The Sarasota, Fla. man, for example, who got a similar visit from the FBI last year after someone on a boat docked in a marina outside his building used a potato chip can as an antenna to boost his wireless signal and download an astounding 10 million images of child porn
Alright, let's assume a JPG is about 25KB. 10 million 25 KB JPGs is something like 230 terabytes worth of data. What the hell?
78.689% of Slashdotters are too busy making up facts to use a calculator.
with kinetic resistance
You're a moron, and your cute euphemism doesn't hide that.
That cute euphemism, err.. the use of the word 'Kinetic' before a noun -- is actually has become an 'Obama-ism' and/or pop culture reference. Coined when describing the US/Libya 'kinetic military action'.
Its easier to keep it IQ level of the thread up if you just state facts with less trolling.
Not anymore. Blitzkrieg raids have become SOP for anything more severe than unpaid parking tickets, and will probably remain that way until more citizens start greeting these home invasions with kinetic resistance.
Which would lead to the SOP preemptive kinetic pacification of any residence about to be raided.
Which prompts more active resistance until it becomes a full-blown rebellion against the tyrants.
Which will escalate into an all out thread war on/.
They have to justify the massive budget for no results in return.. And how does the TSA do that? Piss off the clientele. I don't see this working long term.
But who cares -- Mission Accomplished! *high five*
Is not the cost per Mb is the same for the Telco, whether on contract, month-to-month after contract, or prepaid? Charging prepaid plans a higher rate than contract or month-to-month is an unfair business practice.
Contracts are a liquid asset to any company. Contracts can be transferred or sold. They are an very large and accurate indicator of any company's value.
You provide very little to a company on a pay-as-you-go plan, hence the added cost. It's a very prudent business practice.
Get ready, folks: Another dot com bubble is going to burst soon..
You better hope that is not the case. The tech sector is whats keeping the economy moving. It was the only market that was relatively stable during the recession. Stock prices dropped, tech was nearly the first to recover, unilaterally.
Most Americans would agree that at the time of the last election, Bush was a HUGE mistake. He ranks third in the title of lowest approval ratings according to wikipedia (for the years the data was available). He takes the bronze behind Truman and Nixon. Only now do republicans and Fox News glorify his rein of burying the country into a recession (with some collateral damage worldwide to boot). Cutting taxes and waging wars -- simply unprecedented. And I mean that in the worst possible way.
The only thing I don't understand is why the guy waited so long to sue. He says it's because he only recently found the contract while looking for other papers. I see...
To think.. I get psyched when I find a 20$ bill in the laundry.
I pretty much detest the fact you slant Gates here. Java was a competitor. And Microsoft did what any competitive company would do, oust its competitors. Business, plain and simple.
Gates gives so much of his fortune to the Gates Foundation, he is in a very small group of the very elite who is graceful with their personal earnings.
You get fucked for driving without insurance, doubly fucked if you're in an accident.
Trust me, its enforceable. Saying its not would be just as idiotic as saying, "lets appeal marijuana laws," because everybody is doing it already.
Disagree. While its nice to have smart people in positions of power, its still boils down to a population sample (some razors, some rocks).
The real problem here is the claim process itself, eg, USPTO. Claims are meant to be understood by a lay person, written from perspective every 'player' in the 'system'. Its overly wordy, and overly illustrated, but usually it gets its point across to explain it as if you were explaining it to grandma.
IANAL, but patents are more deep in the sense that they are designed to accommodate grandma, not another scientist or engineer. In engineering school, they teach that you should explain your design such that another person (presumably, engineer) can build it from scratch with only the documentation. In law school, documentation is designed to convey just enough understanding to the lay person so that property rights can be assigned.
USPTO has completely screwed the pooch the day we need interpreters and/or educational processes for IP claims.
They will spend the rest of their lives in court over IP with Big Oil until one of two things happen: there is no oil left, or they have no money left for lawyers. I'm counting on the latter.
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He shouldn't have used his real information on the Playstation Network.
That dude is driving a full-sized version of the race car from Monopoly.
And he's totally loaded!
The Sarasota, Fla. man, for example, who got a similar visit from the FBI last year after someone on a boat docked in a marina outside his building used a potato chip can as an antenna to boost his wireless signal and download an astounding 10 million images of child porn
Alright, let's assume a JPG is about 25KB. 10 million 25 KB JPGs is something like 230 terabytes worth of data. What the hell?
78.689% of Slashdotters are too busy making up facts to use a calculator.
Beyond reasonable doubt comes bundled free with a subscription to Comcast Business Class.
with kinetic resistance You're a moron, and your cute euphemism doesn't hide that.
That cute euphemism, err.. the use of the word 'Kinetic' before a noun -- is actually has become an 'Obama-ism' and/or pop culture reference. Coined when describing the US/Libya 'kinetic military action'.
Its easier to keep it IQ level of the thread up if you just state facts with less trolling.
Not anymore. Blitzkrieg raids have become SOP for anything more severe than unpaid parking tickets, and will probably remain that way until more citizens start greeting these home invasions with kinetic resistance.
Which would lead to the SOP preemptive kinetic pacification of any residence about to be raided.
Which prompts more active resistance until it becomes a full-blown rebellion against the tyrants.
Which will escalate into an all out thread war on /.
.. it's like dog treats to the cops themselves -- they get to play Rambo in a safe sandbox.
Citation: Mall Ninja
Says who?!
...not to mention the stuff the cook dropped on the floor and didn't put back in the bowl..
Industry analysts predict that observing the 5 second rule saves small business an estimated 17 billion a year.
Wouldn't be the first bug report to go ignored. I'm still waiting for proper windows vpn support.
They could buy one major and lead by example.
Intel got to Will.I.am first!
They have to justify the massive budget for no results in return.. And how does the TSA do that? Piss off the clientele. I don't see this working long term.
But who cares -- Mission Accomplished! *high five*
Doesn't change the fact that people here slant Gates because they don't see the difference between the individual and the company.
Is not the cost per Mb is the same for the Telco, whether on contract, month-to-month after contract, or prepaid? Charging prepaid plans a higher rate than contract or month-to-month is an unfair business practice.
Contracts are a liquid asset to any company. Contracts can be transferred or sold. They are an very large and accurate indicator of any company's value.
You provide very little to a company on a pay-as-you-go plan, hence the added cost. It's a very prudent business practice.
Get ready, folks: Another dot com bubble is going to burst soon..
You better hope that is not the case. The tech sector is whats keeping the economy moving. It was the only market that was relatively stable during the recession. Stock prices dropped, tech was nearly the first to recover, unilaterally.
Why do things differ so much from State to State?
Most Americans would agree that at the time of the last election, Bush was a HUGE mistake. He ranks third in the title of lowest approval ratings according to wikipedia (for the years the data was available). He takes the bronze behind Truman and Nixon. Only now do republicans and Fox News glorify his rein of burying the country into a recession (with some collateral damage worldwide to boot). Cutting taxes and waging wars -- simply unprecedented. And I mean that in the worst possible way.
Care to advance an argument instead of an unsubstantiated claim? Call me pedantic.
You must be new here.
The only thing I don't understand is why the guy waited so long to sue. He says it's because he only recently found the contract while looking for other papers. I see...
To think.. I get psyched when I find a 20$ bill in the laundry.
I pretty much detest the fact you slant Gates here. Java was a competitor. And Microsoft did what any competitive company would do, oust its competitors. Business, plain and simple.
Gates gives so much of his fortune to the Gates Foundation, he is in a very small group of the very elite who is graceful with their personal earnings.
I once bought a Mogwai off a Chinaman -- I don't even want to get into how that turned out.
You get fucked for driving without insurance, doubly fucked if you're in an accident.
Trust me, its enforceable. Saying its not would be just as idiotic as saying, "lets appeal marijuana laws," because everybody is doing it already.
Disagree. While its nice to have smart people in positions of power, its still boils down to a population sample (some razors, some rocks).
The real problem here is the claim process itself, eg, USPTO. Claims are meant to be understood by a lay person, written from perspective every 'player' in the 'system'. Its overly wordy, and overly illustrated, but usually it gets its point across to explain it as if you were explaining it to grandma.
IANAL, but patents are more deep in the sense that they are designed to accommodate grandma, not another scientist or engineer. In engineering school, they teach that you should explain your design such that another person (presumably, engineer) can build it from scratch with only the documentation. In law school, documentation is designed to convey just enough understanding to the lay person so that property rights can be assigned.
USPTO has completely screwed the pooch the day we need interpreters and/or educational processes for IP claims.
640k is enough memory for this author.
I would have put my money on pr0n being the number one use. I guess that remains a title only a desktop can hold.
They will spend the rest of their lives in court over IP with Big Oil until one of two things happen: there is no oil left, or they have no money left for lawyers. I'm counting on the latter.