Oh no, someone with an education in MANAGEMENT suggesting ways to MANAGE a production process.
Yes your average programmer/engineer might be able to manage a project. But why not take some of the expertise of a manager to make it a bit better?
If someone like Alan Cox should now be ignored as "some MBA toting PHB" how open minded are you? I think Alan might have a bit of an idea how the software development process works.
If you're not even willing to consider their ideas, you're doing yourself quite a disservice.
If it bothers you hire some independant experts to do their own. In any case the defendant should be permitted to do their own analysis.
I think the key point is that there was no abnormal break wear, Unless the cruise control system disconnected the brakes this seems really really fishy doesn't it?
mine is a nice little cable that bypasses any kind of hydrolics and squeezes those calipers.
So is mine, it also goes only to my rear brakes. If you lock up your rear wheels you lose stability and might spin out. I tried it for educational purposes last winter, going about 30km/h (20mph) in a large radius turn on ice I jammed the brake. I didn't know my car could spin that fast. I wouldn't want to imagine what would happen if you did that at 200km/h.
If you can scan the bar code you need the connection, why not just use credit cards. Those not wanting others to know where their money goes will not like this money tracking.
I ue my credit card all the time. It's better to budget, I get free stuff, and it is harder to steal.
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Bad immigration? Bad immigration are the social leeches, criminals and terrorists.
Anyone who comes and works is good. Being born in the US isn't a right to a nice high paying job, it is just a better opportunity then almost everyone else has. Since when is more people a bad thing? They can only 'steal jobs' if someone owned it to begin with. When I buy my gas from one gas station and switch to another you don't see the owner complaining the other guy stole his customer.
Bad trade deals? Walmart and your local car lot are full of the results. Cheap goods available to raise your standard of living. The trade deficit is just a choice that people make. If you choose to buy a hard drive made in taiwan, or a chinese chair, the trade deficit will increase. The only way to stop this is protectionism, which will cause a downward spiral in the economy. Plus this is also self correcting, the US dollar will eventually drop relative to other currencies if the trade defecit doesn't change.
I like this, it will make things much easier. Right now a box says stuff like 400MHz processor, 256MB Ram, DVD drive etc. Making it nice and simple will help, people don't care what CPU they have Intel, Celeron, Pentium, Duron, Athlon, FX..... who cares, it's all gibberish to the average person. Heck it's all a mess even crap to me.
It may not appeal to you, but it will appeal to the thousands of people who bought "Deer Hunter".
It isn't just a software problem. Patents threaten innovation across all fields. But it was decided that this was a fair trade off to get commercial interest in developing these new ideas.
What we need is to fix the patent system.
Banning software patents will just require a bit more lawyerwork to change it into another category.
The Libertarian goal is to shrink the government, shutting it down (or at least large amounts of it) IS the desired outcome. Makes it kinda hard to backfire. Also opens up a lot of debate on it being irresponsible.
I think they should work at every level, I think running presidential candidates is a good idea to promote the party as a whole. It is an excellent opportunity for the party to broadcast their platform.
You're just a leftie, there are parties on that end of the spectrum too. Many are in power in various countries. Unless the system allows minority parties some power, they won't have much of an influence.
If the US wasn't so strongly entrenched in the 2 party system they have today they would be better off. I think he's right that the main parties are crashing into each other in the middle, if there were outside options there would be a pull to the outside.
If the Green party wins 20% of the vote, I'm sure you'd see the current parties either lean that way to get those votes. Currently they're just chasing the swing votes that they think are on small differences between the parties. If they thought the votes were further out from where they were now, they'd change.
To do something the president has to go through congress. (ie declare war, get a budget).
Pretty easy for the president to veto every bill coming across his desk. Hopefully third party candidates such as this can get more political debate going, rather than the 2 party system you guys have going on down there.
$0.047/kWh. So my old pentium with a ~300W power supply can draw a max of 0.3kW *24h *30.5d/mo = 219kWh. Which is about $10, assuming the power supply is maxed out. Which it isn't (I never use the CD/floppy drive) Spin down the hard drive etc.
My wife and I actually keep all 3 computers up all the time (turn off the monitor). The few dollars a month is worth it to keep from having to wait to turn them on and get back to where we were earlier.
I have access to valuable/confidential data, here at this very computer. It isn't only the high and mighty management that needs information to do their job.
Either the GPL'd software was written after you filed your patent - in which case the author has to stop distributing or pay license fees,
Or you take the authors GPL work, and sell patent licenses for anyone to actually use it. Anyone wanting to use this software in business would need a patent license. This is just a means to hijack an open source project.
I think your question is on the right path to understanding. Ummm, exactly what would it mean to "patent an idea" except for patenting all methods of executing that idea? Do you think it is realistic to think up every way to implement your idea? Think of the idea of vehicular transportation. You can't patent this idea, however you can patent the horse drawn carriage. This doesn't stop anyone from inventing the car, bicycle, boat, aircraft, hovercraft, blimp, hang glider, teleporter, rockets, paraglider or seadoo.
If the idea is essentially a method (e.g. "One click shopping"), this is a distinction without a difference. The idea is "easier online shopping", the one click part is just a way to make it easier.
I do agree, assuming sufficient skill almost any idea could be written into a patent. Ideally such attempts would be so obvious or so broad as to fail.
BSD license, not really a grey area. There is no provision for user redistribution rights. I can take BSD code and relicense it under almost any terms I want.
GPL, somewhat grey I would argue that distribution of a patented technology, either a description of it, or even an implementation is legal. Actually using that technology for commercial gain, through use or selling of it would be infringing. AFAIK it is legal in to use a patented invention for personal use. The GPL doesn't impose any conditions on use, only redistribution. The GPL specifically states it is not a usage license.
This is probaly the best way to find a loophole through the GPL. Think of some way to restrict usage, but permit distribution. Patents may be such a tool.
Nobody really knows, but we'll pay a lot more for it then we currently are, because people think they need it. People have no idea what this is worth, they think it is important so they will pay lots for it. They will just complain if it rises suddenly.
Lets take the example of gasoline prices in Canada, they went up 20%, people were freaking out. Planning boycotts, complaining to politicians about how we were being screwed. Of course they still continued to buy the same amount, and generally didn't change their usage patterns. The price dropped by a bit amounting to an actual increase of about 10%, they're happy because it fell. I even heard about the success their silly games have had.
the amount of power being extracted from the atmosphere would be more than the increase in greenhouse gas atmospheric energy?
My point is that the "extracted energy" goes right back into the atmosphere. Electricity generation from wind does not reduce the energy in the atmosphere.
Sorry, if we take all this 'energy' out of wind, it won't reduce global warming. This energy will be released right back into the atmosphere again.
Think about it, turn a turbine, generate electricty, then use that electricity, at ground level. Your computer, lights, TV, oven, hair curler and nose hair trimmer will all release that electrical power as (mostly) heat back into the same atmosphere you pulled it out of.
Unless we fire the electricity off into space, there is no net energy reduction, hence no long term temperature reduction.
Someone should go take thermo 1. (Or basic physics if you went to a decent high school)
I have always cooked and baked. What is so confusing about a recipe, I'll admit I had an interest in cooking and food since about the time I got an interested in LEGO, so maybe I have a bit of experience.
Here is a hint, read the recipe and the instructions, think how you will do it. Then do it, don't do thinking this time, just follow the directions.
I don't think women see the world a different way, they just have a different focus then you might.
I am one of these handles stress people. People who don't work unless threatened are different. When something needs to be done I get it done, even if it takes a lot more effort. When something doesn't need to be done, I might not ever do it, even if my boss jumps up and down with unrealistic deadlines.
I think you missed the control part of the article. I am in control, I realize that so the stress doesn't really bother me as much. The people who get stressed to the point of non function are the ones who have a problem.
If your boss gives unrealistic demands, and you get stressed out over that who has the problem? If he knows they're unrealistic he's not gonna fire you for not meeting them. If he doesn't know and he can't understand then he isn't a supervisor worth working for anyway.
Well I have the opposite opinion. People seem to discount car accidents as little oopses. "Oh I wasn't paying attention" Cars are VERY VERY dangerous, thousands of pounds moving at VERY high speed. It is trivial to kill and injure many people. As long as people don't respect the danger cars present, we'll continue to have problems.
I know many people who have been hit by people talking on cell phones, or drunk, or otherwise being irresponsible.
FWIW I'm not an anti car zealot, I actually like cars, and I work in the auto industry. I just think people should understand the serious responsibilty driving a car is.
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If they only cross licence for their own users Novell would not be able to distribute GPL code.
They would have to leave it at a simple, we infringe, you infringe, lets leave it at that.
Oh no, someone with an education in MANAGEMENT suggesting ways to MANAGE a production process.
Yes your average programmer/engineer might be able to manage a project. But why not take some of the expertise of a manager to make it a bit better?
If someone like Alan Cox should now be ignored as "some MBA toting PHB" how open minded are you?
I think Alan might have a bit of an idea how the software development process works.
If you're not even willing to consider their ideas, you're doing yourself quite a disservice.
If it bothers you hire some independant experts to do their own.
In any case the defendant should be permitted to do their own analysis.
I think the key point is that there was no abnormal break wear, Unless the cruise control system disconnected the brakes this seems really really fishy doesn't it?
mine is a nice little cable that bypasses any kind of hydrolics and squeezes those calipers.
So is mine, it also goes only to my rear brakes.
If you lock up your rear wheels you lose stability and might spin out.
I tried it for educational purposes last winter, going about 30km/h (20mph) in a large radius turn on ice I jammed the brake. I didn't know my car could spin that fast.
I wouldn't want to imagine what would happen if you did that at 200km/h.
If you can scan the bar code you need the connection, why not just use credit cards.
Those not wanting others to know where their money goes will not like this money tracking.
I ue my credit card all the time. It's better to budget, I get free stuff, and it is harder to steal.
Bad immigration?
Bad immigration are the social leeches, criminals and terrorists.
Anyone who comes and works is good. Being born in the US isn't a right to a nice high paying job, it is just a better opportunity then almost everyone else has. Since when is more people a bad thing? They can only 'steal jobs' if someone owned it to begin with. When I buy my gas from one gas station and switch to another you don't see the owner complaining the other guy stole his customer.
Bad trade deals? Walmart and your local car lot are full of the results. Cheap goods available to raise your standard of living.
The trade deficit is just a choice that people make. If you choose to buy a hard drive made in taiwan, or a chinese chair, the trade deficit will increase.
The only way to stop this is protectionism, which will cause a downward spiral in the economy.
Plus this is also self correcting, the US dollar will eventually drop relative to other currencies if the trade defecit doesn't change.
I like this, it will make things much easier. ..... who cares, it's all gibberish to the average person. Heck it's all a mess even crap to me.
Right now a box says stuff like 400MHz processor, 256MB Ram, DVD drive etc.
Making it nice and simple will help, people don't care what CPU they have Intel, Celeron, Pentium, Duron, Athlon, FX
It may not appeal to you, but it will appeal to the thousands of people who bought "Deer Hunter".
It isn't just a software problem.
Patents threaten innovation across all fields.
But it was decided that this was a fair trade off to get commercial interest in developing these new ideas.
What we need is to fix the patent system.
Banning software patents will just require a bit more lawyerwork to change it into another category.
I was just using that as an example.
The Libertarian goal is to shrink the government, shutting it down (or at least large amounts of it) IS the desired outcome.
Makes it kinda hard to backfire. Also opens up a lot of debate on it being irresponsible.
I think they should work at every level, I think running presidential candidates is a good idea to promote the party as a whole. It is an excellent opportunity for the party to broadcast their platform.
You're just a leftie, there are parties on that end of the spectrum too.
Many are in power in various countries.
Unless the system allows minority parties some power, they won't have much of an influence.
If the US wasn't so strongly entrenched in the 2 party system they have today they would be better off.
I think he's right that the main parties are crashing into each other in the middle, if there were outside options there would be a pull to the outside.
If the Green party wins 20% of the vote, I'm sure you'd see the current parties either lean that way to get those votes.
Currently they're just chasing the swing votes that they think are on small differences between the parties. If they thought the votes were further out from where they were now, they'd change.
To do something the president has to go through congress. (ie declare war, get a budget).
Pretty easy for the president to veto every bill coming across his desk.
Hopefully third party candidates such as this can get more political debate going, rather than the 2 party system you guys have going on down there.
$0.047/kWh.
So my old pentium with a ~300W power supply can draw a max of 0.3kW *24h *30.5d/mo = 219kWh.
Which is about $10, assuming the power supply is maxed out. Which it isn't (I never use the CD/floppy drive) Spin down the hard drive etc.
My wife and I actually keep all 3 computers up all the time (turn off the monitor).
The few dollars a month is worth it to keep from having to wait to turn them on and get back to where we were earlier.
Cringely knows very little about computers or technology.
But this idea isn't a technology article.
He is using a technical example to explain a competative strategy. The important part is the behaviour, not the technical issue.
I have access to valuable/confidential data, here at this very computer.
It isn't only the high and mighty management that needs information to do their job.
I can't wait till someone in India starts busting spammers, then people will complain about government offshoring law enforcement duties.
Great.
Either the GPL'd software was written after you filed your patent - in which case the author has to stop distributing or pay license fees,
Or you take the authors GPL work, and sell patent licenses for anyone to actually use it. Anyone wanting to use this software in business would need a patent license.
This is just a means to hijack an open source project.
I think your question is on the right path to understanding.
Ummm, exactly what would it mean to "patent an idea" except for patenting all methods of executing that idea?
Do you think it is realistic to think up every way to implement your idea?
Think of the idea of vehicular transportation. You can't patent this idea, however you can patent the horse drawn carriage. This doesn't stop anyone from inventing the car, bicycle, boat, aircraft, hovercraft, blimp, hang glider, teleporter, rockets, paraglider or seadoo.
If the idea is essentially a method (e.g. "One click shopping"), this is a distinction without a difference.
The idea is "easier online shopping", the one click part is just a way to make it easier.
I do agree, assuming sufficient skill almost any idea could be written into a patent. Ideally such attempts would be so obvious or so broad as to fail.
BSD license, not really a grey area. There is no provision for user redistribution rights. I can take BSD code and relicense it under almost any terms I want.
GPL, somewhat grey I would argue that distribution of a patented technology, either a description of it, or even an implementation is legal. Actually using that technology for commercial gain, through use or selling of it would be infringing. AFAIK it is legal in to use a patented invention for personal use.
The GPL doesn't impose any conditions on use, only redistribution. The GPL specifically states it is not a usage license.
This is probaly the best way to find a loophole through the GPL. Think of some way to restrict usage, but permit distribution. Patents may be such a tool.
FWIW I'm a believer in RMS style Free software.
Energy taken out by wind generation will be returned by the appliances run off that energy.
No net change in atmospheric energy.
Nobody really knows, but we'll pay a lot more for it then we currently are, because people think they need it.
People have no idea what this is worth, they think it is important so they will pay lots for it. They will just complain if it rises suddenly.
Lets take the example of gasoline prices in Canada, they went up 20%, people were freaking out. Planning boycotts, complaining to politicians about how we were being screwed. Of course they still continued to buy the same amount, and generally didn't change their usage patterns.
The price dropped by a bit amounting to an actual increase of about 10%, they're happy because it fell. I even heard about the success their silly games have had.
The origional article poster said
the amount of power being extracted from the atmosphere would be more than the increase in greenhouse gas atmospheric energy?
My point is that the "extracted energy" goes right back into the atmosphere. Electricity generation from wind does not reduce the energy in the atmosphere.
Sorry, if we take all this 'energy' out of wind, it won't reduce global warming.
This energy will be released right back into the atmosphere again.
Think about it, turn a turbine, generate electricty, then use that electricity, at ground level.
Your computer, lights, TV, oven, hair curler and nose hair trimmer will all release that electrical power as (mostly) heat back into the same atmosphere you pulled it out of.
Unless we fire the electricity off into space, there is no net energy reduction, hence no long term temperature reduction.
Someone should go take thermo 1. (Or basic physics if you went to a decent high school)
I have always cooked and baked.
What is so confusing about a recipe, I'll admit I had an interest in cooking and food since about the time I got an interested in LEGO, so maybe I have a bit of experience.
Here is a hint, read the recipe and the instructions, think how you will do it. Then do it, don't do thinking this time, just follow the directions.
I don't think women see the world a different way, they just have a different focus then you might.
I am one of these handles stress people. People who don't work unless threatened are different.
When something needs to be done I get it done, even if it takes a lot more effort.
When something doesn't need to be done, I might not ever do it, even if my boss jumps up and down with unrealistic deadlines.
I think you missed the control part of the article. I am in control, I realize that so the stress doesn't really bother me as much. The people who get stressed to the point of non function are the ones who have a problem.
If your boss gives unrealistic demands, and you get stressed out over that who has the problem? If he knows they're unrealistic he's not gonna fire you for not meeting them. If he doesn't know and he can't understand then he isn't a supervisor worth working for anyway.
Well I have the opposite opinion.
People seem to discount car accidents as little oopses. "Oh I wasn't paying attention"
Cars are VERY VERY dangerous, thousands of pounds moving at VERY high speed. It is trivial to kill and injure many people.
As long as people don't respect the danger cars present, we'll continue to have problems.
I know many people who have been hit by people talking on cell phones, or drunk, or otherwise being irresponsible.
FWIW I'm not an anti car zealot, I actually like cars, and I work in the auto industry. I just think people should understand the serious responsibilty driving a car is.