that finds life so dark and depressing that they have trouble getting through the entire day? thankfully i found prozac to fill my 'good outlook' fix. also the living charicatures in charge of the usa don't work for me.
the many things the council has done are more than questionable and did little to instill in me a feeling of good faith. there has been more than a little evidence of undue influence by the pro-sw patent lobby [eg a certain nation's representative acting in a manner contrary to the explicit instructions of his government].
there will be continued pressure from the us firms via the wto and other mechanisms to harmonize the systems. there will be another directive.
i didn't say the patent offices pass or reject directives. i said that in certain countries [eg england], the national patent offices are already granting patents that are pure sw. these patents have and will be used. edata went after tiscali and ms very succesfully with that european patent on 'downloads'.
calling me paranoid does nothing to bolster your case.
the news has been filled with examples recently of large high-tech firms coming out against the directive explicitly becaus of the amendments that are trying to put some [albeit limited] balance back into it.
parliament has been gamed by the council already. several times on this issue alone.
software patents are a reality in european countries such as england. technically they're not supposed to exist, and yet somehow they do...
my point was that these same high-tech firms are happy to continue gaming the national patent offices until they can get a new directive that suits them better.
it is the big business/pro sw patent interests that are now acting to defeat the bill. they are doing this because it suits them better to game the individual nations' patent systems then to accept a watered-down proposal. they want it all, now.
this is not the end of sw patents in europe, it's just a continuation of business as normal...
wealth goes to those with the right connections for the most part. haven't you noticed that a higher and higher percentage of that wealth is increasingly controlled by a smaller and smaller percentage of the population?
it didn't matter if you had a path to profitability or even a working product. all you needed was a powerful brand to rally the vc cash around and you could be an instant millionaire.
aix had some pretty crazy requirements [and subsequent calculations] for how you alloted ram from the whole to your various logical partitions [essentially virtual servers]. failure to allocate according to these requirements resulted in massive problems.
you can believe anything you want, but i have admined windows, linux and aix systems. i do know what i am talking about.
i usually just write it out in full as sdram. i don't know why i didn't finish the whole acronym this time. probably because i was in a rush to head out the door...
however, it remains sad that this is the single point of contention for you amongst the argumnents that i did make [just like the original poster pointing out 'RAM' isn't a standard]. it was pretty clear what i was saying.
usb was developed by intel, hp, etc. these are x86 focused companies. they promoted usb heavily and the industry noticed.
that apple chose to obsolete so many of their customers hardware overnight is simply an example of them not caring about their customers [just like whenthey decided the floppy was dead, but most peripherals still only came with drivers on floppy. that was lots of fun for the people i know providing support...
in the x86 world, older connections remained while usb was added. this is the proper way to do things. then you build critical mass as your base begins to replace older hardware and peripherals through the natural course of these things. eventually you have it everywhere without having to force it on people.
bluetooth is doing this in na now [it's been big in europe for quite a while].
'superdrives' existed for pcs at exactly the same time as they did for macs. they are ide devices and it would have been stupid to make them only for macs. many low end m,acs have 'combodrives' as opposed to 'superdrives' by default.
"Exactly! Kinda like the Superdrive, Firewire, USB ports being standard, etc"
nope. firewire is a niche product at the moment, relegated to video. these devices increasinly supply usb 2.x ports exactly because firewire didn't get much traction in the x86 world.
it is also nowhere near as signifigant to the system as the things you conceded to me.
with ram i meant sdr & ddr, don't be so inane.
and finally, usb became a 'standard' [by your usage] when it was released by usb.org. it became a real standard when it was deemed such by iso. all of the key development partners were x86 focused [ie intel, hp, etc]. usb was primarily targeted at x86 and existed on pcs as early as it did on macs. apple and its >3% marketshare was not the impetus for adoption by x86.
firewire is no longer standard on many macs as far as i know, but has been replaced with usb 2.x
superdrive is a marketing term. they exist in the x86 world aplenty.
optical digital audio as standard i will concede, although that is changing. the reason mac has had this for so long is because of their presence in the recording industry. as pcs move into the living room, this will cease to be a buying decision and will become standard in x86, imho.
now consider the flipside, where apple has replaced key technologies with x86 standards: ram, usb, ide, pci, agp, and so on...
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those are the values of those pieces of software to your business.
those values will be different for other businesses, even businesses in the same field.
hence the 'value' of the software is subjective, or particular to the individual.
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value is subjective.
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that finds life so dark and depressing that they have trouble getting through the entire day? thankfully i found prozac to fill my 'good outlook' fix. also the living charicatures in charge of the usa don't work for me.
sum.zero
the many things the council has done are more than questionable and did little to instill in me a feeling of good faith. there has been more than a little evidence of undue influence by the pro-sw patent lobby [eg a certain nation's representative acting in a manner contrary to the explicit instructions of his government].
there will be continued pressure from the us firms via the wto and other mechanisms to harmonize the systems. there will be another directive.
i didn't say the patent offices pass or reject directives. i said that in certain countries [eg england], the national patent offices are already granting patents that are pure sw. these patents have and will be used. edata went after tiscali and ms very succesfully with that european patent on 'downloads'.
calling me paranoid does nothing to bolster your case.
sum.zero
the news has been filled with examples recently of large high-tech firms coming out against the directive explicitly becaus of the amendments that are trying to put some [albeit limited] balance back into it.
parliament has been gamed by the council already. several times on this issue alone.
software patents are a reality in european countries such as england. technically they're not supposed to exist, and yet somehow they do...
my point was that these same high-tech firms are happy to continue gaming the national patent offices until they can get a new directive that suits them better.
sum.zero
it is the big business/pro sw patent interests that are now acting to defeat the bill. they are doing this because it suits them better to game the individual nations' patent systems then to accept a watered-down proposal. they want it all, now.
this is not the end of sw patents in europe, it's just a continuation of business as normal...
sum.zero
wealth goes to those with the right connections for the most part. haven't you noticed that a higher and higher percentage of that wealth is increasingly controlled by a smaller and smaller percentage of the population?
sum.zero
notice that do(o)m is dom and doom.
"way to miss the joke, loser"
oh, to be as cool and intelligent as you...
sum.zero
this text is not here.
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gpl + other oss license
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leftHand does not know what rightHand is doing - errorx01
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"- Depriving the War factories near Dresden from their workforce by dehousing them.
- Degrade the german workforce in nearby cities through shock."
considering that the shock and dehousing consisted of burning them to death i guess it was pretty effective.
however, we usually call this targeting civilians.
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it didn't matter if you had a path to profitability or even a working product. all you needed was a powerful brand to rally the vc cash around and you could be an instant millionaire.
sum.zero
i don't know if firefox the movie can be called famous. not even in russian. ;P
and trademarks tend to be limted to the specific industry. hence apple computer and apple music [think beatles].
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i did misread that first line...
sum.zero
he started with the incorrect premise that fair use exists for items you already hold the copyright to and his argument went downhill from there...
sum.zero
this text is not here.
sum.zero
aix had some pretty crazy requirements [and subsequent calculations] for how you alloted ram from the whole to your various logical partitions [essentially virtual servers]. failure to allocate according to these requirements resulted in massive problems.
sum.zero
you can believe anything you want, but i have admined windows, linux and aix systems. i do know what i am talking about.
i usually just write it out in full as sdram. i don't know why i didn't finish the whole acronym this time. probably because i was in a rush to head out the door...
however, it remains sad that this is the single point of contention for you amongst the argumnents that i did make [just like the original poster pointing out 'RAM' isn't a standard]. it was pretty clear what i was saying.
sum.zero
forward-looking article published friday.
does not compute.
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over minor typos.
good job.
sum.zero
usb was developed by intel, hp, etc. these are x86 focused companies. they promoted usb heavily and the industry noticed.
that apple chose to obsolete so many of their customers hardware overnight is simply an example of them not caring about their customers [just like whenthey decided the floppy was dead, but most peripherals still only came with drivers on floppy. that was lots of fun for the people i know providing support...
in the x86 world, older connections remained while usb was added. this is the proper way to do things. then you build critical mass as your base begins to replace older hardware and peripherals through the natural course of these things. eventually you have it everywhere without having to force it on people.
bluetooth is doing this in na now [it's been big in europe for quite a while].
sum.zero
'superdrives' existed for pcs at exactly the same time as they did for macs. they are ide devices and it would have been stupid to make them only for macs. many low end m,acs have 'combodrives' as opposed to 'superdrives' by default.
"Exactly! Kinda like the Superdrive, Firewire, USB ports being standard, etc"
nope. firewire is a niche product at the moment, relegated to video. these devices increasinly supply usb 2.x ports exactly because firewire didn't get much traction in the x86 world.
it is also nowhere near as signifigant to the system as the things you conceded to me.
with ram i meant sdr & ddr, don't be so inane.
and finally, usb became a 'standard' [by your usage] when it was released by usb.org. it became a real standard when it was deemed such by iso. all of the key development partners were x86 focused [ie intel, hp, etc]. usb was primarily targeted at x86 and existed on pcs as early as it did on macs. apple and its >3% marketshare was not the impetus for adoption by x86.
sum.zero
it appears apple is still offering at least one [often two] firewire400 port on its machines.
usb had intel and many others behind it. tell me again how apple's >3% marketshare caused it to become so popular again.
sum.zero
firewire is no longer standard on many macs as far as i know, but has been replaced with usb 2.x
superdrive is a marketing term. they exist in the x86 world aplenty.
optical digital audio as standard i will concede, although that is changing. the reason mac has had this for so long is because of their presence in the recording industry. as pcs move into the living room, this will cease to be a buying decision and will become standard in x86, imho.
now consider the flipside, where apple has replaced key technologies with x86 standards: ram, usb, ide, pci, agp, and so on...
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