Thanks to Telstra's latest creation, citizens within a twenty mile radius were alerted to Godzilla's rampaging battle with the creature of the same name.
-If Apple were as popular as Windows, the worm-writers would be writing their worms for Apple -If Linux were as popular as Windows, the worm-writers would be writing their worms for Linux -Arrogance isn't funny
I take this statement to be representing the views of Google's open source programs manager, and not as from Google itself. If you think about it, most people in that position are going to do the best they can to pump up open source. If Larry Page, Sergey Brin or Eric Schmidt made this statement, it would represent Google. It is misleading to declare Chris DiBona's opinion as the truth behind the corporate decisions of Google.
Yeah! They are really making a great point by defying the corporate tools they willingly and knowledgeably entered into a business agreement with, by selling out to other corporate tools!
Think of it like this....if these reports had information that could really benefit them, they would be looking into implementing what they describe. This is true of anything, by word of mouth, in physical or digital format. Some programmer(or even an executive, though, I would assume less likely, but not impossible) could read this, or anything, see potential, and discuss it with their boss, who evaluates it, yada yada, going up the chain of command. Not to marginalize the people who believe in these reports, but I think a good example would be all the people on the internet who claim to have various incredible inventions, but receive no endorsement, because they are not fully representing the reality of their device, or are flat out lying.
I know that it is common. In fact, there are few new patents in which other patents aren't referenced. I was under the wrong impression(see lower comments).
well, I must have been under the wrong impression then. I was talking to a coworker who has gone through the patent process before(well, to pre-patent) and he told me that if your invention uses other patented things, you must pay to be able to include them in your patent. It would seem I have been misinformed.
It seems to me they site a number of other patents in their patent(s)......of whcih I am assuming they have not paid for. This would render their patent meaningless. Also, have they paid for the rights to reference OLE, and such? I doubt it.
crazy alien theorists were disproved about the government hiding information about alien life forms, through them hiding information about the tenth planet
This isn't insightful. These laws prevent unfair business practices, like the transferall of trade secrets, which were widely available to someone of this man's place in MS.
I fail to see the relevance of this. Yes, while some people I know who download a lot of music tend to buy more music than other people, they are still downloading much more than they are buying. A record stolen is a record that the record company, the artist, and all the tricky bastards in between on the cut aren't getting paid for. And they have every right to be pissed about that. If someone buys more real estate than the average person, they shouldn't be turned a blind eye for stealing massively greater amounts of land. Here's a metaphor I'm sure most of you will get: Bill Gates is one of if not the most generous philantropists in the world, but that doesn't stop the Slashdot community from admonishing him for his shifty business practices. No matter what someone does for someone else, it shouldn't justify wronging the other party.
Also, besides knowing some people who buy lots of music, and download lots of music, I know a smaller portion of people, who download much more by comparison, who buy significantly less CDs or online downloadable songs
"I wonder if anyone's gotten out of a ticket by showing how inaccurate most speed-check methods can be."
Probably. If this were the case, then lawyers would be able to use such cases as a standard for their own clients, but then the enforcement agency would stop using it. However, my father proved in court that the police officer who sited him for speeding could not have possibly got a read on him from where they were relative to eachother and the road. And he got off the ticket. That was probably ten years ago though, and lets say he hasn't been so lucky lately. I would suggest, though, always get a lawyer.
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you should modify your sig to "I'm a self-riteous douchebag"
*E=MC^2
Thanks to Telstra's latest creation, citizens within a twenty mile radius were alerted to Godzilla's rampaging battle with the creature of the same name.
That applies to windows as well.
No, not really. it still has to plug into a computer to do anything
I've done that. And no, it's not you paying them, it's a corporation.
-If Apple were as popular as Windows, the worm-writers would be writing their worms for Apple
-If Linux were as popular as Windows, the worm-writers would be writing their worms for Linux
-Arrogance isn't funny
I take this statement to be representing the views of Google's open source programs manager, and not as from Google itself. If you think about it, most people in that position are going to do the best they can to pump up open source. If Larry Page, Sergey Brin or Eric Schmidt made this statement, it would represent Google. It is misleading to declare Chris DiBona's opinion as the truth behind the corporate decisions of Google.
Yeah! They are really making a great point by defying the corporate tools they willingly and knowledgeably entered into a business agreement with, by selling out to other corporate tools!
Think of it like this....if these reports had information that could really benefit them, they would be looking into implementing what they describe. This is true of anything, by word of mouth, in physical or digital format. Some programmer(or even an executive, though, I would assume less likely, but not impossible) could read this, or anything, see potential, and discuss it with their boss, who evaluates it, yada yada, going up the chain of command. Not to marginalize the people who believe in these reports, but I think a good example would be all the people on the internet who claim to have various incredible inventions, but receive no endorsement, because they are not fully representing the reality of their device, or are flat out lying.
I know that it is common. In fact, there are few new patents in which other patents aren't referenced. I was under the wrong impression(see lower comments).
well, I must have been under the wrong impression then. I was talking to a coworker who has gone through the patent process before(well, to pre-patent) and he told me that if your invention uses other patented things, you must pay to be able to include them in your patent. It would seem I have been misinformed.
yes, that is what I meant
It seems to me they site a number of other patents in their patent(s)......of whcih I am assuming they have not paid for. This would render their patent meaningless. Also, have they paid for the rights to reference OLE, and such? I doubt it.
Sorry, you mispelled "demands" as "needs"
crazy alien theorists were disproved about the government hiding information about alien life forms, through them hiding information about the tenth planet
This isn't insightful. These laws prevent unfair business practices, like the transferall of trade secrets, which were widely available to someone of this man's place in MS.
...Robot renamed to "Slashdot" after receiving hundreds of thousands of orders for female androids from patrons of Slashdot.
Should be "PS3 to have ten year life span...."
I fail to see the relevance of this. Yes, while some people I know who download a lot of music tend to buy more music than other people, they are still downloading much more than they are buying. A record stolen is a record that the record company, the artist, and all the tricky bastards in between on the cut aren't getting paid for. And they have every right to be pissed about that. If someone buys more real estate than the average person, they shouldn't be turned a blind eye for stealing massively greater amounts of land. Here's a metaphor I'm sure most of you will get: Bill Gates is one of if not the most generous philantropists in the world, but that doesn't stop the Slashdot community from admonishing him for his shifty business practices. No matter what someone does for someone else, it shouldn't justify wronging the other party. Also, besides knowing some people who buy lots of music, and download lots of music, I know a smaller portion of people, who download much more by comparison, who buy significantly less CDs or online downloadable songs
It isn't microsoft who prices it, it's Dell
yeah, and the monopoply of for-pay gasoline over free is costing us trillions per year!
key word being 'claims.' I consider his claims falsifications if he can't provide proof
"I wonder if anyone's gotten out of a ticket by showing how inaccurate most speed-check methods can be." Probably. If this were the case, then lawyers would be able to use such cases as a standard for their own clients, but then the enforcement agency would stop using it. However, my father proved in court that the police officer who sited him for speeding could not have possibly got a read on him from where they were relative to eachother and the road. And he got off the ticket. That was probably ten years ago though, and lets say he hasn't been so lucky lately. I would suggest, though, always get a lawyer.
what other market is comparable to what linus is describing?