I think the reason why this product isn't doing all that well is simply because the Joe Average in Asia is a lot smarter than what the American market droids give them credit for.
Imagine this.
If a small Mercedes costs $100,000 and a larger Mercedes costs $200,000, I know for certain that for that extra $100,000 I'm paying for some real tangible goods (ie: extra metal, leather, engines, etc)
But for Windows XP - SE, what am I paying for here? Essentially the "rights" to something. It costs Microsoft nothing more to give me Windows XP regular edition (in fact it costs them money to put in the code crippling it!), why would the consumer be all so receptive about it?
That MS can provide it for a cheap knock off price only indicates one thing: they can probably afford to sell the real Windows XP for the same cheap knock off price!
The only difference between the 2 is probably just some registry setting embedded in the registry. I do not foresee the possibility of separate binaries included in Windows Updates.
Simply require a pricely sum of $50,000 payment UPFRONT upon the submission of any patent as an administration fee, and for patents that are approved, 95% of this fee will be refunded.
Those that are obvious rips, well, the PO will just prepare a nice and beautiful piece of paper (after all it is worth $50,000) documenting the reasons for refusal, and pfft!
That way, it is definitely in the best interests of the PO to reject as many applications as possible. The need for good documentation of the rejection reasons also means that they can't abuse their powers and wantonly reject applications for no reasons.
It's the perfect system.
If you can't risk mortaging your house over it, it is not worth patenting. That will get rid of those idiots who file patents that are trivially obvious. Like "pat-rights". Lol, like anyone gave them the rights to live.
Bear in mind, $50,000 is not a lot to a corporation, but with a million, they can only file 20. It is certainly not going to allow them to dump the PO with hundreds upon thousands of applications as they do now.
If that photograph (where Jain is holding the bow) was taken at the building in Bellevue, WA where I believe it was, then the building that's visible in the background is Valve Software's headquarters across from Bellevue Square.
>I still fail to see WHY you should not be awarded a >patent for a unique, new work with no prior art >that has tangible utility value. It's your idea and >you have every right to profit from it.
And i fail to see why you keep arguing in circles.
The fact is.. due to the failing of the PO or otherwise, a lot of patents are awarded for applications that infringes on a lot of prior art PLUS have little tangible utility value.
I've been hearing a lot of that damned irish man.. why can't the whole EU govt (and those behind it) pretty much just have him arrested and thrown into jail?
It seems very comical that all these political power is useless in the face of one deviant man...
What's this motion sensor for btw? Is it meant to serve the same purpose as those in IBM thinkpads?
Anyway I'm not so sure how well it works though, it is not as if the constant shutting off/powering up of the hard disk drive is going to do it any good in the long term..
P2P is unstoppable - P2P is positive for Companies - P2P is positive for the market - P2P is good for users
Recently in Singapore, new IP laws have been passed that makes downloading a single mp3 a criminal offense punishable by 6 months jail & $20,000 fine.
While downloading mp3s is not the whole of p2p, but what exactly do people share really? There are only so many linux distributions that a geek needs right?
Slashdot Mirror
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Is it just me? But are not the game rules little more than.. simply put.. algorithms?
We all know that mathematical methods and algorithms cannot be patented.. oh wait..
*puts on tin foil hat*
Any chance that *some guys* can have these engines on their black helicopters?
I think the reason why this product isn't doing all that well is simply because the Joe Average in Asia is a lot smarter than what the American market droids give them credit for.
Imagine this.
If a small Mercedes costs $100,000 and a larger Mercedes costs $200,000, I know for certain that for that extra $100,000 I'm paying for some real tangible goods (ie: extra metal, leather, engines, etc)
But for Windows XP - SE, what am I paying for here? Essentially the "rights" to something. It costs Microsoft nothing more to give me Windows XP regular edition (in fact it costs them money to put in the code crippling it!), why would the consumer be all so receptive about it?
That MS can provide it for a cheap knock off price only indicates one thing: they can probably afford to sell the real Windows XP for the same cheap knock off price!
The only difference between the 2 is probably just some registry setting embedded in the registry. I do not foresee the possibility of separate binaries included in Windows Updates.
This is horse arse...
Isn't Sony a japanese company? Why would they be able to "reap benefits" from the US-Aussie FTA?
I have a better suggestion.
Simply require a pricely sum of $50,000 payment UPFRONT upon the submission of any patent as an administration fee, and for patents that are approved, 95% of this fee will be refunded.
Those that are obvious rips, well, the PO will just prepare a nice and beautiful piece of paper (after all it is worth $50,000) documenting the reasons for refusal, and pfft!
That way, it is definitely in the best interests of the PO to reject as many applications as possible. The need for good documentation of the rejection reasons also means that they can't abuse their powers and wantonly reject applications for no reasons.
It's the perfect system.
If you can't risk mortaging your house over it, it is not worth patenting. That will get rid of those idiots who file patents that are trivially obvious. Like "pat-rights". Lol, like anyone gave them the rights to live.
Bear in mind, $50,000 is not a lot to a corporation, but with a million, they can only file 20. It is certainly not going to allow them to dump the PO with hundreds upon thousands of applications as they do now.
How is it better than cdrdao?
:D
cdrdao doesn't support multiple device burning at the moment. Nero does provide support for that.
Oh yeah, one less reason for me to stay on Windows!
The moment ICQ 2003b works on Linux, I will switch!
I use this.. it is fully cross platform too (I'm not affliated at all) and supports the various quirks in different versions of Eudora too.
Linkey
If that photograph (where Jain is holding the bow) was taken at the building in Bellevue, WA where I believe it was, then the building that's visible in the background is Valve Software's headquarters across from Bellevue Square.
Yeap, it looks like the Citidel alright...
It is unavoidable.. women have bigger asses ^^
Is MIPI a govt agency? Who gave them the rights to conduct random raids as they please?
Currently I own this nice piece of kit.. a Nebular electronics digitv PCI card..
Will TiVo bring (Tivo) to our desktops in the form of a PCI card too? If that's the case, I'm sure many will have case to cream their pants!
It is pretty sad that our courts are used for this.. but repeat after me guys, "Chi-Ching!"
Yeah indeed...
After shelling out all that bri^H^H^HPOLITICAL Contributions, the corporations are getting what they duly deserve. An "Up yours!"
Imagine your index and ring fingers are your two legs.. and your middle finger is your.. erm.. third leg.. and that the scroll wheel is.. you know..
Oh yeah baby! Give me the horse anyday!
This RailNet thing is ub3r c00l!!!
Next on the list: "Airlines to get SkyNet!"
It really depends on how expandable you are..
:)
I mean if you approach your boss regarding such a matter.. your job might end up being the next one outsourced to india...
Just a paranoid thought
I don't :)
>I still fail to see WHY you should not be awarded a
>patent for a unique, new work with no prior art
>that has tangible utility value. It's your idea and
>you have every right to profit from it.
And i fail to see why you keep arguing in circles.
The fact is.. due to the failing of the PO or otherwise, a lot of patents are awarded for applications that infringes on a lot of prior art PLUS have little tangible utility value.
Nice troll otherwise.
I've been hearing a lot of that damned irish man.. why can't the whole EU govt (and those behind it) pretty much just have him arrested and thrown into jail?
It seems very comical that all these political power is useless in the face of one deviant man...
What's this motion sensor for btw? Is it meant to serve the same purpose as those in IBM thinkpads?
Anyway I'm not so sure how well it works though, it is not as if the constant shutting off/powering up of the hard disk drive is going to do it any good in the long term..
Imagine what aliens will think of us when they decipher their first "Enlarge your p3n15 today!" message from these "humans".....
>Could be the Chinese doing live tests of their satellite killers on a target that won't cause an immediate war if they were detected.
2005.. year when bush went to war with china, in search of mystery satelite killing devices
It's gonna be a great year.
Not just for Gnome, but for Linux.
2005 is the year of Linux on the desktop.
P2P is unstoppable - P2P is positive for Companies - P2P is positive for the market - P2P is good for users
Recently in Singapore, new IP laws have been passed that makes downloading a single mp3 a criminal offense punishable by 6 months jail & $20,000 fine.
While downloading mp3s is not the whole of p2p, but what exactly do people share really? There are only so many linux distributions that a geek needs right?
I think this is really a very good move. At least I'm no longer stuck with Eudora! :)