"I never quite thought I'd see this in my life
time, but RAM is now cheaper when it comes to
memory-per-unitofcurrency than hard drives."
On which planet is this? I walked into Fry's the other day and saw 80GB drives for $150. Show me where I can get even a tenth of that in RAM for the same price.
Windows' wasn't trademarked by MS: 'Microsoft Windows' is.
No, you're wrong. Just plain "Windows" is a trademark of Microsoft. See Microsoft's Information on Terms of Use page for more information.
The application was thrown out for the same reason as 'Open Source'.
You just made that up, didn't you? And the 'Open Source' application was not thrown out, it expired due to lack of response to a request for more information.
My BS detector is going off quite loudly over this whole thing. I don't believe that the term 'Open Source' is not trademarkable by the poeple who coined the phrase just a year or two ago. The term had no meaning before then, was made up for this purpose and should therefore be a perfect candidate for a trademark.
I believe that the true answer is that ESR didn't want or can't afford the legal battle over the ownership of the name so he let the application lapse.
... That's not likely, for the very reason the application was permitted to lapse. We have discovered that there is virtually no chance that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office would register the mark "open source"; the mark is too descriptive. Ironically, we were partly a victim of our own success in bringing the `open source' concept into the mainstream. ...
What the hell does that mean? The mark is "too descriptive?" I believe the term "Windows" was a descriptive term in widespread use long before Microsoft trademarked it... What was the reason given by the trademark office for why they won't allow you to register it? From what I understand, they just wanted a better description of what "Open Source" was meant to certify.
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"I never quite thought I'd see this in my life
time, but RAM is now cheaper when it comes to
memory-per-unitofcurrency than hard drives."
On which planet is this? I walked into Fry's the other day and saw 80GB drives for $150. Show me where I can get even a tenth of that in RAM for the same price.
Clearly, you're right about that. And yes, the reviewers are correct about most of the impossible details they pointed out.
However, I thought the space travel and spaceship parts of the film were pretty darn good. And yes, I found the movie interesting personally.
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Hmmm. I liked it. I thought it was closer to technically believable and accurate than most hollywood crap.
Cleary they didn't understand the concept of angular momemtum, though.
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Why wait until you are informed to voice your opinion? That's not the Slashdot Way!
No, you're wrong. Just plain "Windows" is a trademark of Microsoft. See Microsoft's Information on Terms of Use page for more information.
You just made that up, didn't you? And the 'Open Source' application was not thrown out, it expired due to lack of response to a request for more information.
My BS detector is going off quite loudly over this whole thing. I don't believe that the term 'Open Source' is not trademarkable by the poeple who coined the phrase just a year or two ago. The term had no meaning before then, was made up for this purpose and should therefore be a perfect candidate for a trademark.
I believe that the true answer is that ESR didn't want or can't afford the legal battle over the ownership of the name so he let the application lapse.
Carl Thompson
What the hell does that mean? The mark is "too descriptive?" I believe the term "Windows" was a descriptive term in widespread use long before Microsoft trademarked it... What was the reason given by the trademark office for why they won't allow you to register it? From what I understand, they just wanted a better description of what "Open Source" was meant to certify.
Carl Thompson