My family is pretty much divided: the guys know their stuff and the girls have no clue. Even with Firefox + AdBlock + AV + Firewall, my sister still manages to come back from school with her firewall turned off, homepage hijacked, virus-infected...etc. (makes me wonder if it started with malware or malicious-dorm-neighbor)
Even though you might be right that people aren't as stupid as we make them out to be, I think they are still easily manipulated/exploited; particularly the AIM/AOL/MySpace crowd, which is one huge crowd.
first of all, no one will even write malware for linux as of now. What's the point? User base of what? 0.5%? No one's saying you linux users will install malware; come on, you are a slashdotter; you know your stuff!
I am writing under the assumption that most of the world has switched to Linux (like the parent said.)
Then, all the malware will start popping up. Targeting not You Linux users, but them Linux users that were windows users.
You're trying to say the absence of spyware opportunites would overnight make Richard Stallman start dumping tons of malware into the next Emacs release?
no.
There will be all sorts of NEW software (screensavers, games, weather checkers, and download accelerators) written for *nix for all the previous-windows-user-average-joes to download and get infected.
"iTunes sends data about the song selected in your library to the iTunes Music Store to provide relevant recommendations. When the MiniStore is hidden, this data is not sent to the iTunes Music Store."
last time I checked, "the iTunes Music Store" isn't at omniture.com.
Yes, you do have a hierarchical organization of DATA sorted by metadata. But, the viewer did not AUTOMATICALLY create it, it is simply parsing a table.
I am sure the 'column view' interface in NeXTStep reads from some sort of file allocation table on the HDD (like MFT on Windows). The application itself did not automatically create this table (The OS creates and maintains it), it is parsing this table of data and displaying it in a different way.
If the 'column view' interface did create the hierarchy automatically by reading each "item" on the HDD (folders, files, or shortcuts) then we are talking. (it would have taken forever because each time it is started, it has to scan the entire harddrive)
On the other hand, the Zen Patent describes the process how the player creates this hierarchical categorization of music (thus the "Rebuilding Library" during the reboot after synching)
It doesn't matter if the Nomad Jukebox used the "Zen Patent" or not (firmware update?) Creative still applied and scored the patent before Apple.
SONY isn't as confident as it was 5 years ago. (its stock price fell 70% in the last 5 years)
Before it was one proprietary format after another...now it is playing it safe by investing the other guy's technology.
If I am never going to click it, why waste Google's bandwidth, my ISP's bandwidth, and my time?
I am saving them money and saving energy for the world.
If NeXT's file browser REALLY IS prior art AND Apple owns NeXT, therefore owning this prior art.
So then tell me why Apple also tried to file for the same zen patent?
Creative is just lucky that they applied for this patent before anyone else.
If today it was Apple getting the patent, they would turn around and SUE EVERY OTHER COMPANY THAT HAS THIS UI.
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Don't blame Google, blame China.
Nobody's forcing Google to do business in China you know?
Google wants a piece of that pie so badly that they will go as low as censoring their results just to do business in China...so, I blame Google.
'In some countries, it's already game over in search, with Google the clear victor,'
But don't people in China, Taiwan, and Japan all use Yahoo!?
China is a very important market; coincidentally, there's news today about Google agreeing to censor results in China.
he could wake up in 100 years the richest man in the world.
but in 100 years, a can of coke might cost a thousand bucks.
then he would be the poorest frozen dude ever!
major props to your entire family :)
My family is pretty much divided: the guys know their stuff and the girls have no clue. Even with Firefox + AdBlock + AV + Firewall, my sister still manages to come back from school with her firewall turned off, homepage hijacked, virus-infected...etc. (makes me wonder if it started with malware or malicious-dorm-neighbor)
Even though you might be right that people aren't as stupid as we make them out to be, I think they are still easily manipulated/exploited; particularly the AIM/AOL/MySpace crowd, which is one huge crowd.
We Linux users
there's your problem.
first of all, no one will even write malware for linux as of now. What's the point? User base of what? 0.5%? No one's saying you linux users will install malware; come on, you are a slashdotter; you know your stuff!
I am writing under the assumption that most of the world has switched to Linux (like the parent said.)
Then, all the malware will start popping up. Targeting not You Linux users, but them Linux users that were windows users.
You're trying to say the absence of spyware opportunites would overnight make Richard Stallman start dumping tons of malware into the next Emacs release?
no.
There will be all sorts of NEW software (screensavers, games, weather checkers, and download accelerators) written for *nix for all the previous-windows-user-average-joes to download and get infected.
iTMS != omniture.
Yes, you do have a hierarchical organization of DATA sorted by metadata. But, the viewer did not AUTOMATICALLY create it, it is simply parsing a table.
I am sure the 'column view' interface in NeXTStep reads from some sort of file allocation table on the HDD (like MFT on Windows). The application itself did not automatically create this table (The OS creates and maintains it), it is parsing this table of data and displaying it in a different way.
If the 'column view' interface did create the hierarchy automatically by reading each "item" on the HDD (folders, files, or shortcuts) then we are talking. (it would have taken forever because each time it is started, it has to scan the entire harddrive)
On the other hand, the Zen Patent describes the process how the player creates this hierarchical categorization of music (thus the "Rebuilding Library" during the reboot after synching)
It doesn't matter if the Nomad Jukebox used the "Zen Patent" or not (firmware update?) Creative still applied and scored the patent before Apple.
Zen Patent - U.S. Patent No. 6,928,433: "Automatic hierarchical categorization of music by metadata"
I saw those quicktime preview videos on the day they released Aperture...
I totally agree with the reviewer that this piece of software is "form over function"
If you owned an online, service-based company, you will be more than afraid if Google offered a similar service for free.
SONY isn't as confident as it was 5 years ago. (its stock price fell 70% in the last 5 years) Before it was one proprietary format after another...now it is playing it safe by investing the other guy's technology.
HD-DVD Jon -or- Blu-Ray Jon
Whichever name pops up first, I am siding with that format.
1: Sell cheap laptop with OS X to poor kids 2: Familiarize them with Apple's proprietary software 3: Give them some iPods, too 4: ? 5: Profit!
What about the number of times Ubuntu has been downloaded by Windows users? I am very sure it is more than just 1 million (You cannot BUY Ubuntu)
If I am never going to click it, why waste Google's bandwidth, my ISP's bandwidth, and my time? I am saving them money and saving energy for the world.
According to various Chinese news sources, the launch will take place at 9:30AM 10/12 China time. Which is today.
If this patent is such a piece of shit. why did Apple try to patent it, too?
Complete patent name: Automatic hierarchical categorization of music by metadata.
If NeXT's file browser REALLY IS prior art AND Apple owns NeXT, therefore owning this prior art. So then tell me why Apple also tried to file for the same zen patent?
...and got rejected. by the way, check out Apple's just-as-lame "Cup Holder" patent that was applied in Feb. 2005.
Agreed, I hope Creative sues their pants off. Just like how Apple would do it to them if Apple got the patent instead.
Creative is just lucky that they applied for this patent before anyone else. If today it was Apple getting the patent, they would turn around and SUE EVERY OTHER COMPANY THAT HAS THIS UI.
Windows growth has halted completely.
Yeah, so its like you don't have these pieces of shit in your computer?
...and it's probably a RPG.