"It is agreed by those who have seriously considered the subject, that no individual has, of natural right, a separate property in an acre of land, for instance. By an universal law, indeed, whatever, whether fixed or movable, belongs to all men equally and in common, is the property for the moment of him who occupies it; but when he relinquishes the occupation, the property goes with it. Stable ownership is the gift of social law, and is given late in the progress of society."
I feel he's absolutely correct. I like him more than ever now. After all the arguing over IP, I'm having second thoughts on physical property as well. There is no natural right to property. It's only through law that we exercise these rights. I'm not deliberately misinterpreting anything. His points on pyhsical property are indeed just as valid. My bad for seeing a difference where there is none. For the time being I'll use the law to keep my computer...until I make a copy. Then you can have it. No strings attached. I'll admit that these laws do approach the issue of stability(but only for some). Which I do believe is what people really want.
If the anti-patent movement is quelled by a couple of companies donating a few thousand patents to the FOSS movement, then the anti-patent movement is seriously flawed.
No, it's just in its early stages still. There's not very many people that are aware of the abuses of IP, and most of them are going to believe the FUD coming from major IP holders. Once it reaches out well enough, and people become aware of the truth, it can survive on its own.
If they want to give this to the community, they can put it into public domain. That's the only way to do it without presenting any potential legal problems for us down the road. As it is, they could get us to use all their patented stuff, and the pull the rug out from underneath. They could then say that all OSS is tainted with their patents. That is not a good situation for us to be in. A true "trojan horse" if you will.
to really fork. One group will use all this patented stuff, and be vulnerable to legal attacks. The other group will(should) play it safe and stay completely patent free.
Apparently you have trouble distinguishing between a copy and the original. If you take a copy of my computer, obviously there would be no problem. The "taking" of an idea does not stop me from benefiting from it. I can still use it. If you take my computer, then I don't have a computer. I can't use it. There's a big difference there.
Pretty cool that you can get points for quoting a school book. Now go out and take a look at how it actually, physically works in real life, and you'll be singing a completely different tune. Unless, of course, you benefit from the current corruption.
Dead inventors stifle innovation.
That certainly explains the crap that we see on the shelves today.
I highly doubt that there are no strings attached. The only sure way to do that would be to put it into public domain. As long as they own the IP rights, there's a pretty big rope attached actually. We are going to get sucked into using patented software. Very dangerous indeed. If you want to be lulled to sleep by this, please be sure to sleep with one eye open. We are letting Linux get pulled into a legal quagmire. I urge all of you to watch carefully.
Don't fall for this. These people, like IBM and Sun, etc. Are only doing this to appear friendly towards F/OSS and its real purpose is to reduce the groundswell of the anti IP movement which rising fast amid all the abuse that's finally coming to light. Their actions may appear commendable, but their motives are anything but. Just wait for the other shoe to drop.
Because technical solutions just don't satisfy that urge. It's much more productive and profitable and just plain gratifying to hand out speeding tickets than to install speed bumps.
Big, giant coils of wire(oops. so much for that) near the power lines(damn!). Inductors transmit wireless power...a very extremely short distance, and you need two of them, but that would be a transformer. Well, maybe if they shared the same core. So if you want wireless power, just stretch a long line of closely spaced inductors across the room. Only nature can transmit electricy without any wires at all. Lightning. Unfortunately, it's not always safe, and it is somewhat unpredictable.
Sounds like you should form a country where only smart people like you can vote.
Huh? Actually I would like to form a country where my rights don't depend on the whims of the majority. The only difference between a dictatorship of the majority from the dictatorship of one is the efficiency. It's no way to run a circus.
The internet will remain decentralized as long as the telcos own the phone lines.
Yet another reason on why I drone on about going truly wireless. Community WiFi is a great first step, and we all know why some authorities are trying to ban that. Let's see if the issue comes up in the 2008 elections. Something tells me that we'll still be too distracted by the "T" word and gay marriage to care about this. Oh well...back to the beach...
The popular P2P programs still use a central server to direct traffic. I don't believe that would be considered distributed. Freenet might be a bit closer.
Unfortunately, your rights are decided by 51% of the mob standing outside the unemployment office. They can be voted away in the blink of an eye. They'll be starting with the 1st amendment when these kids start voting.
if it's valuable or not?? If it's valuable to YOU, then just use it, or biuld it, whatever. The net is P2P. What are they going to do? Ban the net? Real P2P'ers keep their mouths shut, and continue their work unaffected by all this. Only those on the "blabbernet" are having any real trouble.
Ok. I wasn't talking about the kernel per se, but more of the issue of software patents in general. I don't believe theere are patent issues with the kernel either, but if software patents become law that could all change. If something like that were to happen, I would hope that developement continues anonymously. I just saw this quote in somebody's sig: "It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit." - Harry S. Truman. Not that I care about Truman, but the quote works for me. As a side note, I wouldn't get so worked up over the Mensa thing. It's just another "restricted" membership country club...if you get my drift. They are as irrelevent as the Oscars. Let 'em have their fun. I'm having mine. If we take these people too seriously, then the terrorists(tm) have won:-) And remember, if you're ever looking for an acting job, the "Church" of Scientology is probably THE best agency you could use. You don't even need talent. Just look at Tom Cruise. Man! If I only had enough money...Then I could afford to offend everyone.
Uuuh...I'm kinda new to this. Are you guys actually being serious about all this? Should you or I care what other people do with their money? And what does this have to do with software patents? I'm more interested in stopping that than stopping people from possibly spending their money foolishly. It's Wednesday, so you can answer honestly:-)
making so much money from decency fines, why would they forego satellite when Stern is about to move? There's gold in them thar hills. It's a pittance, but every little bit helps.
In case you're insterested, it might be more accurate to enclose DMCA abuse in quotation marks. It brings it down to about 8,600. Take out Lexmark, and it's down to 391. Aside from that, it's not being widely reported, unfortunately. It won't be an election issue for some time.
I think the older rigid panels don't use any plastics that will deteriorate over time. These glass rigid panels have an indefinite lifetime, I believe, as opposed to the new flexible plastic ones.
Terresteral broadcasters have no intention of competing. They never did. They will "merge". The process has started a long time ago. Clear Channel has more than a few bucks invested in XM. You will not escape their influence. The terresterals just want enough time to pass laws that will allow complete mergers.
This is our method of restricting access to the internet. Our government's desires are the same as the Chinese government's. Just our method are different. Rural "netification" could be very dangerous for the status quo. I think the feds are indeed worried about it and are pushing for this type of legislation(quietly) Putting all access in the hands of the telcos et al makes it much easier to track and control all communications. You know how the weather service and EBS can interupt your cable signal to broadcast info and propaganda. I think they want the same thing with the net. Just for emergencies of course:-)
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After reading this from the link:
"It is agreed by those who have seriously considered the subject, that no individual has, of natural right, a separate property in an acre of land, for instance. By an universal law, indeed, whatever, whether fixed or movable, belongs to all men equally and in common, is the property for the moment of him who occupies it; but when he relinquishes the occupation, the property goes with it. Stable ownership is the gift of social law, and is given late in the progress of society."
I feel he's absolutely correct. I like him more than ever now. After all the arguing over IP, I'm having second thoughts on physical property as well. There is no natural right to property. It's only through law that we exercise these rights. I'm not deliberately misinterpreting anything. His points on pyhsical property are indeed just as valid. My bad for seeing a difference where there is none. For the time being I'll use the law to keep my computer...until I make a copy. Then you can have it. No strings attached. I'll admit that these laws do approach the issue of stability(but only for some). Which I do believe is what people really want.
If the anti-patent movement is quelled by a couple of companies donating a few thousand patents to the FOSS movement, then the anti-patent movement is seriously flawed.
No, it's just in its early stages still. There's not very many people that are aware of the abuses of IP, and most of them are going to believe the FUD coming from major IP holders. Once it reaches out well enough, and people become aware of the truth, it can survive on its own.
If they want to give this to the community, they can put it into public domain. That's the only way to do it without presenting any potential legal problems for us down the road. As it is, they could get us to use all their patented stuff, and the pull the rug out from underneath. They could then say that all OSS is tainted with their patents. That is not a good situation for us to be in. A true "trojan horse" if you will.
to really fork. One group will use all this patented stuff, and be vulnerable to legal attacks. The other group will(should) play it safe and stay completely patent free.
Apparently you have trouble distinguishing between a copy and the original. If you take a copy of my computer, obviously there would be no problem. The "taking" of an idea does not stop me from benefiting from it. I can still use it. If you take my computer, then I don't have a computer. I can't use it. There's a big difference there.
Pretty cool that you can get points for quoting a school book. Now go out and take a look at how it actually, physically works in real life, and you'll be singing a completely different tune. Unless, of course, you benefit from the current corruption.
Dead inventors stifle innovation.
That certainly explains the crap that we see on the shelves today.
I highly doubt that there are no strings attached. The only sure way to do that would be to put it into public domain. As long as they own the IP rights, there's a pretty big rope attached actually. We are going to get sucked into using patented software. Very dangerous indeed. If you want to be lulled to sleep by this, please be sure to sleep with one eye open. We are letting Linux get pulled into a legal quagmire. I urge all of you to watch carefully.
Don't fall for this. These people, like IBM and Sun, etc. Are only doing this to appear friendly towards F/OSS and its real purpose is to reduce the groundswell of the anti IP movement which rising fast amid all the abuse that's finally coming to light. Their actions may appear commendable, but their motives are anything but. Just wait for the other shoe to drop.
Because technical solutions just don't satisfy that urge. It's much more productive and profitable and just plain gratifying to hand out speeding tickets than to install speed bumps.
Is there any safe way to deliver wireless power?
Big, giant coils of wire(oops. so much for that) near the power lines(damn!). Inductors transmit wireless power...a very extremely short distance, and you need two of them, but that would be a transformer. Well, maybe if they shared the same core. So if you want wireless power, just stretch a long line of closely spaced inductors across the room. Only nature can transmit electricy without any wires at all. Lightning. Unfortunately, it's not always safe, and it is somewhat unpredictable.
Sounds like you should form a country where only smart people like you can vote.
Huh? Actually I would like to form a country where my rights don't depend on the whims of the majority. The only difference between a dictatorship of the majority from the dictatorship of one is the efficiency. It's no way to run a circus.
The internet will remain decentralized as long as the telcos own the phone lines.
Yet another reason on why I drone on about going truly wireless. Community WiFi is a great first step, and we all know why some authorities are trying to ban that. Let's see if the issue comes up in the 2008 elections. Something tells me that we'll still be too distracted by the "T" word and gay marriage to care about this. Oh well...back to the beach...
The popular P2P programs still use a central server to direct traffic. I don't believe that would be considered distributed. Freenet might be a bit closer.
Unfortunately, your rights are decided by 51% of the mob standing outside the unemployment office. They can be voted away in the blink of an eye. They'll be starting with the 1st amendment when these kids start voting.
if it's valuable or not?? If it's valuable to YOU, then just use it, or biuld it, whatever. The net is P2P. What are they going to do? Ban the net? Real P2P'ers keep their mouths shut, and continue their work unaffected by all this. Only those on the "blabbernet" are having any real trouble.
Ok. I wasn't talking about the kernel per se, but more of the issue of software patents in general. I don't believe theere are patent issues with the kernel either, but if software patents become law that could all change. If something like that were to happen, I would hope that developement continues anonymously. I just saw this quote in somebody's sig: "It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit." - Harry S. Truman. Not that I care about Truman, but the quote works for me. As a side note, I wouldn't get so worked up over the Mensa thing. It's just another "restricted" membership country club...if you get my drift. They are as irrelevent as the Oscars. Let 'em have their fun. I'm having mine. If we take these people too seriously, then the terrorists(tm) have won :-) And remember, if you're ever looking for an acting job, the "Church" of Scientology is probably THE best agency you could use. You don't even need talent. Just look at Tom Cruise. Man! If I only had enough money...Then I could afford to offend everyone.
Uuuh...I'm kinda new to this. Are you guys actually being serious about all this? Should you or I care what other people do with their money? And what does this have to do with software patents? I'm more interested in stopping that than stopping people from possibly spending their money foolishly. It's Wednesday, so you can answer honestly :-)
making so much money from decency fines, why would they forego satellite when Stern is about to move? There's gold in them thar hills. It's a pittance, but every little bit helps.
...including Australian Mensa...
Fits my definition...I'm joking...I don't even know this person.
In case you're insterested, it might be more accurate to enclose DMCA abuse in quotation marks. It brings it down to about 8,600. Take out Lexmark, and it's down to 391. Aside from that, it's not being widely reported, unfortunately. It won't be an election issue for some time.
I think the older rigid panels don't use any plastics that will deteriorate over time. These glass rigid panels have an indefinite lifetime, I believe, as opposed to the new flexible plastic ones.
...lose-lose situation.
Not for Bank of America it isn't.
With the way things are going, all those pesky laws will be voted away pretty soon.
Terresteral broadcasters have no intention of competing. They never did. They will "merge". The process has started a long time ago. Clear Channel has more than a few bucks invested in XM. You will not escape their influence. The terresterals just want enough time to pass laws that will allow complete mergers.
This is our method of restricting access to the internet. Our government's desires are the same as the Chinese government's. Just our method are different. Rural "netification" could be very dangerous for the status quo. I think the feds are indeed worried about it and are pushing for this type of legislation(quietly) Putting all access in the hands of the telcos et al makes it much easier to track and control all communications. You know how the weather service and EBS can interupt your cable signal to broadcast info and propaganda. I think they want the same thing with the net. Just for emergencies of course :-)