all versions of the ipod created after the patent was approved (ipod mini, ipod photo, larger sizes of the ipod, maybe even ipod shuffle) would not fall under the prior art argument
Yeh. But any (valid) instance of prior art invalidates a patent, thereby making that statement irrelevent.
I am now off of the game, but I played a warlock for a time, and didn't have any issues. Most of the time when I ran out of shards, it was because I was a dumbass and didn't realize I was running low.
Its incredably easy to get the shards when you are a competent player. When the thing you are fighting looks like it's going to die, then you zap it with drain soul.
Another thing you have to think about is that a warlock can do plenty without the shards. Sure, their hella more effective with them... but you can still kick ass without. If you decide to boost only the skills that are use with shards, than that's your issue.
Practically the only time I used them was for summoning pets and the occasional AE spell, if I remember correctly. Point being: no more than once during each combat... sometimes 2 if I was in a bind.
Hmm... you listening, Sony? I can imagine my level 63 Vah Shir warrior wandering into the main bank at PoK, right-clicking the banker and investing in the international equities market
Believe it or not, there are a few massives out there that actually incorporate these things as gameplay already. Take, for instance EVE Online, where you have an entirely player-created politicking game, which is supported, but not enforced, by the game engine. It also has systems for stock markets, a robust market system, and full-rights zone-based PvP. (E.g. You can lose everything, if you're not careful).
It's not the real world... but it does give you the same appeal.
This may surprise you, but Americans speak English. "American", as you speak of it above, is just a dialect of English.
Another thing that may surprise you: language evolves. Most people understand that the vernacular use of a term is not incorrect. I find it rather tiresome that people to use the terms Linux, hacker, and ignorant incorrectly. However, I understand that as long as one is communicating, it doesn't particularly matter how that communication occurs.
Basically, sematical arguments waste my time more than/. does... and that is saying something. I normally don't reply to semantical bullshit... and I'm not really sure why I am still replying here.
And the number one rule is selling a mass-market product requires convenience over functionality or security.
I just headpalm-ed myself so hard that I gave myself a concussion...
While I agree that convenience sells, there is no excuse for having a system that doesn't present at least a modicum of security by default... As MS has found out over the past few years. You should be ashamed for even thinking of such a statement, much less posting it.
I'll be back later guys, I need to stumble over the ER.
I, for one, would appreciate the fully disambigous term: free software, meaning free as in speech, not free as in beer. The handy acronym is the following: FSMFSNFB. I find that when one says it quickly enough, it rolls right off the tounge.
It does, actually. The derived versions must not carry the "GPL" name, though. It's a similar situation for FireFox, with it's trademark license. Basically, that phrase is there to ensure branding. Otherwise, I could create and release a different "GPL" that could effectively lock people out of some of their rights.
If I had mod points, I'd mod him "offtopic". Why? Because the point of the presentation wasn't "google is successful because of linux", but "This is why we chose linux". It is obvious that using linux doesn't automatically make your business successful. The same goes for any operating system. However, why a company chooses 1 tool over another is most definitely important.
...we couldn't afford them fancy "laptop" computers. We had big bulky gray boxes that sat on your desk. And we used a modem to dial-up a BBS. And we liked it. We loved it. We didn't have no fancy "high speed wireless internet". If we wanted to know something, we looked it up in a book! And we didn't have no fancy "instant messenger". If we wanted to talk to someone, we called them on the phone!! And we liked it. We loved it!...young whipper snappers......
You had grey boxes? Back in my day we had a conglomeration of gears and cogs. Instructions were fed in on paper tape. WE didn't have your newfangled dialup! We used a mammoth-powered catapult and funnel system! In the blistering cold (of the ice age)! Up hill both ways! And we loved it.
Tell that to kids these days, and they'll never believe you.
7. Kid and slightly re-broken laptop triumph against all odds and defeat the company that made them who they were, in order to come to terms with their identity. 8....
9. PROFIT!!!!
I hear it can happen in the backwaters of Tennisee as well. Then again, if you're living in the backwater of tennissee, you probably don't have a laptop to worry about.
But when I do, I'm gonna go crazy with them. I'm talking reading them Insightful and Interesting Slashdot posts in the womb. Bedtime stories will consist of Linux HOWTOs and Unix manpages. Around the age of 5 or 6, I'll get little CoolGuyBob his first laptop, and a Gentoo live disk. By the time it's finished compiling, he'll have graduated high school. Problem solved!
That's ok. It's actually hard to see any force, except for electromagnetic force. Even then, you can only see an incredably small portion of its full spectrum.
We see the results of most forces... not the force themselves;)
The Strong Nuclear Force is a mathematical abstraction to describe how the nuclei of atoms can stick together, and yet not cause the electron orbitals to decay. E.g. It is a replacement for gravity on the sub-atomic scale;)
Congradulations. You are an idiot. The problem with the news is that they always take things out of context. And the problem with slashdot posters is that they never read the news... this makes them seem doubly stupid.
Al Gore did not invent the Internet. However, he did help create it. He didn't do it by writing the code, developing the hardware, etc... But he did it by ensureing that DARPA had the money available to implement it.
Slashdot Mirror
Elephants.
Yeh. But any (valid) instance of prior art invalidates a patent, thereby making that statement irrelevent.
Of course, one should make an exception for the wild crack-habit known as DDR... It managed to sell *many many* dance pads. ;)
Its incredably easy to get the shards when you are a competent player. When the thing you are fighting looks like it's going to die, then you zap it with drain soul.
Another thing you have to think about is that a warlock can do plenty without the shards. Sure, their hella more effective with them... but you can still kick ass without. If you decide to boost only the skills that are use with shards, than that's your issue.
Practically the only time I used them was for summoning pets and the occasional AE spell, if I remember correctly. Point being: no more than once during each combat... sometimes 2 if I was in a bind.
Believe it or not, there are a few massives out there that actually incorporate these things as gameplay already. Take, for instance EVE Online, where you have an entirely player-created politicking game, which is supported, but not enforced, by the game engine. It also has systems for stock markets, a robust market system, and full-rights zone-based PvP. (E.g. You can lose everything, if you're not careful).
It's not the real world... but it does give you the same appeal.
Another thing that may surprise you: language evolves. Most people understand that the vernacular use of a term is not incorrect. I find it rather tiresome that people to use the terms Linux, hacker, and ignorant incorrectly. However, I understand that as long as one is communicating, it doesn't particularly matter how that communication occurs.
Basically, sematical arguments waste my time more than /. does... and that is saying something. I normally don't reply to semantical bullshit... and I'm not really sure why I am still replying here.
" 10 : not costing or charging anything"
I regret to inform you, sir, that you are wrong. I would have used OED... unfortuantely, it is not a free resource.
Evidence, perchance?
I just headpalm-ed myself so hard that I gave myself a concussion...
While I agree that convenience sells, there is no excuse for having a system that doesn't present at least a modicum of security by default... As MS has found out over the past few years. You should be ashamed for even thinking of such a statement, much less posting it.
I'll be back later guys, I need to stumble over the ER.
I, for one, would appreciate the fully disambigous term: free software, meaning free as in speech, not free as in beer. The handy acronym is the following: FSMFSNFB. I find that when one says it quickly enough, it rolls right off the tounge.
It does, actually. The derived versions must not carry the "GPL" name, though. It's a similar situation for FireFox, with it's trademark license. Basically, that phrase is there to ensure branding. Otherwise, I could create and release a different "GPL" that could effectively lock people out of some of their rights.
If I had mod points, I'd mod him "offtopic". Why? Because the point of the presentation wasn't "google is successful because of linux", but "This is why we chose linux". It is obvious that using linux doesn't automatically make your business successful. The same goes for any operating system. However, why a company chooses 1 tool over another is most definitely important.
1. Use Open Source
2. ???
3. Profit !
It seems that you are off by a factor of 2.
I'm sorry, everyone. I had to do it, I say. I was compelled.
It occurs to me that you could have drastically shortened that time had you posted the solution yourself...
You had grey boxes? Back in my day we had a conglomeration of gears and cogs. Instructions were fed in on paper tape. WE didn't have your newfangled dialup! We used a mammoth-powered catapult and funnel system! In the blistering cold (of the ice age)! Up hill both ways! And we loved it.
Tell that to kids these days, and they'll never believe you.
7. Kid and slightly re-broken laptop triumph against all odds and defeat the company that made them who they were, in order to come to terms with their identity. ...
8.
9. PROFIT!!!!
I hear it can happen in the backwaters of Tennisee as well. Then again, if you're living in the backwater of tennissee, you probably don't have a laptop to worry about.
But when I do, I'm gonna go crazy with them. I'm talking reading them Insightful and Interesting Slashdot posts in the womb. Bedtime stories will consist of Linux HOWTOs and Unix manpages. Around the age of 5 or 6, I'll get little CoolGuyBob his first laptop, and a Gentoo live disk. By the time it's finished compiling, he'll have graduated high school. Problem solved!
The meta-moderation is the joke. It wouldn't be nearly as funny if I had actually been modded +5 funny.
Not that Darl's is any good, but statements like that don't help the situation.
It's because of his sig. When someone asks to be modded "+/- N whatever", the mods usually oblige.
To the mods: +5 insightful, please. ;)
We see the results of most forces... not the force themselves ;)
The Strong Nuclear Force is a mathematical abstraction to describe how the nuclei of atoms can stick together, and yet not cause the electron orbitals to decay. E.g. It is a replacement for gravity on the sub-atomic scale ;)
As for how it works... God only knows. (Har Har).
No Darpa did. Yes that's right it wasn't Al Gore
Congradulations. You are an idiot. The problem with the news is that they always take things out of context. And the problem with slashdot posters is that they never read the news... this makes them seem doubly stupid.
Al Gore did not invent the Internet. However, he did help create it. He didn't do it by writing the code, developing the hardware, etc... But he did it by ensureing that DARPA had the money available to implement it.
Such brilliance hasn't been heard of since Alanis Morisette's "Ironic"!