I love my nexus one pocket computer too. I just wish it worked as a phone. I can't hear a phone call on it unless I put it on speaker phone or plug in headphones. That happened about 10 months into owning it. It's the best communications device I've ever owned, and kicks the crap out of non stock android devices. I just wish I could hear people talking to me.
In any event, this appears to be Anonymous trying to do something to hurt the U.S. Intelligence community, with the side-effect of raising awareness of data privacy issues.
Microsoft, Apple, and Oracle are already suing Google, and or Manufacturers using Android. Joining a consortium with those same companies won't help Google in it's struggle to defend itself against legal threats from the very companies whom they would be partnering with.
None of the Nortel patents would have done Google any good as a defensive weapon against Microsoft, Apple, and Oracle if they too were part owners in the patents. I wouldn't have put a dime into them.
This always kind of weirds me out. I mean the way people talk about doom 3 as if they played it for the first time 3 years after it came out and then compared it to other games of the time.
Doom 3 gave people a first glimpse of what every other game that came after it had to aspire to. Yes I agree that some aspects of the story/gameplay could have been more thought out, but again, for it's time it was totally state of the art. It was the most visually compelling game out there. And that first scene when you could hear the other marines screaming over the radio for help, having the world falling in around you.. scared the hell out of me the first time I played it.
I'm ready to start any time. I can work an extra hour here and there, and I'll only ask for a few million in "golden parachute" money if and when I drive the company in the ground. Thereby saving the board and the investors hundreds of millions of dollars.
And really could I be any worse than Balmer?
I think not. I could send out teams of legal minions to defeat any upstart enterprise just as easily as he does. Hell I might even innovate something just for fun. Wouldn't that be hoot!
I'm writing this not so much as a/. response as a personal one to you that maybe someone my find helpful.
I don't know about the Gnome vs KDE thing. I know it happened, but I didn't decide between the two over small things it was basically a philosophical design issue that had nothing to do with QT license vs GDK's GPL, or even simplifying vs doing everything.
It was that back in 97 KDE had this idea floating around that a person should be able to access anything through anything. That everything could be treated like a file, much like the way Plan9 had been designed but from a user GUI perspective. It was the reason that Konqueror was developed as a multi-use browser. Files, movies, text.. it was all the same, and if you knew that then you should be able to access it in the same way. KDE3.5 moved in that direction in a big way. I could accomplish most simple tasks by left clicking on an icon and selecting from the drop down menu. Archive, or unpack, move, copy.. but also convert image types etc. I know that a lot of people balked that it became to inclusive and complicated, but the reality is, that many of us loved the ability to do this large aggregate of tasks without having to open a separate app for every function. It made life simpler even if it didn't seem simple to a lot of people who never needed these functions.
I'm writing this from win7, and I can tell you I just don't even understand why these people did what they did. There is a completely obfuscated filesystem that makes no sense on the surface and I can't seem to turn off. I can create my own in a way that makes sense to me, but then I have to completely work around all of the built in sidebar stuff. Often starting at the root "C:" to find one single file. I hate it. I wish the people who had created it had used KDE even once in their life where you can mold the interface to exactly what you want for whatever purpose you need. Where options are everywhere and you can turn on or off anything you want. Make the file browser answer to your needs, not force you into whatever nonsensical system some "rad" developer envisioned.
That is the beauty of KDE.. I hope they go on making it forever.
This is a Firefox-specific implementation issue not a WebGL specification issue.
.. so I'm still not sure this issue will be as big as MS makes it. Possibly, but it is still to early to tell. Also, I've been working with webGL and loving it. I'm seriously contemplating building an entire RTS based on it. So I'm hoping it works out.
Well, actually I sort of wonder if it isn't true simply because of the way consciousness is relevant to perceiving quantum theory, and the fact that our perception affects the outcome of experiments therein. Then I think that maybe it's not so much that quantum theory and consciousness are relative but that the effects of observation entangle the outcome and consciousness by pure existence is relative... ya it may be a bit of a jump worthy of only conjecture, but maybe it makes people think, and maybe that is worth it.
One thing that no one has mentioned here is that WWU is located right in the center of the UW campus area in the U district of Seattle. There are a lot of Universities here, so it stands to reason that some of them are better known for CS than others. If I were going looking for a CS degree right now, WWU wouldn't even be a consideration anyway.:p
You don't live near Microsoft (obviously) where they are generally known as the "Indian mafia" because of they way they only like to hire other Indians and generally make a hell of a lot more money than you espouse. The average MS software eng. starts at around $80k. Most of them I've known make around $120K.
Yes you are right about there being a lot of Indians, but you are way off base on working conditions and wages.
Hey, I've used openshot, lives, cinnelerra, kino.. and KdenLive is by far the most versatile with the exception of blender which is far beyond the scope of most normal users. To be honest with you this thread seems a bit like a hack job, and in some ways really insulting to the creators of KdenLive, and to anyone who's actually used it.
Try it out though, if you've used openshot, you'll feel right at home.
I know I'll get modded down, but I feel like I'm the only person who's actually used this software extensively. I have no idea how anyone could claim that KdenLive's interface is difficult to use. It is as simple or even easier to use than a lot of commercial NLE's out there. I was able to figure it out within minutes without looking at a single tutorial.
1:add a clip
2:add another clip
3:drag and drop them onto the editor portion as needed.
4:right click on the clip in the editor to add or subtract or modify effects
You can get to the cut/move all/select from the menu, from the icons to the lower right, or through hot keys. Everything is right in plain sight. If you have an effect selected then the left panel shows the options for that effect. If you are used to using in and out's for you clip cuts you can do that in the viewer before adding it to the editor (or after for that matter).
KdenLive is by far one of the easiest editors I've ever used. It's not as powerful as some but very easy to use.
I don't know what you consider to be an invention but if you consider This is not that to be one of those thoughts so far above mortal men that Microsoft should be granted exclusive rights to it's use then I have a whole bunch of other ideas that I'd like to sell you.
The fact is that when you start patenting basic concepts and then throwing them around as the legal right to deny competitors entry to market. Then maybe you've gone to far and maybe it's about time someone said as much.
Now I've never made a bomb, and don't know how small you can get one.. but I'm thinking if you have to pound on it to get it in there, it's probably too big
More to the point the information that would be gathered by the subpoena has nothing to do with the core case. Subpoenas given regarding information about third parties cannot be given without informing said third party unless the information is specifically in regards to the core case. This information has nothing to do with GeoHot bypassing copyright protection. This is in reference to Sony getting to keep the case in California, and should not be allowed without giving all third parties notice. At least that seems to be what the EFF is arguing.
The only reason the judge in this case seems to have allowed it is because the defendant (in this case GeoHot's lawyer) agreed to the subpoena. This is also why the Judge feels that the EFF's filing is moot.
Either GeoHot has taken to defending himself, or he needs to have a long hard talk with his attorney.
Well I think what happened there is obvious. Google doesn't play nice with local laws, like allowing Chinese authorities access to dissidents private email accounts. Microsoft on the other hand has been very proud of their support of local law enforcement.
For years before I met my GF, my brother used to call my systems "Frankenputer" because they were sometimes just components screwed to an erector set frame. It made sense to me, as I was always switching out components and occasionally did builds for other people where I would test out components "in the open" before assembling them in a case.
What I'm saying is that I love this idea.. love... love.. love.. I can't wait to make a server farm using it.. heh..
Most people will use whatever is convenient and easiest to use. The reason Linux hasn't made it on to the mainstream desktop is because there is a small learning curve with a non familiar interface and all new applications they have never heard of. This is one of the main reasons I won't switch back to windows. I have to much time invested in learning and understanding my Linux systems and I don't want to re-learn it the windows way (and pay good money for the privilege).
This schema fails with IOS, or even android. There is now a large enough user base to support desktop usage based on those two phone OS's and applications. The Ipad is a good example of that. As time and processing ability increases so will the abilities of the apps. It is a perfect incubator. The current phone UI is limited by screen space and power, lowering the barrier of entry for new developers and their applications. As the ability of the phone expands so will the applications ability. The user is already there.
I actually haven't been able to find the protection you described in the bill itself. From what I can see you have the right to show prior art before the patent is granted but after that the first to file owns the patent period
Perhaps you can show the sections you are refering to.
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I love my nexus one pocket computer too. I just wish it worked as a phone. I can't hear a phone call on it unless I put it on speaker phone or plug in headphones. That happened about 10 months into owning it. It's the best communications device I've ever owned, and kicks the crap out of non stock android devices. I just wish I could hear people talking to me.
In any event, this appears to be Anonymous trying to do something to hurt the U.S. Intelligence community, with the side-effect of raising awareness of data privacy issues.
Oh, ya that higher morality thing that Anonymous has going.. like the time they tried to fill youtube with porn.
Microsoft, Apple, and Oracle are already suing Google, and or Manufacturers using Android. Joining a consortium with those same companies won't help Google in it's struggle to defend itself against legal threats from the very companies whom they would be partnering with.
None of the Nortel patents would have done Google any good as a defensive weapon against Microsoft, Apple, and Oracle if they too were part owners in the patents. I wouldn't have put a dime into them.
This always kind of weirds me out. I mean the way people talk about doom 3 as if they played it for the first time 3 years after it came out and then compared it to other games of the time.
Doom 3 gave people a first glimpse of what every other game that came after it had to aspire to. Yes I agree that some aspects of the story/gameplay could have been more thought out, but again, for it's time it was totally state of the art. It was the most visually compelling game out there. And that first scene when you could hear the other marines screaming over the radio for help, having the world falling in around you.. scared the hell out of me the first time I played it.
2004 GTA San Andreas;
http://www.helloclan.eu/images/reviews/images/gta-san-andreas.jpg
Halo2
http://www.bungie.net/images/news/inlineimages/halo2cine2.jpg
Doom 3
http://www.ixbt.com/video2/images/r9700pro-oc/doom3-2.jpg
Take a look at those images and tell me you don't notice the difference.
Goodbye Shuttle, and thanks for all the fish!
There fixed that for you..
I'm ready to start any time. I can work an extra hour here and there, and I'll only ask for a few million in "golden parachute" money if and when I drive the company in the ground. Thereby saving the board and the investors hundreds of millions of dollars.
And really could I be any worse than Balmer?
I think not. I could send out teams of legal minions to defeat any upstart enterprise just as easily as he does. Hell I might even innovate something just for fun. Wouldn't that be hoot!
I'm writing this not so much as a /. response as a personal one to you that maybe someone my find helpful.
I don't know about the Gnome vs KDE thing. I know it happened, but I didn't decide between the two over small things it was basically a philosophical design issue that had nothing to do with QT license vs GDK's GPL, or even simplifying vs doing everything.
It was that back in 97 KDE had this idea floating around that a person should be able to access anything through anything. That everything could be treated like a file, much like the way Plan9 had been designed but from a user GUI perspective. It was the reason that Konqueror was developed as a multi-use browser. Files, movies, text.. it was all the same, and if you knew that then you should be able to access it in the same way. KDE3.5 moved in that direction in a big way. I could accomplish most simple tasks by left clicking on an icon and selecting from the drop down menu. Archive, or unpack, move, copy.. but also convert image types etc. I know that a lot of people balked that it became to inclusive and complicated, but the reality is, that many of us loved the ability to do this large aggregate of tasks without having to open a separate app for every function. It made life simpler even if it didn't seem simple to a lot of people who never needed these functions.
I'm writing this from win7, and I can tell you I just don't even understand why these people did what they did. There is a completely obfuscated filesystem that makes no sense on the surface and I can't seem to turn off. I can create my own in a way that makes sense to me, but then I have to completely work around all of the built in sidebar stuff. Often starting at the root "C:" to find one single file. I hate it. I wish the people who had created it had used KDE even once in their life where you can mold the interface to exactly what you want for whatever purpose you need. Where options are everywhere and you can turn on or off anything you want. Make the file browser answer to your needs, not force you into whatever nonsensical system some "rad" developer envisioned.
That is the beauty of KDE.. I hope they go on making it forever.
Interesting.. but I had just read this after seeing this article and had to wonder.
Ya I read the bug report from Mozilla
This is a Firefox-specific implementation issue not a WebGL specification issue.
.. so I'm still not sure this issue will be as big as MS makes it. Possibly, but it is still to early to tell. Also, I've been working with webGL and loving it. I'm seriously contemplating building an entire RTS based on it. So I'm hoping it works out.
Well, actually I sort of wonder if it isn't true simply because of the way consciousness is relevant to perceiving quantum theory, and the fact that our perception affects the outcome of experiments therein. Then I think that maybe it's not so much that quantum theory and consciousness are relative but that the effects of observation entangle the outcome and consciousness by pure existence is relative. .. ya it may be a bit of a jump worthy of only conjecture, but maybe it makes people think, and maybe that is worth it.
One thing that no one has mentioned here is that WWU is located right in the center of the UW campus area in the U district of Seattle. There are a lot of Universities here, so it stands to reason that some of them are better known for CS than others. If I were going looking for a CS degree right now, WWU wouldn't even be a consideration anyway. :p
You don't live near Microsoft (obviously) where they are generally known as the "Indian mafia" because of they way they only like to hire other Indians and generally make a hell of a lot more money than you espouse. The average MS software eng. starts at around $80k. Most of them I've known make around $120K.
Yes you are right about there being a lot of Indians, but you are way off base on working conditions and wages.
Hey, I've used openshot, lives, cinnelerra, kino.. and KdenLive is by far the most versatile with the exception of blender which is far beyond the scope of most normal users. To be honest with you this thread seems a bit like a hack job, and in some ways really insulting to the creators of KdenLive, and to anyone who's actually used it.
Try it out though, if you've used openshot, you'll feel right at home.
I know I'll get modded down, but I feel like I'm the only person who's actually used this software extensively. I have no idea how anyone could claim that KdenLive's interface is difficult to use. It is as simple or even easier to use than a lot of commercial NLE's out there. I was able to figure it out within minutes without looking at a single tutorial.
1:add a clip
2:add another clip
3:drag and drop them onto the editor portion as needed.
4:right click on the clip in the editor to add or subtract or modify effects
You can get to the cut/move all/select from the menu, from the icons to the lower right, or through hot keys. Everything is right in plain sight. If you have an effect selected then the left panel shows the options for that effect. If you are used to using in and out's for you clip cuts you can do that in the viewer before adding it to the editor (or after for that matter).
KdenLive is by far one of the easiest editors I've ever used. It's not as powerful as some but very easy to use.
I don't know what you consider to be an invention but if you consider This is not that to be one of those thoughts so far above mortal men that Microsoft should be granted exclusive rights to it's use then I have a whole bunch of other ideas that I'd like to sell you.
The fact is that when you start patenting basic concepts and then throwing them around as the legal right to deny competitors entry to market. Then maybe you've gone to far and maybe it's about time someone said as much.
Just my 2 cents..
21 comments and the site is already down.. not ready for prime time yet... or was this a test?
Now I've never made a bomb, and don't know how small you can get one.. but I'm thinking if you have to pound on it to get it in there, it's probably too big
Aha!... so it's you again. You dastardly self proclaimed hater of 3d. Damn you AC... Damn you all to heeeeelllllllll!..
More to the point the information that would be gathered by the subpoena has nothing to do with the core case. Subpoenas given regarding information about third parties cannot be given without informing said third party unless the information is specifically in regards to the core case. This information has nothing to do with GeoHot bypassing copyright protection. This is in reference to Sony getting to keep the case in California, and should not be allowed without giving all third parties notice. At least that seems to be what the EFF is arguing.
The only reason the judge in this case seems to have allowed it is because the defendant (in this case GeoHot's lawyer) agreed to the subpoena. This is also why the Judge feels that the EFF's filing is moot.
Either GeoHot has taken to defending himself, or he needs to have a long hard talk with his attorney.
Well I think what happened there is obvious. Google doesn't play nice with local laws, like allowing Chinese authorities access to dissidents private email accounts. Microsoft on the other hand has been very proud of their support of local law enforcement.
For years before I met my GF, my brother used to call my systems "Frankenputer" because they were sometimes just components screwed to an erector set frame. It made sense to me, as I was always switching out components and occasionally did builds for other people where I would test out components "in the open" before assembling them in a case.
.. love.. I can't wait to make a server farm using it.. heh..
What I'm saying is that I love this idea.. love... love
Use chrome with an nvidia 9000 series or better card and you get some nice vdpau exceleration as well.
I donated.. if for no other reason than this guy definitely needs the money ..
Most people will use whatever is convenient and easiest to use. The reason Linux hasn't made it on to the mainstream desktop is because there is a small learning curve with a non familiar interface and all new applications they have never heard of. This is one of the main reasons I won't switch back to windows. I have to much time invested in learning and understanding my Linux systems and I don't want to re-learn it the windows way (and pay good money for the privilege).
This schema fails with IOS, or even android. There is now a large enough user base to support desktop usage based on those two phone OS's and applications. The Ipad is a good example of that. As time and processing ability increases so will the abilities of the apps. It is a perfect incubator. The current phone UI is limited by screen space and power, lowering the barrier of entry for new developers and their applications. As the ability of the phone expands so will the applications ability. The user is already there.
I actually haven't been able to find the protection you described in the bill itself. From what I can see you have the right to show prior art before the patent is granted but after that the first to file owns the patent period Perhaps you can show the sections you are refering to.