Isn't this like saying, "we wrote the English Dictionary so no one is allowed to read English without our approval?" To me, if you want to copyright an idea for a product, go ahead, if you want to protect intelluctual property, that's fine too, but formats for files? Come on! So what if my program can read and write files that your program reads and writes. As long as I didn't take your way of writing those files, I should be fine.
I agree it's not as big as most would want to believe. However, IBM's main focus (from what I can see) has been and probably always will be in developing new hardware to run software. Most of their software pillars are developed, but were originally purchased from ISV's and are now rebranded with the IBM name. They do this on hardware as well, but usually with things like adapter cards and memory. They seem to have an endless supply of very talented engineers in their R&D dept. (too bad none of them can get to actually work in tech support!) and always come up with new and inovative ways of increasing hardware efficiency. Check out the Power5 processor when you get a chance. I still can't believe the jump that IBM has made in that market!
Ok, I'm probably not the first one to do this, but I wouldn't be happy with myself if I didn't do this.
For those who would actually like to read the results of the survey, check out this site, http://firstamendment.jideas.org/results/results.p hp.
I feel it is very important that those who report the results of a survey should understand the Methodology of the survey first. We live in a world of headlines and AP articles that do not divulge the full story. The reason why these students answer these questions so erratically can be mixed. However, the most flaming questions brought up in this article are found at the end of a 53 question survey. After looking through the verbage, I can see how a student would get tired of reading all the questions and answering. Check out question 40, (the first real question about the 1st Amendment). It actually comes back as only 12% strongly agree that the First Amendment goes to far. However if you look at question 42 of the student survey, you'll find only 2% of the surveyed strongly agreed that people should not be allowed to express unpopular opinions.
I guess my point is, a lot of the world will take that little one page article they see on msnbc.com, cnn.com, and such and run with it. Instead, don't be part of the problem, be part of the solution and don't believe everything that gets posted on the web or slapped in a newspaper article. It's a big world, go explore it!
Agreed...IBM has attained over 3,000 patents annually for the last 12 years...They remain the only company with more than 2,000 patents in a single year, and they keep on doing it.
Ok, how about this...DON'T SEND EMAIL SOLICITATIONS AT ALL! Instead, advertise on websites, advertise on the radio, advertise in printed news, advertise on billboards, advertise on TV...the list goes on...just stop FREAKIN' sending unsolicited emails and advertise elsewhere. It's legal, and it's effective!
Agreed. The Grandparent of this post is equating accidental discharge to intentional downloading. How often do hear of someone "accidentally" downloading music files using a P2P program? The parallel is incorrect.
However, I do agree that the Government should not pass laws that force companies to divulge ALL personal information. I do feel that if a government agency can find JUST CAUSE to get that information turned over, then great. As I see on Law and Order (you can see I'm the best expert on the subject because I've seen a TV drama about law), the government can't just take the fact that 'someone is breaking the law through this ISP, we want to know who it is!' stance, but need a 'we have evidence that Joe Schmoe is breaking a law and we are looking for evidence that implicates Mr. Schmoe in the crime.'
I digress, California has always been a hotspot for pushing the legal limits and many times gets shot down on appeal. So since I don't live in CA, I really don't have to worry about this...yet...
Kinda makes you wonder why. If they buy it anywhere, they can sell it on eBay for profit. Then, no returns, no tracking, and no way that anyone would ever link back to you through another theft....contimplating a life of crime....
In following my last post, I came across this. Granted it is from a BA in Physics, but it backs up my point.
http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae201.cfm
I will surely like to get your references before I make a personal judgement.
On a side, this is an example of good use of this forum. Not just ripping on people (even though I started that way in my infite wisdom), but explaining and provided information for one to come to their own conclusions.
Thanks!
Thanks for the explaination. Admittedly, I did not major in Physics in college and the only classes I took were the required physics (mostly basic physical sciences) and Electromagnetism. So Astrophysics is not my background. Can you post a URL that describes this in mathematical terms? I swear if this string theory, I'm not going to bother, but oh well.
I actually have a brother who is getting is doctorate in physics so I'll aslo run this by him. Not that I'm saying you're wrong or that what he says will be right, but I will look into it.
Ultimately this yet again proves you can not trust what other people say or publish (again, not that either is right or wrong, just trust). But again, you've sparked my interest and I would like to learn about how this article is wrong.
Exactly my point...when the Earth is compressed, the radius decreases...you are closer to the mantel but with the same total mass, just like pulling in your legs on the spinning stool. This will cause your revolutions/unit of time to increase. We are not measuring the speed of a point on the outer edge of the sphere, but the rate of revolution.
Try this yourself on the spinning stool...count how long it takes to make 1 revolution with your legs out, then count how long it takes to make one revolution with you legs in. And with this measurement, it doesn't matter where your point of perspective is.
Feel free to fire back if you still think I'm wrong.
Sit in a stool that spins. Give it a whirl, pull your legs in, and then push them out. You spin much slower with your legs out. Basically, a wheel is a lever. The fulcrum is the pivot point and the load is the radius of the circle. The further the load is from the fulcrum, the greater the force is needed to move the load the same speed. The force is is provided by momentum so no additional force can be added. It's a trade off, the greater distance traveled, the less effective the lever, and vice versa.
Keeping my eye out for a car powered by dilithium crystals...
On a serious side, I personally could care less how my car is powered. I would like it to be the most efficent use of the energy put in, but if that energy is provided by steam or by carbon based fuels, then so be it.
If someone can provide a machine that pumps out close to the amount of energy as is put in to it, then great. If that is the most efficent way of getting the work done, lets do it that way.
Just my 2 cents.
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Isn't this like saying, "we wrote the English Dictionary so no one is allowed to read English without our approval?" To me, if you want to copyright an idea for a product, go ahead, if you want to protect intelluctual property, that's fine too, but formats for files? Come on! So what if my program can read and write files that your program reads and writes. As long as I didn't take your way of writing those files, I should be fine.
I agree it's not as big as most would want to believe. However, IBM's main focus (from what I can see) has been and probably always will be in developing new hardware to run software. Most of their software pillars are developed, but were originally purchased from ISV's and are now rebranded with the IBM name. They do this on hardware as well, but usually with things like adapter cards and memory. They seem to have an endless supply of very talented engineers in their R&D dept. (too bad none of them can get to actually work in tech support!) and always come up with new and inovative ways of increasing hardware efficiency. Check out the Power5 processor when you get a chance. I still can't believe the jump that IBM has made in that market!
PS... It's 63 questions long and I feel question 60 shows how weighted the survey was against lower income families...
Ok, I'm probably not the first one to do this, but I wouldn't be happy with myself if I didn't do this. For those who would actually like to read the results of the survey, check out this site, http://firstamendment.jideas.org/results/results.p hp.
I feel it is very important that those who report the results of a survey should understand the Methodology of the survey first. We live in a world of headlines and AP articles that do not divulge the full story. The reason why these students answer these questions so erratically can be mixed. However, the most flaming questions brought up in this article are found at the end of a 53 question survey. After looking through the verbage, I can see how a student would get tired of reading all the questions and answering. Check out question 40, (the first real question about the 1st Amendment). It actually comes back as only 12% strongly agree that the First Amendment goes to far. However if you look at question 42 of the student survey, you'll find only 2% of the surveyed strongly agreed that people should not be allowed to express unpopular opinions.
I guess my point is, a lot of the world will take that little one page article they see on msnbc.com, cnn.com, and such and run with it. Instead, don't be part of the problem, be part of the solution and don't believe everything that gets posted on the web or slapped in a newspaper article. It's a big world, go explore it!
Agreed...IBM has attained over 3,000 patents annually for the last 12 years...They remain the only company with more than 2,000 patents in a single year, and they keep on doing it.
Ok, how about this...DON'T SEND EMAIL SOLICITATIONS AT ALL! Instead, advertise on websites, advertise on the radio, advertise in printed news, advertise on billboards, advertise on TV...the list goes on...just stop FREAKIN' sending unsolicited emails and advertise elsewhere. It's legal, and it's effective!
Agreed. The Grandparent of this post is equating accidental discharge to intentional downloading. How often do hear of someone "accidentally" downloading music files using a P2P program? The parallel is incorrect.
However, I do agree that the Government should not pass laws that force companies to divulge ALL personal information. I do feel that if a government agency can find JUST CAUSE to get that information turned over, then great. As I see on Law and Order (you can see I'm the best expert on the subject because I've seen a TV drama about law), the government can't just take the fact that 'someone is breaking the law through this ISP, we want to know who it is!' stance, but need a 'we have evidence that Joe Schmoe is breaking a law and we are looking for evidence that implicates Mr. Schmoe in the crime.'
I digress, California has always been a hotspot for pushing the legal limits and many times gets shot down on appeal. So since I don't live in CA, I really don't have to worry about this...yet...
How about jump in the ocean and start swimming. It shows you aren't afraid to attempt the seemingly impossible...
Kinda makes you wonder why. If they buy it anywhere, they can sell it on eBay for profit. Then, no returns, no tracking, and no way that anyone would ever link back to you through another theft....contimplating a life of crime....
In following my last post, I came across this. Granted it is from a BA in Physics, but it backs up my point. http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae201 .cfm
I will surely like to get your references before I make a personal judgement.
On a side, this is an example of good use of this forum. Not just ripping on people (even though I started that way in my infite wisdom), but explaining and provided information for one to come to their own conclusions.
Thanks!
Thanks for the explaination. Admittedly, I did not major in Physics in college and the only classes I took were the required physics (mostly basic physical sciences) and Electromagnetism. So Astrophysics is not my background. Can you post a URL that describes this in mathematical terms? I swear if this string theory, I'm not going to bother, but oh well.
I actually have a brother who is getting is doctorate in physics so I'll aslo run this by him. Not that I'm saying you're wrong or that what he says will be right, but I will look into it.
Ultimately this yet again proves you can not trust what other people say or publish (again, not that either is right or wrong, just trust). But again, you've sparked my interest and I would like to learn about how this article is wrong.
Look forward to your post!
Exactly my point...when the Earth is compressed, the radius decreases...you are closer to the mantel but with the same total mass, just like pulling in your legs on the spinning stool. This will cause your revolutions/unit of time to increase. We are not measuring the speed of a point on the outer edge of the sphere, but the rate of revolution.
Try this yourself on the spinning stool...count how long it takes to make 1 revolution with your legs out, then count how long it takes to make one revolution with you legs in. And with this measurement, it doesn't matter where your point of perspective is.
Feel free to fire back if you still think I'm wrong.
Are you kidding me???
Sit in a stool that spins. Give it a whirl, pull your legs in, and then push them out. You spin much slower with your legs out. Basically, a wheel is a lever. The fulcrum is the pivot point and the load is the radius of the circle. The further the load is from the fulcrum, the greater the force is needed to move the load the same speed. The force is is provided by momentum so no additional force can be added. It's a trade off, the greater distance traveled, the less effective the lever, and vice versa.
Sounds like you need a lesson in physics...
http://www.sirinet.net/~jgjohnso/simple.html
Even less time between shifts at the office!
Keeping my eye out for a car powered by dilithium crystals... On a serious side, I personally could care less how my car is powered. I would like it to be the most efficent use of the energy put in, but if that energy is provided by steam or by carbon based fuels, then so be it. If someone can provide a machine that pumps out close to the amount of energy as is put in to it, then great. If that is the most efficent way of getting the work done, lets do it that way. Just my 2 cents.