There is a tool/script for Solaris to install patches that works in this exact way. It checks your systems patch list saved in their style of database against the one on the internet and offers you new/updated patches etc. in special packaged format. I know of some other systems working this same way. This patent will proably be granted due to complete idiocty in patent office but it will most definitely not be enforceable due to vast amounts of prior art.
Now thats a great use of american legal system. For the first time in history 335000 people will be sued by a couple of idiots. Well, some court clerk will be unhappy - writing 335000 summonses and all. I wonder if it's ok to overhear some of Metallica music while walking by someones window or something. They should really have an address to remit a quarter every time this happens to you. Would btw be nice if they woul dhave to serve their own warrants door to door: "Hi, we are metallica and we are here to serve you with a court warrant".Or may be thats how they figured they can assemble 335000 fans in one place - mandatory concert?:))) I'd personally prefer "KISS" just cuz they would look so much cooler knocking at a door of some sleepy suburb.
Thats what it will sell for...
Although of course the "lawful" holders of
the trademark may choose to pay the guy now
instead of feeding their lawyers:) It really
depends on what would be more expensive.
More efficient high-tech killers, better suited to take more human lifes quicker... Thats what all the high-tech is ultimately for, right? It is sad that/. in fact seems to be excited about all this.
3 hands, 3 legs, satellite navigation systems, lasers, stereocameras, powerful computers, hughe research org/university to back it up. And the damn thing still cant play criss cross in traffic and drive in and out of NYC the way any teenager with a license around here can. It's moments like these that make me laugh at matrixes of all kinds and feel safe from any sort of "computer takeover" doomsday scenario:)
The more Rambus sues around -the more enemies they get in corporate world. Hopefully this will hit their acceptance. Meanwhile i'll keep my fingers crossed for AMD..:) Hey, one can only wish....
Well..the story is russian.. i am not sure what pigs eat in this part of the world but it is a common beleief of biology scolars out there that (wild) pigs thrive on acorns..the hell i know why:)
Ok, so let's try to use logic for a change. It may surprise you..:)
a) From whatis.com: Interactivity - In computers, interactivity is the sensory dialog that occurs between a human being (or possibly another live creature) and a computer program. So i gather from this that interactivity elsewhere would be a form of a feedback from the person to a medium whatever it may be. Interesting..Once the big word is out - we are getting somwhere.
b) Now feedback is a novel idea. I always though thats what the "Reader Letters" in newspapers, "Public Opinion Polls" in politics and viewers paying for movie tickets have been. But hey, thats just a simple ol' me...
c) How "showing the guts of a process" is related to being "interactive "beats me. I am also not sure what is e-commerce and B2B. Anyone here knows?
d) Keeping to original meaning of "interactive" (see "feedback") i woul like to note that too much of it is clearly not good. Doesn't FOX feed us with enough reality/behind-the-scenes drizzle already? "The animals attack/cops/who wants to shtoop a rich guy/direct from the bathroom" shows seem to be all over. They are clearly a result of TV directly responding to demands of viewing public. The public *is* in the giant experiment. It has been put in a cage, given a big red button to push. Every time they do - they get a bigger doze of self-gratification. The lab monkey that we are is happy to pound on this button with all the might and with every push TV/media spurts yet another chunk of what we want most.
e) A story goes that one painter asked an opinion of his friends on his new work. His friends all being animals they replied (feedback, interactive) that things they like most were missing (bear-honey) (pig-acorns)(monkey-bananas) and so he included all their requests. Once he did they all agreed that a new picture is just crap. Think what you want but any kind of media be that TV or writing or otherwise is (or better be) an art. Art is a production of *one* persons mind and soul presented to us after hard work for our possible enjoyment. It is the fact that that person thought it all *by himself* without any help from us and the fact that he put all his work to make this art easy to see/read/understand without us knowing all the work behind the scenes that makes it so valuable. Also remember that the "web" - most interactive media we have now is filled with porn and small-time money making schemes. This is what we peoples demand and it gives us the full measure. G-d save us if other mediums go the same way.
f..) Jon Katz. Please find someone who doesn't just pick a big word from an "internet lingo for dummies" and writes a whole book around it on a random topic. --Ugen
a) The main reason much of the world speaks english as a second and often first language is the fact that until some 50 years ago British Empire owned a multitude of colonies everywhere and therefore English was their offical language for quite a while. At the same time them brits being so important to world trade - their language also became a common trade language. Aided by the fact that english is very concise/precise as opposed to many others - it is and will stay a universal standard. But Americans got their language domination ready made.
b) As to whitehouse issue, Russian parlament is "belyi dom" which can be translated as a whitehouse, but so can it be translated into "bait lavan" , "casa blanka":) and btw i like the latter most..:) As long as domain name systems exists as it is (primitive single language mapping of names into addresses) nothing can solve real problems in it and changing suffixes won't help either. What will help is a global directory system where things are found as per multiple names and attributes. That will also help stop childish games of "whos the real Joe".
c) Internet as of now is divided in little national nets with their own rules and lifes. Russian net is vastly separate both connectionwise and in terms of society from US which in terms separate from European (and more subdivided into other countries) and so on. Their "e-commerce" (damn the word) is different too with each country having their own products, own companies on the web, own payments etc. Just like you are not likely to order pizza from Japan by phone being in New York, there is no reason to do that just because you can access pizza-hut.jp. I am sure you can call them too... The internet is yet another tool that allows some collaboration among countries and cultures but not more then those cultures would *like* to collaborate. d) Cultures do not like to collaborate. Show me one nation/country that *likes* any other nation/country? Likes as in "those nice/good bulgarians/indians/samoas/whatever" as opposed to "damn...".. Just look at the variety of directly hateful US posts for details. People (in order to protect themselves) have to belong to some "society/group" etc and the easiest/most natural way to belong and differentiate from others is hate. It is basic reaction that evolution gave us for our own good. Internet is not about to change that...
With this, i wish you all good luck and if you succeed in making world a better place i will come and visit.
Damn.. and they cut 40% off my salary to waste on "space program" and alike.. here is how it spent. 90% gets lost or stolen here on earth and the rest is used to make space station they cant find.
I hate that..:( I work hard and this is what i get..
I used WorldNet untill last month It plain SUX... Always busy, lousy connection, pitiful service and overpriced as hell They make sure i cannot dial local number so i will have to call 1-800 and pay them 6$ an hour.. Now i do not need any more service then plain IP but for anyone who wants some more for his hard earned 20$ WordlNet is just a waste.. So screw you and screw ATT And btw they also tried to steal Unix..
a) Things have to be let to develop "naturally" In case of digital TV - higher picture quality is not a holy grail - why would you want to see in better quality whatever they show on tv now?? b) The time has to be given for communication industry to allow a merge of technolgies so that tv and web would be one. Then (when the difference betwin the website and tv channel will be erased) and the whole thing will be fully interactive there will be another standrad or group thereof by themself. Forcing anything else now will just slow this proces. c) In the meantime making people shell out over 3000$ to watch more brainwash and hogwsh on more channels in more color is good for anyone BUT us people in front of the tv.
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There is a tool/script for Solaris to install
patches that works in this exact way.
It checks your systems patch list saved in their
style of database against the one on the internet
and offers you new/updated patches etc. in
special packaged format.
I know of some other systems working this same
way. This patent will proably be granted due to
complete idiocty in patent office but it will
most definitely not be enforceable due to vast
amounts of prior art.
Why is this not moderated up to (Score:4 Hilariously Funny) ???? I couldn't stop laughing...this guy is an idiot...
Now thats a great use of american legal system. For the first time in history 335000 people will be sued by a couple of idiots. Well, some court clerk will be unhappy - writing 335000 summonses and all. I wonder if it's ok to overhear some of Metallica music while walking by someones window or something. They should really have an address to remit a quarter every time this happens to you. Would btw be nice if they woul dhave to serve their own warrants door to door: "Hi, we are metallica and we are here to serve you with a court warrant".Or may be thats how they figured they can assemble 335000 fans in one place - mandatory concert?:))) I'd personally prefer "KISS" just cuz they would look so much cooler knocking at a door of some sleepy suburb.
Thats what it will sell for... Although of course the "lawful" holders of the trademark may choose to pay the guy now instead of feeding their lawyers:) It really depends on what would be more expensive.
More efficient high-tech killers, better suited to take more human lifes quicker... Thats what all the high-tech is ultimately for, right? It is sad that /. in fact seems to be excited about all this.
3 hands, 3 legs, satellite navigation systems,
lasers, stereocameras, powerful computers, hughe
research org/university to back it up.
And the damn thing still cant play criss cross
in traffic and drive in and out of NYC the way
any teenager with a license around here can.
It's moments like these that make me laugh at
matrixes of all kinds and feel safe from any sort
of "computer takeover" doomsday scenario:)
What? Kids..in school...rat on each other to
parents/teachers/whomever? Unspeakable...
Never before in a history...
--Ugen
The more Rambus sues around -the more enemies they
get in corporate world. Hopefully this will
hit their acceptance. Meanwhile i'll keep my
fingers crossed for AMD..:) Hey, one can only
wish....
Well..the story is russian.. i am not sure what
pigs eat in this part of the world but it is
a common beleief of biology scolars out there
that (wild) pigs thrive on acorns..the hell
i know why:)
Ok, so let's try to use logic for a change. It may
surprise you..:)
a) From whatis.com: Interactivity - In computers,
interactivity is the sensory dialog that occurs
between a human being (or possibly another live
creature) and a computer program.
So i gather from this that interactivity elsewhere
would be a form of a feedback from the person to
a medium whatever it may be. Interesting..Once
the big word is out - we are getting somwhere.
b) Now feedback is a novel idea. I always though
thats what the "Reader Letters" in newspapers,
"Public Opinion Polls" in politics and viewers
paying for movie tickets have been. But hey, thats
just a simple ol' me...
c) How "showing the guts of a process" is related
to being "interactive "beats me. I am also not
sure what is e-commerce and B2B. Anyone here
knows?
d) Keeping to original meaning of "interactive"
(see "feedback") i woul like to note that too much
of it is clearly not good. Doesn't FOX feed us
with enough reality/behind-the-scenes drizzle
already? "The animals attack/cops/who wants to
shtoop a rich guy/direct from the bathroom" shows
seem to be all over. They are clearly a result
of TV directly responding to demands of viewing
public. The public *is* in the giant experiment.
It has been put in a cage, given a big red
button to push. Every time they do - they get
a bigger doze of self-gratification. The lab
monkey that we are is happy to pound on this
button with all the might and with every push
TV/media spurts yet another chunk of what we
want most.
e) A story goes that one painter asked an opinion
of his friends on his new work. His friends all
being animals they replied (feedback, interactive)
that things they like most were missing (bear-honey)
(pig-acorns)(monkey-bananas) and so he included
all their requests. Once he did they all agreed
that a new picture is just crap. Think
what you want but any kind of media be that
TV or writing or otherwise is (or better be)
an art. Art is a production of *one* persons
mind and soul presented to us after hard work
for our possible enjoyment. It is the fact that
that person thought it all *by himself* without
any help from us and the fact that he put all
his work to make this art easy to see/read/understand
without us knowing all the work behind the scenes
that makes it so valuable.
Also remember that the "web" - most interactive
media we have now is filled with porn and
small-time money making schemes. This is what
we peoples demand and it gives us the full
measure. G-d save us if other mediums go the
same way.
f..) Jon Katz. Please find someone who doesn't
just pick a big word from an "internet lingo
for dummies" and writes a whole book around
it on a random topic.
--Ugen
a) The main reason much of the world speaks english as a second and often first language is
:) and btw i like
...".. Just look at the variety
the fact that until some 50 years ago British
Empire owned a multitude of colonies everywhere
and therefore English was their offical language
for quite a while. At the same time them brits
being so important to world trade - their language
also became a common trade language. Aided by the
fact that english is very concise/precise as
opposed to many others - it is and will stay a
universal standard. But Americans got their
language domination ready made.
b) As to whitehouse issue, Russian parlament
is "belyi dom" which can be translated as a
whitehouse, but so can it be translated into
"bait lavan" , "casa blanka"
the latter most..:) As long as domain name
systems exists as it is (primitive single language
mapping of names into addresses) nothing can
solve real problems in it and changing suffixes
won't help either. What will help is a global
directory system where things are found as
per multiple names and attributes. That will also
help stop childish games of "whos the real Joe".
c) Internet as of now is divided in little
national nets with their own rules and lifes.
Russian net is vastly separate both connectionwise
and in terms of society from US which in terms
separate from European (and more subdivided into
other countries) and so on.
Their "e-commerce" (damn the word) is different
too with each country having their own products,
own companies on the web, own payments etc.
Just like you are not likely to order pizza from
Japan by phone being in New York, there is no
reason to do that just because you can access
pizza-hut.jp. I am sure you can call them too...
The internet is yet another tool that allows some
collaboration among countries and cultures but not
more then those cultures would *like* to
collaborate.
d) Cultures do not like to collaborate. Show me
one nation/country that *likes* any other
nation/country? Likes as in "those nice/good
bulgarians/indians/samoas/whatever" as opposed to
"damn
of directly hateful US posts for details. People
(in order to protect themselves) have to belong
to some "society/group" etc and the easiest/most
natural way to belong and differentiate from
others is hate. It is basic reaction that
evolution gave us for our own good.
Internet is not about to change that...
With this, i wish you all good luck and if you
succeed in making world a better place i will
come and visit.
Damn.. and they cut 40% off my salary to waste on
"space program" and alike.. here is how it spent.
90% gets lost or stolen here on earth and the
rest is used to make space station they cant find.
I hate that..:( I work hard and this is what i get..
I used WorldNet untill last month
It plain SUX...
Always busy, lousy connection, pitiful service and overpriced as hell
They make sure i cannot dial local number so i will have to call 1-800 and
pay them 6$ an hour..
Now i do not need any more service then plain IP but for anyone who wants
some more for his hard earned 20$ WordlNet is just a waste..
So screw you and screw ATT
And btw they also tried to steal Unix..
a) Things have to be let to develop "naturally"
In case of digital TV - higher picture quality
is not a holy grail - why would you want to
see in better quality whatever they show on tv
now??
b) The time has to be given for communication
industry to allow a merge of technolgies so that
tv and web would be one. Then (when the difference
betwin the website and tv channel will be
erased) and the whole thing will be fully
interactive there will be another standrad or
group thereof by themself. Forcing anything else
now will just slow this proces.
c) In the meantime making people shell out over
3000$ to watch more brainwash and hogwsh on more
channels in more color is good for anyone BUT
us people in front of the tv.