CSIRO is funded by the Australian taxpayer and is fully entitled to recover money made by others from their patented discoveries. Neil
So, Neil, is this the case ONLY for taxpayer funded organizations? Or are ANY organizations "fully entitled to recover money made by others from their patented discoveries"?
Let's not forget that the Google cache would provide a way around the filtering for every single website in its index
Not so, at least where I work. Sites blocked through the Web Applience Thingy our crack IT team uses (http://bluecoat.com/) also blocks the Google Cache for those sites.
Perhaps a better approach to Big Internet Business would be rather than "user privacy", which in reality they don't give a damn about, we pointed out to them that Phorm "monetizes" other people's visitors (customers) without a return to the Web site owner ("you're STEALING my customers"). Microsoft and Yahoo might consider how much they like their Web "properties" being hijacked for someone else's profit.
Isn't that what Adobe does with Photoshop? I'm sure there is someone out there who has actually paid for it, but I've never met them...
Oh come on! Just kidding.
Harassing a critic is just a bonus, what the police really wanted was the names of the internal informants so that they can be silenced.
Even if they got nothing - and if the guy was careful, they got nothing - it still puts the chill on those informents who are now much less likly to provide information.
Or they see a niche market among those who are on the wrong end of the witch hunt.
Extreamly unlikly. An ISP is not a non-profit social organization. And there is not "niche market" for a (legitimate) profit driven organiztion providing serviced to a market likly to be the target of an endless string of costly law suites.
What they are doing is just as other posters have suggested: Trying to avoid footing the bill of enforcing the **AA laws.
This generally isn't true. A VC will get preferred stock and as such in a liquidation event they will be able to recover their money before anyone else can. (So if you take on 1M in funding, sell the company for 500K, you're right, you get nothing and they lose 500K). I'm guessing this is what you're thinking of.
I think the idea with VC is to soak up a high salary, buy a Tesla sports car, acquire a blond trophy GF, an live high on the hog with a phenomenal "burn rate", until all the money is gone, then move on to the next VC project.
Do not go the China route. You will only wind up banging your head against the wall unless you speak fluent Chinese.
And if your design is worth anything, you'll start seeing it on eBay, at dollar stores, in mail order catalogs, As Seen On TV... You'll wonder where those orders are, because none will be coming to you... Theft by Chinese blackmarketers.
It's the end of the x86 dominance. People will just look harder to find alternatives.
Maybe not. In some ways it's a lot like the Linux vs. MS debate in that the minority have (perhaps valid) issues with the dominant player, but the majority don't care. And there are people like me who for various reasons have always chosen Intel for our Linux boxes.
I haven't been in a Blockbuster for years. The only reason I can think of to go to a B and M renter is if I all the sudden get that absolute need to view a particular film, and that doesn't happen. With Netflix, why go anywhere else?
It's pretty commonly accepted that certification groups that get their budget from fees have a pretty significant conflict of interest wrt. properly executing their duties.
And a 25 to 35k entry fee with a 5k yearly fee is a prety BIG conflict of interest.
When it freezes over in hell and they allow FOSS, they can have frosty piss for medical analysis...
I'm ready and willing to provide a sample if my HMO covers the cost...
Speaking of cost... 25 to 35K one time fee and 5k a year? What kind of *scam* is that? One gurenteed to make it possible only for those with a huge finantial interest (and thus low OSS interest) to gain entry. Total bullshit. Who made these yahoos incharge?
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CSIRO is funded by the Australian taxpayer and is fully entitled to recover money made by others from their patented discoveries. Neil
So, Neil, is this the case ONLY for taxpayer funded organizations? Or are ANY organizations "fully entitled to recover money made by others from their patented discoveries"?
Just because they do reserch doesn't mean they are not money grubbing patent whores.
...Jack WHO?
The man was barely relevant before. Now he is irrelevant.
R.I.P. Jack What's-His-Name. Time to move on.
Let's not forget that the Google cache would provide a way around the filtering for every single website in its index
Not so, at least where I work. Sites blocked through the Web Applience Thingy our crack IT team uses (http://bluecoat.com/) also blocks the Google Cache for those sites.
Perhaps a better approach to Big Internet Business would be rather than "user privacy", which in reality they don't give a damn about, we pointed out to them that Phorm "monetizes" other people's visitors (customers) without a return to the Web site owner ("you're STEALING my customers"). Microsoft and Yahoo might consider how much they like their Web "properties" being hijacked for someone else's profit.
So a few people get upset, make some noise, and it's suddenly wildly unpopular? I bet less than .1% of Amazon's customer base cares.
Studies suggest more like 10%...
I know that the wikipediots have decided that they can rewrite the law with their little straw polls...
They're not conducting "straw polls", they are reaching a verifiable consensus.{{fact}}
Since it is hosted with Google, I wonder if *they* will fold under threats from G.S.?
Isn't that what Adobe does with Photoshop? I'm sure there is someone out there who has actually paid for it, but I've never met them... Oh come on! Just kidding.
...sudden moves.
In that case, the NSA is probably on the way as well.
Or long gone without a trace!
It gives you the feeling that the FBI is acting as a collection agency for AT&T and Verizon
Well, AT&T and Verizon did "favors" - Patriot Act - for the FBI, perhaps this is the FBI payin' them back?
Harassing a critic is just a bonus, what the police really wanted was the names of the internal informants so that they can be silenced.
Even if they got nothing - and if the guy was careful, they got nothing - it still puts the chill on those informents who are now much less likly to provide information.
At what point did it become passe to do meaningful work as an engineering student?
A completely valid point. How about building something "useful"?
Wow. Let the French jokes AND Canadian jokes commence!
Or they see a niche market among those who are on the wrong end of the witch hunt.
Extreamly unlikly. An ISP is not a non-profit social organization. And there is not "niche market" for a (legitimate) profit driven organiztion providing serviced to a market likly to be the target of an endless string of costly law suites.
What they are doing is just as other posters have suggested: Trying to avoid footing the bill of enforcing the **AA laws.
This generally isn't true. A VC will get preferred stock and as such in a liquidation event they will be able to recover their money before anyone else can. (So if you take on 1M in funding, sell the company for 500K, you're right, you get nothing and they lose 500K). I'm guessing this is what you're thinking of.
I think the idea with VC is to soak up a high salary, buy a Tesla sports car, acquire a blond trophy GF, an live high on the hog with a phenomenal "burn rate", until all the money is gone, then move on to the next VC project.
Do not go the China route. You will only wind up banging your head against the wall unless you speak fluent Chinese.
And if your design is worth anything, you'll start seeing it on eBay, at dollar stores, in mail order catalogs, As Seen On TV... You'll wonder where those orders are, because none will be coming to you... Theft by Chinese blackmarketers.
This guy is using Slicehost for his blog or whatever. Apparently, he didn't pay for a big enough slice.
3D data graphing over Second-Lifeish CG landscapes. Groundbreaking.
It's the end of the x86 dominance. People will just look harder to find alternatives.
Maybe not. In some ways it's a lot like the Linux vs. MS debate in that the minority have (perhaps valid) issues with the dominant player, but the majority don't care. And there are people like me who for various reasons have always chosen Intel for our Linux boxes.
I'm a Swiss banker
As Swiss banker that reads Slashdot? Why not!
I haven't been in a Blockbuster for years. The only reason I can think of to go to a B and M renter is if I all the sudden get that absolute need to view a particular film, and that doesn't happen. With Netflix, why go anywhere else?
It's pretty commonly accepted that certification groups that get their budget from fees have a pretty significant conflict of interest wrt. properly executing their duties.
And a 25 to 35k entry fee with a 5k yearly fee is a prety BIG conflict of interest.
When it freezes over in hell and they allow FOSS, they can have frosty piss for medical analysis...
I'm ready and willing to provide a sample if my HMO covers the cost...
Speaking of cost... 25 to 35K one time fee and 5k a year? What kind of *scam* is that? One gurenteed to make it possible only for those with a huge finantial interest (and thus low OSS interest) to gain entry. Total bullshit. Who made these yahoos incharge?