They can exist to benefit the inventors & business's using them to protect their ideas or be abused, i don't think we will ever see a balance, much the same way the internet has allowed many people to make an honest buck and a lot of people to also make a dishonest profit.
Unfortunatly its the speed of which patents go through approval, and legal proceedings related to patent infringment which seem to cause most of this problem, not the patenting themselves.
Spending years in court for a patent dispute seems so stupid, especially as when the cases end technology has progressed to such a point where the dispute becomes redundant.
Lawyers seem to be the people benefiting most from the patenting system, perhaps finding a way to move patents from the judicial system and having its own tribunal/mediation system devoid of corporate law??
This idea will probably get struck down, but idea's do needed to be made about it, we will only see innovation be stifled and small business unable to cope from the preassures of big business eventually.
A few years ago I invested in a white LED headlight/torch for when I would go camping.
I got almost 2 years out of a set of 3 AAA batteries, the light itself provided excellent light at night and stayed bright up until the batteries were noticably dying.
It was one of the most practical investments I ever made.
Now let's get Metallica involved and we should see the comedy skits and cartoons roll across our web page
Metallica probably wouldn't be interested but im pretty sure SCO are;)
Has this guy got much legal defence?
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This guy sold the computer and recieved payment? Wouldn't that mean the hard drive & its contents are now owned by the guy who bought it, and its up to him what he wants to do to it?
Its like someone selling a house then going back 6 months later trying to reclaim property they left behind.
As much as I would love to start moving some of my clients away from a particular bloated & unsafe OS(which I have reccomended), a lot of people are lazy or just not interested in another OS, although they have problems with windows they at least understand it a little to get by.
Some of my clients have moved to Mac and haven't been happier, others find the same problems with Mac as they have with Windows, not bugs or faults, just general usability they have the same frustrations with how to use programs because they just don't have enough knowledge behind the application.
Moving an OS is a good idea in theory but having to re-learn different ways of doing things,when people are busy with normal everyday life can be a chore for most, especially when you are intimidated by the machine your trying to learn.
Their reputation as an anti-virus provider used to be second to none, now after bloated software and software bugs a lot of people are having second thoughts.
I think they need to go back to square one and develop a product that is not going to give them a bad reputation if they want to stay competitive.
After working with a lot of other anti-virus packages and seeing how un-invasive a good anti-virus package can be I refuse to use Symantec products anymore and to my clients I strongly recommend them change products when their license is up for renewal.
If it wasn't for Symantec bundelling their software with OEM's I wonder how much of an impact they would have? Most uneducated people I do work for think of all anti-virus as "Nortons" and are amazed at how much their system performance improves when I replace it with something else.
They used to have some good products 10 years ago, but I haven't seen a decent anti-virus release from them for a long time now.
I can't stand software that makes it extremly difficult to get your data out of, that is one of the worst things about a lot of software.
Developers deliberatly giving people software, then making them "upgrade" to a premium version if they want to export their mail, documents, photos, or anything else should be shot on site!
Easy import and export of data should be the one thing your product should be easy to do, aggrevating your customer because you chose to take their data then try to extort it out of them definatley does not go well for easy usability.
With Apple, Microsoft, Google and Yahoo all pushing heavlily on the media market and trying to deliver new distribution methods I wonder how long it will be before one of them cuts out the RIAA entirley and starts signing up artists directly.
It makes sense if you ask me, plus it would give them leverage over the industry.
Although im 6 years out of high school, in early high school we were taught LOGO Writer in IT along with Word/Excel etc etc.
In my final years I took an elective, IT Systems which was learning VisualBasic and programming theory, I loved it, although there was only 12 people in the class.
Everyone uses a computer, but programming can be a bit of a distraction when you have 30 of your friends asking what your doing on Friday night on what ever IM program you have open.
I was the same to until 7 months ago when one of my PC's died and I had to build a new box. The PC that was being replaced was only my home workstation used for just light work so I decided to put a basic processor as I didn't want to spend $300+ on a CPU that wouldn't be used, but still wanted an upgrade path just in case.
Just recently for work I had to test some software that needed a beefier CPU but I didn't want to put it on my server, all I had to do was upgrade the Celeron to a Pentium D.
If I had gone with the AMD route, I would have needed a new board & CPU instead of just the CPU, this instance it did save me some cash.
Although I probably could have afforded the Pentium D 7 months ago, I didn't think i would need it if it was only going to be used for email and office.
Although I find AMD to be better chips, I still stay with intel because their chips are all on one socket. AMD at the moment offers no upgrade path because their Semprons & Athlons are different sockets, you can't turn a budget AMD box into something more powerfull without replacing the motherboard.
Intel allow people to start with a Celeron and easily upgrade to a P4 or Pentium D if more CPU power is required, I find the upgrade option far better value.
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They can exist to benefit the inventors & business's using them to protect their ideas or be abused, i don't think we will ever see a balance, much the same way the internet has allowed many people to make an honest buck and a lot of people to also make a dishonest profit.
Unfortunatly its the speed of which patents go through approval, and legal proceedings related to patent infringment which seem to cause most of this problem, not the patenting themselves.
Spending years in court for a patent dispute seems so stupid, especially as when the cases end technology has progressed to such a point where the dispute becomes redundant.
Lawyers seem to be the people benefiting most from the patenting system, perhaps finding a way to move patents from the judicial system and having its own tribunal/mediation system devoid of corporate law??
This idea will probably get struck down, but idea's do needed to be made about it, we will only see innovation be stifled and small business unable to cope from the preassures of big business eventually.
A few years ago I invested in a white LED headlight/torch for when I would go camping.
I got almost 2 years out of a set of 3 AAA batteries, the light itself provided excellent light at night and stayed bright up until the batteries were noticably dying.
It was one of the most practical investments I ever made.
I'm sorry Dave, Im afraid I can't do that.
I'll bet your glad your not driving a bus right now!
Metallica probably wouldn't be interested but im pretty sure SCO are ;)
This guy sold the computer and recieved payment? Wouldn't that mean the hard drive & its contents are now owned by the guy who bought it, and its up to him what he wants to do to it?
Its like someone selling a house then going back 6 months later trying to reclaim property they left behind.
I tried that once but I was detained and I missed my flight. I guess I shouldn't have requested halhal.
Im sure it can't compete with the One-Click checkout :)
As much as I would love to start moving some of my clients away from a particular bloated & unsafe OS(which I have reccomended), a lot of people are lazy or just not interested in another OS, although they have problems with windows they at least understand it a little to get by.
,when people are busy with normal everyday life can be a chore for most, especially when you are intimidated by the machine your trying to learn.
Some of my clients have moved to Mac and haven't been happier, others find the same problems with Mac as they have with Windows, not bugs or faults, just general usability they have the same frustrations with how to use programs because they just don't have enough knowledge behind the application.
Moving an OS is a good idea in theory but having to re-learn different ways of doing things
Their reputation as an anti-virus provider used to be second to none, now after bloated software and software bugs a lot of people are having second thoughts.
I think they need to go back to square one and develop a product that is not going to give them a bad reputation if they want to stay competitive.
After working with a lot of other anti-virus packages and seeing how un-invasive a good anti-virus package can be I refuse to use Symantec products anymore and to my clients I strongly recommend them change products when their license is up for renewal.
If it wasn't for Symantec bundelling their software with OEM's I wonder how much of an impact they would have? Most uneducated people I do work for think of all anti-virus as "Nortons" and are amazed at how much their system performance improves when I replace it with something else.
They used to have some good products 10 years ago, but I haven't seen a decent anti-virus release from them for a long time now.
I can't stand software that makes it extremly difficult to get your data out of, that is one of the worst things about a lot of software.
Developers deliberatly giving people software, then making them "upgrade" to a premium version if they want to export their mail, documents, photos, or anything else should be shot on site!
Easy import and export of data should be the one thing your product should be easy to do, aggrevating your customer because you chose to take their data then try to extort it out of them definatley does not go well for easy usability.
Except anyone who uses one would probably be labelled a terrorist.
It used to be RIAA members giving Ratio station producers and DJ's gifts, holidays and other fancy toys to promote and play their music.
Now everythings on digital it seems the RIAA is doing all it can to prevent anyone getting access to their artist products.
Its a strange world we live in.
They are like M$, they can't do anything anymore without bad press.
Perhaps we should start using $ony when having a whinge about them.
You get what you give though.
Iwills Zmaxdp Small Form Factor SMB servers would probably suit you if you require mobility plus a lot of grunt
Inside a miniPC they have packed a board which can take dual opteron's and has space for 2 hard drives, runs on low power and is fairly silent.
If you are willing to pay for it, its a portable solution with a lot of grunt.7 88/
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1
I'm beginning to think I should have listened to my English teacher and gone into law, instead of I.T
1. Innocent human going about their daily business
2. Implantable RFID tag
3. ???
4. Profit.
I should have added *ducks* whoops.
When a guy who's sick of the flue hijacks a plane and flies it into a building.
With Apple, Microsoft, Google and Yahoo all pushing heavlily on the media market and trying to deliver new distribution methods I wonder how long it will be before one of them cuts out the RIAA entirley and starts signing up artists directly.
It makes sense if you ask me, plus it would give them leverage over the industry.
Im sorry, im not into that kinky shit.
Although im 6 years out of high school, in early high school we were taught LOGO Writer in IT along with Word/Excel etc etc.
In my final years I took an elective, IT Systems which was learning VisualBasic and programming theory, I loved it, although there was only 12 people in the class.
Everyone uses a computer, but programming can be a bit of a distraction when you have 30 of your friends asking what your doing on Friday night on what ever IM program you have open.
A lot of my customers use thin clients in their business, but use Terminal Sessions to the server to use word and other apps.
If this could be purchased for use on an intranet, it could be extremly handy. A thin client could be made much more powerful.
I was the same to until 7 months ago when one of my PC's died and I had to build a new box. The PC that was being replaced was only my home workstation used for just light work so I decided to put a basic processor as I didn't want to spend $300+ on a CPU that wouldn't be used, but still wanted an upgrade path just in case.
Just recently for work I had to test some software that needed a beefier CPU but I didn't want to put it on my server, all I had to do was upgrade the Celeron to a Pentium D.
If I had gone with the AMD route, I would have needed a new board & CPU instead of just the CPU, this instance it did save me some cash.
Although I probably could have afforded the Pentium D 7 months ago, I didn't think i would need it if it was only going to be used for email and office.
Although I find AMD to be better chips, I still stay with intel because their chips are all on one socket.
AMD at the moment offers no upgrade path because their Semprons & Athlons are different sockets, you can't turn a budget AMD box into something more powerfull without replacing the motherboard.
Intel allow people to start with a Celeron and easily upgrade to a P4 or Pentium D if more CPU power is required, I find the upgrade option far better value.