It's called learning from mistakes. If nobody's hurt and you paid for the damages then there's no point in getting a criminal record if you've learned your lesson and aren't going to do it again.
They could pass new laws to make it much easier to invalidate a patent.
Most software patents weren't applied for in good faith anyway and should never have been approved. The bar for 'non-obviousness' seems to have been set at a negative height for most of the applicants.
Given the success of genetic algorithms, yes, random changes to code can improve a system when paired with a selection function and a rapid enough change rate.
Just because an idea works in one domain, doesn't mean it will work in another.
.... having the Trolls themselves declare, painfully obviously, that sunlight will turn them to stone
So you assume everybody who goes to see it is fully acquainted with troll-lore and has read the book six times so they can compare the on-screen dialog with the original text?
You need to get out of the house more. See what happens if you expose yourself to sunlight.
Mutation is a bad word here, it's got too many science-fiction-comic meanings.
Try "corruption" instead. Does random corruption of code seem like a good way to generate anything useful? Did hard disk corruption ever improve a computer program? How about a stick of bad RAM? Did that ever make your operating system run better?
They could have done it differently, and coexisted with Apple. Now, they reap their reward. I don't really understand why this is so hard for the Android fanbois to understand.
I don't think you understand Apple's business model. They've got a loooong list of bullshit patents ready to unleash on anybody who dares to compete with them. Samsung is the most successful Android phone maker, that's why they're being picked on. When Samsung defeats the 'rounded corners' lawsuit Apple will just pick another one from their list. So it goes...
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That'd be the "Then you stop..." part.
It's called learning from mistakes. If nobody's hurt and you paid for the damages then there's no point in getting a criminal record if you've learned your lesson and aren't going to do it again.
They could pass new laws to make it much easier to invalidate a patent.
Most software patents weren't applied for in good faith anyway and should never have been approved. The bar for 'non-obviousness' seems to have been set at a negative height for most of the applicants.
they'd like to improve things...
Too late for that, the damage is done. The patents they already issued are enough to destroy the software industry for the next 15 years at least.
Simple answer: Have redundancy all over the place so it doesn't matter if a few modules fail. The repair crew can go in once a year and swap them.
Darth Vader doesn't worry about his honor, he orders them by the dozen from Farnell.
SUVs are not the gas guzzlers many make them out to be. Newer ones are getting 22 to 30mpg.
On paper, sure ... but we all know what they get in real life.
PS: Cars got better, too.
Yep. This should be applied to *all* drivers, not just the fuel-efficient ones.
Stop the trucking industry, and most of America will become malnourished if not outright starving.
Most people over there could afford to lose a few pounds...
Which means per-mile tax on all autos in order to be fair...
Also by weight - the reason given is that they're wearing out the roads. Heavy cars wear them out even more...and we're right back to SUVs again.
And there's no way you could drive a more efficient pickup?
Given the success of genetic algorithms, yes, random changes to code can improve a system when paired with a selection function and a rapid enough change rate.
Just because an idea works in one domain, doesn't mean it will work in another.
.... having the Trolls themselves declare, painfully obviously, that sunlight will turn them to stone
So you assume everybody who goes to see it is fully acquainted with troll-lore and has read the book six times so they can compare the on-screen dialog with the original text?
You need to get out of the house more. See what happens if you expose yourself to sunlight.
Maybe you just need to relax more and enjoy life.
Disagree. I enjoyed it.
Me too. I saw it yesterday and it wasn't long or boring at all. I also liked the 48fps (and I don't see why anybody wouldn't like it...)
Is everybody a bunch of short-attention-span whiners these days?
sitting still for three hours is not healthy for anyone.
Neither is drinking so much liquid that you have to pee every hour.
Do people *really* download and watch movies that have been filmed in the theater with a camcorder?
Yep, I know people that do.
I know it because they tell me how proud they were that they did it: "I downloaded The Hobbit the other day! Do you want a copy?"
Also people with kids who can't afford the time/money to take their kids to see every goddam movie but their kids can say they've seen it. etc.
Not everybody is a video/audiophile. They just want the latest stuff.
Mutation is a bad word here, it's got too many science-fiction-comic meanings.
Try "corruption" instead. Does random corruption of code seem like a good way to generate anything useful? Did hard disk corruption ever improve a computer program? How about a stick of bad RAM? Did that ever make your operating system run better?
They could have done it differently, and coexisted with Apple. Now, they reap their reward. I don't really understand why this is so hard for the Android fanbois to understand.
I don't think you understand Apple's business model. They've got a loooong list of bullshit patents ready to unleash on anybody who dares to compete with them. Samsung is the most successful Android phone maker, that's why they're being picked on. When Samsung defeats the 'rounded corners' lawsuit Apple will just pick another one from their list. So it goes...
A trip to mars is probably "one way" so who's worried about Alzheimer's...?
The only thing that a AV should guarantee is a minimal number of days until they have an update that will protect users.
It's 2013, if we have to wait 'days' for an update the virus will have already done its work (and a new variant is coded up and ready to roll).
"Are you sure that SeeJustinsTinyWang.exe is legitimate? (Y/N)"
...and the antivirus marketers have been telling us they've been adding behavioral detection for years, too.
How's that working out for anybody?
More like the TSA than the Army....only good at detecting previous threats. Move the bomb from the shoes to the underpants and you'll sail through.
Why not? Cant random bits be flipped in a virus (ie by cosmic radiation, or background noise) just as with an actual virus?
Um, no. That's not how computer code works.
Nope. Computer viruses are intelligent design, not evolution.