...
Good post; interesting questions. I think I would have done much better in school with...
More flexibility in the classes I could take.
Shorter school days, but a longer school year.
More options for extracurricular activities at the end of those short days.
Heck, take a page from the Google playbook, and set aside one day a week for a project of the student's choosing. They can get guidance from their favorite teacher, and there's a deliverable at the end of the year, but it'd be mostly independent and self directed.
I was able to make that work for me in college. Four days a week of classes, started a band for a social/creative outlet, and started a business as a mobile studio, recording other bands' demos in order to pay for all the gear my band needed. College was awesome. High school mostly seemed like a waste of time.
No, it doesn't count. How often does Homer go to work? How often has he been fired? They've got a McMansion and three kids; I can't imagine that someone with Homer's work ethic has the income to sustain that sort of a family.
Marge also works occasionally, but that hardly fills in the gaps.
Can you cite a source on Russia's stance on Iran sanctions? It's not that I don't believe you, but this is great news if you've got something--even a 1-paragraph article--to back it up.
Doesn't make you a bad person, just a bad mathematician. If you know the guy's speed, it's really just a matter of determining the angle of trajectory to find the distance. If you're going for a land speed record, you can be pretty sure that they chose a day where wind wasn't a significant factor.
These bumps change shape in the southern hemisphere because health and success are much more closely correlated to the quality of available water in the region where you're born and grow up.
...in the web-world. While this wouldn't work in print, it should be quite easy to require advertisers, photojournalists &c with published pictures to make available the original content. No label necessary if everyone knows they can right-click on a picture and see the un-retouched version.
For all the people who complain about big brother, I'd rather trust a group whose charter is to protect my interests, and whom I can vote out of office (the gov't) than a group whose only interest is profit. If you don't think that corporations currently fill the role of "big brother", you're fooling yourself. It's only through dynamic opposition that these forces can balance themselves out; neither should exist unchecked by the other.
I personally think this would be a great idea, as it would ensure that any imagery which is not strictly entertainment can be validated by the people to whom the image's message is being conveyed.
LOL! This reminds me of the scene in Jursassic Park where they're driving away from the T-Rex at full speed, and Ian Malcolm looks in the mirror only to see the looming snout of the beast, overlaid with the discouraging words, "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear."
This is totally correct. There's a huge difference between lightening a shadow and artificially removing 20 pounds to show the (false) effects of the latest diet pill or Relaxicizer.
I think the word you were thinking of was "Pillage".
No, the grand-poster was technically right, although nobody has really used the word that way in a long time. Basically, the archaic meaning was "to take by force", which is a pretty descriptive metaphor for the current definition. Just add "sexually" to it and you're there.
Totally agreed. And beyond that, don't look at the type of packet. You're providing a data pipe, and that's it. If it's VOIP or P2P or constant video streaming from a service that competes with one of your own, sell the bandwidth that you can afford to sell, and if you can't afford to sell it raise the price and get ready for competition.
And speaking of competition, all this net neutrality stuff would go away if there were any real competition. Almost all markets are duopolies, with basically the telco and the cable company providing the only two options. If they are going to give lip service to a level playing field, then they need to allow other providers in on that action.
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Thank you; I almost called it a palace as a reference to that episode, but I figured that'd be going too far.
Sorry, you're wrong here. USB is a specific technology which is licensed by every company which implements it. You're thinking of "kleenex" or "xerox" which became the generic terms for facial tissue and photocopy where they were once brand names.
The difference is that the competing brands made their own products which competed, turning the product into a commodity. While two different products which have USB ports may compete, their USB technology is licensed from the same place.
Just because everyone uses a term doesn't mean it's a genericized trademark.
Damn, my RAM is full of llamas.
Your RAM has llamas? Ding dong!
He's just a really skilled troll, and everyone always falls for him.
I would have to disagree, a troll is aware of his/her trolling, it is intentional. Jack is like a troll, except for the fact that he is dead serious, and there is no "lol, trolled".
On usenet, the distinction is made between a "troll", and a "netkook"; their behavior is often strikingly similar, except that the former is doing it intentionally to incite reponses, whereas the latter actually believes what he's saying.
Jack, I gather, is more of a kook than a troll...
Right. People think of the term "troll" as referring to some sort of monster, like the ones beneath the bridge in the story about the billy goats. But "trolling" is actually an old word for fishing by dragging a line with a baited hook or hooks behind a slow-moving boat. You can see how the older definition applies...
I was able to make that work for me in college. Four days a week of classes, started a band for a social/creative outlet, and started a business as a mobile studio, recording other bands' demos in order to pay for all the gear my band needed. College was awesome. High school mostly seemed like a waste of time.
No, it doesn't count. How often does Homer go to work? How often has he been fired? They've got a McMansion and three kids; I can't imagine that someone with Homer's work ethic has the income to sustain that sort of a family.
Marge also works occasionally, but that hardly fills in the gaps.
Can you cite a source on Russia's stance on Iran sanctions? It's not that I don't believe you, but this is great news if you've got something--even a 1-paragraph article--to back it up.
One day, I will drive the Paris/Dakkar!
Doesn't make you a bad person, just a bad mathematician. If you know the guy's speed, it's really just a matter of determining the angle of trajectory to find the distance. If you're going for a land speed record, you can be pretty sure that they chose a day where wind wasn't a significant factor.
Wish I had mod points. This made me laugh out loud.
It's a pity...if only you'd been born in May, you'd have been getting a 96% average!
And that significant difference would be significant!
These bumps change shape in the southern hemisphere because health and success are much more closely correlated to the quality of available water in the region where you're born and grow up.
Actually, April/May is more like the lead-up to finals. People who are going to get a better education are probably a bit busy during that time.
Doesn't change your point, though.
Also, wasn't there a surge in births after the big black-out in New York?
Google a giant company, not your BFF.
Film at 11.
So you're saying this is no BFD?
Hey, if you put 1000 monkeys in front of a thousand computers for 1000 years, who's to say you wouldn't have gotten Matlab anyway?
Oh, wait. Do monkeys live for 1000 years?
No, it's not, you dick. The freedom that matters is the user's freedom.
Developers are people to! And so are corporations! Won't someone PLEASE think of the corporations?
Of course, the user has the ultimate freedom, which is to use something other than the product which is not open enough to suit their needs.
I think you were meaning to reply the parent post.
THAT doesn't make any sense.
Now even I'm confused!
...in the web-world. While this wouldn't work in print, it should be quite easy to require advertisers, photojournalists &c with published pictures to make available the original content. No label necessary if everyone knows they can right-click on a picture and see the un-retouched version.
For all the people who complain about big brother, I'd rather trust a group whose charter is to protect my interests, and whom I can vote out of office (the gov't) than a group whose only interest is profit. If you don't think that corporations currently fill the role of "big brother", you're fooling yourself. It's only through dynamic opposition that these forces can balance themselves out; neither should exist unchecked by the other.
I personally think this would be a great idea, as it would ensure that any imagery which is not strictly entertainment can be validated by the people to whom the image's message is being conveyed.
"People in photo are larger than they appear".
LOL! This reminds me of the scene in Jursassic Park where they're driving away from the T-Rex at full speed, and Ian Malcolm looks in the mirror only to see the looming snout of the beast, overlaid with the discouraging words, "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear."
This is totally correct. There's a huge difference between lightening a shadow and artificially removing 20 pounds to show the (false) effects of the latest diet pill or Relaxicizer.
Who said anything's wrong with it? Certainly not the article summary...
I think the word you were thinking of was "Pillage".
No, the grand-poster was technically right, although nobody has really used the word that way in a long time. Basically, the archaic meaning was "to take by force", which is a pretty descriptive metaphor for the current definition. Just add "sexually" to it and you're there.
Nice.
Totally agreed. And beyond that, don't look at the type of packet. You're providing a data pipe, and that's it. If it's VOIP or P2P or constant video streaming from a service that competes with one of your own, sell the bandwidth that you can afford to sell, and if you can't afford to sell it raise the price and get ready for competition.
And speaking of competition, all this net neutrality stuff would go away if there were any real competition. Almost all markets are duopolies, with basically the telco and the cable company providing the only two options. If they are going to give lip service to a level playing field, then they need to allow other providers in on that action.
Clearly, you don't know what's going on here. There's loads of hot single chicks posting on the /.