Also, it's probably safe to say that he wouldn't have been so aggressively treated if it had been the computer who identified him, since people still trust other people more than they do machines.
Check out this ZDNet review of three competing products, from March 1998. CyberMedia was acquired by McAfee, and I bet the technology behind Oil Change is what they have patented. So they didn't even develop it, in true "innovator" style, they just bought it, then claimed to have invented it.
The other two products were Symantec's Norton LiveUpdate, and Quarterdeck's TuneUp. Soon after this review was published, Symantec bought out Quarterdeck.
TuneUp.com was Quarterdeck Corp's. I thought they had bought CyberMedia, who produced Oil Change, which was a competitor to TuneUp and FirstAid 98. Turns out it was McAfee who bought CyberMedia, and it looks like they patented what was developed by CyberMedia for Oil Change.
Symantec acquired TuneUp.com when they bought out Quarterdeck Corp.
Didn't your company Symantec acquire prior art when they bought the late lamented Quarterdeck Corp, who in their final death throes had purchased a company that produced a program called "Oil Change", which did exactly what McAfee has patented? This was all 'round about the Win3.1->Win95 transition period, 1994-95 or so... when a lot of people on PCs were using Trumpet Winsock or Quarterdeck Internet Suite, and Netcom did not yet suck.
For their part, marketers appear both drawn to and repelled by the practice of "Gatoring."
If the marketdroids love it when they use it, and hate it when it's used against them, then I absolutely LOVE IT.
"The promise of the Internet was always one-to-one marketing, but nothing has ever proven it out. We're proving it out," Eagle said.
Scott Eagle is chief marketing officer at Gator. I agree with him. As far as marketers are concerned, this is what the techies told them the Internet was going to be good for. And now, at last, they got some techies who figured out how to deliver on that promise.
Three cheers for the hapless Kazaa users, who are helping to make marketdroids the world over understand just what was meant by that old saw "Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it!"
I have a Linksys router (Etherfast Cable/DSL) which makes it pretty seamless.
Me too, and it still blows chunks. The only advantage is not having to use that stupid dialup thing.
When I first try to pull up a web page, it takes a few seconds as the router connects, and then after that it's fine. That's all there is to it.
I bought this new car, and although I have to push it down the street to get it started, once the engine turns over, it's fine.
PPPoE gets rid of one of the features of DSL that has been advertised: ALWAYS ON. Bullshit. PPPoE, no matter how fast the client negotiates, is NOT always on.
If I had moderator today, I'd mod you up. You hit the nail right on the head.
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Be had a great piece of hardware, but couldn't sell it. They had a great operating system but couldn't find a platform for it.
In other words, they fucked up every thing that mattered.
They had great visions for the information appliance market but they were there too soon.
"Information appliance" my ass. No one wants an information appliance. The only information appliance that ever succeeded was the automated teller machine. And that's only because it gives you access to cold hard cash. That you can also find out your account balance is incidental.
Why should educators get special legislation protecting them from harassment via email?
Twice, emails with full headers in hand, I've gotten ISP accounts cancelled, but the person always seems to resurface thanks to netzero, juno, freei, etc, using a hotmail or yahoo email address.
So what will this proposed legislation do to prevent that from happening? Why is this any different than some other email harassment incident not involving an educator? (hint: nothing, and it isn't)
Those of you who are up in arms over this TopText thing modifying your content, consider this: how is it any different than JunkBuster? TopText inserts ads, JunkBuster removes them. Both involve modifying the appearance of the page. However, JunkBuster works by actually modifying the content, the HTML code. TopText works by modifying the appearance of th epage and function of browser displaying the page. The HTML code is left untouched. Same thing applies to IE 6 Smart Tags.
Surely JunkBuster is the more egregious violator of your precious IP rights... is it not?
I got a kick out of the Parties section. Most of them make sense, EPIC, EFF, MAP, etc. But Nader's CTFAI? Seems like a bad case of me-too:
The Consumer Task Force for Automotive Issues was co-founded by Ralph Nader and Remar Sutton. CTFAI monitors auto fraud activities for consumer groups, attorneys general, and plaintiff firms. CTFAI has particular interest in consumer privacy since using the Internet is a common practice for consumers looking for information on cars and loan.[sic]
Technology is outpacing the aviation industry, just as it is outpacing the intellectual property industry. The incumbent players in Aviation will have to adjust to the new realities and ditch their historical baggage, or be rendered irrelevant. What is happening to the RIAA and MPAA will soon overcome the FAA and CAP as well. Get used to it.
Meteorites that survive re-entry to land on the surface and get collected by meteorite hunters, are typically travelling only a couple hundred mph when they strike the ground. Once the velocity of re-entry has been shed, if the object survives, it is just free-falling at terminal velocity, same as a parachuter.
This all depends on the composition and size of the bolide. It could burn up or shatter before shedding enough velocity to just free-fall to a soft landing.
Objects large and/or dense enough will meet the ground before friction sheds enough velocity to permit the trajectory to end in a soft landing. These objects produce a crater, and the bolide is vaporized along with a piece of real estate.
I'm glad someone is making a serious effort to bring Internet access to the homeless. Now they don't have to trudge all the way to the shelter to get online, they can just wake up and logon like the rest of us.
Discovery Channel (when they aren't the Cop Show Channel or the Shark Attack Channel)
Nature (PBS)
Nova (PBS)
Louis Rukeyser (PBS)
Los Angeles Fox 11 News, because they said "fuck it, we're ratings whores after all" and now feature nothing but news chicks taunting the middle-aged anchor with bare belly buttons and tube tops for half an hour while showing the occasional footage of car chases and carrying on about celebrity gossip
Slashdot Mirror
I guess you've never applied for credit...
Take a close look at the upper-left-most thumbnail. Is he picking his nose?
The other two products were Symantec's Norton LiveUpdate, and Quarterdeck's TuneUp. Soon after this review was published, Symantec bought out Quarterdeck.
Symantec acquired TuneUp.com when they bought out Quarterdeck Corp.
Didn't your company Symantec acquire prior art when they bought the late lamented Quarterdeck Corp, who in their final death throes had purchased a company that produced a program called "Oil Change", which did exactly what McAfee has patented? This was all 'round about the Win3.1->Win95 transition period, 1994-95 or so... when a lot of people on PCs were using Trumpet Winsock or Quarterdeck Internet Suite, and Netcom did not yet suck.
Three cheers for the hapless Kazaa users, who are helping to make marketdroids the world over understand just what was meant by that old saw "Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it!"
So what's the scary part, again?
Business.com sold for $7 million, actually.
I can.
Me too, and it still blows chunks. The only advantage is not having to use that stupid dialup thing.
When I first try to pull up a web page, it takes a few seconds as the router connects, and then after that it's fine. That's all there is to it.
I bought this new car, and although I have to push it down the street to get it started, once the engine turns over, it's fine.
PPPoE gets rid of one of the features of DSL that has been advertised: ALWAYS ON. Bullshit. PPPoE, no matter how fast the client negotiates, is NOT always on.
If I had moderator today, I'd mod you up. You hit the nail right on the head.
In other words, they fucked up every thing that mattered.
They had great visions for the information appliance market but they were there too soon.
"Information appliance" my ass. No one wants an information appliance. The only information appliance that ever succeeded was the automated teller machine. And that's only because it gives you access to cold hard cash. That you can also find out your account balance is incidental.
Can we charge the legal fees for defendng these patents to your VISA? It's your idea, after all.
The desktop is not an advertising medium and Microsoft does not own it. You should stick with burgers and can I have some fries with that.
Jon Postel. MHRIP.
Surely JunkBuster is the more egregious violator of your precious IP rights... is it not?
Something to think about...
Your perl skillz aztound me.
The line for the license exam starts to the right. Put down that keyboard and get in it.
Technology is outpacing the aviation industry, just as it is outpacing the intellectual property industry. The incumbent players in Aviation will have to adjust to the new realities and ditch their historical baggage, or be rendered irrelevant. What is happening to the RIAA and MPAA will soon overcome the FAA and CAP as well. Get used to it.
Why are you posting on slashdot? Shouldn't you be at home consuming your mainstream name-brand media content instead?
This all depends on the composition and size of the bolide. It could burn up or shatter before shedding enough velocity to just free-fall to a soft landing.
Objects large and/or dense enough will meet the ground before friction sheds enough velocity to permit the trajectory to end in a soft landing. These objects produce a crater, and the bolide is vaporized along with a piece of real estate.
I'm glad someone is making a serious effort to bring Internet access to the homeless. Now they don't have to trudge all the way to the shelter to get online, they can just wake up and logon like the rest of us.