so Healthcare Advocates stole their name from Health Advocates, got caught doing it by the law firm, and now they are suing the law firm and the source of the evidence against them.
looks to me like Healthcare Advocates got caught red handed, and are desperately trying to shift the blame elsewhere.
i agree... if this case managed to place restrictions on the Internet Archive, it would have serious repercusions all throughout the internet, as any type of caching could be construed as copyright infringement.
Are the summaries that appear under a link when i search for something in Google going to be restricted? What about the title of the web page? Should that be protected too? It's important that people realize that the internet is a different animal.. the rules that apply to traditional media do not always apply here.
honestly though, it's a misconception to summarily categorize all people who enjoy playing DnD with their friends as lacking in interpersonal skills. it is really just a game, afterall. Right? RIGHT????
lol... how about i just send you my laptop while i'm at it?;-)
I think what sets Google Compute apart is the possibility of it running similarly to BOINC (in theory), in that it could participate in a series of challenges down the road, all through a simple interface. Sure you can go and install the individual clients, but the Google Compute feature is more likely something an average joe will use.
sorta like the old SETI@home... when it was just a simple screensaver, it was easy to convince everybody to use it. now the BOINC client requires you to keep track of complicated project IDs and URLs and really has made the whole project less accessible.
If Google Compute worked easily through the Firefox toolbar, it would add a nice pool of users.
i've posted about it before, and realize there are technical hurdles about it, but i'd love to see an apache mod that enabled apache to act as a tracker/seed for files. as long as the webserver is running, there is at least one seed and one tracker. the tracker could be smart enough to remove itself as a seed when enough seeds have entered the swarm, and reinsert it when seeds leave. (this would reduce the bandwidth problems inherent with seeding on the same machine as your tracker, but always keep at least one seed).
problems i'd forsee arrive when the tracker needs to be responsible for seeding several files at once while still acting as a tracker... however, on the "fat pipes" we've been talking about, this should be less of an issue, and because of the nature of bittorrent, the tracker should only need to be a seed for a short amount of time, especially with a relatively popular file.
your personal information is stored only with the site you choose for your OpenID. so if you use your maxpowerdj.livejournal.com OpenID to post comments in your friend's deadjournal, only LiveJournal has your information.
agreed. and another important factor is, this eliminates the need to register a new account with every blog system out there.. instead you just use the same credentials.
extraplanetary hosting... now that's a good idea. it's still gonna be a while before anyone can realistically claim any jurisdiction there. someone should launch a few solar powered servers into orbit... better than Sealand!
my simple firewall solution involves an ancient pentium 200 with a couple network cards, some ram and a floppy disk running Coyote linux. It offers everything I need, saves the configuration to the floppy in case of a power failure, and didn't cost anything (the machine was gonna be junked anyway).
I have many leather bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.
but seriously, it'd be much more worth it if they were designed to look like old leather books. you know, like rich old people have in their study. in movies.
barnes and noble has some classic books reprinted in some faux-leather hardcover format (example) which would be much more impressive to have filling up a room.
well, i didn't really know about the adblocking extension for firefox until reading this. now i will definitely use it. i don't think that's what they had in mind by complaining, but it brought more attention to the capability.
i agree, if building fat binaries is truly as easy as they say it is, i think people who buy current macs are gonna be fine for several years to come, especially as far as major software packages go.
perhaps the odd app here and there will be incompatible, but at the same time, there does exist a very wide range of unique PPC apps currently that likely will never make their way to Intel.
i agree totally.. eccleston brought a new energy to the series, and a growing legion of new fans. i, for one, am sorry to see him go.
as an aside to the real die-hards... isn't the Doctor only supposed to have 10 regenerations (with Tennant being the 10th)? wasn't that a bit short-sighted of the writers?
they tried cloning when they had no compelling operating system to drive sales. this is not 1996, when Mac OS 8 was clunking around on niche clone hardware.
this is 2005, the masses (read: the geeks) have finally accepted Mac OS X as a competent operating system, and many who use it find it superior to windows. comparing this situation to Apple's earlier flirtation with clones fails to recognize the dramatically changed environment.
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be careful or people might start thinking slashdot was a friendly, non-combative place!! ;-)
looks to me like Healthcare Advocates got caught red handed, and are desperately trying to shift the blame elsewhere.
Are the summaries that appear under a link when i search for something in Google going to be restricted? What about the title of the web page? Should that be protected too? It's important that people realize that the internet is a different animal.. the rules that apply to traditional media do not always apply here.
geek-o-meter... melting...
honestly though, it's a misconception to summarily categorize all people who enjoy playing DnD with their friends as lacking in interpersonal skills. it is really just a game, afterall. Right? RIGHT????
You may be interested in this page concerning the relationship between Apple and Lain.
I think what sets Google Compute apart is the possibility of it running similarly to BOINC (in theory), in that it could participate in a series of challenges down the road, all through a simple interface. Sure you can go and install the individual clients, but the Google Compute feature is more likely something an average joe will use.
sorta like the old SETI@home... when it was just a simple screensaver, it was easy to convince everybody to use it. now the BOINC client requires you to keep track of complicated project IDs and URLs and really has made the whole project less accessible.
If Google Compute worked easily through the Firefox toolbar, it would add a nice pool of users.
I didn't RTFA but I wonder if this will enable me to participate in Google Compute...
problems i'd forsee arrive when the tracker needs to be responsible for seeding several files at once while still acting as a tracker... however, on the "fat pipes" we've been talking about, this should be less of an issue, and because of the nature of bittorrent, the tracker should only need to be a seed for a short amount of time, especially with a relatively popular file.
your personal information is stored only with the site you choose for your OpenID. so if you use your maxpowerdj.livejournal.com OpenID to post comments in your friend's deadjournal, only LiveJournal has your information.
that would involve creating a new account, and having yet another set of usernames and passwords to remember.
agreed. and another important factor is, this eliminates the need to register a new account with every blog system out there.. instead you just use the same credentials.
most likely made of gundanium.
you KNOW these programmers put the capability in there. they've been raised on anime ;-)
extraplanetary hosting... now that's a good idea. it's still gonna be a while before anyone can realistically claim any jurisdiction there. someone should launch a few solar powered servers into orbit... better than Sealand!
my simple firewall solution involves an ancient pentium 200 with a couple network cards, some ram and a floppy disk running Coyote linux. It offers everything I need, saves the configuration to the floppy in case of a power failure, and didn't cost anything (the machine was gonna be junked anyway).
oooh now those look nice
but seriously, it'd be much more worth it if they were designed to look like old leather books. you know, like rich old people have in their study. in movies.
barnes and noble has some classic books reprinted in some faux-leather hardcover format (example) which would be much more impressive to have filling up a room.
i'm hoping more along the lines of CNN's Headline News... less crap, faster pace.
well, i didn't really know about the adblocking extension for firefox until reading this. now i will definitely use it. i don't think that's what they had in mind by complaining, but it brought more attention to the capability.
does anyone know if Gmail or Yahoo currently support SenderID? Will they continue to be able to send to Hotmail users??
perhaps the odd app here and there will be incompatible, but at the same time, there does exist a very wide range of unique PPC apps currently that likely will never make their way to Intel.
as an aside to the real die-hards... isn't the Doctor only supposed to have 10 regenerations (with Tennant being the 10th)? wasn't that a bit short-sighted of the writers?
I've already got my browser based OS of choice. ;-)
this is 2005, the masses (read: the geeks) have finally accepted Mac OS X as a competent operating system, and many who use it find it superior to windows. comparing this situation to Apple's earlier flirtation with clones fails to recognize the dramatically changed environment.
in this rediculous, hypothetical situation where apple no longer existed... there would still be people using and writing software for Mac OS X.