It was issued in 1989, and under current patent rules would have expired 17 years later in 2006.
Gosh, patents are really awful.
Yes, they are, unless you think the current spate of patent trolls suing businesses for "on the Internet" patents, or similar vile stuff isn't a bad thing.
That Debian bug is from 2005, and Sun bought MySQL in 2008, so you'll have to blame the original MySQL owner for that, which just so happens is the person behind MariaDB.
No. They are modded down because they argue against evidence without bringing evidence of their own to the table.
What a load of horseshit. All kinds of tripe gets upmodded if it agrees with the prevailing hivemind, while even informed dissent will be modded down. That's the way it goes on Slashdot when groupthink is in play.
just lend your phone to a friend and go commit a crime... later you can reference your timeline and say "see officer I was at Starbucks"
Then they'll pull the Starbucks video and say, "No you weren't, that was your friend Joe Blow from Facebook. Now your alibi just became circumstantial evidence of you trying to cover up your crime.
Only in your empty head things happen without cause.
That's not what I said. I said, "Only in your deluded mind do you think that kids having access to the Internet is worth a rant that starts with "addictions fuelled by government subsidies"."
What if the free market had brought about the Internet to kids all on its own? Are you going to go into a rant about the evils of the free market? And what about benefits from having the Internet, such as having easy access to information? You act like the government was giving kids alcohol.
Except it is not a story about 'gaming' in South Korea, it is a story about addictions fuelled by government subsidies that ensure that the kids in primary, junior and high schools have Internet access.
Only in your deluded mind do you think that kids having access to the Internet is worth a rant that starts with "addictions fuelled by government subsidies".
No, the mesage from the article isn't that simple. It mentions those extremes, yes, and the headline in typical fashion plays it up, but the article offers mutliple viewpoints.
But, as soon as the weird, incomprehensible world of "those scary video games" is entered, the reporter needs to advertise his outsider status - where in other topics being an outsider is considered a badge of ignorance and provincialism.
It's a "stranger in a strange land" perspective, and there's nothing wrong with it as a story format, especially considering the audience he's writing to is not going to be familiar with Starcraft or gaming in S. Korea.
Putting Starcraft in scare quotes? WTF?
It's part of standard style guides to use quotes for titles of things like book, movies, and in this case, a video game.
And mixed case? It's just plain Starcraft.
The official case is mixed. Look it up.
It's totally obvious that this "journalist" had his article written before he even got off the plane in Seoul Incheon (renowned as being one of the world's most sleep-friendly airports, and true to its reputation).
It's totally obvious that you're ranting in your typical style, ignoring the facts. Much of the article covers MarineKing's personal story, along with perspective from his parents, goes into detail about a tournament he played in, and even covers the lunch he had at the tournament.
Investors, bankers and stock brokers, on the other hand, produce nothing and discover nothing; they live by siphoning nutrients out of the money stream, so to speak - they are best compared to filter feeders or parasites
Which is a load of bullshit. Bankers exist because people like to use banks. Investors exist because they have money, many of them by hard work and ingenuity, and provide capital to people who don't have enough money but have good ideas. Stock brokers exist because people like to invest in stocks.
Sure, there are some parasites in the system, just like there are scientists who aren't doing any real work. But your simplistic world view of scientist: productive and good, financial guy: parasite and bad, is ridiculous.
This analogy is daft. Tipping is at the sole discretion of the customers and is not required to get service. Alternatively, if a standard tip is required by large parties for monopolizing servers the policy is upfront and not an unwritten rule held over your head by a government figure. And finally, if tipping really bothers you, you could always find a place to eat that doesn't expect tips.
And the question still remains if the guy who was arrested made any threats to kill. If he did, then I'm glad he got arrested. If it was somebody else, then they got the wrong person.
pretty much requires that you ignore the actual meaning of the words
graft: "the acquisition of gain (as money) in dishonest or questionable ways; also : illegal or unfair gain"
corruption: "a. impairment of integrity, virtue, or moral principle; b. inducement to wrong by improper or unlawful means (as bribery); d. a departure from the original or from what is pure or correct"
Note that accepting bribes to do your job is not illegal or immoral in most cultures.
spelling is more important than capitalization of web forums
If you're going to be writing anything more than one sentence long, capitals are very helpful to the reader. It's just a matter of convention that helps break up the text. Personally, I tend to skip over posts that don't use caps as I find them annoying to read.
I was basically rejecting this notion and saying my joy from jazz (not so much classical) is based on my understanding of the musical form. I can see how people who aren't trained in music can find Jazz to be unpleasant to listen to.
It's like those modern art douchebags. You have to be "trained" or "sophisticated" to get it. Perhaps there is no objective standard and you are just fooling yourself.
By the time you come around to reselling the game, it will have been available cheaply and everyone will already have it.
I've sold several popular console games for around half-price on eBay. Most games don't have a lot of replay value, anyways, unless you are really fond of the online play, so I have no reason to keep games lying around.
There's open, and there's free. The two are not necessarily the same thing, but many people confuse the two.
I don't see how you're helping.
A lot of engines have been made "open", with sources that can be made available.
Microsoft, to their credit, calls this "source available", and not "open source". Open source was deliberately coined and popularized with a definitive meaning in 1998.
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And as of about 1996, when the patent expired
It was issued in 1989, and under current patent rules would have expired 17 years later in 2006.
Gosh, patents are really awful.
Yes, they are, unless you think the current spate of patent trolls suing businesses for "on the Internet" patents, or similar vile stuff isn't a bad thing.
Don't worry, you'll never be confused as a hipster. Even they know how to end a sentence with a period.
Seriously, why is this considered 'off-topic'?
Slashdot groupthink in effect. The site has never managed to get moderator abuse of this fashion under control.
That Debian bug is from 2005, and Sun bought MySQL in 2008, so you'll have to blame the original MySQL owner for that, which just so happens is the person behind MariaDB.
A moment of triumph & revenge for the deaths that happened years earlier.
Which resulted in more bombs and deaths. I hope they enjoyed their victory party.
No. They are modded down because they argue against evidence without bringing evidence of their own to the table.
What a load of horseshit. All kinds of tripe gets upmodded if it agrees with the prevailing hivemind, while even informed dissent will be modded down. That's the way it goes on Slashdot when groupthink is in play.
About BBT, is there a way to get a version of the show without the canned laughs?
Amen. I like the show, but hate the canned laughter.
I happen to like beets and brussel sprouts.
Which is probably the reason you like sweet potatoes. I don't like any of those foods, as they taste bitter to me. It's a genetic trait.
just lend your phone to a friend and go commit a crime ... later you can reference your timeline and say "see officer I was at Starbucks"
Then they'll pull the Starbucks video and say, "No you weren't, that was your friend Joe Blow from Facebook. Now your alibi just became circumstantial evidence of you trying to cover up your crime.
Only in your empty head things happen without cause.
That's not what I said. I said, "Only in your deluded mind do you think that kids having access to the Internet is worth a rant that starts with "addictions fuelled by government subsidies"."
What if the free market had brought about the Internet to kids all on its own? Are you going to go into a rant about the evils of the free market? And what about benefits from having the Internet, such as having easy access to information? You act like the government was giving kids alcohol.
Except it is not a story about 'gaming' in South Korea, it is a story about addictions fuelled by government subsidies that ensure that the kids in primary, junior and high schools have Internet access.
Only in your deluded mind do you think that kids having access to the Internet is worth a rant that starts with "addictions fuelled by government subsidies".
Either you play video games or you die trying.
No, the mesage from the article isn't that simple. It mentions those extremes, yes, and the headline in typical fashion plays it up, but the article offers mutliple viewpoints.
But, as soon as the weird, incomprehensible world of "those scary video games" is entered, the reporter needs to advertise his outsider status - where in other topics being an outsider is considered a badge of ignorance and provincialism.
It's a "stranger in a strange land" perspective, and there's nothing wrong with it as a story format, especially considering the audience he's writing to is not going to be familiar with Starcraft or gaming in S. Korea.
Putting Starcraft in scare quotes? WTF?
It's part of standard style guides to use quotes for titles of things like book, movies, and in this case, a video game.
And mixed case? It's just plain Starcraft.
The official case is mixed. Look it up.
It's totally obvious that this "journalist" had his article written before he even got off the plane in Seoul Incheon (renowned as being one of the world's most sleep-friendly airports, and true to its reputation).
It's totally obvious that you're ranting in your typical style, ignoring the facts. Much of the article covers MarineKing's personal story, along with perspective from his parents, goes into detail about a tournament he played in, and even covers the lunch he had at the tournament.
Funny how you take a story about gaming in S. Korea and turn it into your hobby horse.
Investors, bankers and stock brokers, on the other hand, produce nothing and discover nothing; they live by siphoning nutrients out of the money stream, so to speak - they are best compared to filter feeders or parasites
Which is a load of bullshit. Bankers exist because people like to use banks. Investors exist because they have money, many of them by hard work and ingenuity, and provide capital to people who don't have enough money but have good ideas. Stock brokers exist because people like to invest in stocks.
Sure, there are some parasites in the system, just like there are scientists who aren't doing any real work. But your simplistic world view of scientist: productive and good, financial guy: parasite and bad, is ridiculous.
This analogy is daft. Tipping is at the sole discretion of the customers and is not required to get service. Alternatively, if a standard tip is required by large parties for monopolizing servers the policy is upfront and not an unwritten rule held over your head by a government figure. And finally, if tipping really bothers you, you could always find a place to eat that doesn't expect tips.
In days past, this was solved differently. The kid would've had his ass kicked. People had more respect for each other back then.
Yup, like that boy Emmett Till. I guess he got what was coming to him?
the one threatening to kill
And the question still remains if the guy who was arrested made any threats to kill. If he did, then I'm glad he got arrested. If it was somebody else, then they got the wrong person.
The post you replied to did. Don't be fooled by the moderation. Nice job finding that, too, as it made the original poster look arrogantly foolish.
pretty much requires that you ignore the actual meaning of the words
graft: "the acquisition of gain (as money) in dishonest or questionable ways; also : illegal or unfair gain"
corruption: "a. impairment of integrity, virtue, or moral principle; b. inducement to wrong by improper or unlawful means (as bribery); d. a departure from the original or from what is pure or correct"
Note that accepting bribes to do your job is not illegal or immoral in most cultures.
References needed.
I'd count graft as at least a subset of corruption. It's still rotten.
spelling is more important than capitalization of web forums
If you're going to be writing anything more than one sentence long, capitals are very helpful to the reader. It's just a matter of convention that helps break up the text. Personally, I tend to skip over posts that don't use caps as I find them annoying to read.
I was basically rejecting this notion and saying my joy from jazz (not so much classical) is based on my understanding of the musical form. I can see how people who aren't trained in music can find Jazz to be unpleasant to listen to.
It's like those modern art douchebags. You have to be "trained" or "sophisticated" to get it. Perhaps there is no objective standard and you are just fooling yourself.
By the time you come around to reselling the game, it will have been available cheaply and everyone will already have it.
I've sold several popular console games for around half-price on eBay. Most games don't have a lot of replay value, anyways, unless you are really fond of the online play, so I have no reason to keep games lying around.
There's open, and there's free. The two are not necessarily the same thing, but many people confuse the two.
I don't see how you're helping.
A lot of engines have been made "open", with sources that can be made available.
Microsoft, to their credit, calls this "source available", and not "open source". Open source was deliberately coined and popularized with a definitive meaning in 1998.
Since when do Republicans believe that government loans to business are a good idea?
When they're the ones giving them out.