> Patents provide an incentive to discover
> and invent new things, and ensure your
> time, money and efforts don't go to
> waste.
this is absolute nonsense, but I appreciate the fact that if you didn't believe this, then you probably wouldn't be an IP attourney. Self-justification leads to dellusion. It happens to us all, we spend years studying a topic in school and working hard at our careers. We all slip into things without thinking about the big picture. Keep drinking the koolaid:-)
what is the nature of the patent? did overture really come up with something interesting that google used (if so, how did google get their hands on the technology), or was overture simply first in line at the patent office for the whopping idea of "matching ads to search queries"?
I'd argue that in such a system, GPL would be illegal (or more accurately wouldn't be applicable). All software would be under an implied BSD license, because there would be no laws governing IP. The notion of IP would not exist; there would be no need for a license. The absense of IP licensing certainly more closely resembles a BSD-style license, than it does the GPL.
One key issue that people seem to miss is that in such a system you would still be able to limit the distribution and access to your trade secrets. The difference is that the responsibility of enforcement rest solely on you as the content distributer. You can't simply include a text file that says "user shall not do this, this, nor this" and then expect to lay the burden and expense of enforcing those rules on an entity that is funded from mandatory payment by all citizens.
> You can't win, you can't break even,
> and you can't even quit the damn game.
Is this your sig? Fits in well with this post. At first I thought it was a direct quote from the Uncle Tupelo song "High Water", but then I looked up the lyrics and they are
No race is run in this direction
You can't break even
You can't even quit the game
Since they were allowed exclusive rights to own all of the CATV infrastructure in my neighborhood without fear of competition. That is the definition of a government monopoly on a service. It really doesn't matter if the government outsources the operational duties. Comcast is another NASA.
unbiased is impossible. the notion of unbiased (reporting, movies, games, whatever) is dangerous because it offers a disguise for people who are trying to gain momentum behind their political stance. if everybody read (listened, watched, played, etc.) thinking about the source of the content and what they might be trying to push, then the world would be a better place. instead most people seem to be stuck trying to determine if a message is the norm, or the "main stream view". that leads to being easily duped by politicians and salespeople (experts at delivering a message regardless of the content). No message is unbiased. An the notion of an unbiased message is proliferated by those who want to pull one over on the masses.
was JV arguing his side or trying to illuminate the flaws with democracy?
JV: How many people in the United States build their own sets?
JV: Let's say there are a thousand. But there are 284 million people in this country. You can't have public policy that is aimed at 100,000 people when the other multi-multi-millions are also involved. You can't do it that way.
JV: if you design your own machine, you can't fuss at people, because you're one of just a few. How many Linux users are there?
is this efficiency real-world or theoretical? what type of content are you editing? most of my time coding seems to involve a lot of contemplating with only short bursts of typing. you make coding sound similar to stenography (and maybe it is for you, maybe I'm just slow). I just want to verify that this is the case.
freedom and innovation is why children don't work 14+ hour days in the US these days. I give zero credit to unions. Unions create a class of poor/unskilled workers that can't find jobs, b/c employers can afford to pay the union-inflated price for their unskilled labor. So they are forced to live off welfare. Without unions there would be no need for welfare.
What is all this really about? Everyone I know works more than 40 hours a week and nobody gets paid overtime. So why is this on the books. My guess is that you would have to sue your employer (soon to be you former employer) to try to get back pay for overtime. This seems like a silly law, that is unneeded. The only way for overtime pay to work is if it is voluntarily given by the employer.
> BGP-4 relies on persistent connections,
> with huge window sizes
in which both endpoints of the TCP connection can easily be discovered with a traceroute, because both endpoints are intermediary nodes in a path between the local host and another host out on the Internet.
support often makes equal to or more than development. development requires more technical skills, but support requires both technical and social skills. That combo is hard to find. Also support is much less rewarding than development, so they have to make it more attractive with higher salaries.
be careful not to become a zealot for the buzz-word of the moment, "democracy". the US system was an amazing accomplishment 200 years ago, but we've learned a lot since then, and could improve it greatly. Check out
this book .
This is a great perspective on what makes us humans tick. But I think he takes the argument one step too far. I agree that we have a tendency to get to a paralysis state as we try to find the "best" solution. It takes a disciplined, conscious effort to evaluate what we really need/want and take action by selecting one of many options that satisfy our needs.
The mistake he makes is his proposal that we'd be better off with fewer choices; that we'd be "more free" with fewer options. This is a slippery slope, that has led to millions of people dying early deaths in the past (i.e. USSR, Nazi Germany).
Instead I'd propose that the more options the better. We are living in a dynamic world. We have many more choices now than we had 5-10 years ago. We need to learn these tough lessons of how to make choices. I'd expect the coming generations to be better at making choices because they will have grown up in an environment that exposes them to many options.
this is an important lesson similar to the one learned from Gangs of New York. Not-so recent immigrants to New York would use the politics of protectionism to gain a competitive advantage over more recent imigrants. Similar to the RIAA and MPAA fight against "the new kid on the block", file swapping, when they were in the same shoes not so long ago.
Meanwhile I'm working my ass off and paying taxes to pay for your school so that you can have the summers off. You are a leach. Get a freaking job already.
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> Patents provide an incentive to discover > and invent new things, and ensure your > time, money and efforts don't go to > waste. this is absolute nonsense, but I appreciate the fact that if you didn't believe this, then you probably wouldn't be an IP attourney. Self-justification leads to dellusion. It happens to us all, we spend years studying a topic in school and working hard at our careers. We all slip into things without thinking about the big picture. Keep drinking the koolaid :-)
what is the nature of the patent? did overture really come up with something interesting that google used (if so, how did google get their hands on the technology), or was overture simply first in line at the patent office for the whopping idea of "matching ads to search queries"?
> Free-market capitalism
I'd argue that in such a system, GPL would be illegal (or more accurately wouldn't be applicable). All software would be under an implied BSD license, because there would be no laws governing IP. The notion of IP would not exist; there would be no need for a license. The absense of IP licensing certainly more closely resembles a BSD-style license, than it does the GPL.
One key issue that people seem to miss is that in such a system you would still be able to limit the distribution and access to your trade secrets. The difference is that the responsibility of enforcement rest solely on you as the content distributer. You can't simply include a text file that says "user shall not do this, this, nor this" and then expect to lay the burden and expense of enforcing those rules on an entity that is funded from mandatory payment by all citizens.
> You can't win, you can't break even,
> and you can't even quit the damn game.
Is this your sig? Fits in well with this post. At first I thought it was a direct quote from the Uncle Tupelo song "High Water", but then I looked up the lyrics and they are
No race is run in this direction You can't break even You can't even quit the game
> Since when is comcast part of the government?
Since they were allowed exclusive rights to own all of the CATV infrastructure in my neighborhood without fear of competition. That is the definition of a government monopoly on a service. It really doesn't matter if the government outsources the operational duties. Comcast is another NASA.
unbiased is impossible. the notion of unbiased (reporting, movies, games, whatever) is dangerous because it offers a disguise for people who are trying to gain momentum behind their political stance. if everybody read (listened, watched, played, etc.) thinking about the source of the content and what they might be trying to push, then the world would be a better place. instead most people seem to be stuck trying to determine if a message is the norm, or the "main stream view". that leads to being easily duped by politicians and salespeople (experts at delivering a message regardless of the content). No message is unbiased. An the notion of an unbiased message is proliferated by those who want to pull one over on the masses.
was JV arguing his side or trying to illuminate the flaws with democracy?
JV: How many people in the United States build their own sets?
JV: Let's say there are a thousand. But there are 284 million people in this country. You can't have public policy that is aimed at 100,000 people when the other multi-multi-millions are also involved. You can't do it that way.
JV: if you design your own machine, you can't fuss at people, because you're one of just a few. How many Linux users are there?
democracy is sugar-coated mob rule.
is this efficiency real-world or theoretical? what type of content are you editing? most of my time coding seems to involve a lot of contemplating with only short bursts of typing. you make coding sound similar to stenography (and maybe it is for you, maybe I'm just slow). I just want to verify that this is the case.
> we divide drugs into 2 categories
"we"? I don't remember being polled.
> You're an idiot. Please cut off
> your balls so you don't contaminate
> the next generation.
Nice way to argue your point.
if ( argument != RATIONAL ) {
opponent.attackManlihood();
}
freedom and innovation is why children don't work 14+ hour days in the US these days. I give zero credit to unions. Unions create a class of poor/unskilled workers that can't find jobs, b/c employers can afford to pay the union-inflated price for their unskilled labor. So they are forced to live off welfare. Without unions there would be no need for welfare.
What is all this really about? Everyone I know works more than 40 hours a week and nobody gets paid overtime. So why is this on the books. My guess is that you would have to sue your employer (soon to be you former employer) to try to get back pay for overtime. This seems like a silly law, that is unneeded. The only way for overtime pay to work is if it is voluntarily given by the employer.
> BGP-4 relies on persistent connections, > with huge window sizes in which both endpoints of the TCP connection can easily be discovered with a traceroute, because both endpoints are intermediary nodes in a path between the local host and another host out on the Internet.
TCP MD5 Authentication for BGP should help cut down the chances at an attacker can reset a BGP connection.
> TCP ports are known
this is a real threat, but keep in mind that the client port is random in almost all applications.
support often makes equal to or more than development. development requires more technical skills, but support requires both technical and social skills. That combo is hard to find. Also support is much less rewarding than development, so they have to make it more attractive with higher salaries.
be careful not to become a zealot for the buzz-word of the moment, "democracy". the US system was an amazing accomplishment 200 years ago, but we've learned a lot since then, and could improve it greatly. Check out this book .
I don't see a plug for the router vendor. Is it Cisco, Juniper, other?
This is a great perspective on what makes us humans tick. But I think he takes the argument one step too far. I agree that we have a tendency to get to a paralysis state as we try to find the "best" solution. It takes a disciplined, conscious effort to evaluate what we really need/want and take action by selecting one of many options that satisfy our needs.
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The mistake he makes is his proposal that we'd be better off with fewer choices; that we'd be "more free" with fewer options. This is a slippery slope, that has led to millions of people dying early deaths in the past (i.e. USSR, Nazi Germany)
Instead I'd propose that the more options the better. We are living in a dynamic world. We have many more choices now than we had 5-10 years ago. We need to learn these tough lessons of how to make choices. I'd expect the coming generations to be better at making choices because they will have grown up in an environment that exposes them to many options.
Good Howto with scripts.
this is an important lesson similar to the one learned from Gangs of New York. Not-so recent immigrants to New York would use the politics of protectionism to gain a competitive advantage over more recent imigrants. Similar to the RIAA and MPAA fight against "the new kid on the block", file swapping, when they were in the same shoes not so long ago.
"piracy" really is too strong a term for copyright infringement.
I tried 2.4 on a gentoo system and had a terrible time with the nvidia drivers and my VIA-based motherboard. 2.6 works like a champ.
Meanwhile I'm working my ass off and paying taxes to pay for your school so that you can have the summers off. You are a leach. Get a freaking job already.