Except, there are no patent trolls in this case. i4i ships and sells an actual product, the patented code for which Microsoft actually stole after working with them.
i4i is an actual company, that sells actual products. They worked with Microsoft, and Microsoft, line for line, stole their code. i4i subsequently sued them, and won.
The guy with a Mac sitting at Starbucks blogging about his new car. The dude at the bar with a bluetooth headset in his ear while he's not even on the phone. They guy tooling down the street with a Segway to get to the Apple store for the new iPhone. They're all doing something functional, and look pretty damn cool doing it.
The kid with the netbook directly jacking into the school server to change his grades. The Navy Seal with the headset and mic relaying position information. They dude on the skateboard doing an ollie over some trash while trying to get to work on time. They all fit into the category of 'look at me, I'm important, please take notice of this so I can feel better about myself.'
So yeah, you didn't have a point at all, did you?:)
A simple proxy server can/not/ bypass his ruling, and will do/nothing/ to prevent enforcement of the ruling.
Anyone using a proxy will be assumed by the courts to be from the Netherlands, and the due fines will be charged, else face forfeiture posessions and/or imprisonment and/or penalty of being legally barred from the internet for a period of time decided by the courts.
Then anyone using a proxy will be assumed by the courts to be from the Netherlands, and the due fines will be charged, else face forfeiture posessions and/or imprisonment and/or penalty of being legally barred from the internet for a period of time decided by the courts.
I find your lack of abilitiy to discern the difference between real and fake to be troubling. Do you also believe that everything on the internet is real?
Myself, I trust the youngster over someone like you, every single time, no matter what fictional media they view for entertainment.
Do you hold that view about movies, books, music, and TV Shows that portray gangesters and other such characters in any way, as well?
It's people like you who not only are unable to determine the difference between reality and fiction, but assume that others are similarly impaired and must be 'protected', that are truly the most monsterous threats to real human freedoms.
So, the Chinese government has just stated to the world that they are not confident that their people are capable of discerning the difference between things that are real, and things that are not real?
I never knew the Chinese thought so very little of themselves.
The whole thing on the 'decline of handwriting' is just silly. Anceint Greek isn't taught in most schools either - should we lament the 'decline of 26 year olds being able to understand Ancient Greek'? Of course not.
They can't write in cursive because cursive is either not taught at all, or taught poorly at best - and/nobody cares/ whether or not you can write well.
Y'know, AVG doesn't have a good reputation/to/ tarnish. The only people who use them are the ignorant or willfully stupid. Which, admittedly, is a lot.
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This petri-dish full of sperm and eggs is what, then? Female? A woman?
Use a trackball: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trackball
Specifically, I use this Logitech trackball: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Logitech-trackball.jpg
After using that, using a mouse feels like my response time and accuracy is that of the old-style slow and stupid zombies.
You're right, of course.
i4i, however, is not now, and has not ever been a patent troll.
Unlike a patent troll, i4i produces an actual product. An actual product, which, after working with Microsoft, Microsoft unilaterally stole.
i4i is not a patent troll, unless you are trying to spin the story so that people think 'poor Microsoft'.
Hopefully, that won't work here.
Except, there are no patent trolls in this case. i4i ships and sells an actual product, the patented code for which Microsoft actually stole after working with them.
You're wrong, and overmoderated.
There is no patent troll in this case.
i4i is an actual company, that sells actual products. They worked with Microsoft, and Microsoft, line for line, stole their code. i4i subsequently sued them, and won.
There is no patent troll in this case.
If no, then he's fucked.
If yes, then, if it was any good, it covers stuff like this.
No story.
I think that using tools makes people smarter, not dumber.
Unpopular opinion on slashdot, I know, but I just don't know why.
Is it flamebait if it's true?
You're right, of course, but - it's kdawson. That's all that need be said.
The guy with a Mac sitting at Starbucks blogging about his new car. The dude at the bar with a bluetooth headset in his ear while he's not even on the phone. They guy tooling down the street with a Segway to get to the Apple store for the new iPhone. They're all doing something functional, and look pretty damn cool doing it.
The kid with the netbook directly jacking into the school server to change his grades. The Navy Seal with the headset and mic relaying position information. They dude on the skateboard doing an ollie over some trash while trying to get to work on time. They all fit into the category of 'look at me, I'm important, please take notice of this so I can feel better about myself.'
So yeah, you didn't have a point at all, did you? :)
You mean stupid. Most lions and tigers are endangered, if not close to extinction, and bears aren't too well off either.
A better example would be insects, like mosquitoes.
Not to mention AMD.
A simple proxy server can /not/ bypass his ruling, and will do /nothing/ to prevent enforcement of the ruling.
Anyone using a proxy will be assumed by the courts to be from the Netherlands, and the due fines will be charged, else face forfeiture posessions and/or imprisonment and/or penalty of being legally barred from the internet for a period of time decided by the courts.
Proxies don't help much if you're in jail.
Then anyone using a proxy will be assumed by the courts to be from the Netherlands, and the due fines will be charged, else face forfeiture posessions and/or imprisonment and/or penalty of being legally barred from the internet for a period of time decided by the courts.
Proxies don't help much if you're in jail.
"But you will get more pesticide contamination, more genetically modified food, more additives and a few other nasty bits and pieces."
Which are... utterly harmless in every way and have zero health effects.
What's your point again?
Where do you get the idea that people think that Apple invented podcasting?
Saying that 'Apple did podcasting' is very different from, what you claim people are saying, that 'Apple invented podcasting'.
Anyway, yeah, this patent is BS, but check your facts.
Hey, I have this machine that boils water for free, and makes money.
If I turn it on.
Which I'm not going to do - instead, I'm determined to dismantle it, but it costs too much to do so. ...
Anyone else not see how fucked up the idea of dismantling nuclear plants is?
Movies also tell you that Superman is real.
I find your lack of abilitiy to discern the difference between real and fake to be troubling. Do you also believe that everything on the internet is real?
Myself, I trust the youngster over someone like you, every single time, no matter what fictional media they view for entertainment.
Do you hold that view about movies, books, music, and TV Shows that portray gangesters and other such characters in any way, as well?
It's people like you who not only are unable to determine the difference between reality and fiction, but assume that others are similarly impaired and must be 'protected', that are truly the most monsterous threats to real human freedoms.
You disgust me.
So, the Chinese government has just stated to the world that they are not confident that their people are capable of discerning the difference between things that are real, and things that are not real?
I never knew the Chinese thought so very little of themselves.
How long as it been accelerating?
Oh, right, only since the Industrial Revolution.
Seriously. The answer is easy.
The whole thing on the 'decline of handwriting' is just silly. Anceint Greek isn't taught in most schools either - should we lament the 'decline of 26 year olds being able to understand Ancient Greek'? Of course not.
They can't write in cursive because cursive is either not taught at all, or taught poorly at best - and /nobody cares/ whether or not you can write well.
You want a good immersion experience without graphics?
Play Dungeons and Dragons. Or chess. Or poker.
Otherwise you're like a vegetarian complaining that the meat is too raw.
Y'know, AVG doesn't have a good reputation /to/ tarnish. The only people who use them are the ignorant or willfully stupid. Which, admittedly, is a lot.