...and the legal department is probably searching for prior art in patents.
As the summary plainly says, it was "explained to Google engineers in a Google Groups discussion from 2014," so the engineers were already aware of the prior art. It's not engineers searching for prior art as part of the patent process, so there's nothing to FORBID. That knowledge is what may have been hidden.
You say that as if it would be sold at the lower price were it not true. Nope. Some people are willing to pay a premium for a small return. That just subsidizes the others. Would you rather that everyone pay the higher cost, making it unaffordable for some?
Do you also think it's wrong that a software company charges a business for each user, even though they may only provide a single image to copy from?
even the nice police officer didn't want to know the other day!
Strange thing, last time I opened a bank account, they wanted my Driver's License number. WTF? Since when you you have to drive to have a bank account?
How will the developers using a fixed SSN like field everywhere in their database (primary client key, foreign keys) would cope with your behavior?
Those who do that might even have a stored proc to validate the SSN field, I have seen it"
"Sure. make SSN a unique key but using it has a primary key is always a bad idea."
It's a perfectly fine key - for the US Social Security system. The issue is all the lazy-ass leeches who want to use it for anything else. Credit and medical industries being major violators.
I haven't given my SSN to anyone who's not deducting SS from a payroll payment for about 30 years. On very rare occasion, I'll use the "last 4" for some things, but unless I'm being paid and they're adding to my SS account, that's all they get. That includes credit cards, mortgages, insurance, cell phone and other utilities - I've given it to none of them.
And, when a previous employer gave it to an insurance company without my permission, I filed a formal ethics complaint for disclosing personal info unnecessarily. Didn't go anywhere.
They were clueless and blew it off, but they don't exist anymore and I'm still around.
Obamacare requires a Taxpayer ID, which is usually but not always an individual's SSN. One of the reasons it should be repealed.
I'm not saying what they're doing doesn't suck, it does, just like how the majors also killed the use of older encryption even though it deliberately breaks access to some older devices which can't be upgraded.
But, to ask "How do you see your life...?" and complain that some add-on which reskins the browser will break? This is not a life changing event, it's a minor annoyance. Better to ask - If you don't like the direction they're taking, complain - here's a link.
" translated typical vocal commands into ultrasonic frequencies that are too high for the human ear to hear, but perfectly decipherable by the microphones and software powering our always-on voice assistants."
That's just the thing. AFACT, there is no "official rule." Feel free to look, here are the Official Rules. The nearest I can find is 3.10 - Equipment on the field, but that doesn't cover this.
"The president has to power to enforce or not enforce a law."
Uh, no. Article II, Section 3: "...he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed..." The President is also required to swear an oath to "faithfully execute the Office of President" and to "protect and defend the Constitution."
"ax is levied with respect to the value of the thing being taxed. A constant payment without regard to the value of the thing being assessed is a fee or a toll."
So, does the guy with the more expensive house use more government services which would justify his paying more?
You're saying that paying a percent of value (sales tax is completely different, and a red herring) makes the tax uniform. It doesn't, it means some people pay more than others. Why is that "fair?"
" I am not aware of any jurisdiction that taxes properties differently based on their assessed value. "
I don't know of one which doesn't. If what you say were true, there would be no reason to have a (government) assessed value, everyone would pay the same. As it is, your taxes go up if the assessed value does - if that's not a difference "based on their assessed value", I'm not sure what is.
Slashdot Mirror
...and the legal department is probably searching for prior art in patents.
As the summary plainly says, it was "explained to Google engineers in a Google Groups discussion from 2014," so the engineers were already aware of the prior art. It's not engineers searching for prior art as part of the patent process, so there's nothing to FORBID. That knowledge is what may have been hidden.
This could also be a case where the employee, seeking to get rewarded for a patent, hid the prior art from Google.
You say that as if it would be sold at the lower price were it not true. Nope. Some people are willing to pay a premium for a small return. That just subsidizes the others. Would you rather that everyone pay the higher cost, making it unaffordable for some?
Do you also think it's wrong that a software company charges a business for each user, even though they may only provide a single image to copy from?
Strange thing, last time I opened a bank account, they wanted my Driver's License number. WTF? Since when you you have to drive to have a bank account?
I can help with that. Or use 457-55-5462 (Lifelock CEO) or 078-05-1120 or 219-09-9999
You left out the tag.
"Sure. make SSN a unique key but using it has a primary key is always a bad idea."
It's a perfectly fine key - for the US Social Security system. The issue is all the lazy-ass leeches who want to use it for anything else. Credit and medical industries being major violators.
I haven't given my SSN to anyone who's not deducting SS from a payroll payment for about 30 years. On very rare occasion, I'll use the "last 4" for some things, but unless I'm being paid and they're adding to my SS account, that's all they get. That includes credit cards, mortgages, insurance, cell phone and other utilities - I've given it to none of them.
And, when a previous employer gave it to an insurance company without my permission, I filed a formal ethics complaint for disclosing personal info unnecessarily. Didn't go anywhere. They were clueless and blew it off, but they don't exist anymore and I'm still around.
Obamacare requires a Taxpayer ID, which is usually but not always an individual's SSN. One of the reasons it should be repealed.
Yeah, I can see how you'd consider your calculator smart. You must think your goldfish is a genius.
It's "intelligent" in the same way there are "smart" phones. In other pedantic news - the sun doesn't set, the horizon rises.
Young pup. That quote is from "Happy" Harry Cox. Quid Malmborg in Plano.
I'm not saying what they're doing doesn't suck, it does, just like how the majors also killed the use of older encryption even though it deliberately breaks access to some older devices which can't be upgraded.
But, to ask "How do you see your life...?" and complain that some add-on which reskins the browser will break? This is not a life changing event, it's a minor annoyance. Better to ask - If you don't like the direction they're taking, complain - here's a link.
It's a trick question. If a new version of a browser is so important to you, you don't have a life.
It's like the Sprint commercial saying there's a 1% difference in reliability between them and Verizon. A 1% difference is over 3.6 days!
" translated typical vocal commands into ultrasonic frequencies that are too high for the human ear to hear, but perfectly decipherable by the microphones and software powering our always-on voice assistants."
But, on the Internet, no one knows you're a dog.
"A successful exploit first needs to have the root privilege of the device"
So, the headline should really be "Researchers surprised that root privilege provides root privilege!"
That's just the thing. AFACT, there is no "official rule." Feel free to look, here are the Official Rules. The nearest I can find is 3.10 - Equipment on the field, but that doesn't cover this.
None of that is in the Official Rules of Baseball.
Citation needed, I couldn't find anything even close to applicable in the current Official Baseball Rules.
This takes some pressure off, which I understand helps them out.
"The president has to power to enforce or not enforce a law."
Uh, no. Article II, Section 3: "...he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed..." The President is also required to swear an oath to "faithfully execute the Office of President" and to "protect and defend the Constitution."
This post is worthless without a shark.
" discovered a new light-driven enzyme, christened fatty acid photodecarboxylase (FAP)"
Let the fapping begin!
Cents per gallon. Not based on price at all. I think most states are that way.
"ax is levied with respect to the value of the thing being taxed. A constant payment without regard to the value of the thing being assessed is a fee or a toll."
Odd, that's not how gas taxes work around here.
So, does the guy with the more expensive house use more government services which would justify his paying more?
You're saying that paying a percent of value (sales tax is completely different, and a red herring) makes the tax uniform. It doesn't, it means some people pay more than others. Why is that "fair?"
" I am not aware of any jurisdiction that taxes properties differently based on their assessed value. "
I don't know of one which doesn't. If what you say were true, there would be no reason to have a (government) assessed value, everyone would pay the same. As it is, your taxes go up if the assessed value does - if that's not a difference "based on their assessed value", I'm not sure what is.