The Club devices for your steering wheel and driving apparatus are a joke to defeat. People forget that while the club may be made of steel, the steering wheel is not, and a hacksaw can remove a club in a matter of seconds (cut steering wheel, pull club through, hotwire and drive).
They are only a visual deterrent for total amateurs. A silent fuel cut or starter cut alarm will be a good way to keep the car in your driveway, even if they break in. ("wtf? why won't it start?")
http://gotdotnet.com/terrarium/
The whole concept of using ants and insects to compete programmtically is a total rip-off of the Microsoft example at the above address.
OSS emulating pre-existing software; yep, nothing unusual about that.
One of the most important things that has made XBOX a somewhat sucess is the ability to mod it.
An example of typical Slashdot mentality. The ONLY thing that makes the Xbox successful in terms of sales are the games, which feed off of a flexible platform. And even then it is apparently not profitable. If you believe the sales of Xboxes are driven by modders, you're nuts.
I've been challenging the economics of outsourcing, sometimes with some very similar arguments as Mr. Samuelson, for quite a while and all I get is modded "-1 Troll".
Seems that Slashdot forum moderation produces a mental monoculture, because it limits points of view that contradict the "norm" of the audience.
And knowing which of your joysticks is a bit stiff and giving that to your friend?
Um, I don't want to know about the stiff joysticks that you gave to your friends. Did they give a stiff stick back to you in return?
Ouch.
We don't need to "learn" from this, really. it's perfectly OK in our society to take pride in our achievements and to try to gain from them.
No, everything should be done as Open Source by concept and shared for free. Your only means of profit should be from servicing the goods and IP that you give away. The concept of selling your achievements is like MS trying to sell Windows. Highway robbery!
Your girlfriend stalks you with a GPS!
Obligatory.
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I think you're right. The product of your patented technology can be sold without a sublicense to the technology that created the product. There is a license when a unit is sold where the purpose for selling it is enable the purchaser to perform said invention. The license is carried with the particular item until it is damaged or unrepairable. The can opener example is right in that the opener carries the license until it's lifetime is over. You are welcome to improve on the design of any patented invention, this is why patents can refer to origin patents, so of course you can produce an improved can opener; if the improved version is dependent on the original claim scope from the first patent, you may need to license the original patent.
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>Patnets do not apply to end users only to maker/vendors..same as for copyrights
Not really. According to law, a patent protects against making, using, offering for sale, or selling the patented invention. Note the "USE" in that list.
Just because someone hands you a patented invention, or a device that uses a patented invention for free, doesn't make it legal for you to use it unless there is an implied license (usually when the item is offered for sale through a mutual licensing agreement). For example, something like Linux was never sold you to, and the implementer did not have a license to use the invention, so you can't have an implied license. Therefore the burden is likely going to fall on the user of the invention, and maybe some stray flak like an inducement charge for the parties who helped you get the invention*. (* this is not legal advice, purely speculation, and may be incorrect)
Um, no. The fastest sort possible is Radix, but you can't just nail a single algorithm as "the best". It all depends on your sort criteria and memory availibility. Any first-year algorithms book covers this.
I must have been wrong, I thought it was for selling Wheaton t-shirts (http://www.cafepress.com/cp/store.aspx?s=wilwheat on).
Another perspective:
http://www.wilwheatonsucks.com
Take a look around; the world economy is not built on equality. For countries to prosper, there has to be an underdog. It's unfortunate, but true throughout history.
When the US is surrounded by equals, the economy will be weakened by the world-pie being split into more pieces.
What a contrast from Doohan to Wheaton; Wheaton seems to have some sort of belief that he's extra-deserving and infallible because he was part of Star Trek, and it shows as an ugly ego and chronic self-denial (not to mention that just running a shamlessly self-promoting website is somehow rudely vulgar). Doohan, on the other hand, seems to have been a realist, good natured and somehow stayed likeable.
Hats off to Scotty. Too bad about Wheaton.
Yeah, but you won't be able to afford the games that they SELL back to you using your free work, while you work at McDonalds for minimum wage in the US.
Yay.
It's your choice: improve the economy of the US by selling software to new foreign markets and maintain the success and standard of living that the US enjoys, or give it away for free and see other countries begin to take the lead.
While there is no issue with giving aid in the form of food, clean water and housing, handing out blueprints for CPUs and operating systems is another thing altogether. Don't give up the competitive advantage unless you like Indian food so much you're willing to move there to get a job.
Atkins is definitely going away, because it's unhealthy. The medical industry is seeing rising numbers of cases of gout, gall bladder issues, and an increase in heart problems for people who claim to be doing low-carb dieting. Of course, many doctors who treat heart disease already knew that high fat diets are horrible for you, but it's not the fad right now...
"Hmmm... why not sort stories on slashdot's top page according to the ratings of the posters instead of letting the guys at slashdot do the selection? Remove that censorship! I want to apply my own preferences and ratings! Thanks.:-)"
Because you will conform to the OSS movement. YOU MUST! The Tux-BORG will assimilate you and you will be assigned your own free-software work-cube to contribute to the greater good, the good of the Group Mind!
"Thus IBM can get the job done for less, they can pass some of those savings on to the cutomer"
Bwahahaaha.. yes, I'm SURE they are going to pass those cost saving onto you. Bottom line is that they are going to get personally rich off of the free effort of those who made Linux.
provided:
(1) you don't expect me to give mine away,
(2) and you don't violate any laws (such as patent infringement) while doing it
(3) And you don't give it to other countries that are enemies of the US that could use it to harm us
So far Linux *potentially* violates (2),(3) of the three conditions. And then there is pressure from Stallman et al for (1).
(1) and (2) can be possibly be resolved. What about (3)?
The world does not work by the best giving away their talents; profit is a reward for sharing talent. Just as famous artists sell their works for vast sums of money, so too should amazing skilled artisans of their trade. Remember that while North Korea sends Linux-basd smart missiles into your living room twenty years from now, killing the authors of the OSS that enabled them.
Simple premise here: it's OK to expect money for your time and effort! That's called "business".
Business != Evil
Support jobs exist whether or not the large corporations use Linux or Windows. All OS's need support! You're kidding yourself if you think that Linux creates more support jobs for everyone. And even if it did, there is more to software than SUPPORT... Maybe your life long dream is to give all your personal time writing software away for free after work hours and then work in support all day, and you're welcome to it.
Sounds like job hell to me.
There are certain versions of the drivers that are cert, including for most, if not all, of the ATI. You're obviously out of the loop on video cards, there is no need to run 640x480.
I run XP mostly and I have never seen a BSOD on my box since the install 11 months ago. Not one single crash. The machine has run for several months at a time without a reboot. The answer?
Have you ever installed a non-WHQL driver (ie. non-MS certified) on your system? If you answer yes, then you crashes are very likely due to your video driver or some other 3rd party vendor who refuses to certify because their drivers aren't solid enough to pass. If you ever see the "this isn't certified" warning message when you install a device, then your stability is AT RISK from that point forward. In 90% of the PCs that crash, this is the problem.
I chuckle when people say "But I got the latest driver from ATI!". The LATEST drivers are nearly NEVER certified, and some never do (and from my experience ATI and Nvidia both have issues). Only use the "latest" drivers that come off of WindowsUpdate, or have been certified and come from the manufacturer. This does mean that some devices just should not be installed until they certify, but Joe User will ignore the warning and do it anyway, and then bitch for a year about how his system is unstable. Education is important.
Don't be a noob and install junk on your system, it will destabilize it!
Come on now, we can do better than referencing slashdot articles about the last delay and claiming the stats are the same for this delay...
Willful self-duping?
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The Club devices for your steering wheel and driving apparatus are a joke to defeat. People forget that while the club may be made of steel, the steering wheel is not, and a hacksaw can remove a club in a matter of seconds (cut steering wheel, pull club through, hotwire and drive). They are only a visual deterrent for total amateurs. A silent fuel cut or starter cut alarm will be a good way to keep the car in your driveway, even if they break in. ("wtf? why won't it start?")
http://gotdotnet.com/terrarium/
The whole concept of using ants and insects to compete programmtically is a total rip-off of the Microsoft example at the above address.
OSS emulating pre-existing software; yep, nothing unusual about that.
One of the most important things that has made XBOX a somewhat sucess is the ability to mod it.
An example of typical Slashdot mentality. The ONLY thing that makes the Xbox successful in terms of sales are the games, which feed off of a flexible platform. And even then it is apparently not profitable. If you believe the sales of Xboxes are driven by modders, you're nuts.
I've been challenging the economics of outsourcing, sometimes with some very similar arguments as Mr. Samuelson, for quite a while and all I get is modded "-1 Troll". Seems that Slashdot forum moderation produces a mental monoculture, because it limits points of view that contradict the "norm" of the audience.
And knowing which of your joysticks is a bit stiff and giving that to your friend? Um, I don't want to know about the stiff joysticks that you gave to your friends. Did they give a stiff stick back to you in return? Ouch.
Your girlfriend stalks you with a GPS! Obligatory.
I think you're right. The product of your patented technology can be sold without a sublicense to the technology that created the product. There is a license when a unit is sold where the purpose for selling it is enable the purchaser to perform said invention. The license is carried with the particular item until it is damaged or unrepairable. The can opener example is right in that the opener carries the license until it's lifetime is over. You are welcome to improve on the design of any patented invention, this is why patents can refer to origin patents, so of course you can produce an improved can opener; if the improved version is dependent on the original claim scope from the first patent, you may need to license the original patent.
>Patnets do not apply to end users only to maker/vendors..same as for copyrights Not really. According to law, a patent protects against making, using, offering for sale, or selling the patented invention. Note the "USE" in that list. Just because someone hands you a patented invention, or a device that uses a patented invention for free, doesn't make it legal for you to use it unless there is an implied license (usually when the item is offered for sale through a mutual licensing agreement). For example, something like Linux was never sold you to, and the implementer did not have a license to use the invention, so you can't have an implied license. Therefore the burden is likely going to fall on the user of the invention, and maybe some stray flak like an inducement charge for the parties who helped you get the invention*. (* this is not legal advice, purely speculation, and may be incorrect)
Um, no. The fastest sort possible is Radix, but you can't just nail a single algorithm as "the best". It all depends on your sort criteria and memory availibility. Any first-year algorithms book covers this.
Plastic magnets stick to _you_.
I must have been wrong, I thought it was for selling Wheaton t-shirts (http://www.cafepress.com/cp/store.aspx?s=wilwheat on).
Another perspective:
http://www.wilwheatonsucks.com
Take a look around; the world economy is not built on equality. For countries to prosper, there has to be an underdog. It's unfortunate, but true throughout history. When the US is surrounded by equals, the economy will be weakened by the world-pie being split into more pieces.
What a contrast from Doohan to Wheaton; Wheaton seems to have some sort of belief that he's extra-deserving and infallible because he was part of Star Trek, and it shows as an ugly ego and chronic self-denial (not to mention that just running a shamlessly self-promoting website is somehow rudely vulgar). Doohan, on the other hand, seems to have been a realist, good natured and somehow stayed likeable. Hats off to Scotty. Too bad about Wheaton.
Yeah, but you won't be able to afford the games that they SELL back to you using your free work, while you work at McDonalds for minimum wage in the US. Yay.
It's your choice: improve the economy of the US by selling software to new foreign markets and maintain the success and standard of living that the US enjoys, or give it away for free and see other countries begin to take the lead. While there is no issue with giving aid in the form of food, clean water and housing, handing out blueprints for CPUs and operating systems is another thing altogether. Don't give up the competitive advantage unless you like Indian food so much you're willing to move there to get a job.
Atkins is definitely going away, because it's unhealthy. The medical industry is seeing rising numbers of cases of gout, gall bladder issues, and an increase in heart problems for people who claim to be doing low-carb dieting. Of course, many doctors who treat heart disease already knew that high fat diets are horrible for you, but it's not the fad right now...
"Hmmm... why not sort stories on slashdot's top page according to the ratings of the posters instead of letting the guys at slashdot do the selection? Remove that censorship! I want to apply my own preferences and ratings! Thanks. :-)"
Because you will conform to the OSS movement. YOU MUST! The Tux-BORG will assimilate you and you will be assigned your own free-software work-cube to contribute to the greater good, the good of the Group Mind!
"Thus IBM can get the job done for less, they can pass some of those savings on to the cutomer" Bwahahaaha.. yes, I'm SURE they are going to pass those cost saving onto you. Bottom line is that they are going to get personally rich off of the free effort of those who made Linux.
provided: (1) you don't expect me to give mine away, (2) and you don't violate any laws (such as patent infringement) while doing it (3) And you don't give it to other countries that are enemies of the US that could use it to harm us So far Linux *potentially* violates (2),(3) of the three conditions. And then there is pressure from Stallman et al for (1). (1) and (2) can be possibly be resolved. What about (3)?
The world does not work by the best giving away their talents; profit is a reward for sharing talent. Just as famous artists sell their works for vast sums of money, so too should amazing skilled artisans of their trade. Remember that while North Korea sends Linux-basd smart missiles into your living room twenty years from now, killing the authors of the OSS that enabled them. Simple premise here: it's OK to expect money for your time and effort! That's called "business". Business != Evil
Support jobs exist whether or not the large corporations use Linux or Windows. All OS's need support! You're kidding yourself if you think that Linux creates more support jobs for everyone. And even if it did, there is more to software than SUPPORT... Maybe your life long dream is to give all your personal time writing software away for free after work hours and then work in support all day, and you're welcome to it. Sounds like job hell to me.
There are certain versions of the drivers that are cert, including for most, if not all, of the ATI. You're obviously out of the loop on video cards, there is no need to run 640x480.
I run XP mostly and I have never seen a BSOD on my box since the install 11 months ago. Not one single crash. The machine has run for several months at a time without a reboot. The answer? Have you ever installed a non-WHQL driver (ie. non-MS certified) on your system? If you answer yes, then you crashes are very likely due to your video driver or some other 3rd party vendor who refuses to certify because their drivers aren't solid enough to pass. If you ever see the "this isn't certified" warning message when you install a device, then your stability is AT RISK from that point forward. In 90% of the PCs that crash, this is the problem. I chuckle when people say "But I got the latest driver from ATI!". The LATEST drivers are nearly NEVER certified, and some never do (and from my experience ATI and Nvidia both have issues). Only use the "latest" drivers that come off of WindowsUpdate, or have been certified and come from the manufacturer. This does mean that some devices just should not be installed until they certify, but Joe User will ignore the warning and do it anyway, and then bitch for a year about how his system is unstable. Education is important. Don't be a noob and install junk on your system, it will destabilize it!
Come on now, we can do better than referencing slashdot articles about the last delay and claiming the stats are the same for this delay... Willful self-duping?