well, I looked at the breakdown of moderation on this post. As usual, the antimicrosoft crowd modded this as insightful because I fear they truly believe that MS doesn't want us to use there software. Not a single Funny moderation? How does this happen. The saracasm in this post is radiating "mod me funny".... that would also allow the offtopic moderaters to rest easy (though they should have a field day with this post)...
I doubt this will impact the economy much. Granted that if this deal goes ahead, many redundant jobs may be cut, but in the end I think that market forces would have forced further contraction in either Microsoft's own web initiatives or on yahoo's causing these people to be removed from there job anyways - look at the layoffs at yahoo that have already occurred. Despite my distaste for MS, this would probably be beneficial to the US economy. The real question is if there is still enough name recognition and resources within yahoo to merit such a move.
Unfortunately for MS, the real threat to Google will most likely be from another startup kind of like what this article is getting at. What I find intersting is that if the patent system actually worked, one of the early search engines such as web crawler or alta vista would still control the market and companies such as Google and MS would have had to bow out secondary to valid patents. - and this would allow these companies in theory to grow their technology - plus they could use the patent clout to recruit the appropriate talent (in theory).
In the end the thing that will hurt the US economy the most is globalization and the realization that intelligence and the ability to "create" isn't as valuable as it may seem. It can be converted to a commodity along with almost everything else.
If soft engineers in this country want protection, they will most likely need a union and a licensing exam like lawyers and doctors
You could always create a blog about how to harass bloggers thus forcing their hand and going on strike; however, you would then have to join the strike and may not be able to maintain the intensity of the harassment. Although this paradox appears unresolvable at first, but if you join me and my good friend Mr. J Hoffa behind the supermarket tomorrow night, I will let you know how to get around the problem.
sprintf(buf, "People are stupid."); printf("%s", buf);
and the insertion of the '\n' into the string wasn't really necessary for compilation purposes though it may be more readable.
For more tips on how this joke can be made to compile, please deposit $25 into the bank of... oh wait, we aren't allowed to do that anymore. nevermind.
software systems testing for signs of a virtual machine have a frame of reference for what a virtual machine is and how it differs from a real machine. A VM without outside references and a clock that is not sync'd to the outside is fairly difficult to detect.
From a practical standpoint, all this person could really accomplish is showing that there is a set of discrete mathematics governing the universe which doesn't do much to show that the world is "virtual".
Well, you said what I was going to say + here is another one: http://www.thinklabsmedical.com/electronic-stethoscope/products/
The only time I can think of that a stethoscope has been used consistently and necessarily for the management of a patient is post intubation - for confirmation of tube placement.
Other than that, I don't know anyone who wouldn't order a CXR for suspicion of pneumonia despite a "clear" chest. an echo for the heart, an obstructive series for abdominal distension.
The real use of a stethoscope is for immediate management. If you are good at auscultation, you may use it to guide decisions before more accurate tests can be obtained. Recording the sounds would only be useful in an academic environment - you can re-listen to a finding to improve your skills in the future.
The first thing that came to mind was the optical mouse. I know they existed before, but the MS design definitely brought it to the masses.
Visual Studio. Though I haven't used it for a while, my last encounter was quite pleasant. I still feel that MS makes some of the best development tools for quick development.
Not sure how to count this, but MS bought/made some of better 3D tools (didn't they buy Silicon Graphics patent portfolio?)
Game engines. This is second hand info - I don't get to play too many games
considering I run Linux at home and work computers are secured - or overrun with crap if not - I don't have too much experience with MS software directly. I have big issues with Windows and MS philosophy, but they have done a few things worth noting. One must merely keep things in perspective - a company of thousands of people can provide great innovation while still being an abusive monopoly.
One thing of note. Patents don't require a real working product. They merely require a vague description of a working product, so if you have a good idea, its in your interest to patent it, so when someone else makes it, you already "own" it. Its what patent trolls do. For all we know, the MS patent portfolio could be smoke and mirrors - with MS ready to pounce on a real threat to their interests.
Free beer for every kilowatt-hour, Energy crisis solved.
"Screw ethanol, we're green the hops way! Take that corn industry!"
Well, your solution apparently still requires ethanol to be burned. Just that the powerplant is in human form.
no, I was just commenting on the people that get pissy that some software doesn't work the way they want. I don't mean to say that one shouldn't express their opinion - only that there is a limit to reasonable expectations. Its one thing to pose the question - "is there a driver for printer X? Is anyone working on it?" and "Why is no one working on this printer driver?! Team X needs to do this now." I also distinguish between a request made to third parties - i.e. a hobbiest that got his printer working and started on a similar printer but stopped and asking a vendor for support. Vendors have more of an obligation imo since they are selling hardware. Of course these are my own feelings on this topic and you may disagree. I just don't think people should make demands of third parties.
yeah... I thought of that a few seconds after clicking "Submit". Very valid point - I should have said open and transparent. I.E. the software functions as stated. I do believe there is an obligation to inform people that data is being gathered - my point was that if someone said "I am giving out this software that does X, but I will be gathering your IP address and browsing habits." I wouldn't complain about it. I may not run the software or may attempt to hack it to no longer do that, but I wouldn't complain about the offering. Malicious or intentionally misleading works - open or closed source - are entirely different matters.
Well,
I have always found it interesting that people get up in arms over these types of things (with open source software). If people are that pissed, let them maintain their own distribution. I can understand if someone had paid for something that they may be mad about this sort of behavior, but people should be happy that someone has put together a great product for their use. I am running a trixbox at my office and may use this info to disable to call home; however, I have no problem with the company taking this measure. I just can't complain about free software.
at some point the marketing/PR departments are going to realise that trying to play on both sides of a particular game isn't going to look too good for them?
Well, that may be true, but when the finance department tells the marketing department that the MS advertisement rebate which finances the marketing department is higher than their profit margin/machine and keeps them in business is dependent on that phrase appearing on their site, the marketing department will look the other way.
MS may not be able to demand X dollars per maching, but they have a whole slew of other dirty tactics to use.
dislaimer, this comment is unresearched and an unfair accusation, but doesn't it feel good to bash MS with an intelligent and plausible comment like this one? I bet if this disclaimer wasn't here, some people might actually believe it.
They may feel this way; however, for something like this, I don't think they'll chance it. They are targetting higher ups in teh university to buy their line - so are selling BS about copyright protection. Here I think they'll want to maintain an image of legitamacy. I think they'd be more willing to fight it if it was like the sony root-kit and just got installed onto peoples computers when they played a DVD - that targets the consumers who they would feel are like peasants. Right now they need the campus admins "partnering" with them. If they can get Congress to mandate these things, then they will no longer pretend like they want to cater to these people.
SCO recently announced a 3 trillion dollar law suit against the owner of the kclittle slashdot ID. When asked about the dollar amount, they said that the "three billion" number lost its glamor and is no longer taken seriously.
if he talks about upcoming technology then I'll read it.
Um... this is talking about upcoming technology - sort of. Why bother reading anything he writes? And isn't the point of sites such as digg and slashdot to sort of pick and choose articles from across different sites that would be worth reading. it seems the worth in the previous sentence is where I made my mistake.
well, lukcily I'm one of the masses that doesn't RTFA. life is good.
What? Are you mad? There's no reason for discussion. The answer is obvious. The nanobot OS would be a monolithic unix derivative stripped down to the bare essentials with all drivers statically linked - like a custom Linux or BSD build. Tiny nanobots are like a Mini. You need something that will fit the form factor. You would need something like a a href=http://www.fordvehicles.com/trucks/f150/>Ford F150 to run Windows. Windows Doesn't even enter the nanobot market....
more seriously though, if we built nanobots, and each nanobot ran its own version of an OS, could we count this in marketshare research?... wait, what were we talking about again? Oh yes, fear. Let O'Reilly do a piece on nanotech and terrorism and the numbers will do a 180 and the public calling for a ban on research.
got it. so the other site loads a script from facebook.com/beacon and that script then has access to the page content (what was purchased) and has the ability to add it to your profile. interesting. also room for a ton of abuse if the nature of the script can be figured out. A compromised machine can potentially be setup to post ads to their facebook account in this manner - or some unsuspecting guest that uses their account on that machine.
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I hope you are not suggesting that I wait until after a site sends something to my profile to have means to stop it? This would be ok, if you alone are notified of the attempt before it can be successfully carried out. What if someone doesn't notice the little blip they put up on the external site? Can they still block others from seeing something even if its only once? I won't have to worry about this because my account is registered with an email I don't use for shopping, so I am asking because I can only find out from others experiences. That at least is the point most people here are getting at.
Anything other than having the default be no consent, there seems to be something wrong with this model. I think this may mean people will start shopping with a non-facebook registered email address.
My solution from a while ago was to create a new email address for every site I register with (it is a mail forwarder - i don't actually check dozens of email addresses). This gives me the ability to delete the address if it starts getting too much spam (selling of email addresses was one of the original reasons for me to do this). a sideeffect is that it hinders (though does not block) sharing of my info amongst businesses.
considering how quickly the third reich came up in this thread, I think that we need a whole other approach. All RIAA/. summaries should mention the third reich just to pre-empt those that would make a comparison later.
if that doesn't work for you, I suggest they make a comparison to Emperor Shwa instead of Hitler thus making a shift to the European theater less likely since slashdotters will likely post about the pacific theater to show off their wealth of knowledge. We all know any decent slashdotter would at minimum search for a random fact regardding japanese atrocities once its brought up. this may be the best defense against Godwin's law.
anyhow, I've spent enough time in front of a computer.... I am going to get up out of the chair and walk down the hall and down the stairs and to the couch to go sit in front of a tv and watch a movie.... need the exercise...
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well, I looked at the breakdown of moderation on this post. As usual, the antimicrosoft crowd modded this as insightful because I fear they truly believe that MS doesn't want us to use there software. Not a single Funny moderation? How does this happen. The saracasm in this post is radiating "mod me funny".... that would also allow the offtopic moderaters to rest easy (though they should have a field day with this post)...
I doubt this will impact the economy much. Granted that if this deal goes ahead, many redundant jobs may be cut, but in the end I think that market forces would have forced further contraction in either Microsoft's own web initiatives or on yahoo's causing these people to be removed from there job anyways - look at the layoffs at yahoo that have already occurred. Despite my distaste for MS, this would probably be beneficial to the US economy. The real question is if there is still enough name recognition and resources within yahoo to merit such a move.
Unfortunately for MS, the real threat to Google will most likely be from another startup kind of like what this article is getting at. What I find intersting is that if the patent system actually worked, one of the early search engines such as web crawler or alta vista would still control the market and companies such as Google and MS would have had to bow out secondary to valid patents. - and this would allow these companies in theory to grow their technology - plus they could use the patent clout to recruit the appropriate talent (in theory).
In the end the thing that will hurt the US economy the most is globalization and the realization that intelligence and the ability to "create" isn't as valuable as it may seem. It can be converted to a commodity along with almost everything else.
If soft engineers in this country want protection, they will most likely need a union and a licensing exam like lawyers and doctors
You could always create a blog about how to harass bloggers thus forcing their hand and going on strike; however, you would then have to join the strike and may not be able to maintain the intensity of the harassment. Although this paradox appears unresolvable at first, but if you join me and my good friend Mr. J Hoffa behind the supermarket tomorrow night, I will let you know how to get around the problem.
Then what goes in the PIP?
or this
...
char buf[20];
sprintf(buf, "People are stupid.");
printf("%s", buf);
and the insertion of the '\n' into the string wasn't really necessary for compilation purposes though it may be more readable.
For more tips on how this joke can be made to compile, please deposit $25 into the bank of... oh wait, we aren't allowed to do that anymore. nevermind.
Other than for a warm-fuzzy feeling, what's in it for them?
software systems testing for signs of a virtual machine have a frame of reference for what a virtual machine is and how it differs from a real machine. A VM without outside references and a clock that is not sync'd to the outside is fairly difficult to detect.
From a practical standpoint, all this person could really accomplish is showing that there is a set of discrete mathematics governing the universe which doesn't do much to show that the world is "virtual".
Well, you said what I was going to say + here is another one: http://www.thinklabsmedical.com/electronic-stethoscope/products/ The only time I can think of that a stethoscope has been used consistently and necessarily for the management of a patient is post intubation - for confirmation of tube placement. Other than that, I don't know anyone who wouldn't order a CXR for suspicion of pneumonia despite a "clear" chest. an echo for the heart, an obstructive series for abdominal distension. The real use of a stethoscope is for immediate management. If you are good at auscultation, you may use it to guide decisions before more accurate tests can be obtained. Recording the sounds would only be useful in an academic environment - you can re-listen to a finding to improve your skills in the future.
The first thing that came to mind was the optical mouse. I know they existed before, but the MS design definitely brought it to the masses.
Visual Studio. Though I haven't used it for a while, my last encounter was quite pleasant. I still feel that MS makes some of the best development tools for quick development.
Not sure how to count this, but MS bought/made some of better 3D tools (didn't they buy Silicon Graphics patent portfolio?)
Game engines. This is second hand info - I don't get to play too many games
considering I run Linux at home and work computers are secured - or overrun with crap if not - I don't have too much experience with MS software directly. I have big issues with Windows and MS philosophy, but they have done a few things worth noting. One must merely keep things in perspective - a company of thousands of people can provide great innovation while still being an abusive monopoly.
One thing of note. Patents don't require a real working product. They merely require a vague description of a working product, so if you have a good idea, its in your interest to patent it, so when someone else makes it, you already "own" it. Its what patent trolls do. For all we know, the MS patent portfolio could be smoke and mirrors - with MS ready to pounce on a real threat to their interests.
"Screw ethanol, we're green the hops way! Take that corn industry!"
Well, your solution apparently still requires ethanol to be burned. Just that the powerplant is in human form.
no, I was just commenting on the people that get pissy that some software doesn't work the way they want. I don't mean to say that one shouldn't express their opinion - only that there is a limit to reasonable expectations. Its one thing to pose the question - "is there a driver for printer X? Is anyone working on it?" and "Why is no one working on this printer driver?! Team X needs to do this now." I also distinguish between a request made to third parties - i.e. a hobbiest that got his printer working and started on a similar printer but stopped and asking a vendor for support. Vendors have more of an obligation imo since they are selling hardware. Of course these are my own feelings on this topic and you may disagree. I just don't think people should make demands of third parties.
yeah... I thought of that a few seconds after clicking "Submit". Very valid point - I should have said open and transparent. I.E. the software functions as stated. I do believe there is an obligation to inform people that data is being gathered - my point was that if someone said "I am giving out this software that does X, but I will be gathering your IP address and browsing habits." I wouldn't complain about it. I may not run the software or may attempt to hack it to no longer do that, but I wouldn't complain about the offering. Malicious or intentionally misleading works - open or closed source - are entirely different matters.
Well, I have always found it interesting that people get up in arms over these types of things (with open source software). If people are that pissed, let them maintain their own distribution. I can understand if someone had paid for something that they may be mad about this sort of behavior, but people should be happy that someone has put together a great product for their use. I am running a trixbox at my office and may use this info to disable to call home; however, I have no problem with the company taking this measure. I just can't complain about free software.
Well, that may be true, but when the finance department tells the marketing department that the MS advertisement rebate which finances the marketing department is higher than their profit margin/machine and keeps them in business is dependent on that phrase appearing on their site, the marketing department will look the other way.
MS may not be able to demand X dollars per maching, but they have a whole slew of other dirty tactics to use.
dislaimer, this comment is unresearched and an unfair accusation, but doesn't it feel good to bash MS with an intelligent and plausible comment like this one? I bet if this disclaimer wasn't here, some people might actually believe it.
They may feel this way; however, for something like this, I don't think they'll chance it. They are targetting higher ups in teh university to buy their line - so are selling BS about copyright protection. Here I think they'll want to maintain an image of legitamacy. I think they'd be more willing to fight it if it was like the sony root-kit and just got installed onto peoples computers when they played a DVD - that targets the consumers who they would feel are like peasants. Right now they need the campus admins "partnering" with them. If they can get Congress to mandate these things, then they will no longer pretend like they want to cater to these people.
SCO recently announced a 3 trillion dollar law suit against the owner of the kclittle slashdot ID. When asked about the dollar amount, they said that the "three billion" number lost its glamor and is no longer taken seriously.
Um... this is talking about upcoming technology - sort of. Why bother reading anything he writes? And isn't the point of sites such as digg and slashdot to sort of pick and choose articles from across different sites that would be worth reading. it seems the worth in the previous sentence is where I made my mistake.
well, lukcily I'm one of the masses that doesn't RTFA. life is good.
but just as compelling proof against intelligent.
I believe its time to rethink these theories. Maybe we can discuss this over a nice hot plate of pasta.
What? Are you mad? There's no reason for discussion. The answer is obvious. The nanobot OS would be a monolithic unix derivative stripped down to the bare essentials with all drivers statically linked - like a custom Linux or BSD build. Tiny nanobots are like a Mini. You need something that will fit the form factor. You would need something like a a href=http://www.fordvehicles.com/trucks/f150/>Ford F150 to run Windows. Windows Doesn't even enter the nanobot market....
more seriously though, if we built nanobots, and each nanobot ran its own version of an OS, could we count this in marketshare research?... wait, what were we talking about again? Oh yes, fear. Let O'Reilly do a piece on nanotech and terrorism and the numbers will do a 180 and the public calling for a ban on research.
got it. so the other site loads a script from facebook.com/beacon and that script then has access to the page content (what was purchased) and has the ability to add it to your profile. interesting. also room for a ton of abuse if the nature of the script can be figured out. A compromised machine can potentially be setup to post ads to their facebook account in this manner - or some unsuspecting guest that uses their account on that machine.
I hope you are not suggesting that I wait until after a site sends something to my profile to have means to stop it? This would be ok, if you alone are notified of the attempt before it can be successfully carried out. What if someone doesn't notice the little blip they put up on the external site? Can they still block others from seeing something even if its only once? I won't have to worry about this because my account is registered with an email I don't use for shopping, so I am asking because I can only find out from others experiences. That at least is the point most people here are getting at.
Anything other than having the default be no consent, there seems to be something wrong with this model. I think this may mean people will start shopping with a non-facebook registered email address.
My solution from a while ago was to create a new email address for every site I register with (it is a mail forwarder - i don't actually check dozens of email addresses). This gives me the ability to delete the address if it starts getting too much spam (selling of email addresses was one of the original reasons for me to do this). a sideeffect is that it hinders (though does not block) sharing of my info amongst businesses.
and it was control of Indian ports that lead to colonization for 5 centuries
Are you trying to say its going to get darker?
considering how quickly the third reich came up in this thread, I think that we need a whole other approach. All RIAA /. summaries should mention the third reich just to pre-empt those that would make a comparison later.
if that doesn't work for you, I suggest they make a comparison to Emperor Shwa instead of Hitler thus making a shift to the European theater less likely since slashdotters will likely post about the pacific theater to show off their wealth of knowledge. We all know any decent slashdotter would at minimum search for a random fact regardding japanese atrocities once its brought up. this may be the best defense against Godwin's law.
anyhow, I've spent enough time in front of a computer.... I am going to get up out of the chair and walk down the hall and down the stairs and to the couch to go sit in front of a tv and watch a movie.... need the exercise...
Well,
having an uncommon name makes it hard to hide - especially if you don't care if people know.
If someone wanted to target me specifically, I think they would be able to peace together enough information even without the internet.