While the latest and greatest tech could be extra-helpful, it also has the potential of having the most amount of bugs. Who here would like the lasik machine have a buggy software/hardware? Who here wants the MRI machine to describe a problem that is not there? OR miss a problem that is there?
While I am all for rapid expansion - some fields need to take it nice and slow - the medical field needs to utilize tested and re-tested hardware/software as it is literally life and mission critical!
So what you are proposing is to change the mindset of the entire society? While I would love to live in a Star Trek type of society- where everyone has what they need and everyone contributes - it is simply not the case.
Now given this knowledge - we need to work within our parameters - that is people go to work to make money - resources (people included) cost money. That food you ate this morning cost money, so do your clothes, home, etc.
This assumes while in the patent process you cannot release your product to the market. Remember you can label your product as "patent pending" and release it to the market.
The patent process is flawed, but from my understanding, if you submit your patent first you get it looked at first. Plus it is dated. So if you submit your patent - it will be kind of hard for your competitors to insert another patent that copies some of your base ideas and claim it as their own (unless they have time machines).
Your idea also assumes that a company can get an ROI prior to the other guy releasing a clone of your product. This simply does not always happen; especially with leaks of details about the product.
At least with a patent, you can sue the company if they try and steal your product idea.
So again, how do you protect a companies ROI if they do not have a patent?
One thing you should note about your water evaporation (to not scare people) statement, is that it happens all the time. Big rain storms and snow storms are not something new. Now if you tell me that the middle east (or other desert climates) gets these huge rainstorms in the summer, then i would be worried.b
Under your model, of no patents, what are you going to do to protect a company that spends millions of dollars and other resources (time) from the company that just waits to copy the idea?
Big companies never produce any ideas by themselves..
Come on dude, that's an idiotic (naive at best) statement. Big companies have many people working for them who produce many ideas. ,
The only part of your statement that I can agree with is where it becomes absurd when a company patents the most inane thing (especially if it has prior art).
Again, how do you propose to protect a companies investment (under a no patent system). If you rely on the goodwill of the people "well I will pay $100 because this company originated the product, instead of $50 to the other guys who copied it" then you are very naive.
For what it's worth you have zero concept of business then.
"oh lets change the color of this widget." after color change "Great, now that we spent $5 changing the color, we can sell this product at half the cost of the company that spent millions researching it....oh goody"
And if you don't think that could/would happen without patents, then you are sadly mistaken.
Hey man just trying to make things helpful:)
I have helped a number of people through identity theft issues (i used to be a personal banker). While annoying, surely, not all that difficult "No I was not in Peru, and no I didn't buy a 10 thousand dollar home theatre system."
I am very prone to this type of identity theft. I frequently have bank statements, credit cards, etc laying around my home desk, kitchen counter (I have a bar room style kitchen counter), etc.
When say the people who I play DnD with come on over they can easily get my statements...hmm especially since some of them i only just met... Oh well:)
You know MS will place in this their new advertisements:
"Yes if you get Linux you will have more security flaws then Windows."
They will be able to get away with "more" because they will tweak the numbers to show "more", just like they are able to show that switching from Windows to Linux on an Enterprise level is more expensive then sticking with Windows.
Can we keep them there? sort of like what the British did to criminals? exiled them to Australia (and notice how Australia is this really cool place to be...hot girls, never seems to bring up any bad news, and gorgeous and advanced city.)
I would settle for an honest to goodness 24 hour period. And I don't mean any of those "half-assed" paper light laptops - i mean a full blown XPS type system.
Your example is poor. Raping and murdering is an act that completely hurts other people. Amassing large amounts of money is not an act that completely hurts other people. Otherwise, you would have to say that amassing any amount of money hurts people - and last I heard - my savings account is not really hurting anyone (and yes I have more then just $.02 in the bank).
Now if you want to say the method of getting that money could be harmful - then yes, there are ways of getting money and hurtnig people (i.e. robbing a bank, or in your example the mafia). But the act of amassing money, in and of itself, is not harmful.
Your reasoning for overcharge seems flawed. You are saying that because Billy has 750 million to give to charity he is overcharging his clients by at least 750 million. So if I donate to charity 1000$, does that mean I overcharged my boss by at least $1000? No that means I have surplus money that I saved and am donating it.
This is not the first time Bill has given money to charity. I know he has given to AIDs research - and a lot of money. He is doing a great community favor. Give the man props when he is due his props.
Oh and since everyone has the option of going to get a free os on their computer, whoever decides to pay for Microsoft products should not really complain. If you buy the product - a product that has alternatives - then you are endorsing it.
Quick question - why is it "by definition" that half the population has an IQ under 100? And damn, that seems kinda low in the first place Is that correct? I remember taking an IQ test in HS and got around 170 (can't remember the last digit exactly, and I am pretty sure it wasn't a seventeen).
Because my email@yahoo.com should be portable to say hotmail but remain email@yahoo.com? It is simply not the same thing as a phone number. The yahoo.com identifies a particular organization - 1) i doubt one company wants to promote/support another company - which you don't get with phone numbers and 2) an e-mail address (afaik) works a bit differently then a phone number. Remember, when you send an e-mail it looks for the location after the @ symbol first. Then your specific account name. So think of the havoc as one ISP has to route your e-mail to another isp...then again, many isps offer this - e-mail forwarding.
Some people have suggested IP portability - but I think this is kinda lame since you can port your DNS. If you want an e-mail that follows you - register a domain and you can have an e-mail address that follows you to different ISP's.
/. subscriptions suddenly spike by 5000%. Could this be related to AOL shutting down it's Usenet groups?
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Let's not knock AOL too much. In all honesty, their simple/stupid model has helped the Internet community grow. Yes this particular brand of Internet users tends to be on the less informed scale, but they spend money - they help the computer industry grow with their wallets.
So remember, AOL caters to the simple/stupid crowd.
In PA, the court only appoints an executor if 1) there is no will & next of kin are disputing who should be executor (i.e. if family members are fighting over posessions). 2) the person appointed executor does not want the position and there is no second executor AND #1.
I had a client, whose mother was a drunk and died. She had no will, but he was next of kin (she had no husband and he was her only child). He automatically was given 1st choice to be the executor (which he did). Now if he had a sibling and they were fighting as to who would be the executor(rix) then the court would appoint a lawyer.
Basically, the state does not want to get involved if it doesn't have to.
AOL sues the "Spam King". General agreement reigns on/..
Google sues link and advertising click-bot user. Probably less universal agreement but the consensus would be on the side of Google.
IBM sues Darl for being an asshat. Certainly most/. readers would be in agreement.
OSDN sues AviLazar for wasting bandwidth with mindless posts. Near universial agreement here.
1. Company sues company. Spammers are the hated organizations of the world. If microsoft sued them we would be happy
2. Company again sues company
3. Company again sues company
4. AviLazar sues Snapshot for attempting to make a valid post.
Your last paragraph is totally wrong and lets see why:
1. I am able to read an article (see I can write, thusly I can read.). Now while you are attempting to read that I did not read this article - I did.
2. You seem to believe you know what and how I think - you do not. Again assumption is the mother of all fuckups - in this case you.
and your last "point"
I will quote this "I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys R Us Kid.". Or, if you are old enough to remember, "At Lionel Kiddy City turn that frown...upside down."
If I may respond with my take on your notes People
True, while most people may not go to or graduate from college, but they settle down in the locale where they grew up (and this trend depends largely if you live in an urban or rural area), it is good to know people and keep contacts. You never know when the high-school slacker who decided to work in his dad's garage fixing cars can save you a couple of grand by doing your transmission job for free!
Class
Go to class. If you have to choose between doing homework and going to class - go to class. Each person is different, but from my experience, you learn more in class (at the very least you will know what the teacher wants you to know which may vary from the book)
Depending what school a person went to, a person may have done reasonably well because HS is a joke compared to college. I know, I was awesome in HS (8th ranked) and when I got to college I was slammed.
College
College is very very important - it opens up doors. I interviewed at a bank for a job (while at college). I asked them if they had a tech position open, and they said the only position they had was the head of technology. I told them I was not qualified (at the very least i could not give them full time hours) but I had a friend who is amazing at computers. Their first question: did he graduate college (degree type didn't matter to them)...I said no, and they said that they required all higher level management to have degree's of some kind to even be considered. College is no waste of time.
You mention you get a job, you get money and you have fun - but in the end it is not worth it? If those three things combined are note worth it, what qualifies for being "worth it"? I think a combination of good job, good money, and fun are great for life. You say in the end it isn't really worth it...are you at the end? I have a good friend who is 43, making six digit salary in the tech field (VP at his company) but he would love to have a college degree for pride's sake.
I agree, a person should go to college because they want to - not because someone else wanted them to; though some parental pressure is needed to push an 18 year old who may not know what they want out of life...better to be at college then at home playing games all day in your parents basement.
Wasting Time
I highly disagree - I have plenty of time to waste, before and after done college. When I was at college - i had my web design company (15 hours a week), working part-time at a bank (30 hours a week), full time classes (15 credit hours + 10 hours studying) and still had time to waste on a girlfriend, going out to parties, going on trips, etc. Everyone has time if they choose to acknowledge it. I take it back, I know one person who rarely has time (my friend mentioned in the above post) because his company has him travelling 90% of the year. Now that I am finished college, I have a full-time salaried job (that sometimes requires nights and weekends if an emergency happens) and I have SOOOO much time.
Also, on a minor note, corporations are run by people and employ people. Their profitability helps ensure people have jobs and that new quality technology gets created.
First they came out for Napster
and I did not speak out because I was not Napster
Then they came out for 1-2-3 Studios
and I did not speak out, because I was not 1-2-3 Studios
Then they came out for Grokster
and I did not speak out, because I was not Grokster
Then they came for me,
and I squished them..who are they kidding, I'm Microsoft!
Slashdot Mirror
While the latest and greatest tech could be extra-helpful, it also has the potential of having the most amount of bugs. Who here would like the lasik machine have a buggy software/hardware? Who here wants the MRI machine to describe a problem that is not there? OR miss a problem that is there?
While I am all for rapid expansion - some fields need to take it nice and slow - the medical field needs to utilize tested and re-tested hardware/software as it is literally life and mission critical!
So what you are proposing is to change the mindset of the entire society? While I would love to live in a Star Trek type of society- where everyone has what they need and everyone contributes - it is simply not the case.
Now given this knowledge - we need to work within our parameters - that is people go to work to make money - resources (people included) cost money. That food you ate this morning cost money, so do your clothes, home, etc.
This assumes while in the patent process you cannot release your product to the market. Remember you can label your product as "patent pending" and release it to the market.
The patent process is flawed, but from my understanding, if you submit your patent first you get it looked at first. Plus it is dated. So if you submit your patent - it will be kind of hard for your competitors to insert another patent that copies some of your base ideas and claim it as their own (unless they have time machines).
Your idea also assumes that a company can get an ROI prior to the other guy releasing a clone of your product. This simply does not always happen; especially with leaks of details about the product.
At least with a patent, you can sue the company if they try and steal your product idea.
So again, how do you protect a companies ROI if they do not have a patent?
One thing you should note about your water evaporation (to not scare people) statement, is that it happens all the time. Big rain storms and snow storms are not something new. Now if you tell me that the middle east (or other desert climates) gets these huge rainstorms in the summer, then i would be worried.b
Under your model, of no patents, what are you going to do to protect a company that spends millions of dollars and other resources (time) from the company that just waits to copy the idea?
Big companies never produce any ideas by themselves..
Come on dude, that's an idiotic (naive at best) statement. Big companies have many people working for them who produce many ideas.
,
The only part of your statement that I can agree with is where it becomes absurd when a company patents the most inane thing (especially if it has prior art).
Again, how do you propose to protect a companies investment (under a no patent system). If you rely on the goodwill of the people "well I will pay $100 because this company originated the product, instead of $50 to the other guys who copied it" then you are very naive.
For what it's worth you have zero concept of business then.
"oh lets change the color of this widget." after color change "Great, now that we spent $5 changing the color, we can sell this product at half the cost of the company that spent millions researching it....oh goody"
And if you don't think that could/would happen without patents, then you are sadly mistaken.
Hey man just trying to make things helpful :)
I have helped a number of people through identity theft issues (i used to be a personal banker). While annoying, surely, not all that difficult "No I was not in Peru, and no I didn't buy a 10 thousand dollar home theatre system."
I am very prone to this type of identity theft. I frequently have bank statements, credit cards, etc laying around my home desk, kitchen counter (I have a bar room style kitchen counter), etc.
:)
When say the people who I play DnD with come on over they can easily get my statements...hmm especially since some of them i only just met... Oh well
You know MS will place in this their new advertisements:
"Yes if you get Linux you will have more security flaws then Windows."
They will be able to get away with "more" because they will tweak the numbers to show "more", just like they are able to show that switching from Windows to Linux on an Enterprise level is more expensive then sticking with Windows.
Can we keep them there? sort of like what the British did to criminals? exiled them to Australia (and notice how Australia is this really cool place to be...hot girls, never seems to bring up any bad news, and gorgeous and advanced city.)
flamebait? WTF are you on crack. Go to hell. And mod this down while your at it. I surf Karma Excellente'
Shit if i am going to get flamebait I am going to earn it.
I would settle for an honest to goodness 24 hour period. And I don't mean any of those "half-assed" paper light laptops - i mean a full blown XPS type system.
Your example is poor. Raping and murdering is an act that completely hurts other people. Amassing large amounts of money is not an act that completely hurts other people. Otherwise, you would have to say that amassing any amount of money hurts people - and last I heard - my savings account is not really hurting anyone (and yes I have more then just $.02 in the bank).
Now if you want to say the method of getting that money could be harmful - then yes, there are ways of getting money and hurtnig people (i.e. robbing a bank, or in your example the mafia). But the act of amassing money, in and of itself, is not harmful.
Your reasoning for overcharge seems flawed. You are saying that because Billy has 750 million to give to charity he is overcharging his clients by at least 750 million. So if I donate to charity 1000$, does that mean I overcharged my boss by at least $1000? No that means I have surplus money that I saved and am donating it.
This is not the first time Bill has given money to charity. I know he has given to AIDs research - and a lot of money. He is doing a great community favor. Give the man props when he is due his props.
Oh and since everyone has the option of going to get a free os on their computer, whoever decides to pay for Microsoft products should not really complain. If you buy the product - a product that has alternatives - then you are endorsing it.
I am still annoying and helpless ;)
Quick question - why is it "by definition" that half the population has an IQ under 100? And damn, that seems kinda low in the first place Is that correct? I remember taking an IQ test in HS and got around 170 (can't remember the last digit exactly, and I am pretty sure it wasn't a seventeen).
yea but the downside is that there is less porn on the web now :(
xnxx.com does not fill my porn needs.
Because my email@yahoo.com should be portable to say hotmail but remain email@yahoo.com? It is simply not the same thing as a phone number. The yahoo.com identifies a particular organization - 1) i doubt one company wants to promote/support another company - which you don't get with phone numbers and 2) an e-mail address (afaik) works a bit differently then a phone number. Remember, when you send an e-mail it looks for the location after the @ symbol first. Then your specific account name. So think of the havoc as one ISP has to route your e-mail to another isp...then again, many isps offer this - e-mail forwarding.
Some people have suggested IP portability - but I think this is kinda lame since you can port your DNS. If you want an e-mail that follows you - register a domain and you can have an e-mail address that follows you to different ISP's.
-Avi
/. subscriptions suddenly spike by 5000%. Could this be related to AOL shutting down it's Usenet groups?
Post submitted by: CmdrTaco0195004294012
Let's not knock AOL too much. In all honesty, their simple/stupid model has helped the Internet community grow. Yes this particular brand of Internet users tends to be on the less informed scale, but they spend money - they help the computer industry grow with their wallets.
So remember, AOL caters to the simple/stupid crowd.
thank God, Allah, Buddah, Abraham, the Latter Day Saints, Harry Krishnah, and even Brian Boytano i'll be dead by then.
In PA, the court only appoints an executor if 1) there is no will & next of kin are disputing who should be executor (i.e. if family members are fighting over posessions). 2) the person appointed executor does not want the position and there is no second executor AND #1.
I had a client, whose mother was a drunk and died. She had no will, but he was next of kin (she had no husband and he was her only child). He automatically was given 1st choice to be the executor (which he did). Now if he had a sibling and they were fighting as to who would be the executor(rix) then the court would appoint a lawyer.
Basically, the state does not want to get involved if it doesn't have to.
AOL sues the "Spam King". General agreement reigns on /.. /. readers would be in agreement.
Google sues link and advertising click-bot user. Probably less universal agreement but the consensus would be on the side of Google.
IBM sues Darl for being an asshat. Certainly most
OSDN sues AviLazar for wasting bandwidth with mindless posts. Near universial agreement here.
1. Company sues company. Spammers are the hated organizations of the world. If microsoft sued them we would be happy
2. Company again sues company
3. Company again sues company
4. AviLazar sues Snapshot for attempting to make a valid post.
Your last paragraph is totally wrong and lets see why:
1. I am able to read an article (see I can write, thusly I can read.). Now while you are attempting to read that I did not read this article - I did.
2. You seem to believe you know what and how I think - you do not. Again assumption is the mother of all fuckups - in this case you.
and your last "point"
I will quote this "I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys R Us Kid.". Or, if you are old enough to remember, "At Lionel Kiddy City turn that frown...upside down."
If I may respond with my take on your notes
People
True, while most people may not go to or graduate from college, but they settle down in the locale where they grew up (and this trend depends largely if you live in an urban or rural area), it is good to know people and keep contacts. You never know when the high-school slacker who decided to work in his dad's garage fixing cars can save you a couple of grand by doing your transmission job for free!
Class
Go to class. If you have to choose between doing homework and going to class - go to class. Each person is different, but from my experience, you learn more in class (at the very least you will know what the teacher wants you to know which may vary from the book)
Depending what school a person went to, a person may have done reasonably well because HS is a joke compared to college. I know, I was awesome in HS (8th ranked) and when I got to college I was slammed.
College
College is very very important - it opens up doors. I interviewed at a bank for a job (while at college). I asked them if they had a tech position open, and they said the only position they had was the head of technology. I told them I was not qualified (at the very least i could not give them full time hours) but I had a friend who is amazing at computers. Their first question: did he graduate college (degree type didn't matter to them)...I said no, and they said that they required all higher level management to have degree's of some kind to even be considered. College is no waste of time.
You mention you get a job, you get money and you have fun - but in the end it is not worth it? If those three things combined are note worth it, what qualifies for being "worth it"? I think a combination of good job, good money, and fun are great for life. You say in the end it isn't really worth it...are you at the end? I have a good friend who is 43, making six digit salary in the tech field (VP at his company) but he would love to have a college degree for pride's sake.
I agree, a person should go to college because they want to - not because someone else wanted them to; though some parental pressure is needed to push an 18 year old who may not know what they want out of life...better to be at college then at home playing games all day in your parents basement.
Wasting Time
I highly disagree - I have plenty of time to waste, before and after done college. When I was at college - i had my web design company (15 hours a week), working part-time at a bank (30 hours a week), full time classes (15 credit hours + 10 hours studying) and still had time to waste on a girlfriend, going out to parties, going on trips, etc. Everyone has time if they choose to acknowledge it. I take it back, I know one person who rarely has time (my friend mentioned in the above post) because his company has him travelling 90% of the year. Now that I am finished college, I have a full-time salaried job (that sometimes requires nights and weekends if an emergency happens) and I have SOOOO much time.
Also, on a minor note, corporations are run by people and employ people. Their profitability helps ensure people have jobs and that new quality technology gets created.
:D
Corporations != Satan...PResident Bush = Satan
First they came out for Napster
and I did not speak out because I was not Napster
Then they came out for 1-2-3 Studios
and I did not speak out, because I was not 1-2-3 Studios
Then they came out for Grokster
and I did not speak out, because I was not Grokster
Then they came for me,
and I squished them..who are they kidding, I'm Microsoft!