While we're on the topic of IP, Patents and Australia, does anyone know what Australia's position on software patents are? Just wondering because it's something that may become important for me to know, but yet I have no idea about it...
Better yet, does anyone know of a comprehensive online listing of which countries have software patents, and what exactly can be patented in each country? I was unable to find such a list, but I'm sure there must be one.
Then why is it you always spend the first 2 hours of any LAN party trying to get computers to talk to each other. In the end you always end up with at least one machine that can 'see' everyone, but no one else can see it. A user who can see everyone, but can't access anyone, but everyone can access them. Everyone running win9x can't access win2000 and winXP half the time, even if user access rights are set correctly and all. etc etc etc
So yes, windows doesn't tend to have to much trouble setting up the hardware on a single computer, but try networking them together and it all gets very frustrating...
In related news, SCO sues the CSO Magazine for trademark infringement due the undeniable similarity between the two names and the blatent attempt by the CSO magazine to unlawfully align itself with the SCO Group by using SCO patented methods to similitaneously pump up their stock and destroy their business at the same time.
In a seperate filing the SCO Group also sued the CSO Magazine for illegally copying SCO IP from the Linux kernel, which is the sole property of SCO. CEO of The SCO Group, Mr Darl McBride, reportedly stated that SCO's Technical Engineers had discovered 3 billion instances of IP theft of the word 'the' used in the CSO Magazine that were blatently copied letter by letter from SCO's Linux kernel. Furthermore, 699 instances of attempted obfuscation had allegedly been detected in which two of the letters of the word 'the' had been reversed in order to spell 'teh'.
Darl McBride continued by explaining that readers of the CSO Magazine could buy temporary protection from the wrath of the SCO Group by buying a license to possess and read the CSO Magazine for the low price of $3 billion X $699. Readers were urged to take advantage of SCOs generosity now, because in 6 days time, at 6 minutes past 6, readers would be required to pay the full prices of double the amount presently required.
At a recent SCO Forum, examples of the alleged copying were presented. When quized what relevance the presented examples of 'SCO 0wNz0r j00' and 'All your base are belong to SCO' had to the case, a SCO official stated that SCO owned the IP to both examples and all derivatives there of and that they hoped to slip these into the lawsuit without anyone noticing.
..is like sticking a toothpick on my dick to gain that extra two inches. Not very fair huh?
Well I'll take your word that that is what it is like, having never done it myself. But it has to be said, it sounds extraordinarily painful. Each to his own I guess.:-P
A number of years ago in my teenage years I was going to put an electronic combination/key card lock on my bedroom door to keep people out. Only problem was my parents told me it was not on and threatened to remove the entire door!!
Ahhh the memories... Still wish I'd done it though...:)
Why? Because I'll be one of the poor soles fixing the problem for friends. I already have a friends computer to fix tomorrow, which has fallen victim to a virus attack, and despite the number of times I may tell him to keep his OS/Virus Scanner up-to-date, I know it's just a matter of time before I'm back there again...
84 per cent of the topics that were associated with this artical were probably unnecessary. Or is it just me who thinks that having 7 icons running down the side of an artical is a tad too many?
First off, I'm sorry to hear about what happened, that really sux. I hope it all works out for you guys in the end, and that you don't pay a too heavy price for any lessons learnt.
Secondly, I guess it all depends really on where this all happened. However, I'm sure that if you live in the USA, you'll be able to sue anyone for anything. Everyone else seems to, no matter how vaild or frivolous their case is. However, since you appear not to be a multi national, capitalist corporation with an Army of lawyers that only cares about your bottom line at any cost... you'll probably lose. Still stand up for what you believe is right, and do your best to make a difference.
At least that's the impression I get of the 'brightest shining beacon of freedom in the world' or what ever it was that George Bush said.
I was going to write exactly the same thing. About one, maybe two a month in my part of Oz as well, and find it absolutely infuriating when they call! I'm glad I'm not living in the USA...
and DoubleClick, which needs no further introduction.
Is that so... I'm guessing online marketing and a quick google search suggests I'm right, but I've never heard of the company before. Has the company been guilty of some pretty dodgy acts in the past, or have they simply being annoying and intrusive to that point that most people know who they are?
Well someone has to say it, so it might as well be me...
The question has to be asked, Y bother? What Xtra stuff can it do that X can't with minimal Xtra effort? There is no point reinventing the wheel when there is solution that has had been tried, tested and proven over many, many years.:=P
Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Logo is, you have to see it for yourself.
This is your last chance. After this, there is no going back. You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.
Remember that all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more.
Well the article says that:
High-resolution monochrome electronic paper is already on the verge of commercialization, produced by Massachusetts-based company
So if the monochrome technology is reasonably priced, I'd imagine there would be a strong consumer demand. Since colour e-paper would be the obvious next step, and there are people willing to shell out money for the stuff, one would expect development on the colour technology to increase.
So my guess is soon, read sometime in the next 10 years:)
So you can program the couch to automatically turn on the sports channel when seated with your significant other. That way, when she gives you the evil eye, you can honestly say don't blame me, it was the couch that turned on the TV!
if you make over $27,682 per year, you're RICH
That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard, unless you're using a different definition than the one in my dictionary:
If you have enough to afford an internet connection, or you have means to just have access to an internet connection, then without question you are one of the richest persons in the world, compared to what being truely poor is.
Or do you honestly have absolutely zero comprehension of how poor some people are. A true example, people die because they can't afford the $1 they need to by five 20c pills that will make them well. Not only that, but everyone they know doesn't have the combined wealth to pitch in to raise the single dollar.
$995 billion amongst 400 people in the US alone! To think what could be done with that money and the number of people in the world who are in DESPERATE need of perhaps as little as a dollar of it. Yes that's right, there are people who die in this world because they can't afford just one dollar! For a true example they might need to buy only five 20c pills to make them well.
I don't care how much money these people give to charity, no one needs that much money, but just the smallest amount would make a life changing difference to some.
Reading this sort of thing makes me disgusted at the pits of humanity and our greed and selfishness.
Slashdot Mirror
Which conveniently happens to be right next to the 'Preview' choice that also would have come in handy... :)
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While we're on the topic of IP, Patents and Australia, does anyone know what Australia's position on software patents are? Just wondering because it's something that may become important for me to know, but yet I have no idea about it...
Better yet, does anyone know of a comprehensive online listing of which countries have software patents, and what exactly can be patented in each country? I was unable to find such a list, but I'm sure there must be one.
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Then why is it you always spend the first 2 hours of any LAN party trying to get computers to talk to each other. In the end you always end up with at least one machine that can 'see' everyone, but no one else can see it. A user who can see everyone, but can't access anyone, but everyone can access them. Everyone running win9x can't access win2000 and winXP half the time, even if user access rights are set correctly and all. etc etc etc
So yes, windows doesn't tend to have to much trouble setting up the hardware on a single computer, but try networking them together and it all gets very frustrating...
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In related news, SCO sues the CSO Magazine for trademark infringement due the undeniable similarity between the two names and the blatent attempt by the CSO magazine to unlawfully align itself with the SCO Group by using SCO patented methods to similitaneously pump up their stock and destroy their business at the same time.
In a seperate filing the SCO Group also sued the CSO Magazine for illegally copying SCO IP from the Linux kernel, which is the sole property of SCO. CEO of The SCO Group, Mr Darl McBride, reportedly stated that SCO's Technical Engineers had discovered 3 billion instances of IP theft of the word 'the' used in the CSO Magazine that were blatently copied letter by letter from SCO's Linux kernel. Furthermore, 699 instances of attempted obfuscation had allegedly been detected in which two of the letters of the word 'the' had been reversed in order to spell 'teh'.
Darl McBride continued by explaining that readers of the CSO Magazine could buy temporary protection from the wrath of the SCO Group by buying a license to possess and read the CSO Magazine for the low price of $3 billion X $699. Readers were urged to take advantage of SCOs generosity now, because in 6 days time, at 6 minutes past 6, readers would be required to pay the full prices of double the amount presently required.
At a recent SCO Forum, examples of the alleged copying were presented. When quized what relevance the presented examples of 'SCO 0wNz0r j00' and 'All your base are belong to SCO' had to the case, a SCO official stated that SCO owned the IP to both examples and all derivatives there of and that they hoped to slip these into the lawsuit without anyone noticing.
More news at 6.
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..is like sticking a toothpick on my dick to gain that extra two inches. Not very fair huh?
:-P
Well I'll take your word that that is what it is like, having never done it myself. But it has to be said, it sounds extraordinarily painful. Each to his own I guess.
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A number of years ago in my teenage years I was going to put an electronic combination/key card lock on my bedroom door to keep people out. Only problem was my parents told me it was not on and threatened to remove the entire door!!
:)
Ahhh the memories... Still wish I'd done it though...
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Why? Because I'll be one of the poor soles fixing the problem for friends. I already have a friends computer to fix tomorrow, which has fallen victim to a virus attack, and despite the number of times I may tell him to keep his OS/Virus Scanner up-to-date, I know it's just a matter of time before I'm back there again...
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84 per cent of the topics that were associated with this artical were probably unnecessary. Or is it just me who thinks that having 7 icons running down the side of an artical is a tad too many?
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Now we all know that: "the only 'safe sex' is no sex at all", which covers just about everyone here, so what other legitimate purposes were there? :-P
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For those who haven't seen the clips and what to have a good laugh, here they are:
Ballmer Dance
Developers
And one more just for a little fun:
Ballmer Fun
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First off, I'm sorry to hear about what happened, that really sux. I hope it all works out for you guys in the end, and that you don't pay a too heavy price for any lessons learnt.
Secondly, I guess it all depends really on where this all happened. However, I'm sure that if you live in the USA, you'll be able to sue anyone for anything. Everyone else seems to, no matter how vaild or frivolous their case is. However, since you appear not to be a multi national, capitalist corporation with an Army of lawyers that only cares about your bottom line at any cost... you'll probably lose. Still stand up for what you believe is right, and do your best to make a difference.
At least that's the impression I get of the 'brightest shining beacon of freedom in the world' or what ever it was that George Bush said.
Now mod me down... Truth hurts.
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I was going to write exactly the same thing. About one, maybe two a month in my part of Oz as well, and find it absolutely infuriating when they call! I'm glad I'm not living in the USA...
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and DoubleClick, which needs no further introduction.
Is that so... I'm guessing online marketing and a quick google search suggests I'm right, but I've never heard of the company before. Has the company been guilty of some pretty dodgy acts in the past, or have they simply being annoying and intrusive to that point that most people know who they are?
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For all those who haven't seen him dance yet, here's a link. Enjoy!
Ballmer Dance
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Well someone has to say it, so it might as well be me...
:=P
The question has to be asked, Y bother? What Xtra stuff can it do that X can't with minimal Xtra effort? There is no point reinventing the wheel when there is solution that has had been tried, tested and proven over many, many years.
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Here is the direct google link to the story for anyone who cares:
Dogged Engineer's Effort to Assess Shuttle Damage
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Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Logo is, you have to see it for yourself.
This is your last chance. After this, there is no going back. You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.
Remember that all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more.
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Well the article says that: High-resolution monochrome electronic paper is already on the verge of commercialization, produced by Massachusetts-based company
:)
So if the monochrome technology is reasonably priced, I'd imagine there would be a strong consumer demand. Since colour e-paper would be the obvious next step, and there are people willing to shell out money for the stuff, one would expect development on the colour technology to increase.
So my guess is soon , read sometime in the next 10 years
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So you can program the couch to automatically turn on the sports channel when seated with your significant other. That way, when she gives you the evil eye, you can honestly say don't blame me, it was the couch that turned on the TV!
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if you make over $27,682 per year, you're RICH
That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard, unless you're using a different definition than the one in my dictionary:
If you have enough to afford an internet connection, or you have means to just have access to an internet connection, then without question you are one of the richest persons in the world, compared to what being truely poor is.
Or do you honestly have absolutely zero comprehension of how poor some people are. A true example, people die because they can't afford the $1 they need to by five 20c pills that will make them well. Not only that, but everyone they know doesn't have the combined wealth to pitch in to raise the single dollar.
Think about what you were saying!
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$995 billion amongst 400 people in the US alone! To think what could be done with that money and the number of people in the world who are in DESPERATE need of perhaps as little as a dollar of it. Yes that's right, there are people who die in this world because they can't afford just one dollar! For a true example they might need to buy only five 20c pills to make them well.
I don't care how much money these people give to charity, no one needs that much money, but just the smallest amount would make a life changing difference to some.
Reading this sort of thing makes me disgusted at the pits of humanity and our greed and selfishness.
And no, this is not a troll!
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You're stupid.
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I'd appreciate comments from IT lawyers / solicitors and individuals with experience in this area, as well as from the wider community.
In other words...
They're seeking comments from absolutely everyone.
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and so would my mate in Japan. He's finally got hold of a cache of the stuff and is a very happy man!
Read his web diary for the story:
http://gaijinlife.tripod.com/
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Now finaly we can prove which
beer is the best musicly..!
Coopers Pale Ale of course!! Nothing else comes close!
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