You know what? I'm an idiot. FBReader is exactly what I use on my n800. I was thinking of another program for a different PDA that was no longer free and was the only decent one on that PDA. I can't remember which it was now, though.
I see FBReaderJ (for android) doesn't yet read the formats I use... I'll keep watching it, though.
Isn't that the point? The fundamental nature of a patent right now is 'a tool to sue someone with'. Instead, it should be a tool to help grow your business. If you patent a process that can be done just as easily/well/efficiently/etc with a public domain process, it has no value anyhow!
Damages should be linked to some market definition - NOT what the trial court thinks is reasonable.
Why, so that the law can be out of date before it's even passed? The market is constantly changing. The only way to have reasonable amounts is to let the court decide what's reasonable then and there.
Why bother backing them up to the computer? If they are DRM'd, you need Amazon's server to authenticate them. Since you can just re-download from Amazon anyhow, backing them up is pointless if you've no way to crack the DRM.
If it's got a good interface, I welcome it. If it will also read standard text files (txt, rtf especially) then I eagerly await it. I have a G1 and there's no decent book reader app yet. I have an n800 and the only decent book reader is ancient and the new versions aren't free any more.
I've considered writing my own, but man... I really hate Java. I even started coding and got about 30 minutes into it before I remembered why I hate Java: Arrays and files. (Especially Zip files.) They are every bit as hard to deal with as C makes it. WHY!? Ugh.
While I will admit that it is scary, she was fined for the reason she refused, not for the actual refusal.
If you shoot someone, you will go to jail (or not) for the reason you shoot and the circumstances, not the fact that you pulled the trigger. There are plenty of circumstances that it's legal to shoot someone.
That might be so, for the current incarnation of P2P. It has evolved in the past to route around censorship, and it'll do so in the future as well. Even now we have DHT and just need a way to identify the torrent we want. I'm sure something like freenet will evolve to allow us to browse to the.torrent file and DHT will let us download it.
Honestly, I'm rather looking forward to something like that existing. It just adds 1 more level of crap that the RIAA has to wade through to prove anything whatsoever. Businesses will be 1 step closer to having to deal with reality, instead of this make-believe world where they can stop piracy.
Why am I so looking forward to this? Because the options I want as a consumer don't exist! I have no desire whatsoever to pirate things. I'm quite happy to reward content creators for their time and effort... But only as long as it doesn't inconvenience me.
They'll get that through their thick skulls 1 day... Won't they?
It's a little different when you're sitting in a jury box and judge turns to you and reads out the jury instructions, which include things like:
"You must find him guilty if he has broken law X."
There's no mention of voting your conscience or that the law might be wrong. You are specifically ordered to follow the law in your verdict.
Yes, I served in Jury duty. Luckily (or unluckily, maybe?) there were no questionable laws on the case I sat. It also helped that there was no evidence at all, though. -sigh-
Second rule of the web: Ignore the first rule when it suits you.
Seriously, there are things you can post on the web that will HELP you get a job.
For instance, the job I'm currently in looks favorably on people who have written or helped with open source projects. You most definitely should be using your real name for that.
Also, if you don't exist on the web, a tech company is going to wonder if you really have any tech knowledge or not. And soon, -every- company is going to wonder that as we get a little older and more of the workforce is net-savvy.
"The party has admitted to using the popular track, Kids, at its national congress in January, in two online videos and in political advertisements. " - From the link inside TFA. (TFA is more of a blog post than an article.)
But the ire at Sarkozy isn't from the playing of the song and violating the agreement, it's at him trying to offer 1 euro to buy his way out of breaking the law he wrote.
Do you even know what the 'observed climate changes' entail?
From 1905 to 2005, the temperature only increase 1.33 degrees Fahrenheit. From 2005 to 2100, even the most pessimistic model only expects a change of 11.5 degrees. At that rate, it goes up 1 degree ever 8 years. So -maybe- since 1905 we've increased 2 degrees.
Do you -really- think this massive fire was the result of those 2 degrees and not every other thing already posted by others here, including government incompetence in not controlling the dry growth in the area?
Foreign aid? What about local welfare programs? We already support tons of people who can't support themselves.
And before anyone goes crazy about what I just wrote, I realize that some people are just down on their luck and need a little help. I'm talking about those shiftless bums who just take the free handouts and don't bother trying, or could never support themselves even if they -did- try.
As a side note, I used to spend a lot of time thinking about how society has stopped evolution in humans... But then I realized it didn't stop it, just changed its direction. It worried me a lot less after that. (But still a little, as we don't let it remove genetic disease any more.)
You won't be able to avoid it because they'll just make it so un-updated Kindles can't even download the file, let alone activate and use it. It's what DRM is all about.
People have wants that aren't being met. Cable companies have the power to grant those wants. Why aren't they doing something about it!?
Here's #1: People want to watch their favorite shows on their own schedule. Sure, DVRs are a partial solution, but they only work if the customer remembers to set it up properly. Cable companies have had 'on demand' for years now, but instead of using it to keep their customers happy, they throw a few crappy programs on it and charge. Why!? That would totally stop a lot of people from watching online.
Instead of just throwing money at the problem, they should be thinking like a customer for a change.
If they would make CableTV fun and reliable, I would probably stop watching online and start paying for a cable line again.
It's a joke in your region, maybe... But here, it's awesome. When everyone else was complaining about 'dropped calls' 5-10 years ago, I had none.
On the other hand, AT&T had the worst customer service -ever-. It was so bad that my entire family swore to never use them again.
So I could say the same about the iPhone that you said about Android.
Also, I guess you aren't aware, but there are more Android phones coming soon from other hardware makers. Like 5 or 6 of them. Just have a little tiny bit of patience and the products will come to market. 1 year isn't really a long time in the grand scheme of things.
I think it's more important that it's a challenge to the rest of the 'market' to catch up on Javascript performance. I don't think they -really- expect their browser to be the best or even have a decent market share... They just need something to point to and say 'See, it's possible. Why haven't you done it yet?'
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I have to admit. I got a mental image of a guy looking at an onion and then throwing it away. Magic.
You know what? I'm an idiot. FBReader is exactly what I use on my n800. I was thinking of another program for a different PDA that was no longer free and was the only decent one on that PDA. I can't remember which it was now, though.
I see FBReaderJ (for android) doesn't yet read the formats I use... I'll keep watching it, though.
"it changes the fundamental nature of a patent."
Isn't that the point? The fundamental nature of a patent right now is 'a tool to sue someone with'. Instead, it should be a tool to help grow your business. If you patent a process that can be done just as easily/well/efficiently/etc with a public domain process, it has no value anyhow!
Damages should be linked to some market definition - NOT what the trial court thinks is reasonable.
Why, so that the law can be out of date before it's even passed? The market is constantly changing. The only way to have reasonable amounts is to let the court decide what's reasonable then and there.
Why bother backing them up to the computer? If they are DRM'd, you need Amazon's server to authenticate them. Since you can just re-download from Amazon anyhow, backing them up is pointless if you've no way to crack the DRM.
If it's got a good interface, I welcome it. If it will also read standard text files (txt, rtf especially) then I eagerly await it. I have a G1 and there's no decent book reader app yet. I have an n800 and the only decent book reader is ancient and the new versions aren't free any more.
I've considered writing my own, but man... I really hate Java. I even started coding and got about 30 minutes into it before I remembered why I hate Java: Arrays and files. (Especially Zip files.) They are every bit as hard to deal with as C makes it. WHY!? Ugh.
While I will admit that it is scary, she was fined for the reason she refused, not for the actual refusal.
If you shoot someone, you will go to jail (or not) for the reason you shoot and the circumstances, not the fact that you pulled the trigger. There are plenty of circumstances that it's legal to shoot someone.
That might be so, for the current incarnation of P2P. It has evolved in the past to route around censorship, and it'll do so in the future as well. Even now we have DHT and just need a way to identify the torrent we want. I'm sure something like freenet will evolve to allow us to browse to the .torrent file and DHT will let us download it.
Honestly, I'm rather looking forward to something like that existing. It just adds 1 more level of crap that the RIAA has to wade through to prove anything whatsoever. Businesses will be 1 step closer to having to deal with reality, instead of this make-believe world where they can stop piracy.
Why am I so looking forward to this? Because the options I want as a consumer don't exist! I have no desire whatsoever to pirate things. I'm quite happy to reward content creators for their time and effort... But only as long as it doesn't inconvenience me.
They'll get that through their thick skulls 1 day... Won't they?
It's a little different when you're sitting in a jury box and judge turns to you and reads out the jury instructions, which include things like:
"You must find him guilty if he has broken law X."
There's no mention of voting your conscience or that the law might be wrong. You are specifically ordered to follow the law in your verdict.
Yes, I served in Jury duty. Luckily (or unluckily, maybe?) there were no questionable laws on the case I sat. It also helped that there was no evidence at all, though. -sigh-
Second rule of the web: Ignore the first rule when it suits you.
Seriously, there are things you can post on the web that will HELP you get a job.
For instance, the job I'm currently in looks favorably on people who have written or helped with open source projects. You most definitely should be using your real name for that.
Also, if you don't exist on the web, a tech company is going to wonder if you really have any tech knowledge or not. And soon, -every- company is going to wonder that as we get a little older and more of the workforce is net-savvy.
Oh God. That's... Ow. Imagine MySpace, but in everyone's living room.
Seriously, man. Be careful what you wish for.
Some day, I'm going to say 'Oh man, you remember the Goatse wallpaper virus of 2024? What month that was.
It wasn't just played in 2 meetings.
"The party has admitted to using the popular track, Kids, at its national congress in January, in two online videos and in political advertisements. " - From the link inside TFA. (TFA is more of a blog post than an article.)
But the ire at Sarkozy isn't from the playing of the song and violating the agreement, it's at him trying to offer 1 euro to buy his way out of breaking the law he wrote.
Maximizing profit takes into account cost as well. If your cost increases, the price point of your 'maximum profit' will probably increase as well.
Do you even know what the 'observed climate changes' entail?
From 1905 to 2005, the temperature only increase 1.33 degrees Fahrenheit. From 2005 to 2100, even the most pessimistic model only expects a change of 11.5 degrees. At that rate, it goes up 1 degree ever 8 years. So -maybe- since 1905 we've increased 2 degrees.
Do you -really- think this massive fire was the result of those 2 degrees and not every other thing already posted by others here, including government incompetence in not controlling the dry growth in the area?
Foreign aid? What about local welfare programs? We already support tons of people who can't support themselves.
And before anyone goes crazy about what I just wrote, I realize that some people are just down on their luck and need a little help. I'm talking about those shiftless bums who just take the free handouts and don't bother trying, or could never support themselves even if they -did- try.
As a side note, I used to spend a lot of time thinking about how society has stopped evolution in humans... But then I realized it didn't stop it, just changed its direction. It worried me a lot less after that. (But still a little, as we don't let it remove genetic disease any more.)
You won't be able to avoid it because they'll just make it so un-updated Kindles can't even download the file, let alone activate and use it. It's what DRM is all about.
People have wants that aren't being met. Cable companies have the power to grant those wants. Why aren't they doing something about it!?
Here's #1: People want to watch their favorite shows on their own schedule. Sure, DVRs are a partial solution, but they only work if the customer remembers to set it up properly. Cable companies have had 'on demand' for years now, but instead of using it to keep their customers happy, they throw a few crappy programs on it and charge. Why!? That would totally stop a lot of people from watching online.
Instead of just throwing money at the problem, they should be thinking like a customer for a change.
If they would make CableTV fun and reliable, I would probably stop watching online and start paying for a cable line again.
"They're boxy, but they're good."
Man, that's an old movie.
Other than looking like a 1980's VCR, what's wrong with it.
lol :D
Honestly, other than being boxy as hell, it's not that bad.
Immune to Apple's, maybe... But I'm sure they've got plenty of their own.
I agree. For the reason you stated, and that I was bored, I did a lot more open source coding when I was jobless than I do now.
And it -did- help me get a good job as well.
Sadly, it's not. But all the other 'news' blogs picked it up, so Slashdot had to, too, I guess.
It's a complete farce. 1 person who can't put down a tool/toy even after they have sores is not a new 'disease'. It's just stupid.
It's a joke in your region, maybe... But here, it's awesome. When everyone else was complaining about 'dropped calls' 5-10 years ago, I had none.
On the other hand, AT&T had the worst customer service -ever-. It was so bad that my entire family swore to never use them again.
So I could say the same about the iPhone that you said about Android.
Also, I guess you aren't aware, but there are more Android phones coming soon from other hardware makers. Like 5 or 6 of them. Just have a little tiny bit of patience and the products will come to market. 1 year isn't really a long time in the grand scheme of things.
I think it's more important that it's a challenge to the rest of the 'market' to catch up on Javascript performance. I don't think they -really- expect their browser to be the best or even have a decent market share... They just need something to point to and say 'See, it's possible. Why haven't you done it yet?'
Except that it was chosen by a poll on the internet. Then anyone with a clue about the internet will know -why- it was chosen.