Think about one-click... Now think back to the days (if anyone is old enough to remember) where you "opened an account" with the local grocer, and just said "put it on my account" and paid later, like once a month. How much different is one-click to that really?
But. . . it's different because it's on the Internet!!
You mean the free advertising for Linux when Microsoft runs around screaming "Don't look at that FREE operating system over there, they are infringing on our prior art patents!!"
I hope they scream that loud and often; we'll finally see Linux take over the market because the PHBs will finally wake up to the fact that there ARE alternatives to Microsoft Windows. While it's true that they get no warranty with Linux, the same is true with Windows.
Not practical, considering that every USB "drive," flash card, and external drive ships Fat32 formatted. However, FAT is >25 years old now, so any patents they MIGHT have on it are either long expired or invalid.
No kidding. Beryl on Linux plus any of the journaled filesystem options (Reiser, EXT3, XFS, etc.) offer for free what Windows Ultimate promised for $399 - and failed to deliver on.
Compare Microsoft's "3D desktop" to that of Beryl. Vista's 3D application switching is a joke. It's slow.
far as I'm aware, AD is Microsoft's own technology (yes, I'm well aware that it's little more than MS-warped variants of pre-existing protocols and concepts).
You're right that it's based on preexisting protocols and concepts. It's called LDAP, which itself is based on concepts from the bindery, NDS, and directories and databases. It's all based on prior art and are obvious implementations based on that prior art. To claim patents on AD is like looking at style sheets, then at the link element, and then patenting linking an external stylesheet to an HTML page. AD is a subset of LDAP with a small specific, limited scope. What they CAN probably legitimately patent is their GUI implementation for LDAP, but their GUI is so horrid that editing LDAP by hand is preferable, and there is no reason whatsoever the Samba or OpenLDAP folks would want to copy Microsoft's GUI implementation.
Out come contracts with the big non-disclosure chapters and it's on to the next Fortune 500 company. None of us would have heard anything about this if they hadn't gone after the brass ring: Redhat and Novell.
I believe you have a typo and meant to say:
"Out come the press releases stating that Fortune 500 company Widget, Inc. stated that due to alleged patent violations, they have selected $fooconsulting, Ltd. to migrate their infrastructure to FreeBSD."
If Samba is the sticking point, I'm sure that IBM will give Microsoft a stern talking to since it's their IP, and the EU will tell Microsoft to let it go or be banned from doing business in Europe since the EU has ordered them to open up the SMB protocol.
The longer they wait, the more it turns into a submarine patent issue, which can result in invalidation. They know this, and they do not wish to lose their patents on prior art, so they are all talk. It's sabre rattling, only the blade on their sabre is dull and rusty.
I am not paying for licenses for patents covering "innovations" such as:
* Long filenames
* Double click
* Toolbars (ok, you name them ribbons, they are the SAME FUCKING THING)
I run Linux, I punted Windows from 95% of the machines at the office, and our servers run Linux. Why? Because I personally got fed up with your anti-customer policies and your business practices. Since Adobe does not appear to be releasing the creative suite for Linux any time soon, we'll be getting Macs to replace the remaining Windows PCs. Everything else we need for most tasks will run just fine under wine.
One would have thought that after the "my idle process is hogging 95% of the CPU cycles" whine, that would have been the last any tech-savvy site ever links to Dvorak, right?
Did Dvorak really write that? Come on, if he did, it HAD to be tongue-in-cheek.
Among other things, one of the aspects of Linux which draws me to the application is it doesn't phone home on me, is completely independent of the web (aside from grabbing updates), and no one has any right, real or contrived, to revoke my ability to run the software. I LIKE having it all installed locally, for performance, privacy, and permanence.
There's is no BSG (the series) without the BSG (the ship) or the Cylons. You can't make a "BSG: The Next Generation" because it's not a stable universe, it's a tale of that one ship.
My god, you have no imagination.
Imagine this: Galactica 2010. Galactica reaches earth, and a small scouting party go to Earth to learn about the culture and try to find a place to live. They have cheesy flying motorcycles and the children have superhuman jumping ability. In the last shows of that series, Starbuck, who was presumed dead in the current series, will be found to not have died, but to have crashed on a Cylon-occupied world, and in his effort to survive, repairs and befriends a cylon (maybe they can become mates, who knows?). It'd be a great show! Really!
Not exactly; if one person knows the subject, what the hell is the point of writing about it in a publicly-accessible encyclopedia if no one else can understand the subject matter?
It does not require dumbing down the articles, but defining terms, linking to glossaries or peripheral articles, or maybe including an incomplete summary section expressed in laymen's terms. Those who are more interested in learning more details will read the entire article, refer to the glossary as necessary, and follow up by reading ancillary supporting documents, which are usually linked to at the bottom of the page with footnote and related article sections.
Yes, the more accurate the better, but that is not mutually exclusive with meeting your audience at their level.
The problem is not what they call it, the problem is this:
Customers recognize, consciously or subconsciously, that when they buy something, they are entitled to several things. This includes, but is not limited to:
unlimited use; in the case of books, this means bringing it wherever you want, reading it whenever you want, lending it to friends, and so forth. In the case of digital media, it means playing it on whatever you want, whenever you want, lending it to friends, format shifting, and so forth.
Right of first sale: this includes the ability to do what you like with what you buy (aside from violating copyrights outside of Fair Use exemptions), including selling what you purchased when you no longer desire to possess it. In the case of audio CDs, records, and in the case of books, this involves transferring ownership of any and all copies/backups along with the original (unless the backups are all that exist due to fire/theft/etc).
Fair Use; this includes using clips in derived works for satire and/or parody, timeshifting, format shifting, viewing on any device you please, and so forth. Also note that Fair Use does not provide for mass distribution to other people.
I would have sworn that The Star Wars Holiday Special was just a bad fever-induced dream I had when I had chicken pox, but lo and behold, it's actually out on DVD. Now you can frighten your children and induce nightmares of Bea Arthur singing, to share the child trauma you experienced as a child!:D
By accepting client information (including ss#, which is illegal to request for purposes other than identification for federal services) and money in exchange for providing services, the company waives its right to freely share confidential client information with other entities.
Oh well, it doesn't affect me either way; I have cable at home, and use a non-verizon Cellphone. I have not had a land line since 1996 since I detest Verizon. Why should I speak up on the matter since it doesn't affect me?:-p
as 19034305 said, she's 27 now, which makes her 25 in 2005. Does this mean that teachers are not allowed to drink at all? How do we know alcohol is in that cup? Or is it the possibility that there might have been underage drinkers at that party?
Does this mean that Conestoga Valley polices their teachers, and if they are caught at bars or pubs or any kind of restaurant where alcoholic beverages are served and there is even the SLIGHTEST chance that an underage person MIGHT be drinking there, those teachers are immediately terminated for merely being on premises? If not, then what makes this situation any different?
I hope she sues Conestoga Valley for libel and harassment. Fucking self-righteous bastards.
Try posting your confidential client information here and see if Verizon considers it freedom of speech. Things like, oh, passwords, code snippets, and so forth. Does the first amendment cover posting client information?
Will Verizon sue me for making this suggestion to their contractors and employees, despite my merely exercising my freedom of speech as provided for under the First Amendment of the Constitution of The united States of America?
Or is the first amendment intended to protect voicing of unpopular opinions, especially political opinions, and not to be used to reveal confidential client information?
The USA is the world's most progressive nation, in the sense that it is the first and best democracy...
Honestly, is that what they teach you in America?
No, the schools teach the truth: that The united States of America is a constitutional republic with some elements of democracy at the lower levels. It is the mass media and the politicians who keep mis-using the word "democracy" leading many of us to believe that not only are we a democracy, but that we're the first to do it, and we're the best at it. Hogwash, from beginning to end.
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But. . . it's different because it's on the Internet!!
You mean the free advertising for Linux when Microsoft runs around screaming "Don't look at that FREE operating system over there, they are infringing on our prior art patents!!"
I hope they scream that loud and often; we'll finally see Linux take over the market because the PHBs will finally wake up to the fact that there ARE alternatives to Microsoft Windows. While it's true that they get no warranty with Linux, the same is true with Windows.
Not practical, considering that every USB "drive," flash card, and external drive ships Fat32 formatted. However, FAT is >25 years old now, so any patents they MIGHT have on it are either long expired or invalid.
It's understandable. I think what threw you off is that a slashdotter actually has an SO.
*giggle* Sorry, couldn't resist. . .
No kidding. Beryl on Linux plus any of the journaled filesystem options (Reiser, EXT3, XFS, etc.) offer for free what Windows Ultimate promised for $399 - and failed to deliver on.
Compare Microsoft's "3D desktop" to that of Beryl. Vista's 3D application switching is a joke. It's slow.
You're right that it's based on preexisting protocols and concepts. It's called LDAP, which itself is based on concepts from the bindery, NDS, and directories and databases. It's all based on prior art and are obvious implementations based on that prior art. To claim patents on AD is like looking at style sheets, then at the link element, and then patenting linking an external stylesheet to an HTML page. AD is a subset of LDAP with a small specific, limited scope. What they CAN probably legitimately patent is their GUI implementation for LDAP, but their GUI is so horrid that editing LDAP by hand is preferable, and there is no reason whatsoever the Samba or OpenLDAP folks would want to copy Microsoft's GUI implementation.
I believe you have a typo and meant to say:
"Out come the press releases stating that Fortune 500 company Widget, Inc. stated that due to alleged patent violations, they have selected $fooconsulting, Ltd. to migrate their infrastructure to FreeBSD."
If Samba is the sticking point, I'm sure that IBM will give Microsoft a stern talking to since it's their IP, and the EU will tell Microsoft to let it go or be banned from doing business in Europe since the EU has ordered them to open up the SMB protocol.
The longer they wait, the more it turns into a submarine patent issue, which can result in invalidation. They know this, and they do not wish to lose their patents on prior art, so they are all talk. It's sabre rattling, only the blade on their sabre is dull and rusty.
I am not paying for licenses for patents covering "innovations" such as:
* Long filenames
* Double click
* Toolbars (ok, you name them ribbons, they are the SAME FUCKING THING)
I run Linux, I punted Windows from 95% of the machines at the office, and our servers run Linux. Why? Because I personally got fed up with your anti-customer policies and your business practices. Since Adobe does not appear to be releasing the creative suite for Linux any time soon, we'll be getting Macs to replace the remaining Windows PCs. Everything else we need for most tasks will run just fine under wine.
Have a nice day.
Did Dvorak really write that? Come on, if he did, it HAD to be tongue-in-cheek.
Among other things, one of the aspects of Linux which draws me to the application is it doesn't phone home on me, is completely independent of the web (aside from grabbing updates), and no one has any right, real or contrived, to revoke my ability to run the software. I LIKE having it all installed locally, for performance, privacy, and permanence.
No they're not. They've always been known for seeking to keep everything IN the box.
My god, you have no imagination.
Imagine this: Galactica 2010. Galactica reaches earth, and a small scouting party go to Earth to learn about the culture and try to find a place to live. They have cheesy flying motorcycles and the children have superhuman jumping ability. In the last shows of that series, Starbuck, who was presumed dead in the current series, will be found to not have died, but to have crashed on a Cylon-occupied world, and in his effort to survive, repairs and befriends a cylon (maybe they can become mates, who knows?). It'd be a great show! Really!
What? That's been done before? Shit!
Not exactly; if one person knows the subject, what the hell is the point of writing about it in a publicly-accessible encyclopedia if no one else can understand the subject matter?
It does not require dumbing down the articles, but defining terms, linking to glossaries or peripheral articles, or maybe including an incomplete summary section expressed in laymen's terms. Those who are more interested in learning more details will read the entire article, refer to the glossary as necessary, and follow up by reading ancillary supporting documents, which are usually linked to at the bottom of the page with footnote and related article sections.
Yes, the more accurate the better, but that is not mutually exclusive with meeting your audience at their level.
Futurama is on Adult Swim on Sunday nights at 10:00pm.
Battlestar Galactica, or Futurama reruns?
Sorry, I have my priorities. Futurama it is. Nevermind that I have it on DVDs, AND an entire season ripped/transcoded to my PDA.
Or mix metric and Imperial units, sending it crashing into the moon on the way up?
You mean when they send it up with a faulty mirror?
Customers recognize, consciously or subconsciously, that when they buy something, they are entitled to several things. This includes, but is not limited to:
I would have sworn that The Star Wars Holiday Special was just a bad fever-induced dream I had when I had chicken pox, but lo and behold, it's actually out on DVD. Now you can frighten your children and induce nightmares of Bea Arthur singing, to share the child trauma you experienced as a child! :D
By accepting client information (including ss#, which is illegal to request for purposes other than identification for federal services) and money in exchange for providing services, the company waives its right to freely share confidential client information with other entities.
:-p
Oh well, it doesn't affect me either way; I have cable at home, and use a non-verizon Cellphone. I have not had a land line since 1996 since I detest Verizon. Why should I speak up on the matter since it doesn't affect me?
as 19034305 said, she's 27 now, which makes her 25 in 2005. Does this mean that teachers are not allowed to drink at all? How do we know alcohol is in that cup? Or is it the possibility that there might have been underage drinkers at that party?
Does this mean that Conestoga Valley polices their teachers, and if they are caught at bars or pubs or any kind of restaurant where alcoholic beverages are served and there is even the SLIGHTEST chance that an underage person MIGHT be drinking there, those teachers are immediately terminated for merely being on premises? If not, then what makes this situation any different?
I hope she sues Conestoga Valley for libel and harassment. Fucking self-righteous bastards.
Try posting your confidential client information here and see if Verizon considers it freedom of speech. Things like, oh, passwords, code snippets, and so forth. Does the first amendment cover posting client information?
Will Verizon sue me for making this suggestion to their contractors and employees, despite my merely exercising my freedom of speech as provided for under the First Amendment of the Constitution of The united States of America?
Or is the first amendment intended to protect voicing of unpopular opinions, especially political opinions, and not to be used to reveal confidential client information?
In Soviet Russia, politburo owns you?
No, the schools teach the truth: that The united States of America is a constitutional republic with some elements of democracy at the lower levels. It is the mass media and the politicians who keep mis-using the word "democracy" leading many of us to believe that not only are we a democracy, but that we're the first to do it, and we're the best at it. Hogwash, from beginning to end.