The article says they are using an entirely new codebase, and started working on it only a few days ago. Slashdot is not a trivial page to render, so they obviously have either been working on this project for a while, or are using the existing codebase. What they should be working on is a lightweight HTML rendering widget that all programs can use to display their help files and any other output that would be useful as HTML. They do not need to create a browser with all the bells and whistles of Mozilla, IE, or Opera, and quite frankly, I don't think they could. Those heavyweights have been in the browser business for a long time. Lastly, what happens when Mozilla does come out with a stable standards compliant king of all other HTML applications browser. Is it really worthwhile to try and compete with AOL/Netscape?
Macintouch is reporting that the PCI version is already supported by the company's existing Macintosh drivers. You can read the FAQ yourself. No doubt, if there is enough interest, drivers for AGP Macintoshes will be forthcoming.
You really think this link PROVES anything? It is mealy rumor and conjecture. The point is a good one though, but what you're supporting arguments are weak.
RHAT's fundamentals amaze me. They only made 10 million dollars last quarter, and lost 1 million. That is freaking peanuts. If ALL their revenue was profit, their P/E ratio would still be an extremely high 150 (6 Billion/40 million). That is insane. Also, if you look at Excite's excellent financial page on RedHat, you'll see that only.3% of its shares are held by institutional investors. They obviously don't believe that this stock is a good long-term buy. I firmly believe that this company can never live up to the insane valuations that it has achieved. Their services are not unique and will not become a dominant player unless...
Their only solution to this dilemma is if they are able to buy up enough Linux players so that they can offer a portfolio of products that they can be the one stop shopping site for all things Linux. Sort of the MS of the Linux world (I know they won't own the code, but for businesses, it won't matter [they'll be happy buying a total solution]). Anyway, I ramble, but it is an interesting phenomenon: A company with an insane valuation can justify the valuation by buying enough companies so that their valuation is justified.
PC's are aiming for the mainstream, and most consumers will not miss support for the legacy hardware. As long as the computer has a modem, and capabilities for peripherals such as printers and joysticks, the computer is appealing to the masses. USB supports all these technologies. For more high end customers, FireWire will complete the package. Apple realized this a long time ago, and the rest of the world is following suit.
This is extremely significant due to the fact that Judge's findings can't be appealed. For the rest of this case, these facts are theONE point of view that conclusions of law are going to be based on. A previous news.com article has a quote from a lawyer named Joe Sims: "Once he decided these are the facts, like a jury decides an individual's guilt or innocence, the he issues conclusions of law, which are the legal consequences of those facts. This means that Microsoft can argue what these facts mean, but can no longer argue that these facts are wrong.
Copernicus also recanted his statements about how the earth and other planets orbit the sun do to pressure from the church. Does that mean he didn't believe in his theories? How long did it take the Church to "forgive" and accept Copernicus's ideas?
As a customer of Pacific Bell, a Californian telephone service, I have the option to either enroll in an unlimited local calling plan or a per-minute local calling plan. For anyone that uses the Internet, the extra cost of the flat-fee plan is obviously the way to go. For others, the per-minute charge might be appropriate. What this means is that I am paying for the privilege of using their phone lines for unlimited periods of time. An FCC mandated tax is definitely not necessary. The FCC needs to let the free market decide. If phone companies start loosing money on providing local calls, let them raise rates. They could raise the price of unlimited local toll calling, but I doubt they will since competing local phone companies will no doubt step in and offer lower prices.
This project is truly awesome. Many of you are complaining that weather predictions are inherently inaccurate because the initial conditions for the simulations are so hard figure out. This is absolutely true. A Cray can predict our weather, but if the initial conditions are wrong, then it is a pointless exercise. Garbage in = Garbage Out. The goal of this project is to overcome this fatal flaw by coming up with accurate initial conditions. When the user downloads the software, it will randomly generate initial conditions (within the domain of probable values), and run their complex weather simulations starting in the past. The program will monitor the simulation, and determine if it is accurately predicting our past weather. If the simulation is accurate for past weather, it is logical to assume the simulation will work in the future. In conclusion, the real goal of this project is to refine the initial conditions so that any computer running weather simulations will be able to generate a more accurate model of our planet's weather system. This is where they need our help since there are so many different combinations of initial conditions to test.
I wouldn't want 100 Slashdot posts criticizing my "obvious" patent. Seriously, I should have said, "all other sites that I know of". However my point isn't wrong, nobody has come up with a site that equals Amazon.com's functionality. Even if you do know of such a site, I doubt it came up with the technology before Amazon.com submitted their patent application.
Your choice to enable this feature. I feel perfectly safe having this feature activated on my own personal computer. If you don't, then don't enable this feature.
No it doesn't. Clicking one button does not send you the patent. There is always a second or third step involved in ordering things from all other sites, including the patent office. The "one click and the product is sent" method is the essence of the patent.
You are so smart. You are smarter than all the lawyers in the patent office. Good job. You did it you invalidated the patent with one quick read. Good JOB! Now that we are out of fantasyland think about how Amazon.com generates their pages. They use Javascript, ASP, and other technologies. So obviously, the patent at least covers THIER methods of business.
Who is this everybody? When did they invent this? One-Click Shopping consists of the ability to click ONE button, have the following happen: 1) Product Ordered 2) Credit Card Validated 3) Bundle the various one-click orders, and ship them all to the user. 4) Requires NO additional user intervention once the system is setup the first time Please name other companies that offer this technology, and had it in place before the patent was filed? If you can't, then you should be quite. Amazon.com was one of the first companies to pioneer Internet shopping. A patent takes years to be processed, so it very possible that they came with this way before anyone else did. A patent is not granted that easily.
Did you even read the damn patent? They didn't patent Internet Shopping, but patented their methods that make up the One-Click Shopping feature. Have you even used One-Click shopping? I ask again, is there any company on the Internet that offers the ability to click one button and have your credit card validated, order processed and shipped to you with no additional intervention? Amazon.com was one of the first big-time retailers, and undoubtedly came up with a lot of the way things are done now on the Internet. Hell, when Barnes and Noble first started out on the Internet, their goal was to be as close to Amazon.com as possible. I'm sure many retailers thought the same thing. A patent takes years to be issued, so even if their methods are obvious now, they probably weren't when the patent was issued.
Why is this obvious? If this was so obvious why is nobody on the Internet doing the same thing Amazon.com is doing? Have you even used One-Click shopping? I ask again, is there any company on the Internet that offers the ability to click one button and have your credit card validated, order processed and shipped to you with no additional intervention? Get off your "I could have thought of that, so the patent is bogus" horse, and come up with one other site that allows this. Amazon.com was one of the first big-time retailers, and undoubtedly came up with a lot of the way things are done now on the Internet. Hell, when Barnes and Noble first started out on the Internet, their goal was to be as close to Amazon.com as possible. I'm sure many retailers thought the same thing. A patent takes years to be issued, so even if their methods are obvious now, they probably weren't when the patent was issued.
Why won't it stand up in court? Are you a patent lawyer? Can you think of prior art in this situation? Is there a single company that offers the ability with one click, to have your credit card validated, product ordered, and shipped to you. Please think of a single company before you question this patent's validity.
Why is LZW patent ridiculous? Is it because you could have implemented the algorithm? They invented dit it first, and were smart enough to patent it. There where at least two people that came up with telephone, and undoubtedly it would have been invented with out Bell, but he is the one who invented it first and was able to rightly patent it.
Amazon.com's method is unique in the industry. They are the only website on the Internet where one click will have an order shipped to you. There is no messing with a basket, nor is there any need to enter your credit card. Can any of you name another site that has this ability? Trust me, it is really convenient. You can browse their site, find something you like, and with just one click, your product is ordered. You can continue shopping immediately, and keep ordering their products. When you're done shopping, Amazon.com bundles your items, and ships them off to you. So please, before you question the voracity of the patent, think about other websites and whether they offer this capability. This convenience IS the future of the Internet, and whether you like it or not, this unique method of business is patentable.
1) You won't have to pay for the charges 2) You give your credit card freely all the time 3) The information is stored on private servers. When was the last time you heard of credit cards being stolen in a hacker attack?
This is getting pretty scary. There is no limit to what technology will be able to do in the future. Better and better images are only years away? Can this stuff be regulated? Once we are recognizable on the images, shouldn't our permission be required in order for our images to transmitted on the Internet for millions of people to see? It just gets scary if you think about it. Imagine a web site that lists famous people's coordinates and instructs psychos on the times that their favorite celebrity's picture will be taken and broadcasted on the Internet. I should have absolute privacy both inside my home and behind my fence. The Big Brother from above should not have the ability to take my picture when I'm in a private place.
Rambus is another causality in the PC world where the best technology seems to get passed up for either the current technology or cheaper technology. The best technology doesn't necessarily dominate. The MacOS is a good example of this, as is the FireWire bus. Despite Intel's backing I would bet that this technology will only be used is niche market of high-end servers. The $200 PC's of the world will never want to pay a premium for a small increase in performance. The current SDRAM technology will be tweaked for years to come, and Rambus will never be the dominant standard.
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That was an Infoseek vice president, not someone from GoTo.com. Also, Janet Reno had nothing to do with this court decision.
The article says they are using an entirely new codebase, and started working on it only a few days ago. Slashdot is not a trivial page to render, so they obviously have either been working on this project for a while, or are using the existing codebase.
What they should be working on is a lightweight HTML rendering widget that all programs can use to display their help files and any other output that would be useful as HTML. They do not need to create a browser with all the bells and whistles of Mozilla, IE, or Opera, and quite frankly, I don't think they could. Those heavyweights have been in the browser business for a long time.
Lastly, what happens when Mozilla does come out with a stable standards compliant king of all other HTML applications browser. Is it really worthwhile to try and compete with AOL/Netscape?
Macintouch is reporting that the PCI version is already supported by the company's existing Macintosh drivers. You can read the FAQ yourself. No doubt, if there is enough interest, drivers for AGP Macintoshes will be forthcoming.
You know, IE has been doing this since version 3. The rendering engine is nothing more than an ActiveX control that any Window's application can use.
You really think this link PROVES anything? It is mealy rumor and conjecture. The point is a good one though, but what you're supporting arguments are weak.
RHAT's fundamentals amaze me. They only made 10 million dollars last quarter, and lost 1 million. That is freaking peanuts. If ALL their revenue was profit, their P/E ratio would still be an extremely high 150 (6 Billion/40 million). That is insane. Also, if you look at Excite's excellent financial page on RedHat, you'll see that only .3% of its shares are held by institutional investors. They obviously don't believe that this stock is a good long-term buy. I firmly believe that this company can never live up to the insane valuations that it has achieved. Their services are not unique and will not become a dominant player unless...
Their only solution to this dilemma is if they are able to buy up enough Linux players so that they can offer a portfolio of products that they can be the one stop shopping site for all things Linux. Sort of the MS of the Linux world (I know they won't own the code, but for businesses, it won't matter [they'll be happy buying a total solution]). Anyway, I ramble, but it is an interesting phenomenon: A company with an insane valuation can justify the valuation by buying enough companies so that their valuation is justified.
PC's are aiming for the mainstream, and most consumers will not miss support for the legacy hardware. As long as the computer has a modem, and capabilities for peripherals such as printers and joysticks, the computer is appealing to the masses. USB supports all these technologies. For more high end customers, FireWire will complete the package. Apple realized this a long time ago, and the rest of the world is following suit.
This is extremely significant due to the fact that Judge's findings can't be appealed. For the rest of this case, these facts are theONE point of view that conclusions of law are going to be based on. A previous news.com article has a quote from a lawyer named Joe Sims:
"Once he decided these are the facts, like a jury decides an individual's guilt or innocence, the he issues conclusions of law, which are the legal consequences of those facts.
This means that Microsoft can argue what these facts mean, but can no longer argue that these facts are wrong.
Damn, I knew I should have checked before posting! Anyway, point is the same. The Church can be VERY persuasive.
Copernicus also recanted his statements about how the earth and other planets orbit the sun do to pressure from the church. Does that mean he didn't believe in his theories? How long did it take the Church to "forgive" and accept Copernicus's ideas?
As a customer of Pacific Bell, a Californian telephone service, I have the option to either enroll in an unlimited local calling plan or a per-minute local calling plan. For anyone that uses the Internet, the extra cost of the flat-fee plan is obviously the way to go. For others, the per-minute charge might be appropriate. What this means is that I am paying for the privilege of using their phone lines for unlimited periods of time.
An FCC mandated tax is definitely not necessary. The FCC needs to let the free market decide. If phone companies start loosing money on providing local calls, let them raise rates. They could raise the price of unlimited local toll calling, but I doubt they will since competing local phone companies will no doubt step in and offer lower prices.
This project is truly awesome. Many of you are complaining that weather predictions are inherently inaccurate because the initial conditions for the simulations are so hard figure out. This is absolutely true. A Cray can predict our weather, but if the initial conditions are wrong, then it is a pointless exercise. Garbage in = Garbage Out. The goal of this project is to overcome this fatal flaw by coming up with accurate initial conditions. When the user downloads the software, it will randomly generate initial conditions (within the domain of probable values), and run their complex weather simulations starting in the past. The program will monitor the simulation, and determine if it is accurately predicting our past weather. If the simulation is accurate for past weather, it is logical to assume the simulation will work in the future.
In conclusion, the real goal of this project is to refine the initial conditions so that any computer running weather simulations will be able to generate a more accurate model of our planet's weather system. This is where they need our help since there are so many different combinations of initial conditions to test.
I wouldn't want 100 Slashdot posts criticizing my "obvious" patent.
Seriously, I should have said, "all other sites that I know of". However my point isn't wrong, nobody has come up with a site that equals Amazon.com's functionality. Even if you do know of such a site, I doubt it came up with the technology before Amazon.com submitted their patent application.
Your choice to enable this feature. I feel perfectly safe having this feature activated on my own personal computer. If you don't, then don't enable this feature.
No it doesn't. Clicking one button does not send you the patent. There is always a second or third step involved in ordering things from all other sites, including the patent office. The "one click and the product is sent" method is the essence of the patent.
You are so smart. You are smarter than all the lawyers in the patent office. Good job. You did it you invalidated the patent with one quick read. Good JOB!
Now that we are out of fantasyland think about how Amazon.com generates their pages. They use Javascript, ASP, and other technologies. So obviously, the patent at least covers THIER methods of business.
Who is this everybody? When did they invent this? One-Click Shopping consists of the ability to click ONE button, have the following happen: 1) Product Ordered 2) Credit Card Validated 3) Bundle the various one-click orders, and ship them all to the user. 4) Requires NO additional user intervention once the system is setup the first time Please name other companies that offer this technology, and had it in place before the patent was filed? If you can't, then you should be quite. Amazon.com was one of the first companies to pioneer Internet shopping. A patent takes years to be processed, so it very possible that they came with this way before anyone else did. A patent is not granted that easily.
Did you even read the damn patent? They didn't patent Internet Shopping, but patented their methods that make up the One-Click Shopping feature. Have you even used One-Click shopping? I ask again, is there any company on the Internet that offers the ability to click one button and have your credit card validated, order processed and shipped to you with no additional intervention?
Amazon.com was one of the first big-time retailers, and undoubtedly came up with a lot of the way things are done now on the Internet. Hell, when Barnes and Noble first started out on the Internet, their goal was to be as close to Amazon.com as possible. I'm sure many retailers thought the same thing. A patent takes years to be issued, so even if their methods are obvious now, they probably weren't when the patent was issued.
Why is this obvious? If this was so obvious why is nobody on the Internet doing the same thing Amazon .com is doing? Have you even used One-Click shopping? I ask again, is there any company on the Internet that offers the ability to click one button and have your credit card validated, order processed and shipped to you with no additional intervention? Get off your "I could have thought of that, so the patent is bogus" horse, and come up with one other site that allows this.
Amazon.com was one of the first big-time retailers, and undoubtedly came up with a lot of the way things are done now on the Internet. Hell, when Barnes and Noble first started out on the Internet, their goal was to be as close to Amazon.com as possible. I'm sure many retailers thought the same thing. A patent takes years to be issued, so even if their methods are obvious now, they probably weren't when the patent was issued.
Why won't it stand up in court? Are you a patent lawyer? Can you think of prior art in this situation? Is there a single company that offers the ability with one click, to have your credit card validated, product ordered, and shipped to you. Please think of a single company before you question this patent's validity.
Why is LZW patent ridiculous? Is it because you could have implemented the algorithm? They invented dit it first, and were smart enough to patent it. There where at least two people that came up with telephone, and undoubtedly it would have been invented with out Bell, but he is the one who invented it first and was able to rightly patent it.
Amazon.com's method is unique in the industry. They are the only website on the Internet where one click will have an order shipped to you. There is no messing with a basket, nor is there any need to enter your credit card. Can any of you name another site that has this ability?
Trust me, it is really convenient. You can browse their site, find something you like, and with just one click, your product is ordered. You can continue shopping immediately, and keep ordering their products. When you're done shopping, Amazon.com bundles your items, and ships them off to you. So please, before you question the voracity of the patent, think about other websites and whether they offer this capability. This convenience IS the future of the Internet, and whether you like it or not, this unique method of business is patentable.
1) You won't have to pay for the charges 2) You give your credit card freely all the time 3) The information is stored on private servers.
When was the last time you heard of credit cards being stolen in a hacker attack?
This is getting pretty scary. There is no limit to what technology will be able to do in the future. Better and better images are only years away? Can this stuff be regulated? Once we are recognizable on the images, shouldn't our permission be required in order for our images to transmitted on the Internet for millions of people to see?
It just gets scary if you think about it. Imagine a web site that lists famous people's coordinates and instructs psychos on the times that their favorite celebrity's picture will be taken and broadcasted on the Internet. I should have absolute privacy both inside my home and behind my fence. The Big Brother from above should not have the ability to take my picture when I'm in a private place.
Rambus is another causality in the PC world where the best technology seems to get passed up for either the current technology or cheaper technology. The best technology doesn't necessarily dominate. The MacOS is a good example of this, as is the FireWire bus. Despite Intel's backing I would bet that this technology will only be used is niche market of high-end servers. The $200 PC's of the world will never want to pay a premium for a small increase in performance. The current SDRAM technology will be tweaked for years to come, and Rambus will never be the dominant standard.